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HISTORY 



OF THE 



TOWN OF OXFORD 



MASSACHUSETTS 



WITH 



aENE^LOaiES 



AND 



NOTES ON PERSONS AND ESTATES 



GEORGE f! DANIELS 



OXFORD 

PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR 

WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE TOWN 

1892 






PRESS OF 

CHAS. HAMILTON, 

WORCESTER. 



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If 



J 
MEMORY OF 



plrs. Itiilxlalx Ijtarris gawiels^ 

WHOSE LONG LIFE AND RETENTIVE MIND ENABLED HER TO RENDER 

INVALUABLE AID IN THE PREPARATION OK 

THE FOLLOWING PAGES, 

THIS VOLUME 

IS 

Affectionately ^edinvtcrt. 



h 



PREFACE. 



This book was not designed to afford literary entertainment, 
or to give what liave so often been set forth in town histories, 
pictures of old-time life, and tradition, which in the eyes of 
many would have made the work more attractive, has, in the 
main, been discarded. Charles Reade expressed the general 
sentiment of modern historians when he wrote: "No one can 
approach the history of perhaps any age without finding that 
the truth is all but buried under mountains of chaff and dirt." 
The prominent facts in the Town's annals are herein given as 
gathered from the archives of the State, County and Town, 
Church and Society records, etc., with little of comment or 
elaboration. Oxford being among the earliest of the Worcester 
County settlements, materials were found to be abundant, and 
many pages show the constraint thus placed on the writer and 
the necessity for brief and summary treatment. And yet a 
full history of the town is an impossibility, because so much not 
within the scope of records has lapsed in the unknown past. 

The story of the French Colony has been chiefly reproduced 
from the author's monograph published ten years ago. 

The history of the homesteads, an unusual feature of works 
of this kind, will serve not only to determine the localities of 
ancestral domains, but, perhaps, as no other means can, to 
bring up in review the personality of the long procession of 
those who have lived, toiled and passed away within the town 
in the last two hundred years. 

The extent of the genealogies indicates the large and import- 
ant place they occupy in the records, and numerous descendants 
of the old households now dispersed over our broad land who 
have not access to the originals, will, it is believed, appreciate 
the labor bestowed on this department. The entries of births, 
marriages and deaths have been copied, and embrace (coming 
nearly to the present time) all families having births recorded 
up to 1850, and none has been intentionally omitted. In the 
nature of the case family history in most instances must be 



VI PREFACE. 

fra<!^mentary and incomplete, and errors (the sources of informa- 
tion l)eing diverse and imperfect) are unavoidable. 

Several important matters coming to hand too late for inser- 
tion in their proper places, are contained in the chapter of notes 
at the close of the volume. 

The existence of this work is largely due to the kindly interest 
and liberality of the late Hon. George L. Davis of North 
Andover,' a native of Oxford, who gave substantial aid in the 
preliminary studies and researches and also contributed gen- 
erously to the printing fund. 

The repeated favorable action of the Town upon it and the 
appro])riation of means to aid in the publication are hereby 
gratefully acknowledged. 

Acknowledgments are due to Dr. Samuel A. Green, librarian 
of the Massachusetts Historical Society, John W . Dean, librarian 
of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, Dr. Edward 
Strong of the office of the Secretary of State, Abner C. Goodell, 
Jr., Commissioner for publication of Province Laws, and C. B. 
Tillinghast of the State Library, all of Boston ; to Edmund M. 
Barton, librarian of the American Antiquarian Society, William 
T. Harlow, Assistant Clerk of Courts, and Harvey B. Wilder, 
Registrar of Deeds, all of Worcester, for assistance and courte- 
sies extended in their several official positions ; to Misses Clara 
Barton and Martha E. Stone for matter relating to family atiairs 
and North Oxford history, and to many others in various parts 
of the country who cannot be here personally designated who 
have kindly contributed to give value to the volume. 

Obligations are hereby acknowledged to Peter B. Olney of 
New York City through whose efficient aid plans for publication 
were consummated. The neatness and correctness of the t^'po- 
graphy are due largely to the thorough supervision of Benjamin 
J. Dodge of Worcester. The illustrations are the production 
of the press of W. P. Allen of Gardner. 

G. F. D. 
Oxford, Jan., 1892. 



> Died 23 Ducembur, 1891. 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



^ View on Main Street, looking south, - - Frontispiece. 

J The Plain, from Camp Hill ; Fort Hill in the distance, Page 1 

/ Bernon's plan of Oxford lands [see page 757], - - 7 

■i Plan, showing location of settlers' lots, - - - 32 

^ Diagrams, showing changes in Town lines, - . . 39 

''Diagrams, showing changes in Town lines, - - 41 

■* Stone Indian relics found in Oxford, . _ . - 42 

^ North end of the Plain, from Memorial Hall tower, 47 

• Howarth's, formerly Oxford Woolen Co., - - - 199 

v On the Maanexit at Rockdale, looking north, - 205 

'(View from Fort Hill, with monument, . - - - 253 

s/ Historic relics in the possession of the Town, - - 260 

v) Residence of O. F. Joslin, - 271 

y North shore of Town's Pond, looking east, - - 365 

J Fac-simile of hand-writing of Rev. J. Campbell, - - 421 

'''Edward Davis homestead, H. 12, _ . . - 466 

^ General Learned homestead, H. 126, . - . - 587 

s' Family record, executed by Richard Rogers, - - 669 

< First school-house on the Plain. ----- 772 



CORRECTIONS. 



Till,'!- 11, mi<ldle of piige, for " Amlii'W " niiid Daniel. 

I'ligf 4G, miildli- of piii,'c, for " 1741 " read 1743. 

I'a;^t' 'A, iH'iir l)ottoiii of piigo, for " 1745" read 173.5. 

I*:i},'e 224, iiml.r " Erabark'o," for " l.SOO" read 1808. 

\'&^v ',\\~, bottom line, for *' Sushii" rtiad Mary. 

I'uyf .■{!»7, undtr *' Rice Marlon," ;idd Rice Barton was great grandson of Joshua (2) 

and son of Ahia and Eunice. 
I'aije 4S4I, !>tli line, for "Anne d., Frances" read Anne Frances d. 
l'iii,'c (ills, iiiKJcr .lo^cpli Kockfti, .id line, for " Abial Twiclicll, father," read Abiel 

J'lrichell, mother. 
!'a:je 688, I2tb line from bolldin should read studied >rith his father, with a comma 

aft^T '* father." 
I'aye (Mi, near bottom of pa;;e, for " Jacob " read Syloanus. 
Page 700, 16th line from bottom, for " Jonaa" read Oeorge. 
Page 72!t. under H' imni Tvvitchell. .'Jd line, for " Benoni's father" read Beno7iVs 

mother. 



HISTORY OF OXFORD. 



CHAPTER I. 



Topographical. The Nipmucks. Philip's War. Disastrous Eesults. 
Land Purchases. Indian Reserve. Grants. The Village. Grand 
Lots. Natural Attractions. Early Koads. 

Location. The town of Oxford is situated in the southern 
central part of \yorcester County, eleven miles distant from AYorces- 
ter, on the line of the Norwich and Worcester railroad. Leicester 
and Auburn adjoin it on the north, Millbury on the northeast, Sutton 
on the east, Douglas on the southeast, Webster on the south, Dudley 
on the southwest and Charlton on the west ; Webster separates it by 
about five miles from the State of Connecticut. Its estimated area is 
a little over 25 square miles, or 16,400 acres. It was a part of 
Suffolk County until 1731, the date of the establishment of the County 
of Worcester. 

It has the usual diversity of surface of the central Massachusetts 
towns, ranges of hills running northerly and southerly skirt its eastern 
and western borders, between which lie the plains which constitute its 
natural peculiarity. On the central or "Great Plain" is the princi- 
pal village, and its main street, a mile in length and seven rods in 
width, is attractive and has few equals in the State. ^ The highway 
from Sutton to Charlton crossing at the centre forms also an ave- 
nue on which are located dwellings and business establishments. 

Streams. One mile westerly of the main street, running the 
length of the town from Leicester to Webster line, is the principal 
river, the Macmexit, which, rising ten or twelve miles northwesterly and 
passing through parts of Spencer and Leicester, furnishes water power 
for eight mill-wheels at North Oxford, and one at Howarth's, is util- 
ized by many mills below Oxford and joins the Quinebaug at Mechan- 
icsville. Conn. Its largest tributary in Oxford is Little Jliver, which 
comes in two branches, the Pierpont from Dudley, and Collicump 



iTliis feature o£ the location probably had its County of Worcester at its formation, which 

weight in the proposition which tradition tells offer was rejected on the ground that the morals 

us was made to establish here the seat of the of the young people would be corrupted thereby. 

2 



'1 iiisT<)i:v OF oxroKi). 

from CImiltuii, fiirnisliinji; power at BulTumville, in the west part of 
tlie town, niul joining the main stream a half-mile below. Mill-hrook, 
cominr; from Long Hill in the nf)rtheast part of the town, joined by 
a branch from a Hwamp on tlie southeast, and running southwesterly 
on the east side of the main street, joins the Maanexit in the south- 
westerly part of the town. Eliott's Mill-brook, once much larger than 
now, rises in the Auljurn swamps and running soutiierly crosses the 
Worcester road near Nortli Oxford and joins tlie Maanexit on the 
Kiddt-r farm. 

Ponds. ( )r natural ponds there are : 1. Tovm's Pond, one-fourth 
of a mile northerly of tlie north common, a body of very clear water 
fed by springs, ami having a small outlet on the westerly side. 
It has an area of aljout 14 acres. 2. A'tgntlebark Potul, a natural 
basm of the Maanexit, below the falls, one mile westerly of the cen- 
tre/ Its area is about 10 acres. 3. Grassy Pond, in the south- 
westerly part of the town, is, perhaps, 8 or 10 acres in extent, the 
surface being covered largely by Moating grass, whence its name. It 
is fi'd by springs and has a small outlet into the river. 

Hills. There arc three principal hills in the northerly part of the 
town. ( )u thi' northwest '\& Rocky Hill ov Mount Pleasant. On the 
north, and projecting into the Maanexit valley, is Prospect IliU, 
embracing many acres, abrupt and wooded on the south, but sloping 
gradually on the north into Auburn. On the northeast is Long or 
Feilend Hill, which extends southerly, embracing Barton Hill, to near 
the Sutton road. A part of this region extending into Millbury is called 
in the records Flat Hill. A spur of the same, called Brush Hill, lies 
soutlu-asterly of, and overlooks, the Norwich and Worcester railroad 
station at North Oxford. Easterly of the centre, on the borders of 
Sutton, lie the Manchamj Hills, which cover a large area of this 
part of the town. Fort Hill, named from the Huguenot fort, and 
lioiiilet Hill, named for the Huguenot minister, are parts of this 
eU'vated tract nearer the village on the southeast. On the southwest 
lie the steep slopes of the Dudley hills, which are chiefly covered with 
AVooil. Cam]) Hill is a lower eminence near the centre on the west 
and was named from the fact of the encann)ment here of a body of 
I'nilrd Stairs troops in 171)1). 

Meadows, 'i'he most imi)ortant tract of meadow in town at tlie 
time of the settlement was the Great Meadotc, which lies nearly a mile 
ncjrlhcasterly of the c(Mitre, and is now largely covi-red with wood or 
n-clainifd fur tillage, it was divided into small sections and allotted 
among tlic si-tllers. Ball's Meadow and /Imlson's Bay were parts of 
the lands on the Maanexit between Howarth's and North O.xford. 
Mendon Meadow, east of the centre, once valuable, is now covered 
}>y the reservoir known as Kobinsou's rond. Bondet Meadoir is a 
lieautiful spot of a few acres, situated in the southerly part of the 
town, and iiaiiied for tlie ftjiiiu'r owner, the Huguenot minister. 




VS 



1674 INDIANS. 3 

Cedar Swamps. These swamps were valued as furnishing fenc- 
ing stuff, clapboards, shingles and coopers' materials. Great Cedar 
Sioamp was located in what is now Auburn and was allotted to 
settlers in the same manner as were the meadows. Little Cedar 
Swamp lies westerly of Town's Pond, between that and the river. 

Products. The soil of the town is moderately productive, the 
hill lands are good for hay, grazing and fruit-growing, and the plains 
being a warm alluvial soil are easily cultivated, and yield the common 
farm products, and garden vegetables, grapes, strawberries and the 
small fruits, especially, flourish. 

Nipmucks. The site of the town is near the middle of a^erritory 
mainly in the southern central part of Massachusetts, known at the 
time of the settlement of Boston, 1630, as the "Nipmuck Country." 
Much of this tract was then wild hunting ground, but portions were 
thinly inhabited by the natives whose numbers had been much 
reduced by wars with western tribes and fatal disease.^ They were 
an inferior people, and owned fealty to the Pokauokets.- Miss 
Larned, in her History of Windham County, aptly describes them : — 

" They Avere subject clans of little spirit or distinctive character. Their 
number was small. A few families occupied favorite localities, while large 
sections were left vacant and desolate. Their dwellings were poor, their 
weapons and utensils rude and scanty. They raised corn and beans, and wove 
mats and baskets. Their lives were chiefly spent in hunting, Ashing and 
idling." 

Gaming, of which they were excessively fond, might be added. 

Through the efforts of John Eliot and Daniel Gookin these people 
had been partially civilized and had to an extent accepted the 
Christian religion, and were known as " praying Indians." The 
earliest mention we find of the natives of this locality is in 1674, 
when Eliot and Gookin visited them. The latter thus wrote : — 

" The first of these [New Praying towns] is Manchaug, which lyeth to the 
westward of Nipmuck [Blackstone] river al)ont 8 miles and is fi'om Ilassana- 
mesit west and by south about 10 miles and it is from Boston about 50 miles. 
To it belongetli abont twelve families and aljont sixty sonls. For this place 
we appointed Waaberktamin, a hopeful young man for their minister." 

Philip's War. We know no more of this minister, but his term 
of service must have been short. A few mouths only elapsed after 
Eliot's visit before the whole region was under the excitement of 
Philip's AYar, and these apparently inoffensive men, to quote Mr. 
Gookin : — 

"Being raw and lately initiated in the Christian profession, most of them 
fell ott' . . . and joined the enemy." Palfrey says " A taste for havoc was 
established between heathen Wampanoag and half converted Nipmuck. 
Without provocatiou and without warning they gave full sway to the inhuman 

1 Brighani's Cent. Ad., Grafton, 1835. 2 Palfrey, I., 24. 



4 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1680-81 

passions of their savaj^o nature and l)ri)kc into a wild riot of itillatjc, arson 
and massacre." ' 

To the Nipmucks tlie results of the war were disastrous, and only 
a spiritless remnant of the tribe was found here when the English 
began negotiations for land for settlement. ^ 

Grant. The first movement toward a settlement in the region 
was the petition of Mr. Hugh Campbell, a Scotch merchant of Boston, 
Feburary, 1080, for land for a colony, to which the Court replied: — 

" Tills Court judiictli it nieete to allow to the petitioner, on behalfc of snch 
as may on that account transport themselues hither, snch accomodation to 
tlicir number in the Nci)niu<j country as it will atlbord, jtrouided they come 
Av'thin two yeares next after this grant." ' 

From the index to this record we learn that the grant was made in 
behalf of a company of Scotch emigrants who were purposing to settle 
in Massachusetts, but we have no evidence that any progress was 
made in the matter. 

Indian Titles. At about the same time two prominent men in 
Boston, William Stoughton and Joseph Dudley, were also contempla- 
ting a settlement, and in proceeding with their i)lan, the first point was 
to incjuire into the matter of the ownership of the lands and the rights 
of the Indians. On this subject they petitioned the General Court, 
which replied, May 11, 1681, as follows : — 

"The Court judgeth it meete to grant this motion, and doe further desire 
& impower the wor'pftl Wni. Stoughton & Joseph Dudley, Escis, to take par- 
ticcular care & inspection into the matter of the land in the Nipnuig Country, 
wliat titles are pretended to by Indeans or others, and the validity of them, 
and make returne of what they find therein to this Court as soone as may be."'' 

This commission reported October 16, 1681, that in June they had 
a general meeting of all the claimants at Cambridge, but finding them 
at variance as to their several claims, they dismissed them until they 
could agree among themselves. They further reported : — 

"Since which time, in September last, perceiving a better vnderstanding 
amongst them, wee warned seuerall of the principall claymers to attend vs 
into the country, & travajle the same in company with us as farr & as much 
as one weeke would allow us, & find that the southerne part, clajnied by Hlack 
James and comjjany is capable of good setlement, if not too scant of meadow, 
though vncerteine what Avill fall Av'thin bounds if our lyne be to be quaes- 
tioned." ' 



> Their Instability is cxcnipUtled la tlie follow- ^Ir. Eliot and uliuost entirely suspended tlicni. 

hiK facts : As soon as tlie authorities had learned The Irritation aj;alnst the Indians was very great 

of I'hllip's ))lans they despatched a n)essen>rer and jealousy and distrust of his converts were 

who ett'ected treaties wltli the rulers of all the everywhere rllf, ami the ra^re of the people was 

trilji'S lu this region, wherehy they houud them- violent aiui alarmluf;. Mr. (iookhi and Mr. 

selves not to aid in I'hllip's sciit lue. The next Kllot Incurred much abuse.'' -Morton, >i. E. 

month found four at least of these leaders In the Mem.. 3111. 

enemy's camp at Hrookllelil, Itlack James of •' JIass. Col. Uec, V., 263. 

ChaubunaKunKamauK', Keehood of Walniuasset, ^Mass. Col. Kec, V., 315. 

John of rakachoaKandCoukKanascoof OuaboaK. f'Mass. Col. Hec, V., 3->8.— The boundary line 

Ills. N. Brooklleld, 74. between Massachusetts and Connecticut was at 

-"This war was very disastrous to the labors of this time unsettled. 



1682 LAND PURCHASES AND GRANTS. 5 

Purchase of Indian Liands. Stoughton and Dudley were em- 
powered to make purchases, and on 18 Feb., 1681-2, reported that 
with tlie Hassanamesit and Natick Indians they had agreed for all 
their land 

" lyino; fower miles northward of the present Sprin^feild road, & sonthward 
to that, haue agreed ])etwc'ene Blacke James & them, of which wee adnised in 
our late returne, wee haue purchased at thirty pounds money & a coate. 

"The southern halfe of sajd countrey wee haue purchased of Blacke James 
& company, for twenty pounds." ' 

Deeds. The deeds of conveyance dated Feb. 10th, 1681-2, were 
presented to the Court May 27, 1682, and by it confirmed. ~ The 
descriptions are somewhat indefinite, but indicate that with Waban 
and company, Natick men, the bargain was for all the lands they 
claimed west of the Blackstone river, between the southern line of 
Massachusetts and an imaginary line beginning at the Blackstone 
river at a point four miles northerly of the Springfield road, and run- 
ning southwesterly till it joined said Massachusetts southern line, 
thus enclosing a triangle. ^ 

With " Black James," the bargain was for the southern part of the 
same territory, including lands extending into Connecticut.^ 

These deeds were delivered at Natick, May 19, 1682, and on the 
27th the commissioners reported that they had effected a purchase 
" from the principall men of Naticke . . . of a parcell of remote & 
wast land belonging to said Indians, lying at the vtmost westerly 
bounds of Naticke, and, as wee are informed, — is for quantity about 
— acres, more or lesse, being mean land."'' 

Indian Reserve. In the second deed was a reservation of five 
miles square for the exclusive use of this branch of the tribe, which 
was chosen in two localities.*^ 



1 Mass. Col. Rec, V., 342, a point on the west." Mass. Col. Rec, V., 362- 

2 Mass. Col. Rec, V., 301. 365. 

a The consideration in the first deed was £30, The commissioners say in their report Feb., 

and the description as follows :— " all that part of 1681-2, " The whole tract in Ijotli deeds contejned 

the Nipmug Country . . . lying, and being be- is in a forme of a trjangle & reduced to a S(iuare, 

yond the great ryucr called Kuttatuck, or Nip- conteynethatractabout fifty miles long & twenty 

mug [Blackstone] Ryver, and betweenc a rainge miles wide." Ibid., 342. 

of marked trees, beginning at sajd riuer and run- -i Gookin says of Chaubunagungamaug (fishing 

Ing south east till it fall vpon the south lyne of place of the boundary), " in this place dwells 

the sajd Massachusetts colony on the south, and Black James, who about a year ago was constl- 

a certaine imaginary lyne fowre miles on the tuted constable of all the praying towns. He is 

north side of the road, as It now Ijeth, to .Spring- a person that bath approved himself diligent and 

felld on the north, the sajd great riuer ... on courageous, faithful and zealous to suppress sin." 

the eastward, and the sajd patent lyne on the •> Ibid., 361. 

westward." In the second deed (consideration »The larger and principal tract was on the 

£20 and a black coat) it is as follows :— " all that westerly shore of Chaubunagungamaug. A copy 

part of the sajd Nipmug country . . . lying, & of the original survey is in the Slate Archives, 

being on the south part of the sajd colony of the and is endorsed as follows: 

Mattachusets, beyond the great riuer. .. bounded "This Plat running from the west side of 

with the Mattachusets patent line ... on tlie Cluaubun.agungamaug I'ond over Mayanexit 

south, and certeine marked trees, beginning at River contains 11 thousand acres, being the com- 

sajd riuer and runing soutli east, till it strike vpon plement of the other plat of live thousand to si.x- 

the bounds the of sajd patent line; on the north, teen thousand which is the contents of .'i miles 

the sajd great riuer ; on the east, and coming to square reserved by tlie generall Indian deed made 



6 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1683 

Special Grants. Tin- Court duly iicknowledged the services of 
Stougliton ;uid Dudley in this purclmso, luid 1,000 acres of land 
were voted to each for their "great care and pajnes." Associated 
with them was another man of ability and liigh standing, Robert 
Thompson, merchant, of London, who became warmly interested in 
the succei^s of the colonies as early as lOoO, and in 16 70 was chosen 
president of the " Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in New 
England." ' He ably served the public interests, both here and in 
England, in acknowledgment of which a grant of land was made to 
him, as follows : — 

"This Court, hoiiii; inforniL-d l)y our aircnts, now in Kui^lanil, of tlic good 
will & freiiulsliip of Major Itobert Tliompson, of London, & liis readiness vpon 
all occasions to be assistants to tliem in tlie service of this colony, wherein 
they are, according doe, by way of gratuity, give vnto the said Major Thomp- 
son & his heires, flue hundred acres of land in the Nipmug countrey, to be lajd 
out to him w'th all reasonable convenience." Dated May 16, IGSS.'* 

Stoughton was also a man of wealth and high position, ami was in 
1694 and 1700 acting governor of the Province. 

Dudley was a leading spirit of his time, whose eminent executive 
talents cannot be questioned. Doctor Daniel Cox and .Tohn Black- 
well of London, and Thomas Ereak of Hannington, Wiltshire, all 
men of influence, were also proprietors.-' It would seem that under 
the fostering care of such patrons, any enterprise which they might 
undertake would prosper. But in this case progress was slow, and 
influences beyond human control prevented the initiation of the 
scheme. For two years after the date of the grant no progress towards 
a settlement seems to have been made. The scarcity of men of suffi- 
cient courage and ability to face the existing difliculties was doubt- 
less a great hindrance to the movement. The demand for men in 
the older plantations was pressing, and especially in those which had 
suffered most from the war, the proprietors were anxious to re-build 
as fast as possible. The grant for Woodstock had been made Novem- 
ber 7, 1G83, and so great were the obstacles that in the spring of 
1686 only thirteen men could be mustered w'ho were ready to go and 
take possession. Confidence in the peaceful professions of the 
natives had nearly vanished. The horrors of the recent war were 



by lilack James ami coiiiiKiiiy to Wm. StouKlitou In the territory lyliifr southerly of Ihe town ami 

& Josiph Dudley Ks(i'.s in behalf of the country northe:isterly of Chaubuua^'iinKainauK Tond, one 

—Surveyed by .Inhn (iore. Oct. 1084." deslt'nateU as '•Thompson's live hundred acres." 

The plot of f),(Xio acres was surveyed at Quln- After his death the Icfrlshiture of Connecticut 

natlsset, southerly of the tlrst tract. In the present granted two thousand acres to his grandson In 

town of Tliompson. London, as a tribute to his memory. This jirant 

On •.'!• .luue, li'.8.'i. the Court ratlUed and con- was located In North Kllllnjrly, whli-h place was 

llrmed to Hlack James and company two plots of afterwards madea town and named "Tliompson," 

land surveyed l)y John (iore, one at O.ulnnatlsset In honor of the family. 

and the other at Mayanexlt. Col. Kec., V., 'John Hhickwell was member of rarllaiiient 

488. under CromweU, and treasurer In his army, and 

1 Hutchinson, I., :!24. was Intimate with l)u<iley while In this country; 

2 Mass. Col. Rec, V., 40'J. Au old plan In the was made justice of the peace by him, and was 
Oxford records shows, amonj? other lots of laud often his adviser. Miss Larned, I., 183. 




>-. |o^»4 J^ ^^»^r. j> 



1683 LAND PURCHASES AND GRANTS. 7 

still fresh iu mind, and those who lived in the safer places near the 
coast were slow to go out and endure the hardships of a pioneer life 
in a wilderness where roving bands of hostile Indians Avere scouting, 
and the resident tribes had proved themselves untrustworthy. 

Grant to Dudley, etc., for a Town. The grant for Oxford is 
as follows : — 

" This court liauing iuforraation that some gentlemen in England are desir- 
ous to remoove themselues into this colony & (if it may be) to setle themselues 
vnder the Massachusets ; for the incouragement of such persons, & that they 
ma}'^ haue some from among themselues, according to their motion, to assist & 
direct them in such a designe, this Court doth grant to Major Robert Thompson 
Willjam Stoughton and Joseph Dudley, Esq., and such others as they shall 
associate to them, a tract of land, in any free place, conteyning eight miles 
square, for a touneship, they setling in the sajd place w'thin fower yeares, 
thirty familjes & an able orthodox minister, and doe allow to the sajd touneship 
freedom from country rates for fower yeares from the time aboue Ijmitted." 
Dated May IGth, 1083.' 

First Survey. The survey of this grant was made by John 
Gore of Roxbury, an order having been issued by Edmund Andros, 
Kt., 19 Sept., 1687, for laying out a plat "near AYorcester," on a 
grant made in 1683.- The place was named Oxford after the city of 
that name in England.^ 

The plan, a copy of which is now in the Town Clerk's office, compre- 
hended 41,250 acres or a little less than 65 square miles, and was 
2,114 rods or six and two-thirds miles on the east side ; 3,340 rods or 
about ten and one-half miles on the south; 1,968 rods or about six 
miles on the west and 3,216 rods or about ten miles on the north. 
The description in the deed of division — hereafter described — begins at 
the southwest corner of Worcester, which was not far from the present 
Auburn centre, and from thence the line ran nearly south to the 
northAvest corner of Mr. Dudley's grant of 1,000 acres before alluded 
to, and thence S. 15° E. by the west line of said grant to a point 
about one and a quarter miles southwest of West Sutton, and a mile 
and a half west of Manchaug Pond, called Manchaug Corner, thence 
W. 15° S. to a point north of Peter Pond in the east part of Dudley, 
and thence nearly on the same course crossing the Quinebaug to a 
point about one mile south of Southbridge centre, thence north 
including the main water power at Southbridge centre, to a point 
about two miles west of Charlton City, on the Sturbridge line, thence 
N. 85° E. to the southwest corner of Worcester, enclosing besides 
the present Oxford, the larger part of Charlton, about one-fourth of 



'Mass. Col. IJec, V., 408. "I gave New Roxbury the name of Woodstock, 

2 Mass. Arcli., CXXVII., llfl. From the deed of because of Its nearness to Oxford, for the sake 

division noted hereafter we learn that tills grant of Queen Ellzal)etli and the notable nicetings 

was ratified to Dudley and Company on 11 Jan., that liave been held at that place bearing the 

1688. name In England." [Holmes's Annals, II., 240.] 

3Thls fact does not appear clearly from the These places are about eight miles distant from 

record, but is confirmed by the memorandum of each other, and are places of note in English 

Judge Sewall, of Boston, who in his diary wrote, history. 



8 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Auburn, one-fifth of Dudley, and several square miles of the north- 
east portion of Soutlibridge. 

Common way. Through this tract on the Village west line was 
laid out due north and south a " way" 20 rods in width called "the 
common way," — probably a reserve for access to the lands adjoining 
on tlie west. This " way" became later a part of the A'illage. 

The Village. This "common way," cut off from the main grant 
11,250 acres of the eastern portion, a plot six and two-thirds miles 
long, and nearly three miles wide, which was given to the settlers 
for a Village, or " General Plantation." 

" Grand lots." The remaining 30,000-acre tract was divided into 
five equal parts, the division lines running easterly and westerly. These 
were allotted as follows : the northernmost to Robert Thompson, the 
second to Daniel Cox, the third to William Stoughton, the fourth to 
John Blackwell, and the southernmost to Joseph Dudley. Mr. Cox's 
portion is subdivided on the plan between Blackwell, Freak and Cox.' 
All the bounds mentioned in this deed were of a transient nature — 
marked trees, a heap of stones, or a stake, constituting them all — 
excepting one, which was at the northeast corner of Augutteback Pond 
at the present Howarth's village. - 

So far as appears, Dudley assumed the entire management of 
the preliminaries of the settlement. Blackwell early sold, having 
obtained a new grant in the Quinebaug valley in Connecticut, 28 
Jan., 1G85.3 

The Deed of Division is a valuable document, found in 1872 in 
London, and now in the possession of the New York Historical 
Society. Its date is July 3, 1688, and its point of special interest 
is in the description of Mr. Dudley's tract, where his northeast bound 
is given as a "white oak stake, s(iuare, driven in the meadow, by 
the river which runs by and from the French houses."' 

A fact of interest learned from this document is the Indian name 
of the beautiful pond referred to, "Augutteback."-'* 

Attractions of the locality. The features of the locality 
which, in Dudley's estimation, made it " capable of good settlement," 
were, doubtless, its meadows and plains. The western portion was 



1 IHagraiu 1, imiler "Clianjies In Town lines," west of tlie river at the west boundary ol 

eliows the fonii and cliict divisions of tlie Howarth's estate, 

jjrant. ■ -Mass. Col. Rec V., 407. 

-A fact on whii-li the records plve no liKht, Is < Cox's copy of this ileed has recently come to 

that of the change of tlie location of this '-VlUafre IlRht. It was In the possession of K/ra Taylor. 

Line." By removhiK it a few rods to the west the Es<|., of Southboro, attorney of Cox's heirs, who 

very desiralde water power at Aiifjutteback or reside<l In New Jersey, and is now in the library 

lower falls, and also a larKc amount of meadow of the Am. Antiq. Soc. at Worcester. See also 

on the river above were liivcn to the village and Wor. Co. Kec. XXIX., ?2S. 

the chanfte was made undoubtedly as an Induce- ''This name, though not as pleaslnR iis the lake 

nient to settlers to come In. Whatever may have Itself, should be relaineil. The river which runs 

been llie motive, llie line was before 171:; removed throufrh It should also be known as tlie M;uinexit, 

about onc-fourtli of a mile to the westward, and the appellation " French " being Inappropriate, 

at AuKutteback was near the brow of the hill as no French settled near It. 



LAND PURCHASES AND GRANTS. 9 

rough aud hilly but the hundreds of acres of warm alluvial soil 
embraced iu the village plot were specially suited to the main crop of 
those early times, Indian corn. Gookin said of it, " it is situated in 
a fertile country for good land," and he asserts he had seen in the 
region fields yielding 40 bushels to the acre. The country was not 
unbroken forest, but on the plains especially were open areas planted 
over by the natives. 

"There is no underwood, save in swamps and low places; for it being the 
custom of the Indians to burn the woods in November ... it consumes all 
the underwood and rul)bish. There is good fodder in the woods where the 
trees are thin : and in the spring the grass grows rapidly on the burnt lands. 
. . . The woods are open and the forests penetrated without difflculty. The 
only obstructions are streams, hills and swamps." ' 

Meadows. These were considered as of great value on account of 
their yielding hay.- Water power available and fitting was at hand. 

Game. Wild game in plenty, especially deer, important as a 
means of living, roamed the forests, and the ponds and rivers 
abounded in fish.^ 

Roads. The grant was easy of access. A road from Boston to 
Springfield crossed it on the north, and through the southern part 
ran the thoroughfare from Boston to Hartford and vicinity, called in 
the records the Great Trail aud the Connecticut Path. 

Undoubtedly the first white man to tread Oxford soil was John 
Oldham, who, in 1633, having learned of the "trail" from the inci- 
dent of the Indians of Wabquasset carrying corn to the Bay colonists 
when in need in 1630, passed over it westward to Windsor. 

In July, 1675, Ephraim Curtis was employed to conduct " Fncas 
his six men" from Boston home. He says "I conducted [them] 
safl}' while I com in sight of Wabquesesue new planting fielde ; first 
to Natuck, from thenc to Marelborrow, thenc to Esnemisco, thenc 
to Mumchogg [Oxford], thenc to Chabanagonkomug, thenc to 
Mayenecket thenc over the river to Seneksig, while wee cam nere to 
Wabaquasesu wher they were willing that wee should leve them.""* 
This indicates the line of travel at that time. 



' Wood's Xew Eng. Prospect. liearil Joseph Rockwood, who served in the fort, 

-Sudbury, Concord, Lancaster aud IJrookfield, teU of having got lost in tlie woods when out for 

early settled, aU were cliosen for their productive tlie cows. He heard at a distance the cries of 

meadows. Robinson's Ponil in tlie east part of wild beasts, ami ascending a tree for safety was 

Oxford covers •'Jlendon Meadow,'' so called surrounded during the night by half famished, 

from the fact that the people of Mendon came howling wolves." 

here for hay before the settlement. Mrs. Isaac Moflitt, b. 1738, dau. of John Larned. 

' Mr. Stephen Davis, recently deceased, x. S7, living west of tlie river in the southwest part of 
said on the authority of his fatiier that at the the town, said she had lain awake many a time 
time of the settlement of his ancestors in the in her childhood and heard the night-long sere- 
southeast part of Oxford, with a dog and a gun uade of the wolves from a knoll a short distance 
one could go to the woods near by and bring in a from the dwelling. 

fawn as certainly and almost as quickly as a At Jonathan Ballard's, who bought in 17o.5 (now 

farmer could go to his sheepfold and prepare a Howarth's), it was necessary at times to house 

lami) for the table. the sheep and calves for safety, and on a pertain 

Bears and wolves were not uncommon. Mrs. winter morning tradition says seven wolves were 

Lee in her history of the Huguenots says, (juot- counted on the Ice of the mill pond, 

ing from the manuscript of Mr. John Mayo, " I * Mass. Arch., LXVII., 214. 

3 



CHAPTKK' II. 

THE HUGUENOT COLONY. 

Tin: FIufarKNOTs. Mn>i,. Hostii.k Ixdiaxs. Johnson Massacrk. Tmk 
DKSKitTioN. Kk-sktti,kmknt. Fkknch and Indian Ixtuiguks. Qcekn 

ANNK'8 War. SKCOND AliANDONMENr. HUGUKNOT ClIAIlACTKU. PER- 
SONAL. Kemcs. Bernon's Troubles. Beknon's Sale. Proprietors' 
Proclamation. English Settlers. Town Incorporation. 

Huguenots as Colonists. In the spring of 1686 no progress 
had been made toward occupying the grant, and on petition of the 
grantees, the stipuhvted time for settlement was extended three years.' 
Before tlie expiration of that time, ttie requisite number of families of 
a strange nationality and a remarkable history were here as settlers. 
These were French Protestants who a short time before had been 
driven out of their native land on account of their religion and had taken 
refuge in London. INIr. Thompson, one of the grantees then resid- 
ing there, entered into negotiations with Gabriel Bernon, an influentinl 
man among them, which resulted in an agreement with him and his 
agent, Isaac Bertrand DuTuffeau, to bring over and settle 30 families 
upon the Oxford lands.- 

A grant of 2,500 acres was made by Dudley and Company to 
Bernon and DuTuffeau in common, Bernon's portion thereof being 
1,750 acres in his own right, and 750 in co-partnership with Du 
Tuflfeau. This tract was laid out in the southeast corner of the village 
plot, and was 352 rods on the south line, and ran north ''as far as will 
complete the full quantity of 2,872 acres. "^ DuTutfeau after ti time 
left the colony while indebted to Bernon, who by legal process came 
into possession of the whole. This he sold in the spring of 1721, 
eight years after the permanent settlement, for 1,200 pounds to 
Thomas Mayo, Samuel Davis and William Weld, all of Koxbury.'' 



' .Muss. CoL Rec, V., 4t!ll. plantation for tlii'ir rcfu^je,' lliat lie dhl ailvance 

- In 17"20, Hernon represent I'd to llicautlioritles liini siicli siiins, as, 'with tlie exi-liantfe anil Infcr- 

iit Koston, thai he was "one of tlie most ancient est from that time wouhl amount to al)ove one 

families In Kochel, France; that upon the hreach tlioiisand pounds,' etc. . . . and that he shlji|)ed 

of the lOdlct <if Nantes, to shun persecution he himself, his family, and servants, with other 

lied to Londim; that on his arrival, Tuf- families Jind paid passape for ahove forty 

f(rreau, Esif., treasnrerof the Protestant churches persons." 

of France, i)resented him to the honorahle socl- ■' In the deed a reserve was made of 172 acres 

cty for propaKatliiK the gospel anion}; the In- of iiiiadow for the settlers, and 200 acres for 

dians In New I'',n);laiiil ; that Mr. Thompson the Daniel Hondct, the minister. 

governor [President] olTered to " Instal him In 'Weld soon sold his share to .Mayo and Davis. 

the society ' and olVered lilni land lu the govern- John, son of Thomas Mayo, settled upon the 

ment of the Massachusells Hay; whereupon southern part of the tract Ineludiujr Fort Hill, 

Isaac Bertrand du TulTeau desired him " to assist and Davis owned and occupied the central part, 

hlni to come over to New KuKland to settle a lying on both sides of the present Sutton road. 



1687 HUGUENOT COLONY. 11 

During the summer and autumn of 1686 and the winter following 
most of these emigrants arrived at Boston, and according to Rev. 
Charles W. Baird, D.D., author of "History of the Huguenot emi- 
gration to America," came to Oxford in 1687.1 The settlement was 
made near the stream easterly of the present Main Street, the houses 
having been built on its higher banks, mostly on the westerly side, 
from near the present Sutton road on the northeast, down one mile 
to the Webster road and Johnson's Plain on the southwest, the most 
thickly settled part having been near the "old mill" at the south end 
of the Plain. 

Chapel. Southeasterly from the central portion of the village on 
the Humphrey farm upon a rise of land about 100 rods from the 
stream, on the road to the fort, stood their church building, and near 
it was their buryiug-grouud, and a stockade for refuge in case of an 
attack during religious service. 

Fort. Still farther to the southeast about three-fourths of a mile, 
rising to an eminence overlooking the country for many miles, was 
their fort or stronghold, and a short distance from it westex'ly on 
Bondet Hill, within the village limits, was a building called in the 
records the "Great house," supposed to have been the home of the 
minister, Daniel Bondet. 

Mills. On the stream near the south end of the Plain, was built 
the first mill, a sawmill, and three-fourths of a mile above at the 
northeastern extremity of the settlement on Bernon's land, stood the 
grist-mill, built by Mr. Church in 1689. 

Progress. Concerning the pi'ogress of the colony, but little can 
be known, as all official papers were carried away by the pastor, Daniel 
Bondet, when he left, and have never been recovered.'-^ A few mis- 
cellaneous papers, petitions, letters, etc., remain, chiefly in the State 
archives and among the Bernon papers now in the possession of 
William D. Ely, Esq., Providence, R. I., quotations from which 
will give indications of the state of affairs from time to time. A 
letter from a French refugee in Boston, dated Nov., 1687, recites 
as follows : 

" The Nicmok country belongs to tlie President himself and the land costs 
nothing. I do not know as yet the precise quantity that is given to each 
family ; some have told me it is from fifty to a hundred acres according to 
the size of a family. ... It lies with tliose who Avish to take uplands whetlier 
to take them in the one or the other plantation — on the sea board or in the 
interior. The Nicmok plantation is inland, at a distance of twenty leagues 
from Boston and equally distant from the sea; so that when the settlers 
wish to send anything to Boston or to obtain anythhig from thence, they are 
obliged to transport it in wagons. In the neighborhood of this settlement 
there are small rivers and ponds abounding in tish, and woods full of game. 
M. Bondet is their minister. The inhabitants as yet number only flfty-two 
persons." ^ 

> Dr. Holmes In his " Anuals " gives the time Oxford, says they were Icept in Boston, and 
as In 1686. burned in the old State House. 

2 Whitney, referring to the early records of i Bulletin Soc. His. Fr. Protestantism, XVI., C9. 



12 HISTOliV OF OXrOKI). 1689-93 

Mill Contract. A contract dated March, 1689, between Caleb 
Cliurch of Watertown and Mv. Bernon, Ijy which the former agrees 
to build a grist-mill at Oxford, appears among the Beruou papers. 
'I'his mill was completed prior to Feb., 16'J0, as before stated. 

The Rum Traffic. In 1G91 the peace of the settlement was 
seriously distuibed by some " incorrigible persons" therein who were 
carrying on a pernicious tralllc with the natives. The following is a 
memorial from the minister, Mr. Bondet, on this subject, dated G 
July :_ 

" It is an occasion which fills my heart with sorow and my life of trouble, 
but ray humble request will be at least before God, and before you a solemn 
protestation against the guilt of tliose incorrigible persons who dwell in our 
place. The rome is always sold to the Imlians Avitliout order or measure, 
insomuch that according the complaint sent to me by master Diclvestean with 
advice to present it to your honours. Tlie 26 of last montli there was abcnit 
twenti indians so furious by drunkness that they fought like bears and fell 
upon one called remcs . . . who is appointed for preaching the gospel 
amongst them he had been so much disfigured by his wonds tliat there is no 
hope of his I'ecovery. If it was your pleasure to signifie to the instrumens of 
that evil the jalosie of your autiioriti and of tlie publi(|ue tranquility, you 
would do great good nuiintainiug the honour of God in a Christian habitation, 
conforting some honest souls wich i)eing incompatible with such al)omi na- 
tions feel everj' day the burden of afHixon of tlieir honorable perigrination 
aggravated. Hear us pray and so God be witli you and prosper all your just 
undertakins and applications tis the sincere Avish of your most I'espectuous 
servant. 

"D. BONDET 

minister of the gospell in a 

French Congregation at newoxford." 

No action u[)on this petition appears. 

Sigourney's Affirmation. Several years later the same evil 
continued, " to the great shame and danger of all the company," the 
agent now being one of the Huguenots, as appears from the following 
document, the original of which is in the possession of Peter Butler, 
Esq., of Quincy, a descendant of Andre Sigourney : — 

" Andr6 Sigourney aged of about fifty years doe affirme tiiat the 28 day of 
nouemb'' last past he was w'ith all the otliers of the village in the mill for to 
take the rum in the hands f)f Peter Canton and Avhen they asked liim \va)' hee 
do al)us(' s()(; the Indiens in seleingthem licpior to the great slianie and dangers 
of all the company hee s'' Canton answered that itt was his will and that hee 
hath right soe to doe and asking him further if itt was noe him how make 
soe many Indiens drunk he did answer that hee had sell to one ludien and one 
s(|ua the valew of four gills and that itt is all upon w '' one of the company 
named Hllias Dupeux told him that hee have meet an Indien drunk w '' have 
get a bott(le) fool and said that itt was to the mill how (who) sell itt lie 
ansAvered that itt nuiy bee trueth. 

••Andk6 Sigoukxky. [Constable.] 

"Boston, Dec. 5, 1693." 

Representative. In the early part of 1093 the plantation, 
having been by a general law of 1G92 empowered thereto, chose as 



1693-94 HUGUENOT COLONY. 13 

representative to the General Court, Daniel Allen of Boston. Little can 
be learned of this first representative of the town, but it can hardly 
be doubted that he was half-biother of Dudley, and son of Rev. John 
AUin of Dedham, by his wife Catharine, who had been previously wife 
of Samuel Hagborne and of Thomas Dudley, and was mother of Joseph 
Dudley. He was born 5 Aug. 1656 ; grad. Harv. Col. 1675 ; physi- 
cian at Boston; died 7 Nov. 1693. His kinship to Dudley explains 
his having been elected to the office, and the fact attests Dudley's 
continued interest in the settlement.^ 

Hostile Indians. In the summer of 1693 the northern Indians 
became a source of alarm. At Brookfield a band of 40 made an 
assault, 27th July, killing six persons and carrying away three 
others, one an infant, which was killed soon after the capture. 
Both Oxford and Woodstock having fears that unless precautionary 
measures were taken like disasters might come to these places, the 
case was laid before the authorities, and on 1 Aug., 1693, in Council, 
it was advised and ordered that the Indians of the Plantation of 
Tohkokomoowadchunt [Kekamoochong, adjoining Oxford] " as well 
for their own security as that the Enemy may be better known," be 
drawn into the town of Woodstock to be under the watch of the 
English.- Nothing further appears to show that the settlement was 
not in a fairly prosperous condition up to 1694, seven years from the 
beginning. At this date the community numbered probably 70 or 80 
persons. 

In the summer of 1694 the colonists first learned by experience 
the cruel and sanguinary nature of the people among whom their lot 
had been cast. A daughter of one Alard, with two younger children 
of the family, left their home one day to return no more. Search 
was made, the body of the murdered girl was found but the children 
had been captured and carried away to Quebec.^ 

Sigourney's Memorial. The effect of this occurrence was 
greatly to dishearten the villagers, as will appear from the following 
document. In October, 1694, a warrant having been sent to Andrew 
Sigourney, the constable, for the collection of £8. 6s. taxes, he 
replied as follows : — 

"... Now whereas the Indians have appeared several times this summer, 
we were forced to garrison ourselves for three months together and several 
families fled, so that our summer harvest of hay and corn hath gone to ruin 
by the beasts and cuttle which hath brought us so low that we have not 
enougli to supply our own necessities, many other families abandoning like- 
wise so that we have none left l)ut Mr. Bondet our minister and the poorest 



1 Corroborative evidence of his identity is found tlie location of Alard's dwelling as at the south 

In the names of his children, among whom were end of the plain, about three rods westerly of the 

John, Catharine anA lie/ijamin. [See Savage.] Tlie railroad track on tlie nortlicrly side of tlic road 

choice of a representative not an inhabitant of to tlie fort. Tlio Bernon papers give — "Tlie 

the town was in accordance with Englisli usagi'. daughter of Sr. Alord was killed, and the two 

- Council Kec. children of Alord taken prisoners and taken to 

•' Tradition gives us tliis story, and says tliese Oueljec."— Baird, II., L'74. 
children were a daughter and two sont, and fixes 



14 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1096 

of our plantation, so that wo are incapable of paying said Poll unless we dis- 
pose of what littl(! we have and quit our plantations. Wherefore humbly 
entreat the Honorable Council to consider our miseries and incapacity of pay- 
ing the poll, and as in duty hound we shall ever pray." ' 

In Province Laws of 1G98, p. 341, we find an act remitting taxes 
to Oxford for £33. 68. 

Bondet leaves. For nearly two years afterward we have very 
little by which to judge of the condition of affairs. Soon after the 
date of the above memcjrial, according to I.aborie's representations, 
hereafter given, Bondet, the pastor, doubtless with a feeling of hope- 
lessness as to the future, and to the regret and discouragement of 
the people, left and returned to Boston. 

Johnson Massacre. On 2') Aug., 1096, occurred the Johnson 
massacre. This deed was perpetrated under the instigation of the 
Canadian authorities and the Jesuits by a willing servant of theirs, 
Toby, a Nipmuck Indian, dwelling at Woodstock, and was a precur- 
sor of the long series of atrocities later enacted on the frontier. - 

The house of Johnson stood on the southern outskirts of the village, 
near the Woodstock trail, on the plain which bears his name. Toby 
and his band stealthily approached it on the afternoon of Tuesday, 
the 25th of August, 1696, and entering, seized his three children, 
Andrew, Peter and Mary, and ruthlessly crushed their heads against 
the stones of the lireplace. With the help of Att4few Johonuot, her ^ ^' 
cousin, the mother tied toward Woodstock, whither her husband had 
gone on business. Tradition runs that in parts of the way there were 
two paths and that in going and coming the husband and wife passed 
each other, she going on to Woodstock and he coming to his home, 
where he was met by the assassins and shared the fate of his 
children. 3 

A rough stone monument was raised on the site of the Johnson 
house by an assembly of the people of Oxford on 25 Aug., 1875, 
Dr. O. W. Holmes, replying to an invitation to be present, wrote : 
'' The occasion you propose to celebrate is a very interesting one, in 
an exceptional kind of way, and deserves an orator quite as much as 
many more widely known events of history ... I must content my- 
self with sending my most cordial good wishes to my friends of the 



1 Muss. Arch., C, S02. Ing his uncle Audrew Sixouriu-y, proliahly in 

- In a letter dated at New London, 211 .Tan., 1700, lG8(i, lived at Oxford with those other uoble ex- 

froni (iov. Winthrop to HclloHiout at Hoston, he lies, until driven away by the Indians In Aup., 

refers to "one 'I'ohy, formerly lielonKln^ to thf lG9t;, when he saved, says trudlllon, that may In 

Indians that live at New Uoxbury, who had a this case he nearer the trulli than common, his 

particular hand in kllllUK one .Idhnson, near the cotisiu, Susan Johnson, whose husband and three 

same town, In the last war with the Indians."— children were then killed." [Sava^re.] Johnson 

N. Y. Col. MSS., IV., 612. came as an attendant of DuTuffeau. He was b. 

:i A llfth victim. John Kvans, Is named In aciT- at Alvcton or Alton, Staffordshire, Ku^. [Dr. 

tlllcute of Slon;;liton, Increase Mathir and others, Balrd.] Suzanne, his widow, who was the dauK'h- 

In favor of lieruon, pi esented to the authorities ter of Andrew SlKourney. the constable, m. 18 

20 Sei)t., IG'.IG. \Vi- lind no other mention of him. Apr., 1700, In Boston, her cousin, Daniel Jolion- 

" Daniel .lohonnot, Boston, a Ilutfueiiot youth, b. not. Slgourney Gen. 
about 1(108, came from Uochelle, Krance, attend- 



1699 HUGUENOT COLONY. 15 

lovely town which records so touching, beautiful and romantic a story 
in its annals." In another connection he says : 

" Mj' father visited the site of the little colony in 1819 and 1825. lie traced 
the lines of the fort, and was I'ej^aled with the perfumes of the shrubl)ery and 
the grapes then hanging in clusters on the vines planted by the Huguenots 
above a century before. I visited the place between twenty and thirty years 
ago and found many traces of the old settlement. After Plymouth, I do not 
think there is any locality in New England more interesting. This little l^and 
of French families, transported from the sliore of the Bay of Biscay to the 
Avilds of our New England interior, reminds me of the isolated group of 
magnolias which we find surrounded by the ordinary forest trees in our 
Massachusetts town of Manchester. It is a surprise to meet with them and 
we wonder how they came there, but they glorify the scenery with their tropi- 
cal flowers and sweeten it with their fragrance. Such a pleasing surprise is 
the eflect of coming upon this snuiU and transitory abiding-place of the men 
and women who left their beloved and l)eautiful land for the sake of their 
religion. The lines of their fort may be obliterated, ' the perfumes of the 
shrubbery ' may no longer be perceived, but the ground they hallowed by their 
footsteps is sacred, and the air around their old Oxford home is sweet with 
their memory." ' 

This event filled the settlement with consternation, and after bury- 
ing in one grave the murdered husband and " ses trois enfans" the 
inhabitants gathered their small stores of movables and hastened 
away to a place of safety .- 

The Departure. Tradition says that early in the morning of 
their leaving — each family having bade adieu to its plantation and 
home — they assembled at the little church, where they had a season of 
worship. They afterward repaired to the burying-ground to take 
leave of the graves of departed friends, and thence in a procession, 
moved onward over the rough forest road, toward Boston. 

Second Settlement. As early as the spring of 1699, eight or 
ten families returned and occupied their plantations. But of the 
fortunes of the second colony we know little. The facts however set 
forth in the citations which follow, indicate clearly that with the rum 
tralHc with the resident natives and the plottings of the neighboring 
tribes, there could have been but very little of growth or quiet. 



1 Introduction to the "Huguenots in the Nip- appear that any clue to the perpetrators was 

muck Country." discovered. Lincoln's Hist. oE Worcester, p. r>7. 

-The news of this disaster spread speedily This Half-way River was undout)tedly tlie 
through the Province, and a band of 12 Maancxit, which is about midway liutween Bos- 
soldiers from Worcester, accompanied by 3S ton and Springrtield. Sixty years or more ago, 
friendly Indians, hastened to tlie protection of George Alverson wliile plougliing on the Inter- 
the frontier towus of Oxford and Woodstocit. vale near the river on the land of laitlier Stone, 
The woods were range<l for <lays, and some fresh N. Gore, turned up a brass liettle, a draught 
tracks were found at a plai-e called Half-way chain and a mattock, which had evidently been a 
River north of the French settlement. Captain very long time buried, and which it is thought 
Daniel Fitch, the leader of the expedition, made the marauders may have taken with lliem from 
a report to Lieut. Gov. Stoughton, and asked for the scene of the murder ami finding them cum- 
a supply of provisions and ammunition In order bersomc secreted them here, 
that the search might be pursued. It does not 



16 1IIST(>KV OF OXFORD. 1700 

Laborie Memorial. A petition of the second Minister, James 
Laborie, in beiialf of the settlers, dated Oct. 1, 1699, is as follows : > 

" James Laborie tou his Exccllencie and tou the Honorable Couneil." 
" My Lord and most Honorablb Council." 

" Mr. Boiulet, formerly minister of tliis town, not only satisfied to leave ns 
almost two years Ix-fore the Indians did eommit any act of hostility in this 
plaee, but carried aw.ay all the books which had been given for the use of the 
plantation, with the acts and papers of the village, we most humbly supplicate 
your Excellency and the most Honorable Council to oblige Mr. Bondet to send 
back again said books, acts and papers belonging to said plantation. 

"'{'he inhabitants, knowing that all disturbance that hath been before in this 
plantation, have happened only that some people of this plantation did give 
the Indians drink without measure, and that at present there is some continu- 
ing to do the same, we most humbly supplicate your Excellency and Honora- 
ble Council to give to Mr. James Laborie, our minister, full order to hinder 
these disturbances which put us in great danger of our lives. The said in- 
habitants also complain against .Tohn Ingall, that not only he gives to said 
Indians drink without measure, but buy all the meat they bring, and goes and 
sell it in other villages, and so hinders the inhabitants of putting up any pro- 
visions against the winter. We most humbly supplicate your Excellency and 
most Honorable Council to forbid said John Ingall to sell any rhoom, and to 
transport any meat out of the plantation that he hath i)ought of the Indians 
before the said inhabitants l)e provided. - 

" James Laborie in his particular most humbly supplicate your Excellency 
and the most ITonoral)le Council to give him a peculiar order to oblige the 
Indians to observe the Sabl)ath day, many of said Indians to whom the said 
Laborie hath often exhorted to piety — having declared to submit themselves 
to the said Lal)orie's exhortations if he would bring an order with him from 
your Excellency, or from your honorable Lieut. Governor, Mr. Stanton, or the 
most Honoiabl(! Council. 

" Expecting these favors we shall continue to pray God for the preservation 
of your Excellency, and most Honorable Council" etc. 

" Jamks Laborish." 

Endorsed — " Lre written 1" X br 99 w"lh a i)roclaraa'con for the observance 
of the Sabbath day inclosed." •' 

The action of the authorities on this petition does not appear. 

Laborie to Bellomont. The following, addressed to Earl 
Belloinont, indicates that a certificate of the inhabitants had been 
required in reference to the charges against Bondet. The writer then 
opens the subject of the intrigues of the natives. 

"At New Oxford this 17 June, 1700. 

"My Lord : When I had the honor to write to your Excellency, I did not 
send the certificate of our inhabitants with reference to Monsieur Bondet, 



1 Laborie was stalioncil here not only to labor warrant to Mr. Treasurer, to pay forty shillings 

at New Oxford but also among the Indians at unto .John Ingall, sent with an express from 

Keelvamoochaug. Tills was a tract bounded Oxford, bringing tlie news, 7 Feb., I(i99.'' 

nortli l)y Oxford soutli line, east by the large We infer tliat Ingall was trailer in Oxford, 

pond, south liy "Dudley's Maanexit farm," and l)ringing gooils from Boston, dealing with colo- 

extended westerly so as to include tlie valley nists and Indians, and tliat wlili tlie latter mm 

west of Dudley centre. 'I'hc Inooli in said val- was a leading article in excluiiige for wild meats, 

ley bore tlie name. furs, etc. 

In tlie Council Records, p.'.t.'>,we llnd— "Adviseil ' Mass. Arcli., II., MO. 
and consented that liis Excellency issue forth his 



1700 SECOND HUGUENOT COLONY. 17 

for the reason they were not all here, I have at length procured it, and send it 
to your Excellency. As to our Indians, I feel constrained to inform your 
Excellency that the four who came back, notwithstaiUling all the protesta- 
tions which they made to me upon arriving, had no other object in returning 
than to induce those who had been faithful, to depart with tliem. They have 
gained over the greater number, and to-day they leave for Penikook, twenty- 
five in all — men, women, and children. I preached to them yesterday in their 
own tongue. From all they say, I infer that the priests are vigorously at 
work, and that they are hatching some scheme which they will bring to light 
so soon as they find a favorable occasion. 

"James Lai?orie." 

Reports widely circulated that the King of England intended to cut 
them off, and at another time that it was his purpose to disarm them, 
aroused the hostility of the Indians and they engaged earnestly in 
executing the designs of the Canadians. The intrigue was busily 
prosecuted with the Wabquassets with the hope that they through 
their chief men would succeed in winning over their neighbors, the 
Mohegans, who had continued the fast friends of the English. 

Toby's Movements. For several years after the massacre, 
Toby, who had removed northward, was a very active agent in this 
work and brought to the Nipmuck, Wabquasset and Mohegan tribes 
much wampum for the purpose of influencing them to combine against 
the English. 1 On 1 Feb., 1700, Black James gave the information: 

" He being in the woods a hunting came to a place near Massomuck [Pom- 
fret], to a great wigwam of five fire places, and eleaven hunting Indians, 
. . . the next morning they went out and called this James and bid him 
come and see the wampom they had gathered ; he asked what that wampom 
was for, they said it was Mohawk's wampom; the Dutchman had told 
them that the English had ordered to cut oft' all Indians, and they had the 
same news from the french, and therefore we are gathering and sending 
wampom to all Indians, that we may agree to cutt oft' the English ; and Caw- 
gatwo [of Wabquasset] told this James that Toby brought that wampom and 
that news from the Mohawks." - 

On 3 Feb., 1700, a squaw, Spuna, gave information that two 
strange Indians, one of whom was Toby " a great man or Cap'n," 
were two days at Wabquasset "consulting how they might come down 
upon the J^ngiish and friendly Indians " and that the Wabquassets 
agreed to go in February to Pennacook, with wives and children. 

Mr. Sabin. On 28 Feb., Bellomont wrote to the Lords of Trade, 
London, saying that Mr. Sabin [of Woodstock] was at Boston "the 
past week, having come by night that it might not be known to his 
Indian neighbors," that he was under great terror and apprehension 
having learned through " Owenico" the Mohegan Chief that the Gov- 
ernor of Canada through his "cunning men" was instigating a plot 
to cut off the English. 

In another connection Sabin said, "The Indians are drawn off and 
gone eastward and some . . . being sent to recall them and having 
discoursed Avith the Sachem of the Pennacook about the aforesaid 



1 N. y. Col. MSS., IV., 618, 616, etc. = Ibid. 



18 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1700-2 

combination ... ho told him tliut he hiid the longest bow that 
ever was in New England, it reaclicd from Penobscot to the Mohawk 
Country," meaning that all Indians were in the plot. 

In June, 1700, French Protestants at Boston represented to the 
Court that they had "been at great charges" in maintaining the poor 
of New Oxford, " who by the occasion of the war withdrew them- 
selves, and since that they have assisted many who returned to Oxford 
in order to resettlement." ' 

Belloinont to Lords of Trade. On 9 July, 1700, Bellomont 
wrote : — 

"The Indians about the town of Woodstock and New Oxford, consisting; 
of about 40 families have lately deserted their hcnises and corn, and are gone 
to live with the Penicook Indians, which has much aUarmed the English there- 
abouts, and some of the English have forsaken their houses and farms and 
removed to tow'ns for better security. That the .Jesuits have seduced these 
40 families is plain from several accounts I have received, some Avhereof I 
now send . . . Laljourie's letter to me is very plain evidence that French 
Jesuits debauched those Indians . . . Mr. Sabin is so terrified . . . that he 
has thought fit to forsake his dwelling and is gone to live in a town. .\11 the 
thinking people here believe the Eastern Indians will break out against the 
English m a little time."- 

Queen Anne's War. In May, 1702, England declared war 
against France, initiating the contest known as Queen Anne's "War, 
thus giving an additional incentive to hostilities, Avhich was eagerly 
improved by the French Governor of Canada, and the Indian tribes 
were stirred up afresh to engage in their atrocious warfare. Bernon 
became fearful for Oxford, and called upon Dudley, who had then 
recently coine to the Governor's chair, for aid and protection, who 
replied as follows : — 

"Herewith I send you a eommission for Captain of New Oxford. I desire 
you forthwith to repair thither and show your said commission, and take care 
that the people be armed, and take them in your oAvn house with a palisade, 
for the security of the inhabitants; and if they are at such a distance . . . 
that there should be need of another place to draw them together in case of 
danger, consider of another i)roper house antl write me, and you shall have 
order therein. 

" I am your humble si'rvant, 

" J. DtDLKY.^ 

".7?<Z.V 7, 1702." 



1 Mass. Arch., II., 150. ■MJeiuon came to Oxford and liad Ills coni- 

2N. Y. Col. MSS., IV., 6S-1. Tin: I'ennacooks mission read .acconliiiK to his instructions, jissur- 

inhiiblted the Connecticut valley about the site Inj; the people that he did not look on them as 

of Concord. N. II., ami were larfjely under ihe soldiers hut as friends. From the tone of his 

intluence of the Canadian -Jesuits, and received letter to Dudley later he seems to have approved 

presents from Ihem, notably silver crosses as of what liad been done, but still was solicitous as 

ornaments, and through them the tribes In this to the safety of the colony and suggested that in 

vlclnaKC, who thought the religion of the I'enna- case of further trout)le I'rovidence should send 

cooks liner than that of the Huguenots, were succor, and names Captain Arnold and I.ieut. 

prejudlceil against the latter, and were Induced Wilkinson lus persons to be relied on for clUclent 

to remove northward. HaIrd, II., 285. aid. Ibid., 2SS. 



1703-4 SECOND HUGUENOT COLONY. 19 

Perry to Dudley. lu a, letter of John Perry to Gov. Dudley, 
Brookfielcl, 4 Jan., 1703, he says : — 

"We have a few rambling Indians frequenting our place whose words & 
carriage is such as gives reason to suspect them to be evil minded men and 
disposed to mischief . . . Their names the one is Joseph Ninnequal)on, who 
was the man the last .year that received a wampum belt of our Enemyes, and 
presented it to the Moheggs to ingage them in a war with us, for which the 
Authority imprisoned said Ninnequal)on many weeks, the then plott Ijeing dis- 
covered by our Moheeken friends, that storm went over. ... It is said that 
Ninnequabon was bred & ))orn at New Eoxbury . . . [He names Black James 
and] another Indian whose name is Moamaug, who told Mr. Buroe a ttrench 
gentleman [Francois Bureaii, an Oxford Huguenot], that he had been at 
Canada this last summer, and the ft'rench had given him a gun, a coat and a 
hatchet, to ingage him against the English. These Indians are designed to 
draw ott'norward to be out of your Excellency's reach: for they are informed 
that your Excellency desires to settle them, which they declare against." ' 

Soldiers. From the Council records, p. 509, we learn that 13 
soldiers, oue a sergeant, were here for protection in the summer of 
1703. The Bernon papers show business transactions here in 1704. 
The same year Laborie removed to New York. No further mention 
of the settlement appears in the records. 

The Frontier Attacked. In 1704 the long threatened stroke 
came upon the frontier towns of Massachusetts, and hundreds of the 
inhabitants were barbarously cut off. On 29 Feb., by the French 
and Indians, the fearful blow was struck at Deerfield. "This affair," 
says Mr. Temple, "paralyzed temporarily our Hampshire County 
settlements and was the predominant factor of Brookfield history 
[and Oxford as well] for that year." - 

Oxford Abandoned. The condition of Oxford at this period 
may be readily inferred, and it is not in the least surprising that its 
inhabitants some time in 1704 bade a final adieu to their plantations 
and again sought a refuge in the friendly towns on the coast. 

Huguenot Character. We have not space for eulogy nor is it 
required. Many a glowing tribute has already been paid to this peo- 
ple. Michelet says : — 

"Their llight was a nol)le act of loyalty and sincerity. It is glorious for 
hunuin nature that so many for truth's sake should have sacriticed every thing 
in a flight so perilous and ditticult ; some see in these people only ol)stinate 
sectaries, I see in them people of lofty ideas of honor. Mho over all tlie earth 
have proved themselves to have been the elite of France." 

The value of their influence upon American character and institu- 
tions cannot be estimated. In politics, in religion, in the arts and 
manufactures, and specially in social and domestic life and the finer 
amenities which mark an advanced civilization we are greatly their 
debtors. Among the array of brilliant names in our country's history 
" none stand higher than those which from their foreign cast indicate 

1 Mass. Arcli., T.XX., CIS. - His. N. Brookflclil, IGO. 



20 HisTOIiY OF OXFOIIl). 

a descent" from the Huguenots. As witli the Pilgrims, lo)'alty to 
God and the truth was the first griiiid principh' by which they were 
actuated. 

" They felt 

And (lid ackuowiedgp, wheresoe'er they moved, 

A sjiiritual Presence, 

. . . . a hiiili dependanco, a divine 

Bounty and fifovernnient that tilled their hearts 

AVith joy and <i:ratitn(h'. and fear and love; 

And from tlieir fervent lips drew liymns of i)raise 

Witli wliieh the desert run<i. 

Beyond their own poor nature, and above 

Tliey loolved : were huniblj' thankful for the <?ood 

Which the warm sun solicited — and earth 

Bestowed : were iicladsonu' — and their moral sense 

They fortilied ■with reverence for the Gods. 

And tliey hud liO])cs wliieli oversteppc^d tiie j^rave." 

Wordsirorth. 

"Worship. Their form of worship was simple yet impressive. 
They were well versed in the scriptures, and excelled in music, having 
a translation of the Psalms and the hymns of IJeza and Marot — called 
the French Watts — set to the sweet harmonies of Goudamel, an early 
French composer, and followed a liturgy modelled by John Calvin, 
which had been long used in their native land. Dr. Baird gives 
something of their mode of Sabbath worship : First, several chapters 
of the Bible were read by a lecteur (who was also precentor or 
chorister) closing with the ten commandments ; then began a service 
by the pastor, an invocation, and an invitation to prayer and general 
confession, the congregation the while standing ; next came the sing- 
ing of a psalm by the congregation, seated. " This was the people's 
part, — the song in a ritual without other audible responses, and all 
the Huguenot fervor broke out in those strains that had for genera- 
tions expressed the faith and religious joy of a persecuted race." 
After a short extempore prayer came the sermon, and after that 
general supplications, closing with the Lord's Prayer and the apostles' 
creed. The benediction followed, with the word of peace. Their 
form of Church government appears to have been as simple as their 
worship, as the pastor, with the elders, elected by the membership, 
controlled all the interests of the body.' 



1 In rofficiico to tills siiliject. Prof. Henry M. ownelders, by whom they were In turn governed. 
Uiilril, aulliDr of "The Ilis(M>t the irunueuots," . . . The hody of believers seUlinj.' at a certain 
wrote:— '■ The ministers who left France before place constituted tlieniselves Into a clinrch, 
the l£evocatloii would naturally remain con- elected tlieir elders and cliose some minister. If 
nected with tlie synods in that country. Tliose they conld net one, for their pastor. Sonietinies 
who settietl in Kn(?land formed themselves into it would seem the ministers 'conformed' while 
new 'Synods & Colloc|ues.' Such as came to the churches did not. At least I'ierre I)aill6 had 
this country were, I presume, too few in number submitted to Episcopal ordinaliou at the hands 
to form any such organizations, at least I do not of the Hisliop of liOndon, while the church to 
remeiiiher to have read of any. I i>resume tlie which he ministered, at Uoslou, was not 'con- 
individual churches were pretty much Indepen- formablc; to the f'hurch of Englatid.'" Baird, 
dent of eacli other, and if tliey did not 'con- lliif-'. Km. to Am., II., 'j:!!;. 
form' to the Church of Kngland elected their 



HUGUENOT COLONY. 21 

Personal. Gabriel Bernon, us has been seen, was the capitalist 
and chief guardian of the material interests of the place, although 
he never resided here. He came to Boston in 1688, remaining until 
1697, and removed to Rhode Island. He was a worthy and honora- 
ble man, and in France as well as in Canada, where he for a time 
resided, a wealthy and influential merchant, but his ventures in New 
England were unfortunate, and those in Oxford a source of great 
perplexity and pecuniary loss. Dr. Baird says he was, perhaps, the 
most remarkable of the Huguenots who came to America after the 
Revocation. He was a leading merchant of La Rochelle with a large 
foreign trade, especially with Canada. While living at Quebec he 
was considered the principal French merchant of the city, and was 
a generous benefactor of the colony. He was firm in his religious 
opinions, and a special object of the enmity of the priests, who were 
bent on his ruin. The governor wrote "It is a pity he cannot be 
converted. As he is a Huguenot the bishop wants me to order liim 
home, which I have done." It was recantation or ruin. He reached 
home in the height of the persecution and was thrown into prison 
where he continued several months, but was released, perhaps 
through the influence of his Catholic brothers. He sold his property 
and in May or June, 1686, fled to Amsterdam, and the next February 
to London. His only son Gabriel died at sea about 1706. The 
descendants of his daughters are now among the prominent families 
of Providence. 

Daniel Bondet. Of the pastor who for eight or nine years guided 
and fed his little flock in this wilderness of New Oxford, not much 
can now be known. He was of a noble family in France, his mother 
having been a daughter of Philippe de Nautonnier, Sieur de Castel- 
franc. His wife was " a most virtuous lady of a ducal family." He 
was not only the minister of the French Church, but was also a 
missionary to the Nipmucks under the auspices of the Society for the 
Propagation of the Gospel in New England, and preached in three 
languages, English, French and Indian. i He left Oxford before the 
breaking up of the first colony in a manner apparently not altogether 
creditable ; resided in Boston two years, removed to New York and 
was pastor of a French Church at New Rochelle, where he died in 
1722. His letter to the authorities on the rum traffic in New Oxford, 
previously quoted, and that to Lord Corubury at New York, given 
below, show us somewhat of his spirit, and the difficulties ■ he 
encountered in the discharge of his duties. 

[New Rochelle, 1702.] 

" My Lord. I most liuiiibly praj' your Excellency to l)e pleased to take cog- 
nizance of the petitioner's condition. 1 am a French IJefugee Minister, incor- 
porated into tlie body of tlie Ministry of the Anglican Chnrch. I removed 
about tifteen years ago into New England, with a company of poor refugees 



1 Agnew Prot. Exiles, II., 164. 



22 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

to whom lands were granted for their settlement, and to provide for my sub- 
sistence I was allowed one hundred and five pieces per annum, from the funds 
of the Corporation for the Propasjation of the Gospel among the Savages. I 
performed tliat duty iluring nine years with a success approved and attested 
by those who presided over the affairs of that Province. The murders Avliich 
the Indians committed in those countries caused the dispersion of our 
company, some of whom fell l)y the hands of the barbarians. I remained 
after that two years in that Province exi)ecting a favorable season for the 
re-establishment of aflairs; but after waiting two years seeing no appearance 
and being invited to this Province of New York by Col. Ileathcote who 
always evinces an affection for the public good and distinguishes himself by a 
special application for the advancement of religion and good order by the 
establishment of churches and schools, and the Attest means to strengthen 
and encourage the people, I complied with his request, and that of the 
company of New Kochelle in this Province where I passed five years on a 
small allowance promised me V)y New Kochelle, of one hundred pieces and 
lodging, with that of one hundred and five pieces which the Corporation con- 
tinued to me until the arrival of my Lord Bellomont, who, after indicating 
his willingness to take charge of me and my canton, ordered me thirty pieces 
in the Council of York, and did me the favor to promise me that, at his 
journey to Boston, he would procure me the continuation of that stipend that 
I had in times past. But having learned at Boston through M. Nanfan, his 
Lieutenant, that I annexed my signature to an ecclesiastical certificate which 
the churches and pastors of this Province had given to Sieur Delius minister 
of Albany, who had not the good fortune to please his late lordship, his 
defunct Excellency cut off his thirty pieces which he had ordered me in his 
Council at York, dei)rived me of the Boston pension of twentj'-five pieces, 
writing to London to have that deduction approved and left me during three 
years last past in extreme destitution of the means of subsistence. 

"I believe, my Lord, that in so important service as that in which I am 
employed, I ought not to discourage myself, and that the Providence of God 
which does not abandon those who have recourse to his aid i)y wpU doing, 
would provide in its time for my relief. 

"Your Excellency's equity, the affection you have evinced to us for the 
encouragement of those who emploj' tliemselves constantly and faithfully in 
God's service, induce me to hope that I shall have a share in the dispensation 
of your justice, to relieve me from my suttering, so that I may be aided and 
encouraged to continue my service in which by duty and gratitude I shall con- 
tinue with my flock to pray God for the preservation of your person, of your 
illustrious family, and the prosperity of your goverinnent. 

" ]{emaining your Excellency's hnml)le and most respectful servant, 

" D.VNIEL BONDET." ' 

This letter was referred to Col. Heathcote, who after investigation 
reported that Bondet's representations were in the main true, and 
that he was in New Oxford about eight years, during which time as 
appeared by a certificate of Lieut. Gov. Stoughton, Increase Mather 
and others " he with great faithfullness care & industry discharged 
his duty both to Xtians and Indians, and was of unblemished reputa- 
tion." - 

Isaac Bertrand DuTuffeau, born about 1646, styled "gentle- 
man," was of considerable ability and fair education. Although 
nominally magistrate of the village, being authorized to try cases 

> l>oc. His., N. Y., m., 9->'J. •■! Ibid. 



HUGUENOT COLONY. 23 

of 40 shillings aud under, he is seldom named in its annals. He 
perhaps lived at the site of Fred L. Snow's present house, on 
Johnson's Plain, as his residence is named as near the Johnson 
house. 1 He was of New Roehelle, 1698, where he was recorder, 
and resigned with credit in 1702. Bernou in hfs petition to Gov. 
Shiite says, " DuTuffeau, being through poverty obliged to abandon 
said Plantation, sold his cattle and other movables . . . went to 
London, and there died in a hospital." 

ANDRf: SiGOURNEY was perhaps the most influential resident lay- 
man of the place.- He was of mature age, familiar with business 
routine, and as constable was the right arm of the law, having to an 
extent the oversight of the civil affairs of the village, and the tradi- 
tion that he exercised authority at the fort is not improbable. We 
find no evidence of his owning land in that vicinity. He imported 
commodities for the colony as a bill of lading of plants and nursery 
stock in his name in the possession of a descendant fifty years ago 
proved. The only member of his family who figures in the history 
of the settlemeut was his daughter Suzanne, the wife of Johnson. 
He returned to Boston and there died 16 April, 1727, aged 89. ^ 

James Lap.orie, the minister of the second colony, on leaving went 
to New York City as successor of Rev. Pierre Peiret, officiating from 
1704 to 1706, when he was discharged by the Consistory.'* 

Francois Bureau, styled " gentleman," was of a noble family in 
Kochelle. His eldest daughter Anne became the wife of Benjamin 
Faueuil, and mother of the noted Peter Faneuil of Boston. He 
removed to New York after the desertion of the Oxford colony.^' 

Of BouRDiLLE ( ?) there is no mention in the r'ecords, but his con- 
nection with the place is attested by Dea. Ebenezer Humphrey, who 
informed Hon. Ira M. Barton that he was a blacksmith and lived 
near the old mill on the 40-acre lot taken up by his father, Ebenezer 
Humphrey, as one of the English settlers. The deacon's mother 
once told him that she saw Bourdille after his return to Boston, and 
that he pleasantly told her that he was comiug back to Oxford to 
claim his farm.'' 

Rexk Grignon, partner with Bernon in the Chamoiserie, was also 
of the first colony, returned to Boston after the final abandonment 
and later resided at Norwich, was master of a vessel, and afterward 
a goldsmith. He was a liberal and esteemed citizen, and gave to the 



' Paix Ca/.neaii later lived at tbe same place, part of their effects to a vessel In the liarbor. 

He married Marpraret, daughter of Jeau Ger- On a certain holiday tliey provided a sumptuous 

niainc or Germon; Mary, a younjrer dauftliter, dinner for the soldiers 'juartered upon thciu, 

married Andre .Sifiourney, Jr., at Uostou. and in the midst of tlie festivities left unobserved 

-Tliis name came probably from tlie villafio and hastened on board the vessel which soon 

Sigournais, department of Vendee, i miles from took them safely to England. Ibid., I., 325. 

riiatonnay— where is a chateau of the name. -ilbid. 

Baird. r. ibid. 

■'■Andre Sigourney and his wife Charlotte i^ Barton's Obit, notice, Mass. Spy. There are 

I'airau resided at [or near] Ua Roehelle, and some reasons to believe that this name may have 

being determined in their adhesion to their faith been confounded with Baudoin, 
planned to make their escape, aud removed a 



24 HISTOIIY OF OXFOKI). 

town a bell loug known as the Grignon bell. Tradition, probably ill- 
founded, says it once hung in the tower of the French Church in 
Oxford. Grignon, Guillaurae Barbut, Thomas IMousset and Jean 
Millet, all of the Oxford colony, were later elders in the French 
Church at Boston.' The following, according to Dr. Baird, were also 
of the Oxford company : Jean Germon or Germaine of Tremblade, 
Charles Germon, Paix Cassaneau or Cazneau of Languedoc, Elie 
Dupeux of Port des Barques, wife Elizabeth and four children, Jean 
Martin of Saintonge, wife Anne, two children, Jean and Francois, 
born at Oxford, later of N. Kochelle, Jean Baudoin, lived later in 
Virginia, Jaccjues Depont, nephew of Bernon, later lived in Connecti- 
cut, Pierre Canton, miller or trader. 

Others were Alard, Baudrit, Jean Dupeu, Montier, De[)ont, 
Cornilly, Mourgue, Thibaud, Maillet, Montel, Caute, Boutineau. 

Industries. The line of industries was narrow. Agriculture as 
the means of subsistence was of course the chief occupation. 
Business projects were, however, initiated through the enterprise 
of Bernon, one of which was the production of naval stores, 
pitch, tar, etc., from the forests, for the London market. He crossed 
the sea in 1693 to promote this scheme and made sales in spite 
of much opposition, and in 1696 repeated his visit, when being 
befriended by Lord Bellomont his appointment as Superintendent of 
the Manufacture in America was strongly urged before the Board of 
Trade, but failed, the policy of the government being to discourage 
colonial industries. 

Hat making was a specialty with the French people. The}- " alone 
possessed the secret of a liquid composition to prepare rabbit, hare and 
beaver skins." The dressing of cluimois skins and the making of 
gloves were also among the arts in which they excelled.' Oxford in 
1703 had its "Chamoiserie," or "Wash-leather Mill," at or near 
the upper location, in which Rene Grignon and Jean Papineau were 
partners with Bernon, from which dressed skins were sent to the 
hatters in Boston and Newport. In a consignment August, 1703, 
were otter, beaver, raccoon, deer and other skins valued at £44.'- 

Relics. Relics of the colony still exist, as the fort and the dam, 
raceway, etc., of the upper mill. The fort was an enclosure about 
105 by 75 feet, built of the rough surface stones, without mortar, the 
wall being surmounted, as supposed, by logs in which were loop- 
holes for defence. Within were a house, a well and other appliances 
for the convenience of a garrison. Through the instrumentality 
of the Huguenot Memorial Society of Oxford a large (juantity of 
debris^ chielly stones, whicli had been accumulating for many years 
was in 1884 removed from these ruins, which brought to liglit the 
cellar of the house, the chimneys and other details of the original 
structure. 



1 Weiss, Vol. I., Book III., Chap. 3. SBernou rapcrs. 



HUGUENOT COLONY. 25 

lu a description of the place contributed to Dr. Baird's memorial, 
Mr. William D. Ely says : — 

" Tlie main l)lock-h()usc was thirty feet long and eighteen feet wide, with a 
double-walled cellar twenty-four feet long by twelve feet Avide, and a))out six 
feet deep. The inner walls suppoi'ted the floor beams ; the outer wail three 
feet from this was made of iieavy boulders, on a foundation about three feet 
deep and supported the logs forming the Mails of the house. . . . After two 
days' work in digging . . . the workmen came upon the top of a covered 
drain seventy feet long . . . most of it iu good condition, though choked at 
the upper end. . . . The main fire place was in the middle of the north side 
of the house, it was nearly ten feet wide at the opening . . . The broad 
foundation supporting it and the chimney, almost wholly outside the house, 
gave ample room . . . for an oven besides. A smaller fire place was on the 
opposite side. Attached to the main house was an annex sixteen by fourteen 
feet without a cellar ... in its northwest corner a flight of steps led to the 
main cellar. On the east side Avas a wide foundation . . . for a fire place 
and chimney extending five feet . . . from the house. 

" In the rear of the annex and doubtless opening into it Avas a separate log 
house tAvelve feet square . . . near the centre of the fort and was used, it 
would seem, for arms and stores. Beneath it Avas an underground chaml)er 
about six feet deep . . . walled in a circular form Avhich Avas evidently the 
magazine." [The main enclosure] "was a substantial structure, scientifically 
planned, and strongly built ... It Avas a complete quadrangular fort of tAvo 
bastions, Avith a fire flanking every face; Avhile the main bastion at the south- 
Avest angle more fully developed than that at the northeast, also enfiladed an 
outer breast Avork and ditch, extending Avesterly from it for a distance of six 
rods. This l)reast Avork Avas clearly the south line of a stO(!kade . . . pro- 
tecting the main approach on the Avest side as Avell as cattle and chattels too 
bulky to be brought Avithiu the fort, ... a drive way for carts was made 
through the wall on the Avest side . . . not far from the drive Avay are In'oad 
stones said to have been steps . . . for those Avho Avent on foot," etc. 

A description given ten years since recites : — 

"Many years ago the Avails of the structure were removed doAvn to the 
foundation stones, excepting on the south line, Avhere parts of the original Avail 
may l)e seen, but Avhich is mainly a confused mass three or four feet high, 
overgrown Avith Avihl grape-vines and bushes, among Avhich are cinnamon 
roses, currants and asj^aragus, believed to be the remains of the garden Avhich 
flourished in the vicinity at the time of the occupation." 

Mrs. Lee, quoting from the manuscript of John Mayo, says : — 
"There Avas a garden outside the fort on the Avest, containing asparagus, 

grapes, i)lums, cherries and gooseberries. There Avere more than ten [tAvo?] 

acres cultivated about the fort." 

Mrs. L. H. Sigourney said of the plants : " They were living tokens 
of the loved clime whence they were exiled." 

This mass of stones of the southern wall with all its suggestive 
" shrubbery" has been removed. ^ 

The Mill. The following description of the remains at the upper 
mill is from "The Huguenots in the Nipmuck Country" : — 

"The most complete memento of the extinct colony is at tlie site of tlie 
upper mill, one mile easterly from the main street. It is in the midst of a 



I An atteinpl at partial restoration of this what detracted from tlie value and interest of 
work by relayinf; some of the walls has some- the place. 

5 



26 IIISTOKY OF OXFOUD. 

small meadow which is skirted by wooded uplands, and so shut in by trees 
and wild undergrowth as to be hidden from the casual observer. Here the 
substantial dam, about 60 feet in length, both wall and embankment, stands 
almost entire, — a deep trench to convey the water from the pond to the mill- 
wheel, a distance of 75 feet, is distinctly to be seen,— the position of the mill 
can be flxed, — and the raceway, ruuning from the wheel about 100 feet to the 
stream below, seems to have been but recently made, so little has it been 
obstructed." ' 

The Garden. A third memorial, a spot of much natural beauty, 
exists on the Mayo farm in the woods about 100 rods south of the 
fort. Here the ground suddenly falls off to the southward at a high 
ledge of rocks, which forms a covert for a sunny nook in which are 
the remains of an old garden. From tlie top is a fine view several 
miles in extent, embracing parts of the waters of Chaubunagungamaug. 
The place was cultivated by the Mayo family in the last century and 
was known as the "French Garden," and the "Vineyard."- Its 
principal shelter is a straight, even faced, almost perpendicular cliff 
of about 30 feet in height and nearly 100 in length running northeast 
and southwest, under wliich is a plot of about 30 square rods, origi- 
nally wild atid rocky, which has been enclosed, subdued and cultivated. 
A large part of the surrounding wall — from two to three feet high — is 
now standing. At the east end, near the cliff, are two well preserved 
terraces of about a square rod each, made by filling between the 
larger rocks and walled at the outer side. Sequestration is here so 
complete that the work has been well preserved. Larger gardens, as 
we have seen, existed around the fort, but the exposed situation was 
unfavorable for the growth of other than hardy plants, and among the 
exotics imported there must have been some which could exist and 
thrive only in a sheltered position. This place, near at hand on 
Bernon's land, was well adapted to the purpose, and was doubtless a 
cherished spot where were nursed the choicest mementos of the far 
away home land. 

Bernon's Troubles. Although the breaking up of the colony was 
a severe blow to Bernon he did not relinquish his hopes, but employed 
one Cooper and a "negro Tom" to occu[)y his lands and hold pos- 
session, it having been a condition of the grant that forfeiture should 
follow desertion. Samuel Hagburn was also here as manager for his 



' At the present time, 1890, Uie appearance of irrijtatlon. A document on record dated 7 June, 

tills place lias been greatly clianKcd. The work 1748, recites "that John WIUsou, Jr., Thomas 

of tin; Ilugiienol hands is as yet undisturbed, but Hunklns and Capt. Klljah Moore, owners of these 

the wiH)ds which skirted the meadow, and the meadows, then entered Into an aKreenieut under 

trees which covered the spot have been removed, a i)enalty of XoOO, to maintain each his propor- 

Tho iindetK'rowth Is, however, left to shelter the tlon of this channel. Allison's share was £10. 

remains, and a few years will probably restore 8d.. Hunklns' £13. 7s. 8d., and Moore's£16. 7s. 8d., 

their former seclusion. these sums making nearly £40, having been ex- 

A short distance below the old dam, on the ponded on the project." 
northern border of the meadows, may now be - At the present time the wood lot on which 
seen portions of a ditch by means of which water these remains st;ind Is vrell known as the " Vine- 
was formerly taken from near the mill site down yard Lot." 
stream, jierhaijs 100 rods, for the purpose of 



1707-15 HUGUENOT COLONY. 27 

half-brother, the governor. On 20 May, 1707, Dudley wrote to 
Bernon as follows : — 

" Su: I am very unhappy in my afl'ayres at Oxford, both with your Cooper 
& the negro Tom. I must desire you to take other care of your afl'ayres than 
to improve such ill men that disquiet the place, that I have more trouble with 
them than with seven other tow^ns. If you do not remove them yourself, I 
shall be obliged to send for the Negro & turn him out of the place, & I under- 
stand Cooper is so criminal that the la-\v will dispose of him. I pray you 
use your own there not to Destroy or Disturb the Governour or your best 
friend, who is, Sr, your humble servt. 

"J. Dudley. 

" Send an honest man and he shall be welcome. I pray you to show what I 
write to Mr. Grignon. 

"To Mr. Gabriel Bernon, Newport, Road Hand." 

Soon after, as appears, Bernon came to Oxford and "bargained 
with and let unto " Oliver CoUer and Nathaniel Coller his house and 
farm called the " old mill," for five years. 

On 1 March, 1710, Bernon writes thus to Dudley — [translation] : — 

"Mr. Dudley, your sou told me the last time I had the honor to see him 
that it was your Excellency's design to re-establish New^ Oxford ; as it also 
appears through the public news. 

" I hope your Excellency will be so good as to take into consideration the 
fact that Mr. Hoogborn has done his utmost to ruin my interest in the said 
Oxford. He has caused Cooper to abandon the old mill, and Thomas AUerton 
my other house, threatening that he would hinder them from haying, and [de- 
claring] that I had no power to settle them. When I made complaint of this 
to him he told me that he would drive me from the place myself. Thus it is 
that I have been treated after spending at the said Oxford more than fifteen 
hundred pistoles [and], the ])etter part of my time during more than twenty 
years possession. 

" Should it please your Excellency to examine the case you will find that I 
have chiefly at heart the furtherance of your Excellency's wishes. I have been 
found singularly attached to your person, more than to all else that I have 
had in the world. 

" It is notorious that the said Mr. Hoogborn, your brother, has caused the 
planks of my granary to be torn up ; that he has conveyed them elsewhere, 
and that by his orders the oxen that I reserved to be fattened have been put 
to work." 

Bernon had neither courage or tact to contend with this opposition, 
and gracefully yielded, as appears from the following to the Governor, 
dated 19 April, 1710:— 

"Your Excellency, always benevolently disposed, informs me that you pur- 
pose to obtain for me a good price for one-half of that Avhich I own in the 
village of Oxford. I Avish to defer entirely to your counsel. Accordingly I 
will proceed to Boston as soon as possible to pay my respects to your Excel- 
lency." ' 

These expectations were never realized. There is no further record 
until the date of the proclamation in 1712. 

Mill. Almost the first want of the English settlement was a mill. 
Through Dudley's intluence, doubtless, Bernon in 1715 gave the old 

1 Bernon papers. 



28 IIISTOKY OF OXFOPvD. 1715-20 

mill-stones luul irons to Dunit-l Kliott, on condition tluit he should 
build a mill for the town. Upon which Dudley writes, G April, 1715, 
" We arc now in ;i way to thrive at Oxford," thanks him for his gift, 
and desires liim to write Kliott to finish the mill as agreed ''or order 
the said mill-stones and irons to be given to such other person as 
will go forward with the work that they be not starved the next 
winter." Bernon complied and the town soon had a mill.' 

Bernon's Title, Up to this date Dudley had failed to complete 
his cuiivcyance to Bernon who consequently had no legal title to his 
land. He had indeed, with ceremony, been '' put in possession," he 
had bestowed great effort and much money upon the two earlier colo- 
nies, he had been sorely tried in his transactions with agents and ten- 
ants, and vigilant in retaining possession, which he wtis relying upon 
as ground of ownership as his many .'illusions to it indicate. Squatters, 
believing pei'haps he had no legal rights, settled on his estate greatly 
annoying him, and now as his last effort to further his interests he had 
given the valuable mill-stones and irons to the town. All he was able to 
do api)ar('ntly for the benefit of Oxford had been done. At this date 
after twenty-eight years of waiting upon Mr. Dudley, and after his 
hopes had again and again been disappointed, that gentleman com- 
pleted the execution of the document on ii Feb., 171G, and passed it 
over to him. 

Disputed Tract. But Bernon's troubles were not yet at an end. 
The town as a corporation evidently conceded his rights to the 2,500 
acres, as is shown by repeated action. But the point of dispute was 
the 500 acres additional, on which Bernon had expended most of his 
money, but which was not included in Dudley and company's deed. 
This was a long narrow gore lying between the 2,500-acre tract and 
the village land, measuring 125 rods on the south and 584 rods on 
the west line, and on it stood the fort with much improved ground 
about it, the upper mill with one or two houses near, and other im- 
provements. His efforts to sell were vain because of the unsettled 
question of ownershii).- 

Bernon's Petition. In Nov., 1720, he made application to the 
Colonial authorities for relief, stating that he had "spent above 
2,000 pounds to defend the same from the Indians and had built 
a corn miln, a wash leather miln and a saw miln" and done con- 
siderable more to improve the town, and asking that his title might be 
confirmed. He represented "that Oxford inhaliitants disputed his 
right and title in order to hinder him from the sale of said plantation." 
He desired to obtain such title as would confirm to him the said lands 
" without any misunderstanding, clear and free from any molestation 



I Ellott lia<l takfii lip Ills home lot on the brook -\ plan of Mr. Bernon's Oxford lands Is 

near the Ilawes place, and on '25 .Ian., 1714, the amonj; Ills papers, on wlilcli is endorsed a certlli- 

town voted that he "shauld hiild a Kreustiuel for catc of the Selectmen of Oxfonl, U Jan., 1717, 

the town yuse." There Is reason to believe this estimating il'^ value at £1,000. This plan Includes 

mill was built In 17ir.. the disputed tract. 



1720 HUGUENOT COLONY. 29 

either from the inhabitants of New Oxford or any pretensions of 
Bertram! DuTuffeau."i 

Letter. To supplement this application he addressed Oct., 1720, 
the son of Gov. Dudley, entreating his assistance, as the people of 
New Oxford " opposed his rights to lands." He says : — 

" The Court and Governineiit can contirni my title, and I can then dispose 
of what I have there. . . . The above said inhabitants oppress me as I can 
make it appear l)y Maj. Buor wlio would have bought my plantation. The 
inhabitants told liim not to do it; — that my title was nothing worth, that they 
also pretended that they would dispute my title with Mr. Dudley and Mr. 
Thompson. They also abused me in a vei-y outrageous manner in Maj. Buor's 
presence; as he states in his certificate." . . . " Ephraim Town, John Eliott, 
and .John Chamberlin for whom I have advanced considerably to uphold my 
said plantation, will not pay me ivhat they owe me.'' Besides the loss of ray 
servant who was drowned, was fifty pounds loss to me. These men and one 
Josiah Owen, my last tenant, hugger-mugger together to cheat me out of a 
hundred pounds in cattle and movables that I had upon the place so that I am 
not able to advance any more." " I see myself about ruined by this oppression 
and malice." 

" Sir— You are perfectly acquainted with the affairs at New Oxford, and I do 
not understand things as well as I would. Therefore I entreat of you Sir 
to help me. Your charity and generosity are (so to speak) interested in it. I 
am so hard driven by my dunning creditors — the masons and carpenters and 
others that I employed to build my house in Providence, that I know not what 
to do ; and, besides my wife now lying in, six or seven children implore my 
compassion, which makes me implore that of Government and yours, Sir, 
that ray title may be coufirmed, after a possession of 36 years, so that I may 
sell it. Within 30 years I have laid out on it £200, for which reason my fam- 
ily did slight me, as Avell as my best friends. I have always been protected by 
Mr. Dudley, your honored father, Avho always thought as I did that I might 
sell it, and not be in anywise molested. But I dont know whether it wont be 
a mistake. Indeed one cannot always forsee the events of things, often hid 
from the wisest. But this I see — the Evil one still reigns, and God suffers it, 
to try his children. My great desire is to keep myself in the, fear of God, 
and to love my neighbor, and to seek lawful means to maintain my family. My 
great age of nearly 80 years does not dispense me of this duty. I address 
myself to you with all humility to assist me, that I may be assisted by the 
Governor. Such a testimony of j'our love and favor will rescue me, to termi- 
nate my days in America, or to return once again to Europe. Surely my 
going or staying depends upon the action of the Assembly. But be it as it 
will, Sir, as an honest, well-minded man ought, I pray for the Government, 
and all the faithful in Christ. 

"Oct., 1720. 

" Gabriel Bernon." 

Bernon's Sale. We have no evidence that favorable action was 
taken on this application. A few months later Bernon sold his rights 
as before stated, the purchasers doubtless having full knowledge of 
the circumstances. In conveying the property he gave a title to the 

iDuTiiffeau's undivided iIkIiIs in the 2,.')00 acres 2 Kphralm Town and Jolin ClianiberUn were 

had prevented Bernon hltlierto from Kivlng a among the thirty Enfflish proi)rietor.s and John 

clear title. But DuTuft'eau (lie<i aI)out tliis time Eliott was tlie sou of Daniel, another of the 

and Bernon became his administrator as chief same, 
creditor, and in process of law the whole estate 
came into his possession. 



30 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1712-18 

2,500 acres only, but the purchasers took possession of the disputed 
tract and settU'd upon it. 

Town Action. Almost imuiod lately after the sale the proprie- 
tors of tilt- village held a meeting to consider the matter and " to act 
as shall be thought best to come at their own rights," and chose Dea. 
John Town, Benoni Tvvitchel and Isaac Larned to act as committee to 
estal)lisli the lines. This connnittee obtained the services of .John 
Chandler as surveyor, and the matter was settled by a compromise. 
Davis and Mayo retained the disputed tract with its improvements 
and released to the village a portion of the north end of the premises 
lying on Long Hill. The report of the committee was accepted and 
the controversy ended. 

Proclamation. On 12 April, 1712, was issued the following: — 

PROCLAMATION. 

" Wo the under written with otlier owners Jind proprietors of the lands at 
Oxford in the neopnui^ country jjrantcd to us by the general assembly of the 
Massaclmsetts colony, and since othenvise ratilied and confirmed to ourselves in 
the Kingdom of Great Britain, having long time determined and surveyed ten 
or twelve thousand acres for a village and setth^ment of inhabitants and accord- 
ingly established a number of Frentch Famalyes, Refugees, who have since 
deserted the place whereby all improvements are lost which is a detriment to 
the province as well as to ourselves in the hope of our own private advan- 
tage, by our other lands — do hereby agree and offer to thirty English families 
that shall settle there to give grant and coiUirm to them all the lands of the 
said village containing the said ten thousand acres, except what is already 

granted to Mr. Bernon which is acres, to be laid out to them, tirst a 

quantity of it in house lots not exceeding forty acres a family, and after the 
rest in proper divisions as they maj^ agree among themselves always provided 
they be thirty families, and in the meantime if ten families or more shall pro- 
ceed forthwitli within a year to settle there, they shall have their house lots set 
out to tliem, and they as they have the use of the other land meadows until 
the nuni!)er bt* thirty, and then they have liberty to diviile the whole. If any 
of the French families choose to come thither we do hereby save to ourselves 
liberty to establish them with other inhabitants, and Capt. Chandler the sur- 
veyor is hereby allowed to lay out lots accordingly, taking care always that 
he do not intrench upon the land of the proprietors. 

"Signed J. Dudlky, 

WlLI.I.\.M Tavlou, ] 

Peikk Sakgknt, I Heirs and Executox's 

Sakgknt, j- of 

John Dankorth, 1 Wm. Stoughton." 

Eliza Dankortii, J 

House Lots Surveyed. Queen Anne's War continued until 
Oct., 1712. Meantime there was no effective movement toward a 
re-occupation of the deserted town. In May, 1713, quiet having 
been restored the surveying of house lots to settlers began. By July 
the requisite number was complete, and on the eighth day of that 
month a deed from the proprietors to the thirty English colonists was 
executed, conveying to them the plot called the Village. 



1716-17 HUGUENOT COLONY. 31 

To^wn Incorporation. Oxford had no formal incorporation, 

and its status for the first few years was in doubt in the minds of the 
inhabitants. On 31 July, 1716, it was voted that John Town and 
Ebenezer Learned " should go to y° Court to search y" Records to 
see what may be found conserning Oxford's being granted for a town- 
ship, and also to petetion the Court y' we may be made a town if it 
be needful." No report of this committee appears. On 7 Jan., 1717, 
it was voted to employ Capt. Fullam, " to manage in our behalf at 
Court, with a petition in order to our being granted a township." 
This action is proof that up to that date no act of incorporation had 
been passed. From the absence of all allusion to this subject later 
in the records we infer that special legislation was considered 
unnecessary. 1 

In 1693 a representative to General Court was chosen, Daniel Allen, 
as previously noted, and his name appears as from Oxford in the 
official list, at the beginning of the session, 31 May of that year.^ 

In this act the place took upon itself legally the functions of a 
town, and the seating of its representative as a member of the Court 
was a recognition by that body of the validity of its action, and of 
the existence de facto of the town of Oxford. 



1 Good authority in the office of Secretary of some instances to have been equivalent to an act 

state says:— "Old towns in Massachusetts were of Incorporation." In Gen, C' urt Rec, VII., 

made towns not by regular acts of Incorpora- 344, Jan., 1703; IX., 129, Oct., 1711, and IX., 305, 

tion. A few words stating a place to be a town, Feb., 1714, Oxford is called a town. 

or giving it a name conferred all the privileges 2 Col. Bee, VI., 278- 

of a town; even the naming of a place seems In ■* 



chaptp:r III. 

rKOPKrETOHs' ReCOUDS. DeKD OK TlIK VILLAGE. HOME Lo T.S. DIVISIONS 

OF Land. Training Field. Changes in Town Lines. Dudley set 
OFF. Manchaug Farm, (^ii mu.to.v set off. Ward set off. South 
OouE .\DDKD. Webster set off. North Gore added. Indi.\ns. (Jar- 
itisox Houses. 1{eli(s. Incidents. Collicump. Slaves. Colonial 
Money. Early Levies. Public Funds. Land Bank. 

Proprietors' Records. Theso records are complete, but have 
little interest exceptiug tis they show the location of the home lots of 
the settlers. They refer largely to the later distributions of the out- 
lauds, giving briefly descriptions and bounds of the five several 
divisions by lot, the last of which was in 1749.' 

Deed of the Village. — 

To ALL Teoi'Le unto whome these presents Shall Come. .Joseph Dudley 
of R()xl)ury . . . William Taylor of Dorehester . . . Peter Serceant of Boston, 
E.S(i and MehctabciU his wif. John Dan forth of Dorchester, and Elizabeth his 
wife, .Tohn Nelson of Boston, Esq. and Elizabeth his wife, as they the said 
William Taylor, Peter Seri^eant, .Tohn Nelson and John Danforth are the heirs 
and Executors of the IIoil William Stouiihton Late of Dorchester, Escj. Dec'd. 
Send (Greeting. — Whereas the Generall Court of the Colony of Massachusetts 
Bay in the year One Thousand ^^ix hundred and Eijihty-Two, Granted to the 
said Joseph l^udley, William Stou_2:hton Major Robert Tompson and their 
Associates a Certain Tract of Land Scituate in the Nipniuir Country of Eijiht 
miles Sciuare for a Township etc. as may be seen by the records of the said 
(ienerall Court, Pursuant whei'eunto and for the uses aforesaid the said .Joseph 
Dudley, William Stouijhton and their Associates in the Year One Thousand 
Six Jnnidred and Eiiihty >.<: l)rouiiht over Thirty French Protestant fannlies 
into this Country and Settled them upou the Easterinnost part or end of the 
said Tract of land and severed and granted and Sett apart Twelve Thousand 
Acres for a village Called Oxford for the said Families and bounded it as by a 
Piatt upon record will more fully appear Butt forasmuch as the said French 
families havi- many years since wholly left and Deserted their Settlements in 
the said \illage and the said Lands as well by their deserting the Same and 
refusing to return upon publick proclamations nuide for that end as by the 
Volnulary Surrender of tlie most of them are now reinvested in restored to 
and ijecome the Estate and at the Disposition of the Original proprietors . . . 
for the ends aforesaid — And Whereas there are sundry good families of her 
Majesty's Subjects within tliis province who oH'er themselves to go and 
Resettle the said Village . . . Now Know Ye that the said [grantors] . . . 
have freely . . . aud do give grant and Couflrme unto Sanuiel ILiubourne 
John Town, Daniel! Eliott, Al)iel Jjand), .Joseph Chamberlin Benjamin Ni-aland, 
Benoni Twitcliell Joseph ]{ockett, Benjamin Cluunberlin, Joshua Widtney, 
Thonuis Ilunkins Joseph Chamberlin Jr, Oliver Coder, Daniell Pearson Al)ram 
Skinner Ebenezer Chamberlin, James Coller, Isaac licarued Ebenezer Learned, 

'The descriptions are so iiniierfcct that to town would be exceedingly dlfflcult, If not 
produce a complete plan of the himls of tlic impossible. 




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TROPRIETORS AND LOTS. 33 

Thomas Leason [Gleason] Ebenezcr Humphrey, Jona. Tilloson, PMmund 
Taylor Ephi'aim Town, Israel Town William Hudson, Daniell Eliott Jr. 
Nathaniel Chamberliu John Chandler Jun, Joshua Chandler, and others their 
associates, so as their number amount thirty families at least All That Part 
of the said Tract of land . . . known by the name of Oxford, Excepting and 
reserving [that part purchased by Gabriel Bernon] ... To have and to hold 
the same . . . Provided that if any of the . . . Grantees • . . shall . . . 
neglect to settle upon and improve the said Land ... by the space of two 
years ... or shall leave and Desert the Same & not return to their respective 
Habitations . . . then [said lands should be forfeited and given to others who 
should be willing to] " settle and Inhabit them." 

In Witness whereof the partys above named to these presents have here- 
unto . . . Set their hands and Seals the Eighth day of July . . . A. D. 1713.' 

Proprietors and Lots. The accompanying plan shows the 
relative location of the home lots of the settlers. These were sur- 
veyed and laid out under the direction of John Town, Benjamin 
Chamberliu, Abial Lamb and Benoni Twitchel, committee, by John 
Chandler, Jr., of Woodstock, then about 21 years of age, and by 
order of the original proprietors "approved and established" to the 
settlers by John Chandler, sen. So far as appears each settler chose 
his own location of a home lot. 

Ebenezer Learned. No. 1 : undoubtedly chosen with reference 
to the water power, " at or neare a place called y'' uper falls," now 
the lower privilege at North Oxford, H.^ 130 ; embracing 44^ acres, 
the overplus being meadow below the falls. This quantity was 
allowed, perhaps, in consideration of the rough nature of the tract, 
it being in the narrow gorge of the river. House now standing. 

Daniel Eliott. No. 2 : mill lot, H. 135 ; 40 acres with 3 acres 
allowance for Worcester road through it. 

Daniel Eliott, Jr. No. 3 : on Town's Plain, east of 8-rod way ; 
now John A. Taft. H. 139. 

Israel Town. No. 4 : next south of preceding, opposite Town's 
Pond; now Mary Myrick. H. 141. 

John Town. No. 5: next south; now Joseph Stevens, H. 176; 
house a little northwest of present one ; old well now to be seen. 

James Coller. No. 6 : east of North common, fronting on 8-rod 
way; now James B. Campbell, H. 180. 

Ephraim and Jonathan Town. No. 7 : west of North common, 
bounding north on Town's Pond ; late Jasper Brown, H. 178. 

Joshua Chandler. No. 8 : minor son of John Chandler — Peter 
Shumway settled on his rights : east side of 8-rod way, south of N. 
common, now Ithiel T. Johnson, H. 185 ; house on site of present 
one. 

Benoni Twitchel. No. 9 : west of 8-rod way, between the north 
and south commons ; exact location unknown. 

Joseph Rockett. No. 10 : at the head of the present common, 



' Suffolk Co. Rce.. XXVII., 174. dences as numbered and described in a subse- 
2 The letter "II," followed by a number, occurs quent chapter under the head, "Older Home- 
many times in this volume. It refers to resi- steads." 

6 



34 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

east of 8-rod way as first laid out, H. 189 ; house near the site of 
George Miller's preseut residence. 

Nathaniel Ciiamueklain. No. 11 : west of 8-rod way, from the 
common south to Sigourney street ; H. 240 ; house on site of present 
Mrs. Hyde's. 

Olivku Coller. No. 12: adjoining Rockett on the south, at the 
northeast corner of 8-rod and Sutton roads ; now Sigourney's ; 53J 
rods on Main street, 120 rods on Sutton road ; H. 192 ; house near 
the corner, 

Bkn.iamin Ciiamukklain. No. 13 : west of 8-rod way adjoining 
Nathaniel Cliamberlain on the south ; G5 rods on Main street from 
Sigourney street to Quaboag Lane at the Benjamin Paine place ; 
called 40 but in fact nearer 50 acres ; H. 235. 

Thomas Gleason. No. 14 : southeast corner of Main and Sutton 
streets, nominally 53J rods (in fact more) on Main street; H. 194; 
house on site of present brick house. 

Edmund Taylor. No. 15: assigned to John Chamberlain; west 
of 8-rod way, from Quaboag Lane south. No record of transfer has 
been found. It was early in possession of Richard Moore ; later 
most of it was included in the Abijah Davis farm ; H. 220. 

Samuel Hagburn. No. 16: east of 8-rod way, embracing the 
Israel Sibley homestead ; H. 205 ; house in rear of Sibley house. 

Kbenezek Humphrey. No. 17: east of 8-rod way, soutli end of 
the Plain, 53^ rods in front, extending east over the brook, including 
part of the present Humphrey farm ; H. 36, also 208 and 209 ; house 
on site of present one, east end of the lot. 

Jc^nathan Th.lottson. No. 18: south end of the Plain in three 
lots ; first, adjoining Humphrey on the south, including the old mill, 
5^ acres ; second, near the first, but on the west side of the 8-rod 
way ; third, east of 8-rod way south from the first, near the railroad 
arch bridge ; H. 37 ; iiouse near tlie mill. 

Ebenezer Chamberlain. No. 19 : west of 8-rod way below mill 
brook, the northwest bound being near the brook, including 2^ acres 
on Johnson's Plain ; has not been for many years a homestead. 
January, 1717, Richard Moore was by vote allowed to represent con- 
ditionally the rights of Chamberlain, his son-in-law. The hmd came 
early into Moore's possession. 

Isaac Larneu. No. 20: on Johnson's Plain, now Fred. L. 
Snow's ; H. 64 ; })crhaps originallj^ a Huguenot homestead, joining 
Ebenezer Chamberlain on the south ; house on the site of the present 
one. 

Joseph Chamberlain. No. 21: on Bondet Hill; 11.38. ''May 
13, 1713, surveyed for Joseph Chamberlain Sen. Round the great 
house, 40 acres . . . four acres and one rood being allowed for a 
highway," by John Chandler, Jr., Surveyor. " Approued and estab- 
lished p'' order of the original proprietors prouided he pay for the 



proprietors' meetings. 35 

bettering of his Lott by former Improvement and building p"^ John 
Chandler who made such an agreement at the begining." ^ 

Joseph Chamberlain, Jr. No. 22 : southwest side of Boudet Hill, 
in part adjoining his father ; now Clark's ; H. 39 ; house at site of 
present one. 

Thomas Hunkins. No. 23: near No. 22, now McCabe ; H. 42. 
Two years later Hunkins had changed homesteads with Daniel Pear- 
son for No. 26. In Jan., 1717, Jeremiah Morse bought of Pearson 
No. 23, having been voted an inhabitant. ^ 

Benjamin Nealand. No. 24 : not now a homestead ; east of the 
Humphrey place, No. 17, extending north to the meadows. He had 
also 8 acres west of 8-rod way near south end of the Plain. 

Abial Lamb. No. 25 : adjoining Nealand on the north, extending 
to Sutton road ; described as beginning at the northwest corner near 
Gleason's lot at the highway running on said way 64 perch, then 
southward 23 perch to an ash tree, from thence 64 perch to Nealand's 
lot as was agreed to be bounded by said Lamb and Nealand. This 
lot contained 32 acres. Eight acres more were set off to him on the 
west side the 8-rod way near the south end of the Plain, north of 
Nealand's eight acres. William H. Harrington's present estate was 
included in Lamb's lot. 

Daniel Pearson. No. 26 : east of Lamb and Nealand, bounding 
160 rods on their lots, and south on the road to the fort ; now George 
R. Larned ; H. 34 ; house on site of present one. 

Joshua Whitney. No. 27 : on Sutton road, east of Pearson, 
bounding east on Bernon land ; now John E. Kimball ; H. 26. 

William Hudson. No. 28 : on Long Hill northeast of N. common ; 
H. 168 ; now owned by his descendants ; house part of present one. 

Abraham Skinner. No. 29: at the ''lower falls" near Augutte- 
back Pond, now Howarth's ; H. 83. 

John Chandler, Jr. No. 30 : on the stream northeast of the 
Eliott mill ; now Asa H. Pope ; H. 132. Daniel Eliott took up this 
lot after selling his mill lot to his son Ebenezer. 

Minister's Lot. A : east of the 8-rod way one-fourth of a mile 
northeast of the South common — long known as the Hall place ; H. 
187 ; house on site of the present one. 

Meeting-house Lot. B : north of the burying ground, fronting 
east on 8-rod way; H. 244; held by the town as a meeting-house 
lot until 1752. 

Proprietors' Meetings. At a meeting 13 Sept., 1713, " Uoted 
that peter Shumway shal com in as an inhabatent into Oxford upon 
the rites of Joshua Candler." ^ 

I Much interest attaches to this lot. Accord- which the late John Jlayo, living near, said was 

Ing to the date It was the first surveyed in town, once a tavern. - See Morse, 

and was prohably considered the most deslra- ajoshua Chandler was brother of John, Jr., of 

ble on account of the Improvements Includ- Woodstock, surveyor, who was also a proprietor. 

Ing the "Great House." The highway named He was at this time 17 years of age and came In 

was the "Woodstock great trail." A cellar- as did John, Jr., probably to All the required 

hole now to be seen marks the spot of the house, number of 30 settlers. 



36 HISTORY OF OXFOKI). 1714-lC 

On Jan. 25, 1714, EdnKiiid Taylor relinquished liis rights in favor 
of Henjamin ('hainl)orhiin, who took tliem for his son John. " Uoted 
that the inhabitance of the town Should cary thaer boueuds In to the 
town Clarke to be Recorded of every house lote." "Uoted that 
Kbboneaziir lannard should have liberty to tacke up an house lote in 
Soni ])laee whear it may be, previed [provided] it mite not be a 
danieag to any othre parcion, to be by waye of Exchng of his lote 
alredeay tacken up." No change appears to have been made. 
" Uoted that Jonathan Town should be an inhabitant upon a part of 
Kphraini Town's rights." 

On 2 Mar., 1714, Ebenezer Eliott, son of Daniel, was voted in as 
an inhabitant, he having taken the lot previously his father's, on 
which was the mill. He soon admitted his brother James as partner. 
Also voted, that the 40-acre lot called Wesson's (the only mention 
we find of this name, perhaps Samuel of Fraraingham,) should be set 
apart for a minister's lot. It was also voted to make a first division 
of land to every freeholder "containing the sum of 60 acres in 
one tract to every lot man" to be laid out " as soon as the meadows 
are laid out." On Sept. 19 a committee was chosen "to employ 
Capten Chandler or some other Survayer to lay out our ^'illage 
lines according to deed," and to notify " Mr. Gabrel Barnon to com 
and Joyn with us in settling dividen lins." 

Meadows. Oct. 15. Voted that those who have no meadow in 
their home lots shall have four acres laid out convenient to them, 
first. Nov. 30. "John Town, Beuieman Chamberliu Sener, benony 
twichell " chosen to lay out the meadow. Also voted that "Mr 
twichell shall take care that the woode and timber " on the minister's 
lot be kept until improved. The lots were drawn for meadow at this 
meeting. Voted " that the committy shall begin to lay out meddow 
att East End of the great meddow, from thence to the meddow on 
Ellets mill brook, from thence to the croth of the Revier [crotch of 
the river near Kidder's] so down strame the Rivier : to the line, 
from thence to bundits meddow." 

Jan. 18, 1715. Daniel Eliott having assigned his home lot to his 
son Ebenezer, was by vote settled on the 30th lot, originally that of 
John Chandler, Jr. At this meeting lots were drawn for the 60-acre 
division of lands before ordered to be laid out, a committee w^as also 
oi'dered to complete the laying out of the 30 house lots, and then 
proceed to lay out the GO-acre divisions. 

Jonathan Tillottson protested against any alienation or division of 
lands or meadows whatsoever until the 30 house lots were laid out. 

Sept. 21, widow Hannah Cooper was accepted as an inhabitant on 
the rights of Joshua Whitney, who had removed to Mendon. 

Feb. 28, 171G, a meeting was held by virtue of a warrant from 
" Mr Justice Chandler for y" orderly dividing and disposing the Lands 
within y"" town, to confirm such lands as had already been laid out, to 



1716-41 proprietors' MEETINGS. 37 

prevent the waste of timber, and to choose a Proprietors' Clerk. Isaac 
Lamed was chosen clerk and all former divisions of land confirmed. 

Dec. 25, 1716, chose Capt. Richard Moore, Ebenezer Learned and 
Fiphraim Town a committee " to see y' the Bounds of onr Vilhige 
are Completed and put upon the County Records." 

Jan. 25, 1717, Capt. Richard Moore voted "an associat" on the 
rights of Samuel Hagbourn, also that Joseph Danna come in upon 
the half right bought of Oliver CoUer, also that Jeremiah Morse be 
received "in y*" Room of Daniel Pearson," and that John Chamber- 
lin be received upon the rights of Edmund Taylor. Mar. 19, a two- 
rod road between Israel Town and Daniel Elliot recognized. 

Mar. 6, 1718, " Uoted that their be Twenty acers of Land Laid 
out to the Ministers Lot, and forty Acres more . . . for the in Cor- 
agement of a minister." Also that there should be no more cedar 
timber, neither for shingles, clapboards nor rails carried out of town 
f^om that time forward, under a forfeiture of 20s. a thousand. Also 
"voted by the desire of Lieut [John] Town" that David Town, be 
an associate, on the half right bought of Oliver Coller. 

Cedar Swamp. April 7, voted to lay out every house lot a 
second division of 60 acres in a let . . . to be drawn for, also to lay out 
the cedar swamp, each proprietor an equal proportion. Also that a 
committee proceed to lay out another division of 50-acre lots. 

Dec. 12, 1720, lots were drawn for the second 60-acre division and 
also for the 50-acre division. 

Jan. 2, 1721, it was voted to lay out a 12-acre division, and the 
draft for the same was then made. Feb. 27, lots in the cedar swamp 
were drawn. This was the great swamp so called, in what is now 
Auburn, " begining at or neare y" North End of y'^ great Swamp next 
Wos#ester Corner." 

Mar. 19, 1723, chose Capt. Richard Moore, Ens. Ebenezer Learned 
and Benoni Twichell a committee to "measure all y*^ undivided land 
in oxford village : and to lay it out into Thirty lots as Equaly as 
they can as to quantety and qualety, so as to draw for them after 
they are laid out." 

Apr. 8, 1728. This committee not having performed this difficult 
service was dismissed, and Benoni Twichell, Dea. John Town and 
Isaac Learned were chosen instead. 

Mar. 5, 1733. This division was as yet not completed, and Capt. 
Richard Moore was added to the committee and authority given to 
open highways in undivided lands when necessary. 

Feb. 13, 1734. A committee was chosen to take care of the undi- 
vided lands to see that strip and waste was not made, or wood and 
timber cut and carried off, and that the laying out be completed in six 
months. 

Sept. 21, 1741. The 12-acre division had not been completed. 
John Town, one of the committee, having deceased, his son Jonathan 



38 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1746-52 

WHS chosen in his i)lace. Nov. 17, a return of the 12-acre division 
was made in part and accepted. 

In Jan., 174.0, this work was still uncompleted, and even the 12- 
acre division was not entirely finished. At that date Israel Town 
and Elijah Moore were added to the former committee to complete 
the 12-acre lots, and likewise to apportion the remaining part of undi- 
vided lands. Aug. 30, 1748, there being several small pieces of land 
" not lying convenient to divide" it was voted they might be sold to 
defray expenses of committees in making previous divisions. Accord- 
ing to a tradition, which seems to be confirmed Ijy the records, the 
affairs of tlie propriety at this time were in a very confused and unsettled 
condition, from which no one in the town was competent, or if able, 
was disposed to extricate them, except Mr. Campbell the minister. The 
12-acre distribution had been made, but, lying chiefly upon the eastern 
and western borders of the town were lots, mostly woodland, of various 
sizes and values, which remained to be equitably divided among the 
30 householders. It is said Mr. Campbell took the matter in hand 
only after much solicitation. June 19, 1749, a meeting was held of 
which he was the moderator, at which votes were passed confirming 
certain lands to certain persons, " not^itlistauding all former votes," 
— choosing a committee to perambulate lines with the proprietors of 
" Gabriel Bernon's Farm (so called) and to settle and establish the 
same," — and accepting of and drawing for the fifth and last division 
of lands. 

The list of proprietors at this time is of value as showing the 
changes made during the first 35 years of the town's history. 

Proprietors in 1749. [Those in italics were new.] "William 
Hudson, Col. Ebenezer Learned, Timothy Harris, John Eddy, CoUinfi 
Moore, Isaac Larned, Jonas Pratt, Ebenezer Humphrey, CajU. Eiijah 
Moorej John Town [Jr.], William Eddy, John Groo, John Campbell, 
Jacob Cummins, Joseph Pratt, Dea. Jonathan Toivn, Ens. Israel 
Town, Peter vShumway, Abial Lamb, Jr., Benoni TwicheWs heirs. 
Whole number 20, of whom six only were in the first division.' 

Training field. At a meeting 15 Dec, 1751, a decisive vote 
was passed on the subject of a "Training field," a necessity of the 
day. It was laid out adjoining the burying-ground on the east, and 
"fronted on the Eight-rod way near the old meeting house," and two 
acres had been voted for the purpose 4 8e[)t., 1749, At this meeting, 
however, it was "voted and determined" unanimously that one acre 
should be and is set oft for this purpose. The record describes it as 
"to be set ofT fronting on the eight rod way and joining on .Samuel 
Manning's north line, said acre to always lye open and common." 
In 1752 the proprietors voted to confirm the sale of the lot on 
which the old meeting-house stood to Jabez Holden, and to appro- 
priate money to pay expenses of committees and Mr. Campbell " for 
his time and trouble in recording their acts and votes " in the past. 

I Several of Uiese by purchase owned more than one sliare, lience the reduced number. 



CHANGES IN TOWN LINES. 39 

Meetings for the adjustment of various questions of possessions, 
compensations for roads, settlement of lines, deficiencies in measure- 
ments, and minor differences between adjoining owners were held up 
to 21 Mar., 1763. A meeting of the " Proprietors of the fifth or last 
division " of land in the Village for the purpose of correcting errors 
and supplying omissions in the records and also to ascertain the 
location of the west line of the village was held Dec, 1773, and sub- 
sequent meetings for similar purposes were continued in 1774. There 
was no recorded action thereafter. 

Changes in Town lines. In the plot of the present town the 
southern and a very small portion of the eastern lines only are identi- 
cal with the original outlines. 

Dudley set off. The first alteration was made in Dec, 1731, 
when the town of Dudley was incorporated, and Mr. Dudley's 6,000 
acres, excepting "Paul Dudley's farm" of 1,000 acres at the eastern 
extremity thereof, were set off to the new town, as shown by the 
lower dotted line in diagram 1.^ \^See Pkms.^ 

Kingsburys annexed. On 8 Dec, 1731, on petition of Isaac 
Lamed, the farms of Josiah and Theodore Kingsbury, and adjoining 
land of the petitioner, lying east of Woodstock road, were annexed 
to Oxford, as shown in diagram 2, letter K, thus extending its 
southern limits to the great pond.^ 

Manchaug farm. The next change was when "Dudley's Man- 
chaug farm" of 1,000 acres was added on the east; as shown in dia- 
gram 2, letter D. This was the tract granted for services in purchas- 
ing land of the Indians, as previously noted. It was surveyed by 
John Gore, with a similar grant to William Stoughton designated 
by dotted lines, and confirmed to them in one plot, 4 June, 1685, 
at what was called " Manchauge, " being at the southeast corner 
of Oxford and adjoining it on the east.-^ These lands lay in 
common until 1712. Josiah Chapin and John Chandler on 23 May, 
"viewed and measured" the same and made a division, report- 
ing that they found the lengtli and breadth thereof to conform to 



1 This farm of 1,000 acres, remaining in Oxford, as " conteynlng 1,800 acres, with allowance of 
was long known as " Dudley entailed " land. The addition of 200 more next adjoining, to coinplcat 
Calvin Aldrlch farm— H. 57,— William Hurd- the same to 2,000 acres ... in tlie Nipniug 
H. GO,— and Jacob Shumway— H. 61,— and also Country at a place willed Slarlcliouge- the lyne 
valuable meadows on the river, now part of the being marlced wltli rainging markes In the cor- 
Ezckiel Davis farm— II. 53, — were taken from it. ners with S. D." 

An important suit at law, involving tlie title to According to tlie earliest plan in Oxford 

these lauds, was brought about 1821 to gain pos- records Manchaug Farm measured fi74 rods by 

session by Mr. Williams, one of tlie Dudley heirs, 424 rods — considerably short of 2,000 acres— in- 

vs. Jason Phlpps of Tliompson. William Pink- eluding both Stoughton's and Dudley's sliares. 

ney of Maryland was counsel for Williams, and A plan made after 1731 gives " Manchaug Farm " 

Phipps retained Daniel AVebster. Tlie trial was 1,100 acres belonging to "the heirs of .Mr. Dud- 

In Feb.. 1822, and the case was strongly con- ley,"' and "belonging to Oxford." Apian made 

tested; decision for the defendants. Piukney 17.56 gives 1,020 acres in Oxford belonging to 

died a day or two after tlie trial. Thomas Dudley, and adjoining it on the east, tlie 

2 Gen. Court Uec, X., 187. These farms did not balance of the plot in Sutton, "now Kicliard 
adjoin Oxford territory. Waters' and others." 

3 Col. Rec, v., 488. In the act It is described 



40 HISTOIJY OF OXFORD. 

Gore's survey, but that they were " wanting in complement." They 
consequently added 81 rods in length to the southward. Thus after 
Dudley's farm became a part of Oxford, the south line of the town 
turned at " Manchaug corner" to the southward, running at nearly a 
right angle 81 rods, and thence 212 rods easterly to Sutton line.' 

On 11 iScpt., 1734, on petition of the town, Dudley's farm was 
annexed to Oxford, tlie lands being retained by his heirs until 
1779. 

Charlton set off. On 10 Jan., 1755, the District of Charlton 
was established. This took from Oxford all the original grant lying 
west of a line one mile west of the " Village line," leaving tlie out- 
lines of the towns as shown in diagram 3.2 

Ward set off. The next dismemberment took place on the 
incorporation of the town of Ward. In May, 1770, a request of the 
inhabitants of the northeasterly part of the town to be set off as a 
separate district was refused in town meeting. On 17 Apr., 1772, 
William Bancroft with others of Worcester, Leicester, Oxford and 
Sutton, petitioned to be set off as a district. Anticipating this action 
the town in Mar., 1772, chose Edward Davis, Ebenezer Learned, 
Joseph Phillips, Daniel Griflith and Ephraim Ballard to ''make 
answer " in the matter before the Court. The result was a dismission 
of the application. In 1773 the effort was renewed. Action was 
taken favorable to the petitioners, and a committee appointed to 
select a site for a meeting-house. Oxford chose William Phips, Capt. 
Ebenezer Leaimcd, Capt. Jeremiah Learned and P^^hraira Ballard to 
wait on this committee. On 23 June, 1773, certain families, including 
Samuel Eddy, Levi Eddy, Peter Jennison, Ruth Stone, Jesse Stone, 
Isaac Pratt, Abraham Eitts, Alexander Nichols, David Gleason, all 
of Oxford, were '• erected into a Precinct" called "the South Parish of 
Worcester." On 10 April, 1778, the same was made a town, named 
" Ward." All living within three miles of the site of the meetiug- 

' StouKliton's 1,0(>0 acres Included the Doctor could have been made to tlielr beinj; set otl". 

ISulIard and the Chandler Stockwell farms in The matter at last became so urgent that In 

Sutton, as well as all the territory of West Sut- May, IT/in. Oxford voted to set off the west part 

ton and northward from it. It was sold by of the town to wltliin two miles of the west vlllaKe 

William 'I'aylor, heir and executor of Stouiihton, line. But this wiis not satisfactory, and in Mar., 

8 Dec, IT'.'O, to Itlchard AValers of Salem, and 17">4, the petitioners appealed to the Legislature, 

Sa el I{ich of lU'llluKham, Waters setllinf; at representinK "'c'r privations on account of dis- 

Ihi' Bullarcl place and Kich at the Stockwell tance to meeting— that Ihey were "disheartened, 

place. On ID June, 17'i3, on petition of Kbenezer and as [they] had got limber fora meetiug-house 

Learned for leave to tax lands adjoining Oxford and were much encouraged l)y the gentlemen 

for the maintenance of the ministry, this farm owning laud [Ihere] . . . but being taxed so high 

was " set to Oxford so far as relates to the sup- for the hulbliiig the [Oxford] meeting-house and 

port of the ministry." It was soon after iucor- finishing it in the best manner, equal to, if not 

porated as a part of Sutton, tien. Court Rec. better than any in the country(y): paying for 

XIV., 84. schools from which they derived no benelit— and 

-Forseveral years previous to this actloti much "large herds of cattle brought among [them] 

dissatisfaction existed among the people of the breaking Into [their] Improved lands" . . . and 

westerly part of the town because of their want living ten miles from the town jiound it was 

of iJrivUeges. Oxford In the Important matter "almost Imixisslble to drive cattle there." . . . 

of locating the new meeting-house had. ippareut "All these things consliiered [they] feared [they 

ly no regard to their interests, and considering sliouM] he uudoni' without the help of the court." 
the circumstances it seeius that no valid objection 



WARD 




POND 






CHANGES IN TOWS LINES. 41 

house by road, excepting in Sutton, where the distance was fixed at a 
mile and a half, were embraced in the act. This took from the cor- 
ner of the town a tract resembling somewhat in form a quadrant. 
[iS'ee diagram 4."] 

MoflB.t, etc., annexed. At March meeting, 1782, Isaac Moflit 
and Elijah Learned, living in the borders of Charlton, asked that 
they might be received as part of Oxford ; on which the town voted 
affirmatively. On 3 June, 1788, these, with Ephraim Segar, presented 
the case to the Legislature, and on 2 Jan., 1789, they, with their 
farms — 250 acres — were set to Oxford. On 23 Feb., 1809, on petition 
of Amasa Kingsbury, 26 acres adjoining the foregoing on the north 
were also added. \_See dotted lines, diagram 4, letter JJf.] 

Kidder, etc., annexed. In 1792, Jonathan Kidder, Samuel 
Blanchard and Arthur Daggett, living near the northeast corner of 
the town, in Sutton, requested to be received as inhabitants, which 
request was granted conditionally. On 18 Feb., 1793, the General 
Court annexed them to Oxford. [Diagram o, letters D, K.'\ 

South Gore land annexed. On 6 Feb., 1807, the Kingsbury 
neighborhood, with land north and west of the same to Dudley line, 
was annexed, the following being named in the act : Lemuel Cud- 
worth, Craft Davis, Ezekiel Davis, David Fitts, Abijah Harris, Joseph 
Kingsbury, Ephraim Kingsbury, Samuel Kingsbury, Jeremiah Kings- 
bury, Jr., John Larned, John Larned, 3d, and James Wallis of 
Dudley. 1 [Diagram 6'.] 

Webster. The next change was at the incorporation of 
"Webster." The town opposed this project, and in September, 
1831, Ira Barton, Stephen Davis and Richard Stone were chosen to 
protest against it before the Legislature. They say : — 

" The area of the town before the setting off of Charlton was represented 
as having been about 45,000 acres. In 1754 a large portion of the rich agri- 
cultural town of Charlton was carved from the west part of Oxford, and in 
1778 about one third part of Ward was also taken from said town so that 
when the town of Oxford was surveyed in 1794 ... it contained but 17,336i 
acres. Since that time another small portion of the south gore has been 
annexed to the town and bj' said survey Oxford noAv contains about 18,000 
acres. The petitioners seek to carve off about 2,500 acres ... by Avhich the 
town will be reduced to about 15,000 acres or one third its original dimen- 
sions. — The land set off to Charlton and Ward as before mentioned constituted 
. . . [agriculturally considered] the best part of the former town, and a 
principal source of wealth and population remaining . . . consisted in the 
water power of the French Kiver together with the outlet of the Chaubuna- 
gungamaug pond. By an appropriation of this power to manufacturing pur- 
poses the town now sustains a population of 2034 iuhabitants. By [the pro- 
posed action] it will lose about one sixth of its taxable property — a popula- 
tion of about 600 together with a considerable portion of tiiat water power 
upon which the business and prosperity of the town much depends." 



1 [Special Laws, 58.] Included in this territory was the tract originally set to Oxford iu 1731. 
[See diagram 6.] 

7 



42 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Protests were unavailing and an act incorporating the new town — 
named in honor of tlie statesman — was passed 6 March, 1832.1 

North Gore annexed. The last alteration was the addition 
of the North Gore, 22 March, 1838, embracing about 738 acres, and 
lying between the north line of the town and Leicester. [^Special 
Lairs, 22.^ Diagram 7 represents the lines as they now exist. 

Indians. The English settlers did not suffer seriously from the 
incursions of the natives, although at times they prowled about the 
borders of the village, stealing pigs, chickens, garden vegetables, 
etc., and at the time of Father Ralle's war in Maine they were con- 
siderably aroused and caused alarm. 

Garrison Houses. On 16 Aug., 1722, a law was passed requir- 
ing frontier towns, including Oxford, to be put in a posture of 
defence. Military officers and selectmen were ordered to cause houses 
to be fortified, to which families might repair for safety.- No men- 
tion is made in the town records of these houses, but, according to 
tradition, Col. Ebenezer Learned's, H. 120, and Peter Shumway's, H. 
185, were two of them. Probably the old fort suflficed for the south 
part of the town. As late as 1845 there were the remains of a block 
house on the farm of Sauford A. Inman, H. 9, near Sutton line, per- 
haps built at this time. It was about 25 feet square, and the founda- 
tion stoues and embankment were removed by Mr. Inman. The dis- 
covery of numerous Indian stone relics on these hills indicates that this 
was a resort of the Indians. Manchaug pond was a favorite haunt of 
theirs, and their village was not far distant. Lovett's farm, H. 17, 
and " Saccara[)i)a," as indicated by stone implements found there, 
was another favorite locality, and probably a village existed at some 
time in that vicinity. Another place frequented by them was on 
Little River a short distance above Buffum's. 

The accom[)auying illustration shows various specimens of Indian 
stone relics found in Oxford. No. 1, a natural stone used as a rubbing 
stone — found on the Plain ; 2, pestle, length 12 inches, Edson's, H. 
163 ; 3, gorget or neck ornament, two perforations, Wellington's, H. 
121) ; 4, sinker, perforated. Plain ; 5, use unknown, perforated, Hum- 
phrey's, M. 36 ; 6, awl or piercer, Lovett's, H. 17 ; 7, soapstone im- 
plement, use unknown, Lovett's; 8, chisel, Whiting farm, H. 14 ; 9, 
gouge-, N. Gore; 10, chisel, Buffum's; 11, chisel. Plain; 12, arrow- 
heads, etc., diff'erent localities, largest, Woodbury's, II. 75 ; 13, drills 
or borers ; 14, scrapers, used on wood, or hides and skins ; 15, gouge, 
Rosebrook's, II. 4; 16, adze, Buffum's; 17, small pestle, Allard's, 
H. 71 ; 18, axe, Wellington's ; 19 and 21, rubbing stones for dressing 



1 In lliis act Ilii' iiorlli llnewas defined as begin- to alter tlie course of this line " so that it may 

niii),' at llie nortlit'iist corner of said town and ajfrec with the present VlUajre line."' The old 

thence running due treat across the river, etc. line, W. 15° S.. was restored. [See diagram!.] 
In March, l.s;i!l. the Selectmen of Oxford were -Prov. Laws, II.,'Jd9. 
Instructed by the town to petition the Legislature 




Indian Relics foi;nd in Oxford. 



1724-5 INDIANS. 43 

leather, Lovett's ; 20, part of steatite cooking dish, Abel Davis's, H. 
57 ; 22, axe, Rosebrook's. 

People armed. lu these troublous times farmers were accustomed 
to go to their work with their implements in one hand and a gun in 
the other. Col. Learned, at the extreme north, as tradition informs 
us, was considerably annoyed at times by the sly manoeuvres of the 
natives, but knowing his strength and courage they made no serious 
encroachments upon him. The occurrence related by Hutchinson is 
corroborated by tradition, the place having been at the site of the 
house later occupied by John Barton, H. 21, near " Barton Hill," in 
the easterly part of the town. 

" On Aug. 6, 1724, four Indians came upon a small house which was built 
under a hill. They made a breach in the roof and as one of them was attempt- 
ing to enter he received a shot in his hellj from a couraseous woman, tlie 
only person in the house, who had two muskets and two pistols charged, and 
was prepared for all four ; but they thought fit to retreat, carrying ott" the 
dead or wounded man." 

This locality was on the Bernon estate, the property of Samuel 
Davis, then of Roxbury, and the occupant is unknown. 

The eastern troubles culminated in 1725 in the famous Lovewell's 
fight at Pequawket, and in December quiet was restored. 

Accounts have come to us by trustworthy tradition of several per- 
sonal encounters with the Indians. They, it appears, for some reason 
had a grudge against Abial Lamb, and at times lurked around his 
premises with evil intent, and once fired upon him when he was at a 
distance from home. He returned them as good as they sent, with 
^atal consequences it is said, after which he was unmolested. 

The following is an incident in Col. Learned's experience : 

"At candle-light on a cold evening, an Indian came to his door and asked 
for food and shelter. He was kindly received, and after supper was allowed 
to camp before the large open fire-place in the old-fashioned kitchen. Some 
time during the night the Colonel became conscious of a presence stooping 
over him as he lay in bed. The Indian, perceiving that he was awake, said to 
him in a scornful tone, 'You pale face!' Learned was out of bed in an 
instant, and with a M-ell-directed l)low laid the fellow upon the lioor, and in a 
few seconds had him outside the house and the door shut upon him. 

" Several months afterward his visitor again made his appearance, at even- 
ing, as before. He had in his hand a roll of valuable furs, which he presented 
respectfully to Learned, with the remark, ' You brave,' and left." 

Collicuinp. So far as known, the last wild Indian living within 
the limits of the town was CoUicump, whose dwelling was in the 
pleasant nook under the hills near the house of the first Joseph 
Brown, in the west part of the town, H. 88, within the sound of 
the brook which comes down through the rocky gorge near the old 
Charlton road and winds through the meadow below to the Maanexit. 
In this retired spot he lived to old age, runs the tradition, cultivating 
a little garden near his hut, hunting small game in the neighboring 



44 HISTOHY OF OXFORD. 

woods and fishing in the river and also the stream in the easterly pai't 
of Charlton known as Little River — sometimes called "CoUicnm." 
He had deceased long before Mr. Brown's purchase of this farm in 
1791, but his garden and the ruins of his cabin were then to be seen, 
and traces of his dwcllinti still remain. He met a tragic fate having 
been drowned in the latter stream in a deep hole a short distance 
below the mills of the late John H. Rich. Interesting mementos of 
him were recently in the possession of the late Jasper Brown, Esq., 
being two brass spoons ploughed up on the site of his cabin by Mr. 
Joseph Brown. They were of a peculiar pattern, unlike the present 
form of this utensil, and were doubtless furnished him by the English.^ 

Slaves. A return in State papers, 1754, gives Negro slaves in 
Oxford, three males, one female. 

Richard Moore owned "Sharper," and 2G Nov., 173G, sold him to 
Joshua Haynes, Sudbury. - 

Moses Marcy of Oxford had an Indian woman, sold him by the 
Court prior to 1747. That year he was discharged from his bond, 
she having "made away with herself after having tried to murder her 
mistress — run off and not heard from since." 

In 1755, Caesar, a slave, servant of Richard Moore, Jr., was 
arraigned before "Worcester Court. ^ 

Col. Ebenezer Learned owned a house servant named Mingo — was 
long in the family, and was dumb or successfully feigned himself to 
be so. He was provided for in Learned's will. 

Rev. John Campbell had a servant. Will, was in the arm}' of 1775, 
at the siege of Boston, enrolled as a soldier, may have been servant 
to Capt. William Campbell. 

In a tax list for 1771 Dea. Thomas Davis is named as owner of a 
" servant for life," and William Watson is taxed for two, the same. 
In 1775 a negro was sold as part of his estate. 

Josiah Wolcott had a house servant named Dinah who lived to be 
very aged, and died in 182'J, a town charge. 

Colonial Money. At the time of the permanent settlement 
almost the entire circulating medium consisted of Bills of Credit, 
issued by the Province, payable with interest, at short stated times. 
On 11 Oct., 1721, trustees were chosen to receive and care for the 
" Bank Money paid to the town." The amount was .£G4, Oxford's 
proportion of .£50,000. The duty of these trustees was to loan this 
money in small amounts on securit}'."* 

• See plate of lilstoric relics. Province, are grown scarce In proportion to the 

- See cases in Wore. Court. Kreat Deniiind for the same— He It enacted," etc. 

3 Ibid. Trov. Laws, II., 189. Those l)llls varied In value 

<Tlie preamble of the act, .11 March, 1721, re- from £5 toSshlUlngs. In 17'.'3 It was voted to issue 

cites: "Whereas the I'ublick Hills of Credit In £.">00 In one, two and throe penny pieces, to be 

this Province, which, for want of sliver have for made of parchment about an Inch In nieasuro- 

many years not only answered the charjre of this nieut, stamped, a round ploco to pass as one 

Ills Majesty's (iovorninoiil, both In War and penny, a S(iuare piece two-pence and a slx-slded 

Peace, but served as a modhini of exchanKe In piece three-pence. 

the Merchandize Trade and Business of the 



FINANCIAL. 45 

Iq March, 1728, it was voted "to leave the concern of the £50,000 
loan to the selectmen to take account of y" Trustees and report." 
This loan was redeemable in Boston, £10,000 on the last day of May 
in each year from 1726 to 1730. In Oxford the last payment was 
not made until Feb., 1736, when " Jer. Allen Treas." receipted "by 
Mr. Campbell, committee," for £12. 16s., "the last fifth" of said 
loan. On 20 Feb., 1728, another loan of £60,000 was issued, of which 
Oxford's share was £106. 10s. In April it was voted "to draw out 
y'' Town's part," and the trustees were instructed to loan it in sums 
not under ten or over twenty pounds to one man. In this loan 4 per 
cent, of the interest went to the Province and the balance to the 
towns. 

Early levies. The first raising of money by the town was 19 
Nov., 1713, when £6 was voted for necessary charges, to be raised on 
the 30 house lots. The first County tax was in 1718, when Suffolk 
County raised £350 ; Oxford's share, 15 shillings, 9^ pence. In 1721 
a house of correction was to be built and £650 was raised ; Oxford's 
share, £2. 18s. The first tax of Worcester County was in Nov., 
1732 ; Oxford's share, £14. Os. 4d. The first levy of a Colonial tax 
in Oxford was 5 July, 1719, for the sum of £5. Taxes were collected 
by constables until 1786 when collectors were chosen. 

Public Funds. In Oct., 1791, the town holding £340. 13s. Id. 
public securities, it was voted to divide the same among the religious 
societies, the First and Second and the Baptists, each their propor- 
tion. The amounts were as follows : Standing Society £206. 3s. 3d., 
the Second Society £119. 17s. 2d., the Baptists, to be paid individu- 
ally, according to their valuation, the sum of £14. 12s. 8d. This 
shows the financial strength relatively of the religious organizations. 
In March, 1837, a committee of the town was chosen to receive from 
the Commonwealth its share of the surplus revenue ordered by 
Congress to be distributed, and to recommend some manner of dis- 
posing of the same, which advised that it be funded and the interest 
be divided among the school districts. In June, 1837, a report of 
the selectmen upon the division of this fund with Webster was ac- 
cepted, as follows: Whole amount, $2,965.65; Oxford's share, 
allotted on 1,569 population, $2,287.66 ; AVebster's share, on 465 pop- 
ulation [in the part set off from Oxford], $677.99. In May, 1838, 
the town instructed the selectmen to pay out enough of this fund 
to clear the town from debt. The amount is not given ; a balance 
was voted, 1839, toward building the town hall on the north common. 

"Liand Bank." In 1739, many people of small means being 
embarrassed, business much depressed and money scarce, a plan was 
laid to establish in Boston a private banking concern which resulted 
in the forming of the famous " Land and Manufacture Bank Com- 
pany." This affair, while it had the sanction of a few influential 
men, was projected and managed chiefly by persons of limited re- 



46 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

sources, many of whom had land but little money and perhaps some 
of whom were insolvent. "This company [numbering some seven or 
eight hundred] were to give credit to laO,OUO pounds to be issued in 
bills [payable in 20 years] to be loaned on mortgage, every subscriber 
to pny 3 per cent, and 5 per cent, of the principal, and those not pay- 
ing bills might pay in produce or manufactures of the Province." ' 

'I'he Governor opposed the scheme, an act of incorporation was 
refused in the Legislature, proclamations were issued warning the 
public against it as dangerous, and all government officers, the courts 
and others within their influence were required to discountenance and 
obstruct the circulation of the bills. The leading merchants of the 
larger towns refused them in trade. Notwithstanding all opposi- 
tion the plan flourished for a time, and Hutchinson says " perhaps a 
majority of the Province were well wishers to it." By great exertion 
and the purchase of every commodity for which its bills would be 
received, the directors succeeded in getting into circulation fifty or 
sixty thousand pounds of their paper. In country places it was popu- 
lar, and passed freely among the traders and the people at large, and 
many towns voted to accept " Land Bank" in all their public finan- 
cial affairs. As late as May, 1741, their bills were in circulation. - 
Its opposers appealed to Parliament and an act was obtained extend- 
ing to America an old law of Britain that no transferable stock 
should be raised without legislative authority, which dealt it a blow 
under which it soon succumbed. In 1741 the General Court appointed 
commissioners with power to tax all who had been in the company in 
proportion to their interest, and with moneys thus raised to redeem 
the bills, and make equitable adjustment between the members. 
Heavy losses resulted and its pernicious influence was felt long after- 
ward. Fortunately the people of this town did not engage in it to a 
great extent. Isaac Larued owned 40 shares, Jacob Cummings 30, 
Uriah Stone 40, Samuel Call 30 and Samuel Scott 30, all excepting 
Larned in the north part of the town. In 1748 the commissioners 
sold 46 acres of land of Samuel Call (now known as the Livermore 
place), H. 110, to pay his assessments. 

[Form of a Bill.] 

" T W E N T Y SHILLINGS 

"Wo promise, for ourselves and Partners, to receive this Twenty Shilling 
Bill of Credit as so much Lawful Money iu all Payments, Trade and Business, 
and after the expiration of twenty years to pay y® Possessor y* value thereof 
in Manufactures of the Province. 

"Boston." 



1 Hutchinson. but am uncertain whether I shall continue . . . 

'-At that date T{^. William Jennlson wrote because It will not ilo for me to oblige myself to 

thus to his wife, " I am now at Worcester In the take pay In ' Land Bank.' " 
business of the school, and preach at Holden— 




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CHAPTER IV. 

ECCLESIASTICAL. 

First Mixisters. Non-Residents Taxed. Rev. John Campbell. Church 
Formed. Hagburn Legacy. The Awakening. Mr. Campbell's Trea- 
tise. Davidson Case. Mr. Campbell's Decease. Rev. Joseph Bow- 
man. Embarrassment. Church Divisions. Lawsuit. Dark Days. 
Rev. Elias Dudley. Rev. Josiah Moulton. Congregational Society 
Formed. Later Ministers. Lkgacies. Universalist Society. Minis- 
ters. Conventions. Baptist Church and Society. Ministers. Metho- 
dist Church and Society. Mi.msters. Protestant Episcopal Church. 
Ministers. Roman Catholic Church. First Meeting-house. Second 
Meeting-house. Universalist Meeting-house. Third Congregational 
Meeting-house. Baptist Meeting-house. Methodist Meeting-houses. 
Episcopal Church Building. Catholic Church Building. Parsonages. 

First Ministers. In accordance with the terms of the grant and 
the usage of the da}- the town was from the beginning an ecclesiasti- 
cal parish, and its early records refer constantly to ministerial affairs. 
The first minister named was Rev. John James, probably noted by. 
Savage as having lived, and died 10 Aug., 1729, at Wethersfield. 
He had preached as early as 1683 at Haddam, and was at Derby from 
1694 to 1706, and at Brookfield from 1711 to 1 May, 1714. On 29 
July, 1714, it was " voted that every lot man shall pay his equal pro- 
portion of 10 shillings a sabbath for a quarter of a year to Mr. James 
for his preaching." On 30 Nov. it was voted that Mr. Moore 
[Richard] and John Town " take care and provide a minister as soon 
as convenient." On 25 March, 1715, voted that the money for, the 
support of the gospel ministry among us, be raised on the lands in 
general belonging to the village. On 25 Sept., 1715, it was voted to 
send Daniel P^liott and Abraham Skinner to Jonathan Shattuck of 
Watertown "to treat with him concerning his coming to preach the 
Gospel to us." Mr. Shattuck preached at least two Sabbaths, for 
which he was paid 30 shillings. He was settled, 1717, at Littleton. 
On 10 May, 1710, it was voted to raise for the year 30 pounds on the 
30 house lots for the support of the ministry, and Mr. Richard Moore 
was instructed "to go to the gentlemen that gave us the land [for 
the village] to see what they will give for the support of the Gospel 
among us." And on 31 July, John Town and Ebenezer Learned 
were chosen for the same purpose with directions that if said proprie- 
tors would not do their proportion to petition the General Court for 
help. The result of this effort we do not find, but in some way the 
people received encouragement. 



48 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1717-31 

On 29 Jan., 1717, it was voted tliat the selectmen should "take 
care to f^et a iniuister," and at the same date it was decided to build 
a meeting-liouse. Neither minister or the means of supporting one, 
however, was then settled upon, as on 19 Aug. a meeting was called 
to be held at 7 o'clock in the morning, to agree upon some way to 
raise money and " to take care to obtain a minister." At this meet- 
ing it was voted to raise 30 pounds for the support of the Gospel, 
and Richard Moore, Ehcnezer Learned and Daniel Eliott were chosen 
to obtain a minister.' 

Non-residents taxed. On 14 June, 1718, John Town, as select- 
man, petitioned the General Court for leave to tax the lands of non- 
residents in Oxford for aid in supporting the ministry and building a 
new meeting-house. On whicii it was ordered that authority be given 
to tax 20 shillings on 1,000 acres five years. On 21 July, 1720, 
Richard Moore renewed tliis petition, on which it was again ordered 
that the town authorities be empowered to lay a tax of 20 shillings 
per annum per 1,000 acres during three years. The next year 
Richard Moore, being the town representative, submitted to the Court 
that the tax had been assessed as authorized but some of the proprie- 
tors refused to pay. By permission he presented a bill which was 
referred to the next session. On 22 ]\Iarch, 1722, an act was passed 
enabling the town to recover a tax on non-resident proprietors' lands 
towards building a new meeting-house, etc. On 16 May, 1726, Capt. 
Ebenezer Learned was chosen "to go to General Court with a peti- 
tion for leave to tax non-residents' land toward the support of the 
gospel." On 7 June it was ordered that the town of Oxford be 
authorized to assess, levy and collect 20 shillings on each 1 ,000 acres 
on non-resident land for three years, and "said land is made liable for 
the payment of said taxes." On 4 Sept., 1729, on Isaac Larned's 
petition, "ordered that the town of Oxford be autiiorized to assess 
and collect one farthing per acre on non-residents' land for five years 
for the support of the ministry." On 2 July, 1731, a petition of Rev. 
John Campbell was presented to the General Court, setting forth that 
former laws made to meet the needs of the town had in them no pro- 
vision to enforce the collection of the taxes on non-resident lands, by 
which the petitioner had been much straitened and had not the sup- 
port designed for him, and praying that provision be made for the 
collecting of said taxes. Upon which it was enacted as follows : 

" Whereas there liave been several assessments of taxes heretofore ordered 
and directed by the General Court of this Province on the hinds of the non- 
resident proprietors within the townsiiip of Oxford ... as well for the 
huihliii'i a niectini; house as supportiiii; the ministry in the said town, and 
whereas a (•(iiisidcral)le part thereof still remains due and unpaid by reason of 
the methods iicntofore used for collecting the same beinj; insiiMicient . . . 



1 From tilt first recordfcl tax Ust In the town, the single exception of (ialiriel Bernon, who was 

Sept., 1717, we learn that the sum voteii at this taxed both for the current expenses of religious 

meeting wiis raised by a tax on the inhabitants, worship and for the Ijuildlng of the meetlug- 

without the aid of non-resident proprietors, with house. 



1719-20 ECCLESIASTICAL. 49 

Ordered that John Chandler Jr. Samuel Dudley of Sutton, and Benjamin Flagg 
of Worcester be a committee to collect said taxes, and pay the same to the 
Treasurer of Oxford." 

They were authorized to sell lands and give deeds when necessary 
for tlie purpose. 

On 14 Sept., 1734, Isaac Larned represented to the Court the 
difiiculty of supporting the gospel since Dudley was set off, and 
asked leave to tax non-residents one-half penny an acre for five 
years, which was granted, and also ordered that the farm belonging 
to Hon. William Dudley, called Manchaug farm, be, and is hereby 
annexed to Oxford. On 26 Dec, 1739, permission was continued 
for five years to tax one farthing per acre, all lands without a legal 
fence included. 

Mr. McKinstry. The third clerical name recorded is that 
of John McKinstry^ who preached several months. On 7 Oct., 
1718, Benoni Twichell was sent by the town "to fetch up the 
minister." On 2 March, 1719, a call was voted him which he de- 
clined. And on 9 Nov., 1720, he was settled as first minister of 
Sutton. 

Mr. Andrew. In 1719 Rev. Samuel Andrew was preacher for 
a time. He was son of Samuel of Cambridge, b. in 1656, and was at 
this time 64 years of age. An attempt to settle him failed. 

Mr. Campbell. Very soon after Rev. John Campbell entered 
upon the scene of his life work. On 30 May, 1720, in expectation of 
his arrival, it was voted that Israel Town should entertain him, and 
P^ns. Ebenezer Learned " should treat with him and agree with him 
as reasonably as he could with discretion, to obtain him for one or 
two months." Propositions for a settlement were voted him on 15 
Jul}' with au offer of 60 pounds a year salary — the lot originally laid 
out for the minister, with the rights belonging to it — and 100 pounds 
settlement, " provided he shall be willing to live and die our minis- 
ter," and John Town, Isaac Larned, John Comins, Abial Lamb and 
Abraham Skinner were chosen a committee to " treat with him." 
They reported as follows : 

" We laid before Rev. Mr. Campbell the above voted particulai's and left 
them with him under the following circumstances — In the name and by virtue 
of the power ii'iven us bj' the inhabitants of Oxford, we called the Ileverend 
John Campl)ell to be our minister. Second, we promised the said Mr. Camp- 
bell Sixty pounds salary. Third, that the said Mr. Campljell have freely given 
him the lot laid out ah-ea(t^' for the lirst minister of Oxford, with the rights 
thereunto l)t'longing, or one hundred acres to be laid out . . . where it can 
conveniently be had. Fourth, that we will give the said Mr. Campbell one 
hundred pounds settlement in work as reasonal)ly as others have work for 
their money in Oxford — provided he shall be willing to live and die with us 
in the work of the ministry." 

Mr. Campbell's reply, dated 12 Aug., 1720, is as follows: 

"Gentlemen, I have had your call and proposals before me and upon 
mature deliberation I accept of your call and proposals to me as propounded, 
8 



50 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1720 

ami lioreby promise to be willinj? to continue witli you in the work of the 
ministry as the Lord sliall ciiablf nic, providcrl vdii continue a ministerial 
people. 

'■ JoilX C.VMriJKLL." 

As Mr. Campbell became known, the people evidently recognized 
in bira a lit man to continue their life-long minister, they having 
given a call and received bis answer before a reply was returned from 
the association of ministers to which the selectmen had applied for 
an opinion conceruing him. This reply, dated Woodstock, 7 iSept., 
1720, was commendatory, and on the 12 Sept. the town chose a 
committee to oversee the work to be done in the settlement. 

Church, forined. The ordination did not, however, take place 
until several months later. Meantime the Church was organized. 
Mr. Campbell was chosen cle^'k and thus chronicles its initiation and 
progress : 

"The Methode taken and pursued in layinij a foundation for and gathering 
a Chh. of Clirist in Oxford in New England was as follows viz — four men viz 
Lt. John Town, Ablel Lamb, Samuel Barton, .Joseph Wiley, being already 
members of other Chhs meeting together sometime in September 1720 : and 
having considered the obligations which tlicy themselves were under, to pro- 
mote the Kingdom of their Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ, (after social prayer 
and conference together) they declared each one to the other that they were 
desirous to lye in the foundation and build up a Chh. of Christ in Oxford: 
they also nuide known tlieir Religious purpose in this matter to Capt. Richard 
Moore, another Chh. member, Inviting him and others . . . whose minds were 
disposed to advance the Religion of Jesus and his Interest, and thereby the 
special advantage of themselves and Posterity : to join with them in so good 
a work : Agi"eeing also to meet together at the house of Israel Town on 
tluirsday the 27th of October next following, at four of the clock post 
meridian." 

"The Society" met on said day and had prayers and a sermon, 
and decided to apply to the " Rev. Elders of Marlborough Associa- 
tion " who were to meet at Framingham, 2 Nov., following, asking 
" their Advice and Directions how to proceed in gathering a Chh. of 
Christ at said Oxford." The reply was as follows : 

" Dear Bretliren, we highly api)r()vr of your Religimis design to gather a 
chiu'ch of Christ in Oxford and advise you that there be public iiotitlcatiou 
thereof given in the Town, and that such as are already members lead in that 
affair, and that others who offer to join in the foundation of the said Church 
meet together Avith the said chh. members and give satisfaction to one 
another and to the said members of the sjiving work of grace in their hearts, 
either l)y verbal conference, or written Relation, after wliich hath been done 
& social prayer duly performed from time to time, by the said Religious 
Society we advise them to procure a Chh Covenant which they can all freely 
sul)scril)e unto, and then to set apart a day of fasting and prayer, calling to 
them the Rev. Pastor of Woodstock, and the Rev. pastor of Mendon Chh. to 
assist on the said fast day in forming a church of Christ in Oxford. 

" Sic Subscribitur Joskpu Baxteu 
in the name of the Association." 



1720-1 ECCLESIASTICAL. 51 

At a Society meeting held 29 Dec, 1720, " after prayers and a 
sermon," chose Lt. John Town moderator and " appointed the third 
Wednesday in Jan. 1720-1 to be the day of fasting and prayer previ- 
ous to the gathering a church of Christ in Oxford : and also desired 
Mr. John Campbell to write letters to the ministers [designated] to 
request their presence and assistance on the above said day." 

" The Revel, ministers sent to for our assistance came at the time appointed, 
viz. January 18th, 1720-1 and the day was observed by fastina;, prayers and 
sermons : and towards the close of the day . . . the following Church Cove- 
nant in whicli all the brethren were agreed was read, approved and accepted 
by the men whose names are underwritten and likewise by their wives re- 
spectively." 

Covenant. 

" We do under a soul humbling and abasing sense of our utter unworthiness 
of so high & great a privelege as God is graciously putting into our hands 
Own and Accept of God the Father, Sou, & Holy Spirit for our God in Cove- 
nant with us, and do accordingly give up ourselves and our seed according to 
the terms of the Everlasting Covenant to him to be his under most saci'ed 
& inviolable Bonds, promising by the help & strength of his grace, without 
which we can do nothing that we will walk as becomes saints according to 
the rules of God's holy word. Submitting ourselves and seed to the govern- 
ment of the Loi'd Jesus Christ, as King of his Chh. and to the watch and dis- 
cipline of this Chh. managing ourselves towards God and man all in civil & 
sacred authority as becomes those who are under the teachings of God's holy 
Word & Spirit : Alike declaring it to be our Resolution that in all things 
wherein we may fall short of duty we will w^ait upon God for his pardoning 
mercy and Grace in and through our Dear Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, to 
whom be glory forever. 

" The persons names who then assented to this Instrument are subjoined, 
viz 

John C.\mpbell, soon after ordained Abiel Lamb & wife 

pastor of this Church Israel Town & wife 

John Town & wife Benony Twitchel & wife 

BEN.JAMIN Chamberlain & wife Joseph Wiley & wife 

Isaac Launed & wife Samuel Barton & wife 

John Comins & wife David Town & wife 

Abraham Skinner Nathaniel Chamberlain 

Ebenezkr Learned & wife Thomas Gleason & wife 

Philip Amidown & wife Collins Moore & wife 

"These Avere the persons who lay in the foundation of a Gospel Chh. in 
Oxford, Now England Janury 18th 1720-1 in the presence and with the appro- 
bation of the Rev. Mr. Josiah D wight pastor of Woodstock and the Rev. Mr. 
Joseph Dorr pastor of Meudon Chh." 

The first meeting of the Church was at the house of John Comins 
near the old mill, at the south end of the Plain, " after prayers and a 
sermon, John Town was chosen Moderator, and then after a long and 
serious conference, the Chh unanimously chose Mr. John Campbell 
to bs their pastor. To which choice Mr. Campbell . . . signified his 
Consent." It was also voted to request the selectmen to call a town 
meeting to act on the subject. 

Campbell's Ordination. On 31 Jan., 1721, the Church met 
and voted to ask the aid of pastors and delegates to ordain Mr. 



52 HiSTOi;y of oxford. 1721-31 

Campbell from the churches in Woodstock, Medfield, Framingham, 
Marlborough, Lancaster and Mendon ; chose a committee to give 
invitations ; voted that every member of the Church should pay six 
shillings to defray expenses of the council, " besides what other 
inhabitants of the town shall please to give," and chose Isaac Larned, 
John Comins and Abraham Skinner to provide for said council. 

At a town meeting, the same day, an account being read of what 
the Church had done as to the choice of Mr. Campbell, and the time 
appointed for ordination, it was voted to concur. The following is 
INIr. Campbell's record of the ordination services : 

" Wednesday March 1st 1720/1 
" Tlu! ordination of the Rev. Mr. John Campbell to the pastoral office & 
Charge of the Chli. of Christ in Oxford Avas conducted with good order & 
decency, the several parts of the publick Service were performed bj' the fol- 
lowing gentlemen, viz tho Kevd. Mr. .John Prentice pastor of the Chh. in Lan- 
caster preached the Ordination Sermon from Ephs. 6, 18, 19. the prayer 
before the charge was made by the Revd. Mr. .Josiah Dwight pastor of the 
Chh in Woodstock, the charge was given by the Revd. Mr. .Joseph Baxter 
pastor of the Chh. in Medtield, the prayer after the charge was made by the 
Revd. Mr. Robert Breck of Marlborough. The Right hand of fellow.ship was 
given by the Revd. Mr. .John Swift pastor of the Chh in Framingham. The 
introductory prayer to all the publick service was made by the Revd Mr 
Joseph Dor pastor of the Chh in Mendon. The thanksgiving psalm or song 
was proposed, viz. Psal. 118 from the 24th verse to the end of the Psalm, and 
the blessing pronounced by the Rev'd. Mr John Campbell the then ordained 
pastor of the Chh. of Christ in Oxford." 

The first celebration of the Lord's Supper was 14 May, 1721. In 
1723 Richard Waters was by vote "desired" to unite with the 
Church by letter of recommendation, " in order to his being elected 
deacon," but did not comply. The Church Records under Mr. Camp- 
bell's ministry give little of the detail of affairs. With one or two 
exceptions they contain no entries of accessions, dismissals or bap- 
tisms. The particulars of a few cases of discipline are recorded and 
the election of officers, but more frequently than on any other subject 
occur entries concerning the " Hagburn Fund." 

Hagburn Ljegacy. Under date of 1724 is entered a copy of 
the clause in the will of Mr. Samuel Hagburn giving .50 pounds " for 
the use and benefit of the church as they shall think fit to lay out or 
dispose of for any pious use." On 4 July, 172G, it was voted to put 
the said becjuest out at interest, and Dea. John Town, Isaac Larned 
and Philip Amidown were chosen to take charge of it. In 1728 the 
town raised Mr. Campbell's salary to 80 pounds, as the currency was 
depreciating. In 1729 the town " voted to tax unimproved lands one 
farthing per acre towards paying our minister." 1731, Sept. 10, 
voted to expend tlie interest on the Hagburn Fund " for vessels for 
use of the church," and allowed £3 to pay expenses of pastor and 
delegate to an ecclesiastical council at Boston, £5 for a " mort-cloth " 
and a basin for baptismal use. 1731, Sept. 20, the town voted ten 



1734-43 ECCLESIASTICAL. 53 

pounds additional for firewood for Mr. Campbell. 1734, Aug. 27, 
voted £90 and firewood to Mr. Campbell. As the currency depre- 
ciated the town increased the salary as follows: In 1735 to £100, in 
1736 £120, in 1739 £130, in 1741 £150. On 18 May, 1743, the town 
heard the report of a committee chosen to compute the " odds" be- 
tween the currency and silver, " so that Justice be done Mr. Camp- 
bell," and on it voted him £180. In 1745 £200 was voted, 1747 
£225, in 1748 £250, in 1749 £400, " to make up deficiences in years 
past and the present year." In May, 1750, the currency had been 
brought to a specie basis and £50 was voted. Under date, 12 June, 
1741, is recorded "the distressing circumstances of some poor fami- 
lies amongst us occasioned by the scarcity of bread corn," on which 
it was voted that the interest then due on the Fund " be given to the 
most necessitous families iu this congregation." 

In Dec, 1741, a movement led by Ebenezer Lock began among 
the people of the N. Gore and the north part of Oxford to be set off 
as a new parish, and a petition to the town therefor was signed by 
Caleb Bartou, Samuel Call, Uriah Gleason, Joseph Phillips, Samuel 
Town, Richard Gleason and Jonas Coller. But the project was given 
up, perhaps on account of the proposal to build the new meeting- 
house at a location north of the Plain. 

The Awakening'. The years 1741-2 witnessed the " Great 
Awakening," with which Mr. Campbell had no sympathy. There 
was great excitement and much heated controversy, and the lines 
between the adherents to the old methods and the "New Scheme" 
were closely drawn. Rev. David Hall of Sutton was a strenuous 
adherent of Edwards and Whitefield, and as a result a coolness arose 
between the two neighboring pastors. In his diary, 9 March, 1746, 
Dr. Hall says " I have of late been to Oxford, where I have not been 
to visit before scarce these seven years. I find there has been reports 
carried to my disadvantage. A shyness among ministers is attended 
with many mischiefs and disadvantages." 

Campbell's Treatise. In 1743 Mr. Campbell, "at the desire 
of his constant hearers and others," published his " Treatise on Con- 
version," etc., a 12mo. volume of 215 pages, being extracts of 
sermons preached under the pressure of this movement. Near the 
close he says : 

" Suffer me, I beseech yon, who am the weakest and most unworthy in the 
Sacred Order of the Ministry, to intreat both Ministers and People of the 
New Scheme to desist from invading the Provinces and Districts of their 
Fellow Laborers and Brethren : And tliereby disturl)ing the Peace, and Spoil- 
ing the good Order of the Churches upon Pretence of little differences between 
you and them and so exclude yourselves their Communion. Such a practice 
was early condemned in the Christian Church, III. John, 10. 

" The Ordinances of God are understood by some Interpreters to be the 
Hedge and Wall of a People : when God takes away the Hedge and Wall, the 
Breach is made wide for every wild Beast to enter and tread it down. There 
are two or three things it would be well if the Exhorters and their Followers 



54 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1748-54 

could be persuaded to refrain, viz: 1 To keep each of them in their proper 
Business. — 'iVe sittor ultra crcjndaiu,'' tiiat is blind Folks should not judge of 
colors. — 2. That they no loni^cer traduce tlie sacred Scriptures, that is laying 
aside souio Parts of them . . . and esteeming others necessary, as they agree 
with the peculiar sentiments. — 3. Using humane Compositions in the Public 
Worship of God, in Room of sacred Scriptures : I mean their using Hymns, 
so as almo.st to have superseded the I'salms of David and other spiritual 
Songs. This is a manifest Violation and Reproach of the Wisdom and Law 
of God ... I am far from thinking that tiie good Gentleman [Dr Watts] 
whose hymns are mostly used by our giddy Zealots ever intended that Com- 
posure of his should ever supersede the Psalms of David . . . Singing of 
Hymns composed by men uninspired by God in his Worship was no part of 
our Forefatlier's Religion . . . No, this smells a little of that industrious 
source of all Religious Forirerles, viz — the Church of Rome which hath im- 
pudently introduced their 7e Deums, Anthems, and Ave Marias. These Cocka- 
trices'^ do not consider what tliey do and the guilt they are bringing upon 
tliemselves." 

Davidson Case. As early as 1748 a controversy arose in Sutton 
Church aud William Davidsou and wife were excomnuinicated or sus- 
pended. In Dec, 1748, he brought his case before an ex parte 
council in Oxford at the house of Elisha Davis, from which we infer 
that he here found encouragement and sympathy. Dr. Hall in his 
diary says, " 26 Dec, to morrow am to go to a Council at Oxford 
called hy an offending brother. 27, went to Davidson's Council, 
was, I think poorly treated. 28, grievously exercised to day, y*^ 
council's Result appearing most injurious, I became angry and spoke 
indecently. 21, discoursed with Parkman [\Vestboro'] he admired 
[wondered] at the result of Council." This result was against the 
action of Sutton Church. The diary continues, "12 July 1749, a 
time in which we need y" greatest wisdom and courage. The Chli. 
beset on y'' right hand and left, by Davidson Council aud y' 
separatists. 15, have been carried through the Church meeting with- 
out any jarring in regard to Davidson's affair." [Adhering to for- 
mer action.] An entry 31 Oct., 1749, indicates that another Council 
had been held on the case " which wholly approved of our conduct." 

On 15 Sept., 1750, Davidson and wife "desired occasional com- 
munion " witli Oxford Church, which by a vote with but one dissent- 
ing voice was granted. This action placed the Church in the posi- 
tion of a defender of Davidson and implied censure was cast upon 
Sutton. The result was a long period of estrangement and ill feeling 
between the two bodies. Thomas Gleasou, Jr., of Oxford, who 
opposed the church action, was disciplined and suspended, but in 
July, 1745, confessed his fault aud was restored. The record of this 
matter by Mr. Campbell, being the last of his entries, is of special 
interest. He says : 

"At a meeting of the Chli. in Oxford, March Sth, 17")1, Thomas Gleason 
Junr personally noliiled ami then present being asked the iiuesiion if he was 



1 The name kIvou llieiii liy Gilbert Tennant. for 20 of Air. Campbell's books to be slven to 
On 7 March, 1746, £10 luterest money was voted those unable to purchase them. 



1764-64 ECCLESIASTICAL. 55 

now sensible of the evil of his continued neglect of attending on his duty 
with this Chh. in sealing ordinances : expressed no repentance, but pretended 
to justifle his contumacious omission, and base conduct: and then being 
meekly discoursed with, and earnestly exhorted to return to his duty, but 
without success, and the least token of Relenting. 

" 1. The question being put to the brethren whether any of them objected 
against pronouncing the due Ecclesiastical censure against the said Thomas 
Gleason : there appeared a profound and universal silence — then the question 
being put in the following form, viz. 2. Brethren if it be your minds that 
Thomas Gleason Junr by his unlawful and sinful sei)aration from this chh. 
for many years together from communion in sealing Ordinances, hath ren- 
dered himself unworthy of such special priveleges as heretofore he has had 
with us, and is accordingly Suspended from Communion in Sealing Ordi- 
nances with this Chh. until he she'iv repentance for his multiplied enormities, 
and make Gospel Satisfaction : manifest it by the usual sign of uplifted 
hands : Voted in the affirmative unanimously. 3. The case of William 
Davison being mentioned, and some discourse had thereon, it was left as it 
stood before without any alteration or emendation. 4. A letter being read, 
Directed to be Communicated, by Rev. David Hall pastor of the first church 
in Sutton after brief observations made thereon, it was rejected ... as it 
seemed to l)e stuffed with many fallacies and inconsistencies." 

Church Action. On 29 Jane, 1762, the Church voted : 

" Whereas there has been a difficulty and uneasiness for some time Subsist- 
ing between us and the first chh. of Christ in Sutton, and the Pastors of said 
churches for their parts have made up their own difi'erences, before the death 
of our Revd. Pastijr, we desire that all uneasiness between us and you may be 
removed, and that we may live in Peace, Unity and Harmony as sister Chhs 
ought to do. And by a vote at the same meeting Abigail Davison the wife of 
William Davison is debarred of communion with us in special ordinances till 
she has made her peace with you, according as was proposed at Uxbridge 
October 22d 1751."' 

A plain inference from this record is that a third council had 
decided in effect against the Oxford action of Sept., 1750.- 

Rev. John Campbell died 25 May, 1761. On 3 July, 1761, Dea. 
Jonathan Town was chosen moderator of the Church. On 1 Feb., 
1762, a call was voted, 58 to 8, to Rev. Ebenezer Grosvenor which he 
declined. On 24 Aug., a second unsuccessful effort was made to 
settle him.-'' 

Mr. Bo"WT3ian. On 2 March, 1764, Rev. Joseph Bowman of 
"Westboro' was called by the Church by a " great majority vote." 
On 20 March the town concurred, and voted a "settlement" of 
£133. 6s. 8d. and a salary of £70. At a town meeting 24 Sept., the 
" settlement " grant was raised to £200 and on 15 Oct., the salary 
was raised to £100. 

On 12 November, 1764, tlie Church — " voted that we will take the 
word of God for our rule of Church government and where the form 
of Church government is not particularly pointed out in Scripture, we 



1 This declaratlou was unrloubtedly forwarded ' Mr. Grosvenor was minister at Harvard from 
to Sutton Church. 1782 to Ills death In 1788. 

- See William Davidson, Genealogical Depart- 
ment. 



56 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1764-79 

will have reference to the Cambridge Platform . . . Lay ciders and 
Lay ordination excepted." 

Mr. Bowman was installed on 14 Nov., 17G4. Sermon by Lis pas- 
tor, Kev. Ebencxer Tarkman of VVestboro. Sept. 26, 1771. " voted — 
that Thursday, 24 Oct., next y" Church will meet at y" meeting-house 
to discourse on y" affairs of singing a new version of y"' Psalms," etc. 
No record of this meeting appears. Dec. 31, 1775, William Phips, 
Esq., and wife, Lieut. Thomas Gleason, Capt. Samuel Kddy and wife, 
William Parker and wife, Levi Eddy and wife were dismissed from 
the Church to form a new Church at Ward. May 24, 1776, Lieut. 
Abijah Harris, Richard Coburn and Amasa Kingsbury were chosen 
Choristers. ''June 8, 1780, It was proposed to choose some one to 
assist Mr. Richard Coburn, in setting or tuning the Psalm on y*^ Sab- 
bath, and chose Levi Davis, John Pratt, and Allen Hancock for this 
purpose." 

During Mr. Bowman's ministry the additions to the Church were as 
follows : — admitted to full communion 64 ; covenanted [brought 
under the watch of the Church, and had children baptized] — 25 ; 
dismissions 27. The baptisms between the date of Mr. Camp- 
bell's death and Mr. Bowman's installation were 87, and during Mr. 
Bovvman's ministry 366. 

Bowman embarrassed. Fourteen eventful years succeeded Mr. 
Bowman's installation and he felt very seriously the pressure of the 
times brought by the Revolutionary War. On 18 March, 1779, he 
" laid before the Church some matters of difficulty respecting his sup- 
port, and difficulties in the town and church, and asked a dismission," 
upon which the Church chose as a committee Edward Davis, Esq., 
Dr. Alex. Campbell, Dea. Samuel Harris, Gen. Ebenezer Learned 
and Mr. Amos Shumwa}', "to wait on the pastor to see if there can 
be no method of an accommodation." At the same meeting " voted, 
that the same committee inquire of delinquent members the reasons 
of their absenting themselves from the worship and ordinances." 

This committee reported 22 April, 1779, " that they had conferred 
with the pastor and had found his circumstances very difficult and 
necessitous, and that something further ought to be done for his sup- 
port, which they assured him of the willingness of the people to do, 
80 far as they could learn ... on which he had consented to tarry for 
the present." The town had previously moved in the matter and had 
on 1 March, 177!», voted an increase of salary of £230 making £300 
for 1778. But this does not appear to have been satisfactory to Mr. 
Bowman, as the town on account of war expenses was not fulfilling 
its previous obligations. It was evident that a large majority of the 
people were very reluctant to part with their minister, and early in 
1780 a committee of the town was sent to him to attempt an adjust- 
ment of affairs so that he could be retained. In reply he says : 



1780 ECCLESIASTICAL. 57 

"To Adjutant Ezra Bowman, Mr. Amos Shumway, Deacon John Davis 
and Mr Ephraim Russell. 

Gentlemen : 

Whereas, you as a Commit- 
tee from y toAvn of Oxford, waited upon me yesterday, to know wliat would 
be satisfactory to me for my support, to continue with y town as their minis- 
ter; & did then desire me to nive ray answer in writing — therefore in compli- 
ance to your Recjuest, I would make y*^ following proposals : viz 

1. If y town will make good to me in Real value, or produce all y" arrear- 
ages y' are due since y times thro y depreciation of y paper currency, allow- 
ing me y advantage of all y private donations which I have Received within 
this two years past, as a Compensation for being kept out of my due & will 
make my Sallery good for y future, & pay it punctually, at y time it becomes 
due, every year; & will generally, & constantly attend publick worship; regu- 
late y disorders in town & Church ; & y' y"^ Laws for y observation of y« 
Sabbath, y regulating of public Houses, & for y suppression of profanity, & 
all other vices, be put in strict execution, y' we might have order & govern- 
ment; Avhen these things are done, I shall be content to stay, & not Else — 

2. If the town shall not think proper to comply with y above Request, if 
they will grant me a dismission from my pastoral Relation to them; the town 
shall have Credit for all that 1 have Received either in a publick or private 
way, «& I will allow my full proportion in all extraordinary Charges since y 
times, according to what I possess, providing y town will make good to me 
the remainder of the Rereges y' will then be due me, but if neither of the above 
proposals are agreeable, I will submit y matter to be determined by iudiflerent 
Judges, who shall say what terms we shall part upon, from, Gentlemen, your 
most obedient, & humble servant, 

Joseph Bowman." 
"Oxford, April 5th, 1780." 

Debt and Credit. He adds, 

'* The following is what I have Received for four years service viz, in 1777 
£35, in 1778 £31, 13s. Id.— in 1779 £27, 6s.— in 1780, nothing— making a total 
of £93, 19s. Id. including presents. 

" four years Sallery is £280, 

subtract 93, 19, 1. 



remains due, 186. 0. 11. 
" of the above £12. 5s. was received by subscription 
28. 9s. 6d. presents from individuals 

total, 40. 14. 5. 
«' which subtract from £93, 19s. leaves £52, 4s. 8d. to [be paid by] y town." 

People divided. Upon this, three town meetings were holden 
in quick succession. At the first, the first proposition of Mr. Bowman 
was acceded to and a sum sufficient to pay all arrearages in full was 
voted. At the second this action was rescinded, at the third the 
friends of the pastor rallied and the first vote was re-alllrmed, and 
for the time Mr. Bowman consented to remain. The opposition how- 
ever persisted, and at a fourth meeting called to see if the town would 
clear from responsibility '- those who thought it not right to pay the 
minister by a tax," a vote was passed not to release such persons. 

Little appears to indicate the state of affairs afterward for a year 
or more, but we know the town did not redeem its pledges. 
9 



58 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1782-3 

Council. On 10 Jan., 1782, "there appearing no prospect of 
sufficient relief," Mr. Bowman renewed his request for a dismission, 
and asked for a mutual council. The Church demurred and asked 
time to consider. The request was later twice renewed, and on 3 
Feb., was refused, on which " the pastor declared that he should 
call a council himself, and that with the leave of Providence it 
would meet at his house on Tuesday the 12th lust, and notified 
the Church to meet at the Meeting-house on said day. The council 
did not however convene, but a meeting of the Church was held, and 
strong efforts were made to induce the members to exert themselves 
to give relief to the pastor, and in case sufficient means could not 
be raised for the purpose, to consent to a mutual council for his dismis- 
sion. Meantime an unsuccessful effort was made to raise needed 
funds by a voluntary tax. At a Church meeting, 1 Aug., it was 
voted; — "■considering the circumstances of the Church and town." 
both being ''in a broken and divided state, it is best that the relation 
between the pastor and this people be dissolved." Arrangements were 
made for a council which met at the house of James Butler 28 Aug., 
1782, at which were present, David Hall, D.D., of Sutton, Rev. 
Charles Gleason of Dudley, Rev. Benjamin Conklin, Rev. Noadiah 
Russell of Thompson, with delegates. The result recognized " the 
sufferings of the pastor for several years — no prospect of improve- 
ment, and that affairs were growing worse," and advised that the 
pastoral relation of Mr. Bowman to the Church be dissolved. 

Opposition organized. Before Nov., 1782, the opposition 
had, in some form of which there is no record, become organized. An 
article in a town warrant of that date was as follows : 

" To see if the Society that have dissented from the Congregational ' Church 
shall enjoy the free and uninterrupted liberties and priveleges equal with their 
fellow townsmen, in particular that they should have free liberty to provide 
preaching for themselves and be under no obligations to pay any thing 
towards hiring or settling a minister of any denomination whatever, except it 
is their free voluntary act and choice : also that they shall have the privelege 
of the free use of the meeting house so much of the time as is adequate to 
the proportion they pay in taxes in common with the rest of the town (at set 
times) and upon a full compliance with the above said request, said society 
will give as much money as is their full proportion of the arrearages now due 
to Rev. Mr. Bowman . . . and will be assessed for the same in common with 
the town. 

"If the town shall not vote to improve the meeting house mutually accord- 
ing to the above proposal — to see if the town will vote that the standing 
party or society sluill appraise the house, that the dissenting Society may have 
liberty to sell their rights, or buy the other part as they may choose." 

These articles the town refused to consider. 

Lawsuit. Mr, Bowman had been dismissed, five years' salary 
was due liim, and a suit at law impending. The great question 
was, who shall meet the issue? The records of 1783 contain but 



1 Tbis Is the first use of this word we find in the records. 



Com. 



1784 ECCLESIASTICAL. 59 

little concerning ecclesiastical affairs. In the March town warrant 
was an article " For the Congregational society to choose a committee 
to supply the pulpit," which was dismissed. In May, Amos Shum- 
way, John Davis and Joiin Dana were chosen by the town a supply 
committee. In November a town meeting was called to see what 
should be done "in respect to a large sum of money Mr. Bowman has 
sued the town for," and the selectmen were authorized to defend the 
action. The case came on at the March term, 1784. A few days 
after notification the town chose Gen. Ebenezer Learned and Dr. 
Daniel Fisk to go to Worcester with Mr. Bowman for the purpose of 
effecting a settlement if possible, but the effort failed. The follow- 
ing document is in the town archives : 

" Oxford Mar. 25, 1784— This Day Waited on the Rev'. Mr. Bowman And 
have as far as was in our power hivestigated the matter Respecting his 
Demand on the town and find that he must have £287. 18s. principal and 
interest & Cost this being liis Demand which if he is not paid he Choses to 
have tlie matter tryed in Law that It may be Decided in that way. 
£287.. 18.. 0. Ebenezer Learned 

John Dana 
Daniel Fisk 
Sam"' Davis 
John Mayo 
Ephraim Russell 

ToAvn defaiilted. The case went to court and w<hen called the 
town did not respond and was defaulted. An execution in favor of 
Mr. Bowman was issued 24 April, 1784. On 27 April, three days 
later, a warrant was drawn for a town meeting " to see if the town 
will come into any measure to settle the dispute who shall pay the 
money due to Mr. Bowman." On 11 May the meeting was held and 
John Dana, Elias Pratt, John Ballard, Samuel Davis, Jr., Marvin 
Moore and Daniel Fisk were chosen to consider the subject and 
" bring in proposals" to settle the case, who reported as follows : 

Plan of Settlement. 

" 1 ■ Every pe)-.son shall pay monies already assessed for the purpose. 2°'' 
The whole town shall be assessed for the additional sum of £90. — the re- 
mainder [no sum named] shall be assessed on the town excepting the follow- 
ing, John Barton Jr, Ezra Conant, Solomon Cook, Samuel Davis Jr, Elijah 
Davis, Learned Davis, Joseph Davis, Craft Davis, Charles Dabney, Samuel 
Davidson, Abijah Harris, Samuel Kingsbury, .John Mayo, Collins Moore, 
David Mellen, Marvin Moore, Ephraim Rnssell, Jacob Shnmway Jr., Andrew 
"Walker, Abiel Atwood, Thomas Clark, Daniel Fisk, Jeremiah Learned, Ben- 
jamin Learned, p:i)enezer Redding, Abner Town.' [26.] 3'' After this settle- 
ment, every man to be governed by the present Constitution." 

This report was accepted and was the basis of a settlement. On 2 
June, 1784, Mr. Bowman received satisfaction in cash and notes of 
hand for £292. IGs. l^d., and receipted in full of all demands. 

Dark Days. Eight years passed after Mr. Bowman's dismissal 
before the settlement of another minister. This was the darkest 



1 These it may be presumed constituted the tional C'liurch," most of tliem were later mem- 
" society " of " dissenters from tlie CouKrega- hers of Uie Universallst Society. 



•!0 UISTOKV OF OXFORD. > 1784-5 

period of the Cbiuch's history. J)ea. Samuel Harris was its modera- 
tor, and Dea. John Davis scribe. No entry by liim, however, appears 
excepting the noting of a few baptisms and a memorandum 1784, 
1785, as follows: 

"The Churches in Sutton, Sutton parish, Sturbridge, KiHiniily, Dudley, 
Douglas, Woodstock, Leicester, Charlton, Nortli])ridLre each irave one sab- 
bath's preaching by their respective pastors." 

The effects of the Revolutionary struggle were not only to reduce 
the resources of the people and their ability to sustain religious 
institutions, but the prevailing liberal ideas concerning civil matters 
extended themselves into ecclesiastical affairs, and many left the 
"standing order" and transferred their support to other denomina- 
tions, leaving on an impoverished Church a burden which the strength 
of the town had scarcely been able to carry.' This was a crisis in 
the town's history and a new order of things based on the provisions 
of the new State constitution ensued. Socially the results in the 
community were deplorable. Members of the same family became 
alienated, heated discussions were common and many personal enmi- 
ties engendered, which continued many years.- 

Candidating. In Sept., 1784, it was voted in town meeting to 
contribute eaeli Sabbath after service to pay expenses of public wor- 
ship, and on 22 Dec. voted "to hear Mr. Avery further on proba- 
tion." ^ At the same meeting it was voted that " those who do not 
intend to join with those that attend public worship at the meeting 
house, send in tlieir names to the town clerk, by next March meeting," 
probably that they might be exempted from the ministerial tax. 

Society formed. At April meeting, 1785, the town granted 
money for the support of preaching, and dissenters numbering 21 
protested, " being of a dift'ei'ent denomination and persuasion of 
Christians than those that meet in said meeting-house." A few 
months later the Universalist Society was formed, and shortly after- 
ward requested the use of the meeting-house " to have a lecture 
preached . . . when it is known to stand empty and out of use by 
the Congregational Society," which the town refused. On 19 Oct., 
1785, tlic majority memorialized tlie Legislature as follows: 

" To TUK SkNATK and HOUSI': of IvF.ritKSKNTATIVKS 

" Wo the subscribers in Behalf of the town of Oxford humbly shew — That 
whereas the said Town now labors under (ireat Disatlvantage with respect to 
the Suiiport of the Gospel among us by reason of a large number that have 
separated from us called Universalists, who have opposed the raising of 



1 Abljab Duvis, Esq., an actor In these afliilrs, deceased, the first minister, said "Since that 

wliosc jiulfTiiiont and Intu^'rlty cannot be (|iies- period a sad reverse has l)een experienced. Bnt 

tlonrd, alllrinccl thai hi a lart?e majority of cases for some time past the demon of discord has 

the main niollvc for leavliij; the staudliiK order been losin;; ({round. Deep rooted prejudices in 

was to avoid i)ecunlary oblljjutious. the ajfed are wearlnjr away, while the most active 

-Kev. David Hatcheller In his sermon at \\w members of society and the younger part o£ the 

funeral of Maj. Areldbald f'amphell, in KS18, In coniniunlty wisli to be a united people.'' 

allusion to this subject, after siuakin^' of the -i Mr. Avery was not settled, 
beuotlcent Intluenue of the grandfather of the 



1785-91 ECCLESIASTICAL. 61 

Money for the Suppoi't of the Gospel iu the usual way — And by means of 
wliich our late minister has asked a Dismistion and has left us for upwards 
of three years past By which means we have been destitute of Public Wor- 
ship for much of the time, and have had recourse to Subscription and Contri- 
butions which although 1)urdeusome to some yet does by no means answer the 
pui'pose of supporting the Gospel among us. And your Petitioners observe 
in the Constitution that the Legislature shall authorize and require the several 
Towns Parishes and other Bodies Politic, or Religious Societies to make pro- 
visions for the Public Worship of (Jod at their own expense. 

" And one Other Clause that no subordination of any one sect or denomina- 
tion to another shall ever be established l)y law, which has caused doubts to 
arise among us whether the Universalists are a sect known in the Constitution. 
" To prevent Expensive Lawsuits under the former laws, and confutions 
among us to the detriment of Civil and Religious Society Your Petitioners 
liumljly Pray that this Honorable Court would be pleased to take our Unhappj' 
Circumstances into your wise and prudent Consideration and grant us such 
Redress or Direction as you in your Great Wisdom shall think Propper 
"As in Duty bound will ever Pray 

" Signed JosiAii Wolcott 
Samuel Harris 
Samuel Jennison 
Amos Shumway 
Elias Pratt." ' 

Leave to withdraw was reported on this petition. 

Candidates. In Jan., 1787, the town voted £80 for preaching, 
and in July of that year concurred with the Church in a call to Bev. 
Daniel Farrington, proposing a salary of £85 money and 30 cords of 
wood, which offer was declined.- In Aug., 1789, the town united 
with the Church in a call to Rev. Caleb Blake, later of Westford, 
proposing a salary of £70 and parsonage "to the value of £200." 
This offer, altliough strongly pressed, was also declined. 

Mr. Dudley. In 1790 a young man of good ability came as a 
candidate, and under date, 26 Nov., occurs the following: 

" The Church met, and proceeded to give Mr. Elias Dudley a call to settle 
with them in the Gospel ministry by a unanimous vote. " 

The town concurred, offering a salary of £75 and £150 settlement, 
one-half cash and one-half neat stock, to be paid in three years. 
This call was accepted and the ordination council met 13 April, 1791 ; 
sermon by Rev. Nathaniel Emmons, with whom the new pastor had 
studied his profession. 

Mr. Dudley's ministry began with a reduced Church and congrega- 
tion. He was a man of progressive ideas, and under him the Church 
formulated and adopted its first creed, and also a new covenant. 
Through his iutluence, doubtless, £30 of the Hagburn fund was 
appropriated in Jan., 1792, toward founding a library, which 
became a prized and useful institution. July 10, 1791, it was voted 
that Mr. Daniel Kingsbury, Mr. William Stone and Mr. Ambrose 
Stone be desired to assist as clioristers. According to tradition Mr. 



1 Mass. Archives. -Mr. Farrington was paid 17 Sept. for 18 Sabbaths' preaching. 



62 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1797-9 

Dudley's iniiiistiations were biglily iippreciated by his people, and were 
attended by a good measure of success. Twenty persons, most of 
them on confession, were admitted to the Church during his ministry. 
His health, however, gradually failed, and at a church meeting on 23 
Nov., 1797, he offered his resignation on the ground, first, that study 
and speaking were injurious to his health and that his feebleness 
caused him prrsoiial discouragement; and second, his salary was 
insulHcicut to meet the needs of his family, which fact had called him 
"to labors, cares and fatigues more and greater than he had strength 
and constitution to bear." The meeting adjourned without decisive 
action. At a meeting, 3 Jan., 1798, the Church desired the pastor to 
withdraw his resignation, and deferred the matter until spring, at 
which time, so far as appears, no action was taken on the subject. 
On 30 Aug. the Church met and voted to hire a supply — if the town 
concurred — the pastor's ill health continuing. Under the date, 12 
Nov., 1798, occurs "the health of the pastor was such there was no 
preaching since August," and as there was no prospect of his preach- 
ing at present it was voted that the churches in the vicinity be 
requested "to consider them and give a sabbatii preaching of their 
respective pastors." 

1798, May 3, Capt. Kingsbury was dismissed with a vote of thanks 
for his long services, and Peter Spauldiiig, Elias Pratt, Jeremiah Dana 
and James Coller were chosen as choristers to lead the singing. 

Dudley's Letter. On 12 Dec, 1798, at a church meeting, Mr. 
Dudley communicated the following : 

"My Christian Brethren and Friends: As you now are and have been a 
loni; time acquainted with the low estate of my health and the iireat improba- 
bility of my bein<^ able ai>;ain to preach the Gospel, I think it incuml)ent upon 
yon and upon me, to take into serious consideration the contract and connection 
subsisting; between us. As I have full evidence that study and i)ublic preaching 
have been very injurious to nie and, as I fully believe have been the jirincipal 
cause in divine providence of reducing me to the low and uncomfortable state 
I have been so long in I think it my duty to inform you that after serious con- 
sideration and as I trust humble and fervent prayer to God for direction I 
have come to the determination it can no longer be my duty to preach the 
gospel . . . Your hope of my future labors in the ministry should entirely 
cease ... as there has been always a good understanding between us . . . 
and as the times since my residence with you have been greatly to my tempo- 
ral disadvantage, and much in your favor, Avhile I have lost my health in your 
service, I request my salary do not cease till the year be up in April." 

The meeting adjourned without action to 2 Jan., 1799, at which 
time it was voted unanimously to defer a decision on the subject 
until conference could be had with the town, indicating an extreme 
reluctance to meet fairly the issue. On 9 Jan., 1799, the town 

voted that under existing circumstances a separation miglit take place 
" in an amicable manner," and at an adjourned meeting, 4 Feb., the 
day of the church meeting, voted to concur with the Church in its 
action concerning the dismissal of Mr. Dudley. 



1799-1813 ECCLESIASTICAL. 63 

Dismission voted. On 4 Feb., 1799, the Church "took into 
consideration the proposals laid before them at a former meeting by 
the pastor," and voted that they agree to a separation of the pastoral 
relation, and fixed on the first Wednesday in March as the day for 
the meeting of a couucil for the purpose, which council, consisting of 
Mr. Bailey of Ward, Mr. Mills of Sutton, Mr. Learned of Charlton 
and delegates, met on 6 March, 1799, and unanimously advised that 
Mr. Dudley's relation to Oxford Church should be dissolved. 

On 12 Sept., 1799, a call was voted— the town proposing a salary 
of $300 — to Rev. James Davis, to which he gave a negative response. 
On 17 Sept., 1800, the town voted "to hire Mr. Underwood for one 
month longer." This was Rev. Almon, later settled at West Wood- 
stock. On 30 July, 1801, a unanimous call was given to Rev. Samuel 
Brown, which he declined in a letter, dated " Oxford 28 Nov. 1801," 
from which we learn he had for several months preached here and 
had become much attached to the people. A meeting of the Church 
was held 28 Dec, 1802, and a unanimous call voted to Rev. Hubhell 
Loomis, the town concurring, which was declined. 

Mr. Moulton. Other candidates were heard but no pastor 
invited until 2 Jan., 1805, when Rev. Josiah Moulton of Upton 
received a unanimous call. He was installed 27 March, 1805, his 
pastor. Rev. Benjamin Wood, preaching the sermon. During his 
ministry there was a revival of interest in the Church and a steady 
accession of worthy members, about 60 having been added in the 
eight years of his service. He was the first minister of the town to 
hold social meetings in private houses and school-houses. Votes 
were passed by the Church soon after his settlement as follows : To 
hold a conference immediately after each sacramental lecture, and 
to choose a committee of three to assist the pastor in the examination 
of candidates for church membership. For this committee were 
chosen Ebenezer Humphrey, Dea. John Dana, and Jonathan Harris. 

The matter of calling to account those members of the Church who 
withdrew during the pastorate of Mr. Bowman was brought up, 
discussed, and deferred from time to time and abandoned without 
action. Thanksgiving Day, Dec. 1, 1808, Mr. Andrew Sigourney 
presented the Church and Society with a Bible and Psalm-book for the 
desk of the North Meeting-house and received a vote of thanks there- 
for. 

Moulton embarrassed. About 1812 dissatisfaction with Mr. 
Moulton sprang up, and to some extent the experiences of former 
years were repeated. So many withdrew from his support that his 
friends were unable to sustain him and appealed to the town for aid, 
which was refused. 

Society formed. In this exigency on 15 March, 1813, the 
First Congregational Society of Oxford was organized at the house 
of Mr. Moulton, and he was one of its first board of officers. Its 
first action was to choose a committee to circulate subscription papers 



64 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1818-16 

through the town for aid to sustain the pastor. But the effort 
was unsuccessful, and on 29 March, a vote was passed both by 
Church and Society that it was expedient that the Church join with 
the pastor in calling a council for his dismission, which council was 
cullo.l for r. April, 1813. 

Moulton dismissed. This council embracing pastor and dele- 
gates from the following Churches : Sutton, Ward, Worcester, Sutton 
Second and Dudley, met at the proposed date and advised tlio termina- 
tion of Mr. Moulton's pastorate. In the result it deprecated the condi- 
tion of affairs which led to this action, distinctly conveyed censure 
of the people, and commended highly Mr. Moulton, saying, " no 
charge whatever is brought against him," but that while the majority 
have been faithful in sustaining him, individuals havevery unjustly 
and dishonorably abandoned the obligation of their contract, and 
have discouraged the pastor in his labors.' 

On 19 May, 1814, is recorded the receipt by the Church of thirty 
dollars as a donation from the Religious Charitable Society for 
Worcester County. 

On 8 May, 1815, an instrument was drawn up, and signed by cer- 
tain individuals whereby they were bound under a forfeiture of five 
hundred dollars, to raise in the aggregate the sum of five hundred 
dollars per annum for ten years for the support of the Gospel in the 
Congregational Society in Oxford, the assessment to begin at the set- 
tlement of a minister. The signers were : — 

Samuel Hartwell, Jonathan Harris, "William T. Fisk, Peter Shumway, 
Samuel Coburn, Martha Kinesbury, Joseph Brown, "William Carirel, Peter 
Butler, Nathan Hall, Joshua Turner, Thomas Russell, Joseph Stone, Abigail 
Plummer, Jonas Eddy, Amos Shumway, Jr., Jonas Eddy, Jr., Elias Pratt, 
Sylvanus Pratt, Elias Pratt, Jr., Archibald Campbell, Stearns "Witt, Jeremiah 
Dana, Parley Eddy, Kufus Harris, Isaac Hams, Joseph Hurd, Jolm Hurd, 
Russell Clark, Ebenezer Humplirey, John Dana, Samuel Smith, Charles P. 
Nichols, Benjamin F. Town, Delano Pierce, Pelei;; Foster, Charles Town, 
James Moulton, Alpheus Eddy, Lewis Shumway, "William Hudson, Bradford 
Hudson, John Waitc;, John Hudson, Lemuel Crane, Ebenezer Dana, Benjamin 
Eddy, Jotliain Eddy, Sylvanus Coburn, Sylvanus Town, Naomi "Wolcott, 
Martin Siucournay, Jason CoUer, Richard Gleason, Baxter Pratt. 

This was a well advised and important movement and, as it were, 
placed the Society upon its feet financially, giving it an impetus which 
was felt for many succeeding years. 

Mr. Batcheller. The next settled minister was Rkv. David 
Batciiei.lku. The first mention of him in the records is of date 11 
Sept., 1815, when the Society instructed a committee to hire him "for 
two months more." On 4 Dec, 1815, the Church passed a unanimous 
vote inviting him to the pastorate in which the Society concurred, 
tendering liitn a salary of 375 dollars per annum, which he accepted. 
The council for installation met 13 Feb., 1816, for his examination, 
and on the 14th the public services were held. The churches repre- 

1 See Moulton ; Genealogical Department. 



1816-20 ECCLESIASTICAL. 65 

seated were Sutton, Millbury, Dudley, Sturbridge, Charlton, and 
Ward. Rev. Mr. Whipple of Charlton preached the sermon. The 
new minister, by his earnestness, sympathetic temperament and social 
manners, gained rapidly in favor with the people and as affairs were 
unsettled in the Uuiversalist Society and public services were held 
irregularly, many, who had been attendants came to the " North 
meeting," and several who had been supporters of that Society now 
gave their aid and influence to Mr. Batcheller. A list of 18 names 
not previously members of the Society appears in the records, of 
those who agreed to be taxed "during Mr. Batcheller's settlement," 
among whom were : Richard Oluey, Jonathan Sibley, Charles J. 
Stratford, Elihu Harwood, Jr., John Tyson, Andrew W. Porter, and 
Dexter Tiffany. 

South Meeting-house. At a Society meeting, 6 July, 1816, a 
proposition was received from the Second Religious Society, that Mr. 
Batcheller preach a part of the time in the South Meeting-house, on 
which a committee was chosen which, 10 Aug., reported that a com- 
mittee of the Second Society had "consulted with the owners of the 
house and found no objections, but rather a wish that the experiment 
might be tried for the present." . . . they offering the use of "said 
house one or two Sabbaths in each month." So far as comfort and 
convenience were concerned a change was desirable, as the North 
Meeting-house had then become old and almost unfit for use. But 
for some reason the plan was not immediately acted upon. At a 
society meeting, 14 Sept., 1818, Mr. Batcheller made a request that 
he be permitted to preach twelve Sabbaths in a year at the South 
house, to which the meeting assented. Peter Butler, Bela Tiffany and 
John Merriam were chosen a committee to carry out the proposition, 
who reported 26 Oct., 1818, that the request for the use of the South 
house had been unanimously granted, on which it was voted that meet- 
ings commence there in November next, the third Sunday, and continue 
through the year the third Sunday in each month. On 27 Sept., 1819, 
a vote was passed to hold meetings in the South house two Sabbaths 
in each mouth through the year. In Sept., 1820, the Society voted 
to adopt the same plan for five years, " providing the house be free 
of rent, and the subscriptions the same they now are, during said 
term." This plan was adopted and continued until 1829, the date of 
the building of the new house on the south common. 

On 7 Sept., 1820, the following persons not members of the Congre- 
gational Society, signed an agreement to pay a certain sum annually, 
for the support of public worship while Mr. Batcheller remained as 
minister provided he should preach half of the time in the South 
Meeting-house : 

Jonathan Davis, Stephen Davis, .Jonathan Davis, -Jr., Calvin Aldrich, Calvin 

Phipps, Nehemiali Davis, Alice Fisk, Samuel Kingsbury, Jeremiah Kingsljury, 

William Moore, Charles Davis, Samuel Mayo, .John Mayo, Abisha Learned, 

John B. Blanchard, William Sigourney, William Hurd, West Pope, Chester 

10 



66 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1821-27 

Boyden, Joseph Lamb, Pope & Warner, Thomas Davis, Jr., Ebenezer Rich, 
Samuel Dowse, Solomon Harwood, Ilopestill Harris, Samuel Merriara. The 
foUowinjjc aicrced to be taxed for the same purpose — Kichard (Jlncy. Jonathan 
Sibley, Luey Stratford, Charles J. Stratford, Abijah Nichols, Elihu Ilanvood, 
Jr., Henry PuUer, Rcucl Moflit, Jesse Bii::elow, Calvin Tucker, John Tyson, 
Andrew W. Porter, William Clark. Alexander Campbell, Stephen Webster, 
Samuel Harris. Dexter Tiftany, Ho.<?er Jewett, Hiram Modit, Lyman Tifl'any. 

The ministry of Mr. Batcheller was very successful. The Society 
was mucli enlarged and strengthened, large numbers including people 
from otlier towns attended public worship, and the number of mem- 
bers added to the Cliurch was over one Imndred.' He did not, how- 
ever, escape the trials and discouragements of his px'edecessors. At 
a Society meeting on 10 Dec, 1821, he communicated the following: 

"Painful necessity compels me to inform you that unless there are more 
effective measures taken for my support and a greater promptitude in fulfilling 
your engagements to me, I shall hold myself at liberty to close my ministry in 
Oxford in six months from this date." 

On this a committee was chosen to hold consultation and report — 
constituted as follows: Abijah Davis, Esq., Richard Olney, Peter 
Butler, Dr. Delano Pierce, Jonathan Davis, Esq., which recommended 
"considering the critical standing of religious institutions in this 
place," a subscription for four years, "binding to each and every 
individual." A committee was chosen to carry the plan into effect, 
but the records furnish no information as to the definite result. It 
was, however, in a measure successful and the spring and summer 
of 1822, was marked by a revival which brought in July an accession 
of 39 new members to the Church, a larger number than had before 
been admitted at one time. 

Mr. Batclieller's death. A few weeks afterward the much 
loved pastor was stricken down and a short illness brought his decease 
on 25 Oct., 1822. His funeral sermon was preached by Kev. Mr. 
Wood of Upton. The Church erected a headstone at his grave, for 
which Rev. Enoch Pond furnished the inscription. - 

In 1823, liev. Amzi Benedict preached several weeks during the 
early part of the year and on 2 June the Church voted him a unani- 
mous call, which he declined. 

Mr. Ne"whall. On 23 Oct., 1823, Ebenkzek Newiiall received 
a unanimous invitation to the pastorate, the Society concurring, pro- 
posing a sahiry of $i')00 and a subscription settlement of $150 addi- 
tional. He was installed 17 Dec, 1823, Rev. John Nelson of Leices- 
ter preaching the sermon. 

Temperance. In the autumn of 1827 the evils of the use of 
ardent spirits were publicly recognized in a Church meeting, and on 7 
Oct. the following preamble and resolutions were adopted : 

"As it is obvious to every observer that the evils of the prevalent use of 



1 The followlriK memoraiKliiin iiuiile soon after try . . . Uie present residing; members are 142 
liis decease, occurs in tlie cliiircli records— "there ... 46 males, and 9fi females." 
were 111 taken Into the church during his minis- -See " Batcheller." 



1832 ECCLESIASTICAL. 67 

strong drink are immense, tliat the importance of temperance is vastly great, 
and that new customs must be introduced by the concurrent eflbrt of num- 
bers, the Churcli of Oxford pass the following resolutions : 

"1. It is the sense of this Church that no benefit is derived from the use 
of strong drink, not even from a moderate use of it. 

"2. It is the sense of this Church that the prevailing use of strong drink is 
productive of great evils. 

"3. Resolved that expediency and Christian duty now require all the 
members and communicants of this Church to abstain from all common use of 
strong drink in family, in company, at labor; that it be not used except in 
uncommon infrequent cases where it is decidedly advisable. 

"4. Resolved that expediency and Christian duty require that in all ordi- 
nary cases strong drink be not used at funerals." 

In 1831 dissatisfaction with the pastor began to appear, and in the 
warning for a meeting, 14 April, 1832, was an article "To Choose a 
committee to consider the subject of the future employment and sup- 
port of a minister and report." This committee reported it expedient 
to communicate with Mr. Newhall as follows : 

" That he continue his services until the expiration of the current half year, 
1 7th of June next, and in consideration of his services and the respect the 
society bears toward him, they recommend that his salary be paid for six 
additional months, he to render such services during said time as may suit his 
convenience." 

This report was accepted, and Mr. Newhall signified his acqui- 
escence in a letter to the Society 5 May, 1832. 

Newhall's Dismission. In a Church meeting, 17 May, it was 
voted to call a council for the dismission of Mr. Newhall on the 
ground of the action of the Society on this subject, which council was 
held 19 June, and the pastoral relation dissolved. During his minis- 
try there was harmony and steady growth. Manufacturing had 
become fairly established at North Oxford, the Oxford Woolen Mill 
and the Thread Village, now Buffum's, the result of which was a 
general thrift in the town, and a valuable accession of members to 
the congregation and Church, and the building of the new meeting- 
house upon the Plain in 1829. 

Union proposed. Immediately after the dismissal of Mr. New- 
hall the Second Religious Society unanimously, through a committee, 
made to the First Society a proposition for a union of the two bodies, 
in a communication setting forth the evils of divisions in the town and 
the multiplication of sects, and suggesting the settling of a minister 
over the united body, "orthodox in sentiment, but liberal in inter- 
course with other ministers, of proper qualifications and character." 
A committee of the First Society composed of Ira Barton, Peter 
Butler, Peter Shumway, Stephen Davis and Alexander DeWitt re- 
ported 6 Oct., 1832, upon the said proposition as follows : 

"Besolved, that the members of this society cordially recipi'ocate the friend- 
ly sentiments expressed in said communication, — that we regard the division 
and multiplication of religious societies as an evil and that in order to correct 
it, it is the duty of ministers and all members of a Christian community to 



68 HISTOIIY OF OXFOUn. 1832-6 

exercise i^rciit forl)earaiiee tcnvanls each other in all their religious concern- 
ments, — that an atJc adji)ini*t)ration of the Gospel in one Church and Society 
in this town \voul<|-J)e lylequate to the wants of the people provided the}' can 
walk together in harmonj' and Christian concord. — that in establishing such 
an administration of tlie Gospel, this society invites the co-operation of the 
nienihers of the Second Society. — that a transfer of nienibersliip from one 
religious society to another must be individual, and not a corporate act, and 
that hence a vote of one Society to unite with another would in no wise bind 
the iiulividual members of the Society so voting, — that the entire independence 
of each Church and Society with their minister, of every other religious or 
ecclesiastical body is a principle essential to civil and religious liberty, — that 
it is the sense of this Society that the minister should be ' liberal in his inter- 
course with other ministers of proper qualifications and character,' leaving 
it however to the ministers to regulate such intercourse according to his own 
discretion and that in case such discretion should be abused by the minister, 
the people would have an ample and rightful remedy in dismissing him." 

These resolutions were transmitted to the clerk of the Second 
Society, but the records of neither body show further action on the 
subject. 

Mr. Robbins, On 25 Sept., 1832, a call was extended to Rev. 
LoKEN Robbins, the Society concurring 6 Oct. and proposing a 
salary of $600 per annum, which was accepted, and on 26 Dec, 
1832, he was installed, sermon by Rev. Prof. Fitch of New Haven. 
Until the spring of 1835 Mr. Robbins officiated with general satis- 
faction, but the additions to the Church were few. He being unmar- 
ried was unsettled in his home and study arrangements, and on the 
Sabbath preceding Fast Day, 1835, gave notice there would be no 
services on that occasion. Such an innovation on time-honored cus- 
tom was a surprise to the people, a Society meeting was held to con- 
sider the matter and a committee chosen to confer with the pastor 
on the subject, which reported in effect that Mr. Robbins' reasons 
for his course were unsatisfactory, and on 2 May the Society voted 
it expedient that the pastoral relation should be dissolved. He was 
formally dismissed by the council which met to install his successor, 
Rev. Horatio Bardwell, 8 June, 1836. 

In the autumn of 1835 Rev. Almon Underwood, an evangelist, 
preached for several weeks, Mr. Robbins, nominal pastor, taking 
little part in the work. Extra meetings were held and a great inter- 
est awakened throughout the town, resulting in the greatest revival 
work the Church has ever witnessed. As the fruits thereof, in 
December 8i) persons, several of them leading and influential citi- 
zens, were received to the Church on confession.^ 

On 15 Dec, 1835, a unanimous call was voted to Rev. Barnabas 
Phinney, the Society concurring. Mr. Phinney at about the same 
time received a call to settle at Wcstboro', which he accepted. 

Mr. Bardwell. On 10 March, 1836, Rev. Horatio Bakdwell 
was invited to a settlement by a unanimous vote, in which the Society 

1 Mr. Underwood was a very euerKetlc and years in various parts of the country, living dur- 
forvent preacher, but not extreme In method or Ing his later years at Irvington, N. J., where he 
doctrine. Ue labored very successfully for many died 10 June, 1887. 



1836-63 ECCLESIASTICAL. 69 

concurred, proposing a salary of $750 per annum, which was accepted, 
and the installation took place on 8 June, 1836, Rev. John Nelson of 
Leicester preachiug the sermon. 

"Vestry" biiilt. On 1 Dec, 1836, it was voted to appropriate 
the " Hagburn Fund," or the sum of $300, toward the building 
of a " vestry," on condition " enough can be made up by subscription 
to complete such building." Seth Daniels, Alexander DeWitt and 
Samuel Dowse were chosen to solicit subscriptions, procure a site, 
and contract for the completion of the same. This building was 
erected opposite the northeast corner of the cemetery and was used 
as a chapel until the removal of the meeting-house to its present 
location in the autumn of 1853. 

Temperance. At a Church meeting, 2 July, 1836, it was voted : 

" That in the present enlightened state of the public mind in regard to the 
evils and the remedy of intemperance, we feel ourselves bound by the spirit 
of the gospel to refrain entirely from the manufacture, sale and use of ardent 
spirits except as an article of medicine and that hereafter no person be con- 
sidered as a candidate for admission to this church who does not act on this 
principle." 

Under Mr. Bardwell's wise and able ministry for ten years there was 
was steady growth and prosperity. On 23 May, 1847, he requested a 
dismission for the following reasons : that the Church had failed to 
act on the apostolic injunction to " bear one another's burdens." 
He had, as he stated, been endeavoring for years to remove this 
evil, which he considered serious and one which if suffered to continue 
would effectually prevent the prosperity of the Church and Society. 
But as he had failed to induce the members to act on this true basis of 
Christian equity, he asked to be excused from further service " in the 
hope that some other man [might] have the wisdom and influence to 
bring all the members of the Church to this rule of duty." The 
effect of this action was to remove in the main the difficulty, and the 
resignation was withdrawn. On 29 June, 1857, there was a reor- 
ganization of the Society in accordance with the State laws, which 
continued until 1887, at which date its corporate existence was 
relinquished and the Church assumed all its responsibilities. 

In the autumn of 1857 Rev. Almon Underwood came for the 
second time ; a revival followed, and in March, 1858, 40 new mem- 
bers were received into the Church. 

Bard"well dismissed. On 20 July, 1862, Dr. Bardwell, feeling 
the infirmities of his years, asked a dismission, which, on 14 Aug., 
the Church granted, expressing a desire that he remain as nominal 
or senior pastor. ^ 

On 22 Nov., 1862, a call was voted to Rev. Tryon Edwards, D.D., 
in which, on 7 Feb., 1863, the Society concurred; the call was 



> See Bardwell in Genealogical Department. 



70 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1864-86 

accepted, but there being a lack of unanimity among the people was 
withdrawn. On 31 March, 1864, a unanimous call was voted to 
Rev. Robert O. Hutchins which was declined. 

On 29 April, 1864, the Church extended an invitation to Rev. 
Samuel J. Austin of Gardner, in which the Society concurred 4 
May, proposing a salary of SI, 000. Rev. John D. Potter had for 
several weeks been preaching, and there was during the winter of 
1863-4 an unusual religious interest. On 1 May, 1864, 21 members 
were added to the Church. On 8 June, 1864, Rev. Mr. Austin was 
installed ; the same council having at his own request dissolved the 
pastoral relation between Dr. Bardwell and the Church. The sermon 
was by Rev. Ebenezer Cutler, D. D., of Worcester. Mr. Austin 
resigned 26 Oct., 1868, and a council for his dismission met 9 Nov., 
following. 1 From the spring of 1869 to 1 May, 1870, Rev. William 
W. Belden preached as stated supply. On 13 Sept., 1870, a unani- 
mous call was voted by the Church to Rev. E. W. Allen., which he 
declined. 

On 29 Jan., 1871, the Church celebrated with appropriate cere- 
monies the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its formation. 
A historic address was given by Rev. Wilbur Johnson. 

On 4 April, 1871, both Church and Society voted a unanimous 
call to Rev. Thomas E. Babb of Eastport, Me., which was accepted, 
the salary being $1,400. He was installed on 20 September ; sermon 
by Rev. A. H. Plumb of Chelsea. He resigned 18 Feb., 1877, the 
council for his dismission convening 1 May.- Shortly after Mr. 
Babb's dismissal Rev. Amzi B. Emmons of Jamaica, Vt., occupied the 
pulpit, and in August was engaged as stated supply for a year at a 
salary of $1,000 and parsonage. On 16 Oct., 1878, he was installed 
as pastor ; sermon by Rev. C. M. Lamson of Worcester. His pastor- 
ate continued until the close of 1881, \frhen his health failed, and he 
died suddenly 18 Jan., 1882. On 16 Nov., 1882, Rev. B. A. Robie 
of Groton, later of Grafton, was voted a call in which the Society 
concurred, which was declined. On 22 Feb., 1883, Rev. Ritfus B. 
Tobey received a unanimous invitation to the pastorate, the Society 
concurring, which was accepted. Ill health, however, obliged him to 
withdraw his acceptance. 

On 9 April, 1883, Rev. George B. Frost was voted a unanimous 
call, the Society concurring and proposing a salary of $1,000 with 
parsonage, which was accepted. He was ordained and installed 7 
June, 1883 ; sermon by Prof. Wm. J. Tucker of Andover. Three 
years later his health being precarious, and an urgent call having 
been extended to him to remove to Dakota, he resigned, and was 
dismissed 15 Sept., 1886. ^ 



1 See Austin, la Genealogical Department. ^ See Frost, Ibid. 

2 See Uabb, Ibid. 



ECCLESIASTICAL. 71 

Rev. William N. T. Dean began his labor as supply in Jan., 1887, 
and was installed as pastor on 16 Nov. of that year, sermon by Rev. 
W. V. W. Davis, D.D., of Worcester, and continues, 1890.1 

Deacons. The following is a list of deacons, with the date of 
their election : 

John Town, 18 March, 1721, d. 1740; Dauiel Hovey, 31 Jan., 1729, d. 1742 
Samuel Davis, 26 Nov., 1735, d. ITfiO; Jonathan Town, 29 June, 1739, d. 1771 
John Willson, 24 June, 1743. d. 1778; Thomas Davis, 26 Sept., 1760, d. 1778 
Samuel Harris, 26 Sept., 1771, d. 1798; ,Tohn Davis, 19 March, 1778, d. 1800 
Ebenezer Humphrey (d. 1836) and John Dana (d. 1816), 24 Nov., 1798; Luke 
R. Stone (d. 1802) and John Hurd (d. 1«66), 27 April, 1819; Seth Daniels (d. 
1878) and Washburn Lumbard (d. 1872), 1835; Alvau G. Underwood, 2 Jan., 
1852, d. 1885; Moses Stone, 2 Sept., 1858, d. 1882; Edward S. Pease, 1 Sept., 
1865 ; Samuel Boyden, 5 Jan., 1866, d. 1884; Samuel C. Paine, 7 May, 1878, d. 
1888; Daniel M- Howe, 2 May, 1882; George F. Daniels, 1 May, 1883; John 
E. KimbaU, 10 Dec, 1888. 

Membership. The number of members of the Church in May, 
1886, was 183 ; males, 48 ; females, 135 ; non-residents, 20. 

DeWitt Legacy. The following is an extract from the will of 
Col. Alexander DeWitt, dated 17 Jan., 1877: 

" I give and bequeath to the first Congregational Church in Oxford the sum of 
two thousand dollars, to be held in trust by the said church for the following 
purposes, to wit : Plrst, to furnish in each successive year after my decease, 
to all the inmates of the poor-house on the 4th of July and on Christmas day 
with a fine dinner, to furnish everything necessary for the accomplishment of 
this object, aside from the products of tlie farm, such meats as tliey may 
think proper, oranges, lemons, pies, &c., and at Christmas fine turkey with all 
its fixings. 

" Second, the residue or remainder of the income of the said legacy of two 
thousand dollars, I direct first, to be paid to feeble indigent women, members 
of the church aforesaid, to prevent if possible their ever becoming inmates of 
the poor-house. Second, should said women not need all of said income the 
remainder to be disposed of as said church may think proper. 

"To the first Congregational Society in Oxford [I give] One thousand 
dollars to be held by said Society in trust, as follows, to wit : First, to keep 
the same at aU times liereafter invested in safe and profitable securities . . . 
Second to devote so much of the income of said legacy as may be necessary 
to the care, keeping and proper adornment of my cemetery lot . . . for all 
time, hereafter. Third the balance of such income as may remain unex- 
pended after care of my cemetery lot as aforesaid, shall be devoted to the 
purchase of books for the library of the Sabbath School connected with the 
said society. 

" To the American Tract Society of New York I give the sum of one 
thousand dollars . . . upon the express condition that if at any time here- 
after any union shall be effected between said society and the Tract society 
at Boston, then, and in that case this bequest shall revert to the first Con- 
gregational Society in Oxford aforesaid." 

The New York and Boston Tract Societies united and this bequest 
came to the Oxford Congregational Society. 



1 See Dean, iu Genealogical Department. 



72 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Dea. Stone Legacy. The following is from the will of Moses 
Stone, dated 4 Sept., 1882 : 

" I ii'ivi', tlovisi! and bequeath the rest and residue of ray estate ... to the 
First Coufrrci^ational Churcli in Oxford of which 1 have been a member for 
fifty years, to be safely invested . . . and kept as a permanent fund, only the 
income of whicli is to be used and as follows : so much as may be necessary 
to keep my cemetery lot . . . in ;^food order, for all cominsj time; one half of 
what remains of said income, and more if it be thouj^ht l)est by the Pastor 
and deacons of said church to be .sciven for the same objects for which the 
benevolent ofterin<:;s from the boxes in the said church are given : the remaui- 
der of said income to be used as the church may think proper." 

Dea. Stone died 30 Sept., 1882. The amount of the above bequest 
was S9,449. 

Mrs. DeWitt Legacy. Mrs. Mary M. DeWitt, widow of Col. 
Alexander DeWitt, died 6 April, 1887. In a codicil to her will, 
dated 22 Feb., 1879, she made the town of Oxford and the Congre- 
gational Church of Oxford equally, residuary legatees, uncondi- 
tioually. Of this legacy the Church received. May, 1890, $14,000, 
with a balance in the hands of the executor. 

Universaiist Society. No religious organization other than 
the "standing order" existed in the town prior to 1785. Baptist 
Churches had been established in Sutton and Charlton, and a few 
Oxford families worshipped with them, and after the enactment of the 
Exemption law, in 1757, were free from ministerial taxation here, on 
the certificate of the officers of those bodies that they were there sup- 
porters of worship. The current of religious affairs seems to have 
run quietly until near the Revolution. In Jan., 1777, Jeremiah 
Learned, Samuel Davis, Jr., Marvin Moore, and Collins Moore 
petitioned the town to be exempted from the payment of the minis- 
terial tax of 1776, which by a unanimous vote was refused. The fol- 
lowing document, without date, is in the town archives. On it we 
find no recorded action. Most of its subscribers became active mem- 
bers of the Universaiist Society. 

"To the Selectmen of Oxford. 

" We the Subscribers, Being Inhabitants of Said Town and the Denomina- 
tion of Christians which arc Friends, are Desirous of Common Justice With 
our Neighl)ors, Desire and Ilecjuest you to Insert an article in your warrant 
for March meeting to see if the town will Vote to Leave us and all of 
Ditlerent Persuasions from your Avay of Worship and Do Not attend at your 
meeting out of the minister's Rates, as we Cannot in Conscience Pay them, 
it Being Contrary to God's word. 
" Signed, 

Jeremiah Learned. Elijah Davis. Joseph Davis, Jr. 

Samuel Davis, Jr. Simon Town. John Mayo." 

Marvin Moore. Larned Davis. 

The beginnings of llniversalisra in Oxford, according to tradition, 
are attributable to Isaac Davis, M.D., of Somers, Conn., who it is 



1775-85 UNI VERS ALIST SOCIETY. 73 

said made frequent visits to Oxford and in conversation made con- 
verts to bis belief. 1 

Another pioneer was Caleb Rich, a native of Sutton, previously a 
Baptist, who removed to Warwick and was a soldier from that town 
at Cambridge, in 1775, and while on a furlough visited his friends 
and relatives here and very earnestly pressed his then new theologi- 
cal opinions, making converts. The chief agent however in establish- 
ing the denomination appears to have been Adams Streeter, who was 
first a Baptist at Charlton and later at Douglas, changed his belief 
about 1777, and for several years prior to 1785 had preached not 
only here but in other towns in the vicinity, and was at the latter date 
a resident of Oxford. - 

Society formed. The records of the Universalist Society under 
date 27 April, 1785, open with the declaration that a number of pro- 
fessors of the protestant religion in Oxford and adjacent towns had 
for a number of years assembled for public worship and attended the 
instructions of Rev. Adams Streeter, and supported him by their con- 
tributions, and being assembled at the school-house on Oxford Plain, 
in order to form themselves into a body cor|)orate and to follow such 
measures as are provided for that purpose by the constitution of the 
State — chose Dr. Daniel Fisk, Moderator, — and voted to denominate 
themselves, " The second Religious Society in Oxford, and the third 
Independent Religious Society in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
called Universalists." Samuel Davis, Jr., Collins Moore, and 
Jonathan Davis of Oxford, Ebenezer Davis of Charlton, Ebenezer 
Rich of Sutton, and Israel Stone of Ward, were chosen a Select Com- 
mittee with power to give certificates to members " in case there 
should be a vacancy of a Public Teacher." It was voted to adopt a 
"Charter of Compact" as received from the first Independent 
Christian Society in Gloucester which provided for an Annual Meeting 
for the choice of officers, whose duties it prescribed ; declared that 
funds should be raised by voluntary subscription to pay all expenses, 
to repair tlie "public edifice," and for the "relief of the poor 
distressed brethren," — and closed thus : 

" Whereas the privilege of choosing and professing our own religion is ines- 
timal)le and in order to maintain tliat privilege unimpaired, in case an_v person 
associating with us should suffer persecution from undue exercise of power, 
we do agree and resolve to afford all legal means of extricating him from 
difficulty and of enjoying the freedom held forth by the constitution." 

A declaration follows, that the subscribers belong to the second 
Religious Society in Oxford — called Universalists." A subscription 
for the support of Rev. Adams Streeter as " Teacher of Piety, Re- 
ligion and Morality " is appended. 

Members. The signers of the compact were : 

Jeremiah Learned, Abijah Harris, Collins Moore, Benj. Hovey, Marvin 
Moore, Samuel Davis, .Jr., Jacob Kingsbury, Joshua Barnard, Samuel 

1 He was a practicing physician and died, aged 62, 1777. 2 gee Streeter, Geneal. Department. 
11 



74 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1786-1802 

KiiViisbiiry, Joseph Davis, Craft Davis, Benj. Davis, Jr., John Bounds, Isaac 
Moflltt, Caleb Smith, Josiah Kinfrsbnry, J<jhn White, James Gleason, James 
fJIcason, Jr., Levi Wight, Jonathan Corbin, Jacob Shuinway, Jr., Asa 
Larned, Andrew Wall<er, Jacob Streoter, "William Moore, Daniel Fisk. Abiel 
.VtAvood, Tlionias Clark, Daniel Phillips, Ezra Conant, Joseph Kockwood, 
Larned Davis, James Streeter, Elijah Davis, David D. Town, Jeremiali Davis, 
John Mayo, Ilovey Davis, Jonathan Shattnck, Ebenezer liedding, John Pratt, 
Jf)nathan Davis, Solomon Hanvood, Elihu Moflltt, Benj. Learned, Aaron 
Parker, Jr. , William Foster, Nathan Thurston, Abijah Davis, Solomon Cook, 
Thomas Wolcott, Abraham Fitts, Walter Fitts, James Phillips, Timothy 
Sparhawk, Thomas Davis, Ezekiel Davis, Edward Grow, David Mellen, — 
making GO from Oxford and South Gore, 11 [not here named] were of Ward, 
—S of Woodstock,— 18 of Sutton,— 4 of Dudley,— 31 of Charlton,— 2 of Hol- 
land,— and 1 of Sturbridge, a total of 130. 

Mr. Streeter continued his labors as pastor. On 24 May, 1786, 
circular letters were voted to the sister Societies in Norwich and 
Portsmouth, and Choristers were chosen, viz. : Abijah Harris, Samuel 
Davis, Jr., and Jonathan Davis. On 16 Aug., of the same year, 
Adams Streeter, Ebenezer Rich of Sutton and Israel Stone of Ward 
were chosen delegates to the Annual Association to meet in Boston the 
Sept. following. Mr. Streeter was not privileged to attend this meet- 
ing as he died on the third day of the month in which it was held. 
After Mr. Streeter's decease the Society had no stated minister until 
1788. On 20 April, an invitation was given to Rev. Elkanah 
Ingalls of Grafton to supply the pulpit for the ensuing year, which 
was acccepted.' The next stated preacher was Rev. Thomas Baknes, 
who came in the Spring of 1789. He had been a Baptist but became 
a disciple of Caleb Rich and a co-laborer with him at Richmond, N. 
H., adjoining Warwick. He, it is said, in a large measure filled the 
place of Mr. Streeter. Under his preaching preparatory work was 
done toward building the Meeting-house, and the frame thereof had 
been raised and the exterior finished before his removal in the early 
part of 1793. At the annual meeting for that year the committee 
were instructed to hire "Public Teachers" for the first Sunday in 
each month.- The next regular preacher was Michael Coffin from 
the State of New York. He attended the Convention in 1793, and 
on 24 March, 1794, it was voted to invite him to preach one-half the 
time for the ensuing year. He continued until the early part of 
1797, as ai)pcars, when he left town under somewhat discreditable 
circumstances.-^ 

Mr. Ballou. We do not learn that the Society had a regular sup- 
ply after Mr. Collin until 1800, when it was voted to employ Rev. 
HosKA Bam.ou fi)r the ensuing year. In 1801, the vote was renewed, 
and in 1802, it was "voted, to engage him for the year, the first Sunday 

I .Mr. ItiKuUs w;is from Kehobotli, and settled stock, Conn., and thence In UflS or 1799 to 

Oct., 1784, us pastor of tlu' Haiitist Cluircli in Polami, Me., wlit're, after laliorinj; In that rejdon 

Grafton. Three years later he declared himself until IMC. he died 3 Oct. of tliat year. 

aUnlversallst. Att('rleavlnKOxford he returned = Rev. Tliouias Whitteniore said o£ hlin, "he 

to Itelioljoth ami <ileil there. w.as a man of talents, but his sun set in a cloud." 

- Mr. Barnes went from this town to Wood- [Life of Ballou.] 



1808-11 UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY. 75 

in each month as usual," and Hev. Edward Turner for six Sundays.^ 
For about three years therefore the Oxford Society sat under the 
preaching of one of the ablest of the ministers of the denomination. ^ 

Eighteen years of the Society's existence passed, and many changes 
had taken place. Other similar bodies had been formed in neighbor- 
ing places, and instead of a large "Select Committee" from six 
or eight towns formerly chosen, the directors from 1804 to 1807, 
were of Oxford and Charlton only. In 1808, they were from Oxford 
and Waixl and for that year the subscriptions were for the support of 
Rev. Edward Turner. There was no stated minister between 1803, 
when Mr. Ballou left, and 1811. Each year however there was a 
subscription to pay expenses, and for most of this time preaching was 
kept up at intervals, as the financial reports testify. 

Convention. One of the first measui-es adopted by the Oxford 
Society was to call a Convention of all the bodies of like faith 
in the country, which was held 14 Sept., 1785. Rev. Elhanan Win- 
chester was president, and Dr. Daniel Fisk, clerk. ^ 

Ballou's Ordination. This Annual Session was held again here 
in 1791, aud the celebrated John Murray was present. In 1794, again 
the Convention — which became a permanent institution in the denomi- 
nation — assembled in the newly finished Meeting-house, and Winches- 
ter who had just returned from a long sojourn in England was a 
member. Hosea Ballou then 23 years of age was also present, and 
met Winchester for the first time. An interesting incident of this 
meeting was the impromptu ordination of Ballou who had then been 
preaching for three years. Rev.^ Thomas Whittemore describing this 
occurrence says : 

"At one of the public services of the Convention Winchester preached. In 
the pulpit with him sat Ballou and Joab Young. As Winchester drew near 
the close of his sermon he began to have a clear reference to an ordination, 
especially to the 'Delivery of the Scriptures' to the candidate. He took up 
the Bible and pressing it against the breast of the young man said, ' Brother 
Ballou I press to your heart the written Jeliovah ! ' The effect on the Congre- 
gation was sudden and powerful. After holding the sacred volume in this 
manner for a moment he said to Young in an imperative but affectionate tone, 
' Brother Young, Charge him ! ' which the Elder proceeded to do." 

Ballou was ignorant of Winchester's intentions until he began his 
remarks peculiar to the service. 

The subscription for 1811 was for Rev. John Nichols of Wood- 
stock, a liberal Baptist. He preached at least once a month for 



1 Turner was an Itinerant, residing at Stur- ton, Mass., preached at 21, and was called the 
bridge, a man of ability and culture. father of the Baptist Churcli in that place. He 

2 Hosea Ballou was born in Richmond, N. H., was of an unsettled and roving disi)osition. 
In 1771; spent his early lite In Itinerating; travelled largely, and made deep Impressions 
chiefly resided at Hardwick, now Daua, until wherever he preached. He settled over a Bap- 
1803, when he removed to Barnard, Vt. He went tist Churcli at Philadelphia and while there be- 
thence in 1809, to Portsmouth, N. H., and in 1815 came a Unlversalist. His character was unques- 
to Salem, and thence in 1817 to Boston, where he tioned and his piety universally admitted, 
died 7 June, 1852, aged 81. [His. of Newton.] 

i ElUanan Winchester was bora 1751, at Kew- 



76 THISTORV OF OXFOKl). 1813-35 

about two yc'ius. On 22 Dec, 1813, it was voted to ''engage Rev. 
Richard Cakrique another year," indicating that he had supplied 
for 1813 and continued the next year.' Rkv. .Jacob Wood was 
the next minister, and resided in town, continuing several years. 
From about 1817 to 1824 no records appear. At the latter date 
officers were elected as follows : John Mayo, Moderator ; Larned 
Davis, Clerk ; Richard Olney, Treasurer ; Stephen Barton, Charles J. 
Stratford, Davie B. Kingsbury, Assessors ; John Mayo, Cyrus Lamb, 
Nathaniel Davis, Ebenezer Rich and John Field, Committee. In 
1824 a vote was passed to raise money by subscription to support 
preaching, and in April, 1826, $200 was voted, to be raised by taxa- 
tion for tbe same purpose, and 114 persons and firms were on the 
tax list. In 1H27 and 1828 the subscription plan was adopted again, 
the latter year the sum of $275 being voted. Until now there was 
no regular stated preacher, but occasional services were held. 

Mr. Maynard. On 18 Feb., 1828, it was voted to hire Rev. 
Lyman Maynard one-half the time for a year. On 24 Dec, 1828, 
under his ministry a Church of 16 members was formed, denomi- 
nating itself the Second Christian Church, Oxford, on a broad basis 
of belief ; the points distinguishing the Universalists proper from 
the Restorationists not being alluded to in the creed. In 1833 the 
Church numbered 22.- On 23 Jan., 1832, it was voted to termi- 
nate the Society's contract with Mr. Maynard at the end of six 
months, and at the same meeting voted to confer with Rev. Seth 
Chandler, or some other "believer in the Restoration of all things" 
to supply the pulpit at the end of that time, which vote was amended 
so as to read "some Unitarian," instead of Rev. Seth Chandler. On 
2 Feb., 1833, the Church again voted "that this Church be hereafter 
known as the Second Christian Church, Oxford, it having been 
previously called the Universalist Church." On 29 Oct., 1832, a call 
to Mr. Chandler was voted to preach 32 Sabbaths in a year at a 
salary proportioned at $325 per annum. The Church, 11 Dec, con- 
curred, and he was installed 29 May, 1833 ; sermon by Rev. Samuel 
J. May of Brooklyn, Conn. On the last Sunday in May, 1834, his 
labors closed, he having asked a dismission.-' On 28 March, 1835, 
it was voted that the Meeting-house be opened for one year to any 
denomination at any time when the Society do not occupy it. 

Mr. Paine. By invitation of several members of the vSociety 
Rev. Benjamin Puine began his labors, and for about two years 
preachetl in the Meeting-house, laying the foundations of the Metho- 
dist Church in Oxford. During this time an effort, which came near 
being successful, was made to buy up the pews and transfer the house 



• He at tills time resided ;it Charlton and was the Universalists, declaring themselves "Unl- 

for a time a i)r('achi'r at I'oiliink ]>arlsh. He versal Restorationists.'' 

(lleil at an advanced aKc at rrovldence, R. I. 'He was later minister at Shirley, where he 

-' In Auft.. lf<:H, Mr. Maynard, with others, at a died 188!l. 
convention in Mendon, formally withdrew from 



1837-72 UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY. 77 

to that denomination. On 7 June, 1837, it was voted that the house 
should be closed at the end of six months if the Methodists refused 
to pay the rent agreed on, viz. : " 15 dollars for three fourths of the 
time for six mouths, or in that proportion." In March, 183'J, it was 
voted to employ Rev. Gilman Noyes as preacher for one Sabbath in 
each month, and in 1840 the vote was renewed. ^ In March, 1841, 
it was voted to hire Rev. Alvan Abbott, the minister at West 
Sutton, one-half the time for a year ; 1842, voted that he be hired 
for six mouths, and more if money is raised, and [in 1843 the same 
for half the time if funds are sufficient. 

The next stated minister was Rev. Alfred Barnes, who came 
in the spring of 1844 and continued for about two years, the house 
of worship having been remodelled during his ministry. The records 
at this period are very defective. In March, 1847, $197 had been 
paid for preaching to Rev. Rotheus M. Byram of Kennebuukport, 
Me., who continued about two years. ^ In the spring of 1849, Rev. 
Jacob Baker of Dudley became stated supply, continuing three 
years, and was succeeded in April, 1852, by Rev. Albert Tyler, 
now of Oxford, who resigned his office in Jan., 1854, but con- 
tinued to preach until April. Rev. Harrison Closson from Chicopee 
succeeded Mr. Tyler in the spring of 1854, and continued until 
Dec, 1855, when he resigned. On 5 March, 1856, the Society 
voted to hire as a supply Rev. O. H. Tillotson of Worcester, who 
officiated duriug the spring and summer of 1856 and 1857, closing 1 
Oct., 1857. On 10 April, 1856, the constitution of the Society was 
revised on the basis of the doctrine of Universal Salvation. In 
March, 1858, Rev. George Proctor began his labors, continuing 
until 30 Dec, 1860. So far as appears there was no regular preach- 
ing in 1861. In 1862 Rev. Zephaniah Baker of Dudley was stated 
supply, continuing about two years, when the Society voted to have a 
young minister to be settled in town. Upon this vote Rev. Theodore 
L. Dean of Shrewsbury came in 1864. Rev. Franklin C. Flint of 
Shrewsbury preached for a time in 1865, and the same year Rev. 
George J. Sanger (pastor at Webster ; later settled at Essex, Mass.) 
became stated supply, continuing a year or more. On 4 March, 
1868, the committee reported they had engaged Rev. J. E. Daven- 
port for the year at a salary of $900. He remained about two years 
and removed to Chicopee. ^ On 8 March, 1871, the Society authorized 
its committee to hire Rev. William W. Wilson, who supplied until 
30 Sept., 1872. '^ Rev. Albert Tyler next supplied from the early 

' Gllman Noyes was a farmer at Brlmfleld, continuing to 185G, wlien lie removed to South- 

1843, and died tliere 1863. bridge where he was pastor eight years, leaving 

-He later returned to Maine, and died there in 1864 and returning to West Haverhill. In 1867 

about 1.S86. he began i)reaching as pastor at Cliuthuin, .Mass., 

■*He died about 1884 at Providence. but the climate not agreeing with him removed, 

* William W. Wilson was born 1819 at Stod- 1869, to Shirley, Mass. In Oct., 1870, he came to 

dard, N. H., began stated preaching at Laconia O.vfoni as supply, continuing until Sept., 1872, 

In 1843, and after about two years removed to when his health failing he retired, and died 19 

Centre Harbor, and thence in 1847 to West llav- June, 1874. 
erhlll, Mass. In 1801 he removed to Dover, Me., 



78 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1873-47 

part of 1873 to March, 1874, since which time there has been no 
resident minister. Preaching was continued by Rev. John H. Moore 
and Rev. Julius F. Simmons, pastors of the Webster Church, up to 
1884. Later, meetings were irregular, until the spring of 1887, when 
they were resumed, and conducted first for a few weeks by Rev. 
Lucius Holmes of Charlton, and aftewards by Rev. E. W. Preble, 
the Webster pastor, who in 1890 continues to officiate. 

Baptist Church and Society. A new Meeting-house having 
been erected at North Oxford, a Religious Society was formed 5 
April, 1837, with the following members : 

Jennison Barton, Ainasa Eddy, William Copp, Smith Bruce, David Hall, 
Elbridjije G. Warren, Robert Eitts, Waterman G. Warren, Maverick Jennison, 
Ebenezer Newton, Amos P. Newton, Uavid Stone, David Holman, William 
Dalrymple, James Boomer, Martin Boomer, Ebenezer Cook, Warren Bruce, 
Fenner S. Hopkins, Daniel Jennison, Flavel Leach, Andrew J. Copp, Jonathan 
Flagg, Samuel Warren, William Boomer. [25.] 

On 1 May a meeting of brethren recently dismissed from the Bap- 
tist Church in Auburn, chose as deacons of the new Church Jennison 
Barton and William Copp, and voted to call a council "to consider 
their case and if cause appears, to extend to them the hand of fellow- 
ship." This council met on 10 May. the day of the dedication of the 
house, and recognized the applicants as a Church, Rev. Harvey Fitts 
giving the riglit hand of fellowship. Thus became established the 
First Baptist Church at North Oxford, with a membership of 36, a 
majority of whom were from the Auburn Church. 

Mr. Lyon. The first pastor was Rev. Abijah S. Lyon of Stur- 
bridge, ordained 13 March, 1838. He was a man of good ability; 
graduated at Brow^n University in 1837. Soon after his settlement a 
revival began, resulting in an addition to the Church of nearly 40 
members. On 6 March, 1847, he resigned. ^ On 7 Aug., 1841, 
Samuel Jennison and Martin Boomer were chosen deacons. On 6 
May, 1843, the following was voted as the sentiments of the Church 
on the slavery question : 

" Whereas the silence of the Church of the North on the subject of Slavery 
is construed by the church of the South into an argument in favor of that 
institution — Resolved that we regard Slavery as a very great evil, and a sin, 
and as a most palpable violation of the inalienable rights of man, and as 
diametrically opposed to the spirit and precepts of the Gospel, — ' Whatsoever 
ye would that men should do to you do ye even so to them.' — ' Thou shalt love 
thy neighbor as thyself.' " 

On 3 Oct., 1843, Luther Stone was ordained an Evangelist. On 6 
April, 1844, Dea. Jennison Barton having removed, Lot W. Bruce 
was chosen deacon. On 5 June, 1847, Rev. Solomon Gale of West 
Greenwich, N. Y., was chosen pastor. He remained until April, 1848, 
when he removed to Pomfret, Conn. On 4 Sept., 1847, Moses K. 



1 He was later settled at Chatbam and Natlck, Mass., and Newport, Miiiu., wliere he died 13 Sept., 
1871. 



1847-83 BAPTIST SOCIETY. 79 

Shepardson was chosen deacon in place of Mr. Bruce, deceased. The 
next pastor was Rev. I. N. Hobart, who began about Jan., 1849. 
His was a pastorate of vigor and influence. He was dismissed 25 
April, 1852, and removed to Bristol, R. I. ; later he was State 
missionary in Illinois, where he died 23 Aug., 1887. Under his 
ministry, in 1850, the Church voted that "no person who uses ardent 
spirits as a beverage shall hereafter be admitted to membership with 
this church." In the spring of 1852 Rev. Joseph Hodges, Jr., 
from East Brookfield, became pastor, acting until 3 March, 1855. 
Later that year Rev. John E. Wood of North Tewksbury came, con- 
tinuing until May, 1856, after which time Rev. H. A. Joy was stated 
supply for six months. In March, 1857, Rev. C. M. Herring from 
Dexter, Me., was engaged as supply. His services were highly 
appreciated. In 1859 he returned to Maine, where he has since 
labored successfully. In Dec, 1859, Rev. Holmes Chipman from 
Machias, Me., became pastor. His service closed in the spring of 
1861, when he removed to Vermont, where he died. The number of 
Church members as reported under his ministry was 121. 

Rev. Joseph Smith, born at East Hampstead, N. H., succeeded 
Mr. Chipman. He was a man of ability but of infirm health, and 
was not settled. He began his labors in 1861, and continued suc- 
cessfully until 26 April, 1866, when he died suddenly, aged 58. 
Early in 1864 he was aided for several weeks by Rev. J. D. Potter 
of Westboro', and many members were added to the Church as the 
fruits of a revival. On 28 Aug., 1867, Rev. William H. Shedd was 
ordained pastor; sermon by Prof. Anderson, D.D., of Newton. He 
was an earnest man, and many conversions took place during his 
ministry, the Church membership increasing to 193. He resigned 
March, 1870, and removed to Waltham, and died 7 March, 1873, at 
Watertown. * On 31 March, 1868, Sherman Warren, and 3 April, 
1869, William Newton and Warren Smith were chosen deacons. 

On 11 Sept., 1870, a call was given to Rev. James W. Lathrop 
of Beverly, who began his labors 1 Nov. His ministry of nearly 
three years was highly beneficial. On 1 Sept., 1873, he removed to 
Raynham ; returned to North Oxford and was received to the Church 
4 Nov., 1876. His present residence is at Oxford centre. 

Rev. Oliver Ayer from Groton, the next pastor, was settled 
in April, 1874, and closed his labors April, 1880. He was a good 
preacher, a faithful pastor, and an esteemed citizen. He remained 
at North Oxford until 1885, when he removed to Providence. In 
the fall of 1877 Mr. Potter was again invited to North Oxford, 
and a revival followed. On 1 May, 1880, Rev. H. H. Beaman 
from West Bridgewater began his labors. His term of service was 
short. His wife died 15 June, 1881, from the shock of which he 
never recovered, but died suddenly the tenth of August following. 
In July, 1882, Rev. William H. Fish was voted a call, and con- 
tinued until 1 June, 1883, when he resigned. On 27 Aug. a call was 



80 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1829-41 

voted to Rev. W. H. Evans from Littleton, who came and con- 
tinuod to 1 Oct., 1885, after which date there was no settled pastor 
until Nov., 1889, when Rev, Ciiaules R. Bailey, the present in- 
cumbent, began his labors. 

Methodist Episcopal Church. So far as known the first 
preaching in town by a Methodist minister was in 1829, in which year 
Rev. Ira M. liidwell, as he himself stated, held meetings a few times 
in the south part of the town. He also says others preached the 
same year in the north part. The first service held on the Plain was 
in 1830, at the house of Abijah Davis, Esq., by John Lovejoy, who 
was the successor of Bidwell on Thompson circuit, and who came at 
the solicitation of William Hurd, who may be called the original man 
of the faith in Oxford. Thereafter occasional meetings were held in 
school-houses and dwellings, and as -early as 1835 it is said Joel 
Knight and Joseph S. Ellis of Dudley had each preached in the South 
Meeting-house. In Feb. or March, 1835, at the invitation of Hiram 
Moffitt, Mr. Bidwell, then of Webster, came again to Oxford and 
preached twice at least, first at the school-house near the south end of 
the Plain, and next in the South Meeting-house. Several influential 
members of the Universalist Society favored the movement, and the 
house was freely opened as has been stated. ^ Mr. Harwood joined 
heartily with Motlitt in efforts to carry on the work, and a considera- 
ble sum was raised by subscription to pay expenses. Mr. Bidwell 
represented their case before the Conference of 1835, which for 
want of a proper man to send made no provision for them. On his 
way home from Conference Mr. Bidwell fell in with Rev. Benjamin 
Paine, then of Saundersville, and on stating the case to him Mr. 
Paine consented to come and look over the field. He found a condi- 
tion of things which interested him and immediately began his labors 
on his own responsibility. His doings were approved by the Presid- 
ing Elder who ap[)oiuted him as preacher, thus giving him the stand- 
ing of "stated supply." In July he removed to town, and on 15 
Sept. established a "Class" of 20 members. This was the founding 
of this branch of the Church in its initiatory stage. Mr. Paine re- 
mained two years preaching in the South house, which was hired 
three-fourths of the time, and the other portion of the time at the 
school-room of Richard Stone. The enterprise flourished, and -the 
effort to buy up the pews in the meeting-house failing it was decided 
to build a cliapel, which was done in 1841. Rev. Thomas Turlcr 
succeeded Mr. Paine, and thereafter the society gradually enlarged 
and was prosperous. 

From the completion of the new church l)uilding in 18G8, to 1880 
the pews were rented to pay expenses. At the latter date, under 
Mr. Wilder's ministry, the free seat system was adopted and con- 
tinues, 18i»(). 

1 Richard Olney, Elllm II:ii«ood, Jr., Maj. WUliain Moore, >Ia]. Klijali Pratt and Xatlianiel 
Brown were of tliis nuiutier. 



METHODIST SOCIETY. 81 

Camp Meeting. The only camp meeting held in Oxford was in 
1840, beginning 24 Aug., in a woodland south of Bufifumville. The 
attendance was large ; 25 preachers were present, and the meetings 
were orderly and considered successful. 

Revivals. In the winter of 1842-3, under Rev. Horace Moulton, 
there was a revival, meetings were held for 100 successive evenings, 
and many professed conversion. In 1850 there was unusual interest 
and 30 were added to the Church on probation. In the autumn of 
1857 under Rev. William Gordon, the winter of 1866-7 under Rev. 
Daniel E. Chapiu, and 1877-8 under Rev. Osman W. Adams, there 
were revivals. 

Between the years 1865 and 1880 six young men from Oxford 
Church entered the ministry of this denomination, viz. : Ithiel T. 
Johnson, William F. Davis and Charles E. Davis, brothers. Nelson 
Devncau, Albert A. Kidder and William H. Marble. 

Ministers stationed at Oxford. For 1835-6, Benjamin 
Paine, d. 31 Oct., 1883, at Ox. ; 1837-8, Thomas W. Tucker, d. 6 
Aug., 1871, a. 80; 1839, Luman Boyden, d. 9 March, 1876, at E. 
Boston, a. 71 ; 1<S40, William R. Stone, d. 28 June, 1875, at Cam- 
bridge, a. 77; 1841, Freeman Nutting, d. 7 Dec, 1853, a. 42 
1842, Horace Moulton, d. 11 Sept., 1873, a. 74; 1843, Charles 
C. Burr; 1844, Newell S. Spaulding, d. 17 Aug., 1884, a. 84 
1845, Charles W. AiNSWORTH, d. 23 Sept., 1851, a. 34; 1846-7 
Amos Walton; 1848, J. S. J. Gridley ; 1849, Albert A. Cook 
d. 4 Feb., 1879, at Milford, a. 63; 1850, Damon Y. Kilgore 
became a "Spiritualist," d. 25 April, 1888, at Philadelphia, Pa. 
1851, Converse L. McCurdy, d. 22 Nov., 1876, at Wakefield, a. 67 
1852-8, William A. Braman, d. 11 April, 1884, at Springfield, a 
65; 1854, Mosely Dwight, d. 17 Dec, 1882, at Chelsea, a. 78 
1855-6, Burtis Judd, in 1888, supernumerary; 1857, William 
Gordon ; 185S to 1860, Daniel Wait, d. 22 April, 1883, at Brook- 
field, a. 69; 1861, Jonas M.Clark, 1888, superannuated ; 1862, 
George Prentice, Prof, in Middletown University ; 1863-4, Thomas 
Marcy, d. 21 Jan., 1889, at Newton, a. 75; 1865-7, Daniel E. 
Chapin, d. 25 May, 1871, a. 57; 1868, Isaac S. Cushman, d. 6 
Sept., 1870, a. 47; 1869-71, Daniel Wait; 1872, Franklin 
FuRBER ; 1873-4, Increase B. Bigelow, 1888, supernumerary ; 
1875-6, Frederick T. George in 1888, superannuated; 1877-8, 
Osman W. Adams; 1879-80, Charles W. Wilder; 1881-2, 
Phinehas C. Sloper, d. 13 June, 1888, at Natick ; 1883, Joshua 
Gill; 1884-6, William Gordon; 1887-9, Porter R. Stratton ; 
1890, George W. Coon. 

Protestant Episcopal Church. Worship in the Episcopal 
form began July, 1863, in Sanford's Hall, was conducted by differ- 
ent clergymen from churches in the vicinity until 11 Oct., when Rev. 
William F. Lhoyd became rector. During his ministry the church 
12 



82 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1863 

edifice was built, and a good congregation gathered. His services 
closed 30 June, 1867. He was succeeded by Rev. William H. 
Brooks, D.D., of Pittsfield, who began 20 Oct., 1867, and accepted a 
call to the rectorsliii) !» May, 186S. His labors ended 1 Oct., 1869. 
For several years afterward there was no settled ministry, and the 
church was closed, except that occasionally Rev. Benjamin F. Cooley 
of Rochdale ofliciated on a Sabbath afternoon. During the early part 
of 1877, and until October, Rev. J. D. Reid was stated supply. On 
7 Oct., 1877, liev. W. F. Lhoyd was engaged as acting rector and 
continued until 2 Feb., 1879. After his second term of service ended 
the church was closed for a time. Later Rev. Thomas W. Nickerson^ 
present rector at Rochdale, conducted service for several seasons 
during the summer on Sunday afternoon. Much of the time, however, 
there was no service. On 21 June, 188o, Rev. Ahthur Puoifitt 
assumed the rectorship and officiated until 27 June, 1886. In 1889, 
regular worship was held on Sunday afternoon, conducted by the 
rector of Webster Church. 

The Diocesan Records give the number of communicants as 
follows :— 1864, 6 ; '65, 8 ; '66, 13 ; '67, 16 ; '68, 15 ; '69, 20 ; '70, 14 ; 
'71 and '72, no report ; '73, 8 ; '74 to '80, no report ; '81, '82 and '83, 
each 15 ; '84, 10 ; '85, 15 ; '86, 15. In 1878,— Sunday-school, 30 
scholars, 6 teachers; Wardens, 1883 to 1886, Emory E. Harwood, 
Leonard E. Thayer; 1887, Leonard E. Thayer, Joseph Shar[)les. 

Roman Catholic Church. The first Roman Catholic service 
in Oxford, was conducted by Rev. Fr. Gibson of Boston on 28 July, 
1851, at the house of Michael Toomey, H. 175, on Millbury road — 
house burned in 1883. The next was by Rev. Fr. McNultij of Web- 
ster, on Christmas, 1852, at Mrs. Mary Ann Young's in Hodges' 
Village. From that time at Mr. Toomey's, and the school-house 
which stood near, at Mrs. Young's, and at North Oxford, mass was 
celebrated at irregular intervals until 1857, Fr. McNulty officiating. 
In 1858, soon after the building of the first house of worship was 
undertaken, and before its completion. Rev. Fr. James Quan of 
Webster took charge of the Parish, and with his assistants conducted 
services regularly here until 1 May, 1886, at which time Rev. Fr. 
Charles J. Bovlan was put in charge and, 1890, continues. 

First Meeting-house. At a town meeting held 29 July, 1714, 
it was voted to build a Meeting-house 30 feet square, and 18 feet 
stud, to be set on the west side of the highway near Twichell's field, 
John Town, Benjamin Chamberlain and Isaac Earned were chosen a 
building committee, and it was voted "that every lot- man shall pay 
his proportion in labor as the committee shall direct, or pay two 
shillings and 6 pence per day for neglect of the same." This enter- 
prise was not entered upon for nearly three years but the house was 



1714-24 MEETING-HOUSES. 83 

in time built near the northwest corner of the common, north of the 
highway over Camp Hill. It was a plain substantial structure, 
without porch or tower, with double doors on the south side, a pulpit 
opposite and galleries on either side. The main body of the house 
probably had seats of plank with rude backs, running in two tiers the 
length of the house with an aisle in the centre — the men occupying 
the westerly and the w^omen the easterly tier — and three or four 
privileged citizens had box-like pews in different parts of the house, 
on either side of the pulpit and near the doors. 

On 30 Nov., 1714, it was voted to "build a house 15 feet long, 12 
feet wide and 7 feet stud, and set it by Lieut. Moore's." The design 
of this building is a matter of conjecture. Lieut. Moore was the inn- 
keeper, and as this building was to cost only £4. 5s. and as Moore 
agreed to take it of the town or permit the town to remove it when 
they saw fit, it may have been for temporary use as a house of worship 
and for town meetings until the projected Meeting-house could be 
erected. 

Appropriation. On 29 Jan., 1717, £100 was voted by the 
town towards building a Meeting-house and it was decided "to 
go about building it forthwith," and John Town, Richard Moore, 
Ebenezer Learned, Isaac Larned, and Benoni Twichell were chosen 
to " take in and dispose of " the money voted, the said house " to be 
a girt house boarded and clapboarded on the outside." Precisely 
what was done upon this vote is difficult to determine from the 
records. In the warning for a meeting 19 Aug., 1717, notice was 
given that it would be held in the " meeting-house." This may have 
been the temporary building " by Lieut. Moore's," or the unfinisiied 
new house. The building certainly was not then nearly finished, 
as on 27 Jan., 1718, the town met and chose Philip Amidown, 
Ebenezer Learned and John Town a "new committee for building 
the meeting-house." This meeting it is recorded was by vote con- 
tinued " one hour after sundown." The selectmen were instructed to 
" make a rate " forthwith for the said one hundred pounds and deliver 
it to the constable for collection. The building proceeded and the 
house was occupied long before its completion. In March, 1721, 
Benoni Twichell was chosen to sweep the Meeting-house. Feb. 11, 
1723, permission was voted to Mr. Campbell to '■'■ build a pew the 
east side of the pulpit, from that to the middle of the post under the 
gallery beam, and extending to the corner of the deacon's seat, at the 
charge of the town," and Capt. Richard Moore a like privilege oppo- 
site on the west side of the pulpit. On 29 March, 1724, Ebenezer 
Learned was voted leave to build in the northeast corner joining Mr. 
Campbell's. On 13 May, 1724, it was voted to expend one-half the 
interest money due the town [on the colonial loan] ; "of the first three 
years, that it should buy glass for to repaire the meeting-house win- 
dows and for uaills for the meeting-house spedely." At this time as 
we shall see hereafter the house was but a shell and unfinished inside. 



84 HI8T01JY OF OXFORD. 1727-43 

lu 1727 it had need of reijaiis aud 'J Oct. £1U were voted "to be 
added to the old arrearages towards repairing the meeting-house." 
On 4 May, 1730, £20 were voted towards finishing the Meeting- 
house, and the selectmen instructed to spend the same within six 
months. On G March, 1732, it was voted to lay another floor and 
alter the seats and ceil the sides of the house, and also that " Richard 
Waters shall build three pews and alter the stairs," at the town 
expense. 

On 5 March, 1733, it was "voted to lath and plaster the meeting- 
house." In the years 1734 and 1735 the house was considerably 
changed internally, and the latter year brought nearly or quite to a 
completion, having been about 18 years in building. On 4 March, 
1734, it was voted : 

" That Capt. Ebenezer Learned shall have a pew on the easterlj"^ part of the 
meeting house behind y woman's seats adjoining the double doors, he paying 
ten pounds and also his equal proportion towards finishing tlie house, also 
tliat Sunmel Davis have the same privelege on the west side the double doors 
on the same eonditions, also that Ricliurd Moore may enlarge his pew, turning 
y pulpit stairs if Mr. Campbell be willing and make a door for the deacon's 
seats : also that Uriah Gleason, Jonas Pratt, Jonas Gleason, Isaac Larned, 
Ethenier Amidown, Simon Gleason and Joseph Pratt, have leave to build a 
pew on the back side of the front seat in the gallery in the men's part, and 
that Isaac Larned have the pew in the northeast corner of the house formerly 
Ebenezer Learned's, all to pay their proportion toward finishing the house." 

These alterations were made by Richard Waters, who was " reckoned 
with" by a committee chosen 16 Feb., 1736. The last entry referring 
to this subject was 6 Jan., 1737, when £14 was voted to pay Qnal 
bills. The house was occupied until 1748. On 5 March, 1750, it 
was struck off at auction at £66 to Moses Gleason. It did not, how- 
ever, go into his possession, but was sold by a committee for the pur- 
pose in 1752 with the lot to Dr. Jabez Holden, who used parts of it 
in building a barn, which was removed by Benj. F. White after his 
purchase of the place. 

As time passed, population increased, Mr. Campbell grew in the 
esteem of the people, and the old sanctuary was becoming too small 
for their needs. The town extended northerly, and the location of 
the first house was quite one side from the centre. Very soon after 
its completion, therefore, the subject of the building of a second and 
larger house was agitated. 

New Meeting-house. On 12 March, 1739, the town voted 
" that when there shall be a new Meeting-house erected it shall be set 
in tlie centre of the 12,000 acre grant." On 25 Aug., 1743, a vote 
was passed to proceed to carry out the plan for a new Meeting-house 
" for the better accommodation of the inhabitants of the town." On 
the 10th of June, previous to this vote, Daniel Boydcn petitioned the 
General Court in l)ehalf of the inhabitants of the northwest part of 
Sutton, the southwest part of Worcester, the southeast part of Leices- 
ter aud the northeast part of Oxford to be set off as a separate 



1744-6 MEETING-HOUSES. 85 

precinct. While this petition was pending this action in reference 
to a new house was taken, and the request, probably on that 
account, was dismissed. The question of a location became a matter 
of warm coutrovers}', and the subject was referred to William Ward, 
Pvsq., of Westboro', Maj. John Keyes of Shrewsbury, Capt. John 
Harrod of Uxbridge, Capt. Josiah Converse of Brookfield and Capt. 
John Hubbard of Rutland. On 8 March, 1744, William Ward, John 
Kej^es and John Hubbard met, and after a hearing fixed upon the 
north common as the proper location, which action was i-atified by 
the town 23 Oct., 1744, and at the same meeting Samuel Davis, 
Ebenezer Learned, Israel Town, Elijah Moore and Joseph Phillips 
were chosen "to consider dimensions and cost" and to provide 
materials. Later Jonathan Pratt and Samuel Davis, Jr., were added 
to this committee, which was authorized to set a price on all materials 
and labor. The sum of £600 was voted toward the expense, "to be 
done in labor and material according to the return of the committee." 
The building of this second house was to the town as great an effort 
as was that of the first to the little settlement 30 years before. The 
building was not only spacious but elegant for the times, and one of 
tlie arguments of the Charlton people when asking to be set off was 
that the new house of worship which they had been taxed to build 
was expensive above any other similar structure in the vicinage. It 
was nearly square, about 50 feet on either side, with entrances with- 
out porches on the east, west and south. The high pulpit, overhung 
by the ponderous "sounding board," stood against the north wall, 
and wide galleries with a row of high square pews next the wall ran 
on the other three sides, while in the southeast and southwest corners 
higher structures occupied by the tithiug-men mounted almost to the 
ceiling. Square pews of panel work, balustraded at the top, filled 
the lower floor. The house had no means of warming or lighting. 
There is a tradition that the site was presented to the town by 
Col. Ebenezer Learned, but no record appears. The materials were 
mainly provided by the town's people from their farms, and doubtless 
much of the labor of construction was done by them, and several 
years elapsed before the completion of the building. 

On 29 Oct., 1745, the town voted "to address General Court for a 
tax upon the unimproved lands two miles west of the 12,000 acres 
towards the charge of building." On 3 March, 1746, Jonas Pratt 
was chosen "to gather and collect rates for the meeting house," and 
the building committee was instructed "to provide the rest of the 
timber and other material for said building to be completed forthwith 
and to cause said house to be framed and raised by the middle of 
June next, and covered and enclosed seasonably so as to secure it 
from being damnified by the weather." The work upon the house 
progressed in the summer of 1746, so that according to a well founded 
tradition it was raised on the twenty-first day of October, the birth- 



86 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1747-52 

day of .Suleu) Town, giuudsou ol xMr. Caujpliell.' (Ju 2') May, 17-47, 
it was voted to raise £500, old tenor, towards finishing the house, and 
Oliver .Shurnway was made collector to gather the same. At the 
same meeting it was voted "to reimburse tlie present inhabitants of 
the west part of Oxford " what they have paid or may pay towards 
our Meeting-house, " when they are set off to be a society by them- 
selves, towards building a Meeting-house for them." On 9 June, 
1747, the inhabitants of Oxford presented a petition to the General 
Court for leave to tax non-residents "toward the building and finish- 
ing a Meeting-house which they are now building there." On which, 
4 Dec, it was ordered that ^e town be empowei'ed to lay a tax of 
one penny per acre, for three years for the said purpose. The inhabit- 
ants of the N. Gore were non-taxable. Of these it is recorded that 
Ebenezer and Joshua Merriam paid each ten pounds, and Jesse Smith 
three pounds towards the Meeting-house. On 18 May, 1748, "voted 
that the committee cause the under floor to be laid and the glass put 
up and provide the rpst of the materials for the house as soon as con- 
venient." On 13 July " voted that the town shall build the pews and 
dispose of them " [instead of granting "pew spots " for individuals 
to build upon]. Also "that there be built two pews, one each side 
the broad alley, one behind the men's seats and the other behind the 
women's seats, to accommodate the gentlemen that have had their 
laud taxed toward the building of our new meeting house, when any 
of them shall come to our meeting."- It was also voted to meet to 
hold worship in the new house on the fourth Sabbath of the current 
month, July, 1748. Probably in the then unfinished house, woiship 
was continued from about this date. It was not until 30 Oct., 1752, 
that a committee was " chosen to dignify and appraise the pews." 
This committee consisted of David Baldwin the builder, Duncan 
Campbell and Benjamin Davis. The drawing for choice of pews 
began 1 Dec, 1752, choice being granted according to the individual 
sums paid toward the building fund. The following is the list with 
prices, old tenor : 

Ebenezer Learned, No. 3, £52. 16; Saiiuiel Davis, No. 18, £44. 0. 2; 
Elizabeth Mayo, No. 14, £45. 15. 4; Elijah Moore, No. 8, £51. 0. 10; Richard 
Moore, No. 7, £48. 8. 1; Rev. John Campbell, No. 13, £46. 12. 11; Samuel 
Davis, Jr., No. 1, £52. 16; Jouas Pratt on Samuel Eddy's riijlit. No. 17, £39. 
12. 3; Edward Davis, No. 2, £61. 18; Josiah Kingsbury, No. 6, £47. 10. 6; 
Jonathan Pratt, Jr., No. 19, £28. 3. 8; Duncan Campbell, No. 5, £48. 8. I; 
William Davis, No. 22, £22. 17. 2; Ebenezer Coburn on Ebenezer Eddy's right, 
No. 20, £24. 13. 4; Ebenezer Humphrey, No. 9, £48. 8. 1; Isaac Earned, Jr., 
No. 10, £4(1. 11. 11 ; Joseph Phillips, No. 11, £39. 11. 3; Dea. Jonathan Town, 



' Autliorlty of Samuel Harlwell, Esq. lo James (JrllUn. In .May, IT.si, I^emuel Kallock 

-In Aug.. 17.'):!, the town rented these pews, one and Klijah Uunbar, owners of Charlton lands, 

to .Josiah Wolcott, the other to .lolin Wlllson, at hron^fht a claim to the town lor £1W, it being the 

four ^hlllliiKH per auuiim. In 17iir. John Nichols overplus on sale of l,in<ls In Charlton toward 

and Edwanl Uaymond were granted seats In building the meet lug-house, which the town re- 

thcse pews by the town. In May, 1707, they were fused to recogni/.c. 
sold at auction, one to John Nichols, the other 



1763-1830 MEETING-HOUSES. 87 

No. 12, £40. 8. 10; John Lamed on Jeremiah Shumway's right, No. 16, £22. 
17. 2; Thomas Glea.son, No. 23, £23. 17. 2; Thomas Davis, No. 24, £23. 17. 2. 

A record under date of 1 Aug., 1753, refers to the house as 
"almost completed," and on 7 Sept., 1753, David Baldwin, the 
builder, receipted in full for his work. There were, however, other 
various things to be done, as appears from the following records: 
March, 1759, Elijah Moore, Ebenezer Eddy and Jeremiah Shumway 
were chosen to -'finish the windows cut out last," and also to see 
about the underpinning. In 1760 Alexander Campbell was chosen 
"to underpin the meeting house and secure it from further damage, 
and to see the house is finished," the payment for which was voted in 
May, 1761. In March, 1761, changes in the gallery were voted, so 
there might be more room,^ indicating prosperity and growth. Thus 
after 15 years of effort was the second principal public work of the 
town accomplished. Its completion came almost simultaneously with 
the decease of the beloved minister. 

Repairs. In May, 1786, an attempt was made to get a vote 
to repair tlie house, which failed. In. 1789 it was voted that indi- 
viduals have permission to do this. Nothing, however, appears to 
show that anything was done until 1793, when liberty was granted 
to any so disposed, to repair and build a porch to the house. From 
a deed of sale of a pew we learn that Sylvanus Learned, Amos Shum- 
way and Jonathan Harris were a committee to do this work, and it 
was probably completed in 1794, having been done by subscription. 
The east and west outside doors were closed, and on the south front 
was built a projection about 12 feet square, containing a vestibule 
and two flights of stairs leading to the galleries, having a double 
curved roof, not as high as the main roof of the house, with a circular 
ornamental window over the south door, and being a decided improve- 
ment to the architectural effect of the building. No other repairs 
probably were ever made on the house. It had in 1825 traces of a 
coat of yellow paint. A record says " met Nov. 8, 1792, for the 
purpose of painting the meeting-house." Col. Sylvanus Town con- 
tracted to do this for £16. By vote Mr. James Butler was permitted 
to color the west end at his own expense. 

House sold. Services were holden here from 1819, two Sabbaths 
in each month, until the completion of the present house on the Plain 
in 1829. In May, 1830, Ira Barton, Jonathan Davis and Jonathan 
Rice were chosen to inquire into the town's interest in the old house 
and lot, and to receive proposals for its sale. Later it was voted to 



' On 4 March, 1751, Samuel Davis and others In Marcli, 1794, the town voted liberty to James 

were jtranted by tlie town permission to build Butler, Capt. Sylvanus Learned and others to 

noon houses ou the common near the Meeting- build a " hay market on the common near the 

liouse, for comfort and convenience durinj; tlie Meeting-house." With the Meeting-house, horse 

interval of public services on Sunday, and in sheds, stable, half a dozen noon-houses, two 

n.V) Timothy Harris, Josiali Kingsbury and large stone '" horse blocks," and this hay market, 

Isaac Larned were voted the same privilege. In the old common seems to have been well occu- 

17HI it was voted that .John Xichols have leave to pled, 
build near the Meeting-house a horse stable. 



88 . HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1791-2 

sell it at auction. At this sale Alexander DeWitt bid $230 for the 
land and $50 for the building. Afterward the vote to sell was recon- 
sidered, there being no warrant for further jjroceedings, as the house 
was to an important extent the property of the pew-holders. In 
June, 183"), the town for the sum of §28 quitclaimed to Jasper 
Brown its interests, requiring the building to be removed within six 
months. Brown soon after bought the individual rights, and the 
same year sold to Nahum Sibley, by whom the house was taken down 
and removed. The question of the ownership of the land has never 
been adjudicated. 

Universalist Meeting-house. The third Meeting-house built 
was the Universalist, which is now standing, although considerably 
changed from its original plan. Its site is a part of the old Camp- 
bell tavern estate, the lot having been leased to the Society by 
Ebenezer Davis and Samuel Campbell.' At a meeting of the Univer- 
salist Society, 14 Sept., 1791, it was voted to build a Meeting-house, 
and on 12 Oct. Samuel Davis, Capt. Jonathan Davis and John Maj'o 
were chosen to "superintend and build" the same. On 7 Nov. 
voted to build a liouse 46 by 43 feet with a porch or tower at one 
end, to be built in the Tuscan order, equal to the Ward Meeting- 
house in quality, and to approp riate toward the building the money 
due the Society from the town. It was also voted to let out the work 
''by the great,"' the covering and painting the outside and laying the 
lower floors, and the contract was awarded to Levi Davis of Charl- 
ton for £271, the lowest bid. The amount apportioned by the town 
assessors to the Society was £121. 13, this being their part of the 
money arising from the sale of public securities by the selectmen. A 
buildiug fund additional was raised by subscription, as follows : 

Jeremiah Learned, £20; Capt. Jonathan Davis, £15; Samuel Davis, £6; 
John Mayo, £G; Lt. Abijah Harris, £10; Joseph Healy, £3; Marvin Moore, 
£6; Abiel Atwoocl, £2; Capt. Joseph Atwood, £2; Daniel Fisk, £6; Elijah 
Davis, £5; Learned Davis, £5; Jeremiah Davis, £5; Abijah Davis, £6; 
Thomas Davis, £;-5; Joseph Davis, £2; Craft Davis, 12s.; Ezekiel Davis, £2; 
James H. Davis, £1; Phihp Brown, £2; John Pratt, £3; Collins Moore, £3; 
Jeremiah Kini^sbury, .Tr., £3; Josiah Kingsbury, £2; Jacob Kingsbury, £3; 
Henjamin Learned, £1; Thomas Clark, 10s.; Joseph Roekwood, (Js. ; Sibley & 
Stockwell, £3; Isaac Mofhtt, £2; ,Ioel White, £1. 12; Ebenezer Robbins, 12s.; 
Benjamin Fitts, Jr., 12s. ; David Fitts, 12s. ; Stephen Ward, 8s. ; Abel Bonzey, 
12s.; James PhiUips, £2. 10; Lemuel MolHt, 10s.; James Bntlcr, £2. 14; 
Andrew Sigonrney, £1. 10; Peter Jennison, £2. Charlton names: Levi 
Davis, £5; P^benezer Davis, £10; Asa Davis, £4; Stephen Bullen, £2. 13; 
Joseph Rich, £1 ; also a few in Sutton and Ward. 

Bell. The buildiug Avas raised and covered probably during the 
year 1791, as on 25 April, 1792, Samuel Davis, Jonathan Davis and 



' No record of tliis lease Is known to exist, tlicli' MecliuK liouse as now fenced so long as 

In the deed of sale of the Campbell tavern stand they shall maintain and keep a Jleetinp lioiise, 

from l'",')eiif/.er Davis to Samuel Canipbell, Oct., accoidlng to the lease 1 and Samuel Campbell 

17'.i'2, was a reserve "to the second IUHkIous have heretofore ^Ivcn them." Wore. Kec, 

Society the use of the land under and around CXV., 610. 



1793-1804 UNIVERSALIST MEETING-HOUSE. 89 

John Mayo were authorized to procure a bell, and on 2 July they 
"were empowered to build a cupola in order to hang it.^ 

On 5 Jan., 1793, Samuel Davis, Jonathan Davis and John Mayo 
were instructed to let out " by the great" the finishing of the interior 
and to superintend the same, which on 29th was let by auction to 
Simeon Hathaway of Sutton at £237. Previous to this the pews 
had been "dignified and appraised" by a committee consisting of 
Ebenezer Davis, Jeremiah Learned and Jonathan Davis, and in the 
disposition of them the highest proprietor was given the first choice 
and so "in rotation to the lowest," This committee were authorized 
to give deeds and were to hold the pews in their hands until sold as 
security for the cost of finishing the house. 

The following subscription appears : 

Capt. Jeremiah Learned, £34; Jonathan Davis, £27; Abijah Harris, £18; 
Samuel Davis, £11; Daniel Fisk, £10; Abijah Davis, £11; Elijah Davis, £8; 
Jeremiah Davis, £8; John Mayo, £11. 4; Learned Davis, £7. 14; Ebenezer 
Davis, Charlton, £19; John Pratt, £5. 5; Marvin xMoore, £10. 4; Collins 
Moore, £4. 8; Jeremiah Kingsbury, Jr., £5. 18; Joseph Davis, £2. 10; 
Jacob Kingsbury, £3 ; Joseph Healy, £3. 15 ; Josiah Kingsbury, £2. 

Pew-holders. The pew-owners were as follows : 

Joseph Healy, Josiah Kingsbury, Jacob Kingsbury, Gideon Sibley, Jeremiah 
Davis, Elihu and Jeremiah Moffitt, Al)ijah Harris, John Mayo, Jonathan Rich, 
Judah Waters, Jeremiah Kingsbury, Jr., Jeremiah Learned, Al)ijah Davis, 
Ebenezer Rich, Elijah Davis, Henry Phelps, David Putnam, Learned Davis, 
Stephen BuUen, John Sweet, Collins Moore, Samuel Davis, Amos Rich, 
Philip Brown, James H. Davis, Joseph and Ezekiel Davis, Abiel Atwood, 
Jonathan Davis, Peter Jennisou, Andrew Sigourney, John Pratt, Joseph 
Putnam, Arthur Daggett, Asa Davis, Daniel Fisk, James Butler, Levi Davis, 
Joshua Stockwell, James and Benjamin Davis, Samuel Kingsbury, Jacob 
Gleason, Elijah Kingsbury, Thomas Davis, John Putnam, Eliphalet Holman, 
Samuel Robinson, Reuben Rich, Parley Sibley, Stephen Marsh, Jr., Ebenezer 
Lamson, Ebenezer Gould, Reuben and Simeon Waters, Israel Trow, David 
Fitts, Samuel Campbell, Jr., Henry Wolcott, Nehemiah and Timothy Davis. 

On 24 April, 1793, it was voted to employ some suitable person 
" to keep the key of the meeting-house and to ring the bell one hour 
before any stated meeting and at meeting time, and to toll at any 
funeral if desired by the relatives of the deceased." 

House completed. Oct. 4, 1793, is an account of expenditures 
from which it appears the outside of the house was then finished, 
the cupola built, and the bell in position. In the year 1794, the 
interior was completed. On 8 Dec, the report, which does not appear 
in the records, of a committee chosen to settle with the committee to 
finish the inside of the house, was accepted by the Society. In 1796, 
the bell having l)een broken, was recast. In the latter part of 1803, 
a movement began having in view the purchase of a pijoe organ, a 
rarity in country churches of that day. Payment was made by sub- 
scription March, 1804. One hundred and forty dollars were sub- 

' This bell weighed 713 pounds and cost at the foundry £71. 14s., and was paid for by a subscription. 

13 



90 HISTOIIY OF OXFORD. 1815-28 

scribed by thirty-six persons, and the balance of the cost (being 
$122.92), was paid by Jonathan Davis. The instrument was set up 
early in 1804. Ebenezer, son of Jason Collier, then residing at 
Charlton, was the first organist, and Ira Barton and Richard Moore 
followed. 

The plan of the interior was the same as that of the old house 
at the north common, and it contained 60 square l)ox pews of panel 
work, with seats facing in different directions. Stoves were intro- 
duced about 1815. The front porch was about 12 feet square and 
projected from the main structure at the centre. At the top, 
sheltering the bell, was a circular cupola which was swept away 
by the great gale of Sept., 1815, and for about two years the 
bell stood exposed on the top of the tower. Between July and 
December, of 1817, the spire as it now appears was built by Rufus 
Moore, Jeremiah Mofflt foreman, and on 21 Dec, the sum of S550 
was raised on the pews to meet the expense. 

House remodelled. The building stood unaltered until 1845, 
when a movement began for the remodelling and entire rebuilding of 
the interior, and on 11 Oct., a vote was passed to this effect, and Ben- 
jamin Barnes, Craft Davis, Luther Clemence, Samuel Mayo and John 
Fitts were chosen a committee to carry out the vote. A floor was 
thrown across the galleries and the main audience room finished in the 
upper part, and below were made a spacious store and shops. In 
order to effect these changes the pews were bought up by the Society 
at an appraisal of $375, which amount was raised partly by sub- 
scription and partly by the sale of pews after the changes were made. 
A repair subscription was drawn and according to its terras the 
profits of the basement story were to pass to the subscribers in pro- 
portion to their payments. Nineteen persons paid in the aggregate 
$1,225. The alterations were made in the winter of 1845-6, and on 
21 Jan., 184G, it was voted to empower the building committee to 
rent the basement. This vote was later rescinded, indicating that 
there was doubt as to the Society's authority. On 21 Jan., 1846, 
the building committee was instructed to procure a bell. 

In 18G1, the lessees of the basement made alterations and fitted up 
two stores instead of one, and l)rought tlie entrances from the south 
to the east side, remodelling the whole front and adding a portico, in 
which condition it remains at the present day. On 2 April, 1868, is 
entered in the records an account of moneys spent in frescoing, car- 
peting and painting the interior of the church, then completed. 

Ne'W Congregational house. The next house of worship built 
was that of the Congregationalists, on the common. On 21 April, 
1828, at a meeting of tlie Society, a committee consisting of Jonathan 
Davis, Abijah Davis, Peter Butler, James l^irwell, and Stearns Witt^ 
was chosen to consider the subject of building a new Meeting-house, 

> This name was a little later changed to DeWitt. 



1829-30 CONGREGATIONAL MEETING-HOUSE. 91 

which reported on 12 May, to the effect that it was impracticable to 
purchase the South Meeting-house or to repair the old one, and that it 
was desirable to build a new one, and I'ecommended that measures be 
taken to this end. This report was adopted, and Jonathan Davis, 
Steai'ns Witt and Stephen Davis were chosen " to draft a constitution 
by which the proprietors shall be governed in building a house, also 
to select a site for the same and report at an adjourned meeting." 

This committee reported the form of a general subscription pay- 
able to a building committee — the pew-holders always to have con- 
trol of the house, each one having one vote ; pews to be appraised 
for enough to pay the expense of the house and a bell, and sold at 
auction, and if sold for more than enough to pay expense of building, 
the overplus to go to the Society, and if for a sum insufficient to pay 
the expense the Society to make good the deficit to the subscribers. 
The names of the subscribers do not appear. On 27 April, 1829, 
Jonathan Davis, Stearns Witt and Stephen Davis were chosen build- 
ing committee. The house was erected during the summer and 
autumn of 1829, at a cost of about $6,000. The sale of the pews 
amounted to $6,062. The dedication took place 3 November, 1829, 
Rev. Ebenezer Newhall preaching the sermon. 

Plan. The pulpit was placed at the south end of the audience 
room and there were only two aisles, the entrance being on either side 
the pulpit facing the audience. The singers' seats were at the north 
end and narrow galleries ran on each side. 

An act of incorporation of the pew-holders was procured, approved 
12 March, 1830, by which Jonathan Davis, Stearns DeWitt, Stephen 
Davis, Delano Pierce, Josiah Russell and their associates, were em- 
powered to make by-laws, choose officers and raise money by assess- 
ment to keep the house in repair, etc. The first meeting of the cor- 
poration was on 14 April, 1830, at which a code of by-laws was 
adopted. This organization was continued until 1857. Jonathan 
Davis was chairman of a committee to confer with the officers of the 
Second Religious Society concerning the organ and stoves in the 
South Meeting-house. Later the organ was removed to the new 
Meetiug-house, where it was used several years, Josiah Russell 
organist, and was set aside into a corner of the gallery where it was 
unused for a time and was taken down by Jeremiah D. Moore and 
removed to the house of his father, Maj. William Moore. 

Pew-holders. The following is the list of purchasers of pews : 

Alexander DeWitt, .$16G; Stearns DeWitt, .$200; Delano Pierce, $199; 
Stephen Davis, $180; Peter Shumway, $150; Sumner Bastow, $140; Andrew 
Sigourney, $130; Seth Daniels and Sylvanus Harris, $115; Samuel Dowse, 
$90; Joseph Brown, $80: John Hurd, $65; Jonathan Davis, 8 pews, highest, 
$166; Peleg Foster, $50; Peter Butler, $146; Abijah Davis, $152; Jonathan 
Davis, Jr., $160; Ira Barton, $150; John Wctherell, $150; Samuel Smith, 
$140; Martin Sigourney, $130; Henry G. Learned, $115; Samuel Merriam, 
$90; Jotham Merriam, $80; Luke 11. Stone, $«5 ; Sylvia Pope, $55; Nathan 
Hall, ^110; Abijah, Erastus and Loring Davis, $75; Abigail Plummer, $60; 



92 iiisToi:y of oxfdrd. 1838-85 

Richard Olney, §100; Prince and Hand, SlOO; Thomas Nichols, §100 ; Shura- 
way and Learned, §120; Jothain Eddy, §100; Nichols and Prince, §95; Wash- 
burn Luuibard, §95; Benjamin F. Town, §75; John Mellish, §G5 ; Brown, 
Ilurd and Moore, §65; David Nichols, §118; Josiah Russell, §75; Jonas 
Larned, §00; Stephen Prince, §100; Daniel Moulton, §100; John Lamed, 3d, 
§100; Rnfus Harris, §120; Stephen Davis, §100; Alfred Kinffsbury, §95; 
Joab Maynard, §95; Justin Root and Israel Moore, §95; Charles P. Nichols, 
$77 ; Jason Collier, §65 ; Joel Eddy, §65 ; Stearns DeWitt and Samuel Dowse, 
§G5. 

Removal. The building was erected at the north side of the 
common fronting to the south, and formed with its setting of elms a 
beautiful terminus to the street. But as in 1838 the highway, on 
account of the railroad crossing, was laid out in a straight course 
northerly, and passed very near the church, and building lots con- 
sequently were opened north of it, its removal became desirable. In 
April, 1852, the town voted that its present site might be occupied, 
and 15 June, 1853, money having been subscribed to defray the ex- 
pense, the proprietors consented to the removal, and in July, that a 
basement story might be put under it for Church uses. In the 
fall of 1853 the change was effected, and a large lecture-room fitted 
up at a cost of nearly $1,600. In the spring of 1857 it was pro- 
posed to bring the pews into a common stock. Many were freely 
given up, and by a subscription of $1,335 those not given were 
bouglit, and all, with a single exception, were made the property of 
the Society. On 13 June, 1857, for the first time the pews were 
rented at auction. 

House remodelled. On 18 April, 1860, it was voted to pro- 
ceed to make thorough repairs and to entirely renovate the building. 
Samuel C. Paine, George Hodges and Loren C. Parks were chosen a 
committee to supervise this work, which was done the following 
autumn and winter. Pews, galleries, floor and pulpit were made 
new, and pine and paint gave place to hard wood finish, at a cost of 
$3,760.70, which was paid by subscription. The Society assumed the 
debt of $300 which the Church owed on the basement, in considera- 
tion of which the Church made over to the Society its ownership in 
the same. At this time the lecture-room was remodelled and reseated. 
The church building was re-opened with dedicatory services on 13 
March, 1861. 

Organ. The present organ, built by James D. Moore of Worces- 
ter, was purchased for $1,400 of the builder in the summer of 1865. 

In 1885 radical changes were made in the basement for better 
accommodations for social gatherings, the entrance changed to the 
front and the stone work relaid, involving a cost of $2,148.75, of 
which sum Mr. Allen L. Joslin paid about one-third. 

Baptist Meeting-house. In 1836, a demand existing in the 
growing Nortli Oxford villages for church privileges, a Baptist Society 
was formed and a movement began for a new Meeting-house. A 



1836-41 BAPTIST MEETING-HOUSE. 93 

subscription for the purpose, provided that the said house should cost 
$3,000 and be divided into $50 shares, each to have a vote, the cost 
to be averaged on the pews. The subscribers were : 

Asa Cutler, Joseph Staflbrd and Geo. Torrey, 8 sliares ; the same, 2 shares 
[bein<; the building spot] ; David Hall, G; David Holnian, 2; Stephen Barton, 
Jr., 2; H. A. Pettiljone, 2; David Stone, 4; Warren Bruce, 1; Richard San- 
ford, 1 ; J.Gardner,!; James Boomer, 2 ; AmasaEddy, 2; Ebenezer Newton, 
i ; Amos P. Newton, 1 ; Samuel Warren, 1 ; Rev. John Paine, 2 ; Jonah G. 
Warren, 1 ; Waterman G. Warren, 1 ; Elbridge G. Warren, 1 ; William G. 
Davidson, 1 ; Ebenezer Coolv and Benjamin Tolman. 1 ; Martin Boomer, 1 ; 
Damon and Bartlett, 2; Jennison Barton, 1; E])enezer Brown, .i ; R. Appleton 
& Co., 3; William Copp, 1; Daniel Dow, i; Ansel Whitcomb, 1; Erastns 
Torrey, h- 

On 5 May, 1836, it was voted to buikl ou the lot west of the brick 
store, the house to l»e completed by Dec. 1st, and chose Richard San- 
ford treasurer, Robert Fitts of Auburn, James Boomer of Charlton 
and Joseph Stafford, David Stone and David Hall building com- 
mittee. William Howe of Spencer was builder. The laud was 
deeded by Cutler, Stafford and Torrey, 16 June, 1836, to this com- 
mittee, who, 15 May, 1837, conveyed it with the house to Jennison 
Barton and William Copp, deacons of the Church. 

Dedication. The dedication was 10 May, 1837, the day the 
Church was recognized. The bell was bought with "choice money" 
from the pews. A spire 95 feet in height originally existed, but was 
swept away down to the belfry by a wind 1 April, 1859. The house 
measures 53 by 41 feet; cost of building $3,200. For about eight 
years the basement story remained unfinished. Ou 9 Sept., 1844, it 
was voted to repair the house, and 29 Nov. to finish the basement 
story, which was done in 1845, and dedicated 5 Jan., 1846. 

Pews bought up. In the spring of 1856 the Society voted to 
adopt the plan of renting the pews yearly to pay expenses, and pro- 
ceeded to buy them up for this purpose. A few weeks later it was 
voted to " take advantage of the acts of the Legislature on this sub- 
ject, passed in 1845 aud 1854." The plan was carried out, and until 
1884 the pews were rented annually. At the latter date the free seat 
system was adopted and is now continued, expenses being paid by 
voluntary subscription. 

In 1878 changes were made in the interior, the singers' gallery 
dropped and the house much improved. In 1888 decorated windows 
were put in, and the walls frescoed. 

The Methodist Chapel was erected in 1841 on Barton Street, 
a few rods southwesterly from the site of the present building. On 
8 June Richard and Abigail Olney deeded to the Trustees of the 
Church, for $100, the lot for the same. It was a plain structure 
without a tower, 33 by 40 feet, with two aisles and four tiers of pews, 
the pulpit at the south end opposite the entrance and a singers' gallery 
at the north end over the vestibule. The cost was about $1,500. 



94 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1865-67 

More room hoing required, in 1843 an addition of 18 feet at the rear 
was made at the expense of about SoOO, which was paid by Mr. 
Jonatlian Sibley. This chapel was occupied about 25 years. 

Meeting'-house. Preparations for a new house began in the 
autumn of 18()'). On 20 Nov., Wilson Olney deeded to Lament B. 
Corbin and William H. Thurston the lot on which it stands. In Jan., 

1866, it was voted by the trustees to procure plans, and in February 
Mr. Corbin. Mr. Thurston and Daniel Rich were chosen a building 
committee and were instructed to build a church about "48 by 80 
feet," and on 5 March it was voted to set it "on the corner lot oppo- 
site the parsonage." On 8 April, 1867, the pew-holders in the chapel 
relinquished their rights that the building might be sold, and the pro- 
ceeds went toward the expense of the new house. Later the chapel 
was bought by Craft Davis, who removed it and fitted it up for 
dwellings. The building of the new house went on during 1866, and 
early in 1867 the vestry was occupied. The edifice was completed 
in the spring of 18G8, and dedicated on 8 April. A bell weighing 
about 2,500 pounds was put in the tower, and after a little more than 
a year was broken and replaced by the present one, weighing about 
2,000 pounds. 

A clock also, now in the tower, built by Stevens of Boston, was 
bought by subscri[)tion at a cost of S500. 

Episcopal Church. The site was purchased 18 April, 1863, by 
William A. Wheelock, who in May, 1864, conveyed it to George 
Hodges, Joseph Burrough and Emory E. Harwood for the Protestant 
Episcopal Church. Foundations were placed during the following sum- 
mer, and the corner stone laid with ceremonies on 20 September. The 
building is of a dark stone, quarried on the hill half a mile easterly 
from the town hall, and was planned by A. H. Esty of Framingham. 
It was first occupied 8 Oct., 1865, and consecrated by Rt. Rev. Man- 
ton Eastburn, D.D., 16 Nov. following. The cost was not far from 
$20,000, a large i)art of which was paid by George Hodges. An 
organ, built by Johnson of Westfield at a cost of $1,800, was put 
into the church, Dec, 1866. 

"The whole edillce, externally and internally, is harmonious and elej^jant, 
and highly credilat)le to the architect and the mechanics who have carried out 
the details. It is an architectural ornament such as few country villages 
possess." Worcester Spy, 17 Nov., 1865. 

Catholic Church. On 12 Oct., 1853, Alonzo H. and Rufus R. 
Dana deeded to John B. Fitzpatrick 35 square rods near the common, 
about 20 rods north of the present edifice, where in 1857 a build- 
ing was put up. It was a part of the present house and less than 
half its size. On 2 May, 1866, a larger house being needed, the 
present lot was {)urchased, the original building moved thither in 

1867, and the large transept was added in its present form, making 
the seating capacity about 500. On 12 March, 1867, John O'Shea, 



1868-73 PARSONAGES. 95 

the purchaser of the lot, deeded the same to Bishop John Joseph 
Williams of Boston. The house was dedicated by Bishop Williams, 
11 Oct., 1868. 

Parsonages. The first parsonage in the town was built by an 
incorporated association, the plan originating in 1815, during which 
year subscriptions for it were made. On 11 Dec, 1816, Nathan 
Hall, Elias Pratt, John Merriam, Stephen Prince, Sylvanus Town, 
Charles Town, Peter Butler, Ebenezer Merriam, Abijah Davis, Archi- 
bald Campbell, James Gleason, Samuel Coburn, Joseph Brown, Jr., 
Martha Kingsbury and David Nichols were incorporated under the 
name of "Oxford Ministerial Association." These were authorized 
to raise by subscription $4,000, to purchase land and build a house 
and other necessary buildings for the use of the Congregational 
minister in Oxford, under the direction of trustees ; to elect officers, 
form by-lawa, etc. Peter Butler was treasurer, and on 18 March, 
1817, Sylvanus Town deeded to him for $150 two acres of land near 
the north end of Main Street, being H. 190. On 12 Feb., 1830, 
Peter Butler quitclaimed the same to the Association.^ In 1833 the 
shares were bought up by Washburn Lumbard and its use as a 
parsonage terminated. 

Methodist Parsonage. Late in the year 1845, Sumner Putnam 
bought the lot on which the Methodist Parsonage stands, and in 1846 
built the house which, on 27 Sept. of that year, he deeded to the 
Trustees of the Society. It has been since occupied as a ministerial 
residence. 

Baptist Parsonage. On G Sept., 1867, John Rhodes and 
Theophiliis W. Wilmarth deeded to Ebenezer Newton, Trustee of 
the Society at North Oxford, land for a parsonage. The house was 
built in 1868 and paid for by subscription. 

Episcopal Parsonage. This house was built in 1834 by John 
Wethei'ell for a residence. In Feb., 1848, he sold to George Hodges, 
who remodelled and enlarged it, occupied it 13 years and removed 
to his factory village. In November, 1873, he conveyed it to his 
daughter, Mrs. Slater, who the succeeding April deeded it to the 
" Trustees of Donations to the Protestant Episcopal Church." 

The Congregational Parsonage was built by subscription 
under the direction of Allen L. Joslin, Charles P'uller and George 
F. Daniels, building committee, in 1871, on a lot which had formerly 
been a part of the Stearns DeWitt estate. The cost was $4,570.98, 
including land. The -Ladies' Society furnished necessary fixtures at 
a cost of $312.61. 



1 A certiflcjite, 1 Nov., 1830, by wliicli Abijah sijrned Peter BuUer, Treas. and Alex'r DeWitt, 
Davis was made proprietor of share 11, was Clerk. 



96 HISTORY OF OXFOKD. 1733-56 



chaptp:r v. 

EDUCATIONAL. 

Public Schools. High School Tkacheks. Sklect Schools. Pastor's 
Library. Social Library. Society Library. Library Association. 
High School Library. Farmers' Library. Free Public Library. 
Reference Library. 

Schools. The first mention in the records of a school in Oxford 
is 1 Oct., 1733, 20 years after the settlement, when the town instructed 
the selectmen to hire a schoolmaster, from which we infer that the 
village then contained at least 50 families, the law of 1692 requiring 
every town of that number to "constantly provide a schoolmaster." 
We have no knowledge of the incumbent previous to 1740. At that 
date the selectmen hired Richard Rogers, previously of Worcester, at 
a salary of 60 pounds per annum. ^ Mr. Rogers filled his office for 
about 20 years. In 1751 a house was built for him, 16 by 18 feet 
"beside convenient room for a chimney," at a cost of £13. 6s. 8d., 
which he occupied until his decease. Later it was used by tenants. 
Its location was probably near the north common nor far from H. 179. 

In 1734 £24 was voted for a school to be kept in four places in the 
town. In Dec, 1735, it was voted to divide the town into four parts, 
"for the scool to be kept at, Six weeks in each part." lu 1736 £23 
was raised for school and sweeping the meeting-house. 

School-houses. The plan of four places for the school was 
soon given up, and in 1738 one central house was proposed and 
a vote passed to build, 14 by 20 feet with a chimney at each end, 
which vote was rescinded. Up to this time the school had been kept 
in private houses. In 1740 several meetings were held to consider 
the subject. On 11 June, at a meeting called at 6 o'clock in the 
morning, it was voted that about 20 families on Prospect Hill might 
build a house and draw their proportion of money for a school ; that 
those living between "Prospect" and "y* brook that runs between 
Mr. Campbell's and Joseph Rocket's" [at the north end of the Plain] 
might do the same, and those south of said brook might also have 
the same privilege, all houses to be built by subscription. In May, 
1750, it was again voted that the school be kept in four places in 
town, two at the north and two at the south. In 1756 another change 
was made, and "the two houses in the north part of the town were 



1 This \v;is a sum more than douhle that ralscii levy on tlie town at large, the selectmen were 

by the town for I his purpose. It was not until required to furnish school privileges for all, and 

many years later that the towns were required the expense above what was paid by towns was 

to sustain free; public schools as they now exist, met by parents in projiortion to the number of 

Such sums were voted as were thought proper to scholars. 



1759-85 SCHOOLS. 97 

brought into one," This caused dissatisfaction, and in 1759 a com- 
mittee was chosen to consider the matter and report. The result is 
not recorded, but it was not permanent. In March, 1760, a larger 
committee was elected to devise a satisfactory system, which reported : 
one place in the north part of the town "at the foot of the hill 
between Leicester and Prospect roads," and for the south part " at 
the two school houses." ^ 

In 1763 the people in the northeast part of the town, now 
Auburn, were granted liberty for the year to lay out their proportion 
of the money where they should agree. In 1766 the condition of 
affairs being unsatisfactory to the remoter inhabitants, Edward Davis, 
Esq., proposed the rescinding of all former votes and the adoption 
of the following plan: "that liberty be granted to such as agree 
thereto to set up a School-house in the south part of the town near 
to Jonathan Fuller's on their own cost ;~ and also that there may be 
another house in the north part of the town in the lane eastward 
from Jonas Pratt's [near Town's Pond] ; also that Prospect Hill and 
vicinity be allowed to build a house where they may agree and draw 
their part of the monej^, except some small part towards the extra- 
ordinary expense of hiring a grammar-school master, to prevent 
the town from being liable to a fine.^ Also that all other remote 
parts of the town may, if they choose, draw their mouej^ from year to 
year, with the exception aforesaid, provided they use it for schooling." 
This scheme was adopted, and the next year the house on the Plain 
near Jonathan Fuller's was built, and also one not far from Jonas 
Pratt's, east of Town's Pond. But dissatisfaction still existed, and 
in 1768 another large committee was called to examine and report, 
which recommended that a school should be kept in the house on the 
six-rod road east of Jonathan Fuller's, one in the house on Jonas 
Pratt's land, one on Prospect Hill, one northwest from Asa Conant's 
[now Taft's mill. North Oxford], and one near Abial Lamb's [present 
almshouse], "in case the inhabitants in the several divisions are 
at the charge of building houses." This plan seems to have been 
satisfactory, at least for several years. In Jan., 1775, Jeremiah 
Shumway, Joseph Hudson and others on the hill northeast were 
set off to have a school by themselves. In 1782 Edward Davis and 
others in the east part of the town were set off in like manner, 
and Ebenezer Humphrey, Joseph Hurd and others, their neighbors, 
were set to Mayo district. Fort Hill. 

Wards. In 1783 William Eddy, Aaron Parker and others, 
their neighbors, were set to the northeast " squadron." In 1785 
these divisions, which had before been called "squadrons," were 
recorded as " wards," which as population increased became estab- 
lished throughout the town. 



'"The two school houses," of wliich we have 2 Jonathan Fuller lived near the site of Joslin's 

no record, undoubteiUy stood the one not far shoe factory. 

from the north comniou and the other on the ■■ In 17G7 the town was fined £5 for not koeidng 

Plain. a grammar scliool. 

14 



!»8 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1788-1846 

District System. In 1788 Elisha Davis and Lemuel Crane were 
deputed to suggest any plans thought advisable for the improvement 
of the schools, who reported that each ward remain as then consti- 
tuted and "continue to draw their proportion of money, that collectors 
be appointed in each district, and that the committee of each ward be 
empowered to employ and pay a teacher as by general consent shall 
be thought best, to the amount of their funds." This report was 
accepted, and thus was inaugurated the long-continued district-fiystem. 
In 1792 a ward of 11 families was set off in the northwest part of 
the town, but in 1801 was discontinued and its inhabitants set to the 
north ward. On 29 Feb., 1800, a large committee was chosen to 
consider the subject of re-districting the town. The result was a 
report that no change could be made which would improve the plan 
already in practice. In Nov., 1808, several families residing on 
" Long Hill," in the northeast part of the town, were set to the 
North Centre district. 

Down to 1809 school-districts had been named after some leading 
resident therein. In March, 1809, a committee of one from each 
district was chosen to number, name and define each ward, which 
reported as follows : The district known as Jonathan Davis' [east] 
to be number 1 ; that known as John Mayo's [southeast], num- 
ber 2; Jeremiah Kingsbury's [south], number 3 ; Elijah Learned's 
[west], number 4; Ephraim Russell's [centre], number 5; James 
Butler's [north centre], number G; Elias Pratt's [northeast], num- 
ber 7; Sylvanus Learned's [north], number 8. After this date 
school matters appear to have been not much agitated until April, 
1815, when upon report of Jeremiah Kingsbury, Jonathan Davis 
and Sylvanus Town, committee, it was voted that those living in 
the part recently set to Oxford from Charlton might draw from 
the treasury their proportion of school money and expend it in 
Charlton or Dudley, as they chose, or join the centre or Plain dis- 
trict in Oxford. In May, 1818, a committee reported that allow- 
ing money raised in town for schools, to be paid in other towns was 
"attended with very bad conse(|ueuces," and should be discontinued. 
The report was adopted, and those who had been allowed that privi- 
lege were annexed to the Plain district. In April, 1818, district No. 
2 [Fort Hill] was discontinued and its inhabitants set to three adja- 
cent districts. 

Re-districting. From 1820 to 1845 the policy of increasing the 
number of schools prevailed, and from time to time several districts 
were set off in different parts of the town, unadvisedly, as results 
proved.' In the spring of 1845 a committee of one from each district 



1 1n ls-.)0 tlio Lunu'd iu:if;liliorhooii in tlu' west a school, and Saniiipl Slater, etc., were votetJ the 

part of the town was made a district, but In 182-2 same prlvlle;{e. In 1831 a district was made in the 

was annexed to tlie Plain. Tn 182(i the Thread I.ovett neighborhood in the east i)art of the town, 

villafie. and in 18-.'!i the Oxford Woolen Co. were After the Incorporation of Webster all the south 

permitted to draw their money, and each opened part of the town was set to the Plain district, 



1845-54 SCHOOLS. 99 

was chosen to return new districts with geographical lines, which 
reported that the plan of small divisions, small schools and short 
sessions was detrimental, and the benefits of larger and better graded 
schools far overbalaoced the consideration of the travel necessary to 
reach them. A division of the town into 9 instead of 11 districts 
was advised, and geographical lines recommended as follows : No. 1, 
to embrace the southeast corner of the town and the Lovett neighbor- 
hood, H. 17 ; No. 2, the central southern part of the town, Fort Hill 
and Main Street as far as the DeWitt and Dowse store ; No. 3, 
the southwest portion of the town west of the river north to the 
Woodbury farm, H. 75, including the hill neighborhood west ; No. 4, 
the present Howarth and Buffum villages and Conlin's, H. 85 ; No. 5, 
north end of the Plain to near, but not including, present Ithiel T. 
Johnson's, H. 185 ; No. 6, from No. 5 north to the Kidder place, H. 
133, with south part of Long Hill, extending from Charlton to Sutton 
line ; No. 7, from No. 6 north to the Gore line, extending from 
Charlton to Sutton line and including Wellington's, H. 129 ; No. 
8, the North Gore ; No. 9, the northeast part of the town, including 
the North Oxford depot neighborhood and Bradford G. Edson. The 
inhabitants of the north part of No. 7 immediately moved for a 
change, and in May, 1845, the district was divided near its centre, 
the line east and west passing near the Baptist Meeting-house. Thus 
Texas village and the west slope of Prospect Hill were made a dis- 
trict, numbered 10. Minor changes were later made in other locali- 
ties, but substantially the lines as described were adhered to until 
the abolishing of the district system, and a subject which had been 
more discussed and voted upon in town meetings than any other, was 
finally disposed of. 

Advanced Schools. In 1853, the law requiring a grammar 
school, the subject was as usual referred to a committee, and Emory 
Sanford, Ira Merriam, Theophilus W. Wilmarth, Stephen Barton, 
Jr., Seth Daniels, Alexander DeWitt and Stephen Davis reported in 
March, 1854, recommending the establishment of grammar schools, 
not only because the law required it, but because "something should 
be done to elevate the character and condition of our common 
schools," and advising that $600 additional to the usual sum be raised 
to establish two higher schools, one on the Plain and one at North 
Oxford. This report was adopted. 

Town System. In April, 1854, it was voted that the district 
system be abolished and that the town system go into effect in March, 
1855, and a committee was chosen to carry the vote into effect. 
Great opposition arose in the outer districts to this action, and in 
August it was reversed and a vote passed to adopt the district sys- 
tem for three years. ^ 

making It so large that It was In 1833 divided Into sliould carefully supervise the schools according 

three portions. to law and receive therefor the sum of $30. 

Until March, 1836, the office of school commit- ' The law of 1853 gave school committees power 

tee W!is merely honorary. It was then voted to abolisli districts unless the towns voted to 

that the board should consist of three, who retain them, 

L.ofC. 



K>0 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1864-67 

Complaint. In September the district attorney notified the 
selectmen that he had received a complaint against the town for not 
keeping a grammar school, and that he would lay the matter before 
the grand jury unless assurance was given him that the law would be 
complied with, upon which, 23 Sept., it was voted 105 to 87 that the 
action of the August meeting be rescinded and the town system be 
adopted. A committee of one from each district was chosen to act 
in the case, to receive estimates for a house on the Plain, to select a 
spot for the same and to report. 

High Schools. In March, 1855, this action was annulled. In 
April a proposition to establish a school in the Town Hall was voted 
dowu, and a vote passed to build a school-house on the Plain, and to 
provide a place for a high school at North Oxford, and William Kim- 
ball, Stephen Barton, Jr., and Moses Burdon were chosen to super- 
vise the whole matter. The sum of $6,000 was raised to defray ex- 
penses and the selectmen were authorized to take land for a house, 
and on 10 Sept. their action in the selection of a lot near the 
Methodist Chapel was approved. In the fall and winter of 1855-6 
the house was built by Otis Learned at a cost of §2,850, the upper 
room only being finished. The cost of the lot, 77^ rods, was S425. 
The house was dedicated with appropriate ceremonies 9 Aug., 1856, 
John E. Kimball, then a student at college, giving an address. In 
1856 one-half the house and land in No. 7 was purchased by the town 
for high school purposes at $1,500. In April, 1864, it was voted 
that scholars from other towns be admitted to the high schools on 
terms to be fixed by the school committee. 

Town System established. In April, 1867, it was again 
voted to abolish the district system and to "organize under the pro- 
visions of Chap. 39, Sec. 3, of the General Statutes." A committee 
of 11 was chosen to supervise the change and appraise the property 
of the several districts as provided in the act. This committee con- 
sisted of Rev. Daniel E. Chapin, Walter L. Rosebrook, Theophilus 
W. Wilmarth, Lyman A. Wetherell, Edwin Bartlett, Cyrus Kidder, 
Nathaniel Eddy, Albert Lackey, Jonathan P. Dana, George Hodges, 
Isaac B. Hartwell. The appraisal was as follows: District No. 1, 
$454 ; No. 2, $930 ; No. 3, $310 ; No. 4, $297 ; No. 5, $961 ; No. 6, 
$509 ; No. 7, $896 ; No. 8, $91 ; No. 9, $173 ; No. 10, $147 ; total, 
$4,771. Under this arrangement the process of grading was entered 
upon so far as possible, the high school at North Oxford was dis- 
continued, and a grammar school established instead (which since 
has been mainly under the charge of male teachers), and a primary 
department was opened on the lower floor of the North Oxford house. 

Grammar School. The schools in the Plain districts being too 
large the lower floor of the high school house was in 1867 fitted up 
and a grammar school opened, made up of advanced pupils from 
these districts. This school has 'been very prosperous and has been 



1 



1874 SCHOOLS. 101 

in charge generally of male teachers. In 1868 a house near the 
North Oxford railroad station was built at a cost of $2,787. In 
1872 a house in district No. 8 [North Gore] was built and with fur- 
nishing cost $1,376. In Sept., 1873, it was voted to sell the house 
in No. 6 [north centre]. 

North Oxford School-house. In June, 1874, Rufus G. 
Alverson, Joseph Dart, Lewis Stockwell, Charles H. Wellington and 
Moses Burdon were chosen a committee to consider the subject of 
the house at North Oxford and report. In July the sum of $3,000 
was voted to be expended upon it so far as necessary in repairs, 
and a thorough remodelling of it was effected by this committee at 
a cost of $3,062. In April, 1877, the sum of $400 was voted to 
repair house No. 4. In April, 1878, $750 was appropriated to 
repair house No. 2. In 1879, $350 was raised to repair house No. 
3. In April, 1881, it was voted to build anew at the north end of 
the Plain, and $4,000 was appropriated for the purpose. The present 
building accommodating two large schools, iuterraediate and primary, 
was built that year, at a cost, including furnishings, of $4,601 exclu- 
sive of lot, which cost $500. 

Appropriations for schools began with £24 in 1734, fluctuating 
with the value of the currency to 1740, rising gradually until 1750, 
when £20 " hard money " was voted. This sum with slight variations 
was granted annually until 1761, when it was raised to £30 and con- 
tinued for six years. In 1767 it was increased to £40, and in 1768 
to £50, at which point it continued until the Revolutionary war. No 
money was voted in 1776 or 1778. In Dec. of 1777 £60 was raised. 
In 1781, coming back to "hard money," the sum voted was £60, 
each district to draw its proportion and the school tax to be made 
separately. This was the annual grant for 24 years. In 1806 it was 
increased to $400 and in 1812 to $500, and continued thus (with the 
exception of 1821 and 1822 when it was $400) to 1826. In 1827 it 
was increased to $600, continuing until 1835, when $800 was raised. 
Subsequently the sums were as follows : 1836 and 1837, $900 ; 1838, 
$1,200; 1839, $1,000; 1840 and 1841, $1,200 ; 1842, $1,100; 1843, 
$1,000; 1844 and 1845, $1,200; 1846, $1,000; 1847 and 1848, 
$1,400; 1849, $1,200; 1850 to 1856, $1,500 ; in 1856 the first money, 
$1,000, was raised for a high school ; 1857, $1,500 to districts, $1,200 
to high school ; 1858, $1,200 to districts, $1,000 to high school ; 1859 
to 1861, $1,500 to districts, $1,000 to high school; 1862, $1,500 to 
districts, $800 to high school ; 1863, $1,500 to districts, $600 to high 
school; 1864, $1,600 to districts, $600 to high school ; 1865, $1,600 
to districts, $800 to high school ; 1866, $2,U00 to districts, $1,000 to 
high school ; 1867, $2,500 to districts, $1,200 to high school ; districts 
abolished ; 1868, $4,000 for all ; 1869 to 1871, $4,500 ; 1872, $4,000 ; 
1873, $5,000; 1874, $6,000; 1875, $5,000; 1876, $4,600; 1877, 
$4,500 ; 1878 to 1880, $4,000 ; 1881 to 1884, $4,500 ; 1885, $5,000. 



102 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

High School Teachers, Samuel W. Cook, summer 1856 to 
summer 1858, now a dentist at Worcester ; John E. Kimball, fall 
and winter of 1858-'J ; Jairus Lincoln, Jr., of Northboro', spring of 
1859 ; Georij;e Mason, autumn 1859 to summer 1800, now at Wash- 
ington, T). (". ; Joseph Lippitt, autumn 1800 to Marcli, 1864, now 
accountant at Providence, R. I. ; Josiah B. Davis, autumn and win- 
ter 1864-5 ; Charles R. Phipps, spring 1865 ; James B. Batcheller, 
autumn 1865, son of Rev. David Batcheller and now deceased ; 
Francis E. Buruette, winter 1865-6, now principal of McGaw 
Institute, Reed's Ferry, N. H. ; Charles H. Goulding of Leominster, 
spring 1866 ; John C. Hammond, winter 1866-7, spring 1867 and win- 
ter 1867-8, now lawyer at Northampton ; Jesse R. Davenport, sum- 
mer 1868 to July, 1869, now druggist at Putnam, Conn. ; Maria L. 
Adams, fall of 1869 ; Mary E. Terry, 10 months in 1870, health 
failed ; Newell Wedge of Sutton, spring 1871 ; A. E. Ford, autumn 
of 1871 to spring 1873, now at Clinton; John A. Pierce of Edgar- 
town, spring 1873 ; Stephen A. Snow, autumn 1873 to autumn 
1875; Charles A. Buffum of Salem, winter and spring 1875-6, later 
teacher at Easthamptou ; Cornelius E. Wood, autumn and winter 
1876-7 ; J. B. Atwood of Somerville, spring of 1877 to July, 1879 ; 
Fred. A. Holden, autumn and winter 1879-80, later, clergyman ; 
Alfred S. Smith, and later L. B. Lane, spring 1880 to spring 1881 ; 
Samuel A. Melcher, spring 1881 to close of 1883, now teacher at 
Whitinsville ; D. H. Felch, spring and autumn 1884 ; George A. 
Willey, winter of 1884 to present time, 1890. 

North Oxford Teachers. James C. Mills, 1856 to 1858 ; F. 
Tourtelotte, 1858 ; James C. Mills, winter 1858-9 ; Leander Poor, 
1859 and 1800; Mr. Hatch of Peterboro, N. H., autumn and winter 
1861; Nathaniel P:ddy, 1802; Charles H. Goulding, 1803; Charles 
D. Thomas, began winter 1863, enlisted in the army ; Rev. Joseph 
Smith, 1864 ; Charles R. Phipps, winter 1864-5 ; F. L. Smith, autumn 
1865, teacher at Salem, 1890 ; Dwight S. Herrick, winter 1865-6 ; 
John C. Hammond, autumn of 1860 and of 1807. Newell Wedge, 
winter 1870 ; Miss M. E. Stone, 1871 ; Flora A. Lamb, 1872 ; Charles 
H. Furber, autumn 1872 ; Ella J. Moore, 1873 ; Martha D. Cole, 
1874 ; Miss M. L. Davis, 1875 ; Miss S. H. Munger, winter and 
spring 1875-0 ; Alfred S. Smith, winter 1876-7 ; and later in succes- 
sion : Stephen W. Ferguson, W. Palmer and G. W. Lyman. 

Select Schools. So far as learned the first select school in 
Oxford was that for young ladies, conducted by Misses Lua and 
Abigail Thayer, sisters of Gen. Sylvanus Thayer, U. S. army, and of 
Mrs. Moulton, wife of Rev. Josiah Moulton, the minister. It was at 
first located at the Dr. Fisk house, opposite Town's Pond [H. 141], 
and was opened about 1807, and continued for three years, having 
been each year suspended during the winter. Mr. Moulton in build- 
ing the large house near the common, now Campbell's, finished a 
small hall for its accommodation and it was kept there the last year. 



1810 SCHOOLS. 103 

It was prosperous, pupils coming from other places and was well 
patronized by the town's people. In addition to the common English 
branches, the higher accomplishments were taught. This being a 
new departure in the line of education the matter excited a general 
interest among the people, and it was esteemed a very worthy institu- 
tion. In 1820 Miss Bancroft of Worcester, a sister of the histo- 
rian, taught a select school for young ladies for one season at the 
"Gleason house," corner of Sigourney and Main Streets, H. 239. 
In 1826 and 1827 Mrs. Martin Sigourney conducted a like enterprise 
at the old Sigourney mansion, Sutton Avenue. 

The most successful private school in Oxford was that of Richard 
C. Stone and his successors. He first taught for a few months at the 
Dr. Fisk house, H. 141, and removed to the Plain where he began in 
1830 in a room fitted for the purpose in the rear of his house, H. 202 
continuing until 1834. He had tact and energy, and pupils, male 
and female, attended from many neighboring places. Natural philos- 
ophy, chemistry, the higher mathematics and languages were tauo-ht. 
Miss Eliza Whittemore, an accomplished graduate of Leicester 
Academy, was assistant, giving lessons in French and the ornamental 
branches. In the summer of 1834 Stone was succeeded by Orlando 
Chester. He was a good scholar but lacked the skill and efficiency 
of his predecessor. In the spring of 1836 he retired and J. Lewis 
Stone, son of Richard C, came in and taught one term. In Oct. 
1836, John O. Burleigh assumed charge. He was a well trained 
teacher and managed successfully until the spring of 1842, when he 
removed from town. James C, Seagrave of Uxbrido-e was next 
master and taught through the spring, autumn and winter of 1842-3. 
He was a college student, and left his studies temporarily on account 
of ill health, and returned to college in 1843. No school was there- 
after maintained at this location. 

In the spring of 1843 Misses Mary B. and Celia E. Campbell 
established at the mansion near the north common a boardino--school 
for misses. Pupils attended from this and surrounding towns, and 
several were from New York city. In the autumn of 1844 they 
removed to Springfield. In 1854-6 Misses Mary B. and Elizabeth 
DeWitl taught a young ladies' school at the family residence, H. 240, 
receiving day pupils and boarders. Later there were from time to 
time several small select schools, taught by ladies in different locali- 
ties in the town. 



Holbrook Lectures. Much interest existed in town in the 
winter of 1826-7 in a series of popular scientific lectures by Prof. 
Josiah Holbrook of New Haven. They were delivered at the hall of 
the centre tavern, and extended through many weeks, with two lectures 
a week, the subject being Natural Philosophy and Chemistry, illus- 
trated by apparatus and experiments, which made them entertaining 



104 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

as well as instructive. During this time Mr. Holbrook remained in 
town and was the occasional guest of many of the families of the 
vicinity. 

"i'. Lamed Lectures, In the winter of 1884-5, through the liber- 
ality of a former townsman, Mr. Charles Larned of Boston, a series 
of free popular lectures and concerts was instituted, many of which 
were of a high order. They continued four consecutive years and 
were a source of much profit and enjoyment to the large audiences 
which attended. 

Pastor's Library. The first collection of books in Oxford con- 
stituting a library, of perhaps not over ten volumes, was contributed, 
a part as early as 1719, by Paul Dudley, Rev. Benjamin Wadsworth 
and other gentlemen of Boston and vicinity, wx'll wishers of the town, 
for the use of the minister. Several of these volumes were preserved 
as late as 1840 in the receptacle of the Society Library, which was 
formed later. Among them were large specimens of costly book- 
making, finely printed and bound in the most substantial manner. 
Some volumes are now in existence, two of which contain valuable 
inscriptions ; the first, a scripture commentary printed in London 
in 1624, was in 1701 the property of Mr. Wadsworth, minister of 
the first church in Boston, once President of Harvard College. On 
the margin of the fii'st leaf is written " For Oxford Library." Oppo- 
site, on the blank page, " The gift of the Rev'd Benja. Wadsworth — 
for the use of the Church or Parish Library of Oxford in the County 
of Suffolk, 1719." The other is entitled " Hexapla," or commentary 
on Romans. On the back of the title-page is written " Roxbury 3* 
July 1736. For the use of the Parish Library in Oxford New Eng- 
land the Rev Mr. Cambel being the present minister 

Given by Paul Dudley." 
Other contributions were a large folio in Latin, being "An Exposi- 
tion of the Psalms, given by Rev. Dr. Colman," a volume of sermons 
by Samuel Hieron, given by Samuel Taylor of Boston, and one 
written by William Morice, P^sq., given by Paul Dudley. • 

Social Library. The second, called the " Social Library," was 
established about tlie time of the Revolutionary war through the 
influence of Josiah Wolcott, Dr. Stephen Barton, Jonathan Davis 
and others, and was an important institution of the village in the 
latter part of the last century. Its early records are lost. It was 
at first a stock company and the proceeds of the sales of shares 
were expended in purchasing books. Donations of books were also 
made by individuals. Its depository was for many years at the 
Butler tavern, and later was removed to the dwelling-house of Peter 



' K('v. J. (^ainplicll io his book publislied lu motes it amoiift 'ienUemen. Tlie Douors' names 

174'! acknowleiiftes his indebtedness to tills col- are in a Cataloj^ue of the Books, in perpeiuam 

led Ion, and adds: "Tlie lIonorabU'JudKe /Ju(Wey Doni tnemoriam; I liope their Names will be in 

devised this liberal thing and sedulously pro- everlasting Remembrance witii the Lord." 



LIBRARIES. 105 

Butler, in whose care it remained until his decease in 1857. A cata- 
logue and list of members, dated 1 March, 1818, gives 113 volumes 
and 30 proprietors. Total cost of books, $254.27. The catalogue 
was as follows : 

British Album, Brown's Elements, Barclay's Apolog.v, Chesterfield Abridged, 
Clark's Travels, 3 v., Campbell's Narrative, Dean's Husbandry, Dialogue of 
Devils, Domestic Euc.yclopedia, 5 v.. Domestic Cookery, Enclyclopedia, 18 
v., fl20, Franklin's Works, Female Biography, Goldsmith's Works, 6 v., 
Grandpre's Voyage, Holmes' Sketches, 2 v., The Hive, Herriot's Travels, 
Heathen Gods, Indian Wars, Locke on the Understanding, 2 v.. Life of Wash- 
ington, 6 v.. Paradise Lost, Memoirs of Cumtierland, Modern Europe, Pri- 
deaux's History of the Bible, 4 v.. Parents' Friend, Pope's Works, 4 v., Parke's 
Travels, Porteus' Evidences of Christian Religion, Kelly's Works, 2 v.. Rights 
of Women, Rambler, i v., Rollin's Ancient History, 8 v., Robertson's America, 
2 v., Seneca's Morals, Self Knowledge, Shakespeare, 6 v.. Spectator, 8 v.. The 
Task, Thomson's Seasons, Telemachus, 2 v.. Thinks I to Myself, Vicar of 
Wakefield, Views of Religions, Whitney's History of Worcester County, Mrs. 
Williams' Letters, Winchester's Letters.' 

The proprietors were : 

James Butler, Peter Butler, Lemuel Crane, Jonathan Davis, Rufus Davis, 
Abijah Davis, Nehemiah Davis, Stephen Davis, Jonathan Davis, Jr., William 
T. Fisk, Asa Harris, Samuel Harris, Jonas Hai'twell, Bradford Hudson, 
Jeremiah Kingsbury, Samuel Kingsbury, Stephen Kingsbury, Sylvanus Learned, 
Abisha Learned, William Lamson, John Mayo, Richard Moore, Thomas 
Meriam, Jotham Meriam, John Pratt, John Putnam, Amos Rich, Joseph Stone, 
William Sigourney, Samuel Ward. 

It is known that in 1841 a few shareholders drew out their propor- 
tion of books permanently, but not nearly all did so, and on 7 March, 
1859, the affairs of the association were closed by the sale of the 
remaining volumes at auction, for $8.55, to Mr. Daniel Rich. 

Society Library. In Jan., 1792, the Congregational Church 
voted £30 from the Hagburn Fund toward a new library. Mr. Dudley, 
the pastor, seems to have been the prime mover, and with Capt. Elisha 
Davis, John Dana and Capt. Ebenezer Humphrey was deputed to buy 
books. The record recites, " The following are the conditions on 
which the Church agrees to lay out money ... in junction with 
other gentlemen subscribers in the town." The following, outside 
the Church, paid each 15 shillings and were members: John Ballard, 
Jonas Eddy, Lemuel Crane, Anthony Sigourney, Simeon Kingsbury, 
Ebenezer Shumway, Jr., Jesse Stone of Ward, Allen Hancock, Amos 
Shumway, Jr., Joseph Hurd, Daniel Kingsbury, Ambrose Stone, Jr., 
Sylvanus Town ; Sigourney sold 1796 to Elias Pratt. In Feb., 1792, 
books to the value of £27. 14s. were bought and the library was soon 
opened. In accordance with the by-laws Mr. Dudley was librarian, 
acting efficiently while he remained in town. 



'In lSi9, Judge Barton, then of Worcester, be says: "In tendering It to your association I 

presented to tlie lihrjiry four large supplcmen- shall only make a small but grateful return for 

tary volumes of the British Encyclopedia with the pleasure and benefit I derived in the days of 

a volume of plates. In his accompanying note my bovhood from their useful library." 

15 



1<»<) HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

The titles of the books first purchased were : 

Gibbon's Abridijment, 2 v., Robertson's America, 2 v., Gutlirie's Gnuiimar, 
Morse's Graniiiiar, Dodd's Thoui^hts, Fordice's Sermons, Paley's Pliilosophy, 
Citizen of tlie World, 2 v., BlaclvstDne's Commentaries, t v., Webster's Essay, 
Paradise Lost, Ni,s;ht Tlioughts. Beattie's P^vidences, Beattie's Moral Science, 
Stackhouse Ilis. of Biljle, G v.. The Task. Edwards on tlio Will, Jenyns' View, 
Mason on Self Knowledge, Watts' Death and Heaven, Ramsay's History. Dodd- 
ridge's Rise and Progress, Child's Friend, 2 v., Minot's Insurrections, Keats' 
Pclew Islands, Vicar of WakeHeld, Edwards on Sin, Edwards on Redemption, 
Gardiner's Life, Blair's Sermons, 2 v., Boston's Distinguished Characters, 
Edwards on the Att'ections, Edwards against Chauncy, The Spectator, 8 v., 
Doddridge Sermons, Christian Theology, Pilgrim's Progress, Martin's Gram- 
mar, Newton on Prophesies, 2 v., Seneca's Morals, Hopkins on Holiness, 
Edwards on Virtue, American Preacher, 3 v., Butler's Analogy, Price's Dis- 
sertations, Hervey's Meditations, Bigelow's Tour, 2 v.. Millot's Elements, 5 
v., Locke's Essay, 2 v., Ferguson's Astronomy, Dean's Husbandry. 

The library opened with about 80 volumes. Later, from time to 
time, additions were made by gift and purchase, and the aggregate 
was probably nearly double that number. It is no slight compliment 
to the intelligence and good taste of the people of those times that, 
as the records testify, these solid volumes were for many years ex- 
tensively circulated and read throughout the town. 

A prudential committee of five was chosen annually to manage its 
general affairs, and for the first 20 years the following constituted 
this committee : Ebenezer Learned, Elisha Davis, Samuel Harris, 
Lemuel Crane, John Ballard, Ebenezer Humphrey, Joseph Hurd, 
Joshua Turner, John Dana. On Mr. Dudley's removal in 1799 
Jonathan Harris was chosen librarian and continued until Jan., 1806, 
when Rev. J. Moulton became, ex-officio, the custodian. He retained 
the position until April only, when Col. Sylvanus Town was elected, 
serving until the settlement of Mr. Batchellor in 1H16. In Oct., 
1822, Mr. Batcheller died, and Jan., 1S2S, Calvin Perry was librarian, 
at which time interest had much declined. In Jan., 1825, the Church 
voted $CtO for new books, and Seth Daniels was chosen librarian. 
About this time the name was changed from '■•Society Library" to 
"Second Social Library." In July, 1831, John Wetherell was in 
charge, continuing two or three years at least. Later the library was 
removed to the vestil)ule of the new Meeting-house, where it has since 
remained. It had no care, and being in a public phice many books 
disappeared, there being at present only a remnant of about 25 
volumes. 

Liibrary Association. This was an organization of young 
people, numl)ering 50 or more, formed in 1856. It first took the 



1 Sdiiii' ol tlie fiiUifs on the rt'cords of lines ciindle on book." Amos Shuniway "blurred 
are <|iilte svij?KesUve of tbe olden limes, as wbcn .losephus '" [snuff]. In Dec, l.S!H>, tlie few re- 
Lemuel Crane "ftreased Blackstone." Peter malning voluincs of tills collection, and also of 
Sliuniwiiy "dropijed tallow on the American I be tlrst or Pastor's Library, were by vote of the 
Preacher.'' Silas Kddy " dropixMt tallow on and Church presented to the Free Public Library, 
burnt Stackhouse." .lohu Uana"adrop of the 



LIBRARIES. 107 

form of a reading-club, meeting at private houses once in two weeks. 
Conducted by its members was a literary paper called the Evening 
Star. An attempt was made to raise funds by lectures, but was 
unsuccessful. In December a dramatic entertainment was given 
which put over $50 into the treasury which, with membership fees, 
fines, etc., enabled the society in Dec, 1857, to buy 84 volumes and 
a case, and a library was opened under the name of the "Association 
Library." The public were given the use of it by the payment of 
one dollar per annum for each person. The number of books was 
increased until it reached about 150 volumes, and the selection was 
good. Issachar Shumway was first librarian, and the books were 
kept for a time at the oflSce formerly Dr. Nichols', near the present 
Dr. Cushmau house, since removed to Barton Street. In Jan., 1860, 
the interest in the society had fallen oflf. In February meetings were 
suspended and a committee chosen to care for the library, funds, etc. 
In November meetings by vote were discontinued. The books were 
removed to the store of B. W. Childs, one of the committee, 
remained there for several years, and later were transferred to the 
Fi'ee Public Library. 

High School Library. A year or two after the opening of the 
high school in 1856, a small library had been gathered for its use, 
chiefly by private contributions. At the same time the Library 
Association flourished, and in May, 1859, with the design of con- 
centrating the forces, the school voted to incorporate its collection 
with that of this body. The books continued in the care of the Asso- 
ciation for two years, and in May, 1861, the volumes received from 
the school were returned, and with them a case in which the whole 
had been kept, and the school library was re-established in its old 
position. Additions to it have been made and the collection now 
numbers about 250 volumes, and is a valuable adjunct to the educa- 
tional appliances of the school. 

Farmers' Library. The Oxford Agricultural Library Associa- 
tion was formed 25 July, 1859. The town had been canvassed by an 
agent of certain book publishers, and 68 shares at $3 each were sold. 
A constitution and by-laws were adopted, and a library of 148 vol- 
umes costing $225 was established. G-eorge Hodges, Jr., was first 
president, and William E. Pease, treasurer and librarian, continuing 
from first to last. The books were kept at the Post-office and were 
read considerably for the first few years, but as additions were not 
made to much extent the interest was not sustained and on 15 Aug., 
1870, the collection was by unanimous vote given to the town to be 
incorporated in the Free Public Library. 

School Library. In 1841 school libraries were being printed 
and established in Massachusetts under the sanction of the Board of 
Education. The plan contemplated 100 volumes at a cost of $57. 
At this date 37 volumes had been issued and the sum of $23.55 was 
raised by subscription in District No. 7, North Gore, and paid 17 



108 UlSTOIiY OF OXFOUD. 

March, 1S42. By-laws were adopted, officers chosen and the library 
opened. In 1843 it became the property of the District, George W. 
H:ul\vcll was chosen librarian, and tlie books were kept at his house. 

Free Public Library. This institution owes its origin to the 
kindly regard and generous impulses of a distinguished son of the 
town — Hon. Ira M. Barton. Bearing in mind the benefits he in his 
youth received from a simihir source and the appreciation in which 
he liad been held by the people, he gave the town in his will the 
sum of one thousand dollars "towards establishing a Free Public 
Library." ' This gift was formally accepted in April, 1868. In 
November, 1869, on the report of a committee appointed the pre- 
vious April, it was voted to organize a Town Library under the pro- 
visions of laws of the State. In April, 1870, an ante-room of the 
High School-house was appropriated to its use, and a committee was 
chosen to fit up the same, purchase books and provide for putting the 
lil)rary in operation. The money refunded from the dog-tax was 
appropriated to the same purpose in accordance with Chap. 2.50 of 
the Acts of 1869. In the autumn of 1870 the library was opened. 
April, 1871, Charles A. Angell, George F. Daniels and E. Harris 
Howland were chosen committee, with power to employ a librarian 
and to make by-laws. In 1874 the books, then numbering 1700, 
were removed to the new Town Hall. The town has, since the begin- 
ning, with the exception of one or two years, voted to it the dog-tax 
fund, which, beside paying running expenses, has brought the num- 
ber of volumes (April, 1890) up to over 4,000. 

Reference Library. A very valuable feature of the institution 
is the Reference Department with its cyclopedias, dictionaries and 
books of reference on a great variety of subjects, numbering 450 vol- 
umes. For this the town is indebted to the liberality of Hon. George 
L. Davis of North Andover, who, appreciating the value of public 
records, in 1876, proposed to the town to present to it $oOO for the 
benefit of its library if it would cause its earlier records of bu'ths, 
marriages and deaths to be copied and indexed. In April, 1876, this 
offer was accepted and the proposed work was completed during the 
following summer. 



'.luilKo Barton's will, iUImX 1 June, 1867, con- la that town, iis an iiiacluqiKitc rotmn for the 

taliieil tlu; [ollowlii«: "One Uioiisami dollarn to kindness and patronaitc of their t'athtrs In my 

the hihahltants of the town of Oxford, luy native early professional life." 
place, towards eslabllsliluK a Free Public Library 



CHAPTER VI. 

HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES. 

Main Strekt. Fort Hill Road. Sutton Road. Quaboag Lane. Mill 
Road. Old Charlton Road. Dudley Bridge. New Charlton Road. 
Post-road. Survey of Roads. Douglas Road. Highway Districts. 
Douglas Turnpike. Millbury Road. Dudley Road. Hartford Turn- 
pike. North Gore Roads. Streets Relocated. Stone Arch Bridges. 

Eight-rod way. Three principal avenues existed in the town at 
the time of the English settlement. .1. The "Eight-rod way," so 
called, which, beginning at the fork of the present Thompson and 
Webster roads, at H. 62, ran northerly over Johnson's Plain, the 
Great Plain and Town's Plain to the north cemetery, a distance of 
nearly three miles. Upon this central highway were located chiefly 
the home lots of the English settlers. The selectmen, confirming 
the original location, on 6 F'eb., 1714, laid out this way as follows : 

" Beginuiug- at a white oake tree on Jousous plain ueer Woodstock path, run- 
ing northwardly marked on the west sid to nelands feald on the great plain 
by the old mill place, from thence marked on the east Sid by Staks and trees 
tel it corns to the brooke on the northwardly Sid of peter Shumway's frame 
of his house [now Ithiel T. Johnson's, H. 185] from thence on the west Sid of 
the Swamp to and by the Ends of the home Lots of -John towne and Israel 
towne and Daniel Eloit Juner sd way being Eight rods wide." 

Two changes have been made in this way since its original location. 
The first was that made by Rev. John Campbell in 1723. His peti- 
tion to the proprietors was as follows : 

" Gentlemen, whereas I have for the beneflt of Travellers and Inhabitants 
Turned the eight rod highway opposite to my house and the two rod highway 
that leads to the Great Meadow : the eight rod highway is shortened about 10 
or 11 rods and the other about so many, as also it hath saved the makeing of 
a bridge of some considerable charges and therefore I humbly request that 
you would be pleased to accept of the turning of the above said ways at your 
next meetinij. 



" (Signed; John Campbell." 



Granted 19 March, 1723.' 



1 The original route was on tlie west side of at tlic stone bridge east of tlie railroad, and bear- 

the common or "training-field" aiwl continued Ing westerly entering the original location about 

across the flat, now called the "prairie," crossing 60 rods further north. A way from the Plain 

the brook at its nortliern extremity. This ac- past Mr. Campbell's house to the great meadow 

counts for the location of tlie first meeting-house w^s a necessity and as a bridge was needed there 

being so far west of the main road: it was, when it was desirable that the main road should cross 

built, directly on it. Tlie change Sir. Campbell the brook at the same place, instead of liavlng 

made caused the .S-rod way to pass the ease side two bridges. 
of tbe common, down the hill, crossing the brook 



110 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

The second change was made in 1793. Until that time the road 
near Peter Shumway's house on Johnson's Plain, H. 64, turned 
to the east so as to pass around the hollow north of the site of the 
Johnson house. At that date it vvas laid out directly across tlie hollow 
in its present location. 

Four-rod way. 2. The " four rod way" led from the main 
road to the fort. This was at the same date laid out as follows : 

" bei^iiiniiii; att the Eii^lit rod way on the Sonthwardly Sid of an orchard 
necr the old mill riming over the old mill brook to a rock on the East of Said 
hrooke from thence marked on the northwardly Side with mark trees tel it 
corns to barnons land ncer the north East Corner of .Joseph Chamberliu's 
Sener's home lot, said way being four rods wide." 

Six-rod way. 3. That named in the records of home lots as 
the '' six rod way," being the road to Boston through Sutton, of which 
no description is recorded prior to May, 1729, when it was accepted 
as a town road. 

Quaboag Lane. Another of the oldest ways* in the town, and 
one which probably had no legal status, perhaps originally an Indian 
trail, was the "(.^uaboag" or Brookfleld ''Lane," which, fording the 
river at the stone arch bridge, entered the 8-rod way from the west 
near the house of the late Benjamin Paine, H. 221. In 1764 and m 
1772 efforts were made to have this lane closed, but failed. 

Of the old "Woodstock Path" — now the road to Webster — long 
trod by Connecticut pioneers. Huguenots and others, there is no 
de8crii)tive record.' On 24 Nov., 1729, it was voted that the bridge 
over the river on Woodstock road be paid for by the whole town.- 

In 1731 a road south toward Killingly was accepted. 

Mill Road. Another highway travelled much in early times, not 
accepted as a town road until 11 March, 1754, was the 2-rod way 
beginning at the northeast corner of the burying-ground leading over 
the hill to the mill, and on westerly. This and the Quaboag Lane 
were the only roads to Sturbridge and the south part of Charlton 
until after the Revolutionary war. 

Charlton Road. March, 1731, a highway running from the 8- 
rod road on the north side of Town's Pond past the little cedar 
swamp and crossing the river near the Joseph Brown place, H. 88, 
was accepteil, and soon opened. In May, 1738, a committee was 
chosen to lix the location of a bridge over the river on this road. 

Bridges. The tirst bridge of which there is any record was that 
built over the mill brook in the 8-rod way one mile south of the 
centre on the Webster road, voted 24 May, 1716. At the same date 
it was also voted to build a bridge " made passabel for horses over 
y* brook "on the road to the fort. There doubtless had been pre- 
viously a foot-bridge here. Another was voted at the same time 
over the brook 100 rods east of the centre on the Sutton road. There 



1 In 1«7'2 was estabUsheiiu post route "to «oe -This bridge was near the location of the 
monthly from New York to Boston," via Hart- present stone arch briUge on the Webster road, 
ford, which undoubtedly followed this path. 



1736-58 HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES. Ill 

is a tradition tiiat a beaver dam existed here on which a crossing 
was made before the bridge was built. In 1736 the Court of Sessions 
ordered a cart bridge to be built over the river in the North Gore 
"on the road to Oxford." 

Building a road was a thing unknown in the earlier days. " Ways " 
were opened over the natural soil, and the people as best they could, 
travelled them on horseback or in ox carts. After 10 or 12 years, in 
March, 1728, a small sum was voted to repair them. In 1765 it was 
voted to clear them of snow in the winter.' 

Roads accepted. March, 1732, from Ebenezer Learned's, 
towards Worcester and Leicester, two rods wide. 1740, from present 
Rockdale west to Daniel Mclntire's, near Charlton line. 1742, that 
ordered by the Court of Sessions, from Woodstock to Worcester, 
Ebenezer Learned chairman of committee ; the way followed old roads 
in Oxford. 

Bridge on Dudley Road. In Nov., 1742, the town was " pre- 
sented" before the court for not keeping a good bridge over the 
river on the Dudley road. The bridge was repaired and the case dis- 
missed. In 1759 the selectmen represented to the Court that they 
had been at great expense in maintaining this bridge, that but two 
families lived on the Dudley side of it, and it was little service to the 
town but wholly used by travellers and inhabitants of Dudley ; that 
it was then out of repair and must soon be re-built, asking that the 
County assume the cost. This petition was dismissed. 

Roads accepted. 1748, from Josiah Kingsbury's, now in Web- 
ster, into the *' 8 rod" or Killingly road; from Roger Amidown's, 
now Clark's, H. 39, to the "8 rod" way ; in 1749, from Jacob Town's, 
H. 87, into the old Charlton road north of Town's Pond ; from 
Blood's and Dresser's, later Charlton, to Ballard's mill, now Howarth's ; 
in 1750, from Hudson's on Long Hill to the north Meeting-house; 
from Ebenezer Mclntire's, Charlton, over Mashamucket Hill to the 
north branch of Little River into the road from Dresser's to Ballard's 
mill; in 1751, from Sutton line near Ensign Kidder's toward Oxford 
over land of Hovey, Bogle and Oliver Shumway into a road near 
Hudson's. 

The road leading easterly from the north common existed before 
1750. In March, 1753, the town accepted a way from Benjamin 
Davis', then living near H. 22, northwest into this road, giving him 
a way to the Meeting-house. 

Soon after 1750 Duncan Campbell began erecting a house in the 
8-rod road at the head of the common, the site of the present school- 
house, H. 189. In March, 1754, the town voted to allow him to shut 



' WithlQ the memory of many now livliij; the tlirough the length of the Plain, and not until 

travelled way throuxh our beautiful Main Street the Kradin^ of the railroad in ISiS, when good 

consisted of from one to lialf a dozen carriage materials were to be had in abundance, was the 

patlis of ileep ruts cut in tlie loam, abounding in present straight and solid way constructed in 

mire and mud-holes in the wet season, and wind- tlie middle of the street. 
Ing in all directions from one side to the other 



112 HISTOUY OF OXFORD. 1754-84 

up four rods of the highway, the Court of Sessions granting him leave 
"to turn the road near his improvements," provided he made the new 
road as good as the old. In making this change a strip of land a 
part of the 8-rod way was left on the west side of his house. In 
March, 1771, this strip, 10 rods long, was voted by the town to Rev. 
Joseph Bowman, then owner of the adjoining estate on the west. 
On 11 March, 1754, the town accepted the County road to be four 
rods wide from the stone bridge southerly to the common, passing 
the Campbell or Wolcott house. 

Roads accepted. March, 1700, from Ebenezer Merriain's, 
North Gore, to Edwards' mill, later Lamb's; 1771, from Jacob 
Shumway's, H. 170, and John Hudson's, southeast to Sutton line; 
1772, from Israel Phillips' southerly through Freeland's land to the 
Leicester road. In 1708, by order of Court was laid out a road from 
Dudley to Worcester, following the old road in Oxford. 

Charlton road. After Charlton had been about 20 years incor- 
porated its people began to objefct to the indirect and hilly route to 
Oxford, past the Augutteback mill and over Camp Hill, and moved 
for a new way south of the falls, shorter and quite level, and peti- 
tioned the Court of Sessions thereon. The result was that before 
June, .1774, a road was laid out from Lieut. John Nichols' on the 
Sturbi'idge road near the present school-house in the Buffum district, 
easterly over the river at the present stone bridge, as it now is, and 
entering tlie main street near the taveru at the centre. ^ This project 
was considered a great undertaking, and the town opposed it until 
forced by the authorities to act. In June, 1774, Ebenezer Learned, 
Alexander Campbell and Capt. John Lamed were chosen to secure an 
alteration in the route and to have it laid farther to the south, proba- 
bly so that one bridge might be made to answer for both the Lamed 
neighborhood and Charlton. But this plan failed. The Revolution- 
ary war came on and for eight years we hear nothing of the matter. 
In 17S2, a vote was passed to pay John Nichols £50 for the new 
road going througli his land. In July of that year Abraham Hill, 
Ebenezer Learned and Daniel Fisk were chosen to petition the General 
Court for relief from extraordinary charge which fell upon the town 
by the new County road going through the land of Lieut. Nichols and 
others. In Nov., 1783, Ebenezer Learned, Daniel Fisk and James 
Butler were chosen to petition the General Court for authority to 
make a lottery " to build a bridge and make a road from Doct. Lord's 
[the tavern keeper] to Lieut. Nichols'." In March, 1784, the select- 
men were directed to petition the Court to discontinue this road, and 
in Juno a committee was chosen to view the route with the Court's 



1 Acotmnlltft! of the Court of Sessions reported report in detail frivos. " began four rods south of 

Dec, 177;), on a road from Sturbrldge to Oxford, the house of Kzra Bowman [who had succeeded 

••throu;;h Charlton near the house of C!ii>l- Ballard], Innliohler ... on [westerly] ... to a 

Curtis, and tlirougli Oxfnrd near the house i.f i)opitle lu Qualiofr or town road, thence west to 

Nichols till it meets the (jouiily road . . . the Kiver and Coburn's land, thence on near 

south of Epliraim Ballard's, Innholder.'" A later John Nichols' house." 



1785-97 HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES. 113 

committee.! No effort, however, could relieve the town from its 
responsibility. In Jan., 1785, the project of a lottery was revived 
and Daniel Fisk, Samuel Harris and James Butler were chosen to 
again petition the General Court to grant leave to raise money by 
such means, or failing in this, to ask that it be made a County 
expeuse. After the failure of all expedients the town took hold of 
the work in earnest, and in June, 1785, Capt. John Lamed, Ebenezer 
Humphrey and Amasa Kingsbury were chosen to oversee the building 
of the bridge, and in October surveyors were authorized to call upon 
•' as many persons as they think proper to work on the new bridge, 
and give each one shilling extra per day for their encouragement, 
which makes 3s. per day." Soon thereafter, this enterprise which 
had apparently so tried the courage and the resources of the town 
for more than ten years was completed.'^ 

Roads accepted. 1788, past the Lovett farm, H. 17, to Sutton, 
— " north end of the floom of Samuel Davis' mill," named in record. 
March, 1786, from Dea. John Davis', H. 29, to Sutton road. 1791, 
from Learned's village [Texas] west towards Charlton, 2 rods wide 
[now discontinued]. May, 1793, from North Common west, as now 
trod, to " the bridge west of the north meeting house," intersecting the 
old road to Charlton north of Town's Pond, which was discontinued 
March, 1819. 

Post road. In 1796 was projected a great post route from Hart- 
ford to Boston, passing through Sturbridge, Charlton, North Oxford, 
Grafton, etc. In Jan., 1797, Sylvanus Town was sent as delegate 
to a convention at Grafton to consider this subject. In May the 
selectmen were directed to meet the Court's committee "respecting a 
stage road through the town." In June the town remonstrated against 
the plan. It, however, was pushed on and the road partly built. But 
it was an ill-advised scheme so far as its location in Oxford was con- 
cerned on account of the natural obstacles existing. From Charlton 
line easterly its course was through Texas village, striking the foot of 
Prospect Hill near the Severy place, H. 113, and leading over the 
hill as it now exists in a direct line four rods in width, entering the 
Worcester road near the house formerly of Joel Carter in Auburn. 
But the descent on the easterly side was so abrupt that it was impos- 
sible, without a heavy outlay, to make a passable stage road. There 



1 A petition of the inliahitants of the town of must be kept in repair as two of the principal 

Oxford was presented setting forth that " where- mills in said town stand on tlie old road "—and 

as some time ago a road was laid out beginning therefore praying that the expense of the said 

where the road from Boston enters the main road might be made a county charge, or be dis- 

road in Oxford . . . and runs west about one continued, etc. 

mile and a half as will appear by the records, -An explanation of the extraordinary action 
that there are ali-eady within the extent of seven of the town in this matter is found In the 
miles six good roads and bridges across a large straitened circumstances of the people, so heavj' 
river called the French river, kept in constant was the already accumulated burden of the war 
repair, at a very great cost to said town, besides debt, the ministerial debt and other unusual ex- 
sundry other bridges over large mill lirooks; penses consenuent upon the war that the addi- 
tliat the new road will be very little advantage tion of even a small amount was resisted as un- 
to the inhabitants of said town, as the old road reasonable. 

16 



HI HISTOliY OF OXFORD. 1797-1800 

the enterprise within Oxford limits terminated, and the road was built 
on a new route two miles farther north in the valley through Rochdale. 
Survey of roads. In 1797 all the roads in town were surveyed 
and geograpliically described. Daniel Fisk, Sylvauus Town and 
Jonathan Davis located the highway from Dudley to Ward line, fix- 
ing the width of the main street at seven rods, and from the Plain to 
the uortli common at six rods, in front of the north common at seven 
rods and thence northward at six rods, reserving a former grant to 
Josiali Wolcott [or Duncan Campbell] in 17.54. Marvin Moore, 
.Jonathan Harris and Jeremiah Davis established the bounds of all 
roads in the south part of the town excepting the above named : — 

1, To Sutton; 2, from Sutton road southerly to the Major Moore place, H. 
30 ; 3, the north road to Sutton [past Lovett's] ; 4, from the 8-rod road to the 
Silas Fitts place, H. 30; 5, from the "training field" north of the cemetery 
to Nichols' mill; 6, from the 8-rod road toward the old Fort; 7, from Kings- 
bury's [now in Webster] to the Thompson road; 8, the Thompson road from 
.Johnson's Plain south to village line; 9, from the north common to Sutton 
line. They also refer to the " Nealand road," " Quaboag Lane," "Edwards' 
road," " Dea. Harwood's road," H. iO, the County road toward Charlton, and 
that to " Kobertson's [Robinson's?] mill." 

Jeremiah Learned, Ebenezer Learned and Jonas Eddy reported for 
the north part of the town : — 

1, The road east from Carbuncle [Town's] Pond, following a track which 
had long been open, between H. 139 and H. HI, past Ambrose Stone's, H. 166, 
Crane's, H. 165, Shumway's, H. 164, Hovey's, H. 1G2, Kidder's, H. 161, Blan- 
chard's, H. 160, across a corner of Sutton now Millbury, past Daggett's, 
H. 159, and turning west to John Pratt's, H. 147, thence south past H. 
151, H. 153, the present North Oxford railroad station, Adaans', H. 174, 
Turner's, H. 175, back into the same road, at a point one-fourth of a mile 
east of the pond, two rods wide, excepting that part from the pond 
easterly to the intersection, which was to be two and one-half rods ; 2, from 
the "great road" at Town's Pond west to the river, and on across " CoUi- 
cum brook " to Charlton line ; 3, from the latter north over Mount Pleasant 
[Kocky Hill] across the Mclntire road into the Leicester road ; 4, the Leicester 
road from near the Ebenezer Learned place to the N. Gore south line; 5, from 
Ebenezer Mcrriara's to the Leicestcsr road; (!, from the Uriah Stone place to 
Richard Moore's [east of the river(?)] ; 7, from Lamb's mill up Prospect Hill 
to Ward line; 8, from Israel Phillips' south to the Leicester road, and from 
this road to Israel Trow's house; 9, the Mclntire road [west from Rock- 
dale across the river to Charlton line] ; 10, from William Eddy's [now 
Pope's], H. 132, to the County road near Kidder's, H. 133; 11, a road north 
from the road between .John Pratt's, H. 147, and Arthur Daggett's, H. 168; 
12, from Jonathan Kidder's, H. 161, southeast to Sutton line. 

In Aug., 179!), a highway from the Salem Learned neighborhood 
[southwest] to the new County road to Charlton, intersecting it one- 
third of a mile west of Main Street, was accepted. This road crossed 
the river at a ford with a foot-bridge a short distance north of the 
present bridge. 

Douglas road. In ISOO a County road from Cumberland, R. I., 
through Douglas and a part of Sutton and Oxford was laid out,Jand 



1803-11 HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES. 115 

in March, 1803, Nathan Hall, Abijah Davis and Marvin Moore were 
chosen to contract for its building in Oxford. In 1801 a County road 
was laid out from Jeremiah Kingsbury's, now Webster almshouse, 
southeast, near the pond, to Philip Brown's iu the South Gore, and 
in August Jonathan Davis and Abijah Davis, committee, reported 
that they had let it out to be built, 234 rods at $110. 

Town districted. In 1802 the town was first districted for the 
repairs of the highways. Surveyors had been previously chosen with 
no special limits. This year five districts were made, viz. : the East, 
South, North, Northeast and Centre. Before this date little labor was 
bestowed upon the roads ; but as wheeled vehicles came into use there 
was a demand for better ways and also better implements for repairs. 
An attempt was made to purchase ploughs for the purpose but failed. 
In May, 1802, a vote was passed authorizing the selectmen to buy 
" six scrapers for use on the roads." In March, 1810, Mr. James 
Butler proposed to furnish at his own expense "a suitable plough" to 
be kept at his barn for the use of the town, which offer was accepted 
with thanks. 

Roads accepted. Sept., 1803, from present Howarth's village 
north to Charlton road; May, 1804, from Thomas Davis', H. 28, 
north to Sutton road ; Nov., 1805, from John Hudson's, H. 168, 
south to William Hudson's, Long Hill. 

The Freshets of the winter of 1806-7 were disastrous to the 
bridges on the river, and all were more or less damaged. The dam 
also at Aai'on Sibley's mill. North Oxford, was destroyed. 

Bridge and Causeway. For many years the residents west of 
the Maanexit and south of the " Little River" suffered great incon- 
venience for want of means of crossing the main stream. They were 
obliged either to ford it below the mouth of Little River, which they 
did for a long time, or to ford the latter stream near its mouth and go 
up to the bridge on the Charlton road in order to get to town. Several 
ineffectual efforts were made by John Lamed and others to obtain 
action in the matter. At length, in 1807, the town was induced to 
listen to their appeals, and voted to build a road from Kingsbury's, 
H. 74, to the County road to Charlton, including a bridge, and a 
causeway across the meadow. Jeremiah Kingsbury, Jonathan Davis 
and Jonathan Harris were chosen to contract for and supervise the 
work, which was completed and accepted Oct., 1807. i 

Roads accepted. March, 1808, from Solomon Harwood's, H. 
40, to the town road ; from Dea. Dana's, H. 22, northwest to the 
"eight-lots road"; April, 1810, from the Worcester road near its 
junction with the Leicester road, east to near the present North 
Oxford railroad station; May, 1811, on the west side of the river 



iThe style of this first bridge was far different Impassable for pedestrians. The upstream end 

from that of the present one . It was built very was lowest so that the water In flowing over 

low to save expense of stone work, and at high pressed upon the planking which was held in 

water for weeks at a time was submerged and position by stones piled upon it. 



lit; HISTOUY OF OXFORD. 1812-27 

south from the "great bridge" to Dudley line, nearly following the 
old " Woodstock path" ; May, 1812, from near John Larned's barn, 
now Moses Larned's, Webster, southwest toward the North Village ; 
same date, from Elijah Rich's, H. 5, to old Douglas turnpike. 

Turnpike. The Douglas, Sutton and Oxford turnpike was built 
by a company of which Jonathan Davis was president, and was com- 
pleted in 1810. A committee of the Court reviewed it and established 
a toll-gate at the house of Abram Briggs. It was made a County 
road in 1834. In 1817 at several town meetings votes were taken on 
a new road from the " North Factory" toward Leicester, and a com- 
mittee was chosen to petition the Court of Sessions for a discon- 
tinuance. It was, however, ordered built and was finished in 1818, 
Rul'ns Moore, William Moore and Stephen Barton having charge. 

Roads accepted. July, 1817, from Nichols' mill east and south 
by the pond to Charlton road ; a cart road with bars and gflte existed 
here previously; March, 1819, from Joel Eddy's, now Pope's, H. 
132, to Worcester road; May, 1819, from Joseph Elliot's factory 
[Rockdale] to Mr. Adams' house; April, 1821, from Daniel Raw- 
son's by Ephraira Kingsbury's to town road ; July, 1822, from Stephen 
Prince's, now Conlin's, to town road. 

In April, 1823, it was voted to pay interest to William Hurd on 
money due him for "building the Great Bridge." This repairing was 
probably done in 1822, and was a rebuilding of the wood-work. It 
was what was termed a "gallows bridge," of heavy timber and 
planking. 

Millbury and Sutton roads. In 1823 a road from the north 
common, east to Sutton line was planned, but was opposed by the 
town. At the same time a movement was made for a road from 
the same point northeast to Millbury ; on the latter it was voted 
to leave it to the discretion of the town agent to oppose or not, 
as he saw fit. This way had been laid out by the Court's com- 
mittee in 1812. Both these roads were opened as County roads, and 
1 Aug., 1825, $1,200 was raised by the town to meet the cost. 
Stephen Barton, Stephen Davis and Joseph Lamb were building com- 
mittee. 

In Sept., 1824, a road from the Eliott mill, near the Hawes place, 
southeast to the Joshua Turner house, H. 17,"), was discontinued.' In 
Nov., 1825, was accepted a way from south of the mill at Buffumville 
north to the Charlton road. In May, 1826, that part of the old 
Worcester road between Rockdale [Bartlett's] and Nathaniel Lie's 
residence, H. 125, was discontinued. In 1827 the Court of Sessions 
ordered changes in the Sutton road from near Capt. Ebenezer Rich's, 
H. 15, east a third of a mile or more to school-house No. 1. In June, 



1 On 30 Oct., 1824, tliu heirs of Samuel Stone the Gore, about 62 rods froui Oxford line, "run- 
executed a luuse to tlie town, while used for a nlng along near the river, three rods wide." The 
lilKliwayandnolonKcr, of land for IV road from the original Is among the Ilartwell papers, 
lower mill In Leicester to Luther Stone's mill In 



1829-47 HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES. 117 

1829, Samuel Slater had petitioned for Improvements in the road from 
Oxford to his factories, on which changes were made, the principal 
one being near the town line, beginning at Oxford almshouse and 
instead of passing over the hill continued directly at the west foot of 
it in a level course. The work was completed in 1830. 

Dudley road. lu Sept., 1829, Jonathan Davis, William Moore 
and Benjamin F. Town were chosen to oppose a road from Dudley to 
Worcester to pass through the west part of Oxford, which was done 
successfully. As a compromise, perhaps, in 1830 the road from near 
John Larned's, H. 71, southwest to the " Upham Neighborhood" in 
Dudley was laid out, and in 1831 was built, and the old way past the 
William Hurd place, H. 60, up the steep hill, was discontinued as a 
County road. In 1832 the "new County road to Southbridge " is 
named. It was built in the spring of that year, and in the main fol- 
lowed the old road in Oxford. 

Roads accepted. 1832, from Samuel Mayo's [Huguenot Fort], 
H. 33, northwest to the " Harwood " road at Bondet Hill; from 
Main Street at the Universalist Meeting-house west to the Charlton 
road, called Barton Street, 35 feet wide ; 1833, from Andrew Fitts', 
H. 31, to the house of Samuel Mayo [Fort Hill] ; in 1833 the road 
from Charlton to Worcester through Texas village was laid out, and 
built in 1834; 1834 from near Peter Shumway's, H. 64, to Bondet 
Hill road ; 1835, from Isaac Bolster's, H. 6, to Thomas Rich's, H. 
5 ; from North Oxford tavern north to the new Charlton and Worces- 
ter road ; 1837, from the Thread village to Stephen Prince's, H. 85. 

Hartford turnpike. The " Central Turnpike" to Boston, east 
part of the town (Webster to AVest Sutton), built in 1826 and 1827 
by a corporation of which Jonathan Davis was treasurer, was in 1838 
laid out as a County road and accepted by the town. 

Gore roads. The North Gore having been annexed to Oxford, 
in March, 1838, the roads in that locality were accepted, viz. : that 
from Leicester line to Oxford old line, 281 rods ; that past Jotham 
Meriam's and that past Samuel Meriam's to Charlton line. Jan., 
1841, the bridge over the river at Cyrus Lamb's mill, North Oxford, 
was rebuilt, the old one having been carried away by high water. 

Roads accepted. May, 1841, from David Stone's, H. 125, 
west to main road ; April, 1842, from Reuben Davis', H. 3, to 
Douglas Turnpike; March, 1844, from Marshall Pratt's, H. 173, 
south to Sutton road; April, 1844, from Simon Larned's, H. 73, 
north to Dudley road; Nov., 1844, from Millbury line past Alger's, 
H. 161, Hiel Day's, H. 162, Edson's, H. 163, and Luther Burnet's, 
H. 166, to Millbury road near brick school-house ; April, 1845, from 
the Mclntire road southwest past Thomas Appleby's, H. 94, to 
Charlton line ; May, 1845, from Joseph Brown, Jr.'s, H. 22, south 
to Sutton road; Nov., 1846, from Artemas Merriam's, H. 103, to 
Rufus Eddy's, H. 105 ; April, 1847, from near Nehemiah Collier's, 
H. 186, east past the John Campbell homestead [now Hull's], turn- 



118 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1847-54 

iug south to the comniou ; Sept., 1847, from the Sutton road, near 
H. 13, north through Succarappa and west to Francis Sibley place, 
H. 19, ordered by County Commissioners; April, 1^47, from near 
John Hurd's, H. 42, past David Day's [on Boudet Hill] and Nathaniel 
Davis place to David Wait's, H. 28 ; Nov., 1848, from Ebenezer 
Crane's to Charlton road near Horace Pope's, H. 89a; Sept., 1850, 
from Charlton road near Methodist church south to Wheelock cottage, 
4U feet wide; Nov., 1851, from Simon Larned's, H. 73, south to the 
old Dudley road. 

Main Street improved. In 1838 (?) Main Street was ex- 
tended from the common north across the meadow, changing its 
location to the west to avoid a railroad crossing, and was built by the 
Norwich and Worcester R. R. Co., and as a compensation Ebenezer 
Rich was authorized to deed the railroad a right of way across the 
town farm. Later a committee was chosen to settle with the company. 
In 1839, through the efforts of Samuel Dowse and others who sub- 
scribed for the purpose, the roadway across the Plain had been 
gravelled from the railroad excavation. 

Streets re-located. In July, 1851, it was voted to request the 
County Commissioners to relocate and establish the bounds of the 
roads from Webster to Auburn, and from Sutton to Charlton line, 
with Barton Street, aud Mr. Lester, surveyor, was employed to tind 
the old lines. In Nov., 1852, it was voted that the County Com- 
missioners be invited to review this survey aud to fix bounds. This 
was done in Sept., 1853. ^ 

In May, 1852, after some controversy, the road from the railroad 
station to the villages at North Oxford was laid out by the County 
Commissioners. The same year was built that from Buffumville south 
to Webster road. 

Roads accepted. Nov., 1853, from North Oxford railroad 
station east to near Shepardsou's, H. 165 ; March, 1854, from Sutton 
road south, first street east of railroad ; 1856, from Conlin's, H. So, 
north to Charlton road; April, 1866, the street running north from 
the north side of the old cemetery, and east from this to Main Street 
at S. C. Willis, Jr.'s, each three rods wide ; also from Main Street 
at Lewis Stockwell's to the first named, two rods wide. 

In 1854, Main Street from near the centre, nearly a half-mile north. 



1 The line of Mala Street was established as of Allen L. Joslin, thence N. 15° E. -.'S rods and 

follows: UeKlnnlnK at the south etui at nionu- 12 lial« [across the common] to monument No. 

nient No. 1, i rods and li; links N. 50° E. of the 1 [at southeast corner of laud of B. F. WlUte, H. 

northwest corner of the brick house, thence N. 244]. From No. 3 where the road is seven rods 

.33° E. 24 rods aud S links to monument No. 2 wide, the road diverges to monument No. 4 

[near H. Jiiil], thence .V. 14° 20' K. 219 rods and ti where It is 12 rods and halt a link wide; thence 

links to moiiumenl No. ;i [near the tall elm from monument No. 1, N. 14° E. 99 rods to No. 

nortli enil of the street], tlicnce N. 2t)° 10' E. 25 2, which Is six rods 17 links N.SU" 15' W. from the 

rods an<l 5 links to monument No. 4 [in the door- northwest corner of the house of George Wicker, 

yard of .lohn Shea's house]. This is tlie original From the head of the common where the road is 

line of the street which from No. 1 to No. 3 Is six rods and 22 links wide the road converges to 

seven rods wiile. Beginning at opposite No. 3, five rods and 18 links at No. 2. 
at a monument a few rods north from the house 



1868-89 HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES. 119 

was straightened and graded, the part across the meadow being raised 
several feet and the approaches cut down, at a cost of $536. April, 
1868, voted $500 to grade Main Street, to be done by the selectmen. 
A much needed drainage was obtained, and the street improved by 
forming gutters and raising the travelled way. In 1872 the road at 
North Cemetery Hill, the most difficult in the principal highways of 
the town, was improved at a cost of $1,672. 

In 1872-3 a new road from near Rochdale to Texas village was 
built, and thence south to the North Cemetery the old rebuilt, 
costing $15,491, the heaviest and most important piece of work of 
the kind done at one time in the town. In 1877 the Commissioners 
ordered built on Long Hill toward Millbury, a road which was con- 
structed that year by Wheelock and Shurtleff at a cost of $693. 
April, 1877, May Street opened ; April, 1882, Wolcott Street accepted , 

1884, two streets running from Main west to Fremont accepted ; 

1885, accepted Water Street, running east from the common. Nov., 
1887, from North Oxford railroad station to Charles H. Wellington's, 
H. 129, and $700 voted for the same ; built by Wellington and 
opened to travel May, 1888. 

Bridges. In 1858, stone arch, on Webster road, built by Brigham 
Converse, cost $665 ; winter of 1874-5, over the Maanexit on Charlton 
road, nearly completed and fell, April, 1875; rebuilt by Charles N. 
Walker, 1875, cost about $2,000 ; 1879, over the river in North Gore 
by Wellington Brothers, cost $850 ; 1880, at Buffumville, by Joseph 
L. Woodbury, cost $1,000 ; 1884, at Howarth's, by Joseph L. Wood- 
bury, cost $2,000 ; 1889, over mill brook, east of centre, by William 
Y. Woodbury, cost $392 ; 1889, over the river at Rockdale [Bart- 
lett's], by P. F. and M. Kenney, cost $2,200. 



CHAPTER VII. 

MILITARY. 

French War. French Neutrals. Revolutionary War. Gen. Learned. 
State Government. Shays Rebellion. Adams' Army. Washington's 
Funeral. Soldiers of 1812. Musters. Independent Military Compa- 
ny. Minor Military Affairs. Civil War. Company E. Battles of 
15th Regiment. Oxford Soldiers. Memorial Tablets. Grand Army 
OF THE Republic. Sons of Veterans. Woman's Relief Corps. Decora- 
tion Day. Company E Association. 

French. War. There is no recorded action of the town on this 
subject. The State raised nearly 7,000 soldiers for the war, the object 
of which was the conquest of Canada, and the number which went 
from Oxford indicates that the people were ready to meet the demands 
of the times. Capt. Ebeuezer Learned was the most efflcieut military 
man of the place, and was ably seconded by Rev. John Campbell, who 
was skilled in army affairs. Very few appear to have entered the 
service previous to 1756. Two companies of militia then existed, 
commanded respectively by Edward Davis and Samuel Davis, brothers, 
from both of which soldiers were enlisted in a new company under 
Learned. Preparations for the campaign were made in the spring of 
1756, the company had marched to the seat of war, and as a part of 
Col. Ruggles' regiment was in camp at Lake George, 9 Sept. A roll 
of this date numbers 51 men. 

Rolls. The following are the names from Oxford, others were 
from surrounding towns : 

Ebeuczor Lcaruoil, Capt., a^c 28, b. at Ox. ; Elisha Rich [Sutton], Lieut.. 

a. 38, b. at IJullingliani ; Elijah Town, Sergt., a. 35, b. at Ox. ; privates : Joseph 
Baker, a 25, sliop joiner, b. at Woodstock; Solomon Smellidyc, a. 22, b. at 
Boston; Ebenezcr Davis, a. 18, b. at Sutton; Jolm Barnes, a. 1!». hlacksinith, 

b. at Boston; Elijah Curtis [N. Gore], a. 19, b. at Topsdekl; Ilezekiah Eddy, 

a. 23, b. at Ox.; Samuel .Vlannins;;, a. 17, b. at Salem; Jonathan Eddy, a. 20, 

b. at Ox. [son of Samuel, d. at Fort Edward] ; Isaac Earned, Jr., a. 18, b. at 
Ox.; Caleb Barton, Jr., a. 20, tanner, b. at Ox.; Stephen Shuiuwa.v, a. 20, b. 

'atOx. ; Samuel Baker, a. 00, joiner, b. at Woburn ; Josiah Kinusbury, a. 24 
[son of Josiah], clerk, b. at Ox., d. 1756. 

Jeremiah Learned was Ensign under his brother Ebenezer. John 
Wiley, Jr., and Joseph Phillips are on a previous roll, whether tliey 
were in service does not appear. A roll, 12 Oct., 1756, gives 
" Solomon SmcUidge, dead ; Stephen Shumway, sick ; Isaac Lamed, 
Jr., sick at Albany." In his petition to the General Court, 27 May, 



1767 FRENCH WAR. 121 

1757, Isaac Larned says, " b}' reason of the small pox being there he 
was removed to a barn, and continued very sick . . . suffered very 
much by cold and hunger . . . T tarried with him about a week and 
nursed him and then he died." ^ In May, 1757, Ebenezer Eddy and 
David Town, Jr., were voted pay for assisting " sick and dying" 
soldiers in returning from Crown Point expedition. ^ Caleb Barton 
was voted £3 for expenses to Fort William Henry, where his son 
'Caleb d. 1756. Experience Stockwell's husband Ichabod was in 
Capt. Learned's company, set out for home, was taken sick at 
Sheffield and d. Nov., 1756 ; she was allowed £2. 2s. 

A roll of Philip Richardson's Co. in Ruggles' Reg't, 26 Aug., 
1756, gives Enoch Jones, Serg't, N. Gore, a. 22, b. at Sutton ; Noah 
Mclntire, a. 30 ; Philip Mclntire, a. 58, both b. at Salem, both from 
Oxford, Charlton District, Capt. Dresser. A roll of Capt. Joshua 
Meriam, N. Gore, 26 Sept., 1758, gives Joshua Meriam, Capt., Uriah 
Stone, clerk, Isaac Hartwell, Robert Meriam, Hezekiah Eddy, Elijah 
Curtis, Ebenezer Lock — served three years, tradition — privates, from 
Oxford, N. Gore. These were in service Sept., 1757; marched to 
relieve the province forts, went to Sheffield, were out eight days, and 
returned. 

The results of the campaign of 1756 were indecisive, through the 
inefficiency of Gen. Abercrombie. The year 1757 was disastrous to 
the colonial arms. 

Fort William Henry taken. On 3 Aug., 1757, Gen. Mont- 
calm with a large force besieged Fort William Henry which, with 
2,372 men, after a hard struggle capitulated on the 9th. The sur- 
render was followed by a wanton massacre of nearly 300 of our sol- 
diers by the Indians. Dismay seized the people of Massachusetts, 
aud on all hands the militia hastened to the rescue." The enemy did 
not, however, follow up his advantage, and the reliefs were ordered 
back. Detachments from the two Oxford companies marched 10 
Aug. as far as Sheffield, 105 miles, and were out 16 days, as follows, 
first detachment, date of roll 18 Aug. : — 

Edward Davis, Capt. ; John Edwards, Lieut. ; Jeremiah Learned, Ens. ; 
Jedediali Barton, Sergt. ; Joseph Edwards, Sergt. ; John Town, Sergt. ; 
Pliinehas Ward, Corp. ; Moses Town, Corp. ; Alexander Nichols, .Jacob 
Comins, El)enezer Eddy, John "Wiley, William Eddy, Joseph Phillips, Jr., 
Israel Phillips ("detached and sent to Stockbridge"), Daniel Fairfield, John 
Duncan, Hezekiah Merriam, Jr., Jonathan Phillips, Silas Town, .Samuel 
Larned, Ebenezer Gale, Jr., Joseph Gleason, Samuel Eddy, Jr., ElishaGleason, 
Moses Gleason, Jr., Joseph Goggins ("detached and sent to Stockbridge"), 
Josiah Wolcott, Aaron Parker, Edmund Town, .Joseph Pratt, Jesse Pratt, 
Nathan Shumway, David Pratt, privates. 

The second detachment : — 

Samuel Davis, Capt. ; John Larned, Capt. ; Elisha Davis, Sergt. ; John 
Nichols, Sergt. ; Amos Shumway, Sergt. ; William Parker, Sergt. ; Jeremiah 
Shumway, Corp.; John Davis, Corp.; Thomas Town, Isaac Larned, .Jonas 



I Mass. Arch., LXXVII., 'A. 8 Ibid., LXXVII., J 
17 



122 HISTORY or oxfokd. 1757-6I 

CoUer, John Shumway, William Nichols, John Barton, Jonathan Fuller, 
Ichabod Town, Joseph Pratt, Jr., Stephen Jewett, Joseph Davis, Benjamin 
Hudson, John Marvin, Isaac Town, Adams Strecter, Arthur Humphrey, Peter 
SliuMiway, Jose[)h Kiuii^sbury, Jeremiah Kini;sl)ury, Roger Amidown, Abijah 
Harris, Zebnlon Strecter, John Dana, Samuel Manning, John Watson, John 
Jtobbins, J(dm Coburn, John Shumway, Jr., William Comins, William Learned, 
Joseph Wilson, John Moore, privates. 

The company were mounted and marched under Capt. Davis to , 
Springfield and thence to Sheffield under Capt. Larned.' 

In October, 1757, Capt. John Larned with 29 men, of whom 12 
were of Oxford, called the "Minute expeditiou," marched as far as 
Westfield, being out from Oct. 20 to Nov. 11, three weeks and two 
days. Roll: 

John Larned, Capt.; .Tonathan(?) Nichols, Lieut.; .Jacob Cummins, Sergt. ; 
Jeremiah Shumway, Corp.; Joseph Davis, John Duncan, El)enezer Fish, 
Nathan Moore, Ebenezer Eddy, William Lamb, John Nichols, Elijah Larned, 
Arthur Humphrey, privates. 

A return of men enlisted in John Chandler's regiment for the inva- 
sion of Canada under Gen. Amherst, 1758, gives : 

John Bogle, a. 32; Elijah Town, a. 40; Abraham Pratt, a. 19; William 
Lackey, a. 28, Serg. [was granted land] ; Joseph Goggins, a. 19 : - Moses 
Town, a. 37; Solomon Comings, a. 18; Samuel Streeter, a. 17; Abijah Gale, 
a. 30 [served several years, — ti-adition] ; John Duncan, a. 53; Nathan Moore, 
a. 32; David Town, a. 24; John Ballard, a. 28; Abel Leavens, a. 17; Peter 
Shumway, a. 24; Jonathan Phillips, a. 24; Elijah Larned, a. 19; Richard 
Moore, 3d, a. 22 ; Zebulon Streeter, a. 21 ; all of Oxford. 

On a roll of Capt. Newhall's company, Leicester, are Joseph 
Goggins, Joseph Kingsbury, Israel Phillips, Zebulon Streeter, all of 
Oxford. 3 

In 17G0 Micah Pratt represented that his son David was, in 1758, 
sick at Half-moon, 160 miles distaut ; that he hired a liorse, carried 
provision for himself and horse and got his son home ; lost 13 days' 
time and used 1 gal. of rum. Paid 34s. 4d. June, 1760, Edward 
Davis' son Edward was in Jeremiah Learued's company, sick at 
Ticouderoga ; he went for him and got him home. Allowed £1. 19s. 
4d. March, 1761, Ebenezer Eddy's son Thomas in service under 
Capt. White in 1758, was sick; his father went for him; he so far 
recovered as to enlist again in 1759 under Jeremiah Learned; was 
sick again and came home. Received £3. Peter Shumway in the 
Canada expedition, 1759, was sick. Paid March, 1761, 12 shillings. 
Same date Benjamin Fitts asked pay ; marched for relief of Fort 

I Mass. Arch., XCV.. 518, 536. Capt Isaac Hartwell of the Country Gore Has 

2Gof;({lns was hi Capt. White's company and hired Nathaniel Euestls o£ the ahove sd Charlton 

served tliroiigh the canipaljcu. lu Feb., '7G1, he to Go into his Majesty's Service In the Expodl- 

had been 3S weeks, live days In Capt. McFar^ind's tlon against Canada In his mans Room Ebnezer 

company, and that month re-enllsted f or fui Mier Lanison by Name and I Accept him in sd 1am- 

servlce. sons Uoom. 

■■' Tlie following is sxtant : " JONATHAN TUCKER, Cap." 

"Charlton Apl 15 day 1758. 

" These may serly whome It may Consern That 



1763 FRENCH WAR. 123 

"William Henry — name left off the roll. Granted 24 shillings. David 
Town, Jr., asked aid on account of sickness. Granted 35 shillings, 
Nov., 1761. Nearly all these sums were paid to Capt. Edward Davis 
for the petitioners. 

Canada surrendered. In July, 1758, Louisburg, the key 
of the Canadas, was taken. In July, 1759, Niagara yielded, and a 
few weeks later Ticonderoga was surrendered and consequently 
Crown Point abandoned. On 13 Sept. came Wolfe's victory at 
Quebec. On 6 Sept., 1760, Gen. Amherst sat down with a large 
force before Montreal, and two days later French dominion in Canada 
ended, and " all that magnificent structure which the genius of Cham- 
plain and the patient labors of the French Jesuits had devotedly 
raised, vanished." 

A roll of Capt. Jeremiah Learned's company, 6 Feb., 1760, 
includes the following : — 

Jeremiah Learned, Captain ; Jonathan Hohnan of Sntton, Lieut. ; William 
Lamb, Samuel Learned, Reuben Barton, Corporals; David Pratt, Jr., Thomas 
Eddy, Edward Davis, Jr., Hezekiah Meriara, Jr., Samuel Manning, Jr., 
Ebenezer Lamb, privates ; all of Oxford. 

This company, most of the members of which were from Sutton 
and Charlton, was in 1760, at Ticonderoga. 

Other Oxford men known to have been in the service were : — 

Israel Whitney in Cape Breton exp., 1745; Jonas Gleason, Cape Breton 
expedition, Jan., 1752; William Campbell in Louisburg expedition, 1768; 
Naphtali Streeter, 1759 ; llichard Rogers, the schoolmaster, 17G0 ; Edmund 
Barton, Samuel Call. Jacob and Josiah Town, sons of Dea. Jonathan, were 
at Fort Edward, 1755, and Jacob d. there. John Streeter d. 28 Nov., 1756, at 
Sheltield. Benjamin Davis, Lieut., served many months. [Samuel Jennison, 
Lieut, in 1756, not from Oxford.] 

On a roll of Capt. McFarland's company, 3 Feb., 1761, are : 

Abijah Gale, Micah Pratt, Abraham Pratt, Nathaniel Smith, Reuben, son of 
Oliver Shumway, William Lackey and Joseph Guggins, all of Oxford, who 
had then served from 35 to 38 weeks each. 

At this date the war was nominally ended, but Massachusetts raised 
a force of 3,000 men early in 1761. 

After the close of -the war in the first regiment, AVorcester County 
militia, March, 1763, were officers from Oxford as follows : 

Edward Davis, Major. First Oxford Co., Elisha Davis, Capt. ; John Nichols, 
Lieut.; William Earned, Ensign. Second Oxford Co., Jeremiah Learned, 
Capt.; Jedediah Barton, Lieut.; John Town, Jr., Ensign — in 1771, Edward 
Davis, Major. First Oxford Co., Elisha Davis, Capt. ; Ephraira Ballard, First 
Lieut. ; William Watson, Second Lieut. ; Thomas Town, Ensign. Second 
Oxford Co., Joseph Phillips, Capt.; Samuel Eddy, Lieut.; Isaac Putnam, 
Ensign. 

French Neutrals. A source of perplexity to the government 
at the beginning of the war in 1755 was the plantation of French in 
Nova Scotia. The number of these has been variously stated, the 
lowest estimate being 7,000. Though British subjects their sympa- 



124 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

thies were with theii- fellow-countrymen and it was charged that they 
furnislit'd tiiein with provisions and other means of carrying on the 
contest. After consultation the Governor and Council determined to 
remove them by force. Their lands and other property were declared 
forfeited, and from the town of Grand Prr alone nearly 2,000 were 
removed. Some escaped, but to prevent their subsistence the country 
was laid waste and buildings destroyed.' 

"Where is the thatched roof village, the home of Acadian farmers, 
Men whose lives glided on like rivers that water the woodland 
Darkened by shadows of earth, but reflecting tiie image of lieaven? 
Waste arc their pleasant farms, and tlie farmers forever departed ! 
Scattered like dust and leaves, when the mighty blasts of October 
Seize them and wliirl them aloft, and sprinkle them far o'er the ocean. 
Naught but tradition remains of the beautiful village of Grand pr6."* 

Sent to the towns. These people were " scattered like dust 
and leaves " throughout the colonies. About 1,000 were brought to 
INIassachusetts, sent to the towns and bound out to service. Sixty- 
three came to Worcester County, a large family named Dugar to this 
region, two of its members to Sturbridge, three to Oxford, two to 
Charlton and two to Dudley. They experienced many hardships, 
families were separated, and being Roman Catholics prejudice existed 
against them and they were treated little better than slaves. ^ A 
petition for redress was sent to the General Court, signed by nine 
persons from several towns, among them Claude Bennois of Oxford, 
as follows, [translation] : — 

" To his Excellency the Governor Genei^l of the Province of Massachusetts 
Bay in New England, and to the honorable Gentlemen of the Council, 

"We have taken the liberty to present to you this Request, inasmuch as we 
are in Grief on account of our Children. The loss we have suffered [in being 
deprived] of our habitations and brought hither, and in our Separations from 
one another, is as Nothing Compared witli that which we experience now, in 
having our Children taken by force before our very eyes. Nature itself can- 
not endure this. Were it in our Power to take our Choice, we would choose 
sooner to yield up our Bodies and our Sonls than to be separated from them. 
Wlierefore we beseech you and your honours, that you would have the good- 
ness to appease this Cruelty. We do not by any means Refuse to work for 
the suppoi't of our Children provided it be endured foj our families [intact]. 
Beseeching you that you would have the goodness to regard our Request: 
thus doing You will oblige Your very humble and very obedient servants." 

On this petition it was ordered that the selectmen "desist from 
binding out any of them — that houses be provided for each family so 
they may keep together," and if any should be bound out "the assent 

1 Eminent writers have characterized this action a By a law passed 10 June, 1756, selectmen and 

of tlie iiiithorltles a.s uujustUlable and cruel In overseers of the poor were " ordered to keep tlie 

the extri'nie. French reople from MliiiK and M'andering 

-Evangeline, the heroine of this poem, was the about," and that none lie periulllcd to travel 

(laughter of the wealtlilest farmer of Grand Pr6. from town to town without the leave of two, 

Mr. Loujifellow wrote: " The poem of Evanpe- eitlier of the selectmen or overseers of the poor, 

line is only lilstorical as It is hased on tlie fact of Prov. Laws, III., 900. 
the dispersion of tlie Aeadians. The story Itself 
is a tradition— the details and the name are of 
my own invention." 



1766-8 FRENCH NEUTRALS. 125 

of two justices of y*" peace in y'' County be first had thereon, and all 
of them treated with kindness and humanity." Passed by the Council 
15 April, 1756. House of Representatives concurred 17 April, 1756.^ 

Claude Bennois. On 2 Feb., 1757, Gludo Beuway [Claude 
Bennois, signer of the foregoing petition from Oxford ^] represented 
to the General Court that he and his family were placed by the gov- 
ernment at Cambridge and his children were by the selectmen of that 
town afterward sent to Mr. [Duncan] Campbell of Oxford, whither 
the petitioner and his wife followed them, that said Campbell dis- 
persed their five children, whereupon the petitioner and his family 
fled to Newtown, that the selectmen of said town refused to do any- 
thing for them and "threaten to send them to Goal," — praying the 
Court would provide some comfortable abode for them, they " being 
willing to do all in their Power to Support themselves." On this it 
was ordered that the selectmen of Newton be allowed to remove peti- 
tioners to Cambridge, where they were originally placed. The 
Council non-concurred, and on 8 Feb. voted that they be sent to 
Dunstable. On this the House of Representatives ordered the petition 
to "lye on the table," and Benway had no redress. On 11 April, 
1757, Henry Gibbs, Esq., of Newton, asked of the Court that " Glude 
Benua his Wife and Five Children," lately sent to Oxford, and then 
of Newton be removed elsewhere — upon which it was ordered that 
they be sent to Dedham, that the selectmen of that town receive them 
"and govern themselves with regard to them according to law."^ 

Campbell's Petition. On 2 June, 1757, Duncan Campbell repre- 
sented to the General Court " that the selectmen of Newton bound 
out to him five children of some of the late inhabitants of Nova Scotia, 
that on his placing them at Worcester their parents followed them 
there, and as the result they all went away " ; asking allowance, on 
which was voted him 42 shillings, 3^ pence. 

In November Mr. Campbell presented another memorial setting 
forth that : — 

"last May session [he] preferred a petition to the honorable Coiii't that 
£17. 13s. 4d. might be allowed [him] for transporting from Cambridge to 
Oxford and keeping some French Neutrals . . . from which [he] hath never 
received any profit or service, they refusing to work — that npon said petition 
said Court was pleased to allow [him] no more than 42s. 3id.— that the honor- 
able Board have sent your petitioners servants to the town of Dedham and 
so he is deprived of any service from them until this time, notwithstanding 
the great expense he was put to in maintaining them ..." 

He prays he may be allowed the remainder of his account "or that 
he may have an order from the honorable Court to take those that 
were bound to him from Dedham and compel them to work." 

The chief item in his bill was for boarding the family at Capt. 
Thomas Stearns', Worcester. Upon this petition, on 20 March, 1758, 

1 Mass. Arcli., XXIII., 49. into " way," as In " Chamois " to " Sliuunvay." 

-This name furnislies anotlier instance of tlie api-ov. Laws., III., 1059. 
changes In the early times of the French "ois" 



126 HISTOIiY OF OXFORD. 1774 

in the House of Representatives, five pounds, nine shillings and four 
pence were ordered paid, but the Council non-concurred. ^ 

Expenses. On 26 Aug., 1757, a warrant was drawn to pay from 
tlie treasury of the colony £15, 68. 6d. to the selectmen of Oxford for 
the support of " French from Nova Scotia sent there."- 

A large family named LeBlanc came to Oxford.^ Supplies from 
10 March, 1758, to 24 May, 1759, were furnished them by Dr. 
Alexander Campbell, for which he sent a bill of £21 to the Legisla- 
ture. From May, 1759, to March, 1760, Edward Davis, Esq., pro- 
vided for them at an expense of £18. This family, father, mother 
and nine children, later removed to Brimfield.'' 

Revolutionary War. Two adverse influences combined to 
modify in a measure public action in the time of the Revolution ; 
first, the existence to a considerable extent, especially in the north 
part of the town, of a sentiment opposed to the popular current; and 
second, the limited means of the people.^ The majority, however, 
stood firmly together, and were heart and hand in the great move- 
ment, and although at times there was a lack of promptness, all 
demands for men and supplies were met. 

In May, 1774, an article in a warning for a town meeting was as 
follows: "to see if the Town will give their Representative any 
Instructions concerning the Making good the Damage don in destroy- 
ing the Tea in the Harbor of Boston sometime past." This article 
was '' not brought to a vote." A warning dated 12 Sept., 1774. has 
an article •' To see if the town will pass a resolve that they will keep 
strictly to our Province Laws made agreeable to our Charter and that 
we will support the Justices and other Officers of the Town in the 
Execution of their Offices agreeable to Said Laws, or act thereon." 
A postscript to this warrant expressed the desire of several leading 
citizens " that all the Officers and Soldiers may appear" at said meet- 
ing " in Order to Consider of Some Measures to be taken to Govern 
the Military Body of this town." The meeting was held 29 Sept., 
Edward Davis, Moderator, and passed the following : — 

Resolves. — 

''Jie.snlr.cd that as l)y tlic late acts of Parliament we are deprived of the 
Constitutional Laws of the Government of the Massachusetts Bay we will 
Indeavor so far as in us lies to Maintain and keep Peace & ijood order in this 



' Province' Laws, VI., 98. •'' To give an Idea of the resources of the town, 

-CoimcU Kec, XII., 2'.I0. we copy from tlie valuation list of 1771, the 

'Pcrlia|)s the same as ordered 10 Sept., 17.Sfi, to returns of money at Interest: " Eilward Davis, 

be removed from I'olnt Shirley to Needhani. £-.'0(): Ebenezer Learned, £200; John Xlchols, 

Prov. Laws, III., ia')S. £liiO; William Davis, £50; Ellsha Davis, £50; 

<On 24 June, 17r,(!, the Ilo\ise of Uepresenta- Isaac Hartwell, £80; John Larneil, £6.'); Sylvanus 

lives, in response to a iietltion of Francis Town, £2-'i; William Nichols, £10; Jacob Shuni- 

LeHlanc, ordereil the sum of £5. 2s.Sd.to he paid way, £10; Amasa Kintrshury, £10; John Har- 

from the treasury for a doctor's hill as set forth wood, £12; Josiah Eddy, £6, total, £a'il ; consld- 

lu said petition, and tliat Brimtleld should show crably less than $5,000. In a State return, 1781, 

cause why said sum should not be added to its the amount of money on hand and at Interest 

next province Ux. was given as £490. 



1774-5 REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 127 

Town and Support and uphold all Civil Officers in the Execution of their 
Offices so far as they conform themselves to the Charter Rights of this Gov- 
ernment, and assist them duly to punish all ottenders against the same laws 
and do bear Testimony against all Riots as well as against any number of 
men Collecting in Body's together to hurt the Personal Property of anyone. 

"■Resolved that we Ever have and will be True and Loyal Subjects of our 
most Gracious Sovereign George the 3d. King of Great Britain, so long as we 
are permitted the free Execution of our Charter Rights. 

"Besolved that considering the present Alarming and Distrest Circumstances 
of this Province it is highly Necessary for the Militia Officers of this Town 
to Resign their Commissions and therefore do advise the said Officers to 
resign accordingly and for the Souldery as soon as may be to Elect the same 
Officers to take the Command of the Difterent Corapanys in this Town if they 
will accept and the Major Part of the Souldery shall Elect them and if any 
Refuse to Serve then to Chuse others Experienced in the arts of War in their 
Stead. 

" "Voted and Chose Doctor Alexander Campbell and Capt. Ebenezer Learned 
to Attend the Provincial Congress at Concord, the second tuesday of October 
next, or at any other Town in the Province that shall be agreed on. The 
foregoing Resolves are past with no other aim or View than to keep Peace 
and Order in this Town untill we can hear of Some Measures taken by the 
Continental Congress now sitting at Philadelphia to which we mean Strictly 
to Adhear." 

In November a meeting was called " to hear some Resolves of the 
Grand Congress," and also of the Provincial Congress and act 
thereon. At this meeting Edward Davis was moderator. Adjourned 
to 16 Dec. " Then met" and voted " that the Province Tax in the 
hands of the Constables be paid into the town treasury, and the town 
will protect said Constables," and chose Lieut. William Campbell, 
Daniel Phillips and Lieut. Samuel Eddy a committee of inspection to 
see that the association of the Continental Congress be duly observed.^ 

Minute-men. In the warning for March, 1775, was an article 
" To see if the town will use all proper ways and means in a Consti- 
tutional way and manner to Defend themselves against any Invation 
against them whatsoever : and Grant pay to the Minute-men so called 
or act thereon." On which it was voted " That we will in all Reasona- 
ble ways and means whatsoever Strive to maintain our Charter Rights 
and priveledgs by all Constitutional measures even to the Resque of 
our lives and property." " Voted That there shall be ten stands of 
fire arms fixed with Bayonets provided by the Select Men at the Cost 
of the Town and Kept for those that are not able to find themselves 



' These articles of association were adopted iu shows, etc., to wear no mourning for deceased 

Continental Congress, 24 Oct., 1774. By them friends excepting crape on the hat, or black 

the members, for themselves and their constitii- ribbons and necklaces for ladles, and to furnish 

ents, *' under the sacred ties of virtue, honor and no gloves at funerals; to take no advantage of a 

love of country," agreeii not to import or use scarcity of an article to raise the price thereof, 

English goods, not to import or purchase slaves, and to withdraw fellowship and patronage from 

or tea brought from the East Indies, but to en- all who did not adhere to the scales of prices 

courage the growing of wool, and the raising of which might be adopted. They also recom- 

Jiner breeds of sheep, to favor frugality, econo- mended that in every State, county and town 

my and Industry and promote agriculture, the committees be appointed to see that these artt- 

arts and manufactures among the people ; to cles be observed, 
discourage dissipation, horse-racing, gaming. 



128 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1775-fi 

in arms in time of need." These provisions were for the " Minute 
men," wlio IkkI been enlisted under an act of Provincial Congress, 
26 Oct., 1771. 

On 17 Ai>ril, 1775, Col. Kbenezer Learned moderator, it was voted 
" that the Publick Money for 1773 be paid to Henry Gardiner, Esq.," 
receiver under the Provincial Congress. The town thus fully com- 
mitted itself to the support of the new Provincial Government. 

Liexington Alarm. Two days later at Concord and Lexington 
active hostilities begun and the community was stirred by the prepa- 
rations of its soldiers hastening to the scene of action. Ebenezer 
Learned was the leading spirit of the hour, and the minute men 
rallied under John Town as Captain, and with other companies in the 
vicinage, under Learned as acting Colonel soon joined the army near 
Boston.' They were, it appears, organized only as minute men until 
after the action of the Provincial Congress, which, on 23 April, issued 
a call for Li, 500 men for eight months. The Committee of Safety 
urged their continuing in the service until permanent organization 
could be effected. "-Beating papers," with an offer of Colonelcy, 
were immediately given to Learned, who distributed them to captains, 
by whom the men were enlisted. His regiment went into camp 19 
May at Roxbury, and field and company officers' commissions were 
issued on the 23d.- 

Army supplies. On 29 June, 1775, Provincial Congress sent 
to the towns a requisition for supplies for the army, including 13,000 
coats which had been promised, one each, to the eight-months men. 
On 30 Aug. the selectmen sent to the public stores live shirts, five 
pairs of breeches and nine pairs of stockings, and on 16 Oct. 37 
coats with the following notes : — 

'•As thro' want of flax we could not send our proportion of shirts, &c., but 
we have a prospect of getting our proportion of coats sometime in October, 
that was set upon Oxford." 

"We liavc provided thirty-seven coats, containing one hnndrod and thirty- 
nine yards, and ono-lialf — making tliirty-seven coats, 4s. per coat £7. 8s. Total 
value £47. Is. 9id." ^ 

Independence. In a warning, 6 July, 1776, was an article 
" to see if tlie Town will instruct their Representatives about Inde- 
pendence on Great Britain, or act thereon." The meeting was held 
8 July at two days' notice, with Edward Davis as moderator. The 
action of Congress had been anticipated and the town voted " to 
advise their Representative in the General Court that if the Honora- 
ble Congress should for the safety of these Colonies declare them 
independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain, to Concur therewith, 



1 Soiuf del alls ot I he purl noted by Uiese troops ^The average price of cloth was about 5s. per 

are Klveii hcroattcr uiiili-r "Geu. Learned in the yard. James Brown the tailor cut these coats 

Revolution." and made 2ti, "Mrs. ilurd" made live, "Mrs. 

•■: Temple, Uis. N. BrookUeld. Allen " four and " Mrs. Amldown " eight. 



1777-8 REVOLUTIONARY WAH. 129 

and that the said Inhabitants do solemnly engage with their Lives 
and fortunes to Support them in the Measure." ^ 

Tn the previous March, William Campbell, Samuel Eddy and Amos 
Shuraway had been chosen a Committee of Correspondence and Safety. 
At this meeting Reuben Lamb and Ezra Bowman were added. On 7 
Feb., 1777, the selectmen were ordered to supply for the army shoes, 
stockiugs and shirts, one-seventh as many as there were inhabitants 
16 years old and upward. We find no recorded action on this order. 
Feb. 24, 1777, at a town meeting. Col. Ebenezer Learned was mode- 
rator, voted to raise money to enlist the quota of soldiers now sent 
for to recruit the Continental Army ; to add to the bounties offered 
by the American Congress and the " State," £14 to those enlisting 
for three years or during the war before any draft be made in the 
town. Voted and granted one thousand pounds "■ to be proportioned 
on the Polls and Estates," making allowance for past services in the 
present war, by actual service or hire ; and chose Col. Ebenezer 
Learned, Reuben Lamb and Hezekiah Bellows a committee to adjudi- 
cate said services. 

Royalists. June, 1777, the town was called to choose a person 
to "lay the evidence of the inimical dispositions of any in town to 
the ' LTnited States of America,' " before the court as required by a 
recent law, and chose Daniel Griflith for this service. Three weeks 
later it was '' voted to Dismiss those that were in the List suspected 
to be inimical to the States of America." 

In Nov., 1777, Joshua Merriam, John Ballard and Andrew Patch 
were chosen to take care of soldiers' families, as required by a late 
law. In December it was voted to reconsider all action relating to 
raising money for soldiers, which appears to have been in anticipation 
of conforming to a new law of the Legislature. 

Dark days. The summer of 1777 was a time of gloom and 
apprehension. The British army under Burgoyne was on its way 
southward from Canada, and the authorities were using every means 
to put men into the field to meet the emergency. The 2sth day of 
August was observed in Massachusetts as a day of fastiug and prayer 
for the success of the American arms. Hopes were kept up that as 
every movement of the enemy carried him further from his base he 
might in the issue be defeated. These hopes were later realized, and 
the crisis passed with victory on the side of the colonists. The 
clouds for the time lifted and the 18th of December the people met to 
give public thanks to Almighty God for His blessings on the cause. 

On Jan. 1, 1778, it was voted to pay the town's proportion of the 
State money agreeably to a late act of Court. 



' The proclamation of tlie Declaration of Inde- after its receipt at the close of (iiviiio service, 

penrlence was niailo in Massiicliuset ts on this after which it was to be (ielivered to the clerk of 

wise. In Council, July 17ih, 177(i, it was ordered each town or district, who was required to enter 

that said declaration he printed and a copy sent it in the i)ublic records, "there to remain as a 

to the minister of each parish in the State of perpetual Memorial thereof." As such it stands 

every denomination, to be read the flrst Sunday on the Oxford records. 

18 



loO HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1778-9 

Confederation. At a meeting, 2 Feb., 1778, ''to see if the 
town will Vote to accept the Terms of Confederation and Union as the 
Congress set forth and published," Duncan Campbell, moderator, it 
was "Voted to concur with the Confederacy proposed by the Ameri- 
can Congress." As fitting action to accompany this declaration it 
was " voted to pay the sura of £880. 14s. 9d. into the state treasury : 
tlien the meeting was desolved."^ Notwithstanding this praiseworthy 
action the town was behindhand in its quota of men. A few weeks 
later a return was made on an order of the General Court, 8 Feb., 
1778, as follows: Whole number of male inhabitants in town, 16 
years and upwards, 279, of which one-seventh was 40 ; there were 
in service 29, showing a deficiency of 11 men.- 

On 17 June, 1778, the General Court passed a resolve that towns 
should furnish shirts, shoes and stockings for the army, of which 
Oxford's share was 28 each. In September the town voted to pay 
interest on money the selectmen might borrow to meet this demand, 
and also chose .Joshua Merriam, .Jonathan Pratt, Jr., and Ebenezer 
Coburn to provide for soldiers' families. In November £45 bounty 
was " voted to soldiers who went to Providence for 6 months last 
spring," and £200 for soldiers' families, also £213 '• to buy clothing 
deficient last spring, and to pay for that provided by individuals." 
On 6 .Jan., 1779, there were allowed to the town through William 
Hancock, selectman, by the authorities, 28 shirts, 28 pairs of shoes, 
28 pairs of stockings, valued at £133. 

As time passed the state of affairs became more critical and at the 
annual meeting for 1779, seven selectmen, Edward Davis, Esq., 
chairman, and five for a committee of " Correspondence, Inspection 
and Safety," Reuben Lamb, chairman, were elected. There was, 
however, little or no town action during the year on the subject of 
the war. In October and November authority was given the treasurer 
to l)orrow, not to exceed £700, for the use of soldiers' families. 

The Town fined. By a vote of the Legislature, 9 June, 1779, 
any town which should on the last day of July be deficient in its quota 
of men was retpiired to pay a fine of £350 for each man lacking. 
Oxford is in the list as deficient six men. There is a document in 
the State Archives, ^ without date, but of 1779 or early in 1780, from 
which we learn that previous to the time of its being drawn a requisi- 
tion had been made for recruits of nine months' men, and that Oxford 
was in arrears and consequently fined £3,000. The selectmen de- 
murred and in tlicir memorial stated the town had raised one man 
more than had been credited, and furthermore represented that 

" there is a Gore of land between Oxford and Connecticut thiit is ordered to 
do military duty in Oxford, whereby our proportion of Continental men is 
three or four more than would have been our ' eota,' and as they do not live 

'This record Is In ;in imusimlly bold liandwrlt- -Mass. Rolls, XLII., .'il. 
Ingof De;i. Saimicl Harris, llie town clerk, and ■'CCCXVII.. 124. 

evIdenUy was written under the influence oX the 
" Spirit ot '7(i." 



1780-1 REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 131 

in Oxford we cannot tax them oni- fartbiuii towards i-aising men . . . said 
Town hath completed every draft excepting this, and it is not for want of 
good will, but by I'eason of thirty-seven persons in town that refuse to take 
up arras by reason of their religious principles," 

whicb 37, with those in said Gore, amounted to "about one-third 
part of the Training Band and Alarm List in Oxford." 

A committee to whom this was referred reported that Oxford had 
three men in the Continental army for which it had not had credit, 
and therefore recommended that £1,800 of the fine be remitted — which 
was voted 12 April, 1780. As there is no recorded action of the 
town on the subject we infer that the men were later furnished and 
no fine was exacted.^ 

Army Supplies. On 14 Oct., 1780, it was voted, in compliance 
with a resolve of the General Court, 15 Sept., " to raise 5,760 pounds 
of beef " for the army, which Sylvanus Town, Elisha Davis and 
Amos Shumway, Jr., were chosen to provide. On 1 Jan., 1781, the 
question of furnishing men and beef was again before the town, 
a requisition having been made on 4 Dec, 1780, for 12 men and 
11,062 pounds of beef. Edward Davis, Alexander Campbell and 
Abraham Hill were chosen to petition the "General Assembly for 
some relief in our Taxes, and More particularly about our Quota of 
Men and Beef." At a meeting 5 Feb., 1781, it was voted not to 
" raise the Beef," but to furnish the men. In May the town again 
refused to furnish the beef, but on 19 July reconsidered the matter 
and chose Ezra Bowman, Reuben Lamb, John Dana, Sylvanus Town 
and Amasa Kingsbury a committee to provide it as required. Action 
was, however, so tardy that "Sundry Gentlemen" were threatened 
by the " Superintendent of the Commonwealth" with an execution to 
enforce the requisition. These refusals were much deprecated by the 
loyal citizens and an association was at once formed to meet, so far 
as possible, personal responsibility. The following is in the town 
archives : — 

"An account of the names of the several persons in Oxford that when the}'' 
found they could not ol)tain a vote in the town to raise the beef ordered by 
the General Court . . . being sensible of the great need of keeping up an 
army and supplyhig them well in the field, we associated together and raised 
money and paid the same into the hands of the agent to procure beef as by 
receipts will appear, to the full value of our proportion of said beef when 
carefully comi)ared with the whole town : Edward Davis, Ebenezer Learned, 
Amos Shumway, Jeremiah Kingsbury, Joshua Merriam, p]zra Bowman, James 
IJutler, John Ballard, Benjamin Hovey, Ellas Pratt, Jonas Eddy, Samuel 
Harris, Ebenezer Humphrey, William Hancock, John Shumway, John Town, 



' A plan often adopted in raising recruits for custom is recojrnized in the followin;; receipt: 

the army was by "classing." The tax payers "Leicester, Aug. 30, 17.S1, this day recvd one 

were grouped by the assessors, the rich and poor man for the town of Oxford to Sarve In the 

In as ei|uitable a manner as possible, in as many army for three years for the clase whearof Mr. 

divisions as there were men to be raised, and .Tames Merlam is Chearman. 

each class was taxed to raise one man. This " SETII NVASUBURN, Superlnt." 
was found to be a yery efficient nietliod. The 



132 HISTORY OF OXFOIII). 1781 

Josiah Kilmsbnry, David Xewcomb, William Eddy, Ambrose Stone, Nathaniel 
Hamlin, Isaac IlartAvcU. Uriah Stone, Joshua Merriam, Jr., James Merriam, 
Asa Conaiit, William Everden, Jcdcdiah Barton, Levi Davis, Joshua Turner, 
Joseph Ilunl, Jolm Pratt, Heiijaiiiin Shuniway, Reuben Eddy, Wid. Content 
llovey, Ebenezer Pray, Silas Eddy, John Nichols, Allen Hancock, Thomas 
Pratt, Josiah Shumway, Amos Shumway, Jr., .Vbisha Shumway, Peter Shuni- 
way, John Carriel, Bartludomew Woodbury. Samuel Rich. Jr., Daniel Har- 
wood, Samuel Waters, Reuben LamI), Paul Sibley, Jason CoUer." 

This may be regarded as a roll of honor. The amount which they 
contributed was sufMcient to purchase, according to a moniorandum 
attached to the list, 3,617 pounds of beef, leaving 7,445 pounds yet 
to be furnished by the town. 

Execution served. The threatened execution was served and 
the balance of the beef consequently provided, as appears by the 
following document addressed to the assessors of Oxford : — 

"Whereas we the subscribers, inhabitants of the town of Oxford some 
time past were arrested by one Benjamin Hovcy a Slieriff's Deputy for the 
County of Worcester by virtue of an Execution issued by one Phelps, called 
superintendant for purchasing beef and dictated by one Col. Davis, said to 
be his agent ; have paid to said agent 7573 pounds of beef which with the 
interest cost thirty three shillings per hundred ; we do therefore hereby 
request the Gentlemen Assessors of the town of Oxford to assess the inhabit- 
ants of the town for said money and to be paid in in equal proportion as the 
law directs. 

Abi:aiiam Hill, 
Elisha Davis for self 
and Brother John Davis, 
Alex'r Campbell." 
"Oxford, June 25, 1782." 

In the General Court, 4 Feb., 1784, on the certificate of Jacob 
Davis, agent of Oliver Phelps, that the town of Oxford had filled the 
requisition of 4 Dec, 1780, for beef for the army, ^'■Resolved that the 
Execution against the town be stayed, and there be no further process 
thereon." The records of the General Court, 7 Oct., 1783, show 
that the town had been fined £214. 2s. 6d. for failing to furnish 
soldiers as required by resolve of Dec, 1780; but at that date it 
appearing that the town's quota had been (illed it was ordered that 
the treasurer credit Oxford the amount of the Ihie in the next State 
tax. On '2'2 June, 1781, a third call for beef was made, which was 
promptly met. A return of clothing and supplies, in 1781, gives as 
received from Oxford, 19 pairs shoes, 19 pairs hose, 18 shirts, 10 
blankets.^ 

The close of the war was now approaching. A receipt of Seth 
Washburn, superintendent, dated at Leicester, 27 Dec, 1781, acknowl- 
edges the lilliug of its quota of men for the public service by the 
town of Oxford. A call for four men from Oxford was issued in 
March, 1782, but we find no record of action upon it. 



1 Mass. Arch.. CXL., 272. 



1776-9 REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 133 

Incidentals. In 1776, Stephen Streeter of Douglas, and two 
well-to-do Oxford farmers, were by the authorities of tbese towns, 
in the performance of their legal duties, ordered to march to reinforce 
the American army, and refused. On 14 Jan., 1777, the General 
Court considered a petition from these men stating that the select- 
men, etc., of these towns, notwithstanding their claim to be Quakers, 
had on their refusal, as aforesaid, "thrown them into AYorcester 
Goal," asking relief. The Court replied that as in the act calling for 
soldiers the duties of selectmen, etc., respecting Quakers had been 
pointed out, if there had been abuse or wrong it should be tried in a 
court of justice before a jury. We have no further light on this sub- 
ject so far as concerns the Oxford men, but Streeter was persistent. 
[See Streeter.] 

On 6 Jan., 1777, in the General Court it was resolved that Alexan- 
der Nichols shall have a hearing before the selectmen, company offi- 
cers and Committee of Correspondence and Safety on his case. No 
record of hearing found. The State owned a large quantity of salt; 
by a resolve of the General Court a distribution of a part was made 
among the towns, Oxford receiving, June, 1777, 66 busl)els at 10s. a 
bushel. Edward Davis of Oxford represented to the General Court 
that he had occasion for laborers in the '" farming way" and requested 
that he might have one of the Brunswick prisoners "now on board 
the guard ship in Boston harbor." 

" 8 Oct., 1777. Ordered that the commissary of prisoners deliver to the peti- 
tioner one of said prisoners to be employed in his family as a servant if they 
should consent thereto, said Davis engaging to support them, allow them 
reasouable wages and return them when the Council call for them, and pay 
expenses of bringing them."' 

George King and others stated to the authorities they had pur- 
chased salt in Massachusetts to take to Windsor, Conn., which was 
stopped by the committee of Oxford and taken ; prayed for relief. — 
20 Aug., 1777, ordered the petition be granted and the committee 
" are directed to deliver the salt to the petitioner." ^ In the Massa- 
chusetts Spy of 16 Oct., 1777, Isaac Pratt gave notice that he was 
about to start for the army and would carry letters and bring returns 
at one shilling postage. 14 Feb., 1778, Jeremiah Kingsbury was 
voted by the State authorities £13. 10s., which sum had been sent to 
him to be expended for shoes, stockings, etc., for the army, but w^as 
lost in the burning of his house. 

"Pascal Nelson Smith sheweth that John Grinnell of Fairfield, Conn., on 
15 Sept., 1779, two teams loaded with tea which said Grinnell imported from 
Amsterdam, several barrels of Flour and Rum, some Dry Goods . . . and 
sundry family utensils all the same being for the use of the family of said 
Grinnell except the tea, Thaddens Burr, Esq., and other inhal)itants of Fair- 
field who were bought out by the enemy and are now suffering the want of — 
that the said teams were stopped at the town of Oxford several days before 



1 Arch., CLXXIU., 467. Ubid., 357. 



134 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

the Embargo was hiid Uy tlir lloiioraltlc (ieiioral Court, by the Committee of 
said town and the <!rtccts taken from them, and the owners of the teams 
oblijied to rctnrn witli tlicm empty — tliat aftenvard the Committee of Oxford 
suffered the tea to go forward but they still detain the Sn<?ar, Rum, Dry 
Goods and family utensils to the i^roat detriment of the said Grinnell," &c. — 
He asked relief. 15 Oet., 1779, " Ordered that said John Grinnell be and hereby 
is permitted to transport from Oxford to Fairfield, Conn., said goods and 
ett'ects, any Embargo to the contrary notwithstanding." ' 

In 17H3 Capt. Joliu Town obtained judgment in court against the 
town for .£'13(J, ''paid for procuring soldiers" in 1777. 

Supplies in the line of shoes, stockings, shirts, etc., could not be 
had on contract as at the present day. Requisitions were therefore 
made for them on the towns as for men. Some orders sent to Oxford 
were, 20 Jan., 1777, 14 blankets; 17 June, 1778, shoes, stockings 
and shirts, 28 each; June, 1779, do., 28 each; May, 1780, do., 20 
each and 10 blankets ; June, 1781, do., 19 each. 

Demands of the war. Revolutionary papers of Isaac Hartwell 
remain, and are interesting documents, suggesting what the great 
struggle meant financially to one who did not enter the ranks. The 
following payments are indicated, therie may have been others : On 
24 July, 1776, £7 " for hiring samuel White for the service." White 
served three years in Capt. Moore's Co. On 23 Sept., 1777, £15 
fine, he having been drafted for eight months; 21 July, 1779. £30 
"for a man to sarve in Road island" until 1 Jan. following; 13 
Jan., 1781, £320 [currency] towards hiring three months men the 
previous June; 18 Jan., 1781, he received an order for " foore 
lioushels of Rye," to be his discharge towards raising three months 
men July previous; 2 March, 1781, £224. 14s. "towards raising the 
6 mos. men last June"; 7 April, 1781, £20. 3s. "hard money," 
towards paying Samuel White for three years, " agreeable to act of 
the Assembly"; 18 July, 1781, "Six silver dollars for the hire of 
tlu-ee-months men to West Point, N. Y." 

Revolutionary soldiers. The largest call of Massachusetts for 
men (after April, 1775, when 13,500 were required) was on 25 June, 
1776, when 5,000 were called for, Oxford's quota 23; some later 
calls were, 8 June, 1779, for 2,000, Oxford 6; 5 June, 1780, for 
3,934, Oxford 13; 4 Dec, 1780, Oxford 12; 30 June, 1781, for 
3,000, Oxford 9 ; March, 1782, for 1,500, Oxford 4. 

The list of Oxford men must be for the present imperfect. From 
the incomplete rolls in the office of Secretary of State and other 
sources the following have been gathered. Capt. Town's Co., Col. 
Learned's Reg., marched 20 April, 1775, on the " Lexington Alarm " : 

,Tohn Town, Capt. ; Daniel Hovey, Lieut. ; Thomas Fish, Sec. Lieut. ; 
Richard Ferrars, Serg. [deserted 11 Sept., 1775]; Samuel Manning, Serg. ; 
Arthur iluni])lirey, Corp.; Phinehas .Mien, John Ballard, Samuel Haker, 
William IJogle, John Campbell, Daniel Sabin, Abijah Harris, William Foster, 
Joshua Turner, Allen Hancock, John Hudson [served 3 yrs., trad.], Robert 



1 Arch., CLXXV., 013. 



REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 135 

Mannint?, Elias Pratt [later Capt. , served through the war] , Ebenezer Shura- 
way, Anthony Slgourney, Timothy wSparhawk, David D. Town, Jonas Pratt, 
Jr., Haines Learned [disch. 17 Sept., 1775], Abraham Merrifleld, Amasa Allen; 
total, 7 officers, 21 privates. 

In May there was a reorganization of troops. William Campbell, 
previously in Capt. Craft's cavalry Co., Sturbridge, was made captain 
of the Oxford company, and the following additional names appear 
that year on its rolls : — 

Sylvanus Town, Serg., from Craft's company; Abuer Shumway, drummer; 
Moses Coburn, Jonathan Marsh [S. Gore], Thomas Bogle [took the place of 
Asa Larned, disch.]. Frost Kockwood, Thomas McKnight, Jason Coller, 
James H. Parker, John Conant, John Fessenden, JosiahEddy, Moses Knowland 
[S. Gore], Paul Thurston, from Craft's company. Will [a negro, servt. of 
Campbell ? disch. 5 Oct., 1775]. 

In Col. Learned's Reg., April, 1775, were also in Craft's Co., 
cavalry, Sturbridge, William Campbell, Lieut. ; Levi Davis, Joseph 
Hurd, Sylvanus Town, Paul Thurston, John Walker, William Moore. 

lu Capt. Curtis' Co., 1775, Robert Manning, corp. [transferred 
from Town's Co.], Stephen Griffith, corp., d. 31 July, 1775, Daniel 
Griffith, Isaac Pratt, Joseph Streeter, Moses Town, Elias Town, John 
Mellen, Samuel Learned, Phinehas Allen, Benjamin Edwards. 

In Capt. Healy's Co., 1775, William Moore, serg., transferred from 
Craft's Co., Curtis Dixon, Aaron Wakefield, Amos Wakefield. 

In Capt. Green's Co., Oct., 1775, Asa Meriam, Samuel Stone. 
At Dorchester, 1775, for 3 months, in Dike's Reg., Richardson's Co., 
Ebenezer Fish, Samuel Kingsbury. 

In Whitney's Reg., Carriel's Co., 4 mos. at least, 1776, at Hull, 
Sampson Marvin, Corp., William Jordan, Jedediah Blaney, Richard 
Moore, Moses Town, Elisha Town, Amos Parsons, Moses Knowland. 

In Guild's Co., Wliiting's Reg., 1776, Nathaniel Wyman. 

In Craft's Reg., Art. Todd's Co., 1776, Elisha Livermore, bom- 
bardier, three months. This was not the limit of his service. 

In Tyler's Reg., Ferrer's Co., Dec, 1776, Daniel P'isk. 

The following enlisted early in 1777 for 3 years or during the war : 
Benjamin Wakefield, Josiah Eddy, corp., John Hudson, corp., Josej)h 
Cody, Corp., Peter Shumway, drummer, Moses Knowland, Richard 
Moore, William Jordan, David Town, all in Capt. Moore's Co.^ In 
Webb's Co., Sylvanus Learned, serg., Noah Harkins, serg., John 
Harvey, David Manning. 

Capt. Jeremiah Kingsbury's Co., Col. Jonathan Holman's Regt., 
Providence, 20 Jan., 1777, roll : — 

Jeremiah Kingsbury, Capt. ; Silas Town, Lieut. ; Jonas Pratt, Levi Davis, 
Jonas Eddy, Allen Hancock, Sergts. ; William Hudson, John Pratt, Amos 
Shumway, Ebenezer Shumway. Corp's; Zaccheus Ballard, John Rawson, 
Joseph Kingsbury, John xUlen, John Larned, Josiah Shumway, Curtis Dixon, 
Sampson Marvin, John White, .Amos Wakefield, Thomas Wolcott, Jesse 



1 Moore, first a private in Craft's troops, Sturbridge, was promoted and served through the war. 



13f) HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Glwvson, Natluiii I'ratt, Keubun VaMv. Jonathan Coolidgo, Elislia Town, 
Sylvanns Learned, Jesse Pratt, Jesse Merriam, Samuel Stone, Joseph Spar- 
hawk, Aaron Parker, Jonathan Merriam, Jonas Davis, Benjamin Hovey, 
William Lamb. Time in camp 43 days. 

A detachment of this company was again in service beginning 27 
Sept., 1777, " when the Militia marched to Reinforce General Gates' 
Army at tiie Northward Agreeable to an order of the General Court." 
They were out 30 days and marched 158 miles. Roll : — 

Jeremiah Kingsbury, Capt. ; John Ballard, Lieut. ; Ebenezer Coburn, Haines 
Learned. Sergts. ; .Tonas Eddy, Allen Hancock, Corps.; John Larned, Aaron 
Parker, Jesse Pratt, Joseph Rockwood, Jesse Merriam, William Nichols, 
Nathan Pratt, John Rawson, Ambrose Stone, Jonas Davis, David Stone, 
Abraham Fitts, Amos Shumway, Anthony Sigourney. 

Jesse Stone of Oxford was captain of a company which marched 
on the •' Bennington Alarm," and was out from 19 July to 29 Aug., 
1777. There were no Oxford men in the ranks. 

A reinforcement for Gates' army, in service from 1 Aug. to 29 
Nov., 1777, was commanded by Abijah Lamb under Col. Cashing, 
believed to have been in the Saratoga battles. The roll is as fol- 
lows : — 

Abijah Lamb, Capt. ; Ebenezer Humphrey, Sylvanus Town, Lieuts. ; Elijah 
Larned, Arthur Humphrey, Sergts. ; Dana Town, Timothy Sparhawk, Corps. ; 
Thomas.Baker, Jonathan Coolidge, Jason CoUer, Ebenezer Davis, John Fitts, 
Joseph Hurd, Isaac Larned [a family record says Isaac Larned was bom- 
bardier in Capt. Todd's Art. Company], Jonathan Merriam, Samuel Stone 
[commissary], Ellas Town, Isaac Larned, Jr., privates. 

In Sparhawk's Reg., Chase's Co., at Dorchester, 1778, Jesse Hill, 
David Smith, Isaac Anabell. 

Drafted in 1778, Jonathan Fuller, John M. Jewell, Eleazer Stowell. 

In 1778, 9 months in Capt. Kingsbury's company, Jeremiah Kings- 
])iiry, Capt. ; Eleazer Stockwell, David Chamberlin, Uriah Carpenter. 

In Tyler's Reg., Fish's Co., Tiverton, R. I., Dec, 1779, G mos., 
Thomas Fish, Capt. ; Ebenezer Coburn, Lieut. ; Abisha Shumway, 
Jacol) Works, Samuel Atwood. 

In a list of "new levies," 1780, 6 months' men, are Thomas 
Wolcott, Moses Baker, Elisha Town, David Town, Jacob Nichols, 
James Atwood, Samuel White, Noah Dodge, Samuel Killey. On the 
rolls for the same year appear also Samuel Wiley, Jacob Winslow, 
Joseph Atwood, Benjamin Turner. 

A pay roll, Capt. Ebenezer Humphrey, Col. Jacob Davis ; company 
marched 30 July, 17.S0, to Rhode Island " on the alarm " : — 

Ebenezer Humphrey, Capt. ; Levi Davis, Lieut. ; Joshua Turner, Sec. 
Lieut.; Joseph Hurd, Ebenezer Humphrey, Jr., John Campbell, Amos Shum- 
way, Sergt>. ; Benjamin Shumway, Jonathan Coburn, David Stone, Samuel 
Stime, Corps.; Lemuel Cudworth, tlfer; Philii) Amidown, Ezekiel Coller. 
Thomas Cain|)hcll, Solomon Covel, Joiuis Davis, Simon Gleason, Nathaniel 
Hamlin, Jonathan Harris, Gideon Hovey, Jeremiah Kingsbury, Reuben Lamb, 



REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 



137 



John Nichols, Jonas Pratt, Thomas Parker, Nathan Pratt, Ebonezer Redding, 
Moses Rowell, Timothy Sparliawli, Josiah Shumway, Sylvanus Town, Archi- 
bald Todd, Ambrose Stone, privates. Isaac Larned was in this expedition in 
another company. Time of service about 13 days. 

In Drury's Reg., Reuben Davis' Co., 1781, were William Tucker, 
Corp. ; John M. Jewell, James Atwood, Ebenezer Stoue, Phiuehas 
Jones, Jonas Cummings. 

In Thomas' Reg., Elliott's Co., R. I., 1781, Lemuel Cudwortb, 
served 4 m. 12 d. 

The following list, without date, but near the close of the war, 
gives names of men iu the Continental army from Oxford witb tinie 
of service : — ' 



Richard Moore,* 




44 m, 


. 17 d. 


invalid. 


(^apt. Moore. 


Jedediah Adams, 




7 " 


13 " 


killed. 


" Wiley. 


Zaccheus Ballard, 




37 " 


15 " 




" Moore. 


Josiah Eddy, 




48 " 






" " 


William Foster, 




36 " 


27 " 




(i (( 


John Florey, 




48 " 






" 


John Fessenden, 




9 " 


5 " 


dead. 


" Coburn, 


Jesse Forsyth, 




46 " 


22 '« 




" Wiley. 


Adonijah Gleasou, 




40 " 


17 " 


deserted. 


" Moore. 


John Hudson, 




48 " 






" 


William Jordan, 




36 " 






<< (( 


Moses Knowland, 




45 " 


26" 


invalid. 


i< i< 


Sylvanus Learned, 




45 " 


9 " 




" Wells. 


Samuel Putney, 




38 " 


27 " 


deserted. 


" Moore. 


Ebenezer Bobbins, 




37 " 






" " 


Peter Shumway, 




45 " 


7 " 




It (C 


David Scanning, 




47 " 






" Coburn. 


William Steward,^ 




10 " 


17 " 




" Pierce. 


Moses Town, 




35 " 


15 " 


invalid. 


" Moore. 


David Town (son of Da 


vid) 


J 






" Fowle. 


Samuel White, 




36 " 


22 " 




" Moore. 



George Robinson, son-in-law of Gen. Learned, was in his brigade 
and killed, it is said, at Saratoga."* Reuben, brother of George 
Robinsou, was also in the service and died of fever in 1776. 

The following names, gathered from pension rolls and other sources, 
by Rev. H. Bardwell, D.D., are given iu Ammidown's Historical 
Collections : — 

Benjamin Vassal [said to have served through the war], David Lamb, 
Ebenezer Pray, adjutant [served 3 years — tradition], William Simpson, George 
Alverson, Caleb, son of John Barton, Abijah Kingsbury, James Mcriam, 
Elisha Blanding [3 years], Francis Blandiug, Jonas Blanding, Arthur Daggett 

[Sutton], Elisha Ward, Sewall, Richard Coburn, Jacob Larned, Silas 

Eddy, Solomon Cook, Elijah Kingsbury. 



1 Printed Con. Army Books, 1777 to 17S0. 

- His time of service was from 5 Ajiril, 1777, to 
22 Dec, 178(1, at wliicli <tate lie was discliarfjed as 
an Invalid. Capt. Moore's Co. was ln4(li Keg., 
Col. Slie))ard. 

^William Stuart, tailor, of Oxford was In 

19 



Pierce's Co., Col. Blgelow's Kejrt., 2(1 Feb.. 1780. 
'■ Wlien he was about to die lie said to Adjutant 
Pray, wlio was attendinjc liiin, " Kbeuezer, take 
good care of Deborah," rcferrinff to his wife. 
Pray heeded the charge, aud married her soon 
after returning home. 



138 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Joseph Kiugsbury was drafted iu 1777, and Samuel, his sou, went 
in his stead and was in the Saratoga battles. 

Josiah, son of Jeremiah Kingsbury, joined the army at IG years of 
age in 1775 aud served till the close of the war: was acting quarter- 
master under Arnold at West Point, and ensign when discharged. 

Others were as follows: James Hovey Davis, Samuel Jennison, 
Lieut, and Quartermaster Nixon's Brig, at Saratoga battles; David, 
sou of John Barton, sick at Richmond after Cornwallis' surrender; 
William, son of Benjamin P>ddy, Parley, son of William Eddy, six 
months; Jacob Fellows, Abijah, son of Abijah Gale, Brewer's Reg., 
d. in service; Jesse Gale, his bro., k. 24 March, 1780; Hezekiah 
Larned, marched from Upton on Lexington alarm ; Abijah Conant, 
son-in-law of Capt. John Nichols, went as servant to Nichols, d. in 
service ; John Twichell, grandson of Benoni ; Gideon Sibley, from 
Sutton on Lexington alarm ; Abijah and P^lihu, sons of David Thurs- 
ton, in the same company and both k. in the same battle, Aug. (?), 
1777 ; Jedediah Adams, seven mos., in Wiley's Co., killed ; Phinehas 
Barton, Cai)t. John Nichols, joined the army 1777 ; Andrew Sigourney, 
in battle at White Plains aud others, commissary with rank of Capt. ; 
Anthony Sigourney in same Reg., Nathan Atwood, P^lijah Shuraway, 
John Bowers, Benjamin Rider, Adams Sully, William Stowell, Joseph 
Phillips. 

On 29 Sept., 1777, Ezra Bowman was appointed by the Legislature 
Adjutant of the Fifth Regiment and entered the service, contiuuing 
until April, 1781, at least. 

General Liearned. On 21 Sept., 1774, at a convention at 
Worcester to consider public affairs, a resolution was passed recom- 
mending the reorganization of the militia of the couuty. Accordingly 
a meeting of the "commission officers" of the 2nd Regiment was 
held 5 Oct., 1774, at Oxford, at which the following were chosen: — 

Ebknkzkk Lkaknkd of Oxford, Colonel." 
Timothy Sibley of Sutton, Lieut. -Colonel. 
Daniel Plimpton of Sturbridge, First Major. 
William Larned of Dudley, Second Major. 

Learned had previously been elected delegate to the provincial 
Congress at Concord, and on 12 Jan., 1775, he was again chosen to 
the same body at Cambridge. During the autumn and winter of 
1774-5 with his fellow-oHicers he was active in military preparations, 
and when in April the first alarm of war sounded, was ready for 
action. On the 21st of April, 1775, two days after the first engage- 
ment, we lind him at Cambridge at the head of his command prepared 
for service. He was ordered to Roxbury, under Gen. Thomas, where 
he remained as reserve and doing guard duty during the siege of 
Boston. Samuel Bixby of Sutton, one of his men, kept a diary dur- 
ing the eight months spent here, and thus describes the battle of 

1 A change was subseiiiifntly made and Learned placed In command of the Third Mass. Regiment. 



1775 GENERAL LEARNED IN THE REVOLUTION. 139 

Bunker Hill :— 

June 17, Saturday.— Col. Putnam with a large party went on to a hill in 
Charlestowii, called Bunker's Hill, last night to entrench, and this morning 
the British discovered liim and commenced firing at the men on the hill. A 
heavy fire was opened at Col. Putnam from the ships and also from the forti- 
fications in Boston. The Regulars went over in barges in great numbers and 
landed in Charlestown to attack Col. Putnam. Our men returned the fire 
smartly, and the battle appeared to rage fiercely. The entrenchments were 
not quite completed, and our men having spent their ammunition still defended 
themselves bravely, but were obliged to retreat. The regulars set houses on 
fire and did all manner of mischief, but Col. Putnam retreated to another hill 
and went to entrenching there, while the British kept up a constant fire upon 
him. 

About noon we fired an alarm, and rang the bells in Eoxbury and every man 
was ordered to arms as an attack was expected. Col. Learned marched his 
regiment up to the meeting house and then to the burying yard, which was 
the alarm post, where we laid in ambush with two field pieces placed to give 
it to them unawares should the regulars come. About 6 o.c. the enemy drew 
in their sentries and immediately a heavy fire was opened from the fortifica- 
tion. The balls whistled over our heads and through the houses . . . The 
enemy threw bombshells hourly into Roxbury during the night. Col. Learned 
ordered his regiment to encamp in the safest place and we encamped behind 
a hill. 

June 29, Thursday. Haynes Learned [son of the Col.] crept down to near 
the regular's guard last night, and fired at one of the sentries, and dropt him. 

July 5, Wednesday. Both of the new generals, Washington and Lee came 
into town [Roxbury] to day. 

Nov. 23. Provincial Thanksgiving day. Rev. Mr. Bowman of Oxford 
preached to us at the Col.'s as usual. Text Ps. 101, 1 v. 

Dec. 12. Several companies of militia arrived in Roxbury to day and joined 
Col. Learned's regiment. 

Dec. 25. No chaplain in Col. Learned's regiment at present. 

Jan. 1. Paraded, had our guns inspected and returned our ammunition. . . . 

Jan. 2. This morning drums beat for prayers and we attended after which 
the Col. dismissed us with honor.' 

Evacuation of Boston. 

A crisis in the siege was reached on the 16th of March, 1776, when Gen. 
Washington sent a strong detachment of men to fortify Nook's Hill. This 
decided Howe at once to evacuate, and on Sunday the 17th he began the em- 
barkation of his army. Pi*feparations were at once made in the American 
camp to enter the town. Putnam marched to Bunker Hill, and Ward with 
five hundred troops from Roxbury, under the immediate command of Col. 
Learned, who unbarred and opened the gates, entered the town in that direc- 
tion. - 

After the evacuation Learned, with his command, remained about 
two weeks on the highlands south of tlie town where he could observe 
the movements of the British fleet. On 20 March, Gen. Greene issued 
the following order: "Col. Learned is directed to man six whale 
boats every night while the enemy remain in the harbor, whose duty 
it is to row about and make discoveries of any movement of the 
enemy, that the garrison may be apprised thereof." On April 2 

'Mass. His. Soc. Proceedings for 1877. Tills ^proUilnghaiu. 
was H dismissal of the eight months men, whose 
time then expired. 



140 IIIS'K^RY OF OXFOltD. 1776-7 

Learned and his regiment were relieved from dnty at Dorchester 
Point, and were soon after ordered with the main body of the army 
to the defence of New York. The next record found of hira in 
military lif(* is of date 2 jMay, 1776, when he writes from that place 
to Gen. \Vn5*liin<2;t()n as foihjws : — 
Learned to Gen. Washington. 

" Sir, with regret I must hunil)ly represent my case, Being so indisposed in 
body that I am absolutely rendered unlit to serve the much injured and dis- 
tressed publiclv with the alacrity and usefulness I could wish, or the impor- 
tance of the cause requires; yet my hearty and greatest wish is that your 
Excellency may receive renown, and the United Colonies' arms still be dis- 
tiuguishod with success and victory, and in God's own time every worthy 
memi)er in the struggle return to and enjoy his own habitation in peace. But 
at present must request to absent myself from the Army in the manner your 
Excellency shall prescribe; and if it should be thought most expedient I 
should be dismissed the Continental service, if my past conduct is equal, 
should pray I may be dismissed with honor and supported home. In obtain- 
ing this I shall have fresh instances of your Excellency's favor; and lay me 
under new obligations ever to remain your very humble servant 

" EUENKZER LeaUNED." ' 

Addressed 

To the Hon. His Excellency 

Geo. Washington, Esq. 

The action of Gen. Washington upon this we do not find, but it is 
certain that Gen. Learned retired from the service May, 1776, on 
account of ill health. 

Early in 1777 a call was made upon Massachusetts for 15 battalions 
to recruit the army. In the House of Representatives, 6 Feb., 1777, 
choice was made of officers for these troops as follows : — 

Ebenezer Learned, Esq., Colonel; Timothy Bigelow, Lieut. -Col. ; 
David Bradish, Major. Learned declined the honor on the ground 
that his commission did not bear equal date with others in similar 
service. In closing his reply he says : — 

" Also in justice to Colonel Bigelow I am bound to say when considering 
his past services, his knowledge in discipline, so very necessary at this time, 
as also the great confidence that will be put in iii^ in the County of Worces- 
ter, it would in ray opinion much facilitate tlie raising of the Keginient if 
your Honors Avould see tit to appoint hira to the chief coramand." 

A commission for Learned was filled and signed by John Hancock, 
"President," and forwarded to him, which he returned, saying he 
could not accept it unless his commission could bear date equal to 
otlier olliccrs. 

Appointed General. What means were used hiter to secure 
his promotion is not apparent. Evidently he was held in high regard 
by men of influence, as on 2 April, 1777, Congress voted his appoint- 
ment as Brigadier-General. Here he did not hesitate, but accepting 
tlie honor ho soon joined the nortliern army under Gon. Schuyler, and 
in the campaigns of that eventful year distinguished himself as a 



1 Force's Arch., 4tU series, V., 1174. 



1777 GENERAL LEARNED IN THE REVOLUTION. 141 

soldier, and placed his name unquestionably among those of the 
bravest and most efficient officers in the American army. His first 
service under his new commission was at Fort Eldward, whence he 
proceeded to Fort Ticonderoga, where he secured and removed valua- 
ble stores before that fort was taken by Burgoyue in his progress 
southward. On 8 July, 1777, he was in command at Fort Edward, 
at which date he addressed the following : — 
Learned to Schuyler. 

" Hon' and Dear S' : 

" I have the agreea)ile Tidings that our Men at Fort Ann are full of Resolu- 
tion to Defend the Place and I am Supplying every Request from there 
yesterday after Noon the Enemy appeared in sight our People out and 
attacked tliem and Drove them 3 miles — Saw them carrying oft' Dead & 
wounded — the Enemy consisted of Hessians, Canadians, & Indians we had 1 
man Killed 3 Wounded — 

" from Fort George Ave are informed that the Enemy have made appearance 
7 miles from there on an island — 3 bateaux and 1 canoe — and Since we are 
drove to the great Necessity to Defend ourselves in this bare Handed and 
confused Situation we are Struggling to do it in the best manner we can. 
Have but very little Artillery and that unmounted — but very little lead Balls — 
but very few Tools for fortifying — no Tents more but few Kettles &c &c — but 
in the midst of these Difficulties we tind the great Importance of Defending 
this last security of our Country which God Grant we may never give up though 
at Present are very Defenceless — I would ask your Particular Orders and 
advice in this Critical Time — I have made all Dispatch to remove the most 
valuable stores from Fort George not with any Design to leave it — but tind the 
Necessity to save what few Medicines &c we have left. 

" This moment received from Fort Ann: the Enemy made an attack very 
near the Fort drove our People into the Fort — have heard no more 
" S'^ your very Humble Serv' 

" Eben' Li<:arned B. : G. 

" Hon' Gen' Schuyler. 

" This moment heard there were a Firing on Lake George we had boats 
sent down &c." ' 

Notes from Col. Thomas Nixon's Orderly Book are of interest in 
this connection : — 

"July 12, at Fort Edward. This day Gen. Schuyler ordered Gen. Nixon to 
immediately march his brigade to Fort Ann. . . . 

"July 19. The Advance Brigades to keep scouts continually out: Gen. 
Learned to send his up the Hudson river and Lake George, Gen. Nixon to send 
his to South Bay, Skenesborough and Fort Ann." '^ 

These troops seem to have been watching and, so far as possible, 
impeding the advance of the British army. That body, however, 
continued its southward progress until it reached Saratoga and Still- 
water, where tlie decisive battles a few weeks later were fought. 

Achievements of 1777. In order to a satisfactory under- 
standing of Gen. Learned's services it is necessary to review some of 



' Gen. Learned's correspondence was limited 1890. The present possessor is Charles Robert, 

and very few letters of his are extant. The Esq., of Phildelphla, to whose courtesy we are 

original of this was in tlit; collection of Mr. Indebted for a copy. 

Lossin;.', the historian, and was sold at a high '- Temple, His. Fram., 308. 
price at an autograph sale In Boston In Feb., 



142 HISTOIJY OF OXFOKI). 1777 

the leading events of the year, which can best be done by quotations 
from authorities who have made thorough studies of the subject, 
Clen. Burgoyne had early in the spring been put in command of the 
British army, the plan of tUe season's campaign having Vjeen to move 
from Canada southward by Lake Champlaiu and Ticonderoga to 
Albany, there to join Gen. Howe, who was to ascend the Hudson 
from New York, and thus by a line of military posts northward from 
that point cut off Now Kugland from the rest of the country. In the 
furtherance of tiiis design l>urgoyne on tlie 6th of July got possession 
of the stronghold at Ticonderoga, the Americans retreating to Fort 
Edward, and later to Stillwater on the Hudson. 

Fort Stanwix. Meantime a detachment of the British under St. 
Leger was sent up the St. Lawrence through Lake Ontario and the lesser 
waters towards Fort Stanwix, an important post in the Mohawk valley, 
about 45 miles northwest of Albany, with the intention of capturing 
it and afterward joining the main army in the valley of the Hudson. 
St. Leger reached the fort on the third of August. Peter Gansvoort, 
a fearless soldier, was in command, but the garrison was small and a 
protracted resistance impossible. Gansvoort sent for reinforcements 
to Schuyler, who, knowing his needs, had already ordered Gen. Learned 
with a part of his brigade forward to Fort Dayton. ^ Calling a council 
of his under ofllcers Gen. Schuyler found them all opposed to weaken- 
ing the main army by sending troops to aid Gansvoort, but he, feeling 
it a necessity, decided to assume himself the responsibility and called 
for a volunteer to lead the expedition. Not a brigadier responded. 
But Maj.-Gen. Arnold being indignant at this treatment of Schuyler's 
proposition offered to lead the movement, and very soon eight hun- 
dred men volunteered under him, many of whom were of Learned's 
brigade. 2 This body marched immediately, and on 20 Aug. joined 
Learned at Fort Dayton. On the 21st Arnold called a council of 
war, which decided it would be injudicious and hazardous to move 
until further reinforcements had arrived.-^ Arnold, however, learning 
that Gansvoort was hard pressed, overruled the council and pro- 
ceeded at the head of 1,200 men toward Fort Stanwix. But no 
besieging army was there. St. Leger having heard reports of large 
coming reinforcements became alarmed and was making all haste 
toward Lake Ontario, leaving cannon, stores and camp equipage to 
fall into the hands of the Americans ; Stanwix was saved, and Arnold 
and Learned marched back in triumph to the Hudson. 

Saratoga battles. During their absence the battle of Benning- 
ton had been fought and Schuyler had been superseded by Gen. 
Gates. Burgoyne was preparing for an advance on Albany and to 
oppose his progress Arnold and Kosciusko had selected a position to 
fortify called Bemis' Heights, a rise of ground peculiarly appropriate 
for the purpose, lying between the river (near which was the highest 



1 Carrlnjrton, Battles of Uevolutlon, 324. »MS8., N. Y. His. Soc, IX., 70. 

8Llfe of Arnold, 103. 



1777 GENERAL LEARNED IN THE REVOLUTION. 14.3 

portion) and Saratoga Lake about six miles from it. On this ground, 
on the 19th of September, occurred the first of two hard fought 
battles, and from the best evidence we have, Arnold was a lead- 
ing spirit in the day's contest, and Learned, who commanded the 
centre brigade, acted a very important part under him. Neilson in 
describing this battle says, " towards the close of the day Gen. 
Learned's brigade and another regiment, I think Marshall's, were 
principally engaged on a rise of ground, west of the cottage (Free- 
man's) with the British grenadiers and a regiment of British Infantry, 
and bravely contested the ground till night." ^ Lossiug says, " But 
for Arnold on that eventful day Burgoyne would have doubtless 
marched into Alt)any at the Autumnal Equinox a victor." - 
On 2Q Sept. Gen. Gates issued the following : — 

"The Public business having so entirely engaged the General's attention 
that he has not been properly at leisure to return his grateful thanlis to Gen. 
Pooi''s and Gen. Learned's brigades, to the regiment of Riflemen, Corps of Light 
Infantr.v, and Col. Marshall's regiment for their valiant behavior in the action 
of the 19th inst. , which will forever establish and confirm the reputation of 
the Arms of the United States." 

The bravery and success of Arnold at once aroused the jealousy 
of Gates and a quarrel ensued, resulting in a request from Arnold 
to go to Washington, which Gates willingly granted, but his fellow- 
officers besought him to remain until the decisive blow should have 
been struck, to which he consented, although his command had been 
transferred to another. 

Second engagement. On the 7th of October the contest was 
renewed and the great battle of the campaign fought. 

"At half past two in the afternoon the battle began. The troops of Poor 
[of N. Hampshire] and of Learned marched np the slope to attack the Grena- 
diers and tlie Artillery under Ackland and Williams with orders not to 
open fire until after the first discharge of the euemj-.^ Silently and steadily 
they inarched forward, and were received by a discharge of musket balls and 
grape shot which passed over their heads into the branches of the trees. 
Instantly with a shout they rushed forward and delivered their fire. Then 
followed a fierce assault and conflict. The Americans charged up to the very 
mouths and among the cannon and were met with a stubborn resistance . . . 
Finally after a terrible struggle, and when Major Ackland was severely 
wonnded and Williams taken prisoner, the Grenadiers and Artillery fled, and 
the Americans held the field." ^ 

During the early part of this contest Arnold was chafing in his 
tent — 

" Suddenly springing forward, he said to his aids, ' No man shall keep me 
in my tent to-day, if I am without command I will fight in the ranks. . . . 
Come on ! Victory or death ! ' and leaping into his saddle he plunged into 



• The prrenadiers were llie flower of the British ♦Life of Arnold. "The headlonK impetuosity 
army. -' Life of .Scliuyler, II., 349. of the attack confouuded tlie tacticians." — II'. 

' The puttiiijr forward of tliese troops as leaders Irving. 
in the attack was In military usage a recoguition 
of superiority. 



144 HISTORY OF OXFOHD. 1777 

the thickest of tlie tlf?ht, and thn soldiers welcomed tlu-ir old and beloved 
conimaiider with shouts and chei-rs which rose above the din and roar of the 

conflict." ' 

We now quote from Gen. Canington i^ 

"At this stajjje of the battle Arnold no lonjjer under self-control burst from 
the cunip and like a meteor rode to the front of Learned's Ijri.iiade, ichich had 
been so rccentlij under his command, and dashed into the (lj;ht. He was 
cheered as he rode past and like a whirlwind tlie regiments went with him 
upon the broken British lines. Fraser fell mortally wounded in this assault, 
and swiftly behind the half crazy volunteer came Ten Broeck with a force 
nearly double that of the whole British line. That line was now in full 
retreat.'' Phillips and Keidesel, as well as Burgoyne in person, exhibited 
marvellous coura.Efe in an hour so perilous . . . but nothing could stop Arnold. 
Wheresoever he found troops he assumed command and by the magnetism of 
his will and passion he became supreme in daring endeavor. With a part of 
the brigades of Patterson and Glover, he assaulted the intrcnchments of Earl 
Balcan*as, but was repulsed. To the right of Balcarras the Canadians and 
Koyalists were posted under cover of two stockade redoubts. Here again 
Arnold met Learned's brigade, took the lead and with a single charge cleared 
these works, leaving the left of Breyman's position entirely exposed." 

Thatcher iu his military journal, in speaking of this movement, 
says : — 

"At length the Americans press forward with renewed strength and ardor, 
and compel the whole British line, commanded by Burgoyne himself, to yield 
to their deadly lire, and they retreat in disorder. The German troops remain 
iirmly posted at their lines; these were boldly assaulted by Brig. -Gen. Learned 
and Lieut. -Col. Brooks, at the head of their respective commands, with such 
intrepidity that their works were carried and brave Col. Breyman, their com- 
mander, was slain." 

Liearned's efficiency. Gen. Wilkinson, who was Gates' Adju- 
tant, and on tiie iield, says : — 

"About sunset I ix'rccived (ien. Learned advancing toward the enemy with 
his l)rigade, in open column . . . when I rode up to him. On saluting this 
brave old soldier he ini|uired ' Where can I put in icith most advantage ? ' I 
had particularly examined the ground between the left of the Germans and 
the light infantry, occupied by provincialists, from whence I had observed 
a slack lire : I therefore recommended to Gen. Learned to incline to his right 
and attack at that point: he did so with great gallantry; the provincialists 
abandoned their position and Med ; the German tlank was by this means uncov- 
ered, tliey were assaulted vigorously, overturned in tive minutes and retreated 
in disorder leaving tlieir commander . . . Breyman, dead on the field." ^ 

"The night was now closing in. Tlie victory of the Americans 
was decisive." ■' 

Disaster averted. A subsequent movement in which Learned 
was prominent was that of the 11th of October, when, on a foggy 



' Life of Aniolil. ^" BuTKoyne jtaed iip, like spur iiiul whip, 
- Battles of the Kevolulimi, )). :)48. Till Fraser brave did fa', iiiau; 

•• Memoir, I., 27'.'. Then lost his wliy, ae misty day, 

6 WaslnuKtou Irving. Iu Saratoga shaw, man."— flur«s. 



1777 GENERAL LEARNED IN THE REVOLUTION. 145 

morning, Gen. Gates, with the belief that the enemy was in retreat 
toward Fort P^dward, sent out a body of troops to occupy the camp 
and follow in pursuit. The rising mists, however, revealed just at 
hand the whole British army in battle array. A retreat was ordered 
and a disaster averted. Wilkinson says of this movement : — 

'• I hastened to head-quarters [when the facts were known], reported to the 
General and received instructions to order Patterson's and Learned's brigades 
to support Morgan. Having performed that duty and conducted General 
Learned [Patterson being general otHcer of the day, both Maj. -Generals being 
wounded] across the creek. I returned." 

After describing other movements he adds : — 

" We had not heard from the corps of Gen. Learned and it occurred to me 
that, deceived by the tiring on the right he might be led into a disadvanta- 
geous attack, I instantly clapped spurs to my horse, crossed the creek and 
reached the front of the two brigades at about 200 yards from Burgoyne's 
stronge-t post on the crown of a hill. The troops were advancing and had 
just entered clear ground in front of the intrenchments, which were abbatized. 
If I had been three minutes later our left wing would have been engaged and 
the consequences might have been calamitous. I found Gen. Learned near 
the centre, and begged of him to halt, which was immediately done bypassing 
the word to the right and left. Then I observed to him that he must retreat. 
' Have you orders? ' said he. I said ' No; as the exegencies of the case will 
not allow me to see General Gates.' He replied, ' Our brethren are engaged 
on the right, and the standing order is to attack.'' I informed him ' Our troops 
on the right have retreated and the firing you hear is from the enemy.'" 

Lossing says : — 

" The brave veteran disliked the idea of retreating, preferring to carry out 
the .standing order to the very letter, but on counselling Avith Cols. Brooks 
and Tupper and some other officers a retreat was deemed advisable." 

The two brigades fell back half a mile to a field, which they fortified 
and held until the surrender on the 17th. 

Seth Bannister, Brigade-Major under Learned, in a letter to his 
wife describing the engagement of the 7th of Oct., says : — 

" Brig.-Gen. Learned was left in possession and commander of a large 
encampment of the enemy's with a number of his brigade and other troops, 
till Generals Lincoln, Glover and Nixon relieved him, about twelve o'clock at 
night." ' 

After disposition was made of the prisoners Learned and his 
brigade made a forced march to Albany to oppose the approach of 
the British from the south. Later his and other brigades were ordered 
southward. On 2 Nov., 1777, Alexander Hamilton, Washington's 
aid, wrote to him thus from Fishkill : "Gen. Learned's brigade, 
Morgan's corps, etc., on their march on the west side of the river." 
Eight days afterward he wrote from New Windsor that Poor's and 
Learned's brigades still remained there and at Fishkill, and were in a 
state of mutiny for want of their pay. Gov. Clinton, however, pre- 
vailed on Learned's brigade, then under command of Col. Bayley, to 



1 Massachusetts Spy. 

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146 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1778 

march to Goslieu in liopes they would continue on, and he expected 
thus to get them to headquarters by means of five or six thousand 
dollars, which ho borrowed to meet the emergency. On 12 Nov. he 
wrote he hoped both Learned's and Parson's brigades would join 
Washington in five or six days. 

With tlie Saratoga battles the public services of Gen. Learned 
ended. His increasing physical disabilities obliged him to retire, and 
obtaining a furlough he soon returned home. 

Washington to Heath. The next mention we find of him is 
in a letter of Gen. Washington to Gen. Heath at Boston, bearing 
date 9 Jan., 1778, at Valley Forge, which contains the following : " I 
beg you will carefully forward the enclosed letters to Brigadiers 
Glover and Learned. They contain orders for them to join their 
respective brigades, with which they are much wanted." ' Gen. Heath 
replied saying these letters had been forwarded as requested. Upon 
the recei[)t of Washington's order Learned proceeded to Boston and 
laid open his case to Gen. Heath, who on 7 Feb., 1778, wrote as fol- 
lows to Gen. Washington : — 

Heath's reply. 

" P>riji -Gen. Learned called upon me a day or two since and requested that 
I would transmit your Excellency the enclosed certificates and represent his 
present state of health. In the canipaijin of 1775 by a violent fall lie received 
a breach, which has been increased to a rupture, w'hich frreatly incapacitates 
him for business, especially in the Winter. He cannot ride without much 
inconvenience, and if he happens to wet his feet is attacked with the most 
excruciatinir pain. He has proposed to rcsiiin his commission, but the Hon. 
Mr. Hancock and myself have persuaded him to delay it for the present, as in 
a summer campaign he may render his country essential service. He is anx- 
ious to know your Excellency's pleasure."* 

On 27 Feb., 1778, Gen. Washington replied as follows: — 

" Consideriiiir Gen. Learned's ill state of health, I think his resignation had 
better be accepted of, more especially as from the nature of his complaint it 
does not appear that he can ever be able to bear the fatigues of a campaign, I 
would therefore advise him to make his resignation, with the reasons for so 
doing, to Congress, who are the proper body to receive it." ^ 

The purport of this letter was communicated to Congress and to 
licarncd, who on 12 March, 1778, wrote and forwarded to that body 
liis final resignation, as follows: — 

Learned's resignation. 

"Boston, March 12, 1778. 

" Most Hon' Sk. 1 have served in this warfare since the begiiming as a 
Col. of a Kegt. till May, 1776, when by indisposition liy reason of certain 
fatigues in the army I found myself une(|ual and resigned the service. 

" Since I recovered a little the Honorable the Contini'utal Congress on the 
second day of April, 1777, appointed me to the command of a Brig. -Gen'. I 
immediately took the Held, proceeded to Fort Edward, and at the evacuation 



1 Coll. Mass. BlB. Soc, 5 series, IV., 82, 88. nbld. nbid. 



1778-80 STATE GOVERNMENT. 147 

of Ticonderoffa had great fatigue in securing the remains of our stores that 
way. Direct!}' on that marched my brigade to the relief of Fort Stanwix. 

" Immediately on return we had the satisfaction of reducing Burgoyne's 
army with much fatigue and was personally and l)rigade in the severe but 
victorious actions of Sept. 19 and Oct. 7, and after that army was imprisoned 
we toolv a forced march to Albany to stop the progress of the enemy that way. 
"All which brought on my former difficulties and by the advice of Doct. 
Potts I took a furlough of Gen. Gates to retire from the army till I was well ; 
the receipt of which with my surgeon's certificate I have enclosed. 

" And I find I am quite unequal to act vigorously in my country's cause in 
the field and to eat the Publick's bread and not do the service I am not dis- 
posed. And I think I am better able to serve in a private or civil than in a 
military character. 

"All which considered I think it my duty to myself and my family, and 
country to pray your Honor the Congress to discharge me from the service. 
" And I shall remain as before 
" Your Honor's 

" Very Humble Serv't. 

" Ebenezer Learned, B. : G." ' 

In Congress, 24 March, 1778, it was resolved that this resignation 
be accepted." 

State Government. In the midst of the excitement of the war 
it became necessary to establish a new government to take the place 
of that which had been repudiated. The General Court moved in this 
matter, and on 30 Sept., 1776, the question whether the House of 
Representatives with the Council should form a system of government 
for the State came before the town. Alexander Campbell, PMward 
Davis, Ebenezer Learned, Ezra Bowman and William Phips were 
chosen to consider the subject, and reported that as the representa- 
tion was unequal in the House it was uuadvisable that they should 
proceed to form a government. This report was, on 7 Oct., unani- 
mously adopted. Before May, 1 778, the General Court had formed 
a " Constitution and Form of Government," which at that time was 
laid before the town for consideration. Upon it was a unanimous 
vote of disapproval. In May, 1779, the question was put whether 
there should be a new constitution or form of government at this 
time, and it was voted unanimously in the negative. By order of the 
General Court, in Aug., 1779, two delegates, Ebenezer Learned and 
Ezra Bowman, were chosen to meet in convention on Sept. 1 at 
Cambridge for the purpose of forming a State constitution with 
instructious to return to the town a copy of their proceedings for its 
consideration. The convention met and agreed upoa a form of a 
State constitution, which was presented to the town for action in 
June, 1780, when it was voted to accept the same excepting the 1st, 
2d, 3d and 29th in the Bill of Rights. 

The Constitution received the requisite number of votes in the State 
and was adopted. It did not, however, relieve the financial distress 

' Wc are iadebted to tlie courtesj' of Tlieodore Washington, for a copy of this letter, which 
Uwlght, Ebii., Llbrariaa of the L)ept. of State at came to light only after a long search. 

-See Learned, UeiiealOKical Department. 



148 HISTOUY OF OXFORD. 1786-7 

which prevailed, but rather, by introducing legal machinery to enforce 
the payment of debts, aggravated the evil. No permanent relief was 
experienced until after the adoption of the Federal Constitution in 
17.S8, when the permanence of the union became assured, contidence 
gradually returned, and the people eschewing conventions and excit- 
ing discussions cheerfully accepted the situation and set themselves 
diligently, l)y industry and frugality, to the work of repairing their 
lost fortunes. The clouds soon disappeared and from that day 
onward general prosperity prevailed. 

Shays' Rebellion. The few years following the Revolution 
were years of business depression and discouragement. Many town 
meetings and popular conventions were held for the discussion of the 
situation, with a view to preventing the depreciation of the currency 
and tlie regulation of prices of commodities which, through specula- 
tion and monopolies, were becoming exhorbitant. Numerous com- 
mittees were chosen to carry into effect, in the town, the action of 
these conventions, but the result was only temporary, and deprecia- 
tion continued until the currency became worthless, and the collect- 
ing of dues almost an impossibility. 

Lawsuits. Suing for debt became almost a mania ; the cases on 
the Worcester docket, in 1784 and 1785, were numbered by thousands, 
and much property was sacrificed on forced sales. General bank- 
ruptcy threatened the community, and great distress prevailed. The 
people of Newton, in their instructions to their representatives, 
say :— 

" We find by experience that we cannot obtain justice . . . without being 
obliged to purchase it. . . . Great numbers of actions are brought at every 
court wluch, together with the pernicious practices of some of our lawyers, 
occasion delays, appeals, protracted judgments, loss of time, travel, attend- 
ance, intolerable expenses, ... so that, unless the sum in dispute be con- 
sideral)le, it is better to lose it than to seek recovery by law." 

Out of this state of affairs, in the autumn of 1786, grew in cen- 
tral and western Massachusetts the demonstration known as " Shays' 
Rebellion," the declared ol)ject of which was not the overturning or 
resisting of the government, excepting in the matter of preventing 
the sitting of the courts in which these vexatious and expensive suits 
were in progress, until desired legislation could be procured. 

Shays, in a letter dated 30 Jan., 1787, to Gen. Lincoln, then 
in command of troops at Hadley, says : — 

"... The people are willing to lay dovpn their arms on the condition of a 
general pardon, and return to their respective homes, as tliey are unwilling 
to stain the hind which we, in the late war, purchased at so dear a rate, with 
the blood of our brethren and neighbors. Therefore we pray that hostilities 
may cease on your i)art, until our united prayers may be presented to the 
General Court, and we receive an answer, as a person is gone for that pur- 
pose. If this request may be complied with, government shall meet with no 
interruption from the pcojile." . . . 



1787 shays' rebellion. 149 

Oxford was deeply stirred, and many of its citizens were active, 
both as '' Regulators" and government soldiers. The people of the 
north part of the town especially, were, with very few exceptions, 
committed to the movement, and as a company was organized near 
the town, in the south part of Ward, under Jonah Gouldiug, it is 
probable that most of the Oxford men joined that organization. 
According to tradition, Timothy Sparhawk's house was the Oxford 
rendezvous, aud he, who had been a valiant soldier in the Revolution, 
aud his neighbor, Reuben Lamb, who had been chairman of the town 
Committee of Correspondence and Inspection, were earnest supporters 
of the cause. 1 

On 2 Feb., 1787, a company of the insurgents being gathered at 
New Braiutree, Gen. Warren sent soldiers from Worcester to disperse 
or take them. When ueariug their destination they were tired upon, 
from behind a stone wall, by men who had secreted themselves there, 
and were under the command of '' one Lamb."'^ 

Oxford, it has been said on high authority, was a " Shays town." 
That a majority of its people sympathized with the general sentiment 
in desiring relief from the existing embarrassments, is without doubt 
true, and a tolerably sure indication of the readiness on the part of 
the people to acquiesce in a change in the State administration, is 
given in the vote for Governor at the spring election, 1787, at which 
64 ballots were cast for John Hancock and two for James Bowdoin. 
Furthermore, Capt. Jeremiah Learned, a decided supporter of Shays, 
was kept in the representative's seat in the Legislature throughout 
this stormy period, and was chosen in Dec, 1787, as delegate to the 
convention for the formation of a State constitution. A single 
reference only to the subject, and that of slight import, occurs in 
Oxford records. 

The disposition in the public mind, in former years, to deride and 
censure this movement, has, in a measure, passed away. The fact 
that Shays himself was pardoned, and that of the 14 men in the 
State found guilty of high treason and sentenced to be hanged, not 
one suffered the penalty, seems to warrant the inference that even in 
the estimation of the people of that day the offence had much to 
extenuate and excuse it. 

Mr. E. B. Crane of Worcester, who has made a thorough study of 
the subject, says : — 

"The majority of the towns, in all the counties west of Middlesex, were in 
favor of the movement, and a vast number of men who did not join the 
insurscents gave their support in other ways. I think it was a popular move- 
ment, and only checked l)y the disposition on the part of the Legislators to 
correct the evils as fast as they could, which they did, and tlius renujved the 
cause to some extent, and broke the strengtli and support of the insurgents." 



lOn the authority of the late G. W. Hartwell. on tills subject, says this Lamb Is said to have 
- Wor. Mag., 55'2. Mr. E. B. Crane, In his paper been Reuben Lamb of Oxford. 



150 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1799 

"Adams' Army," During the progress of the revolution iu 
France, near the close of the last century, that country became in- 
volved in a war with England, and each party was solicitous lest 
America should give aid to the opponent. France went so far as to 
charge us with a disposition to side with her old enemy, and small 
matters became so magnified through misunderstanding that serious 
trouble was apprehended.^ 

Meantime our authorities saw fit to initiate precautionary measures, 
and on IG July, 17y.s, a vote was passed in Congress to augment the 
national army, and recruiting soon began. 

Oxford a camp. In the autumn of 179y, the 14th, loth and 
16th U. S. regiments, — a portion of this " provisional army," — were 
ordered to Oxford as a rendezvous. These regiments were not nearly 
full, but soldiers were being gathered from the several recruiting 
stations, and here drilled by veterans of the Revolutionary War for 
service should it be required. 

Col. Nathan Rice was put in command. He was the son of 
Rev. Caleb Rice of Sturbridge, had been aid to General Lincoln in 
the Revolution, and was of good ability and a worthy man.- 

The officers found quarters in various parts of the village, at 
private houses. Some hired rooms, and having their families with 
them lived independently ; others boarded in families of the villagers. 
The head-quarters of Col. Rice were at the house of Capt. Abijah 
Davis. Maj. Walker was quartered at the house of Nathan Hall, and 
others lived at the hotels. ^ The camp was on the slope of the hill west 
of the centre of the town. Coming in the fall, the soldiers soon began 
their depredations among the neighboring farmers, and it became 
necessary to early gather and house their crops in order to preserve 
them, and even then they were not safe. Petty thieving was com- 
mon, not only in this but in the neighboring towns, enclosures were 
broken open, cellars entered, and pork barrels emptied of their 
contents.'' 

As to their number we have no definite infornuxtion. According to 
tradition it was 1,00U, but this is thought to be a low estimate. Col. 



1 It was wliilu neKoUatious with Prance were ' DeserUons wore not uncoiiiiuon. The fol- 

KoliiK on lliut. In reply to a sujjgestlon that lowing were advertised: Tlionius Hradley, a. 26, 

money niij^ht inlluence the settlement of affairs, b. at old York, enlisted by Capt. Peabody at 

Charles (!. IMuckney uttered the famous words, Haverhill; Bcnaiah Door, a. 24. b. at Plttston, 

"Millions for defence, but not one cent for tribute.'''' enlisted by Capt. Blake at Castiue; William 

- He was jjrailiiated at Harvard College In 177;i, Harrington, a. •.'(!. b. at Portland, enlisted by 

resided at lllngliam, and removed to Burling- Lieut. Hradish at Hallowell: Joseph Powell, a 

ton, Vt., where iie spent his later years. '!■<. b. at Andierst, N. II.; Harry Ureen, a. 19, b. 

■'It Is related that when the specie with which at Hopkliilon; Daniel lioblnson, a. 21, b. at 

to pay the troops arrived In town, there was Gloucester. 

a|>prehension lest a raid should be made upon It. The late Ephralm l<:dson related his having 

It was taken to Butler's tavern, where some of been present at the Campbell tavern on the occa- 

the olllcers roomed, deposited in one of the up- sion of the punishment of one of the soldiers for 

stairs bedroom closets, and a network of twine some misdemeanor. The culprit was tied to the 

drawn across the door so that any attempt upon tavern slgn-i)Ost In the middle of the street, and 

It might be detected. The nails on which tlds there Hogged iu the presence of a crowd who 

screen was fastened remain at the present time, had gathered on the occasioa. 



1800 ADAMS' ARMY. 151 

Rice was officially the commander of the 14th Regiment, and John 
Walker was Major of the same. John Rowe was Major in the 15th 
Regiment, and Josiah Dunham, Captain in the 16th Regiment, was 
acting Brigade Inspector. Capt. Tolman from Boston or vicinity, a 
very worthy man, had command of a company. Lieut. Francis 
Barker of Weymouth or vicinity was an officer. Eli Forbes and 
Thomas Hale, both of North Brookfleld, were here, the former as a 
lieutenant and the latter as captain in tlie 15th Regiment, later 
teacher at Baltimore. 

Recruiting suspended. Early in 1800 recruiting was sus- 
pended. 

" Brigade Orders, Camp at Oxford, 20 March, 1800. 

"Extract of general Orders from the Adjutant General's office, dated 11 
Mar., 1800. 

"Agreeably to instructions from the department of 'War the recruiting 
service as far as relates to 12 Regiments of Infantry and six troops of light 
dragoons directed to be raised by act of Congress, 16 July, 1798, is for the 
present suspended. 

" All officers on recruiting service will join their regiments. The officers of 
the 14th, 15th, and IGth, regiments will govern themselves accordingly and 
repair immediately with the troops under their respective commands to the 
Brigade Head Quarters at Oxford. 

"By order of Commandant, 
"J. Dunham, 

"Acting Inspector of Brigade."' 

Disbandment. On 20 May, 1800, the United States Senate 
passed a resolution, nem. con., the House of Representatives concur- 
ring, to disband the "Provisional Army" on or before the loth of 
June following. This action applied to the infantry regiments from 
the fifth to the sixteenth inclusive. Early in June preparations were 
made here for compliance with this vote. On the 11th the Boston 
Centinel contained the following : — 

"Maj.-Gen. Hamilton, we learn has been at Oxford for some time, to give 
the necessary directions for the preservation of the public stores in conse- 
(juence of the disbandment of the army." 

The visit of Gen. Alexander Hamilton to Oxford on the occasion 
of the disbanding was a memorable event, as will be seen by the fol- 
lowing letter written at Oxford and sent from Providence to the 
Centinel, in which it appeared on 21 June : — 

" Oxford, June 13. 
"On Tuesday last Maj.-Gen. Hamilton with his suite arrived at this place, 
and on the succeeding day he reviewed tlie Brigade under the command of 
Col. Rice. On this occasion the troops performed their mauonivers with that 
exactness and activity which manifested attention in the men and superiority 
in the officers. The General expressed an uneiiuivocal approbation of tlie dis- 
cipline of the army and beheld with pleasure the progress of subordination 
and attention to dress and decorum. On Thursday the General made a public 
dinner to wliich all the officers of the Brigade and several gentlemen of the 
permanent army were invited. A convenient colonnade was erected for the 

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152 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1800 

purpose, over which the tla;; of the United Stales was displayed, and during 
tiic entertainment the air was tilled with martial music from a new formed 
l)and and from a large collection of drums and flfes. Hilarity and joy per- 
vaded the guests . . . but when they drank to the memory of Washington I 
and a parting sentiment was given by Gen. Hamilton a burst of extreme sensi- 
bility sutl'uscd every cheek and demonstrated the agitation of every bosom. 

" Hut Friday was reserved for a more prominent display of the passions of 
the human mind. At 7 o'clock in ihe morning the Brigade was formed into a 
hollow square when the General addressed his fellow-soldiers in a speech of 
about half an hour in length. On this occasion the troops were moved, not 
merely on account of this last interview with their General, but by the im- 
pressive sentiments which fell from his lips, enforced by the most charming 
eloquence and pointed diction. I cannot give even an epitome of this address. 
SulHce it to observe that he inculcated sentiments suitable for directing the 
conduct of the army subseciuent to its retirement into private life — such senti- 
ments as awakened and I trust will keep alive the patriotism of the officers 
and men : and induce them again, at the call of their country to make new 
sacrilices for its defence. 

" This day he sets out on a visit eastward." ' 

The Centinel of 18 June contained the following: — 

" Maj.-Gen. Hamilton and his suite arrived in town on Saturday from 
Oxford. Tomorrow a public dinner will be given him at Concert Hall." 

This dinner w;is a grand affair, and many of the leading men of 
Boston joined to do honor to their illustrious guest. Among the 
toasts given were the following : — 

" The late disbanded Army, — may we respect them for the services they would 
have performed had our insidious Friends presented a bayonet instead of an 
olive branch." 

" T/ic Atlantic Ocean, — what God hath separated let not man put together." 

Washington's Funeral. An impressive episode in the story of 
this "'Army" was the funeral service in honor of George Washing- 
ton. On 8 Jan.. 1800, by order of Col. Tvice, the following appeared 
in the Massachusetts Spt/ : — 

"FUNERAL HONORS AT OXFORD. 

"Oxford, Jan. 4, 1800. 
" Mkss. Tuomas & Son. 

" The President having directed that Funeral Honors should be performed 
at the several Military stations throughout the United States to the Memory 
of our late beloved highly venerated and most illustrious Ct)MMANI)EK-IN- 
CHIEF whose talents as an oliicer and virtues as a man had placed him above 
all praise, 1 have directed that the same be performed at this post on Wednes- 
day the Fifteenth instant. 

"Confident that the most poignant grief for so great a National Calamity 
hath pervaded (^very i)art of our country, and particularly the citizens of this 
vicinity, and that it would aH'ord tiiem consolation to unite with us in per- 
forming these sad rites. 1 re(iuest that through your paper information may 



' CieorK<' Uavis, Ksi|., In Ills history of Stiir- li-Dops. .\U who liearii Iiiiii address tliem admired 
bridge .says: " 'riic writer recollects very well liis extraordinary powers. He was a great man 
when Gen. Humiltou came and Inspected these in the Ueld as well as In the cabinet. 



1800 Washington's funeral. 153 

be s:iven thereof. The Clergy — the Society of the Cincinnati and Officers of 
the late Army — Officers civil and military — Citizens in general are invited to 
attend : and it is hoped with the usual badge of mourning on the left arm. 

" Tlie procession will be formed precisely at 11 O'clock and proceed to the 
Meoting-house where it is expected divine worship will be performed; after 
which it will proceed to the place representing that of interment, and the 
ceremonies performed agreeable to the instructions therefor. 

" It is requested that seasonable information may be given by the Com- 
manding Officers of such Volunteer Corps and Uniformed Companies of 
Militia as will attend on the occasion. 

" N. Rice, 
" Commandant of the 14th Regiment 

and Commanding Officer at Oxford." 

The Spy of 22 Jan., 1800, contained the following: — 

" On Wednesday the 15th inst. Funeral Honors were paid l)y the troops 
stationed at Oxford to the memory of their illustrious leader General GEORGE 
WASHINGTON. At day break 16 guns were fired from the left of the Can- 
tonment by a companj' of Worcester Artillery, commanded by Capt. Healy : 
at sunrise another gun was fired, which was repeated each half hour through 
the day. At 11 O'clock the troops having been formed, moved from their 
parade by platoons and formed in the Main Street: a company of Cavalry 
under the command of Capt. [Jeremiah] Kingsbury formed on their left, the 
whole commanded bj' Maj. Walker of the 14th Regiment and two companies 
of Artillery under the orders of Major Andrews on their right. Thus formed, 
at 12 O'clock, the Hearse, covered with a black velvet Pall bearing an Urn 
shrouded with black crape and accompanied by the Pall Bearers in mourning 
and with white scarfs, was received by the troops with presented arms, the 
drums Ideating a march while it passed slowly in front to the left : the Officers 
and colors saluting as it passed ; from the left it was borne back to the cen- 
tre where it halted and received the salute of all the Officers and colors alone. 
It was then removed to its place in the procession, which then moved, by the 
left, in the order following, the music playing a Dead March: 
Company of Cavalry. 
16th, 15th and 14th Regiments of United States troops. 
Artillery. 
Band of Music. 
Drums and fifes of the Brigade. 
[Drums covered with crape and muffled.] 
Clergy. 
Orator and ofticiating Clergyman with white scarfs. 

Pall Bearers, f BIER 1 ^^^^ Bearers, 

_, ^ ^ , , Beariut' the Urn, covered as before men- ^ ^ ^„,,. , ^ 

Capt. Balch. I ^5^,^^^,^ a ' W ' in sold cipher on the Urn, I ^apt- ^ iHmghast. 

■i and a laurel wreath running spirally from ■ 
Maj. Jones. j tlie base to the top. The Generaf's Hat Maj. Lynde. 

and Sword placed at the head of the Bier, 

Maj . Winslow. [ which was borne by four Sergeant Majors, j Col. Ilunnewell. 

THE GENERAL'S HORSE 

Covered with black properly caparisoned, boots reversed, led by two 

servants in livery. 

Col. Rice, Commandant, 

As chief mourner — with staff. 

Officers of the Army 

with badges of mourning. 

Civil Staff of the Army. 

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154 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1800 

Members of the Society of the Cincinnati and 

Ortlccrs of the late Army. 

Brethren of the ' Morning Star,' ' Fayette,' ' Meridian Sun ' and 

' Olive Branch ' Lodges in the following order : 

Tyler 

With a drawn sword, the hilt covered with crape. 

Two Tylers, do. 

Two Stewards 

With white staves, the tops covered with crape tied with white 

Ribands — blaclc and white tassels. 

Brethren of tlic several Lodges. 

Secretaries of the Lodges 

With the records covered with crape. 

Treasurers, 

l^earing charters covered with crape. 

Junior Wardens. 

Senior Wardens 

bearing their columns covered with crape. 

Past Masters. 

Three Master Masons wallving triangularly with the three candlesticks 

covered with crape, lights extinguished. 

Three Masons walking triangularly, each bearing a stall", the head of which 

was covered with crape and a wliite silk cord — black and white tassels. On 

each staff hung a pendant of white silk bordered with l)lack. On one pendant 

was ' Wisdom,' on another ' Strength ' and on the third ' Beauty.' 

Monumental Obelisk 

borne by four oldest Master Masons supported by four more. 

The Obelisk and its Pedestal were four and a half feet high, representing 

black marble ; on the front of it was a bust of General Washington and over 

it a motto, ' He lives in our Hearts ' ; above tlie motto tlie square and 

compass. On the other three sides of the Obelisk wei*e represented Faith, 

Hope and Charity, and above them the corresponding Masonic emblems; the 

whole in Bas Relief. On the Pedestal was inscribed the General's name, 

where born, when Commander of the late Army, when President of Congress, 

&c., &c. 

Two Master Masons bearing a large and elegant 
SILVER URN 
Ijeautif ully decorated with a wreath of evergreens intermixed Avitli 
flowers and the [laurel branch] in front. 
Three brethren walking triangularly with large silver candle- 
sticks without lights. 
Tyler 
witli his sword as before mentioned. 
The Constitution and Sacred Writings 
on black cushions, &c., borne by two Past Masters. 
Tiiree Masters of Lodges. 
A brother of the Royal Arch 
bearing a silver Urn. 
Presiding Master. 
Deacon. Deacon. 

Each with a black staff, the head covered witli white crape tied with 
black riband, black and white tassels. 
Officers of the Militia. 

Sherifls. 

Justices of the Peace. 

Gentlemen of the Bar and Physicians. 

Otlier Citizens. 



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1800 MILITARY AFFAIRS. 155 

"The citizens were marshalled by Capt. Hamilton of Worcester. It is 
supposed the procession and the spectators amounted to 6,000 persons. 

" On the arrival of the procession at the Meeting-house the troops formed 
the lines, opened their ranlvs, and faced inward, resting upon their arras 
reversed ; the procession passed through into the house, led by the clergy, the 
band i)laying a solemn dirge ; the pulpit, communion table and galleries, were 
wholly shrouded in black ; the hearse being placed at the head of the broad 
aisle, tlie brethren of the Fraternity of Masons elevated the obelisk on the 
right of the hearse, and on the left placed their lights, silver urn, &c., on a 
large pedestal covered with black, during which the band from the gallery 
continued to lill the house with solemn music ; thus arranged, the throne of 
grace was addressed by Rev. Mr. Austin of Worcester, after which another 
solemn dirge by the band. An eulogy was then pronounced by Capt. Josiah 
Dunham, of the I6th regiment of United States Infantry, in which he strik- 
ingly portrayed the virtues and services of the late Commander-in-Chief, and 
observed justly that Five Millions of people were, with one voice, expressing 
sorrow and grief at their loss. After the eulogy followed a solemn funeral 
dirge by the Baud, during which the Fraternity, in mournful silence and in 
proper order, deposited their large silver urn and raised the Obelisk over it. 
A short but solemn funeral service was performed by the Fraternity, which 
closed the solemnities in the Meeting-house. 

" The procession was again formed, and left the Meeting-house in the same 
order in which it arrived there ; marching one mile in the Main Street, which 
being very broad, straight and level, aflbrded to a numerous body of specta- 
tors an opportunity of viewing the whole procession at once, during which 
time the bell, being muffled, tolled a solemn Knell, and minute guns were fired 
from the Artillery. On the arrival at the place of Deposit the troops again 
forming a line and resting on their arms reversed, the procession passed 
through, and the Hearse, reaching its destined spot, the Urn was deposited in 
the earth, the music again played a solemn dirge. The order of the Presi- 
dent and of Gen. Hamilton was read to the troops, a detachment of Infantry 
advanced and fired three volleys over the Urn, after which the Masonic 
brethren placed a monument over it. The troops Ijeing again formed, the 
colors were unfurled and the drums uumuffled, the troops wheeled to the 
right by platoons, the President's March was played, and they moved to their 
quarters and were dismissed. The Fraternity retired to their temporary 
Lodge, which was immediately closed. 

" The solemnities ended with the setting sun. The appearance and move- 
ments of the troops gave great satisfaction, and bore honorable testimony of 
the military address and executions of the officers." 

For many years the " Urn " was preserved in the attic of the South 
meeting-house, where the ceremonies were held, and later in the 
house of Capt. AV)ijah Davis. It was of wood, about three feet in 
height, and was silver gilt with a monogram " W." in gold, on the 
side. 

Soldiers of War of 1812. The muster rolls of this war are in 
the archives of the nation, and now inaccessible. The following list, 
which is incomplete, has been gathered chiefly from older people of 
the town : — 

George Blandin, d. in the service. Jesse Briggs, Rufus Briggs, 
brothers. Rufus d. soon after his return. William Stiles, brother- 
in-law of Briggs. Abijah, son of Doct. Daniel Fisk, in Jones' Co., 



156 HISTORY OF OXFOliD. 

Miller's Reg., d. 1813 at Greetibush, of camp fever. Joseph Lamb, 
musician, drafted. Russell White, came to Oxford after his return. 
Sylvanus Town, Jr., in regular army on western frontier, from about 
ISOO to 1M20, ret. to Oxford and d. here. David Wait, served three 
months at Fort Warren, came later to Oxford. .1. Prentice, son of 
Levi Lamb, d. in service. John Butler, went west before the war and 
joined Gen. Wayne's army. [See Butler,] Edward H. Shumway, 
drafted. Hovey Bounds, wounded at Queenstown. [See Bounds.] 
John Alverson, son of George, killed in battle. Tisdale Atwood. 

Minor Military affairs. We have few accounts of early mili- 
tary operations. The law required the enlistment and training of all 
able-bodied men between the ages of 16 and 60 years, and was doubt- 
less duly observed. The frequency of military titles in the records 
indicates that military office was considered honorable, and many of 
these olHcers were prominent and influential citizens. The statutes 
also recjuired that the towns should be provided with ammunition, 
" which shall be a Barrel of good Powder, two hundred weight of 
Bullets, and three hundred Flints for every sixty listed soldiers."^ 

In 1714 the town voted "to buy a stock of Ammunishuu, of 30 
pounds of powder and bullits and flints answnirable." 

In 1718, six pounds was raised to buy ammunition. In Jan., 1724, 
during Father Ralle's War, a report was made of military stores, as 
follows : 20 pounds powder, valued £3. 1.5s. ; twelve dozens flints, 
6s. ; and 28 pounds of bullets, 16s. 4d. In INIarch, 172.5, 15 pounds 
was voted for powder and ball. 

In 1736, a committee was chosen to " search into the stock of am- 
munition," and in Jan., 1737, nineteen pounds was voted to replenish 
it. Nothing further appears to indicate active military operations 
until 174S. when it was voted that those in the town who had been 
iuq)ressed, and had been as soldiers six months in his Majesty's ser- 
vice, should be freed from paying taxes for 1746.2 j^ 1757, 
Phinehas Ward was paid eight shillings for casting bullets for the 
town. 

We find no further allusion to the subject until 1773. It appears 
that Ebenezer Cutler, Doct. Stephen Barton and William Campbell, 
then held a quantity of military stores belonging to the town, and in 
March, 1773, Capt. Ebenezer Learned was appointed by the town to 
sue for and collect the same, which he did. 

In May, 1789, a committee on ammunition reported they had col- 
lected 155 pounds powder, 587 pounds of balls, 1,083 flints, and had 
obligations for 77 pounds additional of powder. 

In July, 1794, the town voted, in addition to Federal pay, to non- 
commissioned ollicers and privates who should enlist in the town's 



1 Law of 1693. tliey were. From Queen Anne's war up to this 

-Tliooia Frencli war be^an In 1744, In wliicli, time our frontier had been protected by troops, 

as we loam fniiii tills vote, Oxford soldii-rs were Tin- Frcncli and Imlian war befran In 1753, 

engaged. We have no means of knowing who although not formally declared until 175G. 



MILITARY AFFAIRS. 157 

quota of the 80,000 men ordered by Congress to be in readiness for 
service at a minute's warning, as follows : £3 to a sergeant, £2. 4s. 
to a corporal, £2. 4s. to a musician, and £2 to a private ; and in Sept., 
voted to raise the above to eight dollars a month per man, if called 
iuto actual service, and to add one dollar bounty. 

In Sept., 1796, the town voted to give ^ of a pound of powder to 
each soldier for muster day. 

Po"wder-house. In May, 1806, the town voted to build a 
powder-house, and on 1 Dec, Sylvanus Town leased to a committee, 
for the town, land near the north end of the plain for this building. 
It was of brick, about seven feet square, and stood on land now 
occupied by the Norwich and Worcester Railroad, near the common. 
The building never had repairs, and at the time of grading the rail- 
road was much dilapidated, and b}' vote of the town in May, 1837, 
the selectmen were directed to dispose of it and its contents. 

"Independent Company." From early times Oxford soldiers 
were enrolled in two companies, north and south. In Feb., 1824, 
the south was, on petition of Ebenezer Rich, captain, disbanded, and 
an independent company authorized, to be called " Oxford Invinci- 
bles " (later changed to -'Light Infantry"), provided 45 were 
enlisted. The new company met 21 April, 1824, at Flagg's Hotel, 
and chose Andrew Sigouruey, Jr., Capt. ; Elihu Harwood, Jr., 
Lieut. ; Archibald Campbell, Ens. The roll numbered 66. A uni- 
form was adopted of " dark blue coats, leather cartridge boxes, 
white belts and cross straps, black leather caps [high], black 
[ostrich] plumes, white pantaloons." Company met 5 July, and 
" trained all day." Attended muster 15 Sept., at wSutton ; in 1825, 
at Millhury. Aug., 1827, Elihu Harwood, Jr., chosen Capt. ; Feb., 
1829, Hiram Moffltt chosen Capt., Nathaniel Emerson, Lieut., Jasper 
Brown, Ens. Muster 1829, at Sutton. Sept., 1830, Nathaniel Emer- 
son chosen Capt., Jasper Brown, Lieut., Erastus Evans, Ens. Mus- 
ter 30 Sept., at Sutton. 

In 1830 the 5th Regt. was disbanded, and this company transferred 
to the 4th Regt. Muster, 1831, at Dresser Hill, Charlton, and 1832 
at Southbridge. April, 1837, Jasper Brown chosen Capt., Erastus 
Evans, Lieut., Robert Frair, Ens. Muster, 1837, at Dudle3^ the last 
of the regimental reviews. The company soon after disbanded, and 
its members were enrolled in the militia.^ 

Cavalry Company. A cavalry company existed in Oxford for 
more than 25 years. Jeremiah Kingsbury, Jr., was in command in 
1797. It was composed of men from other places, many being from 
Sutton, and Asa( ?) Putnam of that town was for a time captain, and 



• Soon after the orKanization a banner was ceremony took place, when the cavalry company 

given the company by the ladles, at a cost of was the recipient of a standard. Miss Rider of 

eighty dollars. The presentation was on the Charlton, then teacher here, making the address, 

common In a speech by Sally Torrey, replied to by Capt. Putnam, of Sutton, being In command. 
Archibald Campbell. A few years before a like 



158 HISTORY OF OXFOIM). 1817-19 

Rufiis Moore ufterward. In Feb., 1808, Kiugsbuiy h:ui been several 
years Lieut. -Col. of a battalion of cavalry, 1st Brigade, 7th Division, 
Mass. Militia, and then rcsigncfl. Andrew Smitii was the last captain 
of the (Jxford coiiipaiiy, which was disbanded not far from 182.5. 

Musters. The expanse of Oxford Plain rendered it peculiarly 
appropriate for military reviews. ^ On the 30th of Sept. and 1st of 
Oct., 1817, occurred a Brigade Muster, which was thus described in 
the Massachusetts Spy : — 

"His Excellency the Coimnander-in-Chief [Gov. Brooks], accompanied by 
the Adjutant General and Major Brooks, a son of his Excellency, reviewed at 
Oxford, on the 30th ult., and the 1st inst., four reijjinients of Infantry, the 
rcfiinient of Cavalry, and battalion of Artillery belonjrin<r to the tirst Brigade 
and seventh Division — the whole under the command of Brig. -Gen. Towne 
[of Charlton]. The weather was fine, and the troops exhibited a degree of 
patience, perseverance and discipline, with which his Excellency and suite 
manifested their great gratification, and expressed a belief that many of their 
raanteuvres could not be surpassed by the best troops in the service of the 
United States." 

At the close the Governor and suite were escorted by mounted citi- 
zens to Worcester, where they were honored in a sumptuous dinner, 
and the next day proceeded to Lancaster, where the Second Brigade 
of the same Division was reviewed. - 

A similar gathering occurred here in 1810, but the number of 
troops was not so large, and the absence of the Commander-in-Chief 
took from it the prestige of the previous occasion. The Spi/, a 
week or two prior to the day, gave : " The first and fifth regiments 
of Infantry, with the regiment of Cavalry and battalion of Artillery, 
we understand will meet at Oxford." Gen. Salem Towne, of Charl- 
ton, was in command, and, as on the previous occasion, throngs of 
people from the region about were present. In the fall of 1825 a 
review of a battalion of several companies of cavalry, from this and 
other towns near, took place on ground easterly from the present rail- 
road station, it then being an open field. 

Probably the most striking spectacle ever seen in the town was at 
the time of the first review, when the four regiments of Infantry, the 
regiment of Cavalry, and the battalion of Artillery, each with its 



• From allusions to the suhject here and there left for Worcester. The troops, ho remarked. 
In the records It Is Inferred that this was for were under the command of Maj.-tien. Bur- 
many years In the last century a favorite place liank of Mlllhury, and Towne was commander 
for the lart;er reviews of the mllltia of the south under him. They broui;ht their provisions and 
part of Worcester county, llndouljtedly Its tent eiiulpajce, and encamped on the Held, and 
spleniild parade KroumI was a leading attraction the llriuK' of the salute to the Governor by the 
when the Provisional Army was ordered here In Artillery was a memorable incident of the occa- 
179U. sion. In speaking of the decline of the military 

-Col. Reul)en Waters, then of Sutton, was a spirit later, he said the llftb rejrlment, to which 

participant in this review, and related that tJov. Oxford and Sutton soldiers belonjred, was dls- 

Brooks and suite arrived at West Sutton on the bandi'il l)ecause the men became weary of doing 

evening of the '.".ith Sept., remained there over military duty, ami purposely elected inetliclent 

night, rode to Oxford on the next niorntug, men as olllcers, thus bringing the matter into 

and returned and spent the second night at entire discredit. 
Sutton, and in tlie afternoon of tlie second day 



1861 THE CIVIL WAR. 159 

mounted officers, flag and band of music, filed off tlie field into our 
broad street, at its lower extremity, and under the lead of Governor 
Brooks and aids, marched in broad ranks up its mile of level, and 
returned to their encampment. 

The Civil War. The people of Oxford were fully awake to the 
condition of national affairs in the early months of 1861. The news 
of the attack on Fort Sumter on 12 April, sent a thrill of excite- 
ment throughout the North. On Monday, the 15th, President Lin- 
coln issued his call for 75,000 troops for three months. Four days 
later, on the evening of Friday, the 19th, — the day which witnessed 
the contest between the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment and the Balti- 
more mob, — an enthusiastic meeting assembled at Sanford's Hall, at 
which Hon. Alexander DeWitt presided. Spirited addresses were 
made by Moses S. Johnson, Jasper Brown, Nelson Bartholomew, 
Luther C. Torrey, and others, and a committee, consisting of Alex- 
ander DeWitt, Samuel C. Paine, Emory E. Harwood, William E. 
Pease and Nelson Bartholomew, was chosen to effect the immediate 
organization of a volunteer military company. Bartholomew was 
enthusiastic, and of all the workers the most efficient. The compact 
for the forming of this company — supposed to have been drawn by 
him — was as follows : — 

Military company. 

" The undersiiiued. residents of Oxford and vicinity, desirous of being 
qualified, should the emergenc.y arise, to respond to the call of the country 
for men to defend her against rebellion, do hereby signify their willingness 
to join a military company to be instructed in the military drill, and prejiared 
to do a soldier's duty.'" Signed — Nelson Bartholomew, Charles L. Watson, 
H. S. Dealing,* ,T. E. Fellows, Josiah G. Brown, George H. Keitli, Joseph H. 
Williams, Albert Prince, Edwin E. Rindge, EdAvin Grout, .T. B. Gould, John 
Fitzpatrick, N. Aiken Viall, J. G. Mowry, George B. Works, Luther C. Tor- 
rey, William H. Hall, Vernon F. Kindgc, — total 18. 

This number was within two or three days increased to 45, and on 
Monday evening, April 22, at a rally at North Oxford a suffi'cient 
number was added to assure the success of the company. 

On 22 April, three days after the informal meeting, a town meet- 
ing was called, which was held on the sixth of May, Jasper Brown, 
moderator. A vote was passed raising not exceeding $4,000 towards 
payiug tlie expenses of a volunteer military company in town, com- 
pensating its members, procuring uniform and aiding families. The 
town treasurer was authorized to borrow money to meet expenses. ^ 

' No date is attached to this document, but it is selectmen and Alexander DeWitt, Emory San- 

belleved to have been written and sifrned in the ford, Georfte Hodpes. Jr., Samuel C. Paine, 

meeting, or immediately after it. William E. Pease, Charles A. Anfrell, Ira Mer- 

- Later in Co. I. riam and Elisha M. Smith be a committee to 

•'• Provision was later made for the necessary carry into efTect the vote of the town respecting 

funds by a subscription, and 178 citizens contrib- a volunteer military company, and that said 

Hted $4,031. In Nov., 1865, a law having been committee lie instructed "to pay each member 

enacted to meet such cases, the town voted that of such company, except those provided for by 

these subscriptions be refunded, which was done other towns, fifty cents a day for time spent in 

in 1867. At this meeting it was voted that the elementary drill up to this date, and hereafter. 



IHO HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1861 

Organization. The company was organized May 4th under the 
militia laws of the State, and in honor of Col. Alexander DeWitt was 
called the '' DeWitt Guards." The following were elected as officers : 
Captain, Charles H. Watson ; • 1st Lieut., Nelson Bartholomew; 2d 
Lieut., Henry W. Harold; 3d Lieut., Joseph Wood; 4th Lieut., 
Bernard B. Vassall. Under the United States laws there could be 
but two lieutenants, Harold, not having been naturalized was ineligi- 
ble, and Wood retired, and Bartholomew and Vassall were com- 
missioned. 1st Sergt., Luther C. Torrey ; Sergts. Henry W. Harold, 
Albert Prince, Geo. B. AYorks, Peleg F. Murray; Coi'ps. Charles A. 
Bacon, Pliny Allen, Amos H. Shumway ; Musicians, Oscar L. Guild, 
William H. Smith. Two days after the organization the officers 
had received their commissions and arms had been furnished by the 
State. Two or three weeks afterward the equipment of the company 
was completed by the receipt of uniforms, and 1 June an excursion 
was made to Worcester, where the company was cordially received 
and entertained. - 

Bounties. Under the call of the President, 1 July, 1862, for 
3U(),0U0 men the town voted, 30 July, tp pay a bounty of 8150 to 
each man heretofore enlisted for the war, or who should enlist within 
three days, and Sl2o to those enlisting within one week, and SlOO to 
those enlisting thereafter until the town's quota of 38 men be filled. 
At the close of this meeting 20 men enlisted. On 6 Sept. an addi- 
tional sum of $o0 as bounty was voted. In Aug., 1863, it was voted 
to pay State aid to soldiers' families in accordance with Chap. 176 of 
the laws of 1863. '-^ 

In camp. Drilling at Oxford continued until 28 June when the 
company went into camp at Worcester, and was attached to the 15th 
Regiment, Mass. Vols., and designated as Company E. Camp duty 



one dollar a clay for a time not exceeding 24 not exceedinR $2b7.85. Of this $132 were paid 
days — provided tlie company be reipilred to drill to L. A. Presby. tavern-keeper. The amount 
six lioiira eacli day, the first roll-call to be at 8 paid by the town to the "DeWitt Guards" 
o'clock A. M. unless the committee otherwise for drilling was S2,084, and for uniforms $l,fH;j. 
directs, and the last roll-call to be at 6 o'clock P. The bounties paid before tlie sprlu;: of 1S62 
M., and the company to drill at least one hour amounted to $10,(!50. The amount paid to sol- 
previous to the call, the balance of the time for dlers' families in the fiscal year endiuf; 1S62 was 
drlllinK' to be left to the discretion of the com- $1,707; 186:5, $4,283 ; 1S64. $4,904: ISGo, $6,70S; 1866, 
maudinj^'OtUcer,— also that each and every soldier State aid, $2,li91. [Town Reports.] 
not on duty at any or each roll-call shall forfeit •Throufc'h the efliciency of Lament B. Corbln, 
his pay that day, and fifty cents; and that sild first selectman, as rccrultinir ollicer. all demands 
commltli'(' be instructed to purchase a suitable for men were promptly met. In .fiine. IS64, the 
uniform for said company." town by a unanimous vote expressed Its thanks 

1 Watson was experienced In military allairs, to him " for the enerjjetic, faithful and patriotic 

having been previously in tlie pul)llc service. manner " in which he had performed the duties 

-At the annual ineetin;; of Co. E Association, of his oHlce. 

1890, Its President made the statement that this April, 1864, the following appeared In the 

company was tlK- tirst new organization In the iVorcester Spy : "The town of Oxford considers 

State to appear armed and e(iuip|)ed In response Itself the banner town of the county, having 

to the President's call. tilled all (piotas with four or tive men In the field 

A 1)111 was paid by the town for the use of San- In excess, and all have been raised without war 

ford's Hall "as a rendezvous and armory from meetings, extra l)ouuties or purchases of men 

111 May to 2S June, Inclusive." In Nov., 1S61, out of town." 
the town voted to pay board bills of soldiers 



1861-2 THE CIVIL WAR. 161 

was continued until 8 Aug., when under the command of Col. Deveus 
the regiment left en route for Washington, arriving on the 10th. On 
the 12th an encampment was made on Meridian Hill, under the name 
of Camp Kalorama. On the 2oth began the march toward Pooles- 
ville, which place was reached on the 27th. ^ Here the regiment was 
attached to the Corps of Observation, under command of Gen. Stone, 
and remained as guard and doing picket duty until 21 Oct., when 
occurred the battle of Ball's Bluff. ^ 

Ball's Bluif. This was the first experience of these men in 
battle, and while they fought with courage and steadiness which 
would have been creditable to veterans they could not prevail against 
overwhelming numbers. Col. Baker, of a California regiment which 
joined in the movement, was in command. A crossing was made in 
insufficient transports, a difficult lauding effected on the Virginia side, 
and after marching a short distance on unexplored and partially 
wooded ground they found themselves confronted by a force more 
than double their own in numbers, were driven back to the ragged 
bluff where the command having been given for every man to take care 
of himself they rushed in disorder to the river, swamped their boats, 
and by means of logs, rails or whatever could be had to aid, swam 
toward the Maryland side amid a shower of bullets from the enemy. 

Joseph Jenuison, Jr., and James Hilton were killed; Bernard B. 
Vassall, Lieut., prisoner; John M. Norcross, Nathaniel A. Viall, 
Joseph H. Williams and Patrick Moore (both wounded). Corporals; 
privates Amidon, Daniel Cobb, Coburn, Thomas Conroy, William 
Conroy, Geo. P. Davis, William M. Davis, Dockham, Duffy, Eckersley, 
Emerson, Fellows, Feighan (wounded), Mclntire, McKinstry, Moffit 
(wounded), Moynahan, Phipps (wounded), Vernon F. Riudge, 
Schmidt were taken prisoners ; 5 officers, 22 privates ; total 27. The 
number of men of the regiment who crossed was about 625, of these 
only one-half returned. 

Subsequently the command remained in camp at Poolesville until 
25 Feb., 1862. At that date, having been brigaded under Gen. 
Gorman as 1st Brigade, 2d Division, Gen. Sedgwick, they broke 
camp and marched toward Harper's Ferry, reaching that place on the 
26th, where they were quartered in houses until 2 March, when they 
removed about three miles to Bolivar Heights, encamping until the 
7th. 3 Marches were made thence southerly, Berryville being occupied 
on the 10th, and after repeated movements toward Winchester they 
returned on the 15th to Bolivar Heights, and thence on the 22d via. 
Sandy Hook by rail to Washington, stopping until the 26th, on the 



1 Ou this march Lieut. Bartholomew was taken turned to the ranks. On 12 Oct. Amos H. Shum- 

with the illness of which he died a few weeks way was made Sergeant, 

later. -The pay-roll, 28 Feb., 1862, was dated at 

By an order 20 Aug. Capt. Watson was placed Ilarper's Ferry. Thomas J. Spurr had, 1 Jan., 

third in order of captains in the regiment. joined the company as 1st Lieut., in place of 

-On 12 Sept. Albert Prince was promoted to Bartholomew. On 29 April he was attached to 

1st Sergt. in place of Luther C. Torrey, who re- Co. G. 

22 



Ifi2 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1862 

night of which they moved to Alexandria, and on the 29th embarked 
for Fortress Monroe, landed at Hampton 1 April, and on the 4th 
took lip a line of march for Yorktown to join in the siege. Andrew 
B. Yeomaiis kept a diary during his service, from which we quote : 

Yorktown. "On the 5th after a march in the rain and mud 
encamped at Camp Misery ; 8tli Co. went out as provost guard." 
In the siege, continuing several weeks, the company was detailed 
repeatedly as support of R. I. Battery, to picket duty, and in regi- 
ment to building fortifications. ^ On 5 May the rebel fortifications 
were occupied by Union troops. That night occurred the battle of 
"Williamsburg. 

"Ordered up about 7 at night, dark, rainy, nmddy time. Artillery got 
stuck and were until 3 o'clock A. M. in gettini? one mile, and returned to 
camp. Pearly in the morning, 6th, went to Yorktown landing, took steamer 
and arrived at West Point about 11 A. M. Gen. Franklin's Division engaged 
with the enemy. 8, at night regiment on picket. 9, marched on about 3 
miles to near Eltham. 11, on picket. 15, had a hard rough march in a rain 
storm, camped in the pine woods. 18, moved about 5 miles. 21, had a hard 
hot march of about 12 miles and struck the railroad 14 miles from Richmond. 
25, moved on about 5 miles, regiment on picket. 24, returned and went into 
camp with rest of the Division near the 'Tyler house.' 26, ordered to be 
ready to move at a moment's notice. 28, routed iip at 1 o'clock A. M., started 
at daylight double-quick up to near Cold Harbor or Gaines' Mill to support 
Gen. Fitz .Tohn Porter; laid in the woods all day and night until 29, returned 
to Camp near ' Tyler house.' " 

Fair Oaks. 

"About 2 o'clock P. M., 31st, ordered up double-quick through mud and 
Avater, crossed the Chickahominy on ' Sumner's Bridge,' water rising rapidly, 
formed lines just as action commenced in the battle of Fair Oaks. Fore- 
part of the engagement the regiment supported Battery 'I,' 1st U. S. Artil- 
lery, Kirby's. About dark regiment charged into the w^oods, remained in line 
until 3 o'clock A. M. Regimental loss 22 killed and wounded." ^ 

On 1 June the battle was renewed, loth regiment not engaged. 
Remained in line of battle until the Dth, uuder very adverse condi- 
tions, "rainy weather, no shelter or overcoats, scanty rations, as the 
bridge behind had been carried away, little or no sleep on account of 
constant alarms. Aroused at 2 o'clock every morning, and were 
under arms until daylight," were marched and counter-marched, and 
employed in building breastworks, and on picket duty, and subject 
to frequent shellings from the enemy. 

" June 27, attack on our right, went up as reserve, regiment not engaged.^ 
28, company on i)icket; was attacked about 11 o'clock, fell back a few rods 
. . . held ()ur ground until next morning. 29. About 9 A. M. the line was 
ordered back, came to our camp, found the balance of the regiment and all 

1 The pay-roU, 30 April, was dated at " Camp 2 Of Co. E, Lutlicr C. Torrey and John Toomey 
WInneUl Scott." before Yorktown; slckfi; for were killed, and I'Uny Allen, Henry J. Ball, 
duty 71. On l."> April, 1»12, Col. Devens was pro- corporals, and George W. Albee, wounded, 
motcd to HrlK.-Gen., Col. Ward, his successor, ^'These were the beginnings of Uie "7 days' 
was wounded at Hall's Bluir and IncapaclUted flight" before Richmond, 
for service uiilil ■'> Feb., ISivl, when he took the 
command. I.l(!ut.-Col. Jolm \V. Kimball was 
actluK Colonel In the interim. 



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1862 THE CIVIL WAR. 163 

the rest of the troops gone, did not stop to take tents, packed knapsacks, but 
as the Rebel Cavalry came in pursuit, threw away evei-ything and double- 
quicked for Savage's Station. Arrived there, joined our brigade, and found 
the balance of the regiment destroying stores." 

Savage's Station. 

"About 5 o'clock battle of Savage's Station. After dark, line fell back 
and marched all night ; crossed White Oak Swamp. 30, demolished the 
bridge, brigade deployed to prevent the enemy crossing at that point." 

White Oak Swamp. Then occurred the battle of '' White Oak 
Swamp," with heavy loss on both sides. In this contest Yeomans 
was taken prisoner. He says : — 

"Ordered up to the left, double-quick, woods on fire; got exhausted and 
fell out. In a few moments went on to join the brigade, the woods were full 
of smoke, got lost, ran on to the Rebel line of battle, and was taken prisoner 
by the 28th North Carolina regiment."' 

Malvern Hill. On 1 July occurred the battle of Malvern Hill, 
the last of the Richmond battles, in which the Confederates were 
repulsed at every point. The 15th regiment was engaged, but the 
loss was small. On the pay-roll, 31 Aug., 1862, is endorsed as 
follows : — 

" Regiment engaged on Malvern Hill, Va., 1 July. From thence marched 
to Harrison's Landing. On 4 Aug. marched to Malvern Hill on a reconnois- 
sance in force; 6 Aug., returned to camp at Harrison's Lauding; Aug. 15, 
marched across the Chickahominy through Williamsburg, Yorktown, Big 
Bethel, Hampton to Newport News, arriving 22d. 25, embarked for Alexan- 
dria, landed 28, marched about live miles on the Manassas turnpike, and 
encamped. 29, marched for Chain bridge, arriving 30; thence to Fairfax, 
and 31 to Centreville, and encamped near the enemy's old works. "- 

The efforts of the Union troops, in the early summer, to reach 
Richmond had failed. The Confederates were encouraged, and having 
raised the siege laid plans at once for removing the scene of action 
nearer the national Capital, and for the invasion of Maryland. The 
Union forces were now on their way northward, and a few weeks 
later the two opposing armies were arrayed in force at Antietam. 
The diary continues : — 

"1 Sept., 1862, Brigade Aveut out reconnoitering, back at night; marched 
all night to Fairfax. On morning of 2d, formed line of battle and remained 
all day ; ... at nearly dark the Rebels brought up their Flying Artillery and 
annoyed the rear of our column; the 1st Minn., with one section of artillery, 
formed across the road, and our regiment took a cross road and formed, and 
waited an attack. Tlie enemy's cavalry came upon the Minn, regiment, who 
gave them a volley and fell back. We joined the column and marched until 
2 o'clock; halted about two miles from Chain bridge.^ On 3d, crossed the 

1 Yeomans, with other prisoners, was 1 July march." Albert Prince In command. Storer 

taken to Richmond, and on 15th to Belle Island, detailed to Devens' staff. Missing in action, 30 

remaining there till 5 Aug., wlien 3,000 were June, Dodge, Ellis, Yeomans, Henry Hoyle 

marclied to Aiken's Landing, 16 miles, in great wounded. Sicli (i, for duty 58. 

heat, from which many died, and were thence 2 This roll gives sick 27, lor duty G3. 

transported in U. S. vessels to Harrison's Land- sin the confusion which prevailed in this re- 

Ing, where Yeomans, having been exchanged, treat the Ist Minn, fired into tlie 15tli Mass., but 

joined ills regiment. with no serious result. 

The pay-roll, 30 June, 1862, dated "on the 



164 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1862 

bridge and cunpcd at Tcnellytown, Md. ; 5, marched on to near Rockville; 
6, moved a few miles and eampcd; 9 and 10, moved slowly; 11, near Clarks- 
burjJT, shelled the Uet)el eavalry ; 1-!, went on through Ilyattstown; 13, through 
Frederiek City, and encamped near the city; 14, marched through Middle- 
town ; battle of South Mountain, arrived on the field after dark, just after 
tiring liad ceased; relieved line of battle; 14, during the night, the enemy 
left; 15, went on in pursuit, through Boonsboro and Keedyville, bivouacked; 
16, artillery light all day; 17, battle of Antietam."' 

Antietam. This was one of the great battles of the war. Each 
army numbered about 100,000 men, and the contest continued from 
moruiii*; till night. During the night the Confederates retreated. 
In this struggle the lotli lost heavily. The casualties in Co. E were : 
Killed, Serg. Amos H. Shumway (buried on the field) ; Alfred W. 
Davis, d. of wounds 22 Sept. ; John H. Curran, James H. Davis, 
Alexander Thompson, Conrad Amptaeur, Charles H. Wheelock, 
Edwin E. Rindge, d. of wounds 21 Oct. Wounded, Lieut. Albert 
Prince ; Corps. Edward Cudworth, Simon Carson and Horace P. 
Howe ; privates Matthew Brennan, Cyrus J. Dodd, Edward Ennis, 
Franiv Eaton, Fred. A. Hall, Joseph E. Haskell, John W. Humphrey, 
John B. Marcy, Elliot F. McKiustry, Jerome P. Southwick, John 
Sullivan, Marquis E. Steere, Stephenson Sill, Luther Stone, George 
O. Williams, William Y. Woodbury, Oliver L. White. Yeomans 
says: "On the 18th only 10 from Co. E were present for duty; 
IDth, detailed to the battle-field to bury the dead and care for the 
wounded. Bivouacked until the 22d," at which date the regiment 
marclied through Sharpsburg, down the Potomac valley toward 
Harper's Ferry, and again encamped on Bolivar Heights, where it 
continued until 30 October. At that date camp was broken and a 
line of march taken through the Loudon Valley toward Fredericksburg. ^ 

Falmouth. After moving in different directions to meet the 
motions of the enemy, the regiment skirmishing, acting as picket 
guard and rear-guard for wagon-trains, etc., the vicinity of Fal- 
mouth, opposite Fredericksburg, was reached on 20 Nov., where 
preparations were made to go into winter quarters. 

Fredericksburg. On 13 Dec, 18G2, occurred the first battle 
of Fredericksburg (Gen. Burnside being in command), in which the 
fifteenth was engaged. The Confederates fought behind entrench- 
ments and the Unionists in the open field, with great loss. One, 
Edward Lovely, wounded, and one, Emory F. Bailey, missing, in 
Co. E. A note [in Co. E Records], dated 11 Dec, says: " Regi- 
ment marched across the river to Fredericksburg, — in active service 
till the IGlh, — then ordered to old camp near Falmouth." 

Recrossing tlie river, the regiment remained in winter quarters 
near Falmouth until 2 May, 1863. On that day marched to the 



I 



Uu reforence to this season's raoveiueats, ii Injr and sklrnilslilnf,' till the battle of Antietam 
writer In the Spi/ said: " It was tlie fortune of closed the year's campaign." 
the Fifteenth to be exposed to constant march- - Pay-roll, 31 Oct., 1802, " on the march "; sick 

30, for duty 34. 



1863 THE CIVIL WAR. 165 

river bank, and at daylight on the 3d crossed to Fredericksburg and 
joined, under Gen. Hooker, in the second attack on the Confederate 
works. Failing in the attempt, it recrossed the river the same night, 
and for four days acted as picket guard and support of a battery 
near the river. On the 8th, " moved back to the hill opposite the 
Lacy house," where an encampment was made, continuing about five 
weeks. ^ 

Marches. The movements of the Confederates at this time indi- 
cated another invasion of the North, and on 15 June camp was 
broken, and the tedious marches began backward toward the old 
scenes of conflict. Yeomans says : — 

"Started at 2 o'clock A. M. ; hot, hax'd march through Stafford Court 
House, 18 m. ; 16, started at 2 A. M. through Dumfries, Wolf Run Ford, etc., 
19 m. ; 17, to Fairfax Station, 6 m. ; 19, to Ceutreville, 6 m. ; 20, through 
Gainesville to near Thoroughfare Gap, 17 m. ; staid till 25, on through Hay- 
niarliet. Rebels shelled our rear, camped near Gum Springs, 14 m. ; 26, crossed 
the Potomac at Edwards' Ferry, 13 m. ; 27, through Poolesville to foot of 
Sugar-loaf Mountain, 12 m. ; 28, through Barnesville to near Frederick, 
12 m. ; 29, long, liard march through Liberty, Union Bridge, 35 m. ; 1 July, 
through Taueytown to near Gettysburg, 17 m. ; 2, battle of Gettysburg." 

Gettysburg. Fighting had begun the previous day, and not- 
withstanding the strain of long continuous marches in the rain and 
heat, these men joined "early in the morning," says the diary, of the 
2d of July, in this greatest battle of the war. Starting at daybreak 
they marched several miles and at sunrise had joined a portion of 
their second corps, in its position behind Cemetery Ridge. Skir- 
mishing began early, but the hard fighting of the day, in which the 
loth took a part, was not until the afternoon and continued until 
night without decisive results. On the 3d the contest was renewed 
and in the forenoon the Unionists gained some advantage. At 1 
o'clock began the final struggle, and for two hours a terrific cannon- 
ading from 150 Confederate and 80 Union guns continued. At 3 
o'clock Gen. Lee, thinking the Union lines weakening, precipitated 
upon their left centre his reserve of 18,000 of his best troops, intending 
to sweep the field. The Union veterans were equal to the emergency, 
met the assault with coolness and bravery, forced back the attacking 
column and decided the fortunes of the day. In a Sjyy editorial, 23 
July, 1864, occurs the following : — 

"The next day [3 July] the battle was renewed. The shock was terrible. 
Late in the afternoon, when the rebel lines showed signs of wavering, the 
colors of the Fifteenth were ordered [by Gen. John Gibl)on] to advance. The 
remnant of the regiment rallied to their support, and as if by one impulse the 
whole line pushed forward with a shout and carried the position. The rebel 
army was defeated." 

1 Pay-roU, 31 Dec, 'G2, "near Falmouth, Va." Watson resigned 21 Jan., '63; Lieut. WilUani B. 

Prince, Captain; A. A. Suiitli, I'd Lieut., assigned Storer resiffned. Siclc 28, for duty 35. 

to Co. E, 24 Oct.; Bernard B. VassaU resigned 31 Pay-roll 30 April, '63, same place. Geo. W. 

Oct., '62. Sick and wounded 44, for duty 38. Brown, 2d Lieut., trans. 9 April from Co. A to 

Pay-roU 28 Feb., '63, same place. Capt. C. H. Co. E. Sick and wounded 19, for duty 33. 



166 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1863 

The Sp>/ of 23 Nov., 1883, contaiued notes of a visit of several 
members of the regiment to the battle-field to fix the location of a 
monument. We quote : — 

"Another point established was where the final chariife of Pickett's division 
was repulsed at the summit of the hill near a clump of trees, mentioned in 
most accounts of the battle, called ' the hi.i^h-water mark of the rebellion.' 
Here the 15th made a heroic stand at the crisis of the figiit, and the spot was 
selected to be marked by a permanent memorial in its honor." ' 

Of Co. E, privates Geo. W. Cross and Michael Flynn were killed ; 
and Capt. Prince, Corp. Anthony Murphy and Owen Tonar, Robert 
Lusty and Thomas King, privates, wounded ; Flynn was on detached 
service in a R. I. Battery and is said to have been among the bravest. 
On the 5th a line of march was taken southward again, through 
Taueytown and Frederick and across Antietam Creek, near the battle- 
field, where they were on the 10th. On the 18th Harper's Ferry was 
reached, and keeping almost continuously on the move southward on 
the 23d an encampment was made near Warrenton Junction, about 60 
miles south from Harper's Ferry. Here they remained until 12 Sept., 
making marches in different directions to meet exigences. ^ At this 
date a movement was made, crossing on the 13th the Rappahannock 
to Culpepper Court House, and on the 17th going on to near the 
Rapidan and Cedar Mountain. Oct. 5, says Yeomaus : — 

"Returned through Culpepper. 10, marched up through the town, formed 
line of battle, at night sent out pickets. 11, at 2 A. M. withdrew pickets, 
marched back, recrossed the Ifappahannock . . . and marched back . . . beyond 
Bealton Station, hard march of 18 m. with 8 days rations on our backs. 13, 
marched to near Sulphur Springs between Warrenton and Warrenton Junction 
and l)ivouacked." 

Bristow Station. On 14 Oct. occurred the battle of Bristow 
Station in which the Confederates attacked and were repulsed with 
great loss. Henry Jirvenseu, in Co. E, wounded. ^ 

During the few succeeding weeks the position of the regiment was 
often changed, but did not remove far from Warrenton Junction. 
The diary continues : — 

" Nov. 27, went on through the Wilderness to near Locust Grove, came on 
the enemy, formed line, the regiment advanced as skirmishers, —heavy skir- 
mishing all day — regiment relieved at 9 at night— loss small. [Leander T. Kirby, 
wounded; Serg. James Comrie and Louis Jaquier, missing.] 28, advanced in 
line of battle through thick swampy woods . . . heavy skirmishing all day, 
remained in line all night. 29, moved out through the woods by White Hall 
Church on to plank road to Orange Court House, our corps and one division 
of 6th Corps intending to Hank the enemy's right; skirmishing— first division 
slightly engaged. SO, turned out at 2 A. M. intending an assault, but as the 
enemy had l)een heavily reinforced during the night did not attack. Fell 

1 The piiy-i-oU for May and June, '(>), was Jiiled "Morrlsvllle, Va."; sick and wounded, 22; for 

at Pleasant Valley, .Md. George W. Brown, sec. duty, 39. 

Lieut., In coiuuKind; sick and wounded, I'J; for 'Tlie roll for 31 Oct., ISft), was dated "Near 

duty, 30. Warrenton, Va."; sick and wounded, 17; for 

•i'riie pay-roll, 31 Aug., 1863, was dated at duty, 33. 



1864 THE CIVIL WAR. 167 

back after dark and marched from 8i P. M. all night. 2 Dec, crossed the 
Rapidan at Culpepper, Mines Ford, and reached old quarters at 84 P. M., 
having had a hard 24 hours' march of 35 miles. On 5 Dec. moved 4 miles to 
near Stevensburg and went into winter quarters.' 

" On 6 Feb. marched six miles to Morton's Ford, on the Rapidan, after 
dark crossed the river and engaged the enemy ; 7th, recrossed and were on 
river bank all day, and in the evening returned to camp." 

Campaign of 1864. Until early in May, 1864, the encamp- 
ment continued near Stevensburg with only occasionally an incident 
to break the monotony of camp life. Then came the battles of the 
Wilderness and Spottsylvania. Gen. Grant was now in command. 
The Union army, with recruited ranks, crossed the Rapidan, and 
Gen. Lee fell back toward Richmond. C. C. Coffin says : — 

" The month of May, 1864, will be remembered on account of the momen- 
tous events which took place in one of the greatest military campaigns of 
history. We are amazed by a succession of events unparalleled for rapidity. 
We cannot fuUj' comprehend the amount of endurance, the persistency, the 
hard marching, the harder fighting, the unwearied, cheerful energy and eftbrt 
which carried the Army of the Potomac from the Rappahannock to the James 
in forty days, against tlie stubborn opposition of almost equal numbers. . . . 
Morning, noon and miduiglit the boom of cannon and the rattling of mus- 
ketry echoed unceasingly through the Wilderness, around Spottsylvania, along 
the North Anna, and among the groves of Bethesda Church and Cold 
Harbor." 

Wilderness and Spottsylvania. On the 5th and 6th was 
fought the battle of the Wilderness, with many losses and no decided 
advantage to either side.- On the 9th, after three days hard fight- 
ing, the Confederates retreated with 13,000 loss. On the 11th and 
12th occurred the battle of Spottsylvania, when 4,000 Confederates 
were captured. Of these movements Yeoman s says : — 

" 3 May broke camp at 9.30 P. M., marched to Corps headquarters; 4, went 
on about midnight, crossed the Rappahannock at Ely's Ford, marched to 
Chancellorsville, halted and formed lines; 5, went on about Ave miles to 
Todd's Tavern, took another road, came back, light began about 5 P. M., 
regiment engaged slightly ; 6, hard fight, regiment engaged all day — battle of 
the Wilderness— regimental loss about 50 killed and wounded ; 7, the fight 



'Pay-roll 31 Dec, '63, dated "Stevensburg, brake, when manceuvriuK was impossible, where 

Va.," William R. Steele, 1st Lieut., assigned to the lines of battle were invisible to the com- 

Co. E 9 Dec; same date, James May, Lieut., manders, and whose position could only be 

transferred to Co. B; sick and wounded, 17; for determined by the rattle and roll and flash of 

duty, :!•.'. musketry, and where the enemy was also invisi- 

Roll 29 Feb., '64, same place. Capt. Prince ble." Another says: "Nothing can be stranger 

and Melviu R. Rowe absent in Mass. on re- or more difficult to understand and picture 

cruitlng service; rejoined Co. 12 April. Daniel mentally tliau this death grapple between 200,- 

W. Knight, Lieut., in command; Lieut. William 000 men in virtual darkness, this desperate 

K.Steele on Div.Staflf; sick and wounded, 7; for struggle, costing from 12.000 to 15,000 lives, 

duty, 30. On 30 April, '64, when all its force was fought out without perception on either side of 

rallied for the opening of the great campaign the entities that were moving rifle-trigger and 

the company numbered 40 in rank and file. gunlock. Tlie tiring was guided wholly by the 

-Of the battle of the Wilderness, a recent flaslies of the opposing volleys. No men were 

writer has said: "It was the most strange and to be seen. Yet death was everywhere. In no 

indescribable battle in history. A battle which battle of the war could the courage of the com- 

uo man saw, and in which artillery was useless, batants have been so severely tried as here." 

A battle fought in dense woods and tangled — [N. V. Tribune, 22 3uug,18SS. 



168 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 1864 

Still continues, ref^iment clian;?ed position several tiinos, but not engaged; 

8, moved down by Todd's Tavern supporting cavalr}'; hot, hard march; 

9, early in morning went back a short distance, formed lines, remained a 
short time, came back and moved down near River Po, and laid there all 
night; 10, crossed the Po, formed lines, staid but a short time, recrossed the 
river, and moved up to the left — Spottsylvania — hard fight, Capt. Prince 
wounded, charged breastworks, Henry Koch and Corp. Geo. S. Williams killed 
[the latter] on jiicket front of breastworks, remained till 12 at nigiit; 12, at 
daylight cliarged tlic enemy's works successfully, captured Maj.-Gen. Johnson, 
Gen. Stuart, and many other officers, 18 pieces artillery, and many prisoners. 
In the afternoon' attacked Ijy the enemy — hard flght all the afternoon, regi- 
mental loss large, remained in line all night; 13, engaged slightly; 14, in line 
all day, not engaged; 17, remained quiet till dark, moved up to the Rebel 
breastworks; IB, at daylight moved on the enemy's works again — hard fight 
all the forenoon, at night moved further towards the left, about seven or 
eight miles by Mary's bridge; 20, moved on: 21. marched all night through 
Guiney's Station, Bowling Green, Milford, etc., crossed the Mattapony river, 
went on picket at night; 23, moved at 7 A. M. to North Anna River, some 
skirmishing; 24, crossed river, built breastworks, went out to support 
skirmish line, out all night; 26, recrossed the river; 28, crossed the Pamunkey 
near Newmarket, regiment deployed as skirmishers, got shelled, out all night 
as pickets; 29, joined Brigade; 30 and 31, moved each day, on night of 31 
deployed as skirmishers, dug rifle-pits, out all night and next day; June 1, 
unsuccessful charge on the enemy's works;' 3, battle of Cold Harbor; at day- 
light made unsuccessful charge on enemy's works, at night dug rifle-pits 
within 50 yards of works, hot, hard, rainy time, constant sharp .shooting; 
7, flag of truce to bury dead; 8, (luiet; 9, firing resumed on both sides, 
remained till night of 11, moved back." 

Cliange of plan. At this point Gen. (h-ant altered his phin and 
snddenly moving by a circuitous route to the southward of Richmond, 
began the attack on Petersburg. The diary continues : — 

" 12, marclied all night; 13, crossed the Chickahominy in the morning on 
pontoons, t)elow Bottom Bridge, marched to Charles City Court House; 14, at 
5 P. M. crossed the .Tames on transports and moved up a1)out two miles; 15, 
marched towards Petei".sburg till 12 at night, built breastworks; 18, routed 
at 1 A. M., moved on enemy, i-egiment under fire all day, loss small; 19, at 
uiglit moved out in front of rifle-pits, staid all day and all night ; 20, moved 
back and camped; 21, in the morning crossed Norfolk railroad, moved up 
Jerusalem Plank road [nearly south of Petcrsburi;], regiment laid in woods 
all night ... ; 22, at 2 A. M. moved on through thick .swamp to skirmish 
line, tlirew up breastworks, Rebs came in through a gap in our lines and took 
us all prisoners— 77 in our regiment." 

Thus ends the diary, so far as it descriljes the movenieuts of the 
regiment. The prisoners were taken to Richmond, and thence 
toward Andersonville. On 1 July, while being marched around a 
break in tiie railroad under a guard of old men, boys, etc., Yeomans 
made a dash for the woods, was fired upon, but escaped, reaching 
the Union lines near Knoxville on 11 August. 

Twenty days after the capture the time of their enlistment expired, 



iTbese movements were mainly In a southerly but failed. The works here alluded to were 
direction, the object beln^ to flank Lee's army, along the Totopotonioy River. 



BATTLES AND SKIRMISHES. 169 

and some of the prisoners having been paroled, they, with others 
from different posts to which they had been assigned, started home- 
ward via. Baltimore, arriving by steamer at Boston on 21st July. 
On 22d a grand reception was given them at Worcester. On 28th 
they were mustered at Brinley Hall, in that city, — 7 officers and 80 
privates, — paid off, and honorably discharged. The efficiency of 
this stanch Corps cannot be overrated. It distinguished itself for 
bravery on many occasions, and was one of the half-dozen regiments 
in the Union army which sustained the heaviest losses during the 
war. 

Battles and skirmishes in which the 15th was engaged : — 
Ball's Bluff, 21 Oct., '61; severe. 
Siege of Yorktotvn, 5 April to 5 May, '62. 
Fair Oaks, 31 May, '62 ; severe. 
Savage Station, 29 June, '62. 
White Oak Swamp, 30 June, '62. 
Olendale, later, same day. 
Malvern Hill, 1 July, '62 ; severe. 
Vienna, 2 Sept., '62; on retreat from Fairfax. 
South Mountain, 14 Sept., '62. 
Antietam, 17 Sept., '62; very severe. 
Frederickslmrg , 11 to 16 Dec., '62. 
Second Fredericksburg, 3, 4 May, '63. 
Haymarket, 25 June, '63 ; skirmish. 
Gettysburg, 2, 3, 4 July, '63 ; very severe. 
Culpepper Court House, 13 Sept., '63; skirmish. 
Bristow Station, 14 Oct., '63. » 

Second Bull Bun, 15 Oct., '63. 

Mine Bun or Locust Grove, 27, 28, 29 Nov., '63; heavy skirmishing. 
Morton's Ford, 6 Feb., '64; skirmish. 
Wilderness, 5 to 9 May, '64 ; severe. 
Laurel Hill, 10 May, '64 ; charge, severe. 
Ferna Hill, 11 May, '64; severe. 

Spottsylvania, ''Bloody Angle," 12, 13, 18 May, '64; charge on the 12th, very 
severe. 

Milford, 21 May, '64; skirmish. 

North Anna Biver, 24 to 27 May, '64 ; heavy skirmishing. 

Pamunkey Biver, 28 May, '64 ; skirmish. 

Hanover's Farm, 80, 31 May, '64 ; skirmish. 

Same, 1 June, '64 ; unsuccessful charge. 

Cold Harbor, 3 to 11 June, '64; severe, charge repulsed, approaches by 
entrenchments. 

Before Petersburg, 18 to 22 June, '64 ; regiment captured 22d. 
23 



170 HISTORY OF OXFOIID, 

List of Members of Co. E. 

Conipilid from the pay-rolls and Adjutant General's Report. Many dis- 
crepancies exist between these rolls and the report, and in many cases it has 
been difJlcult to ascertain the facts. 

The first date is that of the beginning of service. Those marlied ♦ enlisted 
for Oxford. Abbreviations. — res. resigned, residence; d. died; pris. prisoner; 
disc, discharged; k. killed; com. commissioned; trans, transferred; rej. 
rejoined; prom, promoted; inv. invalid; dis. disability. 

Chakles H. Watson,* 36, Capt. ; 12 July, '61; res. 21 .Jan., '63, at Fal- 
mouth, Va. ; res. 1890, Westfield, Mass. 

Nelson Bartholomew,* 26, lawyer, 1st Lieut.; 12 July, '61; d. 21 Nov., 
'61, at Philadelphia. 

Bernard B. Vassall,* 25, 2d Lieut. ; 12 July, '61 ; pris. at Ball's Blutt'; 
prom, to 1st Lieut., declined his commission; res. 31 Oct., '62; disc. 20 Dec, 
'62 ; res. 1890, Worcester. 

Luther C. Torrey,* 37, painter, 1st Serg. ; 12 July, '61 ; res. 12 Sept., '61, 
and served as a private; k. at Fair Oaks, 31 May, '62: buried on the field. 

Henry W. Harold,* 32, soldier, English, Serg. 12 July, '61, to 1 April, 
'62; later, musician; disc for dis. 19 Dec, '62; res. 1890, Akron, 0. 

Albert Prince,* 22, shoecutter, Serg. ; 12 July, '61 ; prom. 12 Sept., '61, to 
1st Serg. ; 22 Feb., '62, to 2d Lieut. ; 18 Sept., '62, to 1st Lieut. ; 14 Nov., '62, 
to Capt.; wounded at Ball's Blurt', 21 Oct., '61, at Antietam, 17 Sept., '62, 
at Gettysburg, 3 July, '63, and Spottsylvania, 10(?) May, '64; disc, with reg., 
28 July, '64; d. 2 March, 1881, at Worcester. 

George B. Works,* 22, shoemaker, Serg.; 12 July, '61; prom. 1 March, 
'63, to 1st Serg. ; was with the reg. at the front, 22 June, '64, and escaped 
while the body of the reg. was captured; disc, with reg. 28 July, '64; res. 
1890, Binghamton, N. Y. 

Peleg F. Murray,* 23, carpenter, Serg. ; 12 July, '61 ; prom. 1 March, '62, 
to 1st Serg. ; disc, for dis. 18 Nov., '62; res. 1890, Worcester. 

Charles A. Bacon,* 20, shoecutter, Corp ; 12 July, '61; prom. 1 March, 
'62, to Serg. ; disc for dis. 22 May, '62 ; res. 1890, Worcester. 

Amos H. Shumway,* 21, shoemaker, Corp. ; 12 July, '61 ; prom. 12 Oct., 
'61, to Serg. ; k. at Antietam, 17 Sept., '62; buried on the field. 

Pliny Allen,* 31, shoemaker, Corp. ; 12 July, '61 ; wounded at Fair Oaks, 
31 May, '62; disc, for dis. 19 Nov., '62; res. 1890, Charlton Depot. 

John M. Norcross,* 36, shoemaker, Corp. ; 12 July, '61 ; pris. at Ball's 
Blufl', 21 Oct., '61 ; prom. 1 June, '62, to Serg. ; 8 Nov., '62, to 1st Serg. ; com. 
2d Lieut. 1 March, '63; res. 6 Sept., '63; d. 20 March, 1872, at Sutton. 

LoREN C. IIOYLE, 30, shoemaker [Sutton], Corp.; 12 July, '61; disc, for 
dis. 20 May, '63 ; res. 1890, Sutton. 

Joseph H. Williams,* 22, shoemaker, Corp. ; 12 July, '61 ; pris. and wounded 
at Ball's Bluft". 21 Oct., '61 ; rej. Co. 25 Feb., '62; disc, for dis. 14 Oct., '62; d. 
' 6 April. 1873, at Worcester. 

George 11. Carr, 21, machinist [Worcester] : 12 July, '61 ; Corp. Feb., '62; 
Serg. 1 March, '62; disc, for dis. 27 Jan.(?), '63; res, 1888, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Patrick Moore, 19. weaver [Millbury], Irish; 12 July, '61; Corp. before 
31 Oct., '01 ; wounded and pris. at Ball's Bluff, 21 Oct., 'Gl; disc with reg. 28 
July, '64 ; res. 1888, Wilmington, Cal. 



LIST OF MEMBERS OF CO. E. 171 

Oscar L. Guild,* 19, shoemaker, musician: 12 July, '61 ; detailed to liospi- 
tal service at Gettysburg after tlie battle; to Invalid Corps 27 March, '64; 
res. 1890, Lynn, Mass. 

Elias B. Ellis, 19, farmer [Kensington, Conn.]; Oct., '61; pris. at Savage 
Station, Va., 30 June, '62; rej. Co. 25 Oct., '63; re-enlisted, 27 Dec, '63, from 
N. Brookfleld; trans, to 20th Mass. Reg. 28 July, '64; d. 26 April, 1880, at 
Oxford. 

Charles Sutton, 22, engineer [Worcester], wagoner; 12 July, '61; disc, 
with reg. 28 July, '64 ; res. Kansas, when last heard from. 

Priyates. 

George W. Albee, 19, shoemaker [Charlton] ; 12 July, '61 ; wounded at 
Fair Oaks, 31 May, '62; disc, for dis. 21 Oct., '62; res. 1890, at South Sutton. 

William H. Amidon, 30, bit maker [Charlton] ; 12 July, '61 ; pris. at Ball's 
Bluff, 21 Oct., '61 ; rej. Co. 28 April, '62; disc, for dis. 9 June, '63; res. 1890, 
Charltou. 

Henry J. Ball, 20, shoemaker [Charltou] ; 12 July, '61 ; prom. 1 March, 
'62, to Corp. ; 15 Nov., '63, to Serg. ; wounded at Fair Oaks, 31 May, '62, and 
at Spottsylvania, May, '64; disc, with reg. 28 July, '64; res. 1890, Webster. 

Charles E. Barnard, 19, shoemaker [Auburn] ; 12 July, '61 ; disc, for dis. 
24 Nov., '62 ; enlisted in 57th Reg. and was Lieut. ; d. 18 May, 1887, at Worces- 
ter. 

Henry L. Berry, 21, sailor [Worcester] ; 12 July, '61 ; detached to Western 
Flotilla, 17 Feb., '62; disc, for dis. 14 May, '63. 

Matthew Brennan,* 20, mechanic, Irish ; 12 July, '61 ; wounded at Antie- 
tam, 17 Sept., '62; disc, for dis. 9 Feb., '63; d. Oct., 1876, in Pennsylvania. 

Patrick Brennan,* 34, spinner, Irish; 12 July, '61; disc, for dis. 17 Dec, 
'62 ; res. 1890, Webster. 

Horace C. Brown, 26, farmer [Grafton] ; 12 July, '61 ; disc, for dis. 15 
Jan., '63; res. 1890, North Attleboro. 

Simon Carson,* 27, finisher, Irish; 12 July, '61; prom. 1 March, '62, to 
Corp. ; wounded at Autietam, 17 Sept., '62; disc, for dis. 14 May, '63; was in 
1890 in asylum, Northampton. 

Richard W. Cheney, 24, machinist [Southbridge] ; 12 July, '61; disc, for 
dis. 24 Oct., '62; d. 22 Aug., 1885, at Soldiers' Home, Augusta, Me. 

Daniel Cobb,* 19, spinner, Irish; 12 July, '61 ; pris. at Ball's Bluff, 21 Oct., 
'61 ; rej. Co. 27 Feb., '63; disc, with reg. 28 July, '64; res. 1890, Blackstone. 

Otis Coburn,* 24, shoemaker; 12 July, '61; pris. at Ball's Bluff, 21 Oct., 
'61; rej. Co. 4 Feb., '63; trans. 22 Oct., '63, to Battery A (R. L) ; dis. 4 Jan., 
'64, to re-enlist ; was present in Co. E 30 April, '64 ; trans, to 20th Reg. and 
served to end of the Avar; d. 18 March, 1888, at Southbridge. 

James Comrie, 21, boiler maker [Worcester], Scotch; 12 July, '61; Corp. 
15 June, '62; prom. 18 Sept., '62, to Serg.; disc, with reg. 28 July, '64; res. 
1890, Danville, 111. 

Thomas Conroy, 21, shoemaker [Sutton]; 12 July, '61; pris. at Ball's 
Bluff, 21 Oct., '61 ; exchanged, but never reported. 

William Conroy, 20, shoemaker [Marlboro']; 12 July, '61; pris. at Ball's 
Bluff; paroled; disc, for dis. 22 Nov., '62; drafted to 22d Keg. and k. in battle 
[Co. E Association record]. 



172 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Edward Cudworth,* 18, farmer; 12 July, '61; prom. 15 June, '62, to 
Corp.; -wounded at Antietam, 17 Sept., '62, and at second day's battle at 
Wilderness; Corp. 3 June, '02; prom. 1 March, '63, to Sers- ; re-enlisted 27 
Dec, '63; trans, to 20th Reg. 28 July, '64; res. 1890, Charlton. 

George P. Davis, 29, bit maker [Charlton] ; 12 July, '61 ; pris. at Ball's 
Bluff, 21 Oct., '61 ; rej. Co. Sept. or Oct., '63; re-enlisted 4 Jan., '64; k. at 
Wilderness, 8 May, '64. 

Fkeem.vn Davis, 19, bootmaker [Spencer] : 12 July, '61 ; 30 April, '62, sick; 
rej. Co. 11 May, '62; 31 Aug., sick; disc, for dis. 14 May, '63; re enlisted in 
57th Mass. Keg. and k. at battle of the Wilderness, 8 May, '64, by a musket 
ball through the head and afterward raised himself and fired his last shot. 

William M. Davis, 23, shoemaker [Leicester] ; 12 July, '61 ; pris. at Ball's 
BluJf; d. 12 March, '62, at Leicester. 

Thomas F. Dockham, 20, farmer [Charlton] ; 12 July, '61 ; pris. at Ball's 
Blutl"; disc, for dis. 20 Dec, '62; res. 1890, Sugar Hill, N. H. 

Cyrus J. Dodd, 22, mechanic [Worcester] ; 12 July, '61 ; wounded at 
Antietam, 17 Sept., '62; convalescent camp, Oct., '63; disc, with reg. 28 July, 
'64; d. Aug., 1871, at Boston. 

Caleb F. Dudley,* 30, shoemaker; 12 July, '61 ; disc, for dis. 22 Nov., '62; 
res. 1890, at Oxford. 

James Duffy,* 19, weaver, Irish; 12 July, '61; pris. at Ball's Bluff; ex- 
changed but never reported. 

Frank Dupr6,* 23, shoemaker, Canadian; 12 July, '61; detailed 9 April, 
'62, to Gen. Sedgwick's guard; rej. Co. Nov. or Dec, '62; disc, with reg. 28 
July, '64 ; res. 1890, West Boylston. 

Frank Eaton, 19, machinist [Worcester] ; 12 July, '61 ; wounded at Antie- 
tam ; disc for dis. 19 March, '63. 

John Eckersley,* 25, weaver, English ; 12 July, '61 ; pris. at Ball's Bluff; 
disc, for dis. 26 Oct., '63; res. 1890, Whitinsville. 

William H. Emerson, 29, farmer [Auburn] ; 12 July, '61 ; pris. at Ball's 
Bluff; disc, for dis. 20 Dec, '62; d. 19 Jan., 1884, at Sutton; buried at 
Auburn. 

Edward Ennis, 31, gardener [Millbury] ; 12 July, '61; wounded at Antie- 
tam ; invalid corps, June, '63; rej. Co. 25 Feb., '64; disc, with reg. 28 July, 
'64: d. 20 Nov., '66, at Millbury. [Mem. tablets.] 

Joseph E. Fellows,* 23, shoemaker; 12 July, '61 ; pris. at Ball's Bluff; rej. 
Co. 21 Oct., '62; prom, to Corp. May, '63; re-enlisted 25 Dec, '63; pris. 22 
June, before Petersburg; d. at Andersonville, 29 March, '65. 

Patrick Feigiian,* 18, shoemaker, Irish; 12 July, '61; pris. at Ball's Bluff 
and severe wound in head; rej. Co. 22 March, '62; sick June, '62; disc, for 
dis. 16 Oct., '62; res. 1890, North Oxford. 

Michael Flynn, 20, wirodrawer [Worcester]; 12 July, '61; wounded at 
Ball's Bluff; waiter in hospital, Oct., '62; rej. Co. Dec, '62; detached to R. I. 
battery before 30 April, '63; fought with great bravery at Gettysburg, and k. 
there 2 July, '63. 

JosiAU M. Green,* 19, operative; 12 July, '61; pay-roll 21 Oct., '62, says 
" enlisted in the regulars"; res. 1890, Lewiston, Me. 

George W. Gunston,* 24, operative, English; 12 July, '61; named Feb. 
and Aug., '63, as paroled pris. since battle of Fredericksburg; rej. Co. 25 
Nov., '63; disc, with reg. 28 July, '64; res. 1890, Providence, R. I. 



LIST OF MEMBERS OF CO. E. 173 

Fred. A. Hall, 43, farmer [Millbury] ; 12 July, '61 ; wounded at Antietam ; 
disc, for dis. 5 Feb., '63; drowued iu Lake Quinsigamond, 24 July, 1878. 
[Worcester Record.] 

Jambs Hilton,* 21, weaver, English; 12 July, '61; k. 21 Oct., '61, at Ball's 
Bluflf. 

Horace P. Howe,* 21, hostler; 12 July, '61 ; prom, to Corp. before 30 June, 
'62 ; wounded at Antietam ; disc, for dis. 27 March, '63 ; res. 1890, North San- 
bornton, N. H. 

Henry Hoyle, 18, farmer [Graftou] ; 12 July, '61 ; wounded at White Oak 
Swamp, 30 June, "62; rej. Co. 10 Aug., '62; disc, for dis. 9 Feb., '63; res. 
1890, Worcester. 

Otis F. Hoyle, 24, farmer [Sutton] ; 12 July, '61 ; pris. at Falmouth about 
16 June, '63; rej. Co. before 31 Oct., '63; disc, with reg. 28 July, '64; res. 
1890, Worcester. 

Joseph Jennison, Jr.,* 41, farmer; 12 July, '61; k. 21 Oct., '61, at Ball's 
Bluff. 

Thomas King,* 31, shoemaker; 12 July, '61 ; named as on ambulance corps, 
28 Feb., '63; wounded at Gettysburg; sick 30 April, '64; disc, with reg. 28 
July, '64; d. 9 June, 1874, at Oxford. 

Patrick D. Ivinney, 20, painter [xiuburu], Irish; 12 July, '61 ; disc, for dis. 
28 Jan., '62; res. 1888, Stapleton, L. I. 

Frank L. Kirby,* 17, shoemaker; 12 July, '61 ; on all pay-rolls to 28 July, 
'64; wounded at Antietam and Wilderness; in hospital at Philadelphia 
thereafter until return to Mass., July, '64; disc; res. 1890, Westminster 
Depot. 

Leander T. Kirby,* 20, shoemaker; 12 July, '61; invalid corps, June, '63; 
wounded and pris. at Mine Run, 27 Nov., '63; disc, with reg. 28 July, '64; 
res. 1890, Paxton. 

Edward Lovely,* 18, shoemaker, Canada; 12 July, '61; wounded at Fred- 
ericksburg; on inv. corps 31 Aug. and 20 Dec, '63; Vet. Reserve corps, 
March, '64; aided in the execution of Mrs. Surratt; re-enlisted 11 April, '64; 
disc 15 Nov., '65; res. 1890, Charlton Depot, P. O. Spencer. 

Mac [Mike] Lynch,* 29, laborer, Irish; 12 July, '61 ; disc, for dis. 28 Feb., 
'63; res. 1890, Westboro'.(?) 

John B. Marcy, 18, shoemaker [Charlton] ; 12 July, '61 ; wounded at Antie- 
tam ; disc, with reg. 28 July, '64; res. 1890, Germantown, Pa. 

Owen McCann, 20, carder [Auburn], Irish; 12 July, '61; joined the 
"regulars" before 31 Oct., '62; res. 1890, Worcester. 

Orlando McIntire, 29, bootmaker [Mendon] ; 12 July, '61 ; pris. at Ball's 
Bluff; re-enlisted 5 Feb., '64; pris. 22 June, '64; paroled; trans, to 20th Mass. 
Reg. ; res. 1890, Sutton. 

Elliot F. McKinstry, 24, farmer [Southbridge] ; 12 July, '61 ; pris. at 
Ball's Bluff; rej. Co. March, '62; wounded at Antietam; on invalid corps 
June, '63, and April, '64; disc. 15 July, 'G4; d. 28 Jan., '67, at Southbridge. 

William F. Miller, 18, harnessmaker [Southbridge] ; 12 July, '61 ; prom, 
to Corp., 1 May, '63; disc with reg. 28 July, '64; res. 1890, Worcester. 

Albert S. Moffitt,* 20, shoemaker; 12 July, '61; pris. and wounded at 
Ball's Bluff; disc, for dis. 1 Oct., '62; d. 11 April, '64, at Oxford. 

Charles E. Morse, 22, farmer [Charlton] ; 12 July, '61 ; disc for dis. 25 
April, '62 ; res. 1890, Charlton. 



174 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Timothy J. Movnaiian,* 26, spinner, Irish; 12 July, 'CI; pris. at Ball's 
Blufl'; disc, paroled pris. 9 Jan., '03; d. 8 March, 1873, at Worcester. 

Anthony Murphy.* 20, spinner, Irish ; 12 July, '61 ; prom, to Corp. 1 May, '63 ; 
wounded at Gettysburg; di.sc. for dis. 28 April, '64; res. 1890, Putnam, Conn. 

Lyman Phipp.s,* 24, shoemaker; 12 July, '61; wounded and pris. at Ball's 
Bluff; d. 12 Nov., '61(?), at Richmond. [Mem. tablets say 2 Dec, '62.] 

Francis 0. Pope,* 2G, shoemaker; 12 July, '61; wounded at Cold Harbor; 
re-enlistcd for Millbury, 22 Feb., '64; trans, to 20th Mass. Reg. 28 July, '64; 
d. 15 Feb., '65, at Satterlee Hospital, N. Y. [Mem. tablets.] 

Edwin E. Rindgk,* 26, shoemaker; 12 July, '61 ; wounded at Antietam; d. 
24 Oct., 'G2 [pay-roll], at Frederick, Md. [headstone says 18th]. 

Vkrnon F. Rindge,* 23, shoemaker; 12 July, '61; pris. at Ball's Bluff; rej. 
Co. 22 March, '62; sick 31 Aug., "62; disc, for dis. 25 Nov., '62; d. 24 Feb., 
'63, at Oxford. 

WiLLiA.M Ronan,* 24, shoemaker, Irish ; 12 July, '61 ; sick, 30 June, 62, and 
30 April, '64; deserted from Portsmouth Grove, R. I. [Co. E Record]; d, 
1887, at Worcester. 

Bernard Schmidt,* 22, weaver; 12 July, '61; pris. at Ball's Bluff; had rej. 
Co. 31 Dec, '62; k. 10 May, '64, at the Wilderness. 

Jerome P. Southwick, 17, shoemaker [Northbridge] ; 12 July, '61 ; wounded 
at Antietam; disc, for dis. 27 Aug., '63; d. 12 Aug., '67, at Uxt)ridge. 

Marquis E. Steere,* 18, shoemaker; 12 July, '61; wounded at Ball's Bluff 
and Antietam; disc, for dis. 13 Jan., '63; res. 1887, Albany. 

Alonzo E. Stockwell, 31, brickmaker [Sutton]; 12 July, '61; teamster; 
forage master for brigade, Oct., '63; disc, with reg. 28 July, '64; res. 1890, 
West Millbury. 

John Sullivan, 18, blacksmith [Worcester], Irish; 12 July, '61; lost an 
arm at Antietam, where he showed great bravery in saving the reg. colors; 
disc, for dis. 19 Dec, '62; d. 27 Feb., 1875, at Worcester. 

Leonard E. Thayer,* 18, student; 12 July, '61; disc, for dis. 20 Dec, '62; 
res. 1890, Oxford. 

Alexander Thompson, 18, wiredrawer, Irish; 12 July, 'CI; k. 17 Sept., 
'62, at Antietam. 

Samuel Thompson,* 26, shoemaker; 12 July, '61 ; d. 5 Feb., '62, in hospital 
at Poolesville. 

Thomas Thomi\son,* 29, carpenter, Irish; 12 July, 'til; disc, for dis. 31 
Jan., 'C2; re-enlisted 7 July, '62; trans. 27 July, '64, to 20th Mass. Reg. [Ad. 
Gen. Rep.]; res. 1890, Milwaukee. * 

John A. Thurston,* 18, operative; 12 July, '61; prom, to Serg. 1 March, 
'63; pris. 22 June, '64, went to Andersonville, later was disc; res. 1890, 
Gcrmantown, Pa. 

Francis E. Tingley, 25, bootmaker [Bellingham] ; 12 July, '61; disc, for 
dis. 5 Nov., '62; res. 1890, East Providence, R. I. 

John Toomey,* 21, shoemaker, Irish; 12 July, '61 ; prom, to Corp. 23 April, 
'62; k. at Fair Oaks, 31 May, '62. 

Conrad Amptaeuu,* 28, operative, German; 12 July, '61; k. 17 Sept., '62, 
at Antietiun. 

Nathaniel A. Viall,* 33, shoemaker; 30 July, '61; Corp. 12 Oct., '61; 
wounded and pris. at Ball's Blull', lost an arm; disc, for dis. 18 Oct., '62; 
1890, on soldiers' messenger corps, Boston. 



LIST OF MEMBERS OF CO. E. 175 

Alonzo V. Walker, 22, shoemaker [Northbridge] ; 12 July, '61 ; prom, to 
Corp. 15 June, '62; disc, for dis. 25 Nov., '62; res. 1890, Worcester. 

Simeon E. Waters, 20, farmer [Millbury] ; 12 July, '61 ; disc. 25 Sept., '61 ; 
res. 1890, Natick. 

Charles H. Wheelock, 21, shoemaker [Mendon] ; 12 July, '61 ; k. 17 Sept., 
'62, at Antietam. 

Albert L. Williams, 18, stonecutter [Charlton]; 12 July, '61; rej. Co. 
from detached service 13 Jan., '62; present 30 April, '62; d. at Turner's 
Hospital, Va., 13 June, '62. 

George S. Williams, 23, farmer [Auburn] ; 12 July, '61 ; prom. 1 Nov., '63, 
to Corp. ; re-enlisted 15 Jan., '64; k. while alone on picket duty at Spottsyl- 
vania, 11 [13 ?] May, '64; buried on the field. 

WILLLA.M Y. Woodbury,* 20, stonecutter; 12 July, '61; wounded at Antie- 
tam; disc, for dis. 24 March, '63; res. 1890, Charlton. 

Leonard L. Wright, 19, chairmaker [Millbury]; 12 July, '61; disc, for 
dis. 16 March, '62 ; res. 1890, Foxborough. 

Andrew B. Yeomans,* 25, painter; 12 July, '61 ; pris. at White Oak Swamp, 
30 June, '62 ; prom. July, '63, to Corp. ; 1 May, '64, to Serg. ; pris. before 
Petersburg, 22 June, '64; escaped; rej. Co. 11 Aug., '64; disc. 24 Aug., '64; 
res. 1890, Oxford. 

John Tully,* 23, shoemaker, Irish; 12 July, '61; sick, 31 Oct., '62; disc, 
for dis. 23 March, '63; d. 23 Jan., 1888, at Worcester. 

Recrnits. 

Charles H. Beattie, 24, farmer [Dudley]; 5 Dec, '61; disc, for dis. 28 
April, '64; d. 6 March, 1872, at Worcester. 

Emory F. Bailey, 22, farmer [Sturbridge] ; 9 Dec, '61 ; missing at Frede- 
ricksburg [roll 31 Dec, '62] ; paroled pris. June and Aug., '63. 

Edward Booth, 27, farmer [Fitchburg], Irish; 31 Dec, '61; sick, 31 Oct. 
and Dec, '63, and 30 April, '64; d. 20 March, '68, at Fitchburg. 

Henry A. Baker, 18, farmer; 30 March, '64; trans, to 20th Mass. Reg. 28 
July, '64. 

Timothy J. Crowley, 37, laborer [Worcester], Irish; 11 Dec, '61; sick, 
30 June and 31 Aug., '62; disc, for dis. 18 March, '63; d. 14 Jan., 1879, at 
Boston. 

George W. Cross, 21, farmer; 15 Feb., '62; k. 2 July, '63, at Gettysburg. 

David Craig, 16, Aveaver [Andovcr], English, drummer; 7 July, '62; trans, 
to 20th Mass. Reg. 

John H. Curran, 23, laborer [Worcester], Irish; 31 July, '62; k. 17 Sept., 
'62, at Antietam. 

Samuel A. Clark,* 39, shoemaker; 31 July, '62; deserted from hospital, 4 
Feb., '63. 

James Clifford, 20, operative [Clinton], English; 24 March, '64; trans, to 
20th Mass. Reg. [Ad. Gen. Rep.]; res. 1890, Clinton. 

Horatio C. Dodgk,* 18, farmer ; 1 1 March, '62 ; missing in action, 30 June, 
'62, at White Oak Swamp; rej. Co. 3 Aug.; sick, 31 Oct., '62; on detached 
service, Fort Schuyler, New York, 30 April, '64 ; trans, to 20th Ma.ss. Reg. 28 
July, '64; d. 12 Jan., 1882. 

James L. Davis, 18, bootmaker; 11 Feb., '62; re-enlisted 22 Feb., '64; 
trans, to 20th Mass. Reg. 28 July, '64; d. at Worcester. 



176 KISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Daniel Donauuk, 21, laborer [Harvard]; 18 March, '64; trans, to 20th 
Ma.ss. Koj?. 28 July, '64. 

Alfred W. Davis, 28, gunmaker [Leicester] ; Autj., '62 ; ■wounded at Antic- 
tam, 17 .Sept., '62; d. there 22 Sept. 

Jamks II. Davis,* 32, dresser, English; 1 Aug., '62; k. 17 Sept., '62, at 
Antictani. 

Gkorgk W. Davis, 18, farmer [Ilardwick] ; 5 Aug., '62; disc, with reg. 28 
July, '64. 

George W. Faulknkr, 31, baker [Soutiibridge] ; 21 Dec, '61; trans. 22 
Oct., '63, to quartermasters dept. ; Com. Serg. ; res. 1890, South1)ridge. 

IIkrbkut N. Fuller,* 21, yeoman [Wilbraham] ; Feb., '62: re-enlisted 26 
Feb., '64; pris. 22 June, '64; taken to Andersonville, where he d. 20 Feb., 
•65.(?) 

John Fitzpatrick, 21, shoemaker [Worcester]; 23 March, '64; trans, to 
20th Mass. Reg. 28 July, '64 ; res. 1890, at Worcester. 

Bartholomew Green, 42, shoemaker [Worcester] ; 24 July, '62; on ambu- 
lance corps, Feb., '63; disc, for dis. 26 Feb., '63; d. 11 July, '64, at Worcester. 

Joseph E. Haskell,* 31, operative; 20 Feb., '62; wounded at .\ntietam; 
disc, for dis. 27 March, '63; d. 10 Feb., 1880, at North Oxford. 

A. Bradford Hudson, 27, farmer [Worcester]; Aug., '62; detailed July, 
'63, to hospital service at Gettysburg; had rej. Co. 27 Feb., '64, when he re- 
enlisted for Grafton; pris. 22 June, '64, before Petersburg; trans, to 20th 
Mass. Reg. 28 July, '64 ; res. 1890, Grafton. 

John W. Humphrey,* 18, shoemaker; 7 Aug., '62; wounded at Antietam, 
lo.st an arm; disc, for dis. 16(?) Jan., '63; res. 1890, Oxford. 

Robert Lusty, 18, operative; 5 Dec, '61; Avounded, lost a leg at Gettys- 
burg; disc for dis. 12 Jan., '64; res. 1890, Palmer. 

Peter Luck, 38, soldier [Worcester], Dane; 6 Jan., '62; trans, to Co. A, 
7 Dec, '62. 

Joel W. Larned, 21, shoemaker [Worcester]; 25 July, '62; in hospital 
many montiis; termination of service, 28 July, '64; res. 1890, Oxford 

Cyrus Larned, 18, .shoemaker [Worcester]; 31 July, '62; d. 12 Sept., '62, 
at Washington, D. C. 

George H. Nicholas, 19, shoemaker [Sutton]; Nov., '61; disc, for dis. 25 
April, '62 ; res. 1890, Whitinsville. 

Bradley Reed,* 43, laborer; 16 Dec, '61 ; sick, 30 April, '62; disc, for dis. 
26 Sept., '62; re-enlisted in 59th Mass. Reg. 

Wilson B. Roubins, 42, farmer [Upton]; 5 Dec, '61; disc, for dis. 25 
April, '62; d. 9 Oct., 1881, at Sterling. 

Melvin B. Rowe, 23, bootmaker [Strong, Me.]; 17 Feb., '62; on recruit- 
ing service in Mass. Feb., '64; trans, to 20th Mass. Reg. 28 July, '64; res. 
1890, Bean's Corner, Me. 

Stephe.nson Sill, 29, weaver [Holyoke] ; 4 Jan., '62 ; wounded at .\ntietam ; 
disc, for dis. 12 .March, '63; res. 1890, Soldiers' Home, Va. 

James M. S.now, 27, painter [Sutton] ; 11 March, '62; disc, for dis. 15 Jan., 
'63; d. 30 Nov., 1874, at Athol. 

Luther Stone,* 30, shoemaker; 31 July, '(;2; woundcnl at .Vntietam; disc, 
for dis. 15 Jan., '63; res. 1890, Derby Line, Vt. 

Felix Sherbino,* 21, shoemaker [Canada]; Feb., "64; k. 8 May, '64, at 
Wilderness. 



DRAFTED MEN. 177 

George Shoktsleeve,* 21, shoemaker [Brandon, Vt.] ; 19 Feb., '64; 
wounded at Wilderness, 8 May ; d. 5 June, '64. 

Thomas B. Smith, 38, shoemaker [Worcester] ; 31 Julj', '62; present, Feb., 
'63; sick, April 20, '63; named wounded, 30 Aug., '63; sick, Dec, '63; absent, 
Feb., '64; present, 30 April, '64; res. 1890, Worcester. 

Owen Tonar,* 37, laborer, Irish; 16 July, '62; wounded at Gettysburg; on 
inv. corps, 17 Dec, '63; d. in service. 

George O. Williams, 18, farmer; Nov., '61 ; wounded at Antietam ; present, 
30 April, '64; disc, '64 [Co. E Ass. RecJ. 

Oliver L. White, 22, bootmaker; Feb., '62; wounded at Antietam; on 
inv. corps, 30 June, '63. 

Martin Welch, 19, shoemaker [Worcester], Irish; Feb., '62; named 
paroled pris., 31 Aug., '63; rej. Co. and sick, 31 Oct., '63; rej. Co., and re- 
enlisted 24 Feb., '64; res. 1888, Togus, Me. 

Drafted Men. 

July and August, 1863. 

Wn.LiAM Garnett, 24 [Boston] ; pris. 22 June, '64; d. 6 Oct., '64, at Ander- 
sonville [Co. E Ass. Rec]. 

John Grob, 38 [Boston]; 1 Aug., '63; pris. near Mary's Bridge about 18 
May, '64; d. 9 Sept., '64, at Andersonville [Co. E Ass. Rec]. 

Henry Hoolan, 25 [Worcester] ; deserted. 

Rudolph Hase, 27 [Worcester] ; deserted. 

Charles Hubbard, 27 [Falmouth] ; 30 July, '63; disc, for dis. 19 Dec, '63. 

William Hoy, 21 ; deserted. 

Peter Hanson, 24 [Boston] ; 21 July, '63; trans, to navy 23 April, '64. 

Michael Harris, 22 [Boston] ; deserted. 

John Hart, 22 [Dorchester] ; deserted. 

Thomas Haggerty, 31 [Boston] ; deserted. 

Edward Hill, 21 [Beverly] ; deserted. 

James J. Hardman, 24 [Gloucester] ; deserted. 

Louis Jaquirr, 27 [Athol], Swiss, cook; 21 July, '63; missing in action 27 
Nov., '63; not on roll Feb., '64; trans. 27 July, '64, to 20th Mass. Reg. [Ad. 
Gen. Rep.] 

Charles A. Jones, 27 [Abington] ; deserted. 

Charles Jones, 41, sailor; disc. 7 Jan., '64. 

Henry Jirvenson, 29, sailor, German; 31 Aug., '63; wounded at Bristow 
Station, 14 Oct., '63; deserted from hospital, 27 March, '64. 

Patrick Ryan, 26 [Boston] ; 1 Aug., '63; trans, to 20th Mass. Reg. 27 July, 
'64. 

Henry Kock, 28, clerk [Al)ington], German; 5 Aug., '63; k. 10 May, '64, at 
Wilderness. 

James Kemple, 21, clerk [Bernardston], Canadian; deserted. 

Ithiel T. Johnson; went Aug., '61, with Co. E, 1 5th Reg., as servant of 
Lieut. Bartholomew; ret. the following winter; on 26 Feb., '65, went again 
and was 15 weeks news agent in Hancock's Vet. Corps. 
24 



178 HISTOKY OF OXFORD. 

Oxford Soldiers 

In other organizations, compiled chiefly from the Adjutant General's Report. 
The first date gives the beginning and the last the close of sers'ice. 

Tenth lieginient. 

Co. E: Fkancis E. Cadwell; 21 June, '61 ; 23 Nov., '^'2: disc, for dis. ; 
credited to Monson. [His brother Jerome is said also to have been in the 
service under an assumed name.] Co. K: Charles S. Knight, Corp. ; 21 
June, '61; 20 June, '64; credited to Westfleld. 

Ttcelfth Regiment. 

Co. C: Abellino S. Burt; 1.5 July, '63; 25 June, '64, disability; lost an 
arm 5 May, '64. at Wilderness. Thomas J. Cummings; 22 Soi)t., '63; 
deserted, April, '61. Co. F: John-H. Wkli.man; 14 July, '63; trans. 25 
June, -64, to .39th Reg. Co. G : Daniki. F. Bacon ; 14 July, '63; 26 Jan., '64, 
disal)ility. Co. H: Geokgk Bacon; 14 July, '63; wounded 6 May, '64, at 
Wilderness; d. 6 June, '64, at Alexandria, Va. Sa.muel C. Smith; 14 July, 
'63; k. 21 June, '64, at Petersburg, Va. Co. I: James Boyce; 25 Sept., '63; 
deserted Oct., '63. 

Fifteenth Regiment. 

Co. A: George H. Stevens, Serg. ; 12 July, '61; trans. 29 July, '61, 
to Co. G; wounded 12 May, '64, at Spottsylvauia ; 28 July, '64; d. 9 June, 
1884, at Oxford, a. 39. Edward G. Gee; 14 Aug., '62; 26 March, '64, to re- 
enli.st for Leominster; trans. 27 July, '64, to 20th Eeg. Co. C: George 0. 
Raymond; 8 Aug., '62; d. of wounds at Gettysburg, 22 July, '63. Co. D : 
ELniiiDGK Acker; U Aug., '62; 11 Feb., '64, to re-enlist; trans. 27 July, '64, 
to 20th Reg. Charles H. Lamb; 12 July, '61; 4 Feb., '64, to re-enlist; trans. 
27 July, '64, to 20th Reg. Fred. T. Maple; 26 Dec., '63; trans. 27 July, '64, 
to 20th Reg. James F>. White: 12 July, '61 ; deserted 3 March, '63. William 
M. Blodgett; fpr Worcester, 12 July, '61 ; k. at Fair Oaks, 31 May, '62. Co. 
G: Adam McKnight; 28 July, '63; trans. 27 July, '64, to 20th Reg. Co. H: 
Nathan A. Seaver; 25 July, '61; 28 July, '64.' Co. I: Franklin Hovey, 
musician; 20 June, '61 ; trans. 27 July, '64, to 20th Reg. Henry S. Dealing; 
20 June, '61; disc. '62. James Mahony; 31 July, '61 ; 1 Nov., '62, disability. 
[See 1st Reg. Cav.] Antolne Phillips; 20 May, '61 ; 12 May, '62, disability. 
[See 51st and .'j7th Regs.] Michael Powers; 1 Aug., "61 ; disc. '61. minority. 
Go. K: Patrick Elliott; 8 Aug., '62; 28 Sept., '63; Avounded ; d. 4 Dec, 
'63, at Oxford [Mem. tablets]. Unassigned, James Burke; 1 Aug., '62; 
deserted.^ 

Seventeenth Regiment. 

Co. G: Patrick O'Dwyer; 2 Sept., '64; 30 June, '65. Unassigned. Geo. 
W. Farrington; 8 Aug., '64; was in 2d H. Art. ; trans, to 17th, 17 Jan., '65. 

Eighteenth Regiment. 
Co. E: John M. Badger; 24 Aug., '61; 13 Dec, "62, disability. Co. G: 
Edward I. Willis; 14 July, '63; trans. 1 Oct., '64, to 32d Reg. 
Nineteenth Regiment. 
Cb. A: Orrin B. Chaffee; 11 Feb., '65; 30 .Tunc, '65. Co. E: George H. 
Davis; 25 March, '65; 6 May, '65. 

Tv^entie.th Regiment. 
(An transferred from the Fifteenth Rojrlment.) 

Co. E: Oris Cohurn, Serg.; 4 Jan., '64; 12 June, '65; d. 18 March, 1888. 
Edward Cudwortii, Serg.; 25 Dec, '63; 16 July, '65. Elbridge Acker; 



I Crcaitcd to Northbililge, Adj. Gen. Rep. - Credited to Worcester, Adj. Gen. Kep. 



OXFORD SOLDIERS. 179 

11 Feb., '64; 27 July, '65. Joseph E. Fellows; 25 Dec, '63; d. 29 March, 
'65, at Andersonville. Herbert N. Fuller; 26 Feb., '64; d. 20 Feb., '65, at 
Andersonville. Co. G : Fred T. Maple, musician; 25 Dec, '63; 16 .Tuly, '65. 
Charles H. Lamb; 4 Feb., '64; 16 July, '65. Adam McKnight; 28 July, '63; 
16 July, '65. Unassigned, Franklin Hovey [see 15th Reg.]. 

Twenty- First Eegiment. / 

Band: A. Dorr Wood. Willlim F. Hervey; 23 Aug., '61; 11 Aug., 
'62. Co. A: Samuel F. Hall; 23 Aug., '61; 2 Jan., '62, disability. Co. 
E: Clifford Micer; 23 Aug., '61; 4 Dec, '62, disability. Josiau G. 
Sawyer; 2 Jan., '64; trans, to 56th Keg. Co. F: Josiah Rkdpern; 19 Aug., 
'61; 1 Jan., '64, to re-enlist [See 56th Reg.]. Henry C. Wisteu; 19 Aug., 
'61 ; deserted. 

Twenty- Fourth Regiment. 
Co. I: William J. Lamb; 2 Jan., '64; 20 Jan., '66. 

Twenty-Fifth Begiment. 

Co. B: Charles W. Adams; 18 Dec, '63; 13 July, '65. Co. C: James 
D. Thompson; 12 Aug., '64; 13 July, '65. Co. D: Benjamin F. Barnes; 
6 March, 'G5; 13 July, '66. Jajies 0. Bartlett; 27 Sept., 'G3; 2 Jan., 
'64, to re-enlist; served to 13 July, '65; d. 1 May, '66, at»Charlton, of 
wounds at Cold Harbor [credited to Douglas on Adj. Gen. Rep.]. Benjamin 

B. Bartlett; 27 Sept., '61; 18 Jan., '64. to re-enlist; served to 13 July, '65. 
Charles E. Grover; 6 March, '65; 13 July, '65. William H. Morris; 21 
Oct., '61; 22 June, '62. disability. John A. Taft ; 14 Oct., '61; 20 Oct., '64. 
Nathaniel E. Tapt; 14 Oct., '61; 15 Feb., '64, disability. John F. Turner; 
6 March, '65; 13 July, '65. Co. F: Calvin S. Aldrich; 5 June, '62; 2 Jan., 
'64, to re-enlist; re-enlisted at Webster; served to 13 July, '65. John Glea- 
SON; 5 June, '62; 18 Jan., '64, to re-enlist; served till 13 July, '65. Co. G: 
Valentine Suters 18 Sept., '61; k. 8 Feb., '62, at Roanoke Island; William 

C. WiswALL; 16 Oct., '61; 20 Oct., '64. Co. H: Charles W. Adams; 14 
Sept., '61; 17 Dec, '63; re-enlisted in Co. B. James D. Adams; 14 Sept., 
'61 ; 17 Dec, '63, to re-enlist; served to 3 June, '64; d. 4 Sept., '64, of wouuds 
at Cold Harbor. Co. K: Otis U. Cooper; 21 Sept., '61; 17 Dec, '63, to re- 
enlist; served to 11 June, '65. Alfred J. Kirby; 21 Sept., '61; 20 Oct., '64. 
John B. Moulton; 21 Sept., '61; served to 16 May, '64. Sereno Newton; 
16 Sept., '61; 23 April, '64, disability. Unassigned, George H. Kirby; 31 
July, '62. Joshua Evans; 31 July, '62. 

Twenty- Seventh Begiment. 

Co. B: Daniel W. Larned, son of Zenas M., for Athol, Serg. ; 24 Sept., 
'61; re-enlisted 23 Dec, '63; Sec. Lieut. 4 June, '64; Lieut. 29 Sept., '64; 
Capt. 15 May, '65 ; disc. 26 June, '65 ; was wounded three times ; went to 
Kansas, 1878; Clerk of District Court of Hodgeman Co., 1882 to 1886; Notary 
Public and Justice of the Peace; res. 1888, at Jetmore, Ks. 

Twenty-Eighth Begiment. 
Co. I: John O'Donnell; 16 Dec, '61; 19 Dec, '64. 

Thirty- Second Begiment. 

Co. A: A. J. Copp, for Grafton; 13 Nov., '61; d. 5 Oct., '62, Sharps- 
burg, Md. Co. B: Michael Fisher [sub. for Emory E. Harwood] ; 6 Dec, 
'64; 6 June, '65. Co. E: John H. Wellman; 14 July, '63; 29 June, '65 
[see 12th and 39th Regs.]. Co. L : Edward I. Willis; 14 July, '63; 30 
June, '65 [see 18th Reg.]. 



180 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Thirtij-J'ourth Kegiment. 

Co. A: Gkorge A. Clapp, Serf?.; 13 July, '62; Sec. Lieut. 12 March, 
'05; served to 16 June, '65 Patrick Powell; 7 July, '62. Edwin Albee. 
Michael Kilev; 25 Nov., '63; trans. 14 June, '65, to 24th. Nathaniel C. 
Wal.sii; 13 July, '62; 16 July, '65. Co. C: Estk.s E. Bakek; 2 Aug., '62; 
d. 24 Auj;. [May?], '64. at Andersonville. Co. F: IIohace W. Walsh, Serg. ; 
2 Aug., '62; 16 June, '65. Franklin W. Cak.son; 31 July, '62; 17 Nov., '62, 
disability, i'atrick Casey ; 25 Nov., '63 ; trans. 14 June, '65, to 24th. Co. fr : 
OscAK E. Adams; 5 Aug., '62; 16 June, '65.' Charles C. Trask, for West- 
field ; 31 July, '62; trans. 25 Jan., '64, to V. R. C. ; d. 10 July, 1890, at Spencer. 
Horace J. Willia.ms; 2 Sept., '64; 16 June, '65. 

Thirty-Fifth Begiment. 

Co. K: Alfred J. Kikby. 

Tliirty- Sixth liegiment. 

Austin Davis, 1st Lieut.; 22 Aug., '62; Capt. 13 Nov., '64; served to 8 
June, '65. Co. C : William A. Smith, son of Sanford J., for Worcester; 11 
Aug., '62; d. at Nicholasville, Ky., 27 Sept., '63. Co. F: Edwln A. Martin, 
Corp.; 9 Aug., '62; k. 3 June, '64, at Cold Harbor. Andrew M. Blanding; 
2 Aug., '62; 8 June, '65; d. 1886, at Boston. John Dore; 5 Aug., '62; trans. 
31 March, '64, to V. R. C. ; d. 15 Sept., '65, at Oxford. Chester J. Smith; 6 
Aug. , '62 ; d. of wounds, 3 June, '64, at Washington, D. C. Co. G : Warren F. 
Blanding; 16 Aug., '62; 8 June, '65. Peter Frazer; 14 Aug., '62; deserted. 
Sept., '62. Henry Grimley ; 11 Aug., '62; 20 Jan. ,'63, disability; d. 21 June. 
1890, at Togus, Me. William Jesman; 14 Aug., '62; deserted, '63; Co. I: 
Russell Aknold, Serg. ; 2 Aug., '62 ; 8 June, '65. Julius N. Bellows ; 5 Aug., 
'62; d. of wounds, 12 May, '64, at Falmouth, Va. Josiau G. Brown; 1 Aug., 
'62; d. 26 July, '63, at Milldale, Miss. Oscar H. Brown; 6 Aug., '62; trans. 3 
Aug., '64, to V. R. C. Daniel V. Childs; 2 Aug., '62; k. 6 May, '64, at 
Wilderness. Jacob L. Guilds; 2 Aug., '62; d. 4 April, '64, at Covington, Ky. 
Truman Marble; 6 Aug., '62; 7 Feb., '65, disability ;« d. 1 Aug., 1870, a. 26. 
Co. K: JosiAH Redfern; 2 Jan., '62; trans, to 56th Reg. Francis A. 
Fletcher; d. 6 Dec, '63, at Fahnouth, Va. ; mem. of 36th Reg. [Mem. 
tablets]. The Adj. Gen. Rep. gives Francis Flet ciier, Sutton; 6 Aug., '62; 
d. 8 Dec, '62; Co. I, 36th Reg. 

Thirty-Ninth Begiment. 
Co. D : John II. Wellman ; 14 July, '63 ; trans. 2 June, '65, to 32d Reg. 
[see 12th Reg.]. 

Fortieth Begimrnt. 
Co. C: James A. Cummings, Serg. ; 1 Sept., '62; 16 June, '65. 

Forty- Second Begiment. 
Co. E: John Brown, for Millbury; 3 Nov., '62; 20 Aug., '63. Co. F: 
Orrin B. Chaffee, for Brookfield; 15 July, '64; 11 Nov., '64. Albert W. 
Cargel, for Leicester; 30 Sept., '62; 20 Aug., '63. Co. G : Danford John- 
son, for Worcester; 21 July, '64; 11 Nov., '64. Co. K: Charles M. 
Tiffany, for Auburn; 1 Nov., '62; 20 Aug., '63. 

Fifty-First Begiment (nine months). 
Co. C: Bowers Davis; 25 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. J. Edward Nichols; 
25 Sept., '02; 27 July, '63. Henry W. Putnam; 25 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. 
Co. E: William A. Copp, for Grafton; 25 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. Co. G: 



1 CieUUeU to Auburn on Adj. Gen. Kep. * Credited to Blackstone In Adj. Gen. Hep. 



OXFORD SOLDIERS. 181 

Thomas D. Kimball, Capt. ; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63.' John Harwood, 
1st Serg. ; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. Lewis T. Emerson, Serg. ; 30 Sept., 
'62; 27" July, '63; d. 23 July, 1886, at Oxford, a. 49. Charles H. Bur- 
leigh, Serg.; 30 Sept., '62; re-eulisted 1 June, '63.' John Grady, Corp.; 
30 Sept., '62; re-enlisted 1 June, '63.' Charles O. Taft, musician; 30 
Sept., '62; re-enlisted I June, '63.' Luke Bergen; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, 
'63. Peter Black; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. Philip Cain, Jr.; 15 Oct., 
'62; 27 July, '63. William A. Campbell; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63 [See 2d 
Cav. Keg.]. Timothy Carney; 30 Sept., '62; 28 Oct., '62. Charles L. 
CuMMiNGs; 30 Sept., '62; re-enlisted 1 June, '63. John Daley; 30 Sept., 
'62; 27 July, '63. Edwin Davis; 30 Sept., '62; 25 Feb., '63, disability. 
George L. Davis; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. Stephen Eager; 30 Sept., 
'62; 27 July, '63; d. 28 Nov., '64, at New Berne, N. C William S. Forrest; 
30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63.' Albert G. Foskett; 30 Sept., '62.=* Daniel 
Foskett; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. James Grady; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, 
'63. Thomas Hurst; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. George H. Keith; 30 
Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. James H. Kennedy; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. 
Daniel Lucy ; 30 Sept., '62 ; 27 July, '63 ; d. 24 Jan., 1882, at Oxford. Martin 
Maheu ; 30 Sept., '62 ; 27 July, '63. Austin W. Martik ; 30 Sept., '62 ; 22 Oct., 
'62, disability. Patrick Murphy; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. John P. New- 
ton; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. Amasa Phetteplace; 30 Sept., '62; 4 Oct., 
'62. Antonio Philip; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63 [see 57tli Reg.]. Fred A. 
Presby; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. William Sabin ; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, 
'63. Daniel Shea; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. John Welsh; 30 Sept., '62; 
deserted. Jason West; 30 Sept., '62; re-enlisted 1 June, '63. In Reg. Cor- 
nelius P. Davis, son of Reuben ; d. 1 July, '63, at New Berne. 

Fifty-Fourth Begiment. 

Co. F: Eugene T. Williams; 28 Nov., '63; 20 Aug., '65. Unassigned, 
Daniel P. Peters; 1 Sept., '64; trans, to 55th Reg. 

Fifty-Fifth Begiment. 

Co. C: Daniel P. Peters; 1 Sept., '64; 29 Aug., '65 [see 54th Reg.]. 

Fifty- Sixth Begiment. 

Co. B: Josiah Redfern; 1 Jan., '64; 12 July, '65 [see 36th Reg.]. Co. I: 
JosiAH G. Sawyer; 1 Jan., '64; 12 July, '65 [see 21st Reg.]. 

Fifty-Seventh Begiment. 

Co. A: Martin Maher; 4 Jan., '64; 30 July, '65. Asa M. Ray; 4 Jan., 
'64; 30 July, '65. JoHN TuLLEY; 4 Jan., '6 4; d. of wounds, 18 May, '65, 
at Alexandria, Va. Co. B: Eugene Smith, musician; 4 Jan., '64; 30 July, 
'65. Daniel V. Ad.\jms; 4 Jan., '64; 30 July, '65. Loring J. Adams; 4 
Jan., '64; 2 Nov., '64, disability. Henry C. Hayden; 4 Jan., '64; d. of 
wounds received 17 June, before Petersburg, 4 July, '64, at Annapolis. Amos 
P. Newton; 25 Jan., '64; k. 27 May, '64, at North Anna River. Antonio 
Philip ; 4 Jan., '64 ; d. 3 Sept., '64, at Audersonville [see 15th and 51st Regs.]. 
William Robbins ; 11 Jan., '64 ; k. at Wilderness, 6 May, '64. Josiaii Sawyer, 
a. 44; 4 Jan., '64, rejected. Edwin H. Smith; 4 Jan., '64; trans, to V. R. C. 
Co. D : Maurice Welch, musician; 25 Jan., '64; 30 July, '65. James Cow- 
den ; 25 Jan., '64; 13 July, '64, disability. Edwin Cudworth; 25 Jan., '64; 
k. 25 March, '65, at Fort Stedman, near Petersburg. Co. H: Joshua Evans ; 
11 Jan., '64; 12 May, '65. William H. Rice; U Jan., '64; 12 May, '65. 

Sixty-First Begiment. 

Co. G : MowRY J. Gibson; 15 March, '65; 12 July, '65. 



1 Re-enlisteU iu 2d Reg., Heavy Artillery. 2 Died In service. [Town Report] . 



182 HISTORY OF OXFOIiT). 

First Bcgitni'.nt Cavalry. 
Co. C: Francis G. Elliot, Jr. ; 17 Sept., '61 ; 4 May, '62, disability. 
Second Itegimant Cavalry. 

Co. A: JosKPH Spuing; 20 March, '65; 20 July, '65. Co. B: Hokace 
A. Poi'k; 16 March, '65; 12 July, '65. Co. F: Fued F. Johnson; 15 
March, '65; L'O July, '66; d. 4 Dec, 1870, at Oxford. Co. G: George Ben- 
way ; 20 March, '65; 20 July, '65. Geokgk Doubleday; 10 March, '65; 20 
July, '65. Co. K: James G. Forre.st; 20 March, '65; 20 July, '65. James 
Mahoney; 26 Jan., '63: 6 Nov., '63, disability [lost an arm; see 15th Reg.]. 
Co. M: George H. Baker; 20 March, '65; 20 July, '65. Unassigned, William 
A. Campbell; 16 March, '65; 16 May, '65 [see 51st Reg.]. 
Fourth Regiment Cavalry. 

Co. E: Elisha C Taft, Corp. ; 27 Jan., '64; 14 Nov., '65; d. 26 Feb., 1869, 
at Oxford. Co. F: William D. White, Serg. ; 1 March, '64; 14 Nov., '65. 
William Klbbe; 1 March, '64; 14 Nov., '65. Austin W. Martin [see 51st 
Reg.]; 27 Jan., '64; 14 Nov., '65; d. 21 Jan., 1884. John Munkoe; 9 Aug., 
'64; 14 Nov., '65. Thomas Murphy; 3 Sept., '64; 22 May, '65. Co. O: 
Vernon Chaffee, for Webster; 27 Jan., '64; 28 May, '65. 
Second Regiment Heavy Artillery. 

Thomas D. Kimball [see 51st Reg.], Capt. ; 18 Sept., '63; 3 Sept., '65; 
Major, 18 Sept., '65. Co. A: Charles H. Burleigh [see 5)st Reg.], 
1st Serg.; 4 Aug., '63; 3 Sept., '65. Co. D : John Grady [see 51st Reg.], 
Corp.; 28 July, '63; 3 Sept., '65. Co. D: Patrick O'Dwyer; 2 Sept., 
'64; trans. 9 Feb., "65, to 17th Reg. Charles 0. Takt [see 51st Reg.]; 
22 Aug., '63; 3 Sept., '65.' William Wiggin ; 22 Aug., '63; 3 Sept., '65. 
Co. E: James O'Brien; 5 Oct., '63; 3 Sept., '65. Stephen Eager; 8 Oct., 
'63; d. 28 Nov., '64, at Ncav Berne. Co. F: Andrew Darling; 8 Oct., '63; 
3 Sept., '65.^ Co. G : William Biggs: 7 Dec, '63; d. 21 July, '64, at 
Andcrsonville. William H. N. Cady; 7 Dec, '63; d. 1 Nov., '64, in prison. 
Patrick Hogan; 7 Dec, '63; d. 27 Aug., '64, at Andcrsonville. Patrick 
Holden; 7 Dec, '63; d. 25 Aug., '64, at Andcrsonville. Joseph Piper; 19 
July, '64; 3 Sept., '65. John C. Steere; 7 Dec, '63; reji-cted. Co. O: 
Christopher Vicars; 7 Dec, '63; d. 30 Aug., '64, at Charleston, S. C ; 
prisoner. Rufus Vicars; 7 Dec, '63; d. Oct., '64, at Florence, S. C. ; 
prisoner. Co. II: George W. Farrington; 8 Aug., '64; trans. 17 Jan., '65, 
to 17th Reg. George Hastings; 6 Aug., '64; deserted Sept., '64. Co. K: 
William S. Forrest [sec 51st Reg.], Corp. ; 22 Dec, '63; 3 Sept., '65; d. 21 
Nov., 1889, at Oxford. David N. Harris; 22 Dec, '63; 3 Sept., '65; d. 26 
Nov., 1887, at Oxford. Daniel Toomey ; 22 Dec, '63; 1 June, '65; d. 4 Jan., 
1882, at Oxford. Albert W. Blanding ; 22 Dec, '63; 3 Sept., '65. Unas- 
signed, Samuel P. Jones; 13 Sept., 04; '2.1 Oct., '64, disability. James Mil- 
ford; 6 Aug., '64. Willlam Daniels; not in service. 
Third Heavy Artillery. 

Co. C: Patrick O'Day; 14 Aug., '63; deserted 1 May, '64. 
First Battalion, Heavy Artillery. 

Co. C: Lowell A. Beckwith; 28 Nov., '64; 20 Oct., '65. ^ Co. D: Lewis 
Seymour; 6 June, '63; deserted 20 Oct., '63. 

Tenth Battery, Light Artillery. 
Algernon P. Follett; 5 Sept., '64 ; 9 June, '65. ' 



1 Credited to Dcdliain la Adj. Gen. Rep. i Credited to Lowell In Adj. Gen. Rep. 

2 Credited to Worcester In Adj. Gen. Kep. 



OXFORD SOLDIERS. 183 

Third Battalion, Biflemen. 
Co. B: Sereno Newton; 19 May, '61; 3 Aug., '61. ^ 

Forty- Second Eegiment (100 days). 
Co. E: Vernon T. Wetherell ; 22 July, '64 ; 11 Nov., '64. Co. G : William 
S. Hurd; 21 July, '64; 11 Nov., '64. 

Nineteenth (Unattached Co.) Infantry. 
William S. Hurd; 25 Nov., '64; 27 June, '65. 

Veteran Beserve Corps. 
Elix Bulley; 5 Sept., '64; 17 Nov., '65. Samuel Meeker. (?) 

Begular Army. 
DAAaD Barton; 26 Nov., '62; Asst. Q. M., rank of Captain, at Hilton Head, 
S. C, until resignation on account of ill health, 1864. Samuel R. Barton; 
4 Dec, '62; 3 May, '65; hospital steward at Washington, D. C 

The following from Oxford are given as in Massachusetts regiments, but 
we do not find them on the Adjutant General's Report. 

Thirty- Sixth Begiment. 
Welcome Miller. 

Fifty-Seventh Begiment. 
Peter Lamont ; disc. Joseph Peake ; deserted. 

William A. Emerson had served in 51st Reg. and was disc. ; was drafted 
from Oxford in '64, and served from Aug. to Dec, "64; unassigned. 

George Tiffany, substitute for Bramau F. Sibley, served nine months at 
Boston Harbor. 

Dr. Charles W. Lynn enlisted in Co. H., 25th Reg., Sept., '61 [credited to 
Thompson] ; served 18 mouths in the ranks, and was detailed to hospital ser- 
vice, continuing until his disc, Oct., '64. 

First B. I. Cavalry Begiment. 
Michael Mullen; 14 Dec, '61; 15 Nov., '64. Patrick Mullen; 14 Dec, 
'61; 3 Aug., '65. Samuel C. Willis, Jr.; 16 Dec, '61; 3 Aug., '65; Quar, 
Mas. Serg. of Co. G, 10 May, '62; Reg. Com. Serg., 18 May, '64; First Lieut, 
and commander, Co. F, 1 Nov., '64. George F. Cum.mings; 14 Dec, '61; 3 
Aug., '65; Corp. [given as "Frank Curamings" in Town Rep] ; Serg. 1 May, 
'65 ; credited to Auburn. Nathaniel Smith Emerson, served in this Reg. ; 
14 Nov., '61; July, '62; credited to Worcester. He later went as officer's 
servant to New Orleans, where he died. Jacob H. Pickett is given as of this 
Reg. in Town Rep. ; his name is not on the official list. 

Seventh B. I. Begiment. 
Co. I: Emory Humes; 4 Aug., '62; 9 June, '65. 
Second N. H. Begiment. 
Co. H: John A. Elliot ; 27 May, '61 ; deserted 10 June, '63. 

Eleventh Conn. Begiment. 
Co B: William W. Schofield; Sept., '61; wounded 14 March, '62, at 
New Berne; disc, for dis. Feb., '64. 

Sixteenth Conn. Begiment. 
George R. Kimball, Serg. ; 29 July, '62 ; July. '65. 

Fourth Vermont Begiment. 
Co. I: George H. Amidon; 21 Aug., '61; 13 July, '65; Sec. Lieut., 19 
Jan., '62; First Lieut., Co. G, 19 July, '62; Capt. Co. E, 23 Sept., '62; 



184 HISTORY OF OXFOni). 

brevet Major, 9 Juue, "05; wounded 5 May, '64, at Wilderness, and 19 Oct., 
'64, at Cedar Creek; left the service an invalid; d. 4 Jan., 1871, at Oxford. 

First Vermont Cavalry. 

Co. C: P. Merrick Moffitt; 20 Sept., '61 ; wounded 20 Sept., '63, at Grove 
Church, Va. ; re-enlisted 28 Dec, '6.3; disc. 9 Aug., '65. 

Twenty-Fourth Wisconsin Volunteers. 

Co.B: Albert G. Underwood ; Aug., '62; June, '65; clerk under Howard, 
Rosecrans and Sheridan; d. 22 Dec, 1882, in Florida. 

Twenty-Sixth iV: Y. Regiment [U. S. C. T.]. 

Co. B: John R. Sjhth; 28 Dec, '63; 28 Aug., "65. 

U. 8. Navy. 

Ben.tamin Dyku, Jr., was acting volunteer Lieut, on store-ship Fredonia, at 
Arica, Peru, 13 Aug., 1868. the vessel being in the harbor. An earthquake 
destroyed the town and a tidal wave following wrecked the vessel. She sunk 
with all on board, including Dyer and his wife. 

George Whitley, substitute for Benjamin W. Childs, served from 7 Dec, 
'64, to the close of the war. 

U. S. Engineers. 

Howard C.\rson. Leander A. Poor. 

Number of Oxford Soldiers. It is impossible to give from 
data accossil)le, the precise number of men properly called inhabitants 
of Oxford who engaged in the war, as many from abroad enlisted in 
Oxford's quota, and were credited here, while a considerable number 
from the town enlisted in other places. The number furnished by 
Oxford is given oflicially in the Selectmen's Report for 1865 as 252, 
including five three years' men enlisted in the southern States, which 
was a surplus of 23 one year's men over all calls. 

Memorial Tablets, Town Hall.' 

Ticelfth Begiment. 

Gkorge Bacon, died at Alexandria, Va., June 6, 1864. 
Samuel C. Smith, killed at Petersburg, Va., June 21, 1864. 

Fifteenth Regiment. 

Lieut. Nelson Bartholomew, died at Philadelphia, Nov. 22, 1861. 

Sergt. Luther C. Torrey, killed at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862. 

Sergt. Amos H. Shumway, killed at Antietain, Md., Sept. 17, 1862. 

Coi-p. John Toomey, killed at Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862. 

Edward Booth, died at Fitchburg, March 20, 1868. 

Gkoroe W. Cross, killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863. 

George P. Davis, killed at Wilderness, Va., May 8, 1864. 

James II. Davls, killed at Antietara. Md., Sept. 17, 1862. 

Alfred W. Davis, died at Antietani, Md., Sept. 22, 1862, of wounds. 

Edward Ennis, died at Millbury, Nov. 20, 1866. 

Patiuck Elliott, died at Oxford, Dec. 4, 1863. 

Herbert N. Fuller, died at Andersonville, Ga., Feb. 20, 1864. 



1 It will be notlcc'l that In some Jnstances the from the best Information available. It is 
dates liere trlveii do not afrrcc with those in the known tlmt in several cases tlie dates on the 
preceding Ust. That record was made with care Memorial Tablets are erroneous. 



OXFORD SOLDIERS. 185 

Joseph E. Fellows, died at Audersonville, Ga., March 29, 18G5. 

James Hilton, killed at Ball's Bluff, Va., Oct., 21, 1861. 

Joseph Jennison, Jr., killed at Ball's Bluff, Va., Oct. 21, 1861. 

Henry Kock, killed at Spottsjlvania, Va., May 13, 1864. 

Cyrus Larned, died at Washiuifton, T). C, Sept. 12, 1862. 

Albert S. Moffitt, died at Oxford, April 11, 1864, of wounds. 

I^LLiOT F. McKinstry, died at Southbridge, Jan. 28, 1867. 

Antonio Phillips, died at Andersonville, Ga., Sept. 3, 1864. 

Fkancis C Pope, died at Satterlee Hospital, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1866. 

Lyman Phipps, died at Richmond, Va., Dec. 2, 1862. 

Vernon F. Rindge, died at Oxford, Feb. 24, 1863. 

Edwin E. Rindgk, died at Frederick, Md., Oct. 18, 1862, of wounds received 

at Antietam, Md. 

George O. Raymond, died at Gettysburg, Pa., July 22, 1863, of wounds. 

Jerome P. Southwick, died at Uxbridge, Mass., Aug. 12, 1867, of wounds. 

Bernard Schmidt, killed at Wilderness, Va., May 8, 1864. 

Felix Sherbino, killed at Wilderness, Va., May 8, 1864. 

George Shortsleeve, died June 5, 1864, of wounds received at Wilderness, 

Va., May 8, 1864. 

Samuel Thompson, died at Poolesville. Md., Feb., 5, 1862. 

Conrad M. Tower [iV:MPTAEUR], killed at Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862. 

Charles H. Wheelock, killed at Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862. 

George S. Williams, killed at Spottsylvauia, Va., May 13, 1864. 

Albert L. Williams, died at Bottom's Bridge, Va., Jan. 12, 1862. 

Tioenty-Fifth Begiment. 

James D. Adams, died at Oxford, Sept. 4, 1864. 

James O. Bartlett, died at Charlton, May 1, 1866, of wounds received at 

Cold Harbor, Va. 

Valentine Suter, killed at Roanoke Island, Feb. 8, 1862. 

Thirty-Fourth Begiment. 

Estes E. Baker, died at Andersonville, Ga., Aug. 24, 1864. 

Thirty- Sixth Begiment. 

Corp. Edwin A. Martin, killed at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864. 
Juuus N. Bellows, died at Falmouth, Va., May 12, 1864, of wounds received 

at Wilderness, Va. 

Josiah C. Brown, died at Milldale, Miss., July 26, 1863. 

Daniel V. Childs, killed at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864. 

Jacob L. Childs, died at Covington, Ky., April 4, 1864. 

John Dore, died at Oxford, Sept. 15, 1865. 

Francis A. Fletcher, died at Falmouth, Va., Dec. 6, 1863. 

Chester J. Smith, died at Washington, D. C, June 3, 1864. 

Fifty-First Begiment. 

Albert Foskett, died in the service. 

Fifty- Seventh Begiment. 

Edwin Cudworth, killed at Petersburg, Va., March 26, 1866. 

Henry C. Hayden, died at Annapolis, Md., July 4, 1864. 

Amos P. Newton, Jr., killed at North Anna River, Va., May 27, 1864. 

William Robbins, killed at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864. 

John Tulley, died at Alexandria, Va., May 18, 1865. 

Second Heavy ArtiUery. 

William Biggs, died at Andersonville, Ga., July 21, 1864. 
William H. N. Cady, died in Rebel Prison, Nov. 1, 1864. 
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186 IHSTOUY OF OXFOUD. 

Stephrn Eager, died at Ne-whcrn, N. C, Nov. 28, 1864. 

Patrick ITogan, died at Andersonville, Ga., Au-;. 27, 1864. 

Patrick Holden, died at Andersonville, Ga., Aug. 25, 1864. 

HuKUS VicKERS, died at Florence, S. C, Oct., 1804. 

Christopher Vicker.s, died at Charleston, S. C, Aug. 30, 1864. 

Graves of Soldiers in Oxford, whose names are not iu the fore- 
going lists. In the cemetery on the Plain : — 

Ciiari.ks Moran, d. 23 Aug., 1883, a. '65; Co. F, 21st Mass. Reg. [Credited 
to Worcester in Adj. Gen. Rep.] 

Manson Gould, Co. H, 51st Mass. Reg., d. 18 June, 1863, at Nowbern, 
N. C. [Charlton.] 

Charles A. Hall, Band, 4th Mass. H. Art., d. 16 May, 1876. [Worcester.] 

In the North Cemetei-y : — 

John H. Wisvvell, Corp., Co. I, 34th Mass. Reg., served from 23 July, '62, 
d. 23 March, '65, at Wilmington, N. C. [Warren.] 

George G. Monroe, Co. C, 54th Mass. Reg. [colored], served from 30 
March, '63 ; disc, for disability 10 July, '65 ; d. 3 Feb., 1883, a. 41. [Littleton.] 

Myron J. Balcom, Co. B, 11th Conn. Reg., d. 6 Jan., 1876, a. 34. 

Henry M. White, U. S. Colored Troops, d. 17 Aug., 1870, a. 30. 

Eugene Smith, Co. B, 57th Mass. Reg. [colored], musician; served from 4 
Jan., '64, to expiration of service, 30 July, '65; d. 24 March, 1883, a. 37. 

William Severance, Maine Reg., d. 5 Dec, 1881. 

Daniel W. Blanding, d. 22 May, 1870. 

Ansel L. Howe, Co. I, 39th Mass. Reg.; served from 25 Aug., '62, to 
decease, 18 Aug., '64, on Weldon R. R., N. C. [Natick.] 

Rhodes Stafford. Co. E, 4th Mass. Cavalry; served from 7 Jan., '64, to 
decease, 21 Oct., '64, at Mower Hospital. [Auburn.] 

Frederick E. Young, k. in battle before Richmond, 13 Oct., '64. 

George L. Grover, Co. H, 1st Conn. Cav. ; d. 18 Feb., 1871, a. 23. 

William J. Bond, Serg., Co. K, 25th Mass. Reg. : d. 3 June, '64, at Cold 
Harbor, Va. [Charlton.] 

Simeon Wheelock ; no headstone. 

Irving S. Vassall, in service as clerk in Mass. State Agency at Washing- 
ton ; d. 9 April, 1865. 

Grand Army of the Republic. Oxford Post, G. A. R. No. 
27, Charles Devens, was organized 15 Oct., 1S67, in the P^ngine 
Company's hall, met there for a time and removed in 1868 to San- 
ford's Hall, continuing to the fall of 1870. A reorganization occurred 
Nov., 1870, in the basement of the store next south of the bank, and 
meetings were held there until about 1878, when the hall over the 
store on Sutton Avenue, near the railroad station, was occupied. In 
Nov., 1881, Sanford's Hall was again leased and has since that date 
been headquarters. 

In 187!) a Relief Fund was established for the benefit of sick 
soldierB, and in 1889 $360.82 had been disbursed. In addition special 
contributions to needy comrades were made to the amount of about 
SoOO. The regular fund has been kept up by donations and the 
profits of public entertainments. The number of members, 1889, was 
43. 



OXFORD SOLDIERS. 187 

Commanders : 1867, Bernard B. Vassall ; 1868, A. Burrill Yeo- 
mans; 1869, A. B. Clark; 1870, '71, '72, Lewis T. Emerson ; 1873, 
William S. Forrest; 1874, George H. Baker; 1875, '76, J. Edward 
Nichols; 1877, George H. Stevens; 1878, '79, George W. Warner; 
1880, John A. Taf t ; 1881, '82, Leonard E. Thayer; 1883, John A. 
Taft; 1884, Fred. G. Hyde; 1885, Lewis T. Emerson; 1886, '87, 
Orrin B. Chaffee ; 1888, Fred. G. Hyde ; 1889, John A. Taft; 1890, 
Leonard E. Thayer. 

Sons of Veterans. A corps of Sons of Veterans was organized 
24 Sept., 1886, and holds its meetings in G. A. R. hall. 

Relief Corps. A Woman's Relief Corps was organized 2 Feb., 

1887, meets at the same place, and is auxiliary to the G. A. R. 
Decoration Day. The town has usually appropriated suffi- 
cient funds to pay all expenses, good music and able speakers 
have been provided and the attendance has been uniformly large. 
The first observance was 30 May, 1868 ; address by Rev. Samuel J. 
Austin; subsequent orators have been: 1869, Rev. Daniel Wait; 
1870, A. J. Bartholomew, Esq., Southbridge ; 1871, Rev. Thomas E. 
Babb; 1872, Rev. Thomas E. St. John, Worcester ;i 1873, Col. J. 
A. Titus, Worcester; 1874, Rev. Thomas E. St. John, Worcester; 
1875, Gen. Charles Devens, Worcester; 1876, no address, no town 
appropriation ; 1877, Col. W. S. B. Hopkins, Worcester ; 1878, Rev. 
Amzi B. Emmons ; ,1879, Rev. Julius F. Simmons, Webster ; 1880, 
Col. J. A. Titus, Worcester; 1881, Rev. Albert Tyler; 1882, John 
R. Thayer, Esq., Worcester; 1883, Lieut. Fred. G. Hyde; 1884, 
Col. E. J. Russell, Worcester; 1885, Homer B. Sprague, Boston; 
1886, Gen. Charles Devens; 1887, Rev. E. W. Preble, Webster; 

1888, Rev. H. Francis Perry, Hudson ; 1889, Rev. Porter R. Stratton ; 
1890, Charles N. Thomas, Boston. 

Co. E Association. This association was organized 26 Sept., 
1868, and each year on 28 of June, the anniversary of going into 
camp at Worcester, has held a reunion. A dinner has always been 
provided, of late at the town expense. 



1 From the church steps In a pouring rain. 



CHAl^TEK VIII. 

INDUSTRIES. 

Potash. Ikon. Ei.iott Mill. Scythks. Cotton Spinxin<;. Slater's 
Mill. Centual Manufacturing Company. Pope & Warner. Pratt 
Mills. Old Huguenot Mill.s. Bug Svva.mp Mills. Nails. Augutte- 
BACK Mills. Power Weaving. Oxford Woolen Manufacturing 
Company. George Hodges. Andrew Howarth. Hukfumville. Thread 
Making. Sigourney Mill. Rockdale Mill. Oxford Cotton Manu- 
facturing Company. Acwokth Mill. Lamb Mill. Texas Mills. North 
Oxford Optical Wohks. Chase Mill No. 2. Stone's Mills. Rich's 
Mill. Gates' Mills. Wallace Mill. Wool-Carding. Millwrights. 
Brick Making. Bakery. Chaise and Harness. Distilleries. Tan- 
neries. Shoe Manufacture. 

Potash. For the iiist hundred years of the town's history its 
inlmbitauts were almost entirely devoted to agricultural pursuits. 
Scythe-making was undertaken in a small way toward the close of the 
last century, and before the Revolution the manufacture of potash 
began. This was, indeed, almost the only article of manufacture 
sent out of town for sale before 1800. Wood ashes were abundant; 
traders received them in exchange for goods, and several had attached 
to th(dr premises buildings fitted with leaches and kettles for its man- 
ufacture, and transacted a considerable business, marketing it in 
Boston, whence it was shipped to England. 

Six factories are known to have existed in town. At the north 
were the works of Uriaii Stone, who cut and liuriied large quantities 
of wood on the Gore lands, and was perhaps the largest producer of 
the town. He is said to have operated two establishments. Another 
was at the northwest on Cox's land. In 1765 Stephen Barton sold 
to Dr. Alexander Campbell "potash works on Cox s laud." [See 
Homestead i)4.] Another stood north of the Butler tavern and was 
owned and operated by James Butler. At the north end of the Plain 
on the brook, called from the fact "Potash Brook," was another, 
owned in 171)3 by John Wolcott and probably earlier by his father, 
Josiah ; and in the east part of the town near the outlet of Robinson's 
Pond, on homestead No. 14, was one owned and operated by Ellsha 
Davis, aiul another on Sucker Brook iu the south part of the town, 
owned by Ephraim Kingsbury and Jeremiah Davis in partnership. 
In 1788, '89, '90, Jeremiah Kingsbury, Jr., carried on a considerable 
business at potash making, probably at this location. 

Iron. One of the earliest manufactures of tlie town was bar iron, 
the making of which began about 1798 at South Oxford, now East 



MILLS. 189 

Village, Webster, where an establishment operated by water-power 
was owned by Philip Brown and John Healy. These bought of Asa 
Robinson in April, 1798, six acres on which were a saw-mill and a 
grist-mill, where they built a furnace and forges. The ore was mined 
on the hill easterly from the mouth of Sucker Brook [see " S. Gore 
grants"], and was smelted, worked into bars and used to some 
extent on the premises. In Nov., 1799, Brown sold to Healy, who 
continued the business for a time. A letter written 21 Jan., 1801, 
from Dr. James Gleason to his son Jacob, then at Greenbush, "on 
the New York Grants," says : — 

"Jesse [the writer's son] has had 3 tuns of pig iron of him [Dr. Dyer of 
Providence]. Capt. Heelly is a working them into bar iron and expects to 
have a tun soon," etc. 

Operations must have been quite limited. In March, 1805, Healy 
sold the estate and the making of iron terminated. 

Eliott Mill. Eliott mill brook, near the Hawes place, was in 
early times larger than at pi'eseut. A stream sufficient to drive a saw- 
mill issued from " Burnt Swamp," near Wellington's, H. 129, now 
drained and cultivated. This mill was built by Reuben Eddy a short 
distance north of the Pope house, H. 132, and was dilapidated in 1820, 
but was used by Pope after he came to town. It was removed many 
years ago. By means of a dam at the south end a large pond serving 
as a reservoir was raised over the swamp. The east branch of Mill 
Brook rising in Auburn, now nearly dry in summer, was sufficiently 
large to operate a considerable mill at North Oxford station village. 
These branches meeting near the Pope homestead furnished a good 
water-power below, and near the crossing of the stream and Worces- 
ter road as early as 1715 Daniel Eliott built the first grist-mill of the 
English settlement. Before 19 March, 1716, he had sold his home 
lot, on which stood the mill, to Jonathan Provender. At a proprietor's 
meeting, 19 March, 1716, it was voted "that Jonathan Provender 
shall take up a small piece of land to set his house upon, lying near 
to the house lot he bought of Eliott." In June, 1716, Provender sold 
the lot and one-fourth of the mill to Samuel Barton, who settled there 
and died in 1732. His sons Caleb and Joshua, in 1733, sold their 
interests to Jacob Cummings. The mill had several owners. On 15 
May, 1716, Joseph Dana sold to Jonathan Pratt one-fourth of it, 
"standing on Samuel Barton's rights." Eliott had removed to 
Sutton but retained his half until 1720, when he sold to Richard 
Moore " one-half a saw-mill and one-half a grist-mill." Cummings 
owned three years and in 1736 sold to Eleazer Ward of Newton, a 
capable business man, who owned mills and farm. In 1750 Ward 
sold to his son-in-law, Ebenezer Eddy, who, 18 years later, 1768, 
conveyed to his son Thomas, reserving the privilege of taking water 
to fertilize the meadow on the west side of the 8-rod way. The next 
year Thomas Eddy deeded the estate to Uriah Stone and William, 
son of Rev. John Campbell, who in Nov., 1771, conveyed the same to 



190 HISTORY OF OXFOltl). 

John Stone of the North Gore. In Jan., 1778, Stone sold to Anthony 
Sigourney, wlio in 1792 sold to Nuthan Patch of Worcester. In 
Patch's deed the property is described in two lots, one of 67 acres 
and one of six acres. The latter lot of six acres Patch probably sold 
to Jeremiah Learned, who deeded the same to Whitmore, and Patch 
in March, 1796, sold to Whitmore 53 acres adjoining the same. All 
details of early operations at this location are lost. There is, how- 
ever, reason to believe that milling was continued here by the suc- 
cessive owners up to Sigourney at least. 

Scythe making. On 1 April, 1793, Jeremiah Learned sold to 
Nathaniel Wiutmore, Jr., of Sutton, six acres of land, the dwelling- 
house, now standing, and blacksmith shop, near the site of the Eliott 
mill. Whitmore put in a trip-hammer and carried on blacksmithing 
and scythe making until 18U1, when he sold to John and Thaddeus 
Hall, father and son, of Sutton, who raised the dam, enlarged the 
shop and continued scythe making for nearly ten years. In 1810 
they deeded to Jonathan Davis, who in 1811 conveyed to Amos 
Hudson, who in partnership with John Wait, his brother-in-law, con- 
tinued the scythe business. 

Cotton Spinning. As early as 1811 an interest was awakened 
in the town on the subject of working wool and cotton by machinery. 
John Hudson, Thomas Kendall, Jr., and Ephraim Edson projected a 
plan for the business at South Oxford, and completed a bargain with 
Elijah Pratt for the necessary land and water-power, but meeting with 
discouragement gave up the enteiprise. Mr. Edson then went to 
Pawtucket and solicited Mr. Samuel Slater to purchase, which he 
subsequently did through Bela Tiffany. i 

Slater's Mill. No event in the history of the town, viewed from 
a business standpoint, was so far-reaching and important in its results 
as that of the beginning of manufacturing at South Oxford by Mr. 
Slater. Its immediate effect was to give the wives and daughters of 
the farmers what they never before had, a means of accumulating 
earnings outside household duties ; it led the way to the introduction 
of other like enterprises which have added materially to the prosperity 
of the mother town, and it was the germ from which has grown the 
present thriving town of Webster. Unlike most otiier similar under- 
takings in the vicinity, this interest continued in the family ownership 
through a long series of years, and had a steady and continuous 
growth until it was classed among the wealthiest and most successful 

1 Mr. Hnidford G. Edson (broUier of Ephraim), Col., I., 464. The letter there quoted, from Bela 

who Is iiulliorlty for this narrative, Is posUlve I'lttany to him, dated 27 May, 1811, evidently 

that Slater oiiiiic ii)) and looked over the prem- describes a place Slater had not then seen. 

Ises at the liivllution of his brother. It Is not 'I'liereln Till'any states that he had obtained a 

reasonable to suppose that he would enter upon refusal of It until 20 June, and that other parties 

a scheme of such IniporUnce without UrstKlvlnj? were nejfotlatlng for It. Doubtless Hudson & 

It a thorough personal Insix'ctlon. An account Co. were tlie other parties. They liad no deed 

ot the maimer in ulilch he became acc|uaintud of tlic iiroperty but were In some manner bound 

with the locaUty Is given in Ammldowu's His. and lost a considerable sum In the operaUon. 



SAMUEL SLATER. 191 

manufacturing concerns of the State. Its operations at South Oxford 
were a very small part of its later transactions, but these only, come 
within the scope of this work. 

In the latter part of 1811 the land purchases were made, the first 
deed being of 6 Jan., 1812, from Elijah Pratt, and included nine and 
one-half acres, a dwelling house, barn, grist-mill, saw-mill and trip- 
hammer shop, for $3,700. The next was of 28 Jan. from Asa and 
Samuel Robinson, and included a farm of 203 acres with buildings, 
for $3,500. A third, of 4 May, from Josiah Kingsbury, included 56 
acres, a house and clothiers' works, for $1,800. These embraced the 
territory now East Village, and all the water-power at that locality. 
Mr. Tiffany, who acted for Mr. Slater in purchasing, continued owner 
of one-sixth and was a partner in business, until Nov., 1816, when 
he sold to Mr. Slater. In 1812 the "Green Mill" was built, and 
early in 1813 machinery was put in operation. For about 12 years 
spinning only was done by power, all weaving having been done in 
the dwelling houses of the vicinage. This method was superseded by 
power looms about the beginning of 1825. [See power weaving.] 
The mill was enlarged as the increase of business demanded, and in 
1832, when Webster was incorporated, contained 4,000 spindles and 
100 looms, producing sheetings, thread and knitting cotton. ^ 

Dye House. Dye works being required as a part of the manu- 
facture, a large house was built in 1813, and with John Tyson (who 
had been employed at Pawtucket) as the head, a company was formed 
called the "Oxford Dye House Co.," which transacted a thriving 
business until Mr. Tyson's decease, 1821, doing a large amount of 
custom dying as well as that of the Oxford and Pawtucket mills. 

Woolen Mill. In 1815 an important addition was made by the 
erection of a woolen mill near the Green mill, and the beginning of 
broadcloth making under the management of Edward Howard, an 
Englishman, previously employed at the Merino factory. This 
branch also flourished until 1820, when the mill was burned. Soon 
after the woolen plant was removed to the present South Village site, 
then in Dudley. 

1 Samuel Slater was born at Belper, Eng., 9 as the advantage of perfecting the first mill in 

June, 1768, learned cotton spinning of Jedediah America, we should be glad to engage thy care 

Strutt, partner of Eichard Arkwright, came at so long as it can be made profitable to both, and 

about 21 years of age to Xew York, was employed we can agree. 

a few weeks lu a cotton spinning establishment, MoSES Bkown." 
but the macliinery being ineflicient he applied Slater went to Pawtucket, engaged with these 
for a situation to Almy & Brown of ProTldence, men. Introduced Arkwright machines of his ovm 
who were experimenting at I'awtucket in the construction, and the first successful power spin- 
same line. Mr. Brown replied: "Almy & Brown ning in America began. He was soon admitted 
want the assistance of a man skilled in the frame as a partner in the firm. Later with other parl- 
or water spinning. An experiment has been ners he enlarged operations at Pawtucket, build- 
made which has failed, no person being ac- ing a new mill and macliinery, continuing after 
q\ialnted with the business, and the frames im- he began business at Soutli Oxford, 
perfect ... If thy present situation does not We learn something of the profits of the early 
come up to what thou wishest, and from knowl- manufacturers, and Mr. Slater's business tact, 
edge of business can be ascertained of the ad- from the fact that in .Jan., 1829, he estimated his 
vantages of the mills, so as to induce tliee to estate at nearly a million dollars, 
come and work ours, and have the credit as well 



192 HISTORY OF OXFOUI). 

Town's Pond project. Another scheme originating about the 
same time was tliat of Dr. Daniel Fisk, Titus V. Shepard and others 
who contemphvtod mill operations on the west side of Town's Pond. 
In the liope of ol)taining power a canal was dug from the pond to the 
swamp on tlie west, which had the effect to reduce the level of the 
water somewhat, but furnished no considerable power, and the plan 
was abandoned. 

In 1813 the making of woolen goods at the "Merino" Village, 
Dudley, began, and here two Oxford men, at least, Peter Butler and 
Elijah Pratt, were engaged. This and the operations of Mr. Slater 
familiarized the people with manufacturing, and when the proposition 
was made in 1814 to introduce it in Oxford adventurers were readily 
found to join the enterprise. 

Central Manufacturing Company. The first legally organ- 
ized business concern was " The Central Cotton and Woolen Manu- 
facturing Company," incorporated 17 Oct., 1814, the following, all 
men of moderate means, being named in the act : Daniel Fisk, John 
Hudson, William T. Fisk, Henry G. Learned, Joel Eddy, Daniel 
Eddy, Amos Hudson, Ezra Lovell of Millbury, and Sylvanus Pratt. 
William Craig of Auburn, John Wait and Thomas Kendall, Jr., 
were also of the company. Dr. Daniel Fisk, John Hudson and 
Amos Hudson, each acted for a time as agent, Kendall, who had 
been a head mechanic at the Merino factory, Dudley, was machinist, 
and Lovell accountant and store-keeper. The place of business 
was near the Eliott mill site. In Jan., 1816, Amos Hudson deeded 
to the company four acres of land and the water power. The mill, 
containing a picker, carder, roper and two spinning frames of 72 
spindles each, .stood about 40 rods easterly from the AVorcester road. 
A store was added. But the times were inauspicious. The markets 
were full of English goods which had been kept back by the then 
recent war, which were being sold at rates with which small operators 
could not compete, and in less than three years the capital of the 
company had been sunk and the business suspended. The result 
was disastrous to the stockholders, some having been ruined finan- 
cially and several were arrested for debt and imprisoned, while others 
absconded to avoid the enforcement of the law. 

Pope & Warner. In IVIay, 1819, Jonathan A. Pope of Reho- 
both and Thomas Warner of Providence came in and continued the 
business. In 1822 Warren Cudworth, to whom Hudson had sold the 
lower privilege, built for them a weaving shop near the old grist- 
mill, which with ten looms went into operation in the fall of that 
year. The water-power proving insulllcient a plan was formed to 
reinforce it by drawing from the Maanexit, and by agreement with 
Stephen Learned water was taken from above his dam and conveyed 
to the pond by a canal. A trench nearly half a mile in length was 
finisiu'd. lint the project was a failure, as the gravelly soil through 
which the canal passed absorbed the water so that little was available. 



MILLS. 193 

Early in 1826 Pope and Warner dissolved partnership, Pope remain- 
ing at the old mill and Warner removing to the Joseph Stone mill, 
previously occupied by Cragin and Dudley. In 1828 both removed 
to Millbury. 

Nahum Sibley. In 1826 Pope mortgaged to Abijah Davis five 
acres of land, the mill and two dwelling houses. In June, 1832, 
Davis assigned his mortgage to Nahum Sibley, who began making 
cotton thread, his brother Francis being partner, and later friction 
matches, their operations being quite limited, continuing until 14 
Jan., 1837, when the mill was burned. The store had been destroyed 
by fire the previous year. The site has been abandoned and hardly a 
trace of the mill remains. 

On 18 May, 1818, Amos Hudson deeded to Warren Cudworth 14 
acres with buildings, at the lower site, including the old mill, black- 
smith shop, etc. Cudworth operated the grist-mill ten or twelve 
years and it passed into the possession of Abijah Davis on a mort- 
gage. On 1 July, 1833, the executors of Davis deeded the same to 
William Si^ourney, who in partnership with Jasper Brown conducted 
here a small business at pistol making, employing Brown's brothers, 
Danforth and Daniel. This continued only a short time and the 
buildings were left to decay, the old house only now remaining. The 
widow of Sigourney sold the premises to Michael Toomey who sold to 
Jasper Brown, whose heirs are present owners. 

Pratt Mills. On the east branch of the stream, a little north 
from the present North Oxford railroad station, Sylvanus Pratt, in 
1809, built on his father's estate, H. 156, two dams near each other, 
and at each place a mill, the lower being the principal one, and for 
several years transacted a brisk business at scythe making. Later 
two of his apprentices, Nehemiah P. Barton and John McKnight, 
continued the same for about two years. In 1818 Silas Ludden, who 
had been an employ^, took the business and made scythes at the 
lower shop, while Abijah Craig turned bobbins for the cotton mills at 
the upper one. The business declined under Ludden and later Craig 
occupied a part of the lower shop. In 1834 Amory Trumbull having 
bought the property, fitted it up for wheelwright work and occupied 
it until about 1860. Later Nathaniel I2ddy became proprietor and in 
June, 1868, sold to Joseph S. Swain, who died soon after. In Jan., 
1870, the estate came into the possession of Ebenezer R. Walker, 
who built the present dam and a large two-story building containing 
a grist-mill, saw-mill and wheelwright shop, adding a steam engine 
for auxiliary power. He operated the mills for several years and 
later rented them for box-making. In 1.S75 he died, and on 10 
May, 1878, the estate passed to the ownership of Orlando C. Ward 
of Worcester, who leased to AYarren Glover of Millbury. On 25 Oct., 
1878, the building was burned, and on 10 Oct., 1880, Ward sold to 
William H. Marble, the present owner. Nothing has been done here 
since the fire. 
26 



104 IIISTOKY OF OXFOIJF). 

Old Huguenot Mill. The occupants and lines of business pur- 
sued at the " Old mill " at the lower end of the Plain have been many. 
Its site was included in the home-lot of Jonathan Tillotson and was sold 
by him in 17iy with the adjacent orchard, and a '• mansion house" 
to Ebenezer Mackee of Killingly, Conn., who soon sold to John 
Comins, who removed hither from Killin<!;ly andoccu{)ied the premises. ^ 
He was an enterprising man and much improved the estate. [See 
Comins.] He sold in 1726 to Josiah Curamiugs of AVoodstock, per- 
haps his son, from whose possession it soon after passed into that of 
Ebenezer Learned and Benoni Twichell. The next proprietor was 
Nathaniel Patten, a cooper, of whom we can learn very little. In 
Dec, 1729, Patten sold to Joseph Read of Leicester, who took pos- 
session and operated the mill until 1731, when he died. In May, 
1733, his heirs conveyed the whole original estate to Timothy Harris 
of Watertowu, who with his descendants owned and occupied a part 
of the premises nearly 150 years. Before 1750 a saw-mill was built 
on the east side of the stream, the grist-mill being on the west. In 
1805 Jonathan Harris sold the west part to Peleg Foster, the grist- 
mill at that time having been removed and clothiers' works erected 
instead. These works had been built a few years before by Thomas 
Davis, Ebenezer Humphrey and Elihu Harwood in partnership, who 
had leased the premises, the two latter selling out to Davis before the 
completion of the building, and cloth finishing had been carried on 
under the management of one Binney. Samuel Jewett had also been 
employed and managed the business in 1793. Foster continued suc- 
cessfully for live or six years, when he leased to Zebina Abbott of 
Southbridge, who occupied until July, 1814, when Foster sold to 
Russell Clark of Chatham, Conn. Clark continued until 1819, and 
returned to Connecticut, the property passing through the hands of 
Stearns Witt to Jeremiah INIollit, who had in 1808 purchased the 
saw-mill on the east side of the stream and rebuilt it. Henry Puffer 
then took the cloth-finishing shop as lessee, was occupant in 1820, 
remained two or three years and was succeeded by Welcome Green, 
who in partnership with Thomas Aldrich of Oxford continued the 
business until the death of Mollit in Dec, 1824. At the settlement 
of MofHt's estate the mills were bought by his sons, Jeremiah, Sumner 
and Rufus, who continued sawing and cloth-linishing until 1829, 
when they sold to Rufus Robinson. He was the first to manufacture 
at this place, bought the right of fiowage, removed the old buildings 
and erected new and much larger, in which were a grist-mill, custom 
carding machine and cloth-finishing ap[)liances.- To these he added 
machinery for the making of satinets, and began this branch with 



'Tills orcliiinl was that set by the Huguenots, year from 1 May to September, the water of the 

and referred to in another place as having been pond liavin>; l>cen ilrawn off to enable the owners 

voted by the town on certain conditions to Ebe- of the mejulows above to jirow and liarvest the 

uezer Humphrey. annual hay crop. 

'• Up to tills time these mills had stood Idle each 



OLD HUGUENOT MILL. 195 

eight looms. Later, facilities for making cloths were increased. In 
1836 tlio mill was sold to William E. Hackei- of Philadelphia, Kobin- 
son continuing as manager until 1841, when he retired, and the estate 
was sold to Learned Davis and Col. Alexander DeWitt. 

In 1842 Jonas Bacon engaged in spooling thread in a small build- 
ing attached to the factory, and the saw-mill, of which Daniel Davis, 
Robinson's brother-in-law, had charge many years, was kept in opera- 
tion, but the main mill was unoccupied until the spring of 1843 when 
Lyman P. Low took possession and began the manufacture of sati- 
nets. In Oct., 1844, he received a deed of the property and for a 
few years was very prosperous. Desiring to increase his operations 
he enlarged the mill, putting in an expensive breast water-wheel, aux- 
iliary steam power, and a quantity of new machinery. He retired 
in 1848 and died the next year, and the estate reverted to Davis and 
DeWitt. The mill was unused again until 1851, when Lyman Cope- 
land from Rhode Island began operations, but remained only a few 
months and returned, taking his machinery, to Rliode Island. In 
April, 1852, the place was sold to Olney Bolster, who put into it a 
grist-mill, planing machine and other facilities for making shoe boxes, 
which he operated for a year or more and leased the establishment to 
Charles Fuller, who was then doing a large business as carpenter and 
builder. While thus occupied, on the 27th of May, 1856, the build- 
ings were burned. Bolster soon after x'ebuilt of stone, as it now 
stands, adding at the east end a wood building for a grist-mill, which 
was operated until Warner came in, 1866. In July, 1857, Bolster 
sold one-half the estate to Col. DeWitt at the same time mortgaging 
to him the remainder. 

In the spring of 1859 William and David Perry of Dudley leased the 
place for making stockings and stocking yarn, continuing until after 
May, 1861. Thereafter it was unoccupied (excepting a few months 
from Sept., 1861, when George Hodges used it as accessory to his 
mill in the manufacture of army flannels), until the spring of 1866, 
when Daniel Warner of Woodstock took possession and fitted it up 
for making cotton twine and carpet warps. This business he with his 
sons George and Charles and sons-in-law Joseph Dart and Albert E. 
Merriara, continued until 1879, when upon the settlement of Col. 
DeWitt's affairs the property reverted to his estate, and was sold by 
the executors at auction to Francis L. Chapin and Calvin D. Paige 
of Southbridge. In 1880 the proprietors leased the mill for five 
years to Samuel Perry and a partner from Southbridge, who put in 
machinery and began cotton spinning. They retired in less than a 
year and were succeeded by Parley Brown of Douglas and a partner 
under the name of the "Oxford Yarn Company.' They in turn 
left after a few months, removing their machinery. In 1881 the 
"Pioneer Rubber Company," incorporated, Edwin H. Allen, treasurer 
and manager, bought Perry and Company's lease, put in machinery 



196 IlISTOUV OF OXFORD. 

for finishing cotton goods for waterproof garments, and for a time 
(lid a thiiving l)usincs8. The lease expiring in 1x85 was not renewed 
and tLe rubber business was relinquisiied. In 1880 the property was 
purchased by Nathaniel E. Taft, the present owner, who with two 
sets of machinery began the manufacture of fancy cassimeres under 
the name of "The Bernon Mills." In the winter of 1887-8 a change 
was made to satinets, on wliieli the mill was operated until 26 April, 
1888, when a fire occurred damaging building and machinery to a 
considerable extent. The mill is now, 1890, under lease and being 
operated on satinets by Gillespie & Sullivan. Capacity, two sets. 
Hands employed, 38. Production, about 300,000 yards per annum ; 
estimated value, $95,000. 

Bug Swamp Mills. The uppermost mill on Bug Swamp stream 
is the saw-mill on the Hudson farm, H. 1G8, a little over the line 
in Sutton, built in 1792 by John Hudson; unserviceable in dry 
seasons. 

At the lower end of the swamp, near Lovett's, Samuel Davis had 
in 1788 built on his own land a saw-mill. In 1801 he sold and 
removed to Eddington, Maine. David Lilley, the purchaser, soon 
built a shop for the manufacture of scythes, which business he 
followed until his death in Jan., 1815. Joab Mayuard succeeded 
him, continuing in 1816 and 1817; later, John and Lewis Lilley, 
sons of David, carried on the same business until the spring of 1821. 
For a time the premises were unoccupied. On 8 Dec, 1827, Lawton 
and Joseph, sons of Baxter Pratt, bought the property and put up 
and operated a shingle machine and also made washing machines 
and other household utensils, but became involved in debt and in 
1830 left for parts unknown. Later Reuben Davis and Silas S. Taft 
occupied each a few months. For lack of water it was unfit for any 
permanent business, and was abandoned and with the dwelling near 
went to decay, and both were removed many years ago. The property 
is owned by Slater & Co. 

" Saccarappa." The next mill l)elow was built prior to 1792 by 
Joshua Stoekvvell, " nailmaker," from Sutton. In July, 1792, Elijah 
and Learned Davis, sons of Samuel, sold to him two acres and ten 
rods of land on the north side of the brook, including a house, black- 
smith's shop and coal house, and Elisha Davis owner on the south, 
a half-acre adjoining, on the south side of the brook, "where Stock- 
well has erected his trip hammer." Stockwell (who was brother-in- 
law of David Lilley), and his brother Wriglit here manufactured 
scythes and nails until 1802. There were two shops and two dams ; 
in one forging was done and in the other scythes were ground and 
finished. 

Nails. On 27 April, 1802, Rufus Moore became owner and car- 
ried on nail making until March, 1815, when he sold the upper shop 
to John Kenney, Jr., of Sutton, who built the house now (1890) 



! 



SACCARAPPA. 197 

standing, and carried on scythe making until his decease in 1819. 
Moore after selling the upper shop continued nail making at a con- 
siderable outlay, at the lower site. The making of nails by machinery 
was then a new process. Previously they had been forged separately 
from rods ; Moore began by cutting them with shears from plates 
and heading them by the old process by hand. A Mr. Morgan of 
Belchertown had invented or made machines which cut and headed at 
the same time, and in 1814 Moore bought and transported from that 
place one of these machines, Morgan coming to put it in operation. 
James Collier was the operator. Learned Davis, father-in-law of 
Moore, was interested in the business, and not far from 1822 became 
owner, continuing for about two years, and nail making was given up. 

After the death of Kenney, Amasa Taft of Uxbridge made scythes 
for two years or more, and later Perez and Daniel Hovey for one 
year. On 12 Dec, 1828, the place was bought by Col. Reuben 
Waters, who began a brisk business at scythe making, built a new 
dam and shop and for several years was successful. On 18 Feb., 
1833, he mortgaged to Jonas L. Sibley of Sutton who assigned to 
the Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Worcester, which later sold to 
William Sigourney. Soon after Waters retired. Next a Mr. Scho- 
field, employing Amos Bigelow of Sutton, made hoes for a year or 
tvvo, after which no manufacturing was done. On 17 March, 1845, 
the place having been long deserted, William Sigourney purchased 
it as stated and fitted up a saw-mill and a grist-mill which were 
leased to different parties. Silas Putnam of Sutton, Ebenezer Fitts 
and Israel Peters successively lived here, having charge of the 
mills. 1 In 1859 Francis F. Sibley was lessee, aud was followed in 
18G0 by Charles Lovett and Sumner Howard. But the business was 
small, the water-power deficient and the mills became dilapidated, 
and before the expiration of their lease the water wheel gave out and 
milling ended. About 1862 the buildings were removed and only 
ruins remain to tell of the former busy industries of the place. Mr. 
Slater holds the stream and by a large dam above, controls it as a 
valuable tributary to the Maauexit. [See Homestead 18.] 

Elisha Davis' Saw-Mill. On the southerly branch of Mill 
Brook, coming from the -'Robinson Reservoir," Elisha Davis built, 
probably as early as 1750, a saw-mill near his house, H. 14, which he 
and his son Nehemiah and the successive owners of the farm operated 
more than a hundred years. This mill was removed in 1881 by John 
W. Robinson. The last sawing there was in 1865. 

Howarth's Mill. The site of this mill was sold by Abraliam 
Skinner, the original proprietor, to Thomas Gleason in March, 
1722. No mention is made of a mill in the deed. Gleason, a 
man of means, settled here, built a grist-mill and a saw-mill and died 



1 The wife of Putnam was from Saccarappa, Is knowu, in honor of her old residence. 
Me. He gave tlie locality the name by which it 



198 HISTORY or OXFORD. 

Jan., 1732, his estate includiug "mills and stream, witli homestead 
and buildings." In Muich, 1734, Moses, his son, sold to James 
Coller of Uxhridge, wIkj tlie next year conveyed to Jonathan Ballard 
of Andover, who with his son Ephraim owned and occui)ied until 
Dec, 1770, a period of 35 years. At the latter date Ephraim Ballard 
deeded to Amos Putnam of Sutton (brother of Gen. Rufus, the Ohio 
pioneer), wiio in March, 1779, sold to John Nichols, Sen., who owned 
until Nov., 1790, when he sold to his son John, who in 1801 conveyed 
one-half the same to his son David, who afterward became sole 
owner and sold in 182G to the Oxford Woolen Manufacturing 
Company, the privilege and farm contiguous having been in the 
Nichols family about 47 years. This grist-mill was the second built 
in Oxford by the English and for many years was the only one in 
tiie south part of the town to be relied upon in dry seasons. 

Power Weaving. The first use of this water-power for manu- 
facturing purposes was in 1822 by Dr. Delano Pierce, son-in-law of 
David Nichols. During 1822 he often met Mr. Slater and discussed 
with him the subject of power weaving, Slater maintaining that hand 
looms were required for the best results, while Pierce, having knowl- 
edge of Dudley's operations at North Oxford, was positive as to the 
success of the new method. The result was a contract by which 
Pierce agreed to furnish flrst-class weaving at a certain price per 
yard. In November, in the old mill building, he began with eight 
looms, each producing at best 25 yards per day. Joseph Clark and 
Alfred Kingsbury were his overseers. The operation proved a success. 
Pierce realized a good profit. Slater was convinced as to machine 
weaving, declined to renew the contract which expired in 1824, 
bought Pierce's looms, removed them to his own mill and set them 
running, and hand-weaving of cotton in this region soon became a 
thing of the past.^ 

"Oxford Woolen Company." A little later a company was 
formed for manufacturing woolen goods at this locality, and Pierce, 
Kichard Olney, Stearns Witt and Samuel Dowse were the leaders in 
the scheme. During 1825 the real estate and water-power were 
secured, a new dam begun and the main factory building erected and 
brought well on toward completion. At the beginning of 1826 a 
change occurred. Dr. Pierce withdrew, and on 26 January a new 
company was formed under the following compact : — 

"We, UiclKinl Oliu-y, Lyman Titt'any, Stearns Witt, Sylvanus Holbrook, 
Sanuic'l Dowse and Alexander C. Witt, do severally ajrree to form ourselves 
into a coiui)any under tlie name of ' tlic Oxford Woolen Mauufaeturing 
Company' for the term of live years from the first day of January, A. D. 
182(>, for the purtx^seof manufucturini>- Woolen Goods in its various brauehes, 
and Iransaeting any other business the stockholders may think proper." 

[Signed by the above-named persons.] 



1 See Slgourney MIU. 



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OXFORD WOOLKN COMTANY. 199 

On the same day a deed of the real estate was executed by David 
Nichols running to this company. During 1826 the mill building 
erected by Collins and Rufus Moore of Dudley was completed, the 
breast water-wheel aud the fulling-mills were finished by Israel Sibley, 
and under the charge of William F. Morgan, during the fall and 
winter of 1826-7, machinery was set up and put in operation. In 
the spring of 1827 two sets of cards were running and five houses, 
including the old Nichols house, were standing on the premises. In 
1828 the boarding-house and other dwellings were built by Willard 
and Daniel Underwood of Pomfret, Conn. In the latter part of 1827 
an addition was made to the mill, and early in 1828 another set of 
cards added, increasing the producing capacity one-third.^ 

On 28 Feb., 1828, the company was incorporated with power to 
hold real estate to the amount of $50,000, and personal property to the 
amount of $150,000, and on 24 Oct., 1828, the old partnership, con- 
sisting of Sylvanus Holbroolv, Stearns Witt, Samuel Dowse, Richard 
Olney, Alexander C. Witt and William F. Morgan (who had bought, 
3 April, 1827, one-twelfth) , sold for $50,000 all their real and personal 
estate to the new company. The corporation organized 1 Aug., 1828, 
with Richard Olney President, Alexander C. Witt Clerk, Richard 
Olney Treasurer, and Stearns Witt Agent. ^ A code of by-laws was 
adopted 7 Jan., 1829. On 5 Jan., 1830, a dividend was declared 
amounting to $2,715, being " all moneys that the shares may have 
cost over 1,000 dollars each." The later dividends were as follows: 
1832, $7,500; 1833, $7,080; 1834, $12,720, "being the remainder 
of the original stock paid in, with interest"; 1835, $6,000; 1836, 
"10 per cent, on the capital stock," being $6,000; 1837, $6,000, 
which was the last dividend recorded. Stearns DeWitt was continued 
agent until Jan., 183G, when Sylvanus Holbrook was chosen, and 
continued until 1840, when DeWitt was again elected for the year. 
In Jan., 1841, Dexter W. Jones, having become a stockholder, was 
chosen agent, continuing until Nov., 1845. • At a meeting of the 
company on the 17th of that month Peter C. Bacon was empowered to 
make sale of all its property, real and persoual, and on 1 Jan. 
1846, the mill and other real estate passed into the possession of Geo. 
Hodges, Jr. 

Stearns DeWitt was prominent among the men of this company 
for enterprise and executive ability. He had strong common sense, 
and inherited from his Scotch ancestry a shrewdness and faculty to 
judge of men, and to profit by their best qualities, which fitted him 
to organize and conduct successfully such an undertaking. He 
moved quietly and cautiously, and in the main, wisely, aud brou<>ht 
together an excellent set of men as managers of the different depart- 
ments of a business which demanded much skill aud judgment. In 
Mr. Morgan he had a thoroughly practical supervisor to whom he 



1 A second enlargement was made alter 1840 - See foot-note pnfte 90. 
and the fourth set of macliinery added. 



200 IlISTOItV (\V OXFOHI). 

confided all the details of the mill, and to conduct the several branches 
under him were found artisans, chiefly residents of the vicinity, wlio 
interested themselves in the success of the enterprise and gave to 
it their best efforts.' 

For several years the office of the company was at the rooms over 
the Witt and Dowse store on the Plainj, and payments to employ(''S 
were made largely in goods from that establishment. In 1820 Benja- 
min F. Campbell bought into the store and the otfice of tlic company was 
removed to the village. Gradually the designs of DeWitt were being 
realized at the mill. Robinson by his skill at carding had succeeded 
in producing a mixture, new and desirable, which became very popu- 
lar in the trade as " Oxford Mixed." At Boston and Philadelphia 
exhibitions medals were repeatedly awarded for these and other fine 
productions, their goods became well known in the market, sold 
freely at good profits, and the credit of the concern stood very high. 
An important appendage to the manufacturing was the large farm, 
which was for a time under the charge of Silas Cummiugs of Douglas, 
and later of Amos Johnson. Two large barns stood at the entrance 
to the village, and these were filled yearly with the products of the 
adjacent fields ; the tables of the boarding-house were furnished 
largely from the farm, and the fat cattle and swine produced annually 
won the admiration of the farmers of the town. 

While affairs were thus moving in a very prosperous manner. Mr. 
Olney, for some reason desiring a change, proposed to buy of DeWitt 
his interest. DeWitt, although not wishing to sell, fixed a price at 
which he would do so, and at the annual meeting in Jan., 1836, a 
bargain was closed and he left the concern. Sylvanus Holbrook suc- 
ceeded him, and for a few months affairs progressed as usual. But 
a change soon came. The close oversight which had been bestowed 
on every operation was relaxed, the quality of the goods deteriorated, 
and the reverses of 1837 coming on they were piled up in storehouses 
and later sold at a loss. The linances became involved, and at the 
end of Holbrook's administration in 1840 the bankruptcy of the 
comi)any seemed imminent. To add to the troubles it was found that 
during the season of prosperity the laws of the State regarding cor- 
porations had not been duly observed, and consequently the i)rivate 



'The late II. N. Slater of Webster once stated DeW. Harris. Evans Ryan of Stiirbrlds;e liiwi 

that In his opinion there never lias been In the charjic of wool-sorting; William E. Stebbins, 

history of American maun tacturos a more t'fll- Stephen Collins and John Ryan snccesslvely 

clent set of oi>iiatlves brought together than weredyers; Sylvanus Holiinson carder and spiu- 

was Kathered by DeWltl at the Oxford Woolen ner; Klljah I'ratt was tirst weaver, and Rufus 

Company's mill. Harris and Alfred Kingsbury followed him. 

The accountants were In ls26, Alexander C. Justin Root Hrst fuller, succeeded b^' James 

Witt: l.s-27 and 1S28. Edmund F. Dlxii' from Miller. Mr. Morjian first llnlshcr, followed l)y 

Marl)lehead; a tew months In 1821), Menjamln James Miller, Henry Dilal)y and Oliver Free- 

F. Cami)bell: latter part of 1829 and for ISiO, man, successively. The frrlst-nilll was kept la 

Wilson Olney; ls:!l, 1M32, Alvan G. Under- operation under the cliarne of Amos Johnson, 

wood; isi'.n, for most of the year, Charles later miller at the City Mills, Boston. The 

Dowse, Underwood having boujrht Into the store boarding-house was liept by Alexander O. 

on the Plain; from Nov., is:«, to 1.S42, Alvan Ci. Thurston. Nathaniel Brown, Charles Lamb and 

Underwood ; and later Wilson Olney and Stearns Ira Merriam, successively. 



FLANNEL MAKING. 201 

property of each stockholder was holden to pay the debts of the con- 
cern. The liabilities of the company were discharged in full, but it 
was done at a serious loss to the individual owners. 

DeWitt regretted the sale of his interest. To this enterprise he 
had given for ten years the best of his energies. A large, thriving 
business and a beautiful village had arisen under his supervision ; in 
the corps of faithful employes were personal friends, and in the whole 
he had taken a befitting pride. The dropping of this from his life 
was a change which affected his spirits and his health suffered seriously 
in consequence. The j^ear 1840, in which he was reinstated as agent, 
showed little improvement, and neither his efforts or those of his suc- 
cessor, Mr. Jones, could retrieve the ill fortunes of the past. The 
sale of the estate, 1 Jan., 184G, closed the operations of the company. 

George Hodges carried on the single line of fine flannel making 
here successfullj^ from his purchase in 1846, 35 years, until his 
decease in 1881. Average production at highest point, 12,000 yards 
per week. 

Andrew Howarth became the proprietor of the establishment in 
1882 and is, in 1890, continuing successfully in the same line. The 
present capacity of the mill is five sets ; yards of flannel produced, 
2,100 per day; average value, 17 cents; annual production, esti- 
mated, $110,000; hands employed, 52. [See Howarth.] 

The following appeared in the New York Times for 1 Dec, 1884 : — 

"FIKST MAKERS OF AMERICAN FLANNEL. 

From the Neic York Dry Goods Importer. 

'•'At various times the question has come up, Who made the first flannel in the 
United States? but it has never been successfully answered as yet, that it was 
made on hand looms and home spun there can be uo doubt. And as it was not 
necessary to send such flannels to any mill to be finished it will be at this late 
day diflicult to trace out who was the original maker of this material 'Away 
down East ' it used to be common to make and use what were called there 
' woolen sheets.' They were home-made, the yarn, both warp and filling, 
being hard-twisted, and, when woven, they were simply washed out and worn 
in that condition, there being uo nap raised on them. But the question now is, 
'Who made the first flannel?' And in reply to this query we once received 
the foUoAviug from a ' Veteran ' : ' Now it is in the memory of people living 
in and around North Andover, of a certain old lady who came to this country 
from Rochdale, England, 60 years ago or more. She went l)y the name of 
Dolly Howarth, and, if my information is correct, she w'as the first to weave 
a piece of genuine wool fianuel in New England, if not in America.' If such 
be the case, I think it is nothing but right and just that the credit be given to 
her and be recorded in the archives of Massachusetts. She had a grandson 
living a year or so ago and he may be living yet. Ilis name is Andrew 
Howarth. He has been connected with fiannel manufacture all his life and 
the last the writer heard of him he was running a flannel mill with his son in 
Vermont. If Mr. Howarth, who is now getting along in years, could be 
induced to write what he knows about the matter, I think he could throw 
considerable light upon it." 
27 



202 HISTORY OF OXFOUI). 

On the foregoing Mr. Ilowaith remarks : — 

" ' Dolly,' or Dorothy ' Howarth,' spoken of, was an aunt of mine by marriage, 
havini; been the wife of my uncle James Howarth. She was amoni? the first 
workers at llannel raakini; at Andover, but was only a spinner and not a 
weaver. The first fine finished flannels made in the country, so far as ray 
knowledge goes, were made by my said uncle James in partnership with his 
brothers, Charles (my father) and Isaac. These all came, bringing skilled 
workmen with them, spinners, weavers and finishers, in 1826 from Rochdale, 
the home in England of the Hannel manufacture, to Andover, where they 
started the first mill with 27 hand looms operated by men. Precisely who 
was the weaver of the first flannel probably can never be known, but the 
credit of the first manufacture of the article as a business belongs, I think, to 
James, Charles and Isaac Howarth. Another manufacturer was early at 
Andover, but produced only coarse goods." 

Buffumville. The site of this village was sold unimproved in 
1793 by Samuel Danforth and Elijah Dunbar to John Nichols and his 
grandsons, Alexander and Jonathan Nichols, " 183 acres, partlj' in 
Charlton and partly in Oxford." In 1795 John Nichols deeded his 
tliird to his son John, who in 1811 sold to his sous Alexander and 
Jonathan, they thus becoming sole owners. In 1812 they built a dam 
and a saw-mill, in 1815 the two-story house at the south end of the 
village, and in 1818 a grist-tnill. 

Scythe making". A year or two previous to the building of the 
grist-null they erected a large blacksmitli shop, containing two trip- 
hammers, which was first occupied by Sylvanus Pratt for making 
scythes and for custom blacksmithing. Later, Joab Maynard was 
proprietor and continued scythe making. In 1821 James Farwell of 
Douglas leased the shop and grist-mill, continuing scythe making and 
blacksmithing, employing Israel Moore and Ebenezer Fitts with 
others. In April, 1823, his lease expired. Alexander Nichols died 
the same month, and the following June, seven-eighths, and in Nov. 
one-eighth of the shop, mill, house and 29 acres of land were sold to 
Stearns Witt. 

Thread making. In April, 1824, Witt conveyed three-fourths 
of the same to his brothers, HoUis, ArchibaUl and Alexander C, and 
these, under the firm of " Stearns Witt and Brothers," soon began the 
manufa(;ture of cotton thread in the upper part of the grist-mill. In 
1824 Witt and Brothers sold one-third of the water power, the scythe 
shop and four acres of land south of the river to Farwell, who resumed 
scythe making, expending several thousand dollars in improvements, 
including the building of three houses, and the purchase, Feb., 1826, 
of Pierpont meadow of 58 acres and other property below it for a 
reservoir, and after two or three years was obliged to retire. In 
1830 the real estate reverted to the Thread Company.' 

Col. Reuben Waters of Sutton with one Davis, as partner, next 
occupied the shop as scythe makers. They remained but a short 



I The Pierpont land was conveyed to Joslah F. agaiust Farwell. lu March, 1830, Taylor cou- 
Taylor to satisfy an execution wliicli he held voyed It to the Tliread Company. 



THREAD MILL. 203 

time aud were succeeded by Joseph Putuam and J. Fliut Taylor in 
partnership. In 1832 Hunt Brothers of Douglas made axes here 
for Waters & Davis, and were the last occupants. Soon after this 
date the shops were removed to make room for the enlargement 
of the thread factory. The main thread manufactory was erected 
in 1825 and contained 600 spindles, and as business increased addi- 
tions were made until the dimensions of the building were about 100 
by 40 feet, two stories. Before June, 1832, Samuel Dowse and 
Benjamin F. Campbell had become part owners. About one year later 
Mr. Harrisson, an Englishman and a skillful mechanic, was admitted 
as a partner. 1 Under his management machinery for spooling, 
brought from England, was introduced and Litchfield brothers, of 
late shuttle makers at Southbridge, furnished spools. 

In 1835 Elias B. Crawford came, and for a time made spools, but 
later was interested in the thread business which was continued under 
the firm of DeWitt, Campbell & Co., Alexander DeWitt being agent 
until after May, 1836, and succeeded by Benjamin F. Campbell, who 
continued until 25 May, 1842, when the mill was burned and business 
suspended. On 20 Sept. following, Stearns DeWitt conveyed to 
Crawford three-fourths of the estate, including " Pierpont," with the 
personal property of the old company. Crawford continued the mak- 
ing of thread in a shop near the site of the mill, and 24 April, 1845, 
Dowse having deceased, his widow deeded to him the one-fourth 
belonging to that estate. He then began the building of the present 
mill of brick, and had nearly completed it 1 July, 1847, when he sold 
to Charles L. Harding, who fitted it up for the manufacture of broad- 
cloths aud doeskins. This manufacture Harding continued with 
varied success until Dec, 1852, when he sold to Moses Buffum and 
Edward Thayer, both of Millville. In 1855 Thayer sold to Buffum 
and removed to Worcester. In 1863 Moses H., and in 1868 Charles 
H., sons of Mr. Buffum, were admitted as partners, and a thriving 
business was transacted until his death in 1874. His heirs are the 
present owners. In 1872 the building was much enlarged and im- 
proved and now contains four sets of machinery, with a capacity of 
15,000 yards per month, employing 60 operatives. - 

Sigourney Mill. The first trace we find of tliis property in the 
records was the purchase of it, 22 Aug., 1812, by Joseph Stone from 
Aaron Sibley, administrator of the estate of his father, Aaron. 
According to tradition Sibley built a grist-mill here in 1794, the 
stones of which were brought from Cape Cod, and had been used in 
a windmill which stood on the Jesse Eddy farm on Prospect Hill. 
The dam had been washed away in the freshets of the winter of 
1806-7, and rebuilt by Sibley. Stone rebuilt the mill, adding 

1 On 30 Jan., 18:53, the owners were Stearns De- Ijiiilt by Stephen Prince, Jr., but never occupied 

Witt. Alexander DeWitt, HoUis DeWitt, Samuel by him. It was sold in March, 1833, to tlie Thread 

Dowse, Benjamin F. Campbell and Arclilbald Couipany, and was later the residence of Benja- 

DeWitt. min F. Campbell, Elias B. Crawford, Charles 

-The large house on the Charlton road w:i3 Harding and Col. Moses Bulfum. 



204 nis'Kji:Y of oxford. 

wool-carding and scj'thc cjrindiiig (iu which he employed Amos Eddy), 
and operated carding machine and grist-mill until the close of 1821. 
In Jan., 1822, John Andrews of Douglas leased the place and began 
the first weaving of cotton on the power loom done in Oxford, 
operating six or eight looms, continuing for one year.^ 

In 1823 Benjamin Cragin and William Dudley, both of Douglas, 
succeeded Andrews, continuing until March, 1826, at which time 
Thomas Warner, having dissolved partnership with Jonathan A. 
Pope at the "Central" mill place, began on a lease and continued 
the spinning of cotton until the autumn of 1828. On 1 April, 1830, 
Asa Cutler and Joseph Stafford, in partnership, leased the mill 
and carried on a very prosperous business until the end of 1831. 
William K. Greene of Rhode Island succeeded them, with whom 
was associated in 1832-3 Robert D. Dorrance. In Aug., 1833, 
Ebenezer Henry of Northbridge and John A. Henry of West Boyl- 
ston, brothers, bought the estate, "factory, three houses and a store," 
and began the manufacture of cotton batting. On 15 April, 1835, 
Ebenezer Henry of Oxford and Frederick Purinton of Northbridge 
conveyed the property to Edward Denny, who, in partnership with 
Hiram A. Pettiboue, fitted up the mill with new machinery and began 
the making of fine satinets, under the firm of H. A. Pettibone & 
Co. In 1838 the establishment was very much improved, the old 
mill was removed and fitted for dwellings and a new one built in its 
place for cotton manufacture. In 1842 it was leased by Charles 
Lawton, who made a good quality of cotton sheetings for one year. 
In Sept., 1843, Denny sold the mill to Waterman A. Fisher, previously 
of Killingly, Conn. Benedict & Drury of Millbury operated it as 
lessees in 1847, and from 1849 to 1851 Jonathan Williams & Co. had 
possession. On 22 May, 1852, the mill was burned, and in 1853 was 
rebuilt of stone, as now standing, and called Phenix mill. Horatio 
G. Sanford of Worcester took a lease of the new mill and operated it 
on knit goods, stockinet, etc., until 1856, when Fisher took posses- 
sion and manufactured cotton goods until his failure in 1857. In 
1854 Elias B. Crawford occupied the basement as a twine factory. 
After Fisher's failure the property passed into the hands of his 
brother Erastus, who on 16 Jan., 1865, sold to Joseph Burrough and 
PMwin Bartlett. It was operated with the other mills of Burrough & 
Bartlett and sold with them to O. F. Chase & Co., from whom it 
passed, in Nov., 1885, to Edwin Bartlett, who is, 1890, ])roprietor. 
Until 1867 this mill was run on cotton sheetings ; at that date a change 



1 Honjiimlu CniK'l" may have been Interested In gate. In 1831 lie with Nathiin Appletou and 

the busluuss. Mr. Bradford G. Edson, who Is another formed a company for oporiitions at 

good authority, ways the tlrst man to start a WaUham, and soon bcKanspinnlnK and weaving, 

power loom In Oxford was Richard Robinson, The c;-a;;A- lo<mi, superior to tliat used by Lowell, 

an KnKllshmau, whom ho well rememl)ers. We was a Scotch Invention introduced in Rhode 

nnd no trace of him In the records: he may have Island by William (illmore under the patronage 

been foreman for Andrews. of Judge Lyman In 1S17. It came thence into 

A power loom was invented In England in 1785. this vicinity, and, as appears, to Oxford through 

In ISll Francis C. Lowell went thither to invesll- Douglas, or men from that town. 




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ROCKDALE MILL. 205 

was made and the capacity inci'eased to 3,300 spindles and preparatory 
machinery, and now produces satinet warps and cotton yarns, exclu- 
sively, employing 40 hands. 

Rockdale Mill. The Oxford Cotton Manufacturing Company 
was the second legalized concern in Oxford for manufacturing pur- 
poses. ^ On 28 Dec, 1814, the privilege, 16 acres with water-power, 
was bought of Joseph Stone, it being the upper portion of the Aaron 
Sibley grist-mill property. On 13 June, 1815, an act was passed 
incorporating the company, as follows : Charles Cleaveland, Jacob 
Rich of Charlton, Joseph Stone, William P. Rider of Charlton, 
Sylvauus Coburn, Jonathan Rice, Benjamin Eddy, Samuel Watson, 
2d, of Leicester, Israel Stone, Jr., of Ward, Thaddeus Hall, Sylvester 
Mclntire, Elijah Waters of Millburj^ Jeremiah Stone, William Hall 
of Northbridge and Elijah Rich. Samuel Harris, Benjamin Benson, 
and Joseph Farnsworth of Millbury were also of the company. 
Operations began in May, 1814, before the purchase of the estate. 
Cleaveland was chief manager and during the summer and autumn of 
1815 the dam, the factory building and two two-story houses were 
built. But the limited capital was soon expended, and in a year 
or two all operations ceased. The losses were serious to many of the 
stockholders and some absented themselves to avoid arrest for debt. 
Later, Samuel D., Joseph E. and Charles B. Elliott, brothers, of 
Leicester, came into possession and continued cotton spinning. In 
April, 1823, Charles B. Elliott of Oxford and Joseph E. Elliott of 
Leicester sold their interest to Samuel D. Elliott of Oxford, who con- 
tinued till Jan., 1825, when he sold to Calvin Leffingwell, Charles 
Preston and Asa Cutler, previously partners at the present Attawaugau, 
Conn. They were practical men and began the first power weaving 
at this locality. In Aug., 1825, Willard Arnold from Providence, 
who had previously lived in town, bought one-fifth, and in Sept. John 
Truesdell of Woodstock another fifth of the concern. The next 
Jan. Thomas W. Chapman of Thompson, Conn., became owner of 
one-fifth, Arnold at the same time purchasing another fifth. At 
about this time the concern assumed the name of "The French River 
Manufacturing Company." In March, 1826, Arnold was agent. The 
following September Leffingwell sold to Arnold and Cutler. In Jan., 
1828, Truesdell bought a part of Chapman's interest, and in 1829 
was taxed for one-fourth. Before 1830 a machine shop and several 
dwellings had been built. One after another the proprietors sold 
their shares to Arnold, Cutler in Jan., 1830, selling three-eighths 
and Truesdell all his interest in Nov., 1831, at which time Arnold 
became sole owner. He died Jan., 1832, and on 1 Oct., following, 
Ahab Arnold, his father, deeded the estate, "mill of 1,320 spindles," 



1 This enterprise was projected by Altisha Learned. For reasons unknown the operations 

Learned and Joseph Stone as early as 1812, and began In 1814 at the present Rockdale Village, 

considerable progress had been made in pre- and Learned's name does not appear, 
paratory work at Texas Village, then owned by 



206 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

to Col. Samuel Daiuon of Holden. At same date Damon deeded to 
Plunehas T. Hartlctt and Thomas W. Cluipman, and thereafter the 
business was conducted under the name of '■' Bartlett, Chapman & 
Co." until Dec, 1883, when Chapman sold to Damon and Bartlett.' 
This firm continued, making cotton cloths, with Bartlett as agent, 
until 1 April, IHio, when he sold to Damon and retired. For a time 
in 184o Henry A. Naglee was manager, and later George Hobart had 
charge until 1853, when Col. Damon died. On 18 March, 1853, 
while under Hobart, the mill was burned. On 20 Aug. Damon's 
heirs sold to Waterman A. Fisher, who removed the machine shop to 
the mill-site and begau twine making, "p]. M. Smith & Co." being 
the linn name until 1<S57. In 1859 Fisher was operating the mill on 
twine. 

After Fisher's failure in 1857 the estate passed to his brother 
Erastus, who in 1864 sold to Edwin Bartlett, " factory, 7 houses and 
2 barns." Later the estate was owned by Burrough and Bartlett, 
and 20 Feb., 1880, was reconveyed to Bartlett, who now, 1890, owns 
and operates the mill on cotton warps and yarns. Number of spindles, 
2,300; hands employed, 22; the estimated value of the annual pro- 
duction in this and the Sigourney mill combined, $125,000. 

Acworth Mill. The site of this mill was sold in 1752 by 
P^beuezer Coburn to William Lamb, and later was owuied by Lamb 
and Joseph Rocket in partnership. In making a division of this 
property Rocket received the west part and a saw-mill and yard 
on tlie river. This he deeded, 30 Aug., 1762, to Benjamin Davis, 
who ill Sei)t., 1763, conveyed the same to Phiuehas Ward. In Jan., 
1764, Ward deeded to Ebeuezer Learned, Jr., " a saw-mill standing 
on . . . French river, with the privilege of the dam, and liberty of 
the waters running in the ditch to the said mill, with a piece of land 
about half an acre for a mill yard." In April, 1764, Davis and Lamb 
quitclaimed to Learned as follows : — 

" all their right in and to the stream and rocks in the river in Oxford, in 
the farm they had of Joseph Rocket, and since we have sold all on the west 
side to Daniel Phillips and to others all on tho east side, the river and privi- 
leges thereof not included, and whereas the said Learned owns a saAv-mill on 
said river and the stones and privileges of the stream will be of advantage to 
him and as his land joins upon it, etc." 

Here for many years, excepting when in the public service, Gen. 
Learned managed his saw'-mill. In June, 1799, he sold 24 acres, 
including, as supposed, the Phillips house, to Thomas Parker. 

In April, 1802, Gen. Learned having died, Sylvanus, his son and 
executor, sold at auction the saw-mill ''near the house of Thomas 
Parker" to Andrew Sigourney. It later came into the possession of 
Parker, who in Oct., 1811, deeded the "Phillips place" 76 acres 

> OurliiK the owiiorslilp of Uaiuou A Bartlett, luoutlis, 11. G. Otis Taft and Silas S. Taft, his 
boKl'i"'"?-' lii^fore May, is:i;i. Day Harris A Co., hrother, occupied a part of the premises as a 
and IjexInnlUK in 1848 and coutiuuin>; for IS thre^ul manufactory. 



LAMB MILL. 207 

with the saw-mill to .Syivanus Pratt, who built a blacksmith shop 
with two tilt-hammers and dug the canal from the pond, now in use, 
and for a time manufactured scythes. In April, 1814, he sold to 
Abijah Abbott and Jonathan Rice, brother-in-law of Pratt, who con- 
tinued the making of scythes. Abbott sold 7 April, 1817, to Rice, 
who continued blacksmithing in its various branches until 1831, and 
returned to Millbury. On 5 Feb., 1831, Rice sold to Asa Cutler and 
Joseph Stafford (to Cutler two-thirds), 34 acres of land with water- 
power and buildings. They at once built on the site of the present 
mill a stone factory 84 by 37 feet, three stories, for making print 
cloths. In 1831 Cutler sold one-fourth to George Torrey, his brother- 
in-law, of Killingly, Conn., who removed hither and was overseer 
in the mill. 

In 1833 Cutler sold to Joseph Rogers of Providence one-fourth, 
and in 1837 the mill was taken on a five years' lease by Rogers and a 
partner who continued making print cloths for Providence market. 
On 20 March, 1839, the mill was partially burned and soon after 
Cutler came again to town, rebuilt it, and, about 1843, erected the 
large dwelling house east of the mill, burned in 1883. On 1 Oct., 
1839, Cutler and Torrey bought out Stafford, and continued until 
Nov., 1843, when Torrey retired. On 1 May, 1844, the firm was 
Cutler & Rogers. On 1 July, 1846, Cutler & Rogers sold each one- 
eighth to Thomas Moies and Theophilus W. Wilraarth. On 1 April, 
1847, Cutler sold another eighth to the same and removed to Putnam, 
Conn. Moies and Wilmarth continued about ten years, when Moies 
sold to Rogers and Wilmarth, who under the name of " Protection 
Mills, Joseph Rogers & Co.," built a new dam and continued until 
early in 1864, when Rogers sold five-eighths to John Rhodes of Mill- 
bury, and the fii-m became Rhodes & Wilmarth. On 1 July, 1870, 
Wilmarth sold to Rhodes, who became sole owner. The mill was 
nearly destroyed by fire 22 Sept., 1870, and soon rebuilt in its present 
condition. The old mill contained 64 looms. The present one, with 
new machinery, was operated on yarns by Rhodes until 10 May, 
1888, when it was purcliased by Frank E. Lancaster of Worcester, 
present owner and occupant. Capacity, 4,000 spindles ; hands em- 
ployed, 43 ; estimated value of annual production, being yarns and 
warps, 8100,000. 

Lamb Mill. At the second 60-acre division of lands among the 
proprietors, 12 Dec, 1720, John Town drew lot No. 30. On 1 March, 
1735, he deeded to Caleb Lamb of Pomfret, Conn., what is supposed 
to have been the same. Lamb sold, 29 April, 1736, to Jacob Cum- 
mings "with a saw-mill thereon," undoubtedly built by Lamb. In 
1742 Cummings deeded the same to Samuel Baker of Ashford, 
joiner, who huilt a grist-mill, and 3 Oct., 1749, sold it with two 
dwelling houses and 35 acres of land to John and Joseph Edwards. 
These added clothiers' works and carried on milling and cloth dress- 
ing. On 30 May, 1760, Joseph Edwards sold the west part to Asa 



208 niSTOIIY OF OXKOIfl). 

Conant, who continued the clothiers' business, liaving in his deed 
" full liberty to carry on clothing business on the east side of the 
river, where the fulling-inill and shop now stand." In 1765 Edwards 
deeded to Conant the remaining portion, being 44 acres of land, 
dwelling, barn and corn-mill. Timothy Sparhawk, son-in-law of 
Conant, lived near the mill and conducted the business after Conant's 
decease in 1810, and later Chester Boyden of Ward managed for a 
time, employing Peleg Foster, and was the last to do cloth dressing 
at this locality. 

In March, 1766, Conant sold the corn-mill, a house, shop and barn 
and six acres of land, chiefly west of the river, to Jonathan Phillips, 
reserving the clothier's works. On 21 June, 1769, Phillips deeded 
the same to Reuben Lamb, who operated the grist-mill (adding also a 
malt-house) for many years. On 12 Feb., 1812, he sold to his son, 
Joseph Lamb, and Stephen Atwood a lot 20 x 26 feet, south of 
the road, on which to set a shop, with the privilege of water-power, 
also the "Malt house lot" of six square rods. At about the same 
time Sparhawk deeded to these land and use of water-power. Lamb 
and Atwood erected a building and began chair making by machinery, 
continuing two or three years. 

In 1814 Reuben Lamb sold to his son Joseph " one-half the pond 
room, the benefit of the dam and liberty to take water to the grist- 
mill, reserving to Atwood one-half the stream and tlie spot for the 
chair shop." In 1822 Joseph Lamb sold to his nephew, Cyrus Lamb, 
the mill property, and soon after opened the tavern on a part of the 
estate near the mill. In 1824 Atwood, then of Merrimac, N. H., 
deeded to Cyrus Lamb his rights, thus giving to Cyrus the full owner- 
ship. He was a millwright, a skillful mechanic and in addition to 
milling carried on to some extent machine making and repairing, until 
7 Jan., 1832, when the mills were burned.^ 

In 1874 the heirs of Cyrus Lamb sold the privilege, it having then 
stood unused for over 40 years, to Nathaniel E. Taft, present owner, 
who built and operated a shoddy mill, and, 1890, enlarged the build- 
ings and put in machinery, one set, for making satinets, and also 
added a dyeing estal)lishment. He employs 22 hands, produces 800 
yards of satinets per day; estimated value per annum. >>24,000. 

Texas Mills. These mills are in the eastern portion of the large 
estate bought in 1754 by Ebenezer Learned and Edward Davis of the 
heirs of Robert Thompson, original township grantee. The water- 
power descended to Gen. Ebenezer Learned and to his son Sylvanus, 
wiio in 1803 built here a dam and a saw-mill. In 1810 the estate 
was bought by Abislia, son of Sylvanus, Joseph Stone having been 
associated with him in the mill. This saw-mill was operated by 



1 Me It l8 siiicl h:i.l hi his shop uearly completed In the winter of 1840-1 the dam and a buildluK 

at the time of (he liic ;i i-om;irluil)lo clock of his wtilch stood below It were swept away by high 

own desiKniiiK, wlilch it was siippoticd wouUl niii water. 
for several years with once winding. 



TEXAS MILLS. 209 

Learned until his decease in 1854, and afterward by his heirs and 
later owners, until its removal, its last occupant having been Joseph 
S. Swain in 1868. 

In 1831 Learned built a four-story stone mill 100 by 40 feet, which 
in May, 1832, he leased to Edward Denny of Oxford and Henry B. 
Stone of Boston, for making broadcloths. ^ On 13 March, 1833, the 
new mill, three sets of machinery, was burned, but was immediately 
rebuilt, and the manufacture of broadcloths under the name of the 
"Denny Manufacturing Company," continued until March, 1836, 
when Denny retired. Robert Appleton and Montgomery Newell, 
both of Boston, having bought the lease continued the business until 
the latter part of 1839, Capt. Stearns DeWitt having been their agent, 
when their operations terminated. Afterward little was done for 
several years. In 1841 a company consisting of Abisha Learned, 
Asa Cutler and George Torrey, "their associates and successors," 
was incorporated under the name of the " North Oxford Manufactur- 
ing Company," but no progress seems to have been made under this 
arrangement. In 1843 a second company was organized consisting 
of Abisha Learned, who was the principal stockholder, Jasper R. 
Rand of Westfield, his brother-in-law, and Lucius O. Ackley, with a 
nominal capital of $30,000. Preparations began in Aug., 1843, and in 
the spring of 1844 the mill was started on fine cotton goods. On 18 
Sept., 1844, Learned conveyed to the company real estate as follows : 
the stone factory, store, seven dwelling houses and other buildings, 
with ten acres of land. The capacity of the mill was 60 looms. 
Rand was treasurer and Ackley agent, the latter continuing as man- 
ager until 25 Feb., 1847, when he retired and Abisha Learned suc- 
ceeded him for one year, Joseph Brown, 3d, being supervisor under 
him. In Feb., 1848, Loren C. Parks, who had been for several years 
overseer in various departments, bought one-third of the concern and 
assumed the management. Learned, Rand and Parks then constituting 
the company. The business continued thus. Parks manufacturing by 
the yard, until 8 Oct., 1850, when the mill was burned and operations 
suspended.^ 

On 1 Dec, 1862, Betsey, widow of Abisha Learned, and Elizabeth 
R., his daughter, deeded the water-power, saw-mill, nine houses, a 
store and two stone shops to Chamberliu & Burrough. In 1864 the 
same went into the possession of Burrough & Bartlett, and in 1870 
of O. F. Chase & Co. On 10 Feb., 1882, Oscar F. Chase and PMwin 
Bartlett conveyed the same to Frederick Thayer, the present owner, 
who did not immediately occupy. In 1886, after a period of 35 
years, business in the village was revived, and a large brick mill 
erected, which is now, 1890, being operated by Mr. Thayer on 



' This lease describes "a stoue factory, 4 pairs and sheds, and 5 acres of laud," Learned retain- 

of fulling-mills. 2 water-wheels, a stone dry Iuk the saw-mill. 

house, a store, blacksmith shop, 3 double tene- -The saw-mill was burned in the fall of 1853 

ment houses, dwelling occupied by Learned, barn and immediately rebuilt. 

28 



210 IHSTOIIY OF OXFOUI). 

satinets. A considerable addition was made to the mill in 1887; 
present capacity, six sets ; number of hands employed, 140 ; annual 
production, HOU. ()()() yards; estimated value, 8240,000. 

North Oxford Optical Works. As early as Sept., 1844, 
Henry M. Paine in a shop near the Texas mill site began the manu- 
facture of spectacles and philosophical instruments. In 1845 a 
company was formed under the name of the "North Oxford Optical 
Works," and witli a large outlay for machinery and experimenting, 
began operations under the management of Phinehas T. Bartlett, who 
was the principal capitalist. At the close of the year 1846 the 
company was embarrassed financially, and Mr. Bartlett took the 
assets and wound up its affairs. Later Francis Clark and son carried 
on pistol and rifle making, repairing, etc., at this place for a time. 
Thereafter until 1886 the water-power was unimproved. 

Chase Mills, No. 2. These mills, the lowest two at North 
Oxford, stand on the original home lot of Ebenezer Learned, who as 
early as 1728, according to tradition, built here a saw-mill, which 
was operated by himself, his son and grandsons for a hundred years. 
The last survivor of his grandsons, Jeremiah Learned, died in 1829. 
In March, 1830, his administrator sold the home farm, 275 acres, 
with the mill, through a third party, to Sylvester Mclntire, who soon 
conveyed it to Capt. Stephen Barton. On 17 Aug., 1833, Barton 
deeded to his sons Stephen and David 25 acres of the same, including 
mill and water-power. The Barton brothers were energetic men, and 
for several years transacted a large business in lumber. Soon after 
their purchase they built in the rear of the saw-mill a grist-mill, a 
part of which was after a short time utilized as a satinet manufactory, 
they in partnership with Parsons brothers running it on a contract for 
Sylvanus Holbrook of Northbridge, who stocked the concern, one run 
of stones being in the meantime operated in the grist-mill. This mill 
was burned 17 March, 1839. It was at once rebuilt and leased to 
Royal Chapin of Providence and Orsamus Taft of Uxbridge for cot- 
ton manufacturing, who occupied in 1849. Later, Waterman A. 
Fisher was lessee and was occupant 10 March, 1852. when the second 
mill was burned. The present one, of stone, 108 by 40 feet, three 
stories, with an L 150 by 28 feet, was soon after erected by Barton 
brothers, and leased to Mr. Fisher, who continued cotton business 
until his failure in 1857, William C. Tucker having been superin- 
tendent until 1855, and Thomas Harrington afterward. 

The lower mill was built by Stephen and J^avid Barton in 1848, 
and leased with the upper one to Fisher. On 22 Jan., 1856, it was 
burned, and 1 Oct., 185G, Henry D. Stone of Worcester bought the 
whole estate. The following winter he rebuilt, 80 by 60 feet, two 
stories, at tlie lower site, Otis Learned having been the contractor, 
and the new mill was filled with six sets of new wool machinery. 
Stone failed soon after, and on 26 July, 1858, his assignees deeded 



stone's mills. 211 

the estate, one-half to Henry H. Chamberlin of Worcester, and one- 
half to Edward H. Tower of Boston and John A. McGaw of Oxford. 
Business began under the name of Chamberlin, McGaw & Co., the 
cotton mill with 100 looms being started as soon as practicable. After 
a few months Tower sold out to Joseph Burrough. The woolen mill 
was started in the spring of 1859, and on 1 Feb., 1860, McGaw sold 
to Chamberlin and Burrough. In 1861 the cotton machinery was sold 
from the upper mill and woolen machinery placed instead, and the 
mills were operated together on fancy cassiraeres. 

On 1 Dec, 1864, Chamberlin sold to Burrough and Edwin Bartlett, 
and the firm became Burrough & Bartlett. This company became 
the proprietors of the four lower mills at North Oxford and of the 
Texas Village, so called, and continued cotton and woolen manu- 
facturing with varied success (E. Harris Howland having been for a 
time associated with them under the name of the " Huguenot Manu- 
facturing Company"), until 10 Jan., 1870, when one-third of the 
property was sold to Oscar F. Chase, and the firm became O. F. 
Chase & Co. On 19 Sept., 1874, Burrough retired, selling his 
interest to the company. On 1 March, 1880, Bartlett conveyed his 
interest in the Huguenot Mills, 100 acres and buildings, to Oscar F. 
Chase. They were occupied on a lease by Briggs brothers of North 
Adams until April, 1881, and later, until Dec, 1885, by Haines, 
Maxwell & Hallowell, who in 1886 were succeeded as lessees by 
Learned, Howard & Co., Oscar F. Chase being an active member of 
the firm. In the spring of 1887 this firm dissolved. 

John Chase & Sous of Webster now, 1890, own and operate the 
mills, producing fancy cassimeres. Capacity of both mills, nine sets ; 
hands employed, 170; annual production, 190,000 yards ; estimated 
value, $370,000.1 

Stone's Mills. The water-power near Leicester line was first 
utilized by Uriah Stone, who purchased in 1754, and built there a 
dam and a saw-mill. In 1807 Luther, son of Uriah, Jr., in partner- 
ship with his uncle Samuel, built at the same location a new saw-mill, 
adding a grist-mill. These they operated together until the decease 
of Samuel in 1820, after which Luther bought his rights and contin- 
ued the business until Oct., 1848, when the mills were burned. He 
then built at a new location a few rods lower on the stream, and con- 
tinued milling until his decease in 1853, after which the property 
came into the possession of his grandson, William H. Rice. On 15 
April, 1854, Rice deeded to William B. Field and James Shaw of 
Andover. On 29 Oct., 1859, Field sold to Isaac B. Hartwell "the 
mill lot" of five acres. Hartwell sold the same 21 Nov., 1863, to 
William B. Field of Stow, who soon sold one-half to Shaw of Ballard- 
vale. They, in 1865, removed the grist-mill, erected a small factory 
and began making flannels. This building was burned 19 April, 
1872, and for nearly ten years the place was unoccupied. In 1880-81 

1 The saw-uiill was operateil until 1S.')9 and Uic Ki'ist-iuill until IsiJO, wliou both were renioveil. 



212 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

the present mill was built by Mr. Shaw who soon after died. On 31 
May, 1881, his heirs conveyed the mill, machinery, etc., and five 
acres of land to Reuben Cummings of Troy, N. Y., and Edward I. 
Comins of Worcest(;r, firm of E. I. Comins & Co., who iiave since 
operated it for making satinets, running two sets of machinery, and 
emj)loying 8o hands ; production in 1889, .394,000 yards. 

Rich's Mills. According to tradition Thomas Davis, in 1747, 
built a grist-mill on his farm, now Chaffee heirs, H. 15, one mile 
east of Main Street. In 1782 his lieirs sold to Jeremiah, son of 
Elisha Davis, who operated it during his life. After his decease 
Capt. Ebenezer Rich of Sutton, in 1824, bought the property. The 
mill was operated for several years by Rich, but became dilapidated 
and after a time was removed, and for many years the water-power 
was unimproved. 

On 11 June, 1847, Capt. Rich deeded one-half the water-privi- 
lege and half an acre of land to Ivers A. Davis, who in partnership 
witli Rich erected a saw-mill, which Davis and George L., son 
of Ebenezer Rich, operated together. In 1852 Davis sold back his 
interest to P^benezer Rich. George L. soon after added a grist-mill. 
In 1857 the mills with the farm were leased, and one-half the farm 
sold, to George L., who died soon after. In 1858 Ebenezer D. 
Rich, his brother, bought his share of the property, took possession, 
rebuilt the mills and operated them successfully until March, 1884, 
when farm and mills were sold to Abel M. Chaffee, who made radical 
improvements, adding a cider-mill. Chaffee's heirs continue, 1890, 
the milling. 

Gates' Mills. In 1845 Hiram Mottit, then owner of the estate, 
H. 79, built a dam and, about 20 rods below, a grist-mill, which he 
operated about two years, and sold with the farm to John Gates, 
who continued milling until 1858. That year he removed the mill- 
stones and rented the building for five years to Thomas Ashworth 
and partners. Day, Peal and Jones, who put in machinery and began 
the manufacture of shoddy, continuing to the end of their lease, 
when they removed. Heuajah, Clovis and Dennis S. B., sons of 
John Gates, then occupied the building for the same purpose for 
six years. Later the mill stood idle, until Aug., 1870, when it was 
burned. A small saw-mill was built in 1871 on the site and run for 
several years, and was removed. Nothing has been done there since. 

In 1>S52 Gates brothers built nearer the dam another small mill for 
the manufacture of wicking and l)atting. This was burned 24 Jan., 
1854. In 1858 Luke White, son-in-law of Gates, built on the spot a 
grist-mill, putting in the stones Gates had taken from the lower mill. 
This he operated a few months and rented it to Gates brothers, who 
began here the making of shoddy, continuing until the expiration of 
Ashworth & Jones' lease, when they removed to the lower mill and 
continued making shoddy as noted. In April, 1872, this second mill 



WOOL CARDING. 213 

at the upper site (which Gates brothers had continued to use with the 
lower one) was burned, and the power there has not since been 
utilized. All mill operations at this locality ceased when the saw- 
mill was removed. 

Wallis' Mill. In 1851 Pliny M. Moflit built a dam and a shop 
on Mill Brooli near the bridge on the Webster road, putting in 
machiner}' for making shoe boxes, and in 1852 sold to Eliphalet and 
Levi Eddy. They put in an upright saw-mill and a shingle-mill, but 
the power was inefficient, and in a year or two Levi sold to Eliphalet, 
who in 1865 sold to Col. Alexander DeWitt. He sold to Benjamin 
W, Childs, who owned for several years and later it was owned suc- 
cessively by John Dinsmore, Sylvanus Robinson, Mr. Buell of 
Worcester and Henrj' J. Whiting, standing unused much of the time. 
In 1880 it was bought by Frank G. Wallis of Sutton, who put in a 
cider-mill and for two seasons did a brisk business. In 1882 he 
enlarged the building, making it two stories, added a steam engine to 
the power and fitted it with machinery for wagon making. In July, 
1884, it was burned. A few weeks afterward a temporary building 
was erected, a cider-mill put in, and the property was sold in the 
autumn of 1884 to Rodney M. Dadmun, In 1886 it was again sold, 
the buyer being the late Benjamin G. Wallis, who operated the 
cider-mill, and a circular saw and other machinery for wagon making 
and repairing. 

Wool Carding. In the laborious task of preparing materials for 
the clothing of the large families of olden times, no mechanical 
appliances were employed until after 1800. About 1805 Hale of 
Worcester put in operation wool carding machines, and seems to have 
been the medium of their introduction in this vicinity, as he sold if 
he did not manufacture them.^ 

The first carding done in Oxford was by one of the Hale machines 
in 1806, at John and David Nichols' mill. At about the same time 
Simeon Waters began the business at Sutton, and David Rich at 
Charlton, near Oxford west line. John H. Rich, son of David, 
attended this machine, man and boy, for 70 years, much of the 
patronage coming from Oxford. The last of its operation was in 
1876. 

Joseph Stone, soon after his purchase of the " Sigourney Mill" 
privilege in 1812, began wool carding, continuing eight or ten years, 
and relinquished it when he rented his mill for manufacturing purposes. 
Rufus Robinson in 1829 attached a machine to his manufacturino- 
establishment at the south end of the Plain. 



' Wool carding by i)owfr was perhaps the first Scholfleld, Jr., hegiin the operation of one at 

step in the Jipplicatiou of niaclilnery to tlic maU- Jewett City, Conn. Few inventions liave broui^ht 

injr of textile fabrics in the country, and was of more instant and general relief and eniancipa- 

vast importance to the community. Arthur and tion. Women everywhere exulted in the beauti- 

John Scholfleld, who came from England in 1793, ful white, soft, clean, fleecy rolls which made 

succeeded after 10 or 12 years of experimenting spinning and weaving a positive enjoyment, 

in making carding machines, and in 1804 John [Miss Larned, Wind. Co. Ills., II., 399.] 



214 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Millwrights. Ebeuezer riielps of Suttou was among the first 
millwrights of this region. He removed to New Boston, Conn., where 
he owned mill property. Elijah Davis, Jr., a very ingenious mechanic, 
went in young manhcjod to that place to learn the business, and 
from him originated what may be termed a school of artisans in 
Oxford, which became widely known among the manufacturers of 
New England. Prominent among them was Ezra Davis, brother of 
Elijah, who for a time was esteemed as the leading man in the line in 
Worcest(!r County. Others were Francis tind Israel Sibley, brothers, 
apprentices of Ezra Davis, Clark Putnam, Rufus, Sumner, .Jeremiah 
and Pliny Moflit, brothers, George and James Lovett, brothers, Moses 
Burdon, John Rowland and others, who were for many years after 
the opening of the manufacturing era employed far and near in build- 
ing water-wheels, fulling-mills, etc., and placing shafting in new 
factories. On account of the substitution of metal for wood in mills 
the business gradually decreased and little has been done in this 
line in Oxford of late.' 

Brickinaking. In the first houses of the town, chimneys, ovens, 
etc., were built of stone laid up in clay, and for the first 50 years 
bricks were but little used. Of the beginnings of this industry little 
is known. One of the first places of operation was on the land of 
Micah Pratt, not far from the river west from the north cemetery. 
This land before the Revolutionary war seems to have been valued 
for its brickyard and " clay pits," but we have no detail as to the 
manufacture. Soon after 1800 Samuel Rider was in the business 
at the clay pits, west of his house, a mile north of Augutteback 
pond, H. 84. 

The " oldest inhabitant remembereth not" the time when bricks were 
not made on the Ebenezer Merriam farm at North Oxford, H. 103, 
and it is believed that the manufacture was begun by the first 
Ebenezer, who died 1761. Charlton, Leicester and Oxford were all 
more or less supplied from this source for many years, and the busi- 
ness was continued up to 1854, David Merriam, the present owner, 
being the last operator. 

Bakery. A bakery, now standing, was built on Barton Street 
opposite the present Methodist meeting-house, in 1829 by Justin 
Root and Josiah Moore in partnership. Skilled workmen from 
Boston were employed, a fine quality of bakers' productions made 
and for about five years the concern flourished. In 1831 Moore 
having withdrawn the firm was Root & Clemence. In 1832 Daniel 



' TrailUloii says tlie use of belts Instead of by means of a straj> was nonsense." To settle 

KearliiK in mills was a cause of nincli discussion the matter Ezra Davis started ou foot for Lowell, 

anion); the Oxford mechanics. Humors came He went, saw and was convinced, and a few 

from the eastward that such chanjres had been weeks later had machinery in a mill at Fitcliburg 

made but Uie Oxford men were skeiUlcal, and It successfully ruiinlnj; by the same means, 
was declared that " the idea of ruuniDK a factory 



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TANNERIES. 215 

T. Penniman was proprietor, and after one year resold to Root, who 
owned until Jan., 1835, when he disposed of the estate and soon left 
town. Operations were discontinued thereafter. 

Chaise and Harness. In the spring of 1821 Seth Daniels and 
John Mellish came to town from Walpole where they had been 
employes in a chaise factory, and in partnership began making chaises 
and harness at George R. Larned's, H. 218. In 1823 Mellish with- 
drew and Benjamin F. Town and Sylvanus Harris joined with Daniels, 
the firm being Daniels, Town & Co. In 1826 Town retired and 
Daniels & Harris continued the business. In 1828 the shop at the 
south end of the Plain (estate 211) was built and soon occupied. In 
1830 Sanford Gilmore who had been an apprentice became a partner, 
and the firm was Daniels, Harris & Co. In 1832 Harris had left and 
Daniels & Gilmore continued until 1836, when a copartnership was 
formed with Elihu Harwood, Jr., for the manufacture of shoes, and 
carriage and harness making was relinquished. 

Distilleries. About 1810 Dr. "William Fisk and Amos Hudson 
began distilling liquors in a small building near Town's Pond, H. 
144, buying grain, potatoes, cider, etc., of the farmers and pro- 
ducing whiskey and cider brandy principally. The business continued 
only a year or two and the building was fitted up and occupied as a 
store by the same owners. 

About 1811 or 1812 John Pratt began the same business, having 
erected a building for the purpose on the Millbury road a short dis- 
tance south from his house, H. 148, now William H. Marble, and his 
sons Ebenezer and Abijah D. were employed. After about three 
years the enterprise was abandoned. 

Tanneries. The tanner, with the shoemaker, the carpenter and 
the blacksmith was indispensable in the new settlement. As the 
farmers slaughtered their animals tiie skins were marked with their 
initials and taken to the tannery to be made into leather for shoes for 
the household. The beginnings of this industry in Oxford are lost in 
the obscurity of the past. 

Jacob Willson of Pomfret, Conn., tanner, bought in 1730 estate No. 
188, at north end of the Plain, and may have followed his trade, the 
meadows on his home lot being adapted to the business. The first 
positive knowledge we have of a tannery is in 1754, when Jeremiah 
Shuiuway conveyed property to William Watson, a saddler from 
Leicester, "lying fifteen rods south of the meeting house" [at the 
north common] the west line ruuning southerly on the 8-rod way "to 
a stake in the edge of the meadow near the Tann Fatts," conveying 
said "Fatts" and house, H. 182. This was the northern extremity 
of the original Peter Shumway home lot. Experience, daughter of 
Jeremiah Shumway, married Thomas Read who lived near the tannery, 



216 HISTOUY OF OXFORD. 

and was, as conjectured from his inventory, a currier. He died in 
1750 and is believed to have carried on business at the old tannery. 
Watson owned and |)ro])iibly continued business here till 2 Jan., 1773, 
when he sold to Jonathan Gould of Woodstock, tanner, who held it 
for five years and sold, 3 Oct., 1778, to Samuel Hardy of Oxford, 
tanner, formerly of Sutton. On 15 March, 1781, Hardy sold to 
Andrew Duncan, merchant, of Worcester, who the next year sold to 
Jesse Jones, tanner, who sold, 2G June, 1783. to Daniel Goulding of 
Worcester, cordwainer. On 1 May, 1785, Goulding conveyed the 
property to AVilliam Forbes of Worcester, tanner, a man of good 
business capacity, who demonstrated by marked success that it was 
not the fault of the location or appliances for business that his prede- 
cessors were not successful. He enlarged the works and built up a 
thriving business, drawing many orders on Butler's store in payment 
for stock and labor, as was the custom, until his decease in 1808. 
From that date operations began to decline. Samuel Barstow of 
Killingly, Conn., who had, as is supposed, been Forl)es' journeyman, 
in Nov., 1809, bought the estate and continued the business until 
about 1818, when he returned to Killingly. Alexander Campbell 
occupied the premises on a lease for tanning purposes from 1825 to 
1829. After he left, the building, now standing, was changed to a 
dwelling. 

The second, and only other establishment of the kind in Oxford, 
was at the crossing of the Sutton road and Mill Brook east of the 
main street. In 1810 William Sigourney, having learned the trade of 
a tanner at Warren's in Leicester, began business here, continuing 
with moderate success until 1816, when he removed to the corner, 
now George W. Sigourney's, into the store previously kept by his 
father, and began trading. He continued tanning under the care 
of Alexander Canii)bell, doing a small business only, until 1824, when 
he sold to Nathaniel Nolen, whose operations were quite limited. 
After 1829, by the raising of the dam at the Old Huguenot Mill for 
manufacturing purposes, the water damaged the premises and busi- 
ness thereafter amounted to but little, and entirely ceased six or seven 
years later, although the buildings stood until after 1840. 

Shoe Manufacture. The shoe manufacture has for more llian 
50 years been the principal industry of Oxford Centre. The pioneer, 
Elihu Harwood, Jr., apprentice of Col. Arial Bragg of Milford, began 
about 1820 at his house at the south end of the Plain. The next 
operator was Capt. William Sigourney, who made men's boots aud 
brogans from about 1828 until the burning of his shop, which stood 
near the site of the Memorial Hall, Jan., 1835. In 1836 Harwood 
formed a partnership with Seth Daniels and Sanford Gilmore at the 
chaise and harness shop at the south end, and in 1837 Samuel Dowse 
and Daniel T. renniman joined the lirni, adding the store next the 
bank to the shoe business. The reverses of 1837 terminated this 



8HOE MANUFACTURE. 217 

scheme. In 1838 Harwood and Dowse were partners. In 1839 
Harwood was alone and continued thereafter until 1858, when he 
retired. Sanford Gilmore was, 1839, with Loriston Shumway ; from 
1840 to 1846 he was alone, and 1846 removed to Boston, entering 
slioe trade. Seth Daniels continued at the south end from 1839 (his 
sons, George F. and Albert H., being partners after 1844, under the 
name Seth Daniels & Co.), until 1847, then removing to the Sigourney 
homestead, H. 192, and enlarging operations. In 1851 Stearns DeW. 
Harris entered the firm, continuing until Nov., 1854, when he and 
Albert H. Daniels left, and Franklin G. Daniels became a partner, 
continuing until 1872, when the business was closed. 

Andrew S. Wetherell began before May, 1840, continuing for five 
years. In 1844 Daniel Stevens was partner. 

Lament B. Corbin was a very successful manufacturer, perhaps the 
most capable in the town. He began with Daniel Harwood, 1844. 
In 1845 William H. Shumway was with him, from 1845 to 1860 he was 
alone, excepting 1850-1, when Samuel C. Richards, and 1855 to 1858, 
Charles A. Angell were partners. From 1860 to 1870 Allen L. Joslin 
was of the firm. In 1870 William H. H. Thurston came in and was 
partner until Corbin's decease, 1872. Business was continued here 
by Thurston and "Franklin G. Daniels until 1878 and by Thurston 
alone until the fall of 1885, when operations terminated. 

Daniel Harwood on leaving Corbin, 1845, entered the trade in 
Boston, and Harwood & Mosely manufactured in the Arcade build- 
ing, Albert H. Daniels manager, in 1845. In 1846 Gilmore and 
Benjamin F. Campbell were Harwood's partners in Boston, and man- 
ufacture continued, 1846 to 1849, with Samuel C. Richards as agent. 
In 1849 the business was removed to the Andrew Sigourney building, 
opposite Joslin's factory, and Edward W. Bardwell took charge. In 
two or three years, Gilmore & Cole of Boston being owners, it was 
removed to the rear of the present Catholic Parsonage, continuing 
till 1865. In May, 1865, Bardwell bought the shop on Sutton avenue, 
opposite the railroad station, and as partner with Cole, Wood & Co., 
successors of Gilmore & Cole, manufactured until the fall of 1866, 
when business was closed. 

Samuel C. Richards, 1849, until the burning of the "Arcade," Jan., 
1850, continued in that building with A. G. Underwood and Samuel 
C. Paine, partners. In 1852 and part of 1853 he occupied the shop 
opposite the railroad station. Loriston Shumway was in the "Arcade " 
at the time of the fire ; and later with Henry Boyden operated at 
Boyden's house, H. 200, during 1850-1. Soon after he built a shop 
in the rear of his own house and manufactured alone, 1852 to 1856. 
In 1857 the firm was L. Shumway & Son. In 1859 Allen L. Joslin 
became partner, leaving in 1860. Later, Henry L. and Issiicluir 
Shumway conducted the business several years; in 1866 Loriston 
was alone and before May, 1868, retired. 
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218 insTouv OF oxfopj). 

P^mory K. Ilarwood was, 1847-8, at the shop opposite the railroad 
station on Sutton avenue, in 1849 at Webster when Charles A. Angell 
joined him. They, after the fire, bought the " Arcade" lot and built 
the brick shop, 1850, continuing there till 18o4. From 1855 to 1873 
Harwood was alone and very successful. In 1873 he sold the shop to 
his brother Daniel and son, who also bought the adjoining property, 
connected and enlarged the buildings, introducing steam-power and 
machinery. Emory E. Ilarwood was manager for two years and the 
business was suspended. In 1876 he was tenant here, in 1877 
removed to south end of the Plain, and in 1883 left town. 

Craft Davis, Jr., began before May, 1847, near George W. Sigour- 
ney's residence. John R. and P^benezer S. Williams began before May, 
1852, on Charlton Street, and removed, 1.S53, to the old tavern store, 
and that year the firm of Davis & Williams was formed. After the 
burning of the tavern, 1854, they occupied the Andrew Sigourney 
building near railroad station, and in a few months moved to the new 
building next east of the brick shop, continuing until Jan., 1870, 
when they dissolved partnership. Davis remained till 1873 and retired. 
Williams brothers went into the shop opposite the railroad station, 
continuing till the decease of John R. Williams, 1879. 

Thaddeus T. Gay began before May, 1847; in Jan., 1850, was 
partner with S. William Smith in the "Arcade" and burnt out. In 
1850 he joined with Samuel Southwick, name Gay & Southwick, con- 
tinuing (James M. Sanford having been partner one or two years) 
until 1857. Southwick left, and Gay, with his brother Charles L. 
part of the time, went on until 1867 at the shop near the freight 
depot. Southwick later made stays and inner soles until 1873. 

AVilliam H. Thurston began before May, 1853, near the Universalist 
meeting-house, in present bakery ; was two years on his own account, 
later going on for Campbell, Harwood & Co., and Benjamin F. Camp- 
bell until 1867, his son William H. H. being partner the last two years. 

Allen L. Joslin began before IMay, 1858 ; in 1859 was with Loriston 
Shumway, and 1860 to 1870 with Lament B. Corbin. On 1 Jan., 
1871, the firm of A. L. Joslin & Co. was formed, and 1871 the new 
shop at the Centre built. The firm, originally A. L. and O. F. 
Joslin, now includes Homer S. Joslin and Walter I). Tyler. 

Larkin D. Newton and Eden Davis partners wore, in 1845, in the 
"Arcade." In 1846 Newton went on alone. 

David Whittemore was, 1846, partner with Elilui Harwood ; in 1847 
with Ivlen Davis; 1848 to 1851 aloue ; in 1852 removed from town. 

Daniel Jennisou began before May, 1850, at his house east of the 
railroad, on a tine leather boot for New England trade, continuing 
until 1854. 

William Stone began before May, 1851, continuing until 1856 at 
his shop, Barton Street, near the Universalist meeting-house (shop 
later sold to Corbin and removed). In 1857 John Anderson was his 
partner, who continued alone 1860-1, and left town. 



SHOE MANUFACTURE. 219 

Henry Boyden, Seth W. Field and George Miller, firm Boyden, 
Field & Co., began before May, 1852, at H. 200, then Boyden's. In 
1853 Field left; Boyden and Miller went on until 1856, Boyden con- 
tinuing in 1857. 

Charles E. Daniels and Wilson Olney in 1854 were partners at a 
shop in the rear of Seth Daniels & Co. 

Lorenzo Morgan and H. "Wilbur Snow were from 1854 to 1859 at 
Snow's harness shop near the north common. 

Adams G. Barnes began before May, 1855, near the freight depot ; 
in 1856 Abel F. Stow was partner; Barnes went on until 1860 alone. 

Benjamin Paine began before May, 1854, at his house ; Charles 
Watson, his son-in-law, was with him, 1856 to 1858 ; Paine continued 
1859-60. 

S. William Smith and A. Waldo Lackey began, 1854, at the shop 
opposite the railroad station; 1855, Albert Lackey, father of A. 
Waldo, came in (name Smith, Lackey & Co.), continuing to the fall 
of 1857. Charles C. Twichell had begun before May, 1857, in the 
rear of the brick store. Smith left Lackey 1857 and joined Twichell, 
and in a few months sold to Albert Lackey ; the firm became Lackey 
& Twichell. They gave up business before May, 1859. A. Waldo 
Lackey continued at the old place till the spring of 1859. 

George Appleby was, 1857, at his father's residence, continuing 
one year. 

William H. Harrington, 1858, manufactured in the three-story 
building near the freight depot. 

Albert G. Underwood manufactured a few months in 1859 at his 
father's house. 

T. Vernon Nichols, Amasa Stowe and Daniel R. Cortis (name, 
Nichols, Stowe & Co.) began before May, 1866, at the south end; 
removed, 1867, to opposite the railroad station, Sutton Avenue, cori- 
tinuing until 1868. 

It is impossible to give statistics of the past. Good judges esti- 
mate the total annual production when the business was at high tide, 
in 1856, at about a million dollars. The principal article produced 
was a woman's heavy pegged lace boot, which had a large sale, South 
and West, to the agricultural population. Harwood began on a cheap 
low cut "strap shoe" which went South. As time passed different 
patterns and improved qualities were made. A revolution was 
wrought in the business by the introduction of power and machinery, 
and the smaller concerns which could not advantageously adopt new 
methods, one after another yielded under the competition until there 
is now only the factory of A, L. Joslin & Co. in operation. This 
concern has largely extended its variety and quantity of productions. 
Their factory is 160 by 30 feet, four stories including basement, is 
fitted with the best improved steam machinery, employs 150 hands, 
and when in full operation turns out 1 ,000 pairs of shoes per day. 
Value of yearly production, $280,000. 



CHAPTER IX. 

BURVINO-OROUNDS. SeXTONS. POUNDS. CaTTLE, ETC- TOWK PoOR. 

Centenakians. Excise Bill. Embargo. Justices in Court. C.\se8 
IN Court. Coroners. Deputy Sheriffs. Wild Game. Small-pox. 
Weights and Measures. Town Survey. Mill. Halls. Mines. 
Bank. Taverns. Traders and Stokes. Post-offices. Carriers. 
Stages. Fire Department. Masonic Lodges Agricultural Society. 
I.mpkovement Society. The Grange. Huguenot Memorial Society. 
Learned Relief Fund. Lawyers. Physicians. Graduates. Dog 
Tax. Cattle Disease. Town Clock. Miscellaneous M.\tter8. 

Burying-grounds. In Nov., 1713, John Town, Samuel Hag- 
burn and Benjamin Chamberlain were chosen to lay out a minister's 
lot and a burying-ground. The latter was located west of the coin- 
moD, and in Jan., 1750, it was voted to fence it, but lines not being 
settled it was not then done. In Dec, 1751, the proprietors voted 
"two acres . . . to be set off bounding on the east on the west line 
of the training field, south on . . . Manning's land and extending 
north and west so as to include all the graves." This the town con- 
firmed 1754, and in 1755 voted £13. 6s. 8d. to fence it. In March, 
1756, voted that Dr. Jabez Holden may fence it "for what he owes 
the town for the old meeting-house." In 1788 the south line was not 
fenced, and it was agreed that the people should meet the first Mon- 
day in June to finish it. In 1796 James Gleason gave three-fourths 
of an acre as an addition on the west, deeded in 1803. For 135 years 
this was the only burying-ground of tlie town. 

In Nov., 1847, it was voted to buy 12 acres at north end of Town's 
Plain for a new cemetery and to enlarge that at the Centre. In 1848 
three-fourths of an acre, two rods wide on the south and extending 
several rods on the west, were added to the old ground, and 11 acres, 
25 rods purchased of John Fitts for a new one, now the North 
Cemetery. 

The Catholic ground contains 14f acres and was opened in 1864, 
having also been bought of Mr. Fitts. 

In March, 1859, voted to improve the south ground and fence it at 
a cost not over $500. In Nov., 1870, voted to set apart lots 462, 
455 and 424 in North Cemetery for burial of soldiers. In April, 1871, 
voted S500 to improve the North Cemetery. In Nov., §300 additional 
was voted for the same purpose. In April, 1856, it was voted to 
build a receiving tomb, which was done at the North Cemetery. 

Hearse, l^p to 1796 the bier was the only means of carrying the 
dead to burial. In Feb. warrant was an article "to see if the town 



POUNDS. 221 

will provide a carriage to carry their dead to a place of interment," 
on which we find no action. Soon thereafter a vehicle was in use 
consisting of a pair of long shafts without springs placed on an 
axletree with two wheels, with a flooring aud a long canvas top over 
a series of small bows like a chaise top, a rude, unsightly affair. In 
1817 it was voted to "procure a decent hearse for the conveyance 
of the dead." Another was voted in 1837, and in 1858 the present 
carriage was bought, costing S251. 

In Nov., 1821, by-laws were adopted fixing the price for digging 
graves, etc. Sextons were to receive 50 cents for attendance at 
funerals with hearse; and it was recommended that "giving public 
invitations to bearers and mourners ... to return to the houses of 
the deceased for refreshments be discontinued." 

In 1821 voted to have the bell rung Sundays and tolled at funerals 
at town expense. In 1825-6 George Nolen served at $12^ per year. 

Sextons. The first choice of sexto'n or "grave digger" recorded 
was May, 1768, when Robert Manning was chosen; Sept., 1768, 
Aaron French took his place. In May, 1776, David Mellencame in, 
Abner Mellen following in 1793. In May, 1819, Charles Town 
began, and later Charles P. Nichols acted several years. In April, 
1842, Elliot Marsh offered to furnish " a good pine coffin" for persons 
12 years aud older for $2, other charges to be 50 cents for attendance, 
aud $1 for grave, total $3.50; and for those under 12 years $2.75. 
He was chosen sexton. Alexander C. Thurston later held the office 
for several years, and 1856 Edmund Miller succeeded him. In 1860 
Caleb Thompson was appointed, Charles R. Carlton following in 1868. 
In 1870 Reuben Rich took the place and has since officiated, except- 
ing for one or two years, when Melvin W. Pierce was elected. 

Pounds. March 30, 1714, it was "voted to build a pound two 
rods square to be set on the west side of the 8-rod way, against the 
6-rod way, to be built by John Town by the last of next May," each 
freeholder to pay a day's work or 2s. 6d. in money. This was, ex- 
cepting roads, the first public work of the town, and the location 
about on the site of the present brick store. Farm stock ran at large 
for which each owner had a mark, a description of which was entered 
in the town records. 

On 24 May, 1716, £2. 5s. was voted for a pound. 

On 24 March, 1719, "Agreed with Abraham Skinner, Sen., to 
build a pound 33 foot square and 7 foot high to be completed by the 
7th of May," and voted £2. 7s. for the same. By a later vote 
Skinner was directed to repair the old pound. 

April, 1728, voted to build a pound 30 feet square. 

May, 17(59, voted to build a new pound at the southwest corner of 
the buryiug-giouud, of stone, six and one-half feet high, four feet 
thick at the bottom, with eight-inch timber on top of the wall. For- 
mer structures had undoubtedly been of wood. This substantial 



222 HISTORY OF OXFOUI). 

work stood nearly HO years, uutil the enlargement of the cemetery in 
1848, when it was removed. In Nov., 1850, a new pound was voted, 
anil soon aftci' the present one built near Turcott's, H. 184. 

Cattle, etc. April, 1726, "Voted that no herds of cattle be 
brought into town [to feed] the ensuing year." May, 1729, "Voted 
that every person taking a herd [to pasture] shall pay lOs. per head 
to the town." In 1734 a by-law was made against receiving cattle to 
feed or graze, under a penalty of 10s. per head, to be in force three 
years. March, 1735, "Voted that horses and cattle of the inhabit- 
ants may go free on the commons."^ May, 1735, field-drivers were 
ordered to "clear the town of all herds of cattle" and "prosecute 
the owners." March, 173'J, "Voted to make an act to prevent bring- 
ing such herds of cattle to feed in the town." March, 1748, "Voted, 
that no person shall take any cattle belonging to persons in other 
towns, upon forfeiture of 40s. to be recovered by the town treasurer, 
this for 3 years ensuing." 1769, "Voted, to let hogs go at large 
yoked and ringed." 

Town Poor. In early times aid to the poor was given by indi- 
viduals at discretion and bills sent to the town. In 1734, by a by- 
law, a penalty was required for a certain offence, " for the use of the 
poor," probably to be distributed by the selectmen. We find that 
Hannah Frail died at Daniel Mclntire's before 6 March, 1749 ; Susanna 
Groo with a child travelling from Lebanon to Hampton sojourned at 
John Wiley's, 29 Jan., 1754; William Lackey, wife and child, of 
Waltham, at William Brown's, 19 April, 1753; and bills were sent 
for these severally to the selectmen. The Revolutionary war greatly 
increased this class, and a workhouse was discussed in many meetings 
but not decided on. In May, 1775, nearly 5,000 poor were sent from. 
Boston into the State for support, 35 having been assigned to Oxford. -y 
On 1 Jan., 1779, the selectmen reported to the Court four aged per- 
sons from Charlestown who had four years lived on the town, Matthew 
Mallet and wife, between 70 and 80, Margaret Fosdick, 78, Dorcas 
l)elany(?), 60, asking relief. In reply these were ordered to be sent 
to Sutton. On 18 May, 1779, pay was voted to Kbenezer Fish for 
supporting Lydia Cop, " one of the poor of Boston." Stephen Pratt 
provided for her in* 1780. Jan., 1780, David Mellen sent a bill for 
support of widow Munsell for a year. Ifi 1784 voted to sell to the 
lowest bidder the support of the poor. 

In April, 1818, Ezekiel Davis, insane, was dependent on the town 
and in Worcester jail for safe-keeping. The selectmen were instructed 
to remove him and " put him out to those who will take him on the 
lowest terms and give bonds for the damage he shall do and for his 
good behavior." In 1819 he was in jail again. Living in the south 

'The commons were pxtenslve, nmcli of tlie -It Is very doubtful whether so lai-frt' a uumber 
outlauU ut that Jate not liaviug been allotted. actually came to the town for support. 



CENTENAKIANS. 22.3 

part of the town he wandered into Nipmuck woods, where he lived 
in a hut near the "Goat ledges" with "bell-fish," as he called the 
rattlesnakes, for company. He was harmless and spent much time in 
travelling about the region bareheaded and barefooted. When Web- 
ster was set off in the division of the poor he was assigned to that 
town. 

Auctioning the poor annually was continued until 1826, when their 
support for ten years was contracted for by Capt. Stephen Barton at 
$574 per year. For five years their residence was at H. 49 on Rocky 
Hill. 

Pearly in 1831 a committee was chosen to review the matter, which 
advised the purchase of a farm for the support of the poor. In Sept. 
they further reported in favor of the " Harris place," which the town 
voted to buy at a cost of $3,683. In March, 1832, the estate was 
conveyed and the dependants of the town have since been there 
domiciled. After a few years the old house was found insufficient to 
accommodate the increasing number of inmates, and an addition of 
about 25 feet was made at the north end. A" tramp house was built 
1878 at a cost of $258. In the spring of 1890 it was voted to enlarge 
the accommodations of the place, and during the summer and autumn 
the old house was I'emoved to the rear and the new and commodious 
front part added, as now existing. The institution is now fitted to 
receive thirty inmates. 

Centenarians. Nancy Cady, widow, perhaps from Northbridge, 
died at the almshouse, 1 Aug., 1873, age 105. [Oxfoi'd Record.] 
Record of birth not found. 

yMary, daughter of Israel Town, born 16 Nov., 1709, at Framing- 
ham, married Theodore Kingsbury, resided at South Oxford, and 
died Jan., 1810. 

Mehetable, daughter of Israel Town, born 23 Dec, 1731, married 
Samuel, son of Josiah Larned, removed to Ashford, Conn., "d. over 
100" years of age. [Adams, Framingham, who might have had this 
name confounded with Mary her sister.] 

Sarah, daughter of Dea. Ebenezer Humphrey, born 30 Oct., 1771, 
married, 1795, Jesse Kidder, removed 1802 to Livermore, Me., where 
she died 24 Oct., 1874. In 1872 it was said of her "She is very 
deaf, but in her 103d year her health is remarkably good, and her 
face smooth and fair as a girl's." [His. Livermore. 

Huldah, daughter of Jonathan Pratt, born 1 March, 1739, married 
Isaac Town, (2) Samuel Bixby, resided at Oxford, removed 1831 to 
live with her son at Bethel, Mc, where she died May, 1843. 

Naomi (m. n. Everden), widow of Josiah Wolcott, died 18 July, 
1848, age 108. [Gravestone.] No record of her birth is known 
to exist. It is understood that Dr. Bardwell from what he could 
gatlier from her, personally, became satisfied that the reputed age, 
108, did not exceed the truth. 



224 HISTORY OK OXFORD. 

Dinah, colored, in the family of Josiiih Wolcott. "Dinah, a faith- 
ful slave, died 1829, supposed to be 100 years old." [Gravestone. 
Dennis Tonar. Irish, died, aged 108, 23 Dec, 1874. [Oxford Record. 

Excise Bill. In town meeting, Aug. 30, 17.54, the Excise Hill 
was read an<l it was voted not to accept of it. " Voted, that the said 
Excise Bill is disagreeable to them." This bill was to lay a tax upon 
wines and spirituous liquors. Gov. Shirley opposed it as unjust to 
require families to render an account of what was consumed in their 
private houses. The bill was sent to the towns for action, and with 
some amendments became a law. 

Embargo. In Aug., 180^, the town voted to join with Boston 
in petitioning the President for redress of supposed grievances on 
account of the embargo, and chose James Butler, Sylvanus Learned 
and Abijah Davis to draft a proper petition. This was done and 
presented in town meeting and by vote the selectmen were requested to 
sign it. Three refused, viz. : Nehemiah Davis, Asa Harris and Josiah 
Kingsbury; Elias Pratt, Jr., and David Stone, Jr., complied. The 
signatures of the committee were added and it was forwarded. 

State Constitution. In Aug., 1820, on the question of a revis- 
ion of the State Constitution the vote was 47 yes, 6 no. In Oct. 
Richard Olney was chosen as delegate to a convention at Boston for 
the purpose of a revision. In April of 1821, 14 articles of amend- 
ment were voted upon and a very large majority vote against all was 
given. 

Court of Sessions. Justices of the Peace from Oxford sitting 
in this Court at Worcester : — 

Richard Moore in 1739, '40, '42, '44. 

Duncan Campbell, 1754, '55, '56, '59, '60, '61, '62, '66, '67, '68, 
'69, '70, '71. 

Edward Davis, 1763, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '70, '72, '73, '74, '76, 
'78, '79, '80, '81, '82, '83. 

JosiAH Wolcott, 1769, '71, '72, '74. 

Ebenezee Learned, 1776, '77, '78, '80, '81, '83, '87, '88, '89, '90, 
'91 '92 '93 '94 '95. 

SylvInus' Town, 1793, '94, '95, '96, '97, '98, '99, 1800, '1, '2, '3, 

'4, '5, '6, '7. 

Sylvanus Learned, 1796, '97, '98, '99, 1800, '1, '2, '3, '4, '5. 

In Sept., 1807, by law a radical change was made in the conrt 
and the number of justices was reduced from :>0 or 40 to one chief 
justice with live associates. Jonathan Davis was in 1.S08 and 1811 
associate justice, and in 1812, '13, '14, chief justice with three asso- 
ciates. In Aug., 1814, a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the 
County of Worcester, John Hooker, Chief Justice, was held. In 



COKONEKS. 225 

1828, Feb. 26, the Court of Sessions was abolished and the Board of 
County Commissioners established. 

Oxford Cases, Court of Sessions. Feb., 1732, John Mayo 
vs. Elijah Moore, recovered "for a gun of small bore, barrel 4 feet 
long, with a varnished stock of speckled color, with a lock to it." 

1737. Aug., Joshua Haynes of Sudbury vs. Richard Moore ; plain- 
tiff bought of Moore a negro man named Sharper for £115, said to be 
sound ; claimed he was so blind as to be incapable of service ; verdict 
for defendant. 

1738, Ebenezer Humphrey, for absenting himself from public wor- 
ship, fined 20s. 

1741, Thomas Mclntire, for the same, pleaded living a great dis- 
tance from meeting [at Charlton] and poor roads, sentenced to pay 
costs, amounting to £3. 16s., was committed, afterward paid, and was 
released. Ephraim Morey, fined £5 for killing a deer. 

1742, P^beuezer Humphrey, for absenting himself from public wor- 
ship, fined 20s. and costs. Richard and Stephen Carey, fined £10 
for killing a deer in North Gore. 

1743, Alexander Nichols, near Worcester line, fined for killing a 
deer. 

1758, Case of slander, Duncan Campbell vs. Edward Davis, left to 
referees, who reported each should pay his costs and "there be 
ended." ^ 

1763, Aug., Alexander Nichols vs. John Wiley for assault. [See 
"Wiley."] 

1764, Feb., Mary Jackson, widow, William Jackson, brazier, and 
James Jackson, shopkeeper, all of Boston, vs. Hezekiah Bellows, for 
ejectment from Campbell tavern property, verdict for plaintiffs. 

1777, June, appeal, Ebenezei* Coburn, clerk of Fii'st Foot Company 
in Col. Holman's regiment. In accordance with a resolution of the 
General Court, 10 July, 1776, this company was notified to meet to 
" enlist or draught" one man in each 25 to recruit the American army. 
A man, of an Oxford family, "living near Oxford," being duly 
warned absented himself, for which he was arraigned b}^ said Coburn 
before Edward Davis, f^sq., at Ezra Bowman's hotel in Oxford on 27 
Aug., 1776, and pleaded that "it was against his opinion to train or 
take up arms, " which was not considered by the court a sufficient 
defence, and he was fined £10. He appealed and the higher court 
confirmed the action of the justice, adding costs. 

Coroners. Although the chief duty of coroners was the hold- 
ing of inquests on persons dying unnatural deaths, at the beginning 
of the present century whvAi suing for debt was frequent, they acted 
in place cjf de[)uty sheriffs in serving writs. So far as known 



' One charge was that the defendant had said plaintiff had gone to Lord Loudon for a commission. 

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22H IIISTOUY OF OXFOKI). 

Jonathan Harris was the first coroner in Oxford, having been ap- 
pointerl June, 1707, and continued for about 20 years. 

Inquests. The first inquest we find under him was June, 1801, 
when it was ordered that he be paid for expenses in the case of 
"Phillis" (colored), found dead. [See Whittemore.] In 1802 
the same on Joshua Wetherell of Dudley, drowned. In 1804 on 
Harvey, minor son of Stoplien Kenney of Sutton. In 180.5 on Reuben 
Barrett [Burrell?], drowned in Peter Pond, Dudley. In 1813 on 
James Howard of Dudley. In 1815 on David Howard, "found dead 
in the woods about one-third of a mile northwardly from Joseph 
Brown's house," in east part of Oxford, H. 23. On 3 June, 1819, on 
Elihu Moflitt, who hanged himself in the west part of Oxford, H. 69. 
On 22 July, 1819, on Asa Harris, insane, who threw himself into the 
well at the present almshouse. In the winter of 1819-20 on James 
Maxwell of North Oxford, who returning home from Millbury, being 
intoxicated, fell in the road near the present house of Asa H. Pope, 
H. 132, and died from freezing. 

In 1817 Lemuel Crane was a coroner and held an inquest on the 
body of Capt. Ebenezer Redding. 

Rufus Harris, son of Jonathan, whom he succeeded, held inquests 
in 1821 on Sumner Barton of Sutton, and Hezekiah Healy of Dudley, 
both shot; 1 Oct., 1822, on Eden Davis of Dudley; 28 Dec, 
1824, on Jeremiah Mofliitt, at the old mill, south end of the Plain. 
On 18 Sept., 1825, James Farwell held an inquest on Day Phipps, 
drowned in the river in south part of the town. On 25 Dec. 1825, 
Rufus Harris on Stephen Wel)ster, drowned in Chaubunagungamaug ; 
9 Oct., 1825, on John M. Wilder; 24 Oct., 1825, on Leonard 
Eddy, accidentally drowned in north part of Oxford; 14 Sept., 
1826, on David Dudley; 29 May, 1828, on Benjamin Learned, 
who hanged himself at North Oxford; 22 Oct., 1829, on John 
Rowley, an Englishman and factory operative, found dead in the 
strip of woods between the north end of Auguttebaek Pond and the 
road. He had been dead several weeks. ^ 

Sylvanus Harris, the next incumbent, on 7 Oct., 1834, held an 
in(iuest on William A. Smith, son of Simeon, who was drowned in 
the river near the present stone arch bridge on Charlton road : and 
on 9 July, 1835, on Tiiomas, son of John Larned. 

Deputy Sheriffs. As no record of appointments has been 
found we can only give the years in which these are known to have 
otiiciated. Richard Moore, Jr., 1753-1757 ; Jeremiah Learned, 1762- 
1767; Jonas Pratt, Jr., 1780; Benjamin Hovey, 1782-1787; Archi- 
bald Campbell, 1801-1804; Learned Conant, 1805, 1806; Jeremiah 
Sluimway, 1822 ; Samuel Smith, 1823-1845 ; Jasper Brown, 1852 ; 
Orrin W. Chaffee, 1859-1875. 



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TNCUMBRANCES REMOVED. 227 

Wild Game, etc. May, 1739, the town chose Thomas Gleason 
and Edward Davis to prosecute those who kill deer contrary to law. 
In 1742, John Nichols was chosen to do the same. For many years 
"deer-reeves" were regularly elected town officers. In 1791-2 and 
1801 the town voted to pay bounties on crows killed. 

Small-pox, then greatly feared, was brought to town by soldiers 
from the army in 1776-7. In the Court of Sessions, 15 Aug., 1776, 
Ebenezer Learned was made one of a committee to oversee hospitals 
in the County. Dec, 1776, the town voted liberty to Dr. Daniel 
Fisk to inoculate for it at the house of Samuel Davis, Jr., H. 17, 
four months from 1 Jan. Jan., 1777, Dr. Alexander Campbell was 
refused leave to inoculate at his house. In April, William Nichols, 
Ezra Bowman and Ebenezer Humphrey were chosen to take names and 
number of persons in the hospitals, and to warn doctors not to take 
more persons, if they would avoid the penalty of the law. A hospital 
was established, 1777, at North Oxford, at the " Cary house," H. 114. 
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nichols of Ward were employed as nurses. 
In 1798 Dr. Fisk and Dr. Learned asked leave to establish a hospital 
but were refused. At about this date the old Moore tavern, rear of 
Israel Sibley's, H. 205, was used as a hospital. In 1864 there was a 
"scare" at North Oxford, there being several cases, and 16 April 
Joseph Stone was appointed by the selectmen to take charge of them. 

Weights and Measures. March, 1725, "Voted to purchase a 
standard of weights and measures." Our present standards are of 
comparatively recent date. 

State Maps. In 1802 the State had furnished the town with 
maps, and it was voted that they be deposited at James Butler's house. 

Town Survey. A survey of towns was required by the State in 
1795, but we find no allusion to it in Oxford records. In March, 
1830, the selectmen were authorized to hire a surveyor to prepare a 
map of the town in accordance with a late act of the legislature. 
Sylvester Mclntire was employed, and a plan made from his surveys 
is in the office of the Secretary of State. 

Incumbrances removed. In Aug., 1816, it was voted that 
the building on the common, built in 1802 by Archibald Campbell 
[saddler's shop], be removed in 60 days. This building stood on 
the west side of the common near the present house of Charles Lamb, 
and was about 15 by 25 feet, one and a half stories. After Camp- 
bell left it and went into the tavern, Ashbel M. Hawes used it as a 
shoe shop employing Andrew Smith. Later it was occupied by Josiali 
Ware as a dry and fancy goods store and straw shop. He was from 
Franklin and was the first to trade in straw braid in the town. [See 
Ware.] 



228 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Ill April, 1802, it was voted that the htiy scales in front of Barton's 
hotel be removed. These were the property of William Sigourney, 
who had for more than 25 years thus occupied a location in the 
middle of the main street. The tavern sign-posts Avhich had also 
probably stood in the same location nearly IDO years, were removed 
about the same time. 

Orchard. Jan., 1714, "voted that Ebenezer Humphrey should 
have the orchard adjoining the southwest corner of his home lot, 
mak'ing allowance to the town in money in full, of what two men 
shall judge it to be worth," and chose John Town and Abiel Lamb to 
appraise the same. This was a Huguenot orchard, located directly 
west of the Old Mill at the south end of the Plain. It did not go 
into Humphrey's possession. 

Mill. Jan., 1714, it was voted that Daniel Eliott should ''build 
a greust mel for the town yuse." May, 1715, voted and chose 
Richard Moore and Benoni Twitchell "to go to Daniel Eliott and 
discors with him concerning building y*" Corn Mill to see whither he 
will go on and accomplish it in a reasonable time." Up to this date 
the people were obliged to go out of town for grinding. 

Public Halls and Meetings. For the first one hundred and 
twenty-iive years of Oxford's history its town meetings were held in 
the houses of public worship ; from 1717 until 1748 in the liouse at 
the north end of the Plain, and from 1748 until 1808 at the house on 
the north common, continuously. In 1795 the Universalist Society 
offered the use of their house, but the proposition was not accepted 
until Oct., 1807, when the town voted to hold its meetings alternately 
at the north and south meeting-houses. The first meeting at the 
south house was in March, 1808. Thereafter, with the exception 
noted below, until the building of a town hall, the meetings were con- 
tinued in the same manner. In 1832 an unsuccessful attempt was 
made to have all meetings held on the Plain.' In INIay, 1835, it was 
voted to hold all meetings for one year at D. I). Clemeuce's hall 
[north tavern], he to "furnish the hall gratis and pay the town ten 
dollars for their com|)any." 

First To"wn Hall. In Juno, 1835, it was voted to l)uild a town 
hall, and a committee on plan and location was chosen. In July this 
vote was rescinded. There being a disagreement between the north 
and south parts of the town as to location, although repeated efforts 
were made, it was not until April, 1831), that a vote could be obtained 
to proceed to the carrying out of this plan. At that date it was voted 

1 In the discussions on Uils subject theiiuestlon a larKeelm tree near the meeting-house, tlie large 

was raised as to the tfeoKraphlcal centre of the tree now standing In the centre of the lUghway 

town. A committee chosen to decide the question at the common, 
reported It as a point 41>^ rods northerly from 



FIRST TOWN HALL. 229 

to build at once on the site of tlie old meeting-house at the north 
common, and to appropriate toward this object an unexpended 
balance of the surplus revenue received from the national govern- 
ment. Money sufficient to make up the sum of $1,800 was raised 
and a building committee consisting of Cyrus Lamb, Liberty Lamb, 
Nathaniel Brown, Stephen Barton and Jotham Eddy was chosen. 

Great excitement throughout the town followed this action, and 
immediately another meeting was called by the opposing party, which 
assembled at Brown's Inn, April 17. After the choice of a mode- 
rator an adjournment was made to the common, the house being too 
small to accommodate the assembly. The result was the dismission 
of every article in the warrant looking to the rescinding of former 
action. This was a second victory for the northerners. But the 
matter was not suffered to rest. A petition for another meeting was 
presented to the selectmen, which request was refused. Upon this, 
application was made by 27 voters to George B. Slater, Esq., of 
Webster, who issued a call for a meeting, which was held May 20 at 
the meeting-house on the Plain. There were nine articles in the 
warrant bearing on the rescinding of former votes and building 
nearer the centre of the town than the north common, every one of 
which was summarily dismissed and the meeting adjourned. The 
town hall was built upon the site of the old Meeting-house in 1839, 
and the first meeting in it was in November of that year. It was of 
wood, in size about 50 by 32 feet and 12 feet stud, of one story, the 
main hall having an arched ceiling. It was plain in its exterior, had 
a pediment end fronting the street, and with comfortable heating and 
seating conveniences was creditable as a public building. It was sold 
at auction in 1874 for $314 to Craft Davis. 

In March, 1841, an article to see if the town would grant the 
Methodist Society the privilege of raising the hall one story and fitting 
up in it a house of worship for their use, was dismissed. 

For many years a jealousy had existed between the north and south 
portions of the town, and when in 1851 North Oxford obtained the 
new road from the railroad station to the villages, as a means of 
"getting even," the old bone of contention, the town house, was 
picked up by the southerners and in Sept., 1851, it was voted to re- 
move this building to some convenient spot on the Plain, and a com- 
mittee chosen to carry out the vote. This action aroused the people 
of the north and in Jan., 1852, a meeting was called — (1) to see if the 
town would rescind its action of Sept., 1851 ; (2) to see if the town 
would sell the town hall ; (3) to see if the town would petition the 
Legislature to divide said town in the centre by a line running east 
and west. By a vote 127 to 123 it was decided that the house remain 
where it then stood. The south still persisted and in February 
another meeting was held to act upon the same subject. A general 
rally was made, the check list used and a ballot vote taken, resultins: 
in a vote 219 to 201 against a removal of the house. This set at 



230 HISTOIJV OF OXFOUD. 

rest a long vexed question, and until tin; erection of the new hall on 
the Plain, meetings were continued at the north common. 

In 1861 it was voted to hold annual town meetings in April instead 
of March. 

Memorial Hall. At the close of the Civil War a general desire 
existed to build a durable memorial to the soldiers, and Nov., 186.5, 
810,000 was voted for a monument. This action was reversed April, 
1866. In June, 1868, a committee reported in favor of a Memorial 
Hall, and George Hodges, Emory E. Harwood and Dunit-l Warner 
were chosen a building committee, who proceeded with the project 
until August, when they were discharged. ^ 

In April, 1872, a new building committee was chosen, Emory E. 
Harwood, George F. Daniels and Samuel W. Snjith, with instructions 
to build at a cost of not over §25,000. Earle & Fuller of Worcester 
were employed as architects, and the building was erected by Thomas 
G. Learned of Worcester, and completed in the full of 1873 at a cost 
of S24,6G4. Cost of heating, seating and lighting appliances, S3, 755.- 
The dedication, at which an able historical address was given by 
Peter B. Olney, Esq., of New York, was on 19 Nov., 1873. 

A public hall was finished in the steam fire-engine house at North 
Oxford when that was erected, 1885, and later furnished at the town 
expense. 

Private Halls. The first place in town (excepting the meeting- 
houses) adapted to public gatherings was at the old tavern at the 
Centre where two adjoining rooms, separated by a swinging partition, 
could be thrown into one, measuring about 15 by 30 feet. This 
sutliced for dancing parties, singing schools, etc., until about 1800, 
when a hall about 20 by 45 feet was added at the north end of the 
building. 

The next similar room in town was that added, 1827, by Samuel 
C. Butler to the tavern at the north common. 

In 1791 Dr. Daniel Fisk in building his mansion-house opposite 
Town's Pond, finished a large room in the upper story, which was 
used for dances and social parties, and here private schools were 
kept. [See Schools.] 

Rev. Josiah Moulton in building the present Canii)bell house at the 
north common had a similar room finished, in which were held social 
meetings, and Mr. Ludden taught singing schools. 

A small hall was constructed in the house of the late Col. DeWitt, 
H. 226, by Richard Moore the builder, and also by Richard Gleason 



1 On 1 July tlie present lot had been deeded to .V2 feet; platform, 24 x 12 feet; lower hall, 45 x, 

the town, and Alexander K. Esty of Franilut;- 40 feet; library, ^(i x 20 feet; selectmen's room 

ham had been emplDyed to draw plans, etc. lUs i.'i x 20 feet; height of lower story, 13 feet; 

bill was $8-10, which the town, Nov., 18(5U, voted upper, 25 feet. The walls are of Southbrldxe 

to pay. brick; triminiiiKs, biowustone; lloors, hard plue; 

- Measurements are as follows: main building, Uulsh, ash and waluul. 
92 X 5& feet, exclusive of porch ; lar^e hall, (y.i x 



MINES. 231 

at the corner of Sigonrney and Main Streets, H. 239. These were 
used for social purposes, and in the latter a girls' school was taught 
in the summer of 1820. 

Huguenot Hall. The chambers over the store near the Bank 
were arranged as a hall not far from 1855 ; it was much used, and 
known as "Huguenot Hall." In 1860 it was leased by the Oxford 
Lodge of Masons, who have since occupied it. 

Sanford's Hall. Until the erection of Memorial Hall, that built 
by Emory Sauford in 1855 over the brick store and known as "San- 
ford's Hall,'' was the usual place for public gatherings. For several 
years it has been occupied by the G. A. R. Post, and is now known 
as Grand Army Hall. 

Mines. On Long Hill, east of the north common, very early 
traces of iron were found. On 13 Oct., 1735, Jacob Willson deeded 
to Elisha Johnson and Simon Dakin of Sutton all the minerals to be 
dug on 20 acres on the south part of Long Hill, and in 1740 Thomas 
Mayo deeding land here to Henry Cooledge, reserved one moiety of 
all the iron ore "with free liberty to dig and cart away said ore." In 
the South Gore in 1798 iron was mined and smelted. [See Industries.] 

In the north part of the town at different times attempts have been 
made to develop paying mines. In 1761 Edward Davis deeded to 
Col. Ebenezer Learned, Benjamin Davis, Dr. Alexander Campbell 
and Ebenezer Learned, Jr., land at North Oxford, reserving to him- 
self the right to one-fifth of all minerals upon his paying his share 
of the cost of mining, "whenever he chooses to come in for it," indi- 
cating that a company existed of the four grantees, of which the 
grantor might, if he chose, be a member. Tradition confirms the 
fact of this company, and traces of its operations may be seen a few 
rods east of the river, a mile north of the Texas mill-dam. Con- 
siderable money was sunk in the enterprise. There seems to have 
been superstition in the matter, as it is said expectations of finding 
precious metals were raised by seeing smoke issue from the ground. 
In 1786 Gen. Ebenezer Learned owned this property, and then deeded 
to his son Sylvanus 30 acres, embracing the mine, reserving all rights 
before conveyed to other parties to dig and carry away minerals. 
There is no evidence that further operations were carried on. In 
Oct., 1789, Learned sold to Jacob Work, owner of land adjoining on 
the north, reserving the right of passing and digging for ore. As late 
as 1875 persistent efforts were made by several parties to find precious 
metals at about a mile south of this locality. There are undoubted 
evidences of their existence, but in too small quantities to be mined 
with profit. In a deed, Daniel A. Pierce and others of Providence 
to Philip Cannon, 24 Aug., 1881, of laud lying east of Texas Village 
is a reserve of rights to enter said land to mine at the shaft known as 
the " Big Hole." 



232 HisTOKY OF oxroiiD. 

In an article in the Worcester Spy, 28 Dec, 1890, ou silver bearing 
ores in central Massachusetts, by George M. Rice, 2d, he says : — 

"A complex ore from a locality in Oxford, which contained an intimate 
mixture of quartz, iron pyrites, zinc blend and galena, the latter l)eing about 
20 per cent., gave a result of 12 oz., 10 pwt., 20 gr., a value of §13.16 for the 
silver; lead 20 per cent., equaling 400 lbs., value, SIG, total, .S2'J.16 per ton. 
This ore also contained a strong trace of gold, enough probably to add about 
.^2 or more per ton in value. 

" These are smelting ores and would require a furnace process to extract 
the values." 

Oxford Bank. The Oxford Bank was incorporated 8 Feb., 
1823, with ;i capital of §100,000. Its organization was, 13 March, 
1823, at ''R. Olney's Inn." Jonathan Davis, Aaron Tufts, Richard 
Olney, Jeremiah Kingsbury, Andrew W. Porter, Henry Sargent, 
Daniel Tourtellotte, Joseph Thayer and Nathan Heard, Jr., were 
chosen directors ; Jonathan Davis president. ^ 

House. The lot was bought 30 April, 1823, and the building, 
including dwelling for cashier, erected the next summer. Jonathan 
Davis was president for ten years. In 1833 Richard Olney succeeded 
him continuing until 1836, when Aaron Tufts was chosen and filled 
the office until his decease in 1843. In November of that year 
Alexander DeWitt came in and retained the position until July, 1848. 
John Wetherell was next president, continuing until Oct., 1849, when 
John Jewett was elected. In Oct., 1857, Jewett resigned and Emory 
Sanford was his successor, serving until 1864, when he declined a 
re-election and Charles A. Angell took the position. The health of 
Wilson Olney, cashier, failing, he resigned that office 30 Sept., 1873, 
and Charles A. Angell was elected his successor, having resigned the 
presidency. Samuel C. Paine was elected president and continued 
until Jan., 1881, when he declined further service and the present 
incumbent, Allen L. Joslin, was chosen. 

The cashiers have been Sumner Barstow, 1823 to 17 Oct., 1845; 
Alvan G. Underwood, to 28 May, 1855 ; Wilson Olney, to 30 Sept., 
1873; Charles A. Angell, to 3 Nov., 1882; Eben Harrington of 
Worcester, to 27 Sept., 1887, at which date Charles B. Sherman was 
chosen, and, 1.S91, fills the office. 

On 30 June, 1856, it was voted to ])uild a now Hank building, which 
vote was carried out the succeeding autumn. On .) March, 1857, the 



iTlie followin;^' pt'i-soni were owners of stock Maynard, 10; Rlcliard Olney, 40; Andrew W. 

to the amount of $l,0(Kl and over at the payment Porter, 10; Henry Sar^'ent. 20; Francis Slhley, 

of the Mrst dividend, Oct., l*.^: Joscpli Ahiiy, 10 10; Andrew .Sijfourney, '2S; WllUam Siyourney, 

shares; .lames Anderson, 10: Ira Harton, 10; 10; Esther Slater, 40; .lolin .'^lator, IM; Samuel 

Simeon Burt, iiO; Kbene/er Collins, 50; Abljali Slater, 40; James Smith. 40; Isiuic Soutli;rate. l."); 

Davis, 'i-^; Hannali Davis, 10; Jonathan Davis, John Spurr, 10; BezaU'elTaft,'.'0; Joseph Thayer, 

70; Jonathan Davis, .Jr., 10; Stephen Davis, 12; 20; Isaiah Tliomas, l"i; Lyman Tiffany, 20; Daniel 

Levi Kddy, Hi; Oils Kverett, 20; Simon Karns- Tourtellotte, 20; Salem Tuwne, Jr., 1.'); Aaron 

wortli, 10; Asa Klsher, 10; K/.ra Fletcher, 10; Tufts, 10; Jonaihan Wheeler, 10; William 

Orra (loo.iell, 20; Sylvauus lloIUrook, 10; Slater Williams, Jr., 10; Samuel Wood, 10. .\ large 

and Howard, 30; Jeremiah Kingsbury, 10; Joab proportion were non-residents. 



TAVERNS. 233 

old estate was sold to Emory Sanford. lu June, 1857, the Bank 
voted to accept the act of Legislature increasing the stock to $100,000. 
The business was at this time increasing, but the plan of enlarge- 
ment of capital was given up on account of the financial reverses of 
1857. 

In Dec, 1864, it was voted to organize under the laws of the 
United States and assume the name of "The Oxford National Bank," 
and on 18 Feb., 1865, the old corporation was merged in the present 
one. 

Taverns. The first licensed public house in Oxford was kept by 
Daniel Eliott in 1714 for one year only, at the extreme north end of 
the village, H. 132. The second legalized tavern was that of Richard 
Moore in 1715 on the Hagburn estate, late Israel Sibley's, H. 205. 
The house stood about 15 rods east of the main street, and was a 
large two-story, gambrel-roofed building, and for 45 years was the 
principal public house of the village. In 1734 Elijah, son of Richard 
Moore, assumed the business, continuing until 1760. A change was 
then made in the location of the popular resort of the people for 
public and social gatherings to a more eligible location, northerly on 
the main street. Dr. Alexander Campbell that year purchased the 
estate at the present corner of Main and Charlton Streets, where he 
opened the place which for almost a hundred years thereafter was the 
chief public house of the town.^ In 1762 Dr. Campbell was suc- 
ceeded as owner by Hezekiah Bellows from Dudley, who had been 
innkeeper there. He remained until 1766 when Dr. Stephen Barton 
succeeded him, having leased the house of Obadiah Mclntire of 
Charlton. Ephraim Ballard was the next tenant, and was licensed 
from 1769 to Nov., 1773, when the property was sold to Ezra Bow- 
man, previously of Dudley, then taverner at North Oxford. He was 
a man of enterprise, remodelled and enlarged the buildings and for a 
time was successful, but the reverses of the Revolutionary period so 
reduced his means that he was obliged to retire, and in 1782 he sold 
and soon after removed from town. Dr. Joseph Lord, of whom but 
little is known, was the next occupant and managed the business in 
1783. In 1784 Samuel Campbell with his father-in-law, John Nichols, 
bought the estate, and Campbell began the landlordship wliich was 
continued for nearly 25 years. In the latter part of 1807 he became 
financially embarrassed, and from 1808 to 1811 the business was con- 
ducted in the name of Henry Campbell, his son. In 1812 they re- 
moved to Vermont and the tavern was taken by his brother, Maj. 
Archibald Campbell. He being an enterprising and competent busi- 
ness man the popularity of the house was sustained until his decease, 
in 1818. In April, 1819, the place was sold to Richard Olney, who 

' It Is not certain tlmt William Uavis, the for- tained. The houses at the corner and at the site 

raer owner of this estate, bounded south on of the Dr. Cushman house, 11. 220, wei'c both 

Qualjoajr Laue, lild not previously keep a tavern, very old, and stood on Davis' estate, 
but at what precise locality cannot be ascer- 

31 



2;U HISTORY OF OXFOKI>. 

continued until the spring of 1823, when Josepii Hayues of Leicester 
came in on a lease. He remained but a few months and sold his 
lease to Jonathan Flag<i of Worcester who was landlord until the 
spring of 1M27, when he left and Benjamin F. Town and Andrew 
Sigourney in partnership became lessees and conducted tlie house 
until 1830. During their occupancy the hall and store under it were 
enlarged by extending the building north. Peter D. and Daniel D. 
Clemence occupied in 1831 ; Daniel D. Clemence alone in 1832-3, and 
in 1834 Jonathan H. Learned, assisted by his uncle, Henry G. Learned, 
became manager and continued until August of that year, when he 
gave up the business to William H. Bigelow, who was landlord until 
after 1 May, 1836. Some time in that year Daniel Moulton came in 
(Bigelow and IMoulton both having been licensed), continuing until 
1838. In the spring of 1838 William C. Walker bought the property 
and took possession. He had means and efficiency, and expended 
liberally in repairs, enlarged the house and built a portico across the 
whole front, 70 feet or more. Erastus Ormsbee of Thompson leased 
the place in the spring of 1840 and left in 1841. James G. Scott 
with his brother Kufus succeeded Ormsbee and remained until June, 
1842. Ormsbee was again licensed in 1842 and perhaps returned for 
a few months. Rice Barton in partnership with Amasa Dowe occu- 
pied next in 1843, Dowe retiring after six months. Barton continued 
until 1845, in September of which year Sumner Holman was "licensed 
to sell liquors in the building occupied by Rice Barton," Charles C, 
son of Liberty Lamb, being his partner. In April, 1846, Barton 
resumed the management, having bought one-half the estate, and 
continued until April, 1853. when he sold to Franklin F. Snow and 
Otis Learned. The latter kept the house with Sanford Jones as 
partner at one time, until it was taken by Snow (Learned still living 
there), who was landlord 21 April, 1854, at the time of its destruction 
by fire. 

In April, 1846, the estate was owned by Rice Barton and Alexander 
DeWitt. Learned and Snow bought Barton's interest and Emory 
Sanford bought DeWitt's. Learned then bought Snow's share, and 
after the fire Sanford and Learned made a division, Sanford taking 
the south pari, on which he built the present brick store, and Learned 
the north, on which he erected the present hotel building for a resi- 
dence. In the fall of 1858, after enlarging the house, he opened it 
to the public, continuing until Aug., 1859, when Alexander T. and 
H. Wilbur Snow, brothers, came in. Before IMay, 1860, they sold 
to Erastus W. Whiting, who managed the house a few months, and 
in the fall of I860 was succeeded by L. A. Presby (in 1889 of Water- 
ville, Me.), who continued until April, 1862, when Braman F. Sibley 
became the lessee and remained one year. April 1, 1863. Whiting 
again took the house, Sibley having removed to Faruumsville. In 
Feb., 18()3, Sibley bought a mortgage of the estate and April 1, 1864, 
returned and took possession, continuing until his sale to Alfred J. 



TAVERNS. 235 

Kirby in 1877. Kirby sold in 1879 to Henry J. Whiting who was 
hiudlord until 1887, when he sold to the present proprietor and occu- 
pant, HoUis D. W. Bacon. 

It will be readily seen that with the teaming, staging and private 
travel over the country roads previous to the era of railroads, 
and the trainings, musters and convivial habits of the people, the 
country tavern in former days was a far dififerent institution from 
what it now is. In the early part of the present century the old 
tavern on the Plain was by far the busiest place in the region. The 
travel from Woodstock, Dudley, Honest-Town [Southbridge] , Charlton 
and beyond, all passed here, and the "Campbell Tavern" was well 
known for many miles in all directions as a place where large quanti- 
ties of liquors were consumed. A favorite beverage for which the 
place v^as noted was "flip," a mixture of New England rum and 
strong beer, sweetened with brown sugar and heated by plunging into 
it a hot iron called a loggerhead. It was a popular saying that a huge 
serpent lay across the three contiguous towns, Sutton, Oxford and 
Charlton, with the head in the former place and the body in Oxford.^ 

Butler Tavern. The second in importance of the public houses 
in Oxford was that opposite the north common, long known as 
the "Butler Tavern." The house, now standing, was built about 
1748 by Duncan Campbell, who had begun business a year or two 
previous to this date, where is not known. He continued to receive 
a license as innholder until 1763, and may have moved his place of 
business, perhaps his trading, to his new house at the head of the 
Plain, later .Josiah Wolcott's. He met with reverses in 1765, and 
soon after removed to Dudley. In 1778 Sylvanns Town bought the 
stand and removed thither, and was licensed innkeeper until his sale 
of the place in March, 1780, to James Butler, who was legalized inn- 
holder 25 years, his son Peter succeeding him in 1806, and continuing 
to 1822. At that date Sylvester Mclntire took the business, Butler 
having removed to his new brick house and store on the opposite cor- 
ner. Mclntire was landlord two years, and in 1825 Samuel C, son 
of Peter Butler, succeeded him. In the fall of 1827 he retired and 
Archibald Campbell came in and remained until the spring of 1828. 
Samuel C. Butler occupied a part of the house while others were in 
charge of the business, and in 1827 made repairs and built the tavern 
hall as it now is. In 1828 Henry Gr. Learned was lessee and occupied 
until 1881, when Solomon Davis succeeded him, and was licensee for 
that and the next year. In 1833 Jasper Brown purchased the prop- 
erty and was that year and 1834 licensed, and with his brother Daniel 
kept a public house and also a store. In 1835 Daniel D. Clemence 



1 A youuK man, who about 1817 was purposing understand you are going to Oxford to live; Is 

to come here to reside from a place about 30 that so ? " " Yes," was the reply, " I am tliUiIc- 

miles distant, was met one day by an elderly ing of It." " Well," said his friend, " you must 

gentleman who thus accosted hini: "Joe, I ?ooi- ou/, they driuk flip there like the d 1." 



236 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

was occupant, and later Daniel Moultou and Ansel Whitcomb each 
managed for a time. Daniel Brown was licensee in 1838-9, and 
Jasper Hrown in 1-S40-41.^ Business here gradually declined and no 
public house has been kept since about 1842. 

North Oxford Tavern. The principal [(uhlic house at North 
Oxford was originally a part of the '"Lamb Mill" estate, owned 
and oceui)ied by Reuben Lamb, whose son Joseph inherited it, and 
settled there about 1814, opening a tavern as early as 1823. He dis- 
covered a reputed medicinal spring on the premises, and considerable 
interest was awakened in the community as to its healing qualities, in 
consequence of which he advertised as a " Medicinal Spring Boarding- 
house," but did not meet with extraordinary success.- In June, 
182G, Richard C. Stone became the proprietor. Very little was heard 
thereafter of the medicinal qualities of the spring. Stone kept the 
house until Dec, 1829, when it was bought by Henry J. Stratford, 
who occupied it until 1833 at least, and in 1834 removed from town. 
In June, 1834, Thomas Clark became the occupant, who with Ansel 
Whitcomb kept it for a few months, when Clark retired. "Whitcomb 
continuing until the sale of the property to Joshua O. Battey, Jan., 
1837. Battey was owner and occupant, with his son Lafayette, who 
was proprietor in the later years, until Feb., 1875, when the estate 
was sold to Eliza McMahou. The business of the place later became 
inconsiderable, and on 8 June, 1877, all the buildings were burned. 

There were in different portions of the town other licensed public 
houses, indicating that in many cases, where dwellings were suUi- 
ciently large to accommodate guests, the people availed themselves 
of the small pecuniary advantages offered by the entertainment of 
occasional travellers. Moses Marcy was licensee in 1736 and 1738 
at the extreme west, now Soutlibridge. In the western part of the 
"Country Gore," now Charlton, ,)ohu Thompson was licensee from 
1745 to 1750 inclusive, and gave place in 1751 to Jonathan Wheelock, 
who continued many years after Charlton was set off. East of the 
river, in the Gore, Josiah Gibbs was licensed 174(5-7. Samuel Curtis 
succeeded him in 1749, remaining until 1751. Uriah Stone followed 
in 1752 and continued until 1783 inclusive. He sold his estate in 
1787 to his son Samuel, who continued the business a short time, 
having been licensed in 1790 and 1791. After this date appears no 
public house authorized in that locality. 

At the Centre, William Davis was licensed as iunholder in 1739 and 



iWliltcoiub was lanillorti at least from June, and Carbonate of Iron. The Carbonate of Soda 

18:37, to April, lays, and Daniel Brown In Nov., and Muriate appear to be the most abundant. 

1838, and April, lH;i9. Mr. Colton observes that the waters possess so 

■■iThe tyurfe.Uer Spy of 23 Aug., 1825, has an many pro])ertle3 of the Ballston Sprln^fs, that the 

advertlaenieiil, a part of which Is as tullows: subscriber feels a conllderice in reconiniendlnK 

"The waters of the Oxford Mineral Spring have It to the public. It has Ijeeu found of greatest 

been analyzed by Simeon Colton of Monson utility in cutaueous eruptions, Scrophula, Dys- 

Acadeuiy, ami found to contain Carbonate of pepsla, &c." 
Soda, Muriate of Soda, Sulphate ot Magnesia 



TRADERS AND STORES. 237 

1740, as retailer in 1741 and 1742, and innholder again in 1743, 
where located, as before stated, is unknown. In 1744 Samuel Davis 
had a tavern license. Josiah Wolcott was authorized taverner from 
1754, the date of his purchase at the north end of the Plain, H. 189, 
until 1765, inclusive. In the north part of the town, now Auburn, 
Ebenezer Cutler kept a tavern and store and was in 1765 licensed to 
sell tea, cofifee and chinaware, and thereafter until 1770, inclusive, 
was a legalized innholder. Duncan Campbell succeeded him in 1771, 
continuiug until 1780. In 1784 Campbell was licensed to keep a 
hotel at Worcester. David Gleason was innholder in the north part 
of Oxford, now Auburu, from 1768 to 1773, inclusive. In 1770 
Jacob Pierce, after purchasing the place at North Oxford, now 
Nathaniel Ide's, H. 125, opened there a public house, which he kept 
until his decease in 1772. In 1773 Ezra Bowman took the business, 
continuing one year, which terminated the use of the place as a tavern. 
In the east part of the town a public house was kept in 1764 by 
Edward Davis, Jr., at H. 12. In 1765 and 1766 Nathaniel, his 
brother, was licensed at the same place. He removed to Dudley and 
no further licenses were granted for that location. Ebenezer Learned 
was authorized to sell spirits and to keep a tavern from 1761 to 1765 
at H, 126. In the south part of the town, H. 64, Peter Shumway began 
as retailer of spirits in 1772 and 1773, and continued as innholder 
from 1776 to 1796. James Freeland was licensed taverner in 1776, 
and retailer in 1777 at H. 171. Jonas Pratt was authorized to keep 
a tavern near Town's Pond, H. 140, in 1778 and 1779. John Wol- 
cott was innholder 1776 to 1778. Samuel Campbell was licensed 
innkeeper from 1778 to 1784 (the time of his beginning at the Centre 
tavern), at what locality is unknown, perhaps in the west part of the 
town. 

Traders and Stores. The beginnings of trade were small. In 
the last century transactions were largely in the line of barter, and a 
store was often an adjunct to a tavern. Thus William Davis at the 
Centre was trader and taverner 1739-43 ; Duncan Campbell at the 
north common, the same, licensed to sell tea, coffee and chinaware, 
1750, '54, '55, '58, '61 ; Jacob Pierce, 1767-9, at North Oxford, 
H. 125 ; Ephraim Ballard was licensed retailer 1752-8, probably at 
Augutteback village, and 1771 was taxed for goods £40 at the Centre 
tavern; William Phipps, 1770-3, at north part, now Auburn; Theo- 
philus Lillie, 1770, on the Plain, H. 205, taxed 1771 for shop and 
goods £200, the largest stock then in town ; Robert Fitts, 1771, taxed 
for "goods and wares" £30 at H. 148; William Campbell, 1771, 
taxed £20 for same, probably at the Eliott mill ; Uriah Stone, North 
Gore, 1762, was licensed to sell tea, coffee, etc. ; Stephen Barton, the 
same, 1764, ou the Plain ; James Freeland, 1773-8, at North Oxford, 
H. 131 ; John Wolcott, 1776-87, at north end of the Plain; James 



238 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Butler, soon after 1780 wus a leading merchant, taxed 1784 for £120 ; 
Charles Dabney, Sept., 17H0, sold sugar and coffee, location unknown, 
but at II. 12.'» or 220 ; Andrew Sigourney traded for a time in partner- 
ship with .laujes Butler from 1784, removing about 1787 to the Plain 
where he became the leading merchant, continuing until 1816. William, 
his son, succeeded him, continuing until 1840 and removed to his 
new " Arcade " building east of the railroad, but the business declined. 
William Lamson traded, 1801-4, at site of Episcopal Church. 
Timothy Lamson succeeded him and perhaps removed to his resi- 
dence, nearly opposite, H. 225, continuing until near 1810. Rufus 
Moore, nail maker, traded at " Saccarappa," H. 18, 1808-'J and 1814- 
18. Sylvanus Pratt, scythe maker, 1811-12, near North Oxford 
railroad station. .Josiah Ware about 1812 traded in a shop on south 
side the common near H. 243, continuing about two years. Abijah 
Davis traded in north end of his house, H. 220, 1812, continuing 
three years at least, with Edward and John Wetherell, clerks. John 
Wetherell and Richard Moore, partners, bought his stock and went 
on a year or more, and 1815 built the house, H. 221, late Benjamin 
Paine, and soon after a store south of it which they occupied. In 
two years Moore left and built the Col. DeWitt house, H. 226, and 
there opened a store, continuing until his death in 1819. Wetherell 
remained at the old stand until 1835 when he retired. Stearns Witt 
took Moore's stock in 1820, employing Samuel Dowse as clerk, and 
in 1821 Witt and Dowse became partners, Hollis W^itt clerk. They 
continued at H. 226 until 1824, and removed to the new store next 
the Bank, built that year ; were successful for 12 years and were the 
leaders of trade in town. In 1826 Witt left to take charge of the 
Oxford Woolen Co. affairs. 

Witt & Dowse Store. Later occupants have been : 1829, 
Benjamin F. Campbell and Dowse, name Dowse & Campbell; 1831, 
Wilson Olney, name Dowse, Campbell & Olney ; 1833, Alvan G. 
Underwood, name Campbell, Olney & Underwood; 1834, I'nderwood 
left, name Campbell & Olney ; 1835, Olney left and Campbell was alone ; 
1837, Samuel Dowse, Daniel T. Penniman, Seth Daniels, Elihu Har- 
wood, Jr., and Sauford Gilmore, the store having been joined with 
the shoe business at south end of the Plain; 1838, Dowse & Penni- 
man ; 1839, Daniel T. Penniman ; Loriston Shumway succeeded 
Penniman, and in 1840-1 Dowse resumed and the name was Dowse 
& Shumway ; 1843, Loriston Shumway ; 1844, Dowse & Underwood ; 
1845, Underwood & Shumway; 1845, Underwood went into the 
bank, Washburn Lumbard taking his place in the store, name Shum- 
way & Lumbard; 1848, " Protective Union," Joseph Pelton, agent, 
who with Rufus L. Smith bought the stock, the Union having been 
unsuccessful, and 1849 the name was Pelton & Smith; 1851, Smith 
was alone, Lewis W. Spauldiug clerk; 1851, Charles H. Robinson; 
1855, L. F. Woodbury; 1859, Paul Buffuni, who sold out the stock 



TRADERS AND STORES. 239 

and the building for several years was unoccupied ; late in 1863 or 
early in 1864, Freeman Freeland occupied for a short time only. 
Before May, 1867, Charles I. Rawson and Arthur E. Codding of North 
Attleborough began flour trade, closed in a few months and the place 
was again unoccupied. Before May, 1S70, Paul Buffnm was again 
here and early in 1871 sold to Baxter E. Davis and Olin O. Foster. 
In May, 1876, Foster was proprietor and before May, 1881, Eugene 
Wetherell became a partner, continuing to 1887, when the stock was 
sold to AVilliam J. Lourie, who in a few months sold to Cornelius 
Putnam and Andrew J. Davis, present occupants. 

Butler Store. As noted, Duncan Campbell was first trader at 
this location, was succeeded by Sylvanus Town, who sold, 1780, to 
James Butler, i who carried on a successful business until 1806, when 
his son Peter became proprietor. In 1822 Peter Butler removed to the 
brick store, then new, H. 177, and in 1830 retired, Danforth Brown 
following, who in about a year sold to his brother Jasper Brown, who 
removed the stock to his own premises near, and continued until 1849, 
when he relinquished trade. 

Centre Tavern Store. At this stand trade was carried on by 
nearly all the tavern keepers up to 1823. In 1800 Henry B. Morgan 
was partner with Samuel Campbell. In 1804 Aaron Mclntire of 
Charlton and later Rufus and Henry Campbell were managers. From 
1812 for several years Maj. Archibald Campbell continued the busi- 
ness, and Stearns Witt and Daniel Hovey of Sutton were later part- 
ners with him, Hollis Witt and Lyrick Lamson being clerks, name 
Archibald Campbell & Co. Hovey left and Joab Maynard came in 
for a time, the firm being Witt & Maynard. Stearns and Hollis Witt 
were proprietors from April, 1817, to June, 1818, at least. Richard 
Olney came next, 1819-1823. In 1825 Andrew Sigourney, Jr., took 
the store, Benjamin F. Town becoming a partner in 1827, in store 
and tavern. Danforth Brown and Pklmuud F. Dixie next came in 

1829. Thereafter the store and tavern were separate. Brown left 

1830. Dixie continued until 1833 and was succeeded by Daniel T. 
Penniman, who remained about two years. Stephen Prince occupied 
in 1836-7, and Capt. Wolstan Dixie in 1838. William Robinson & 
Co. followed, occupying in 1839-40. Erastus Ormsbee came in 1841, 
remaining till the spring of 1846, and trade terminated at that locality. 

TJniversalist Church Store. Ormsbee removed, 1846, to this 
place, continuing until Oct., 1858. Benjamin W. Childs succeeded 
him, and Oct., 1868, Albert E. Merriam and William E. Bardwell 
followed, continuing until Dec, 1876, when they retired, selling the 
grocery to James B. Campbell and the dry goods to Daniel R. Cortis 
and Amasa Stowe. In Aiiril, 1882, Campbell sold to Leonard E. 
Thayer and Alvan R. Bowdish, present owners. Cortis and Stowe 



' His advertisement, Jan.. 1800, names '"Rro- checks, many articles in the dry 1,'oods line." 
ceries, coarse cloths, linnens, India cottons and 



240 HISTORY OF OXFOKI). 

continued until Dec, 1885, and removed to the brick store formerlj' 
Wm. E. Pease & Co. Thayer & Bowdish taking the vacated prem- 
ises for a dry goods department. 

Stephen Prince, Jr., on leaving the tavern store, 183'S, removed to 
the "Cash Store," on site of Town Hall, continuing until 1840. re- 
moved to his own house, H. 226, and before May, 1843, sold to Sum- 
ner Putnam, who about one year later gave up the business. Before 
May, 1845, Prince erected a one-story building on the site of Joslin's 
shoe factory and there traded in flour, grain, etc. He sold, 1846, to 
Emory Sauford.' 

Cash Store. This had been many years occupied as a tailor's 
shop. After Stephen Prince, Jr., left, William Robinson in 1841 
took possession and before May, 1843, sold to William Parker, who 
continued till his decease in the winter of 1846-7. Later irresponsi- 
ble tenants occupied who brought the place into ill repute, and Oct., 
1849, a party of young men "raided" the establishment and it was 
closed up. In May, 1850, Caleb Larned was owner of the estate and 
in about two years sold to Asa H. Pope, who opened a market, con- 
tinuing to 19 Oct., 1856, when the building was burned. The lot 
was sold to the town for a Town Hall. 

Emory Sanford began, 1832, at Texas Village, continuing about 
four years ; on 1 Jan., 1837, began with his brother Richard at Roch- 
dale ; 1839, bought the brick store at North Oxford, and with his 
brother, James M., traded several years; removed, 1846, to the 
Plain to the site of Joslin's shoe factory, with Horace DeW. Smith as 
partner, who retired 1847. In 1850 James M. Sanford and William 
E. Pease took the business under the name Sanford & Pease. In 
1854 Edward S. Pease bought Sanford's interest and the firm became 
William K. Pease & Co. The brick store on the old tavern site was 
built 1855 and occupied 1 Jan., 1856. A large business was here 
transacted for many years. In Dec, 1885, the stock was sold to 
Cortis, Stow & Co., the present occupants. 

The store on the corner near the railroad station was built about 
1842 by Andrew Sigourney, Jr., where he kept hardware one year. 
Later it was occuiiied as follows : by Paul Perkins and James G. Scott, 
1844, variety store and Post-oflice ; by Lyman P. Low and Chad B. 
Carey, store, 1847; several years thereafter by shoe n)aniifacturers ; 
1857, by James C. Mills, trader; 1860, William H. Harrington, who 
late in 1862 resold to Mills; Jan., 1869, P. Lafayette Rich and Asa 
E. Rich came in, the latter leaving at the end of the year, the former 
continuing a few months in 1870 and retired ; Whiting & Campbell 
next kept a market here; before May, 1874, John W. Marsh occu- 
pied as trader, remaining until 1884 ; in 1885 Daniel P. Shea, with 
another, occupied about one year ; later the place was used as a 
market. 

' Tills building was occupied In ItWi as a t.'illor's men as a club-room, and was biirued 8 Nov., 
shop by A. H. Ncwtou, and In part by young 1856. 



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TRADERS AND STORKS. 241 

Hawes Store. At this location trade was carried ou early by the 
owners of the mills near, by William Campbell, 1768 to 177(5 ; Amos 
Hudson, 1815 to 1817, at least; later by Pope & Warner; 1826 to 
1850, Ashbel M. Hawes ; 1850 to 1861, I. Sumner Hawes, the last at 
that locality. 

Rockdale Store. Joseph Stone traded near Sigouruey mill, 
1814; Thomas W. Chapman at Rockdale from before May, 1828, to 
spring of 1835 ; Bartlett and Barrett, 1835-'6 ; Damon & Bartlett 
later for several years; Thomas Clark, 1846; William A. White, 
1847, one year; George Hobart, Jr., 1852-3. 

Brick Store. Albert Guild was agent for Daniel T. Wheeler, 
Worcester, 1833 ; Guild and Jose])h Stafford, partners, stock taxed 
1834 to their assignees ; later came Richard Sauford, 1835-6 ; Emory 
and James M. Sanford, 1837 to 1841 ; Andrew J. Copp & Co., 1842 ; 
Sanford Brothers, 1844 ; Hobart C. and Edward A. Cutler, 1845 ; 
Hobart C. Cutler, 1846 ; Moies and Wilmarth, 1847 ; Rufus L. Smith, 
1848 ; about this date, William Sigourney (William Tourtellott and 
Washburn Lumbard, managers) ; Amos Aldrich, 1851 ; H. G. O. and 
Silas S. Taft, fall of 1851 ; Lewis M. and Benjamin F. Learned, 
spring of 1852 ; Lewis M. Learned bought out Benjamin F. Learned, 
Sept., 1860 ; R. Alouzo Aborn and E. Gerry Warren, 1862-3 ; Lewis 
M. Learned sold the building, Feb., 1864, to Lafayette E. Battey, 

who occupied 1864-5 ; Albert W. Kelley and Fowler came next, 

Fowler left before May, 1868; Albert W. Kelley, 1870; Silas S. 
Taft, 1871, he died Sept., 1871, his brother, H. G. Otis Taft, went 
on until 1876, when James O. Copp became partner, the firm con- 
tinuing until 1882; Daniel W.Mann, 1882 to 1886; Fred. Thayer 
bought, summer of 1886, and is present owner. 

Thomas Clark built a store near Sigourney Mill, 1847, and occu- 
pied ; Isaac L. Brown and Samuel Healy owned 1851 ; Brown died 
March, 1852, Healy and P^lisha M. Smith continued ; Smith owned 
in 1855, continuing until 1864 and Allen F. Brown in 1865-6 ; 
Henry S. Brady, Jr., traded here in 1869 a few months, the last at 
this locality. 

Next below Clark's, Silas S. Taft and Joseph Burrough, partners, 
began before May, 1861 ; Burrough left before May, 1864 ; Taft 
went on till 1868 ; John W. Robinson succeeded in 1869 ; later for a 
time the manufacturing company owned ; before May, 1871, E. Harris 
Howland, previously at the lower store, came in and operated until 
after May, 1875, when he sold to Lucius H., his brother, who con- 
tinued until 1884; John W. England then became partner; before 
May, 1885, Howland retired, and a few months later England removed 
from town. 

At the lower store William S. Dunbar and Hosea Grover began 
before May, 1865 ; John W. Robiuson followed in about three years, 
and before May. 1870, E. H. Howland became owuer, removing 
32 



242 HISTORY OF OXFOIU). 

before May, 1H71, to the store above. In 1886, Learned, Howard & 
Co., pro[)rietors of the mill, opened a store, and sold, 1887, to 
Benjamin F. Learned, who in 1887 sold to Mart A. Howard, present 
proprietor. 

Texas Store. After Sanford left, Jan., 1837, little was done 
nntil 1H14, when tiie Manufacturing Company began trade under the 
management of Albert Huntington, who in 1847 became owner. The 
burning of the mill, 18B0, terminated the business. H. G. O. Taft 
has kept a small store at his residence, H. 116. 

Mrs. Sigourney's Store was long an important institution of 
Oxford, where a thriving business was transacted in millinery, dress- 
makuig and the sale of dry and fancy goods. Business began in 
the old Sigourney mansion as early as 1828, and continued in the 
commodious house, now standing, until near the decease of Mrs. 
Sigourney in 1885. In its palmiest days patronage came from all 
the surrounding towns, and for many years it was the leading estab- 
lishment in the line in the south part of the county. 

Dr. Daniel Fisk kept a small store before 1800 near his home, H. 
141. His son, William T., continued the business, 1802 to 1810, 
when Amos Hudson, his brother-in-law, became partner, continuing 
several years, and removed to the Central Cotton Manufacturing 
works at Hawes' place, remaining until 1817. Joab Maynard was 
proprietor at the Fisk store, 1818, going on perhaps two years, and 
trade at that place terminated. Peter Spaulding was trader, 1806, 
at tlie fork of Thompson and Webster roads, south. Abisha Learned 
at Texas Village, 181.3-14, Charles Cleaveland, 1814, William Dudley, 
1823-25, Charles Preston, 1825, Charles Lawton, 1842, all at North 
Oxford, indicating that they, at or near their places of manufactur- 
ing, had stores connected therewith. Other like places of trade have 
existed in the factory villages of the town. 

Oxford Post-office was established 1 Jan., 1801, Samuel 
Campbell postmaster, and the mail arrived and was forwarded 
once a week. The oMice was at the Centre tavern until 1809, 
when Archibald Campbell, brother of Samuel, was made postmaster, 
and it was removed to his dwelling on the site of the Episcopal 
Church. In 1811 William Sigourney was appointed Campbell's 
assistant, took charge of the business, and for a £ew months the loca- 
tion was at his tannery, 100 rods east of Main Street. It was re- 
moved tlience to tiie store of Andrew Sigourney, Sen., at the corner 
of Sutton Avenue and Main Street, where it continued until 1840, 
AVilliam having succeeded his father in trade here, and having been 
made postmaster on Campbell's decease in 1818. In 1840 he built 
the "Arcade," near the railroad on the east, and removed his busi- 
ness and the Post-office thither. In 1844 James G. Scott succeeded 
him and the olllce was removed to the Andrew Sigourney building on 
Sutton Avenue, near the railroad station, where Scott & Perkins kept 



tOST-OFFICES. 243 

a store. In 1846 Scott resigned in favor of Willard Benson, who 
took the office back to the Arcade building, where it continued until 
his decease, Jan., 1847, when Emory Sanford received the appoint- 
ment and the office was removed to his store on the site of Joslin's 
shoe shop. William E. Pease was assistant, and in Jan., 1850, was 
appointed postmaster. On 1 Jan., 1856, the office was removed to 
the new brick store on Charlton Street corner, where it remained until 
after the election of Cleveland, and 26 Oct., 1885, Henry A, Moffitt 
was appointed postmaster and the office was taken to Sigourney's 
building near Joslin's shoe factory. Moflitt was succeeded, 19 Oct., 
1889, by Willis M. Wellington, who removed the office to its present 
location (1890) on Charlton Street. 

The gross receipts have been: 1850, $915; 1860, $831; 1870, 
$1,131; 1880, $1,315. Postmaster's compensation-: 1850, $386; 
1855, $533; 1860, $464; 1865, $570; 1868, $620; 1870, $650; 
1875, $741 ; 1880, $946 ; 1885, $780. i 

The matter forwarded for six days from 1 Dec, 1880, was as fol- 
lows : letters, 946; postals, 348; other parcels, 232; total, 1,526. 
The postal facilities are ample, there being five inward and six out- 
ward mails daily. 

South Oxford Office. The present Webster Post-oflice was 
established 7 Jan., 1828, at South Oxford, now East Village, George 
AV. Kimball (accountant of Samuel Slater) postmaster, and the office 
was at his counting-room in a part of the old "Green Mill." On 9 
April, 1829, Kimball was succeeded by William H. Bigelow, trader, 
and the office was at his store, near the corner of Thompson road. 
The next incumbent was Rev. Thomas Barrett, who came in on 22 
April, 1832. and continued until his decease, 7 Aug., 1832. On 24 
Aug. Jonathan Day, successor in trade to Bigelow, received the 
appointment. The name of the office was changed to "Webster" 
21 March, 1832, and about 1840, on the opening of the railroad, it 
was removed to the present Webster town. 

N'orth. Oxford Office was established in 1837, Abisha Learned 
postmaster. It remained in Texas Village until the appointment 
of his successor, Loren C. Parks, in 1851, when it was removed 
to the store of Waterman A. Fisher, about one mile further south. 
In 1853 Capt. Stephen Barton, Jr., succeeded Parks, and the office 
was removed to his counting-room. In 1854 it was again removed to 
Fisher's store, where it remained until the appointment of Thomas 
Harrington in 1856, who established it at the residence of Joseph 
Stone, where it has since remained. Harrington was succeeded by 
Luther Clemence in Feb., 1857, who held the office until the follow- 
ing May, when the present incumbent. Miss Martha E. Stone, was 
appointed. 



iTbe amounts iu 1865 and 1870 were salaries, all others were commissions on the receipts. 



244 IFISTOIJY OF OXFOKD. 

Carriers. In the last century the principal means of communica- 
tion with the outside world was through carriers. Boston was the 
market and source of supplies, and regular trips were made thither, 
at lirst with oxen, and later horse carts and wagons, carrying 
occasionally a passenger, but mainly farmers' produce, which was 
marketed ; and the return commodities were chielly rum, molasses, 
codlish, tea, salt and spices, the main stock of the country traders. 
Joseph Davis, known as " Honest Jo," was for many years the princi- 
pal carrier, and later James Gleason, James Williams, William Hurd 
and Joel Eddy were each long in the service.' 

The first regular messenger between Oxford and Worcester so far 
as known was Daniel Mansfield of Dudley, who began about 1805, 
and whose weekly route was from Worcester to Ashford, Conn., carry- 
ing the mail and the weekly newspapers, going on horseback through 
Millbury, Sutton, Oxford, Dudley and Woodstock. As business 
increased he drove a wagon and carried passengers and parcels. 
About 1824 the mails were transferred to the stages, but newspaper 
carrying was continued, and David Keith, who began 1807, and 
Joshua Healy, both of Dudley, and George Nolen of Oxford and Levi 
Upham of Dudley in turn kept up the route as far as Dudley until 
after 1850. 

Stages. The first public conveyance to and from AVorcester, of 
which we have knowledge, was that managed for a short time in the 
early part of the century by Henry B. Morgan. The first regular line 
of stages was established in 1824 and ran from Dudley through 
Oxford, Sutton and Millbury to Worcester, leaving Dudley early each 
Thursday morning and reaching Worcester in time for the noon stage 
for Boston. Joshua Healy was first driver. After a time the route 
was changed, and as business increased trips were made three times a 
week from Dudley to Boston direct. This was continued (running to 
Westboro after the Boston and Worcester railroad was completed) 
until the opening of the Norwich and Worcester road in 1840. The 
second and more important was the line from Worcester to New 
York oia. Norwich, and was established June, 1820. Stages left 
Worcester at 4 o'clock A. ^I. on Sunday and Wednesday (later 
changed to Monday and Friday), passing through Ward, Oxford 
(where passengers breakfasted), Dudley, Woodstock, Pomfret, Brook- 
lyn, Canterbury and Lisbon to Norwich, whence the little steamer 
''Fanny," leaving Norwich at G P. M., ran in fair and calm weather 
to New York, arriving at from 7 to 10 o'clock A. M.~ As Worces- 



' From an account book of Jeremiah Kiufts- Tee 2s. 9d.: one <iiiarter of indego 2s. 2d.: two 

bury, .Jr., we learn that 20 Dec, 17.S0, lie carried Bousliels Salt, 3s. t>d." 

forCapt. [I'.llsha] Davis a hojt weljfhinjf 280 lbs. -The "Kanny" began her trips to New York 

to Salem. " When I came back I let the said 1 March, 1S26, Prior to that time a small steam 

Davis have Cash, £2. (is. 8d.: Nine pounds of craft had |)lied between Norwich and New Haven, 

CottlnK Wool, Is. 9d. per pound: One pound of where connection was made with a boat thence 

to New York. 



FIRE DEPARTMENT. 245 

ter and the business of the Quinebaug valley developed other and 
larger boats were required, and trips were made daily with constantly 
increasing business until the opening of the Norwich and Worcester 
railroad in 1840, when it became one of the main lines of travel 
between Boston and the metropolis. 

In 1834 a line of stages ran from Worcester to Hartford through 
Oxford. Passengers to Hartford breakfasted here and dined in 
returning. 

Fire Apparatus. In Nov., 1856, there having been four 
destructive tires in the town that year, the selectmen were instructed 
to buy a fire engine to be located on the Plain. This engiue was 
purchased in 1857 at a cost of $1,000. In March, 1857, William 
Stone, Charles Fuller and William A. Wheelock were appointed as 
engineers and supervisors of the Fire Department. In May the 
selectmen were authorized to purchase a hose cart and 300 feet of 
hose, which was done at a cost of $558. A company was formed 
under the name of the "Col. DeWitt Engine Company," which 
organization has been continued until the present time, the town 
making a yearly appropriation for its benefit. The Company has 
been efficient, but the principal hindrance to its work has been the 
want of water. 

An engine house was built by subscription in 1858. No convey- 
ance of it to the town has been found. The engineers' report for 
1859 recommended that it be conveyed by the subscribers and in May, 
1859, the towfi voted its acceptance and also land belonging to the 
same, which was given by Col. DeWitt, and deeded 6 Au^., 1864. 

Steamer. In Jan., 1884, the town voted to purchase a steam fire- 
engine to be located at North Oxford, and chose Samuel R. Barton, 
Nathaniel E. Taft and Thomas J. Maxwell to procure the same. In 
the following April it was voted to build a house for its accommoda- 
tion, and in April, 1885, the sum of $1,300 was voted to finish the said 
house with a hall in the second story. The purchasing committee 
reported in the spring of 1884 that they had contracted with the Silsby 
Manufacturing Company of Seneca Falls, N. Y., for a No. 5 HoUey 
Rotary Engine with heater, for $3,350, and with the American Fire 
Hose Manufacturing Co. of Chelsea for 1,000 feet of fabric rubber- 
lined hose at 85 cents per foot, and also with Smallridge & Bourget 
of Worcester for a hose wagon at $225. Harness was bought of John 
Turcott at a cost of $200. Of the expense of this apparatus and 
house, $800 was paid in 1884, $5,143 before the annual meeting of 
1885, and in 1885 $1,378, making a total of $7,321. 

Liist of Fires.i Dr. Alexander Campbell; 1 Nov., 1771, house 
on Sutton road, H. 195. 



1 Tliere were undoubtedly fires In the towu in In a large majority of cases the destruction of 
the last century of which there is no record, but buildings was complete, 
the principal cases of the last 100 years are noted. 



246 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Nov. 1, 1771. Tliis cla_v about 10 o'clock A. -M. the dwelling honsc of Dr. 
Alcxandur Campbell, at Oxford, took tire by one of his apprentices breaking 
a bottle of oil of turpentine, which held about seven gallons, by taking ashes, 
supposed to be cold, to clean it. It took fire and violently ran to other bottles, 
which burst, and forced open the door of the room where the Doctor's wife 
lay, as she had lain in l)ut a few days, who immediately was carried out with 
hjer bed and bedding, which is all that was saved, except a few trifles. His 
books and all his accounts, were entirely consumed, as also a tine assortment 
of drugs, newly imported from England. This house was linished to the 
doctor's mind, which he enjoyed but a few weeks, and then, the account says, 
this cruel Master deprived hira thereof : Not leaving him nor his a shift of 
clothing to put on. The loss is computed at least to be one thousand pounds, 
lawful money. [Mass. His. Soc. Col., I. vol., 2 series, 89.] 

Capt. Jeremiah Kingsbury, house at site of the present almshouse, 
Webster, then Oxford, a short time previous to Feb., 1778. 

1786. John Larned ; house west of the river, H. 72. 

1793 or near. Uriah Stone, Jr. ; house North Gore, H. 108, new ; 
took fire while the carpenters Avere at dinner. 

1812, Sept. Gilbert Crane; house on Long Hill, H. 1G5. 

1832, Jan. 7. Cyrus Lamb; mill at North Oxford, H. 121. 

1832, Jan. 16. Luther Burnett; house on Long Hill, H. 166. 

1833, March 13. Abisha Learned ; woolen mill. North Oxford, H. 
117. 

1835, Jan. William Sigourney ; dwelling and shoe shop. Plain, 
large building, near the site of Memorial hall. 

1835, March. Josiah Shumway ; house. North Oxford, H. 97. 

1837, Jan. 14. Nahum Sibley, thread factory, near H. 134; the 
previous year the store at this locality was burned. 

1839, March 17. Stephen & David Barton; satinet mill. North 
Oxford. 

1839, March 20. Cutler & Stafford ; cotton mill, North Oxford. 

1842, May, 25. DeWitt and Dowse ; thread mill, H. 77. 

1846, Dec, 17. Jonathan Sibley; house. Plain, H. 225. 

1848, Oct. Luther Stone ; grist-mill, North Gore, H. 108. 

1850, Jan. 7. William Sigourney; large three-story "Arcade," 
Plain, H. 193. 

1850, Jan. 7. Chad B. Carey; house adjoining the "•Arcade." 

1850, Oct. 8. Abisha Learned ; cotton mill, North Oxford, H. 117. 

1852, March 10. Stephen and David Barton ; cotton mill. North 
Oxford. Fisher, lessee. 

1852, May, 22. Waterman A. Fisher; cotton mill. North Oxford; 
now "Sigourney mill." 

1853, March 18. Damon «& l^artlett; cotton mill. North Oxford, 
"Rockdale." 

1853, Autumn. Abisha Learned ; saw-mill, Nortli ()xf<jrd, H. 117. 

1854, Jan. 24. Gates Brothers ; wicking mill, H. 79. 
1854, April 21. Old tavern at the Centre, H. 235. 
1854, July 20. Abisha Learned; barn; lightning, H. 117. 



LIST OF FIUES. 247 

1855, Aug. Former Andrew Fitts house, H. 31. 

1856, Jan. 22. Stephen and David Barton ; mill, North Oxford. 
1856, May 27. Olney Bolster ; old mill, south end of the Plain, 

H. 37. 

1856, Oct. 19. Old tavern barn at the Centre ; William Robin- 
son's barn, near, and the "Cash Store" building. The fire took 
about 11.30 P. M. Sunday, in the barn, which was occupied by 
Pxlwin Bacon, who lost seven horses, and Otis Learned, one, very 
valuable. 

1856, Oct. 24. John C. Steere ; house and shop ; northwest part 
of the town, H. 100. 

1856, Nov. 8. Emory Sanford ; store building, on site of present 
Joslin's shoe factory. 

1858, Spring; Nathaniel Eddy; house near North Oxford railroad 
station; roof burned off; loss, $1,000. 

1859, July 26. James Walker; barn near north common; three 
cows, horse, hay, etc. 

1860, Feb. 26. Horace Pope ; barn, two cows, hay, etc. 

1861, March. Two old barns on Mowry place, H. 92. 

1862, Feb. 25. Nahum Sibley ; house at north end of Plain, occu- 
pied by Charles Green and another. 

1866. May 3. Rev. Horatio Bardwell ; house and barn. Plain, 
H. 242. 

1866, July 18. Henry J. Whiting ; barn, H. 14, lightning. 

1868, Nov. 29. Nathaniel Eddy ; barn near North Oxford railroad 
station ; nine head of cattle, etc. ; loss $2,500, incendiary. 

1869, Feb. 6. Burrough & Bartlett ; picker room at mill; loss 
$12,000. 

1869, April 24. Edward Hilton; house at lower extremity of 
North Oxford village, formerly Luther Clemence. A girl of ten 
years, Elizabeth Moulton from the Worcester Orphans' Home, lived 
with Hilton, and is supposed, on retiring, to have set fire to clothing 
in a closet. Her charred remains were found in the ruins. 

1870, Aug. 21. Gates' shoddy-mill, H. 79. 

1870, Sept. 22. John Rhodes ; cotton mill at North ( )xford ; upper 
part burned off. 

1872, April 19. Flannel mill near Rochdale, P. G. Kent, lessee. 

1872(?), April. Gates' shoddy mill, second time. 

1872, July 9. Samuel Nichols house near H. 71, then owned 
by Allard. 

1874, April 10. Moses K. Shepardson, house on "Long Hill," 
H. 165. 

1875, (about). Unoccupied house on Prospect Hill, H. 127. 

1876, April 16. Old " Wolcott house," north end of Plain, H. 189. 

1877, June 3. Martin McMahon ; North Oxford tavern and out- 
buildings, H. 122. 



248 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

1877, July 26. Charles Rawson ; slaughter house, Camp Hill. 
1877, Sept. 13. William Kimball estate; barn. Plain. 

1877, Dec. 5. Rufus Mollitt estate ; barn south end of Plain. 

1878, Oct. 25. Ebenezer B. Walker ; mill and contents near 
North Oxford railroad station, H. 154. 

1879, Nov. 5. Daniel Warner; tenement house, south end of 
Plain. 

1879, Nov. 7. John W. Robinson; tenement house, east part of 
the town, partially burned. 

1879, Dec. 1. Horace A. Pope; house and barn, west of north 
common, H. 84. 

1H81, Nov. 29. Alexander DeWitt estate; Plain, two barns, one 
horse, three carriages, H. 226. 

1882, Oct. 15. Addison M. Stevens ; house south part of the town, 
H. 63. 

1883, April 29. Henry S. Brady ; house, Rockdale, North Oxford. 
1883, July 19. Michael Toomey ; house and barn on Millbury 

road, H. 175. 

1883, Sept. 3. John Rhodes ; house and barn at North Oxford, 
near H. 125, formerly Asa Cutler's. 

1884, July 19. Danford Johnson, carriage-shop and machinery, 
north end of Plain, H. 186. 

1884, July 23. Wallis mill, on Webster road. 

1888, April 26. Nathaniel E. Taft ; mill at south end of the 
Plain ; partial loss ; main building saved. 

1889, Dec. 24. Barn near Huguenot Fort; 20 head of cattle, 
horse, hogs, produce. 

1890, Jan. 8. Barn, five head of cattle; east part of tlie town, 
H. 13. 

Masonic Lodg'es. The first Masonic organization in the town 
was the Olive Branch Lodge. A movement was made for its forma- 
tion early in 1797, and on 1 May olllcers were chosen as follows: — 

Jonathan Learned, Master. 

Daniel Fisk, Sen. Warden. 

Jonathan Davis, Juji. Warden. 

Sylvanus Learned, Sec. 

Sylvanus Town, Treas. 

Jonathan Harris, Sen. Dea. 

Jeremiah Kin(;shury, .Tun. Dea. 

Nathaniel Wihtmore, ) ^^ 7 

^ ^ ' S stewards. 

Peter Butler, ) 

William Robinson, Tyler. 

A committee was chosen to petition the Grand Lodge for a charter 
and a vote passed to hold meetings monthly on Mondays at 2 o'clock 



MASONIC LODGKS. 249 

in the afternoon. A charter was granted the 14th of the following 
September. The petitioners named were : Jonathan Harris, Allen 
Hancock, Jonathan Davis, Ebenezer Rich, Samuel Davis, Jeremiah 
Kingsbury, Reuben Baxter, Jr., Daniel Fisk, Jonathan Learned, 
Peter Butler, William Robinson, Abel Morse, John Brown, Daniel 
Hunt, Sylvanus Town, Sylvanus Learned, Nathaniel Whitmore, Amos 
Keith, Simeon Waters, Moses Sibley, Jr., Ebenezer Dean, Parley 
Barton, Joseph Howland and Elijah Brown. 

HalL On 25 Sept., 1797, it was voted that the hall for the use of 
the Lodge, when built, shall be set within three-fourths of a mile of 
the house of Jonathan Davis. This house was the well known Davis 
homestead, No. 12, and this vote indicates that a large share of the 
membership was in Sutton. No hall was built in this town, but the 
house of Mr. Davis was thereafter the regular place of meeting dur- 
ing the continuance of the Lodge in Oxford. Occasionally meetings 
were held in the tavern hall on the Plain. In Nov., 1797, it was 
voted to pa}^ Brother Jonathan Davis $24 per year for the use of the 
hall, furnished and warmed. 

On 13 Sept., 1798, the before named officers were duly installed at 
the "new meeting-house," Universalist. The members met at Camp- 
bell's tavern, whence the procession marched at 12 o'clock to the 
Meeting-house, where, after a sermon by Thaddeus M. Harris, the 
ceremony of installation was performed.^ The procession returned 
to the hall and "from thence to a boothe prepared for that purpose 
and partook of an elegant dinner." 

In Nov., 1814, a new hall was projected, and in Aug., 1815, a 
committee chosen to finish and furnish the same. The new quarters 
were built at West Sutton and were first occupied 21 Feb., 1816. 

RemovaL On 15 Sept., 1815, leave was given to remove the 
Lodge to Sutton. In March, 1845, it was again removed to Wilkin- 
sonville. In Dec, 1856, permission was granted to hold meetings 
alternately at Sutton and Webster. After 8 Sept., 1858, all the 
meetings were at Sutton. On 14 Dec, 1859, leave was granted to 
remove to Millbury. Early in 1860 the removal was made and the 
Lodge has since continued there. 

The Masters while in Oxford were : — 

Jonathan Learned, chosen 1797. 



Jeremiah Kingsbury, 
Sumner -Barstow of Sutton, 
EsTES Howe, " 

Sumner Barstow, " 

Archibald Campbell of Oxford, 
Samuel Harris, " 

Sumner Barstow of Sutton, 



1801. 
1806. 
1808. 
1809. 
1812. 
1813. 
1814. 



' Rev. Thaddeus M. Harris, at this time twen- Dorchester for iiiaay years. 
ty-sLx years of age, was Unitarian minister at 

33 



250 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Oxford Lodge. The second organization was the "Oxford 
Lodge," instituted 4 Dec, 1825, on petition of John Wetherell and 
others. The lirst meeting was in the Butler tavern hall, 2.") Dec. ; 
present: Samuel Harris, John Field, Elihu Harwood, Jr., Thomas 
Warner, Stephen Learned, John Wetherell, Stephen Barton, Peter 
Butler, John ^lellish, Richard Olney, Samuel C. Butler, Artemas G. 
Metcalf, Jonathan A. Pope, Jonathan Harris, Rufus Moore. Samuel 
Harris was chosen Wortliy Mdsfer ; John Field, Senior Warden; 
Elihu Harwood, Jr., Junior Warden, and Jonathan A. Pope, Secre- 
tary. An installation of officers took place at the old Meeting-house 
on 27 Sept., 1826, at which Rev. David Ilolman of Douglas gave an 
address. About 20 officials from the Grand Lodge and like institu- 
tions in towns near Oxford were present, and a dinner was provided 
by Mr. Samuel C. Butler at his tavern. On 27 Oct., 1828, it was 
voted to remove the place of meeting to the tavern on the Plain. 
Regular meetings were kept up until 1831, at which date the records 
end. An officer of the Mass. Grand Lodge at Boston writes: "It 
[the Lodge] probably died of the Anti-Masonic scare about 1831." 

Third liOdge. On 23 Sept., 18r)9, the following petitioned for 
a new Lodge under the name of the former : Alexander DeWitt, 
John Wetherell, Loriston Shumway, Elihu Harwood, John A. McGaw, 
T. W. Wilmarth, Lovell H. Cleveland, Loren C. Parks, A. W. 
FuUerton, Wm. A. AVhite, Clovis M. Gates, William Kimball, Daniel 
Davis, Jonathan Davis, William Sigourney, Archibald Campbell, 
Dennis S. B. Gates, Leander P. Cobb, Jonas Bacon, Benjamin Paine. 
The Lodge was duly instituted at Masonic Hall in the upper part of 
the shoe shop of Davis &, Williams on Sutton Avenue. In 1860 the 
present hall, over the store near the Bank, was occupied. On 5 
Oct., a charter having been received, the hail was consecrated, and 
the officers of the Lodge installed by public services in the Universal- 
ist Meeting-house, as follows: Geo. Mason, W. Master; T. W. 
Wilmarth, Sen. Warden; Loren C. Parks, Jim. Warden; Jonas 
Bacon, Treas.; William A. White, Sec; VAihn Harwood, Chaplain; 
John Wetherell, Marshal; H. L. Shumway, Sen. Deacon; William 
Hughes, Jun. Deacon; Pliny M. Harwood, Sen. Steivard; P^ben 
Walsh, Jun. Steivard; Henry Boyden, Tyler. The meetings have 
been kept up at the aforesaid hall to the present day. 

The Worthy Masters have been: Samuel Harris, chosen 1825; 
Alexander DeWitt, chosen 1826 ; Ira Barton, chpsen 1829 ; Sumner 
Barstow, chosen 1831 ; Geo. Mason, chosen 1860 ; T. W. Wilmarth, 
chosen 1861 ; Loren C. Parks, chosen 1863 ; Charles A. Bacon, cho- 
sen 1867; George H. Dodge, chosen 1870; Edward W. Bardwell, 
chosen 1871 ; Lester H, Cudworth, chosen 1878; Cornelius Putnam, 
chosen 1880; Lester H. Cudworth, chosen 1881 ; Nelson G. Dodge, 
chosen 1882 ; John A. Taft, chosen 1884 ; Walter D. Tyler, chosen 
1886. 



AGRICULTURAL GROUNDS. 251 

Oxford Agricultural Society. On 15 Sept., 1886, a citizens' 
meeting was held at which an association of 42 members was formed 
"for the purpose of initiating an annual exhibition of horses, cattle, 
farm produce, manufactures, mechanical products, fruit, flowers and 
specimens of skill in the home and shops, curious things in nature, or 
heir-looms in families, etc., in Oxford." The following officers were 
chosen : — 

Richard L. Dodge, President. 
Edward S. Pkase, Secretary. 
John W. Robinson, Treasurer. 

Joseph L. Woodbury, Frank A. Howarth, Abel Marsh, Franklin 
Howard, Daniel M. Howe, John P. Cudworth, Denny S. Putnam, 
Directors. 

Exhibition. An exhibition was held 14 Oct., 1886, which was 
a success beyond the expectations of the most sanguine, and so stimu- 
lated the movement that in 1887 the Society became incorporated 
under the general laws of the State, and another successful exhibition 
was held 12 Oct., 1887. The interest increased, extending to the 
surrounding towns, and in the winter of 1887-8 it was decided to 
enlarge operations and apply to the legislature for a special act of 
incorporation. The result was an act as follows : — 

*' James W. Stockwell, Allen L. Joslin, Daniel Dwight, Thomas S. Eaton, 
E. R. Carpenter, Waldo Johnson, Daniel M. Howe, their associates and suc- 
cessors in the towns of Sutton, Oxford, Dudley, Auburn, Charlton and Webster 
are hereby made a corporation under the name of the Oxford Aghicultukal 
Society to be located at Oxford, for the encouragement of Agriculture, Hor- 
ticulture and the Arts by premiums and other means, etc., and said corpora- 
tion is hereby authorized to hold by purchase, gift, devise or otherwise, real 
and personal estate to an amount not exceeding 25,000 dollars." 

At a meeting 3 April, 1888, the following officers were chosen : — 
Daniel H. Dwight of Dudley, President. Allen L. .Joslin of 
Oxford, Waldo Johnson of Webster, Erastus Alton of Dudley, E. R. 
Carpenter of Charlton, James W. Stockwell of Sutton, Thomas S. 
Eaton of Auburn, William Putnam of Worcester, H. P. Wilson of 
Spencer, Vice-Presidents ; Fred. F. Barnard of Oxford, Secretary 
and Treasurer; Alfred W. Long, Lester H. Cudworth, Willis M. 
Wellington, Joseph L. Woodbury, Richard L. Dodge, all of Oxford ; 
Chester C. Corbin and A. C. Burnett of Webster; George H. Marsh 
and Albert Jacobs of Dudley ; Daniel M. Howe and James W. Davis 
of Charlton ; H. S. Stockwell and S. F. Marsh of Sutton; John J. 
Allen and M. L. Hervey of Auburn ; John W. Robinson and Hiram 
E. Barnard of Worcester, Trustees. 

Grounds. In the spring of 1888 the Society purchased of the 
heirs of Samuel Smith 35 acres near the south end of the Plain, on a 
part of which was standing sufficient timber to enclose about 25 acres, 
which during the summer of 1888 was fenced, a good half-mile track 
was constructed and in September a successful exhibition held. At 



252 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

the annual meeting, 2 Nov., 1888, .Jonathan P. Dana was elected 
president, under whose inspection tiie exiiibition iiall and grand stand 
were built in 1889 and a successful exhibition was held that year. 
At the annual meeting, 1889, Mr. Dana was re-elected president. In 
1890 Hon. Allen L. Joslin was chosen as his successor. 

Improveinent Association. On 4 May, 1886, Hon. B. G. 
Northrop gave an address at Memorial Hall on Village Improve- 
ments, at the close of which measures were taken to form a society 
for the promotion of this object in Oxford, On 14 June a second 
meeting was held at which a constitution was adopted and officers 
were chosen as follows : — 

Allen L. Joslin, President. Edwin Bartlett, Samuel R. Barton, 
Frank A. Howarth, Charles H. Buftum, Willis M. Wellington, Samuel 
C. Willis, Jr., Charles C. Lamb, Vice-Presidents. Orrin F. Joslin, 
Treasurer. Miss Ellen A. Paine, Secretary. Mrs.' Reuben Rich, 
Mrs. N. E. Taft, Mrs. Dr. Cushman, Mrs. F'rank A. Howarth, Miss 
Caroline E. Buffum, Mrs. M. M. Hunt, Mrs. Willis M. Wellington, 
Mrs. Edwin Bartlett, Joseph L. Woodbury, Charles H. Wellington, 
John E. Kimball, Charles I. Rawson, Ithiel T. Johnson, John W. 
Robinson, John D. Hudson, Executive Committee. 

The constitution states the objects of the Society to be, improved 
sanitary conditions in the town, better facilities for travel on roads 
and sidewalks, and beautifying public and private grounds and build- 
ings ; also that any one under 18 who shall plant two trees by the 
roadside with the approval of the Society, or pay 50 cents to the 
treasurer, or being over 18 shall plant trees as aforesaid, or pay one 
dollar to the treasurer shall be a member for one year, and that the 
payment of five dollars annually for three years or of 12 dollars 
at one time shall constitute one a life member. 

Sidewalks were first considered. Committees were appointed 
to solicit funds, and 7 Sept., 1886, $112 had been expended on 
walks. Street lighting was next discussed. At this time S425 had 
been pledged to the objects of the association. At the luinual meet- 
ing, 7 March, 1887, it was reported the receipts had been $474, of 
which $107 remained in the treasury. Three $50 subscriptions were 
reported promised by individuals. 

Lights. The subject of street lighting was next taken ui) and 
a committee chosen, which reported in favor of the Wheeler Retlector 
Company's system, which was adopted. During 1887 fifty posts and 
lanterns were set at a cost of $191, the lamps and reflectors being the 
property of the lighting company, which contracted to furnish all sup- 
plies and to light the lamps at a certain rate per light per evening. 
These were lighted as a matter of experiment, largely at the expense 
of the treasurer, until November, when the town voted to assume the 
cost, and a contract was made extending to 8 May, 1888. The Society 
in Nov., 1887, transferred to the town the posts and lanterns. 



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HUGUENOT MEMORIAL SOCIETY. 253 

* 

During the season of 1887 the improvement of the walks was 
continued, the additional sum of $147 having been expended thereon. 
At the annual meeting, 5 March, 1888, arrangements had been made 
for the incorportion of the Society under the general laws of the 
State, a new Society for purposes essentially the same as the old was 
formed and the following officers chosen : — 

Allen L. Joslin, President. Miss Ellen A. Paine, Clerk. Orrin 
F. Joslin, Treasurer. John E. Kimball, Edward S. Pease, Reuben 
Rich, Walter D. Tyler, Asa B. Taft, Ovide Villers, Samuel C. Willis, 
Jr., Vice-Presidents. Henry A. Moffltt, Allen L. Joslin, Orrin F. 
Joslin, Miss Frances H. Robinson, Mrs. Amasa F. Stowe, Miss Laura 
D. Stockwell, Miss Mary J. Shumway, Executive Committee. 

The "Grange." Oxford Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, No. 
123, was organized 23 March, 1885, with 24 members, since which 
92 have been added; present membership [1890] 101. The Masters 
have been successively, Lester H. Cudworth, John A. Taft, Joseph 
L. Woodbury, Daniel M. Howe. Meetings are held semi-monthly, 
and interest is well sustained. 

Huguenot Memorial Society. In 1881 a society was formed 
for the purpose of honoring and perpetuating the memory of the first 
settlers of the town, of which Zachariah Allen, LL.D., of Providence, 
was chosen president. He died 27 March, 1882, and Hon. Peter 
Butler of Boston was elected as his successor. Its members are 
exclusively descendants of the Huguenots, residing in Oxford, Worces- 
ter, Boston, Providence, New York and other places. A fund was 
raised and several acres of land with the old fort purchased, to be 
held by the Society in perpetuity. The foundations of the fort have 
been cleared of earth and stones. 

Monument. A subscription was raised for the erection of a 
monument and a handsome and appropriate memorial, being a mas- 
sive granite cross on a pedestal, was erected, and dedicated 2 Oct., 
1884, with appropriate ceremonies in the presence of a large assembly 
of people. Rev. Charles W. Baird, D.D., of Rye, N. Y., Richard 
Olney, Esq., of Boston, and Peter B. Olney, Esq., of New York, 
were the chief speakers on the occasion. 

Inscriptions : — 

[South.] 

In Memory of the 

HUGUENOTS 

EXILKS FOR THEIR FaITH, 
• Wllp MADE THK KHIST SETTLRMKNT 01<' OxFOKD 

lfi87. 
" Wk live NO'l' I'OU OURSELVES ONLY, HUT FOR POSTERITY." 

Z. Allen. 



254 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

« 
[iVesL] 

A LA MemoikJ: dk 

ANDRE SIGOr RN A V, 

Commandant du Four. 

Ni>: A La Rociielle, France, 1638. 

MoRT a Boston, Mass., 1727, 

A L'Age de 89. 

\_Xorth.] 

Erected by descendants of 

GABRIEL BERNON 

and of 

ANDRE SIGOURNAY, 

1884. 

" A LA Foi et Honneur." 

[East.] 

A La Memoire de 

GABRIEL BERNON, 

Foundateur de la Colonik d'Oxford, 

Ne a La Rochelle, France, 1644, 

Mort a Providence, R. I., 1736, 

A L'Age de 92. 

Learned Relief Fund. Miss P^lizabcth E., daughter of Abisba 
Learned, died 18 May, 1880. A few days before her decease she 
wrote thus to a friend in reference to a disposition of her property : — 

"It has ])t'en the dream of my life to bless the unfortunate of my native 
town by my death. First, all for my mother. Then if not used it sliall be a 
trust fund for the poor, to which I hope others will add." 

In her will she made ample provision for the needs of her mother, 
and adds : — 

*' After my mother's decease I order that all my remainin<r estate shall be 
paid into the hands of three trustees [to be exempted from siiviuij sureties], 
namely, Samuel C. Willis, Jr., Allen L. Joslin and Orrin F. Joslin, and when 
a vacancy from any cause occurs in this board, the remainin<r members or 
member shall 1111 said vacancy, after consultation with, and with the approba- 
tion of the Jud^e of Probate for Worcester County. These trustees shall 
safely invest, on interest, said money, and it shall be a permanent fund for- 
ever, and all its net income shall be distributed at the discretion of said 
trustees ainuially to indigent widoAvs, maiden ladies and orphans who are 
actually legal inhabitants of Oxford, and not otherwise. And I order that all 
assistance rendered in every case be made without i>artiality or distinction of 
party or sect. j 

"My object in leaving this fund is to render assistance' to those who are 
actually needy, and striving to keep themselves from charge to the town, and 
suffer great privations for the want of a little aid, which if occasionally given 
would make them comfortable and happy. 



PROFESSIONAL MEN. 255 

" It is not my intention that any part of the income of this fund should be 
appropriated for the assistance of those who are wholly destitute, and unable 
or not disposed to help themselves — these will of course fall upon the town 
for support. There ma}'^ be cases however where a little aid for the time 
))eing, to either sex, would be very acceptable and proper, should there be 
funds at disposal, but as such cases are not easily described ... I leave it to 
the discretion of my said trustees and their successors to act in the premises." 

Miss Learned's estate was valued at $11,400, and now yields an 
annual income of nearly $600. 

Lawyers. At some time between 1790 and 1800 Samuel Jenni- 
soN opened a law office in Oxford. Although an able man he found 
so little demand for his services that his stay was short, and he 
returned to Brookfield, whence he came.i With this exception we 
have no knowledge of a resident lawyer here prior to 1800. The first 
of the profession to settle in town after that date was Erasmus 
Babbitt, who practiced from 1804 to 1806 or 1807.1 

Charles G. Prentiss came in 1821, doing a moderate business 
until 1829, when he returned to Worcester. ^ 

Ira Barton was the first to really prosper in the profession, 
and his success was due to his superior abilities and the general 
increase of manufacturing and its attendant operations in the town 
and vicinity. He began in 1822, was in 1824 in an office over the 
Bank, where he was first partner with Sumner Barstow and later 
with Peter C. Bacon. He removed in 1834 to Worcester. ^ 

Peter C. Bacon joined Barton in 1832 and continued here after 
the removal of the latter to Worcester, transacting a successful busi- 
ness until 1844, when he also removed to the County seat.^ 

Charles D. Bowman came in 1845, continuing until his decease in 
1857.1 

L. W. Pierce opened an office in May, 1854, continuing until May, 
1855, when he removed to Westborough. Later he was of Winchen- 
don. 

Nelson Bartholojiew occupied Bowman's old office in the summer 
of 1858, and left in the summer of 1861 to enlist in the army.i 

Emory F. Holway, born at Westport (Conn.?), began before 
May, 1863, remained about one year and removed to Clinton, la. 

William H. Harding came in 1864, practiced through 1865, and 
returned to Lee, Mass., where he died. 

For ten years afterwards Oxford had no resident in the profession. 

Henry J. Clark, son of Isaac, of Southbridge, came to town from 
Bridgewater in July of 1875, remained three years, removing July, 
1878, to Webster, where he resides, 1890. 

Physicians. There is substantial evidence that Rev. John 
Campbell was during his life acting and advising physician in many 
of the families of the town, and that the profession proper had quite 
a limited support prior to 1760. 

1 See name in Genealogical Department. 



256 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Hezkkiah Merkiam settled in the North Gore as early as 1730 and 
practiced in that vicinity. He removed about 1770 to the Marcus 
Bond i)laco at North Oxford, H. 114; is supposed to have continued 
his practice and went thence about 1790 to Auburn.' 

David Holmes from Woodstock appears to have been the first 
physician at the Centre, and was here from 1742 to 1746.' 

Jabez Holden came next, having lived here from 1752 to 1760 at 
least.' 

Alexandeu CAMriJELL began practice probably before his father's 
decease in 1761. Little is known of his early professional life. 
He was an able man, in the full tide of success in 1770, continuing 
until his death in 17<S2. Numerous pupils studied with him.' 

Daniel Fisk was a successful practitioner from 1773 to his decease 
1815, and had many pupils.' 

William T. Fisk, son of Daniel, studied with his father and began 
about 1800, continuing until his removal in 1820.' 

Stephen Bauton practiced prior to the Revolutionary war ; re- 
moved to Maine.' 

Aauon Hill settled at North Oxford 1780 ; remained 12 years and 
removed, perhaps to Maine.' 

Ezra Con ant was in practice from 1780 to his decease in 1789.' 

Simeon Kingsbury, sou of Amasa, began about 1792, continuing 
until his decease in 1806.' 

Jonathan H. Learned studied with his father-in-law, Alexander 
Campbell, settled at Winchester, N. H., returned to Oxford 1792, 
where he had a successful practice until his decease, 1810.' 

Ebenezer Lillie, Dudley, came as early as 1799, remaining until 
1807 ; removed to South Gore.' 

Delano Pierce came in 1811, continuing until 1834, and was the 
leading physician of his day.' 

Porter Davis of Palmer came in 1821, and removed after a few 
months. 

John W. Tenney, son of Daniel of Sutton, came in 1830, took Dr. 
Pierce's house exi)ectiug to succeed to his business ; removed 1831 ( ?) 
to Webster, wlicre he died. He was graduated 1823 at Brown Uni- 
versity ; a talented man and skillful physician. 

Addison Knight next occupied the Pierce house. He came prior 
to May, 1834, remained two years or more and removed to Rhode 
Island, and died at Cumberland from ship fever taken from a patient. 

David Holman came in 1831 , practiced mostly in North Oxford 
until his decease, 1881.' 

Samuel C. Paine came in 1831, settled at the Centre, and was long 
the principal practitioner, continuing until near his decease, 1888.' 

Charles Rawson. Botanic, began 18-16, is now, 1890, in practice. 

Charles W. Lynn, soldier in late war, assistant at Dale Hosjjital, 
Worcester, one year ; studied at Vermont University and Harvard ; 

' See name In GenealogiwU Department. 



GRADUATES. 257 

came to North Oxford 1867 ; diploma, Dartmouth ; removed to 
Auburn aud other places ; returned to Oxford, 1883, and continues, 
1890, in practice. 

Daniel B. Plimpton, Southbridge, came to North Oxford, May, 
1846 ; removed Nov., 1847, to Putnam, Conn. ; died 1874. 

Jonathan Nichols was in practice on the Plain from 1848 to 1 
July, 1856; removed west; resides, 1890, at Atlantic, Iowa.' 

Bykon Stone, North Oxford, began practice 1877, and continues 
at the present time, 1890.^ 

Charles L. Clark, Brooklyn, N. Y., came in the spring of 1878, 
aud removed summer of 1881 to Springfield. 

William B. Cushman, born 1856 at Roxbury, son of Elkanah A. ; 
was graduated 1878, Harvard College, Medical Department Bowdoin 
College 1881, Demonstrator of Anatomy there 1 July, 1881 ; began 
practice Aug., 1881, at Cumberland Mills ; settled at Oxford, 1 Dec, 
1S81, where he (1890) continues. 

Johnson R. Woodward, born 2 Sept., 1865, at Braintree, Vt., son 
of Charles E. ; was graduated Jan., 1884, at Randolph, Vt., Normal 
School ; studied two years in University of Vermont at Burlington in 
Classical Department, two and a half years in Medical Department, 
was graduated 18 July, 1888, and came immediately to Oxford, con- 
tinuing, 1890. 

Graduates. A list of persons who received a collegiate educa- 
tion, born in Oxford, or residing here at the time of studying.' 

Abijah Moore, physician ; Yale, 1726. 

Archibald Campbell, minister; Harvard, 1761. 

Jonathan Moore, minister; Harvard, 1761. 

Phineas Bowman [brother of Rev. Joseph Bowman] ; Harvard, 
1772. 

Nehemiah Shumway, physician; Brown, 1790. 

Cyrus Hartwell, physician; Dartmouth, 1806. 

Ira M. Barton, lawyer; Brown, 1819. 

Gideon Dana, minister ; Brown, 1830. 

RuFus C. Toruey, lawyer ; Harvard, 1833. 

Julius S. Barstow, physician; Amherst, 1835. [Entered Harvard 
Medical School, 1836 ; M. D. Vermont Medical College, 1838.] 

Nathaniel Eddy, teacher ; Amherst, 1838. 

Luther Stone, minister ; Brown, 1839. 

Horatio F. Bardwell, lawyer aud civil engineer ; Amherst, 1840. 

John W. Wetherell, lawyer ; Yale, 1844. 

RuFUS N. Meriam, Dartmouth, 1844. 

William S. Barton, lawyer; Brown, 1844. 

Nelson H. Davis, U. S. Army; West Point [entered 1841], 1846. 

George A. Wetherell, lawyer ; Yale, 1848. 



' Sketches of nearly all these may be found In Genealogical Department. 

34 



258 HISTORY OF OXFOKl). 

Henry S. Hudson, lawyer ; Amherst, 1849. 
John H. Mellish, minister; Amlierst, 1851. 

John Savakv, minister( ?) ; Williams, 1855( ?). [Entered Harvard 
Law School 1866, left 1866.] 

Richard Olney, lawyer ; Brow^i, 1856. 
John E. Kimball, teacher ; Yale, 1858. 
Lyman S. Rowland, minister; Amherst, 1858. 
Peter B. Olney, lawyer; Harvard, 1864. 
Charles R. Phipps, teacher ; Amherst, 1866. 
Francis E. Burnette, teacher; Amherst, 1867. 
P^LLiOT P. JosLiN, studying for physician ; Yale, 1890. 

The following were students as designated : — 

James B. Campbell, lawyer ; entered at Brown 1824 ; left in 1826, 
not graduated. 

Rhodes B. Chapman, South Oxford ; studied at Brown 1831-4, 
not graduated. 

Nelson P. Angell, entered at Yale 1831 ; left after two years. 

LoRiNG F. Russell, died while in Amherst College, Feb., 1842. 

Thomas D. Kimball, one year, 1859, at Y'ale. 

Byron Stone, North Oxford ; physician ; Harvard Medical School 
1874, remaining one year, was graduated, 1877, at Philadelphia. 

Joseph L. Stone, North Oxford ; physician; was graduated, 1855, 
at Hamilton Medical College, Cincinnati. 

Emory F. Stone, North Oxford ; entered Wisconsin University, 
Madison, before Sept., 1859 ; in catalogue June, 1862, reported "in 
the National army." 

First Village Improvement. About 1807. Nathan Black- 
man, a hatter employed by Samuel Campbell, set iu motion a project 
for the ornamentation of our main street by setting trees, resulting in 
placing about 250 Lorabardy poplars in lines on each side the length 
of the avenue. These flourished for a few years, but soon began to 
decay and after 25 or 30 years scarcely one remained. The principal 
trees now growing, excepting the large elms at the conmion, were set 
by individuals since the poplars disappeared. 

Dog-tax. In March, 1848, an article "to see if the town will 
raise a tax on dogs" was dismissed. In December Charles D. Bow- 
man, Alvan G. Underwood and Jasper Brown w^ere chosen to draft a 
code of by-laws ou the subject, who reported as follows^ : — 

1st. That the selectmen be authorized to appoint a Register of doss to 
acconnt annually for fines and money received for licenses. 2d. No dogs 
to be allowed to go at large except such as are licensed. 3d. All licensed 
dogs to woiir a collar with the name of the owner and "Licensed" engraved 
upon it. The sura to be paid to be two dollars. 4th. All dogs to be muzzled 
under a penalty of two dollars. 5th. The penalty of offences against the 



' This action w:is Ijaswl on Cliap. 68, Sec. 10 of Court at Worcester, Dec, 1848. 
the Revised Statutes, and was approved by the 



TOWN CLOCK. 259 

foregoing to be ten dollars and costs of prosecution. 6th. A reward of fifty 
cents to be paid for killing all dogs running at large contrary to these pro- 
visions. 

The adoption of this report caused excitement in certain quarters 
resulting in a meeting in Jan., 1849, at which the 4th and 6th articles 
were repealed and the license fee was made one dollar instead of 
two, and also a vote passed that "any person poisoning or in any 
other way killing a licensed dog should forfeit ten dollars." In 1867 
the State law superseded town action on this subject. 

Stables, etc. In July, 1851, it was voted to adopt the act of the 
last legislature relating to the erection and use of buildings for stables 
and bowling alleys. This law empowered selectmen to decide as to 
the location of these buildings. ^ 

Cattle Disease. In the winter of 1870-71 a disease among 
cattle called the "Epizootic," or foot and mouth disease, prevailed 
generall}' in this region. In Jan., 1871, the selectmen prohibited the 
driving or transporting cattle to or from or within the town. This 
restriction was removed the following March. 

Indexing. In April, 1876, the sura of $200 was raised for the 
purpose of copying and indexing the earlier records of births, mar- 
riages and deaths, that the originals might be preserved. This work 
was done in 1876. 

Trotting Park. In 1867 a project was started, mainly by Web- 
ster men, under the lead of Ethan BuUard, for a race-course in the 
south part of Oxford, and in September a tract of land at the south 
end of Johnson's plain was deeded to him and his associates, who 
enclosed it and built a half-mile track. It was much used for several 
years, but for ten years past has been deserted. 

Town Clock. In the spring of 1888 a committee was chosen to 
consider the subject of placing a clock in the tower of Memorial Hall, 
which reported that a proposition had been received from Messrs. 
Charles and Willard Harwood, merchants, of Boston, brothers and 
natives of Oxford, as follows : They would present to the town 
free of cost a good tower clock and a bell for the same, on condition 
that the town would raise the tower on the hall so that it would 
be appropriate to receive them, the structure as originally built 
not being suitable. The town accepted with thanks the proposal 
and appropriated the sum of $1,500 for the work. This change 
was made during the summer of 1888, and the clock and bell were in 
the autumn put in position, at a cost (as understood) of $1,000. 
The expense of raising the tower, which was a very marked im- 
provement of the building, was a little above the appropriation. 

1 Pub. Stat., Chap. 103, Sec. 39, 114. 



2(10 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

The clock in the rear of the platform in the main hall was also the 
gift of Harwood Brothers at the time of the erection of the building. 

Historic Relics. In an appropriate receptacle in the Free 
riiblic Lil)r:iry the town has a small but valuable collection of historic 
relics, thi^ donations of individuals, which are worthy of notice. In 
the accompanying illustration are represented a few of the most 
interesting. 

No. 1. Is a powder-horn inscribed "X Jeremiah Learned X His 
iiouN X Lake Goikje X .Tvly 17o8 X" and carried by him in the 
French war ; presented by the late Jeremiah Learned of Worcester. 

No. 2. Silver spoon of Gen. Burgoyne, inscribed "J. A. B. 1776." 
This with Nos. 4 and 5 was brought from the Saratoga battle-field 
by Cien. Ebenezer Learned and presented by a descendant, Rufus G. 
Alversou. 

No. 3. The sword of Reuben Lamb ; presented by Misses Elizabeth 
and Ellen M. Tolman, North Oxford. 

No. 4. Silver-plated spur of Burgoyne. 

No. 5. Gold lace epaulette of Burgoyne. 

No. 6. A wood rum canteen, barrel-shape, taken from a British 
soldier at the battle of Bunker Hill by Rev. Christopher Bullock, 
of Limerick, Me., chaplain of a Maine regiment; presented by 
Jonas Tolman, grandson of Mr. Bullock. 

No. 7. The brass spoon of C'oUicump, the last wild Indian 
known to have lived in Oxford ; plowed up on the site of his cabin 
by Joseph Brown ; owned by George F. Daniels. 

No. 8. Fighting hatchet or tomahawk such as were furnished to 
soldiers in the Revolutionary war. This was carried by George 
Alverson ; presented by his grandson, Rufus G. Alverson. 

Others are a cannon ball (24 pounds) brought from Bunker Hill 
by Gen. Learned, and a set of money scales and weights used by 
Gen. Learned; both presented by Miss Elizabeth R. Learned; a set 
of money scales and weights used by Reuben Lamb, presented by the 
Misses Tolman ; a powder-horn carried in the Revolution by George 
Alverson, presented by Rufus G. Alverson ; and a tlint-lock musket 
carried at trainings by Ira Merriam, presented by him. 





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Historic Rkltcs ix possession of the Town. 



CHAPTER X. 

STATISTICS, Etc. 

Tax Payers in 1771. This is not a tax list, but in the origi- 
nal is termed an "invoice," being a proportionate abridged valuation, 
based on the true one, from which Province, town, highway or school 
rates were computed, the reduced form saving labor in making- 
calculations. 

South Part. 

Polls. Real Estate. Personal. 

£ s. £ s. 

Abner Allen, 1 0-0 0-0 

John Allen, 1 8-8 3-10 

Ephraim Amidown, 1 12- 5-14 

Jeremiah Amidown, . . 1 0-0 0-0 

Philip Amidown 1 6-0 5-18 

Ephraim Amidown, Jr., 1 0-0 0-0 

Dr. Stephen Barton, 1 0-0 0-0 

Ephraim Ballard, 1 54-0 14-6 

John Barton, 2 9-0 4-14 

Hezekiah Bellows, 2 12-0 18-10 

Stephen BuUen, 1 0-0 0-0 

John Bogle, 2 24-0 15-15 

Joseph Blanchard, 1 21- 6-0 

James Brown, 1 9-0 1-10 

Dr. Alexander Campbell, 2 24- 7-12 

William Campbell, 1 60-0 22-17 

Ebenezer Coburn, 2 90-0 34-18 

Jonas CoUer, 1 36-0 11-19 

Ebenezer Coller, 1 0-0 0-0 

Ebenezer Coburn, Jr., . 1 0-0 3-0 

Jason Coller, 1 9-0 3-0 

Jonas Coller, Jr., 1 0-0 0-0 

Philip Cody,i 1 15-0 10-10 

Richard Coburn, 1 0-0 4-2 

Clement Coburn, 1 0-0 1-10 

Capt. Samuel Davis, 2 78- 32- 5 

Capt. Elisha Davis, 2 120-0 35-14 

John Davis, 1 72-0 18-19 

Edward Davis, Esq., 2 120-0 60-0 

Dea. Thomas Davis, 1 78-0 43-4 

> No record of estate found. He was of Obarltou, 1783. 



202 



HISTORY OF OXFORD. 



Jobu Daua, 

Joseph Davis, Jr., ... . 

William Davis, 

Samuel Davis, Jr., 

Beujamiu Davis, Jr.,. . . 

Josepli Edwards, 

Edmund Eddy, 

Josiali Eddy, 

Aaron French,' 

Daniel Gleason, 

Edward Groo, 

Dea. Samuel Harris, . . . 

Abijah Harris, 

Capt. William Hancock, 

Arthur Humphrey, 

Joseph Hurd, 

Benjamin Hudson, .... 

Nahum Houghton, 

Josiah Kiugsbury, 

Theodore Kingsbury, . . . , 
Jeremiah Kingsbury, . . . , 

Joseph Kingsbury, 

Amasa Kingsbury, 

Abijah Kingsbury, 

Jacob Kingsbury, 

Elijah Kingsbury, 

Lt. Isaac Larned, , 

Capt. John Larned, .... 

John Larned, Jr., , 

Elijah Leavens, 

Asa Larned, 

Abner Livermore,' 

Mr. Theophilus Lillie, . . , 
Samuel Manning, .... , , . 

Robert Manning, 

Capt. Elijah Moore, . . , . 

Richard Moore, 

John Marvin, 

Collins Moore, , 

John Mayo, 

David Mellen, . 

Marvin Moore, 

William Nichols, 

Lt. John Nichols, 



Keal E 


sfate. 


Personal 


£ 


8. 


£ s. 


26- 





14-14 


8- 


8 


5-10 


12- 





5- 


18- 





9- 5 


0- 





11- 7 


21- 





7-16 


U- 





0-18 


0- 





0- 7 


6- 





1-10 


21- 





13- 9 


0- 





0- 


24- 





15- 1 


30- 





13-16 


36- 





15- 2 


12- 





5- 6 


18- 





8-16 


24- 





13- 8 


0- 





2- 


39- 





18- 2 


39- 





22- 4 


39- 





19- 4 


18- 





11- 4 


54- 





21-18 


9- 





2- 


0- 





0- 


6- 





6-10 


36- 





19- 5 


60- 





31- 5 


12- 





6- 1 


0- 





1- 1 


0- 





0- 


30- 





0- 


6G- 





24-18 


30- 





7-10 


0- 





4- 9 


24- 





9- 


30- 





24-18 


18- 





8-18 


21- 





0- 


60- 





23-18 


0- 





0- 


30- 





0- 


24- 





9-12 


60- 





40-14 



No record of estate fouud. Perliaps taxed as teuaut. 



TAX PAYERS. 



263 



Polls. 

William Nichols, Jr., 1 

Henry Nichols, 1 

Amos Putnam, 1 

Joseph Pratt, Jr. , 1 

Ephraim Russell, 1 

Ens. Jeremiah Shumway, 2 

John Shumway, .1 

Amos Shumway, 2 

Peter Shumway, 1 

Adams Streeter, . 1 

Jacob Shumway, 2 

Jacob Shumway, Jr., 1 

Solomon Shumway, 1 

David Town, 

Thomas Town, 3 

Dea. John Willson, 1 

Ens. John Willson, 2 

Josiah Wolcott, Esq., 3 

Jonathan Willson, 1 

William Watson, 1 

Joseph Winter, 1 

Sylvanus Town, . 1 

John Ives, 1 

Abel Waters, 1 

Johnson 1 

Andrew Walker, 1 

North Part. 

Polls. 

David Allen, 1 

Edward Allen, . . 1 

Phinehas Allen, 1 

Amasa Allen, 1 

Timothy Barton, 1 

John Ballard, 1 

William Brown, 

Lt. Jedediah Barton, 1 

Jedediah Blaney, .... 1 

Nathan Barton, 1 

Asa Conant, 1 

Duncan Campbell, Esq., 3 

John Campbell, ... 2 

Jonathan Cutler, 2 

Daniel Dana, 

Ebenezer Davis, 1 



Real Estate. 

£ s. 

0- 

24- 

21- 

24- 

18- 

45- 

21- 

33- 

18- 

0- 

24- 

0- 

0- 

18- 

21- 

24- 

0- 

108- 

6- 

60- 

0- 

0- 

0- 



Personal. 
£ s. 

0-12 
14-10 

4-12 
13-18 

8- 
13-11 

9- 
14-12 
10-15 

1-10 
9- 3 
0-12 
3- 
3-12 

12- 7 
9-17 
2- 

16-16 
0- 

30- 
0- 
1-10 
0- 



eal Estate. 
£ s. 

30- 


Personal, 

£ s. 

10-10 


18- 


0- 


0- 


3-16 


0- 


0- 


6- 


1-10 


21- 


7-16 


6- 


3-10 


3- 


1-18 


3- 


1-10 


21- 


6-18 


48- 


9-16 


30- 


10- 6 


12- 


2- 6 


30- 


11- 6 


18- 


0- 


27- 


10- 



2(vi 



Ili.-^TOKY OF OXFORD. 



Polls. 



Craft Davis , 

Samuel Kddy, 

Levi Eddy, 

William Fxldy, 

Jonas Eddy, 

Silas Eddy, 

William Everden, 

John Fessenden, 

Thomas Fish, 

Ebenezer Fish, 

James Freeiand, 

Robert Fitts, 

David Gleason, 

Joseph Gleason, 

Joseph Gleason, Jr., ... . 
Lt. Thomas Gleason, . . . , 

Elijah Gleason, . , 

Simon Gleason, 

Daniel Griilith, 

Joseph Hudson, . . .... 

William Hudson, Jr., . ... 

Daniel Hovey, 

John Harwood, 

Joseph Jennison, 

Peter Jennison, 

John M. Jewell, 

Col. Learned, 

Capt. Ebenezer Learned,, 
Capt. Jeremiah Learned, . . 

Samuel Learned, 

Reuben Lamb, 

Micah Liverraore, 

Joshua Meriam, 

Dr. Hezekiah Meriam, . . . . 

Nathaniel Muzzey, 

Richard Moore, Jr., ... . 

Ebenezer Meriam, 

Alexander Nichols, 

Stephen Pratt, 

Jonathan Pratt, 

Aaron Parker, 

Jonas Pratt, 

Joseph Pratt, 

Joseph Pratt, 3d, 

Nathan Pratt, 



Real Estate. 

£ s. 

0- 
27- 
24- 
54- 

0- 

0- 
18- 

0- 
12- 

9- 
15- 
18- 
27- 

0- 

6- 
18- 
18- 

0- 
27- 
33- 

0- 
48- 
21- 
42- 
12- 

6- 
51- 
78- 
108- 
24- 
21- 
12- 
24- 

9- 
33- 

0- 
18- 
33- 

0- 
30- 

6- 
42- 
45- 
24- 
18- 



Personal. 

£ s. 

0- 

11- 6 

12-15 

11- 9 

7- 8 

0- 

2- 4 

3-18 

7-10 

3-18 

7- 4 

7- 

9-19 

3-18 

1-18 

5-14 

6-10 

0- 

13- 1 

17- 2 

0- 

18-18 

4-18 

8-16 

11- 6 

1-10 

22- 1 

22- 

22-19 

10- 3 

1-18 

0- 

16-11 

5- 8 

7-14 

0- 

6-11 

17- 8 

2- 

9- 

5- 8 

10-16 

10- 3 

15-11 

2- 4 



TAX PAYERS. 



2fi5 



Polls. 



Elias Pratt, 

Jonathan Pratt, Jr., 

Isaac Pratt, 

Joseph Phillips, . . . . 

Israel Phillips, 

Daniel Phillips, 

Jesse Pratt, 

Isaac Putnam, 

Jacob Pierce, 

John Rockwood, ... 

James Richardson, 

Oliver Shumway, ....... . 

Ebenezer Shumway, 

John Stone, . . 

Widow Stone, 

Jesse Stone, 

William Stone, 

Ichabod Stockwell, . 

Joseph Streeter, ... 

William Snow, 

Widow Singletary, 

Jonathan Shattuck, 

Ambrose Stone, 

Abner Shumway, 

John Town, 

Moses Town, 

Abner Town, 

Isaac Town, 

Lt. John Town 

Ebenezer White, 

Phiuehas Ward, 

John Wyman, 

Jacob Works, 

Joshua Turner, 

Lt. Samuel Trask, .... 

David Bates, 

PLdinund Barton, ^ 

North Gore. 



Capt. Isaac Hartwell, 1 

Klijah Curtis, 1 

Thomas Eddy, 1 

Ebenezer Locke, 1 



Real Estate. 
£ s. 

43- 
21- 
24- 
57- 
30- 
30- 
18- 
33- 
33- 
18- 



27- 

30- 

54- 

27- 

12- 

8- 

0- 

18- 

24- 

24- 

0- 

y- 

0- 
0- 
12- 
24- 
42- 
0- 
30- 
18- 
27- 

18- 
12- 

6- 



Real Estate. 
£ 9. 

72- 
24- 

0- 
21- 



Personal. 
£ s. 

6-12 
8-16 

5- 8 
14-12 
12-16 
15- 7 

6- 6 
14-12 
17- 4 

5-16 



12- 6 

15- 8 
14-12 

5- 
0- 
3-18 

6- 4 
5- 

12-13 
6-17 
3-10 
0- 
0- 
1-18 
9- 6 

10- 2 
2- 

12-13 

11-12 
2- 7 

0- 
0- 
0- 



Personal. 
£ s. 

24-10 
5- 8 
3-10 

10-18 



35 



Last three supposed to have been non-residents. 



266 HI8TORY OF OXFORD. 

PoIIb. Real Entate. Personal. 

£ K. £ B. 

Lt. Joshua Meriam, 2 54- 24- 9 

Widow Elizabeth Meriam, ...1 36-0 14-6 

Uriah Stone, 2 78-0 20-9 

Uriah Stone, Jr., 1 18-0 11-4 

James Meriam, 1 0- n 0-0 

John Stone, 1 0-0 0-0 

Jotham Meriam, 1 0-0 2-0 

Total number of polls, 238. 

Statistical Returns. A return in the State archives, ITSl, 
gives: Polls, 219; houses, 131 ; barns, 121 ; stores, etc., 20; distil 
houses, mills, etc., 7; barrels of cider made, 364; acres English 
mowing, 421 ; tillage, 688; meadow, 1,235; pasturage, 1,738 ; wood 
and unimproved land, 10,235 ; money on hand and at interest, £490 ; 
value of goods and merchandise, £60 ; horses, 131 ; oxen, 129 ; cows. 
427 ; sheep and goats, 786 ; swine, 121 ; value of coaches, chaise, etc., 
£40; oz. of gold coined and otherwise, 4; oz. of silver coined and 
otherwise, 266.' 

For 1784, total polls, ratable and otherwise, 231; houses, 115; 
barns, 98 ; tan houses, 1 ; grist, saw and slitting mills, 8 ; tillage 
land, 373 a. ; English mowing, 252 a. ; fresh meadow, 823 a. : past- 
urage, 960 a. ; woodland, 1,896 a. ; unimproved land, 8,235 a. ; un- 
improvable do., 3,494 a. ; barrels of cider made, 457 ; goods and 
stock in trade, £120 [James Butler] ; horses, 3 yrs. and upward, 116; 
colts, 2 yrs., 10; colts, 1 yr., 17; oxen, 4 yrs. and upward, 158; 
cattle, 3 yrs., 129; do., 2 yrs., 127; do., 1 yr., 120; cows, 4 yrs. 
and upward, 394 ; sheep and goats, 705 ; swine, 270 ; silver plate, 
30 oz. ; money, none( !).^ 

For 1790, houses, 148; families, 165; white males, over 16, 272; 
under 16, 2:56 ; total, 508 ; females, all ages, 487 ; all other persons, 
5; total i)opulation, 1,000. 

A State report of the manufactures of Oxford in 1837 gives : cot- 
ton mills, 4; spindles, 6,".;26 ; cotton consumed, 169,450 pounds; 
goods made, 658,500 yds. ; value, $92,685 ; males employed, 66 ; 
females. 67 ; capital emi)loyed, 8107,000. Woolen mills, 5 ; sets of 
machinery, 12^; wool consumed, 2.S8,900 ll)s. ; cloth made, 184,820 
yds.; value, $371,915; males employed, 122; females, 78; capital 
invested, $291,000; sperm oil used, 6,797 gals. Boots, 4,165 pis.; 
shoes, 33,522 prs. ; value of both, $36,794 ; males employed, 66 ; 
females, 45. 

In 1875, under the supervision of the State authorities, an estimate 
of agricultural and industrial products and values was made, showing 
reBuIts in Oxford as follows : — 



' Vol.CLXII., 37. 2 Vol. CLXII., 44'>. There are (wo copies of 

this return, dated 1784 and 1785, respecUvely. 



STATISTICAL RETURNS. 2fi7 

Agricultural. Number of farms, 140; comprising laud, 11,885 
acres; valued at $294,160. Number of houses [farm], 138, which, 
with other farm buildings, were valued at $176,675; total value of 
farms and buildings, $470,835. Of these lauds, 2,926 acres were 
uuder crops, 1 acre market garden ; 57 acres orcharding, 5,094 acres 
unimproved, 292 acres unimprovable, and 3,485 acres woodland. 
Number of apple trees, 2,363. 

Animals. Bees, 18 hives, $144; calves, 137, $1,307; colts, 16, 
$2,335 ; heifers, 70, $1,330 ; hens, 3,087, $1,630 ; hogs, 166, $2,624 ; 
horses, 150, $14,580; lambs, 75, $412 ; milch cows, 331, $15,370; 
oxen, 67, $5,845 ; pigs, 181, $1,200; sheep, 75, $455; steers, 25, 
$950 ; turkeys, 78, $106. Total value of animals [not all enumerated 
above], $49,327. 

Aggregates of fai-m property : land, $294,160 ; buildings, $176,675 ; 
fruit trees, $3,200; animals, $49,327; agricultural implements, 
$16,600; total, $539,962. 

Products. Butter, for sale, 12,743 lbs. ; do., for use, 8,569 lbs. ; 
cheese, for sale, 640 lbs. ; do., for use, 1,754 lbs. ; cider, for sale, 
11,126 gals. ; do., for use, 4,079 gals. ; firewood, for sale, 690 cords ; 
do., for use, 706 cords ; railroad sleepers, 950 ; apples, 8,443 bush. ; 
beef, 29,945 lbs. ; blueberries, 2,543 qts. ; buckwheat, 130 bush. ; 
cabbage, 7,438 heads; chickens, 1,470 lbs.; maize, 3,804 bush.; 
eggs, 5,209 doz. ; hay, 1,936 tons; meadow do., 221 tons; milk, 
107,855 gals. ; mutton, 1,215 lbs. ; oats, 3,500 bush. ; pork, 49,315 
lbs. ; potatoes, ^,663 bush. ; pumpkins, 9,000 lbs. ; rye, 326 bush. ; 
squashes, 2,200; turkeys, 321 lbs. ; turnips, 1,359 lbs. ; veal, 6,107 
lbs. ; wool, 542 lbs. ; total domestic products [not all above enumer- 
ated], value, $145,936, of which hay was $33,955. 

Manufactures. Number of establishments, 27 ; number of employes, 
721 ; males, 431 ; females, 290 ; capital employed, $394,025 ; yearly 
wages paid [estimated], $279,597; value of stock used, $762,517; 
value of goods sold, $1,207,578. Number of cotton spindles, 10,076 ; 
looms, 56. Number of wool sets of machinery, 18; looms, 113. 
Carpet warp and twine, value, $80,000 [this branch of business is 
now suspended] ; cassimeres, $310,000 ; cotton sheeting, $35,000 ; 
cotton warps, $122,000; wool flannels, $105,000; shoes, $443,000; 
shoddy, $9,000 ; woolen goods, $70,000. Value of manufacturiug 
buildings, $125,000; average of stock on hand, $149,000 ; value of 
machinery, $138,000. 

Productions of other occupations. Blacksmithing, $4,800; butcher- 
ing, $18,000; cobbling, $250 ; harness making, etc., $2,500; paint- 
ing, $2,000; paperhanging, $500 ; wheelwrighting, $1,000. 

From the State census, 1885, we gather the following : Whole num- 
ber of inhabitants, 2,355; males, 1,130; females, 1,225; foreigners, 
423 ; whole number of voters, 641 ; non- voters, 18 ; aliens, 78 ; total, 
737 ; voters native born, 543 ; naturalized, 98. The whole number 



2C)S HISTORY OF OXFOKI). 

of families in town, OOfi ; of one person, 46; of 2, 126; of '^, 126; 
of 4, 119 ; of 5, 71 ; of 6, 52 ; of 7, 35 ; of ■'■!, 13 ; of 9, 7 ; of 10, 4 ; 
of 11, 4; of 12, 1 ; of 13, 1 ; of 15, 1. The whole number of houses 
in town, 655 ; occupied, 575 ; unoccupied, 80. Colored inhabitants, 
20 ; males, 7 ; females, 13 ; mulattoes, 8 ; males, 5 ; females, 3, 
Number of inhabitants 8i) years of age and over, 48 ; males, 19 ; 
females, 29. 

Of the total population there were born in MarsS., 761 males, 781 
females, total 1,5-12; born in Conn., 62 males, 75 females, total 137; 
in Dist. Col., 1 male; in Iowa, 1 male; in Maine, 14 males, 28 
females, total 42; in Md., 3 males, 1 female; in Mich., 1 male, 3 
females ; in Mo., 1 female ; in N. H., 17 males, 22 females, total 39 ; 
in N. J., 1 male, 2 females; in N. Y., 12 males, 20 females, total 
32 ; in Ohio, 1 male, 1 female; in Pa., 1 male, 4 females ; in R. I., 
34 males, 35 females, total 69 ; in Vt., 22 males, 21 females, total 
43 ; in Va., 2 males ; in Wis., 2 females ; in Cal., 2 females ; in Can., 
English, o females ; in Can., French, 80 males, 89 females, total 169 ; 
in Eng., 25 males, 29 females, total 54 ; in Ger., 4 males, 4 females ; 
in Ire., 80 males, 93 females, total 173 ; in It., 2 males ; in N. S., 1 
male, 3 females ; in Scot., 3 males, 1 female ; in 8we., 4 females ; in 
Switz., 1 female. 

Tiie Assessors' Report for 1887 gives : — 

Number of persons assessed on property, 679 

Number of persons assessed on polls, 435 

Number of polls assessed, 758 

Value of buildings, S547.600.00 

Value of land, 422,645.00 

Value of personal property, 359,031.75 



Total valuation, $1,329,276.75 

Number of horses, 347 ; cows, 500 ; sheep, 53 ; other neat cattle, 
234; swine, 114; number of houses, 539 ; acres of land, 16,065. 

The Assessors' Report for 1890 gives : — 

Number of polls, 762 

Value of real estate, $961,160.00 

Value of personal estate, 381,969.00 



Total valuation, $1,343,129.00 

Horses, 367 ; cows, 503 ; sheep, 4 ; other neat cattle, 221 ; swine, 
105; houses, 543; acres assessed, 16,392. 

The aggregate of manufactures for 1890 is as follows : — 
Satinets, 1,734,000 yards, $424,000 value, 235 employes. 

Flannels, 630,000 " $110,000 '' 52 '' 



LIST OF VOTEKS. 



2G9 



Cotton yarns and warps, $225,000 value, 

Cassimeres, 190,000 yards, $370,000 " 
Shoes, 300,000 pairs, $280,000 " 



105 employes. 
170 " 
150 " 



Total value, $1,409,000 employc'^s, 712 

Population, etc. The earliest statistical return we find in the 
State archives from Oxford is of 1764, 50 years after the English 
settlement, as follows : Number of houses, 128; families, 148; per- 
sons under 16, 247 males, 206 females; over 16, 214 males, 217 
females ; negroes and niulattoes, 6 ; total, 890. 

Later returns of population have been : — 



1776, 
1790, 
1800, 
1810, 
1820, 
1830, 
1840, 
1850, 



List of Voters in 1789:— 

Col. Job Crocker. 
Nathaniel Crocker. 
Lt. Samuel Campbell. 
Lt. Jason Coller. 
Richard Coburn. 
Maj. Jonathan Day. 
Ens. Uavid Day. 
Capt. Jonathan Davis. 
Capt. Elisha Davis. 
Jeremiah Davis. 
Abijah Davis. 
Dea. John Davis. 
Samuel Davis. 
Elijah Davis. 
Learned Davis. 
Craft Davis. 
Ezekiel Davis. 
Samuel Davidson. 
John Dana. 
William Forbes. 
Daniel Gleason. 
Josiah Gleason. 
James Gleason. 
Edward Groo. 



1,112 


18.55, 


1,000 


1860, 


1,273 


1865, 


1,277 


1870, 


1,562 


1875, 


2,034 


1880, 


1,742 


1885, 


2,380 


1890, 



2,808 
3,034 
2,713 
2,669 
2,938 
2,604 
2,355 
2,616 



Capt. Jeremiah Kingsbury. 
Jeremiah Kingsbury. 
Capt. Amasa Kingsbury. 
Daniel Kingsbury. 
Joseph Kingsbury. 
Jacob Kingsbury. 
Elijah Kingsbury. 
Levi Lamb. 
John Larned, 3d. 
Jacob Larned. 
John Larned, Jr. 
Elijah Larned. 
John Mayo. 
Marvin Moore. 
Capt. William Moore. 
Collins Moore. 
Isaac Moffitt. 
Lt. John Nichols. 
William Nichols. 
Joseph J^ratt, Jr. 
Ephraim Russell. 
John Shumway. 
Josiah Shumway. 
Jacob Shumway 



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HISTORY OF OXFOHP. 



Dea. David Harwood. 

Capt. Allen Hancock. 

Capt. John Howard. 

Capt. Ebenezer Humphrey. 

Nathaniel Hamlin. 

Dea. Samuel Harris. 

Jonathan Harris. 

Lt. Abijah Harris. 

Joseph Hurd. 

Abiel Atwood. 

Richard Bartlet. 

Lt. John Ballard. 

James Butler. 

Isaac Barton. 

Asa Conant. 

Lemuel Crane. 

Thomas Clark. 

Ebenezer Davis. 

William Eddy. 

Reuben Eddy. 

Jonas Eddy. 

Parley Eddy. 

Dr. Daniel Fisk. 

Daniel Fitts. 

Dr. Aaron Hill. 

Gideon Hovey. 

Joseph Hudson. 

Lt. William Hudson. 

Eben. Learned, Esq. 

Capt. Silvanus Learned. 

Capt. Jeremiah Learned. 



John Sweet. 
Amos Shumway. 
Amos Shumway, Jr. 
Peter Shumway. 
Gideon Sibley. 
Andrew Sigourney. 
Benjamin Trow. 
Josiah Wolcott, Esq. 
John Wolcott. 
Benjamin Learned. 
Joshua Meriam. 
Ebenezer Meriam, Jr. 
Capt. P^lias Pratt. 
Jonathan Pratt. 
Joseph Pratt. 
John Pratt. 
Aaron Parker. 
Thomas Parker. 
James Phillips. 
Ephraim Pray. 
Ebenezer Pray. 
William Phips, Esq. 
John Rockwood. 
Ambrose Stone. 
Timothy Sparhawk. 
Lt. Ebenezer Shumway. 
Anthony Sigourney. 
Col. Silvanus Town. 
Lt. Joshua Turner. 
James Williams. 
Total, 109. 




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d 



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CHAPTER XI. 

C[VIL OFFICERS. 

RepresentatiYC to Congress. 

Alexander DeWitt, for the Ninth Mass. District, 1853 to 1857. 
State Senators. 
Ira Barton, 1833 aucl 1834. Alvan G. Underwood, 1855. 

Alexander DeWitt, 1842, '43, Nathaniel Eddy, 1861. 

'44, '50, '51. Allen L. Joslin, 1886. 

Town Agents. 

This was an officer first chosen in 1801. His duties were to repre- 
sent the town in suits at law, to prosecute and defend, and to manage 
cases in which the legal rights of the town were in any manner in- 
volved. For many years past these duties have devolved upon the 
selectmen. 
Sylvanus Town, 1801 to 1803, Ira Barton, 1827 to '33. 

1805 to 1807. Ebenezer Rich, 1837, '38, '45, '46. 

Jonathan Davis, 1808, '10, '11, John Mayo, 1839. 

'15, '16, '21-'23, 25. Alexander DeWitt, 1840, '44. 

Abijah Davis, 1804, '12 to '14, Emory Sanford, 1841, '49, '50. 

'17, '19. Peter C. Bacon, 1842, '43. 

Archibald Campbell, 1818. Charles D. Bowman, 1847, '48. 

William Moore, 1820. Jasper Brown, 1851, '52. 

Richard Olney, 1824, '26, '34 to '36. 

Delegates to Coustitntional Conventions. 

Ebenezer Learned, 1779. Richard Olney, 1820. 

Ezra Bowman, 1779. Alexander DeWitt, 1853. 

Jeremiah Learned, 1788. 

Representatives. 

As the sending of a representative was by the law of 1692 left 
optional with small towns, Oxford in its earlier years, as appears, 
was represented only when there were matters of interest to the town 
to be laid before the Court. The years given below are those both 
of election and service, until 1831, when the time of convening of 
the legislature was changed from May to January. From that date 
the years given are those of service, the election having been the pre- 
vious November. 

Richard Moore, 1721. Benjamin Davis, 1749. 

Ebenezer Learned, 1731, '51. Duncan Campbell, 1752, '53, '54, 

Samuel Davis. 1742, '43, '47. '55. 



272 



HISTORY OF OXFOUl). 



Edward Davis, 17o6, '57, '59, '60, 
'61, '6.3, '67, '68, '69, '70, '71, 
'74, '75, '77, '79, '80. 

Josiah Wolcott, 1764, '65, '66. 

Jeremiah Learned, 1772, '73, '84, 
'85, '86, '87, '88, '89, '90, '91, 
'92. 

Williara Watson, 1775, at Water- 
town. 

William Campbell, 1776. 

William Hancock, 1777, '78. 

p]l)enozor Learned, 1783. 

James iJutler, 1794, '95, 1809. 

Sylvamis Town, 1798, '99, 1800, 
'01, '03, '06. 

Abijah Davis, 1807, '08, '09, '10, 
'11, '12, '13, '14, '15, '16, '17, 
'19, '21. 

Richard Olney, 1826, '29. 

Jonatlian Davis, 1827, '28, '29. 

Alexander DeWitt, 1830, '31, '32, 
'33, '34. 

Ira Barton, 1830, '31. 

Learned Davis, 1833, '34, '35. 

Stephen Barton, 1836. 

Benjamin F. Campbell, 1836. 

Francis Sibley, ly38, '39. 

Sylvanus Harris, 1838, '39. 

p:benezer Rich, 1840, '41. 



Alexander C. Thurston, 1840. 
P^mory Sanford, 1842, '53. 
Israel Sibley, 1843. 
Jasper Brown, 1844. 
Erastus Ormsbee, 1845. 
David Barton, 1846, '54. 
Jonas Bacon, 1847. 
Paul Perkins, 1849. 
David Wait, 1850. 
Albert A. Cook, 1851. 
Thomas Appleby, 1852. 
James M. Sanford, 1855. 
George W. Hartwell, 1856. 
Lament B. Corbin, 1857,' '68. 
Ira Merriam, 1859. 
George Hodges, 1860, '74. 
Seth Daniels, 1860. 
Moses Stone, 1862. 
Moses S. Johnson, 1863. 
Archibald Campbell, 1865. 
Charles A. Angell, 1866. 
Moses W. Mclntire, 1870. 
E. Harris Howland, 1872. 
George F. Daniels, 1876, '77. 
Samuel C. Paine, 1879. 
Albert Tyler, 1883. 
Allen L. Joslin, 1885. 
Joseph L. Woodbury, 1886. 



Selectmen. 



John Town, 1713 to 1715, '18, 

'19, '21, '22. 
Beuoni Twichell, 1713, '14, '16, 

'23, '24. 
Joseph Ciiamberhiiu, 1713. 
Benjamin Chamberlain, 1714. 
Richard Moore, 171."> to 1717, '20, 

'22, '25, '27, '28, '30 to '33. '37, 

'39 to '41. 
Abraham Skinner, 1715. '17 to 

'19, '21. 
Isaac Earned, 1716, '20, '26 to 

'29, '31, '33, '36 to '39, '42, 

'43. 



Ebenezer Learned, 1717 to 1720, 

'22, '24, '26 to '28, '30 to '34, 

'36 to '49, '53 to '56. 
Israel Town, 1719, '25, '27 to '29, 

'32, '35, '38, '45 to '47. 
John Comins, 1721, '23, '24. 
Thomas Gleason, 1723 to 172G. 
Jonathan Pratt, 1723. 
Peter Shumway, 1723, '25, '29. 
Jonathan Town, 1724, '25, '34, 

'35, '44, '48, '49. 
Samuel Rich,^ 1726. 
Daniel Hovey, 1726, '27. 
Abial Lamb, 1728. 



• In 1><S7 Oxford w;is luaile ii part of a^reijre- from the towu were elected, 
sentatlve district, and thereafter fewer men - Later of Sutton. 



CIVIL OFFICERS. 



273 



Jonathan Ballard, 1729, '30, '32, 

'3(): 
Thomas Hunkins, 1729, '35. 
Thomas Gleason, Jr., 1730. 
Philip Amitlown, 1730. 
Samuel Davis, 1731 to 1733, '36 

to '45, '49. 
Richard Gleasou, 1731, '34. 
Samuel Eddy, 1733, '51, '53 to 

'55, '60, '71, '73. 
Ebenezer Humphrey, 1734, '35. 
John Willson, 1734, '35, '45, '48 

to '52, 'r^G to '60. 
Eleazer Ward, 1738 to 1741. 
Jonathan Pratt, Jr., 1740, '41, 

'51, '56. 
Elijah Moore, 1742, '43, '46, '4 7, 

'49, '52, '56. 
Daniel Mclntire, 1742. 
John Maj'o, 1743, '48, '50. 
John Eddy, 1744. 
Moses Gleason, 1744, '54. 
Jeremiah Shumway, 1745 to 1747, 

'51. 
Samuel Town, 1746. 
Edward Davis, 1747, '53, '59, '60, 

'63 to '75, '79, '80. 
Josiah Kingsbury, 1748, '50, '55. 
Samuel Davis, Jr., 1750, '52, '55, 

'57. 
Richard Moore, Jr., 1750. 
Duncan Campbell, 1751, '53, '54, 

'58, '59, '61. 
Joseph Phillips, 1752, '57, '62. 
Richard Dresser, 1752. 
.John Edwards, 1753. 
William Davis, 1754. 
Thomas Davis, 1755. 
Samuel ^Manning, 1756. 
William Eddy, 1757, '68, '78. 
Capt. John Earned. 1757, '62. 
Alexander Campbell,^ 1758 to 

1761, '68, '79. 
Ebenezer Learned, 1758 to 1764, 

'66, '67, '72 to '75, '77, '79, '80, 

'83 to '86, '89 to '94. 



Josiah Wolcott, 1758, '65, '66, '71 

to '76, '83. 
Thomas Davis, 1761 to 1764. 
Jeremiah Learned, 1761, '65, '71. 
Ephraim Ballard, 1762 to 1764, 

'66, '67, '69. 
John Wiley, 1763. 
Hezekiah Stone, 1764, '66, '67, 

'69, '70. 
Samuel Harris, 1765, '70, '74 to 

'76. 
Elisha Davis, 1765, '87 to '94. 
William Ijarned, 1767. 
William Watson, 1768 to 17«?0, 

'72, '74. 
John Town, 1768 to 1770, '7',). 
William Campbell, 1771, '73, '75, 

'76. 
Joseph Phillips, 1772. 
Daniel Griffith, 1776. 
Daniel Hovey, 1776. 
Ebenezer Humphrey, 1777, '85 to 

1802. 
Reuben Lamb, 1777, '79, '81, '82. 
Ezra Bowman, 1777, '79, '81. 
Israel Phillips, 1777. 
William Hancock, 1778. 
Amos Shumway, 1778, '80. 
John Ballard, 1778. 
Abijah Harris, 1778. 
Sylvanus Town, 1779, '81, '91 to 

1802, '04 to '07. 
Jeremiah Kingsbury, 1780. 
Joshua Merriam, 1780. 
Amasa Kingsbury, 1781, '82. 
John Dana, 1781 to 1788. 
Daniel Fisk, 1782 to 1784. 
Levi Davis, 1782. 
Samuel Davis, Jr., 1783, '84. 
John Mayo, 1784, '95 to '98, 1804 

to 1806. 
Elias Pratt, 1785 to 1794. 
Ephraim Russell, 1785 to 1790, 

'95 to '98. 
Elijah Davis, 1795 to 1798. 
Sylvanus Learned, 1799 to 1803. 



36 



I Styled " Lieut." In 1758, and " Doctor " In 1759. 



271 



HISTORY OF OXFOKD. 



.I(>n:itli:iii Davis, 17'.):>. 
John Pratt, 1709, 1800. 
Jereiniiih Davis, 1800 to 1802. 
Learned Davis, 1801, '02. 
Nathan Hall, 1803 to 1807, '09 to 

'11, 'l.'i, '17. 
Jeremiah Kingsbury, 1803 to 

1807, '09 to '16, '18. 
Jonas Elddy, 1803 to 1805, '11. 
Poter Spaulding, 1803. 
Neheiiiiah Davis, 1806 to 1808, 

'12. 
Samuel Bhmchard, 1807. 
Eiias Pratt, Jr., 1808, '09, '17. 
Asa Harris, 1808, '12, '14, 'la. 
David Stone, Jr., 1808. 
Josiah Kingsbury, 1808. 
Abijah Davis, 1809 to 1815, '17, 

'19, '20, '22, '23. 
Joshua Turner, 1809, '10. 
John Hudson, 1810, '15. 
Peter Butler, 1811 to 1814, '16, 

'18. 
Sylvanus Pratt, 1813. 
Rufus Moore, 1814 to 1816, '18, 

'21. 
Ebenezer Merriam, 1816. 
Jolui Merriam, 1816, '18, '19. 
Samuel Coburu, 1817. 
Alpheus Eddy, 1817. 
Stephen Barton, 1818, '24, '25. 
William Moore, 1819, '20, '24. 
Isaae Stone, 1819, '20. 
Solomon Harwood, 1819, '20. 
Charles Davis, 1820. 
Richard Olney, 1821, '2S, '29. 
Benjamin Vassall, Jr., 1821, '31 

to '35. 
Stephen Davis, 1821. 
Andrew Sigourney, 1821 to 1823, 

'25, '27. 
John Mayo, Jr., 1H22, '24. 
-losoph Elliot, 1822. 
,Iohn Wcalicrell, 1822, '23. 
Abisha Learned, 1823. 
Peter Shumway, 1823. 



Joseph Lamb, 1824. 
Sylvester IMcIntire, 1824. 
Jonathan Rice, 1825, '27. 
Rufus Harris, 1825. 
Ezra Davis, 1825. 
Learned Davis, 1826, '2>S. 
Joab Maynard, 1826, '27. 
Thomas Warner, 1826. 
Jonathan Davis, Jr., 1826, '28, 

'29. 
Ebenezer Rich, 1826, '27, '30 to 

'36, '44. 
Benjamin F. Town, 1827 to 1831. 
Alexander DeWitt, 1828 to 1830. 
Nathaniel Davis, 1829. 
William Robinson, Jr., 1830. 
Samuel Davis, 1830. 
Jonas Lamed, 1831, '32. 
Seth Daniels, 1831, '32. 
Alexander C. Thurston, 1832 to 

1838. 
Amos Johnson, 1833 to 1835. 
Justin Root, 1833, '34. 
Samuel Mayo, 1835, '36. 
Sylvanus Harris, 1836 to 1838. 
Joseph Stafford, 1836. 
Stephen Barton, 1837, '38. 
Francis Sibley, 1837 to 1840. 
Rufus Earned, 1837 to 1839, '44. 
Jasper Brown. 1839 to 1841, '45, 

'46. '50. 
Nathaniel Brown, 1839 to 1841. 
Rufus Eddy, 1839 to 1842. 
Joseph Hudson, 1840, '42, '43. 
Israel Sil)ley, 1841. 
Cornelius Putnam, 1841. 
Emory Sanford, 1842, '44. 
Peter C. Bacon, 1842, '43. 
Thomas Rich, 1842, '43. 
David Barton, 1843, '44, '53, '54. 
Timothy Aldrich, 1843. 
Erastus Ormsbee, 1844, '45, '48, 

'51. 
Liberty Lamb, 1845, '46. 
Rufus Mollitt, 1845. 
Jonas Bacon, 1845, '46. 



CIVIL OFFICERS. 



275 



John Fitts, 1846. 

Walter L. Rosebrook, 1846. 

Martin Boomer, 1847. 

Ira Merriam, 1847, '48, 'o4, '58, 

'60, '64. 
Hiram Moffltt, 1847. 
Thomas Clark, 1847. 
Zenas M. Larned, 1847. 
Samuel Aldrich, 1848, '49. 
David Wait, 1849, '50. 
Albert Huntington, 1849. 
Marshall Pratt, 1850, '51. 
Thomas Appleby, 1851, '52. 
Samuel Davis, 1852, '53. 
Joseph Pelton, 1852 to 1854. 
Lament B. Corbin, 1855 to 1868, 

'70, '71. 
George W. Hartwell, 1855, '56. 
John B. Pratt, 1855, '56. 
Samuel W. Smith, 1857. 
Theophilus W. Wilmarth, 1857, 

'61 to '63. 
Loren C. Parks, 1858. 
Emory E. Harwood, 1859 to 1864. 
Archibald Campbell, 1865 to 1867. 
William E. Pease, 1865 to 1868, 

'76, '77. 
Edwin Bartlett, 1868, '78, '82, '83, 

•84, '85, '88. 



John Town, 1713. 

Benoni Twichell, 1714. 

Richard Moore, 1715 to 1720, '22, 

'25 to '28, '30, '31, '33, '34. 
John Comius, 1721, '23, '24. 
Jonathan Ballard, 1729. 
Isaac Larned, 1732, '36 to '38. 
Israel Town, 1735. 
Eleazer Ward, 1739 to 1746. 
Joiui Willson, 1747 to 1775. 
Samuel Harris, 1776 to 1798. 
Jonathan Harris, 1799 to 1811. 
Archibald Campbell, 1812 

1818.1 
Samuel Smith, 1819 to 1823. 



Reuben Rich, 1869, '73, '82. 
Charles A. Sigourney, 1869. 
Charles A. Angell, 1870, '71, '73. 
AsaB. Taft, 1869 to 1871. 
George Hodges, 1872, '74, '75, 

'79 to '81. 
Samuel R. Barton, 1872, '74, '75, 

'89. 
Samuel C. Paine, 1873. 
John D. Hudson, 1873, '76, '77. 
Isaac B. Hartwell, 1873. 
James B. Campbell, 1874 to 1876. 
Ausman H. Davis, 1877. 
Lucian M. Chaffee, 1878. 
William H. Thurston, 1878. 
Ebenezer D. Rich, 1879 to 1881. 
Willis M. Wellington, 1879. 
John Lamb, 1880, '81. 
Allen L. Joslin, 1882, '83. 
Alfred W. Long, 1883, '84, '85, 

88. 
Fred. G. Hyde, 1884. 
Joseph L. Woodbury, 1885, '86, 

'87, '88. 
John E. Kimball, 18^6, '87. 
David Merriam, 1886, '87, '90. 
Walter D. Tyler, 1889, '90. 
Charles O. Wallace, 1889. 
William H. H. Thurston, 1890. 

Town Clerks. 

Charles G. Prentiss, 1826 to 1828. 
Benjamin F. Campbell, 1829 to 

1836. 
Sylvanus Harris, 1837 to 1841. 
Alvan G. Underwood, 1842, '43, 

'47 to '55. 
Willard Benson, 1844 to 1846. 
George F. Daniels, 1856. 
William E. Pease. 1857 to 1866. 
John B. Pratt, 1867 to 1869. 
Alfred W. Long, 1870 to 1873. 
Edward W. Bardwell, 1874 to 

1877. 
A. Burrill Yeomans, 1878, '79. 
Edward S. Pease, 1880 to 1890. 



to 



lienjamin F. Town, 1824 to 1825. 

' Campbell UieU Oct., 1818. David Batcheller was clerk until Siuilli was chosen. 



270 



HISTORY OF OXFORD. 



Treasurers. 

Richard Moore, 1721, '29. 
Samuel Diivis, 1732, '34, '37 to 

'41. 
JoiKitliiin P,:ill:ird, 1742, '43. 
Jonutluiu Town, 1745. 
Israel Town, 1746 to 1749. 
William Davis, 1750 to 1752, '57, 

'58. 
Duncan Cajnpbell, 1753, '54. 
Thomas Davis. 1755, '56. 
Josiah Wolcott, 1759 to 1771. 
William Campbell, 1772 to 1776. 
Samuel Harris, 1777 to 1780, '87 

to '94. 
Levi Davis, 1781, '82. 
John Dana, 1783, '84. 
James Butler, 1785, '86, '95 to 

1805, '07, '13. 
Joshua Turner, 1806. 
Marvin Moore, 1808 to 1811. 
Nathan Hall, 1814 to 1817. 

Modca-ators, Annual Meeting. 

John Town, 1714, '17 to '19, '21, 

'22, '31. 
Isaac Larned, 1720, '29. 
Benoni Twichell, 1723, '24. 
Richard Moore, 1725, '30, '33. 
Ebenezer Learned, 1726 to 1728, 

'34, '40, '44 to '48, '53, '56, '57, 

'GO, '62, '65. 
Samuel Davis, 1732, '35 to '38, 

'41 to '43, '49 to '52, '55. 
Eleazer Ward, 1739. 
Benjamin Davis, 1754, 'i)H. 
Samuel Manning, 1759. 
Duncan Campbell, 1761. 
Thomas Davis, 1763. 
Edward Davis, 1764, '()(',, '68, '69, 

'72 to '75, '79, '80. 
Josiah Wolcott, 1767, '70, '76, '81 

to '84, '86, '88 to '95. 
Ebenezer Learned, 1777, '78, '85, 

'87. 
Ebenezer Humphrey, 1796 to 1800. 
Sylvanus Learned, 1801 to 1804. 



Jonathan Davis, 1818, '27 to '29. 
John Mayo, Jr., 1819, '20. 
Abijah Davis, 1821. 
Peter Butler, 1822 to 1824, '38. 
William Sigourney, 1825, '26. 
Stearns DeWitt, 1830, '31. 
Hollis DeWitt, 1833 to 1835. 
Jonas Larned, 1836, 
Alexander C. Thurston, 1S37. 
Ebenezer Rich, l.s39 to 1S41. 
Alexander DeWitt, 1842, '43. 
Jasper Brown, 1844 to 1846. 
Alvan G. Underwood, 1847 to 

1855. 
Charles A. Angell, 1856 to 186(i, 

'65 to '68, '70 to '73, '78 to '80. 
Emory Sanford, 1861 to 1864. 
Wilson Olney, 1869. 
James B. Campliell, 1S74 to 1876. 
George W. Sigourney, 1881. 
Allen L. Joslin, 1882 to 1890. 



Sylvanus Town, 1805 to 1807. 
Jonalhan Davis, 1808, '18, '27, 

'28. 
James Butler, 1809, '13. 
Marvin Moore, 1810 to 1812. 
Abijah Davis, 1814 to 1817, '19, 

'20, '23. 
Rufus Moore, 1821, '22. 
Charles G. Prentiss, 1824. 
Peter Butler, 1S25. 
Stephen Barton, 1826, '31, '34 to 

'39. 
Ira liarton, 1829. 
Alexander DeWitt, 1830, \32, 'dS, 

'42. 
Jasper Brown, 1810, '41, '43 to 

'46, '50. 
Martin Boomer, 1847, '48. 
Stephen Davis, 1849, '51. 
Samuel C. Paine, 1852 to 1854, 

'58, '69, '73, '76, '78, '79, 

'83. 
Jonathan P. Dana, 1855 to 1857. 



CIVIL OFFICERS. 



277 



George Hodges, 1859 to 1863, '72, Ezra C. Whittlesey, 1882. 

'74, '75, '77, '80, '81. Charles I. Rawsou, 1884. 

Lamcut B. Corbin, 1864 to 1868, Edwin Bartlett, 1885. 

'70, '71. John E. Kimball, 1886 to 1890. 

Assessors. 

The first Board of Assessors chosen was in 1778, the Selectmen 
having previously filled that oflJce. 



Samuel Harris, 1778, '80, '82, '83, 

'85. 
Ebenezer Learned, 1778, '79. 
Elisha Davis, 1778. 
Edward Davis, 1779. 
Alexander Campbell, 1779. 
John Dana, 1780, '90. 
John Pratt, 1780, '81, '95 to '98, 

1809, '10. 
Levi Davis, 1781. 
Ephraim Russell, 1781/82, '92 to 

'94, '99, 1800, '05. 
Collins Moore, 1782. 
Elias Pratt, 1783, '84, '99 to 1802, 

'06, '11, '12. 
Sylvanus Town, 1783 to 1786. 
Marvin Moore, 1784. 
Amos Sluimway, Jr., 1785 to 

1789, '91 to '94, '98, '99, 1801, 

'03, '04, '05. 
Amasa Kingsbury, 1786. 
Lemuel Crane, 1787, '88. 
Allen Hancock, 1787 to 1791, '95 

to '97. 
Sylvanus Learned, 1789, '90, '92 

to '97. 
Abijah Davis, 1791, 1800. 
Jonathan Davis, 1798,' 1802^ to 

1804, '08,3 '11 to '14, '18, '21. 
Nehemiah Davis, 1801 to 1804, 

'16. 
Jonathan Harris, 1805 to 1807, 

'10, '11, '13. 
William T. Fisk, 1808, '09, '14, 

'15, '17. 
John Mayo, Jr., 1806, '07, '16, 

'19, '20, '26. 



Timothy Lamson, 1808. 

Elijah Pratt, 1809. 

Jonas Pxldy, 1810. 

Abisha Learned, 1812, '14, '15, 

'18, '21, '25, '47. 
Ebenezer Pratt, 1813, '17. 
Thomas Da\is, 1815. 
Jeremiah Pratt, 1816. 
Samuel Smith, 1817, '19, '20, '22, 

'25, '29 to '31, '40, '42, '47. 
Richard Moore, 1818. 
Isaac Stone, 1819, '20, '22, '23. 
Jeremiah Kingsbury, 1821. 
Learned Davis, 1822 to 1824, '27, 

'31 to '35, '37, '40, '42, '49. 
Samuel Harris, 1822. 
Charles G. Prentiss, 1824 to 1828. 
Jeremiah Learned, 1824, '26 to '29. 
Joab Maynard, 1828 to 1830. 
Jonathan Rice, 1830. 
Richard Stone, 1831. 
HoUis DeWitt, 1832 to 1834. 
Thomas W. Chapman, 1832. 
Cyrus Lamb, 1833, '37, '38, '40, 

'44. 
Stephen Bai'ton, Jr., 1834, '37. 
Emory Sanford, 1835, '36, '41, 

'46, '51, '52, '54. 
Sylvester Mclntire, 1835. 
Wilson Olney, 1836, '48, '54. 
Jonathan Davis, Jr., 1836, '43, 

'47. 
Samuel Davis, 1838, '39. 
Josiah S. Prentice, 1838, '39, '45, 

'46. 
Rufus Moffitt, 1839. 
Daniel Davis, 1841. 



I styled " Major." 
•Styled " ("olouel." 



'Styled "Ueneral," 



278 



HISTORY OF OXFORD. 



Andrew Sigoiii'iicy, 1 .s 1 1 . 

Moses Stone, 1842, '43, '48, '59. 

Jonas Larned, 1843. 

Francis Sibley, 1844. 

Jasper Brown, l.si 1, Td, '')3. 

Israel Sibley, 1.S4.J. 

David Wait, ]84o. 

Vester Vassall, 181G. 

Setli Daniels, 1818. 

P^rastns Ormsbee, 1849, '50, '55. 

Ira Merriam, 1849, '50, '61 to 'G3. 

Stearns DeW. Harris, 1850. 

Theophilus W. Wilmarth, 1852, 

'56, '58 to '60, '64, '67. 
Charles A. Sigourney. 1851. 
Albert H. Daniels, 1852. 
Increase S. Hawes, 1853 to 1855. 
George Hodges, Jr., 1853, '72. 
Elias B. Crawford, 1855. 
Samuel W. Smith, 1856, '61, '62. 
William H. Thurston, 1856. 
Archibald C. Harris, 1857. 
Reuel S. Davis, 1857. 
Franklin G. Daniels, 1857, '58. 
Thomas D. Shumway, 1858, '59. 
Edward W. Bardwell, 1860. 
John B. Pratt, 1860 to 1865, '67 

to '70. 
James B. Campbell, 1863. 
Benjamin W. Childs, Jr., 1864. 
James M. Sanford, 1865, '66, '71, 

'81, '82. 
Jotham Fitts, 1865, 'GQ, '68, '69, 

'71, '72, '74, '75. 

School Committee. 

The first School Committee chosen in Oxford was in 1809, prior to 
whicli date the selectmen and the ministers of tlie town had the 
oversight of the schools. The Committees ciiosen by the town 
were called "Committees of Inspection," to distinguish them from 
"Prudential" committees, which were chosen by each district to hire 
teachers and manage financial affairs. 

Amos Sluimway, Jr., 1809. .Jonathan Davis, 1810 to 1815. 

Jeremiah Kingsbury, 1809, '10, William T. Fisk, 181 1, '1 6, '17. 



Hosea B. Grover, 1866, '80. 
George W. Olney, 1867. 
Charles A. Angell, 1868. 
Charles A. Kallion, 1869, '70. 
John D. Hudson, 1870, '71, '81. 
Russell A. Davis, 1872. 
Selectmen Assessors, 1873. 
James Taylor, 1874. 
Dennis S. B. Gates, 1874, '75. 
George H. Baker, 1875. 
Jonathan P. Dana, 1876, '77. 
Moses H. Buffum, 1876. '78, '79, 

'81. 
Dana L. Ballard, 1.S76. 
Willis M. Wellington, 1877 to 

1879, '82, '83, '89. 
Abel M. Chaflfee, 1877. 
A. Burrill Yeomans, 1878, '79. 
Charles I. Rawson, 1880. 
Denny S. Putnam, 1880. 
Amasa M. Stowe, 1882. 
Richard L. Dodge, 1883, '84. 
Edward T. Hallowell, 1883, '84, 

'85, '90. 
Alvin R. Bowdish, 1884. 
John D. Hudson, 1885. 
Moses H. Buffum, 1885. 
Edward S. Pease, 1886. 
Albert W. Cargel, 1886, '88, 89. 
John W. Robinson, 1886, '87. 
William E. Pease, 1887, '88. 
James Conlin, 1887, '88, '90. 
Alfred M. Chaffee, 1889, '90. 



'12. 
Peter P.utler. 180:), '10, '12, '13, 
'20. 



Abijah Davis, 1811. 
Abisha Learned, 1813 to 1816, 
'18, '20, '22, '25, '26, '28, '29. 



CIVIL OFFICKRS. 



279 



Delano Pierce, 1814, '15, '18, 'ID, 

'22, '26, '27, '29 to '82. 
Bela Tiflfany, 1816, '19. 
Stephen Davis, 1817, '18, '22, '26, 

'28 to '32. 
Richard Moore, 1817. 
Jonathan Davis, Jr., 1819, '28, 

'30, '31. 
Samuel Harris, 1820, '21. 
Andrew W. Porter, 1821. 
Learned Davis, 1821. 
Stephen Learned, 1823, '24. 
Wilson Olney, 1823, '32. 
Charles G. Prentiss, 1823, '24, '26 

to '28. 
Ira Barton, 1824 to 1826, '29, '33. 
Richard Stone, 1827, '28, '30 to 

'32, '34. 
John Mellish, 1827, '30. 
Moses Stone, 1827. 
Ebenezer Newhall, 1828 to 1832. 
John Slater, 1828, '29. 
Lyman Maynard, 1829 to 1832. 
Alexander DeWitt, 1832. 
Loren Robbins, 1833 to 1835. 
Seth Chandler, 1833, '34. 
Stephen Barton, Jr., 1833 to 1835. 
Samuel C. Paine, 1833, '34, 43. 
Orlando Chester, 1835. 
Addison Knight, 1835, '36. 
David Holman, 1835 to 1839, '43. 
Josiah S. Prentice, 1835, '36, '39. 
Horatio Bardwell, 1837, '38, '40 

to '51, '55 to '57, '61. 
Benjamin Paine, 1837. 
Jonathan P. Dana, 1837, '38, '48, 

'52 to '57, '61 to '69, '71 to '78. 
Peter C. Bacon, 1839. 
Luman Boyden, 1840. 
A. Smith Lyon. 1840 to 1842, '44 

to '46. 
William B. Stone, 1841. 
Freeman Nutting, 1842. 
Jeremiah D. Moore, 1844. 
Alfred Barnes, 1845, '46. 
Amos Walton, 1847. 
R. M. Byram, 1847. 



Albert Huntington, 1848. , 

Isaac N. Hobart, 1849 to 1851. 

J. S. J. Gridley, 1849. 

Albert A. Cook, 1850, '51. 

Jonathan Nichols, 1852, '53. 

Reuel S. Davis, 1852. 

Albert Tyler, 1853, '54, '82 to '84, 

'87. 
Joseph Hodges, Jr., 1854. 
Lewis M. Learned, 1855, '56, '58 

to '60. 
Albert Lackey, 1.S57 to 1860, '67 

to '69. 
John B. Pratt, 1858. 
Nelson Bartholomew, 1859 tol861. 
Nathaniel Eddy, 1859, '61 to '64, 

'67, '68. 
James C. Mills, I860 to 1862, '68 

to '70. 
William Newton, 1862 to 1864. 
Joseph Smith, 1863 to 1865. 
Samuel J. Austin, 1865 to 1867. 
William H. Harding, 1865. 
Edwin Bartlett, 1866 to 1868. 
Daniel E. Chapiu, 1867. 
Walter L. Rosebrook, 1867. 
Theophilus W. Wilmarth, 1867. 
Lyman A. Wetherell, 1867, 'GS. 
Cyrus Kidder, 1867, '68. 
George Hodges, 1.S67 to 1869. 
Isaac B. Hartwell, 1867 to 1869, 

'74 to '76. 
E. Harris Howland, 1869 to 1871. 
Daniel Wait, 1870. 
Martha E. Stone. 1870. 
James W. Lathrop, 1871 to 1873. 
William W. Wilson, 1871. 
Fred. A. Olney, 1872. 
William Newton, 1872. 
Thomas E. Babb, 1873 to 1876. 
Samuel C. Willis, Jr., 1873, '79. 
Oliver Ayer, 1876 to 1879. 
George H. Dodge, 1877, '80 to' 82, 

'90. 
William F. Lhoyd, 187.S to 1883. 
Byron Stone, 18.S0, '81. 
H. H. Beamau, 1881. 



280 



HISTORY OF OXFOUI). 



James O. Cupp, 1882, '83. 
Thomas J. Maxwell, 1883. 
Sarah A. E. Joslin, 1883. 



William P.. Cushraan, 1884, '88. 
John E. Kimball, 1885. 
Albert W. Cargel, 1886, '89. 



Constables. 



1731). 



The Constable was formerly one of the most important of the town 
ollicials. He was sworn to carefully intend the preservation of tlie 
peace, to execute all warrants sent by lawful authority, to faithfully 
attend to all directions and orders of the court, to collect and levy all 
such fines, distresses, rates, assessments and sums of money as lie 
should have warrants for, to serve all writs, cxec-utious and distresses 
faithfully, making due return tliereof, "without any sinister respects 
of favor or displeasure." 
Thomas Hunkins, 1713. 
Benjamin Nealand, 1714. 
Benoni Twichell, 1715. 
Abraham Skinner, 1716. 
Isaac Lamed, 1717. 
Israel Town, 1718. 
Jonathan Town, 1719. 
Daniel Chamberlain, 1720. 
Thomas Gleason, 1721. 
Abial Lamb, 1722. 
Ebenezer Humphrey, 1723. 
Joseph Wiley, 1724. 
Samuel Baker, 1725. 
Richard Gleason, 1726. 
Jacob Comins, 1727. 
Joseph Rocket, 1728. 
Oliver Shumway, 1729. 
Elijah Moore, 1730. 
Samuel Eddy, 1731. 
John Eddy, 1732. 
Jonathan Pratt, Jr., 1733.' 
Samuel Town, n., 1734. 
Collins Moore, s. 
Moses (ileason, n., 1735. 
Philip Amidown, s. 
Caleb Barton, n., 1736. 
Jacob Willson, s. 
Caleb Barton, n., 1737. 
Josiah Iviiigsbiiry, s. 
Daniel Hovey, n., 1738. 
John Mayo, s. 



Jeremiah Shumway, n 
AVilliam Davis, s. 
Jonas Pratt, n., 1740. 
Samuel Davis, Jr., s. 
Abial Lamb, Jr., n., 1741. 
Richard Moore, Jr., s. 
Obadiah Mclutlre, n., 1742 
John Willson, s. 
William Hudson, n., 1743. 
Isaac Larned, s. 
John Town, n., 1745. 
Timothy Harris, s. 
John Wiley, n., 1746. 
Edward Davis, s. 
Josiah Learned, n., 1747. 
Theodore Kingsbury, s. 
Ebenezer Eddy, n., 1748. 
Thomas Davis, s. 
Samuel Ward, n., 1749. 
John Nichols, s. 
Joseph Pratt, N., 1750. 
James Hovey, s. 
Jedediah Barton, n., 1751. 
John Larned, s. 
Nathaniel Blood, w.- 
Phiuehas Ward, n., 1752. 
Daniel Davis, s. 
Ebenezer Mclntire, w. 
Ebenezer Eddy, n., 1753. 
Elisha Davis, s. 
John Dresser, w. 



1 After tills (late a coiistattlc was chosen for set otl", a constable for the west part of the town 
each part o( llw town, noilh and south. was chosen, 

a This year, and until 1755, when Charlton was 



CIVIL OFFICKUS. 



281 



Jacob Fellows, n., 1754. 
Jonas Coller, s. 
Samuel Streeter, w. 
Jonathan Cutler, n., 1755. 
p]phraim Ballard, s. 
Alexander Nichols, n., 1756. 
Ephraim Ballard, s. 
Alexander Nichols, n., 1757. 
Isaac Larned, s. 
John Town, Jr., n., 1758. 
William Campbell, s. 
Ebenezcr Davis, n., 1759. 
Eheuezer Coburn, s. 
Joseph Hudson, n., 1760. 
Amos Shumway, s. 
Moses Town, n., 1761. 
Thomas Town, s. 
Josluia Merriam, n., 1762. 
John Davis, s. 
Ebenezer Eddy, n., 1763. 
Jeremiah Kiugsbury, s. 
Joseph Phillips, Jr., n., 1764. 
John Dalrymple, s. 
Samuel Eddy, n., 1765. 
Jeremiah Shumway, s. 
Daniel Hovey, n., 1766. 
John Willson, Jr., s. 
Isaac Putnam, n., 1767. 
John Dana, s. 
Asa Conant, n,, 1768. 
Daniel Gleason, s. 
Israel Phillips, n., 1769. 
John Dana, s. 
Daniel Phillips, n., 1770. 
Abijah Harris, s. 
Jonathan Pratt, Jr., n., 1771. 
Ebenezer Humphrey, s. 
Elias Pratt, N., 1772. 
Ei^hraim Ballard, s. 
Jesse Stone, n., 1773. 
Benjamin Hudson, s. 
John Ballard, N., 1774. 
John Mayo, s. 
Samuel Learncnl, N., 1775. 
Samuel Davis, Jr., s. 
Andrew Patch, n., 1776. 
37 



Joseph Kurd, s. 

Andrew Patch, n., 1777. 

Joseph Kingsbury, s. 

Joshua Turner, n., 177-'^. 

Joseph Hurd, s. 

Sylvanus Town, n., 1779. 

Levi Davis, s. 

Andrew Patch, n., 1781. 

Ebenezer Davis, Jr., s. 

William Hudson, n., 1782. 

Richard Coburn, s. 

Reuben Lamb, n., 1783. 

Ephraim Russell, s. 

Anthony Sigourney, n., 1784. 

Josiah Wolcott, s. 

John Pratt was chosen, Wolcott 

having been excused. 
David Stone, n., 1785, 
Jacob Larned, s. 
Joshua Turner, n., 1787. 
Jeremiah Kingsbury, s. 
Sylvanus Town, n., 1788 to 1790. 
Samuel Campbell, s. 
Gideon Hovey, n., 1791. 
Sylvanus Town, s. 
Sylvanus Town, 1792. 
Jonathan Davis, 1794. 
Jonas Eddy, n., 1795. 
Jonathan Harris, s. 
John Merriam, n., 1796. 
John Larned, Jr., s. 
Sylvanus Town, n., 1797. 
Jonathan Harris, s. 
Jonathan Harris. 1798, 1801. 
John Merriam, n., 1799. 
John Mayo, s. 
John Mayo, 1800, 1801. 
-lonnthan Harris, 1802. 
William Lamson, collector, 1802. 
Archibald Campbell, collector, 

1803. 
Archibald Campbell, constable and 

collector, 1804. 
William Moore, constable and col- 

loctor, 1.S05, 1806. 
Timothy Lamson, constable, 1807. 



2«2 



HISTOUY OF OXFORD. 



Amos Shuinwuy, Jr., collector. 

John Pratt, Jr., constable and 
collector, 1808, 1809. 

Rufus Larned, 1810. 

Archibald Campbell, 1811. 

John Mayo, collector. 

Charles Town, constable and col- 
lector, 1812 to 1816. 

Samuel Kingsbury, Jr., 1817 to 
1819. 

Jonas Larned, 1.S20,'2.3 to '32, '30. 

Alexander C. Thurston, 1821, '22, 
'33 to '35, '37, '38, '41, '42. 

Alexander C. Thurston, consta- 
ble, 1839. 

Samuel Aldrich, collector, 1839. 

Nahum Sil)ley, 1840. 

Samuel Smith, IS43 to 1845, '52. 

Timothy Aldrich, 1846. 

Sumner Putnam, 1847. 



Washburn Lnmbard, 1.S48. 
Josiah S. Prentice, 1849 to 1851. 
Samuel Aldrich, 1853, '54. 
Dennis S. P>. Gates, 1855. 
Otis Learned, 1856. 
Orrin W. Chaffee, 1857, '58, '60 to 

'66, '82 to '86. 
Lovell H. Cleveland, 1859. 
Charles A. AngcU, collector, 1867, 

'68, '70 to '73, '78, '79. 
James M. Sanford, collector, 1^69. 
James B. Campbell, collector, 

1874 to 1876. 
Benjamin F. White, collector, 

1880. 
AlvanR. Bowdish, collector, 1881. 
Erastus W. Whiting, collector, 

1887, '88, '89. 
George S. Eddy, collector, 1890. 



CHAPTER XII. 

OUT-LYING LANDS. 

Grand Pkoprietors' Lots. Grants in South Gork and Vicinity. North 
GoRK Lands. 

"Grand Proprietors' Lots." The territory of the original 
graut lying west of Oxford village, embracing 30,000 acres, and now 
constituting parts of Dudley, Charlton and Southbridge, was, as 
before stated, equally divided between the five original grantees, 
and styled "The Grand Proprietors' Lots." Of the southernmost 
6,000 acres, Dudley's, the larger portion was in Dec, 1731, set off 
to form the town of Dudley, the western portion being now a i)art of 
Southliridge. In his will Mr. Dudley gave to his daughters, viz. : 
Rebecca, wife of Samuel Sewall, Jr. ; Anne, wife of Adam Winthrop ; 

Katherine, wife of Hon, William Dummer, and Mary, wife of 

Wain Wright, each 1,000 acres of land out of his 6,000 acres at 
Oxford, and to his nephew, Daniel Allen, aud niece, Ann Hilton, 
who married El)enezer Pierpont, each 500 acres of the same. His 
sou Paul being residuary legatee inherited the remaining 1,000 acres. 
Through these children and their heirs the lands were sold to settlers.' 

The second 6,000-acre lot, Blackwell's, was sold by his heirs, 
Frances, his widow, and John Blackwell. merchant, both of Bethual 
Green, Stepney, England, 2.5 April, 1720, to Peter Papillon of Boston, 
mariner.- Papillon had four daughters, Elizabeth, who married first 
John Wolcott, and second, John Higginson, both of Salem ; Katha- 
rine, who married 4 July, 1734, George Gibbs, and died before 4 
July, 1749; Martha, who married first, Richard Williams of Boston 



'Ou -23 Marcli, 173G. Samuel Sewall and wife 2 On 18 June, 1723, £100 was ordered l.y t he Slate 

llcliecca petitioneil the General Court for leave authorities to be paid to Peter Papillon, captain 

to sell a part of a lot of 500 acres in Dudley for of tlie ship " Flying horse," to be distributed to 

the purpose of improving tlie remainder. From seamen who enlisted under him to pursue the 

this petition we learn that iu Dec, 17'i.5, the pirate [Low] off the coast 9 June, 172..'. [Gen. 

Court had given permission to the Dudley heirs Court Rec] He returned from his cruise 28 

to sell one-half of their estate " in order to bring June, not having found the foe but brought in a 

forward the settlement of the Township of Itrigantine which had been In his possession. 

Dudley." This action was necessary because In 172!) Pa))illon was styled "merchant." Savage 

said property was devised to the heirs of Dud- su))posedhim to havebeensonot Peter, a Hugue- 

ley's children. [House Journal, III., 24(;.] not, who came as early as 1670. 

A deed executed 20 Oct., 1729, was signed by In order to correct an error in Ammidown's 
William Dudley as attorney for Paul Dudley, His. (Jol., II., 580, it is proper to state that, ac- 
Samuil Sewall, Jr., and Rebecca, his wife, cording to the records, the only land owned by 
William Dummer of Newbury, and Katlierine, him in tlils region was this 6,000-acre tract, with 
liis wife, Mary Wainwriglit, widow, Josiah the 2.000 acres called the " little lot," originally a 
WlUard, guardian of children of Daniel Allen, part of Cox's 6,000 acres, all conveyed by Black- 
deceased, and Ebenezer Pierpont and Ann, his well's lieirs. 
wife, " devisees of the will of .Joseph Dudley." 



284 HISTOKY OF OXFOKO. 

[rem. ;ii). 1741 to Oxford, where be d.], and second, John Ballard 
of liostoii ; lunl Miiry, who married AVilliani Thomas of Plymouth, 
in I7.">'J styled mariner, and later physician. 

After the decease of Papillon these lands, excepting several small 
lots previously sold by him, were divided among tliese four daughters. 
.John Wolcott was administrator of his estate, and Isaac Larned, 
Kev. John Campbell and Col. Ebenezer Learned were chosen to make 
a division. John Wolcott received the southeast oOU-acre lot [with 
other tracts further west], which 500 acres he and Higginson, the 
second husband of Elizabeth, sold chiefly to John Larned and Josiah 
Kingsbury. Richard Williams' portion embraced, besides a tract 
west in Chariton, the 500-acre lot at the east end, adjoining Wolcott's 
on the north, being the lot formerly occupied by Gibbs, on which he 
had built a house, then going to ruin. Here Williams is supposed to 
have built a new house in which he resided until his decease. Nearly 
the whole of this tract was sold by Williams' executor to Ebenezer 
Coburn. 

In 1732 Moses Marcy of Woodstock bought of Papillon the water- 
power and land contiguous, at what is now Southbridge centre, which 
he improved. The balance of the Papillon tract was sold in lots to 
suit purchasers by his heirs before mentioned. 

The third 6,000 acres, Stoughton's, who was unmarried, was in 
1704 divided among four heirs, as follows: To William Taylor one- 
fourth ; to John Nelson and his wife Elizabeth one-fourth ; to Rev. 
John Dauforth and Elizabeth, his wife, one-fourth ; and to Thomas 
Cooper and his wife Mehetable one-fourth.' On 5 Dec, 1717, John 
Nelson and wife Elizabeth sold one-third of 6,000 acres to Samuel 
Brown of Salem, and from a deed dated 29 March, 1768, Blaney to 
Brown, we learn that Brown purchased also on 28 June, 1718, of 
William Cooper another third part of the estate, making 4,000 acres 
which he owned. In 1734 land of Samuel Brown was sold for taxes. 
We find no records of conveyances from him. At the time of the 
Revolution William Brown owned a large portion of this tract, and 
being a loyalist it was coiiiiscated to the State. Lenuiel Kallock of 
Wrentham was appointed by the General Court to learn the extent of 
Brown's interests and to give deeds of division of lands. Joseph 
Blaney of Salem, whose wife, Abigail, may have been daughter of 
Samuel Brown, was also a large ow'uer. Nathaniel Dowse of Salem 
in 17.")2 became owner of several hundred acres which descended from 
the Danforth share. In 1771 the heirs of William Taylor and Mather 
Byles and wife Rebecca sold more than 1,000 acres to Samuel Dan- 
forth of Cambridge, Elizabeth Williams of Roxbury, Elijah Dunbar 
of Stoughtou, and Hannah, wife of Rev. John Searl, of Stoneham. 



'The persons representing Uie StoiiKliton in- gent and wife Mehetable [Cooper having died 
torest who signed in 1713 the deed to Oxford and Melietable m. Sargent?], John Danforth and 
village settlers were WllUam Taylor, Peter Sar- wife, and John Nelson and wife. 



OUT-LYING LANDS. 285 

On 23 May, 1782, the then owners of the 6,000 acres made a divis- 
ion as follows : A line running east and west was drawn through the 
tract, Lemuel Kallock (representing the State), and Joseph Blaney 
received the part lying north of said line, and Samuel Danfortli of 
Boston, physician, Elizabeth Danfortli of Boston, Elijah Dunbar of 
Stoughton and Joseph Dowse of Salem that lying south thereof.' 

In 1784 John Fessenden, Caleb Amidown and Jonathan Warner, a 
committee to sell confiscated estates in Worcester County, represented 
to the Supreme Court that there were in Oxford and Charlton 3,000 
acres of unimproved lands, of which '' two-thirds belonged to William 
Brown of Salem, conspirator, now the property of the Common- 
wealth, and one-third to Joseph Blaney, all common and undivided," 
and asked for a division, which was granted. Dec. 4, 1784, a divis- 
ion was agreed upon, Blaney being then of Windham, Me. In 1785 
a large part of his share was sold on execution. Thus the Brown 
lands, which had lain long unimproved, were brought into market. 
On 12 April, 1785, eight 100-acre lots, excepting 60 acres i)reviously 
disposed of, were sold by the committee to Ebenezer Davis for £835. 
Jacob Davis was purchaser of several lots, and many deeds appear 
on the records of parts of "Brown Lands" sold by the State's com- 
mittee. That part of the 6,000 acres lying south of the dividing line 
waa distributed by Danforth and Dunbar to purchasers for settlement. 

The fourth division, Cox's, was deeded 28 June, 1701, by Daniel 
Cox, physician, of Loudon, to his son Daniel. The tract was early 
subdivided, the northern third having been conveyed to Thomas Freak 
of Hanningtou, Wiltshire, Eng., and the southern to John Blackwell, 
Cox retaining the centra! third. Freak deeded, 20 Feb., 1709, his 
2,000 acres in trust for Mary the daughter of his son John, then a 
merchant of Boston. She married, 1 May, 1694, Josiah Wolcott of 
Salem, and 16 Dec, 1730, being then a widow, deeded the 2,000 
acres to Edward Kitchen and Freke, his wife, of Salem, who sold in 
*lots to settlers. 

The southern third part was sold by Blackwell's heirs, with his 

large 6,000-acre lot, to Peter Papillon, and divided with that among 
I 

1 Mr. D. T. V. Tluntoon gives the followiufr as place, II. SS] . . . Utli set off from MancliauK 

the manner in whioli Dunbar came Into posses- corner ["Waters" — Ebenezer was surveyor, and 

sion of tliese lands: "Gov. Stoughton was un- Hancock and Levi Davis chaiumen] went as far 

married. His sister Hannah married .James as tlie new village line: lodge at Hancock's.— 

Minot, they had a daugliter Elizabeth, who mar- V.'th, set oft' from a stump shown by Capt. John 

rled Rev. John Danforth of Dorchester; their Larued to be ye place where ye lettered oak tree 

daughter Hannah married I{ev. Samuel I)unl)ar, formerly stood, and run N. 2° W., touching 

and Elijah was their son. [A descendant, Jolm Augutteback pond [lower pond at Howarth's] 

Danforth Dunbar, was In 179-5, and for several . . . lind a lieai) of stones supposed to be the old 

subsequent yea: s. a lawyer at Charltou. In corner of sd line, l.'ith. Waters, Kallock and self 

Mar(^h, 1801, he was of flymoutli.] went and made ye S. E. corner of ye new village 

A memorandum of several visits to Oxford and line [on (lie west side the river, now the west line 

Charlton in 1779, 178-2 and 178:1 by Mr. Dunbar to of Howarlirs estate]. :iOth, Amidown and self 

look after his land interests. Is in possession of walk to ye pine tree at Worcester — General 

his descendants. Other persons interested as Learned with us, — find by ye corner of ye Hue 

owners were witli hhn. Under date lU Oct., 1782, between Sutton and Oxford that it varies 2'- from 

he says: " dlued at Lord's [hotel at Oxford Ceu- Gore's survey." 
tre], go to Capt. Hancock's [Timotliy Aldrich 



286 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

his heirs inlo four oquul portions of 500 acres each. The easterly 
500 acres, which cxlt'iuh-d into (Jxfonl to the vilhige line, was drawn 
by Richard Williams, and embraced the mill privilege known as John 
Rich's, in Charlton. In 1747 Williams sold this water-power to 
Jonathan, Jr., and Ephraim Ballard, who there l)uilt a saw-mill. In 
17.V1 Kpliraim sold t(^ Jonathan, who continned to operate the mill, 
))uilt a potash factory, and added to his estate, and on 11 April, 1774, 
sold to Kbenezer Davis and David Rich, both of Charlton, 180 acres, 
part in Oxford aiid part in Charlton. In 1777 Davis sold to Rich, 
who added a grist-mill and early in the present century a wool carding 
mill. He died there, leaving as his successor his son, John H., who 
lived to old age, operating the mills, and died there 9 Oct., 1883. 

The remainder of the southern one-third was allotted to John Wol- 
cott, Molly Papillon, later Mrs. William Thomas, and Katharine 
[Mrs. George Gibbs] 500 acres each. 

The central third remained the property of Daniel Cox, Jr., who 
came to America and died 1737 at Trenton, N. J. His heirs, after 
many years, made Ezra Taylor of Southboro (later of Pownalsboro, 
Me.), their attorney. Numerous settlers had gone npou the premises 
and taken possession, and in a majority of cases, perhaps without 
controversy, sales were made to the occupants. Several suits, how- 
ever, were brought for ejectment, and among them one became of 
much importance as a test case. This suit was brought by Taylor at 
the November term of 1771, in the Court of Common Pleas at Worces- 
ter, in tiie name of William Cox of Bristol, Pa., and others, against 
John Edwards of Charlton. Trial, June term, 1773, verdict for Cox 
et al. Edwards appealed to the higher court. The Revolutionary 
struggle coming on the case was not heard till 1780, when under the 
new State Constitution it came up before the Supreme Judicial Court 
and was prosecuted with great vigor. According to the report 
[printed in an appendix to Vol. 14, Mass., 4!)1] the law of the case 
was argued several times by Paine [probably Robert Treat] for the 
demandants, and Sprague and Lincoln for the tenant, and after long 
consideration by the court judgment was finally entered, Oct. term, 
1782, for the demandants. Two points were made for the tenant by 
his counsel : [1] The deed from Cox, Sen., to Cox, Jr., was not exe- 
cuted according to statute requirements. But the court held, never- 
theless, that the execution of the deed in London had been sufliciently 
proved by the testimony of a resident of Phihulelphia who wit- 
nessed its signature. [2] There had been no "livery of Seizin." On 
this point the court held, that in accordance with the common opinion 
of most colonial lawyers, the feudal ceremony of grantor going with 
grantee personally u[)on the premises conveyed and there giving him 
in liaiul the twig of a tree or a piece of turf from the soil as a sym- 
bolical delivery of the land was not necessary in Ahissachusetts. This 
is thought to be the first reported decision of an American court upon 
this subject. Of course after this decision Cox's title was not gen- 



OUT-LYING LANDS. 287 

erally disputed, and Taylor was able to collect from other parties the 
sums due for lands. Deeds from Taylor to Charlton settlers are 
numerous.! 

The fifth 6,000 acres, Thompson's, descended to his four daughters, 
who received each 1,000 acres of the west portion, and his only son 
Joseph, who received 2,500 acres, the cast part, there being an over- 
plus of 500 acres. Joseph was of Nonsuch Park, Parish of Ewell, 
Surrey, Eng., and his heirs living on 7 March, 1754, were Thomas 
Whately, Sen., and his wife Mary, who were also of Nonsuch Park, 
Thomas Whately, Jr., Stamp Brooksbank and wife Elizabeth. These 
at that date deeded to Ebenezer Learned and Edward Davis the said 
tract of 2,o0i) acres.- Davis owned the west part and settled his sous 
upon it. Learned received the portion bounding east on the Maanexit 
at North Oxford, embracing the present Texas Village. From a 
record, CII., 591, we learn that Thomas Whately died possessed 
"partly by inheritance from his ancestor Robert Thompson and 
partly by purchase" of two-thirds of the original 6,000 acres, he 
having bought the intei'est of the four daughters, therefore Joseph, 
son of said Thomas Whately, being ''of said Nonsuch Park, Clerk, 
and Professor in Gresham College, and tlie only surviving heir of 
said Thomas," on 16 Oct., 1786, deeded to Samuel Danforth of 
Boston, physician, the said two- thirds or 4,000 acres of the westerly 
portion of the original tract. Deeds from Danforth to settlers are 
numerous. 

South Gore and Vicinity. Hobart Grant. Prior to the 
year 1628 a corporation was formed in London of ''Adventurers for 
a Plantation intended att Mattachusetts Bay in Newe England in 
America." An account of George Harwood, Treasurer, api)ears on 
page 1, vol. 2, of the Probate Records of Suffolk County, the heading 
of which is as follows : — 

"In the name of God, Amen. 

"London, Man, 1628. 

" Sundrie men owe unto the general stock of the Adventurers for a planta- 
tion intended att Mattachusetts Bay hi ucwe Eni^land in America, the some of 
ten thousand one huntlredth and sixtie pounds, and is for soemuch undertaken 
hy tlio particular persons mentioned hereafter by these several subscriptions 
to be Ijy them adventnred in this joint and general stoclc . . • for the planta- 
tion, wherennto the Almighty grant prosperous and liappy snccese that the 
same may redound to his glorie the . . . of the Gospell of Jesus Christ, and 
the particular good of the . . . adventurers that now are or hereafter shall 
be interested therein. The persons noAve to be made debt'rs to the gen'll 
stock [are] as foUowcth, vizt." [Nearly 100 names are appended.] 

Into the capital stock of this company Richard Westland of Boston, 
England, paid £50. Subscribers were entitled to lands in proportion 
to their payments. From a petition of Rev. Samuel AVhiting of 

1 We are indebted to the courtesy of Maj. Courts In Worcester, for the facts in lliis case. 
William T. Harlow, First Assistant Clerk of ^ Worcester Records, XXXV., 243. 



288 IflSTORY OF OXFORD. 

Lynn, presented to the autliorities, 28 May, 1679, wc learn that 
Westland nearly 50 years before had made a deed of gift of his rights 
to the said Whiting, he being a brothor-in-law. In this memorial he 
asks that five or six hundred acres of land miglit be set off to him, on 
which it was voted: "Granted to Mr. Whiting, Sen., and his heires 
six hundred acres of Land."^ After Mr. Whiting's decease, upon 
application of Mrs. Elizabeth Hobart; his daughter, and sole heir, 
in 1717, the grant of 600 acres was set off to her at the north end of 
Chaubunagunganiaug Pond.'- 

On 7 May, 1718, P^lizabeth Hobart of Hartford, widow of Jeremiah 
Hobart, clergyman, late of Haddam, for £00. deeded this estate to 
Josiah Dwight, first minister of Woodstock, who on 28 May, 1726, 
sold the same for £550 to Josiah Kingsbury of Needham."' In 1732 
Josiah Kingsbury sold the north part of this tract to his son Theodore 
and in 1737 the south part to his son Josiali, who both occupied 
as settlers. 

The original grant to Mrs. Hobart included the " Falls," the spot 
wliere, before 1728, on the stream issuing from Chaubunagungamaug, 
the first saw-mill was built. George Robinson in 1719 bought the 
land adjoining on the west and had taken possession of the water- 
power and built a mill. In 1728 Josiah Kingsbury, in a petition to the 
General Court represents the facts and asks for a grant of 23 acres 
of poor land near the mouth of Sucker Brook as a compensation. 
The matter was referred to John Chandler, who reported "that there 
is cut off from the Original [Hobart] Survey . . . about three acres, 
on the same stands a Saw Mill the conveniency for which was a great 
inducement to carry the bounds of the farm so far westward." He 
then reviews and descril)es the land petitioned for and gives his 
opinion that it was hardly an equivalent to the "Fall or mill place." 

The Roxbury School Grant. On 16 Oct., 1660, the General 
Court passed the following : " Tlie Court Judgeth it meete to graunte 
the town of Roxbury live lumdred acres of land towards the main- 
tenance of a free school." On 24 Nov., 1715, a petition was pre- 
sented to the Court signed by several citizens of Roxbury stating that 
a grant of 500 acres for the free school had been made in 1660, but 
had never been laid out, asking that action might be taken in the 
case ; on which it was voted that leave be given to have a plan made 
and presented. On 14 Nov., 1718, a plot was returned, and said 
grant confirmed. According to this plot, now in the State archives, 
the moutli of Sucker Brook was the first bound, the line ran thence 
northeasterly, thence at a right angle southeasterly, thence at a right 
angle southwesterly to the pond, at what was later Mr. Canipbell's 
line, about one-third of a mile south of Brown's cove or pond, so 
called, thonce northerly following the shore of the pond, including all 
the long arm stretching into it, to the first bound at Sucker Brook. 

1 Gen. Court Kec, X., 171, 202. "Suflfolk Records. 

■-'Mass. Rec, v., 232. 



OUT-LYINO LANDS. 289 

On 12 June, 1770, John Baker and Joseph Mayo of Roxbury, com- 
mittee to sell the school lands, deeded to Hezekiah Bellows 279 acres 
of the southern portion of the tract, and 43 acres "on the neck." On 
9 Feb., 1779, Bellows deeded to James Cudworth 324 acres, with a 
house and half a saw-mill. In June of the next year Cudworth, then 
living on the premises, sold the whole bought of Bellows to John 
Wight. On 12 June, 1781, Wight deeded back to Cudworth, who on 
22 June, 1781, deeded the same, excepting half a saw-mill, reserved 
to Jacob Barrett, to Dr. James Gleason and Asa Robinson. 

On 25 Feb., 1774, said Baker and Mayo, committee, deeded to 
Rev. Joseph Bowman of Oxford 247^ acres, the remainder of the 
original grant, being the northern portion, reserving a road for 
Bellows, then living on the south part. In 1774 Mr. Bowman 
deeded 100 acres of the northwest part to Oliver Barrett of Killingly, 
Conn., and on 9 July, 1777, 117 acres, part of the same, to 
Natiian Smith of Sutton-. In 1780 Smith sold 15 acres on which 
was a saw-mill to Jacob Barrett. 1781 Bowman sold 55 acres to 
Hezekiah Bellows. On 13 June, 1782, Nathan Smith and Elizabeth, 
his wife, of South Gore, deeded to John Boyce of Mendon, house- 
wright, 105 acres and buildings, being the northeast part of the 
Roxbury School Farm. In 178G Boyce sold to Benoni Benson and 
Abraham Staples, both of Mendon, who in 1792 sold to Philip Brown, 
who occupied it and kept a public house. Marvin, his son, was later 
owner and occupant. 

Thompson Grant. In May, 1683, on account of services 
rendered to the Province, a grant of 500 acres of land was made to 
Major Robert Thompson of Loudon, which was confirmed to him 
Feb., 1727. It was bounded on the west by the Hobart or Kingsbury 
land, on the north by Oxford Village, and on the east by Dr. Douglas' 
land. On 26 Nov., 1803, Thomas Corbett and Elizabeth, his wife, 
she being heir and devisee of Robert Thompson of Elsham, County 
of Lincoln, England, deeded for $750 the "Thompson farm" to James 
Butler of Oxford. Mr. Butler brought a suit for ejectment against 
Benjamin Davis and obtained possession. A large portion of this 
land is known as Douglas Woods. Reuben Dudley is present owner 
of a portion, which has been improved. 

Campbell Grant. Rev. John Campbell, representing that he 
required aid in the work of the ministry at Oxford, and asking in 
1736 for a grant of land, was voted his request. A plan in the State 
archives is endorsed : — 

" This Plan . . . describes the bonndai'y of 310 acres of hind with a pond, 
lying sontli of Oxford on the Southeast side of Uoxbury School farm, east 
from Dudley town on the east side of Chaubunairun.a:amau,<j: Pond, hounded 
east and south with a line of marked trees on the Province land, surveyed and 
laid out in i)ursuance of the grant of the General Court of this Province in 
their fall session of 1736 to the Rev. Mr. John Canii)bell of Oxford. By Isaac 
Larned surveyor, and Samuel Davis and John Larned chainmen. Surveyed 
18 Mar. 1737 and ratilied Jan. 1738." 
38 



2'.M) IIISTOliY OF OXFOKl). 

The north Hue of this grant was about one-third of a mile southerly 
of what is known as Brown's Pond, and it extended south more than 
a mile on the lake shore, and east 118 rods from the lake at the 
southern extremity and 210 rods at the northern. On 20 March, 
1765, Edward Wigglesworth, to whom it was sold hy I^Ir. Camphell's 
executors, deeded it, estimating it at 400 acres, including a pond, to 
Levi Wight and Dr. James Gleason, both of Thompson Parish. Dr. 
Green of Leicester later held a mortgage upon it, and in 1777 his 
heirs quitclaimed it as follows: To Levi Wight 120 acres, to Dr. 
James Gleason IHO acres, and to Aaron Wakefield and Amos Wake- 
field each one-half of 100 acres. William Wakefield is named as one 
of the interested parties. 

Leonard Grant. On 24 Jan., 1736, P^lkanah Leonard of 
Middleboro petitioned for a grant of land .as compensation for his 
services in prosecuting persons from Rhode Island who committed 
acts of violence on the gore of land in controversy between the two 
governments, which was granted. A survey was made by Isaac 
Larned, and a plot of 100 acres confirmed to him, lying northeast of 
Chaulnmagungamaug and northwest of the Koxbury School Farm, 1 
Jan., 1739. Leonard, 5 Jan., 1739, sold to John Jones of Hopkin- 
ton, who in 1748 conveyed the same to Roger Amidown, who in 1765 
sold to Abijah Kingsbury. In his deed the bounds are given as fol- 
lo^^<^5 : — 

" 100 acres, beginning at the northeast corner of the Koxbury school farm, 
thence southwesterly by said farm to the mouth of Sucker Brook; thence 
northerly by Josiah Kingsbury's laud 120 rods ; thence easterly 200 rods ; 
thence southerly to the first bound." 

On 3 June, 1768, Kingsbury deeded to Ichabod Chamberlain of 
Dudley, who, 2 .Sept., 1783, deeded to Joseph Rawson of Dudley. 
He occupied the place for a few years and removed to the farm known 
as the Dexter Rawson place, which is now owned and occu[)ied by 
his descendants. 

Ward Grant. Eleazer Ward of Newtown, later of Oxford, 
about 1734 represented to the General Court that he had served many 
years in the Indian wars, and was in the expedition against Port 
Royal and was wounded, causing him much expense, that he was old 
and disabled by his hardships, had three sons, and no land to settle 
on, and asked for a grant: on which, 10 Dec, 1734, in the House 
of Representatives it was ordered that 150 acres be granted to him ou 
conditions that he or his heirs or assigns settle the same within three 
years, build and finish a house at least 18 feet square and 7 feet stud, 
and break up or bring to five acres of English grass and well enclose 
the same. In April, 1735, a tract was laid out and confirmed to him, 
a plan of whicii is in the State archives endorsed as follows : — 

"This plan contains 150 acres of Province Laud which lyoth S. of Oxford, 
west from New Sherljurn : bounded south on proviuce huid, west on a 500 



OUT-LYING LANDS. 291 

acre farm called y« «minde farm,' laid out for N. Ingham and his company." 
Isaac Lamed was the surveyor. ' 

On 18 July, 1741, he deeded to bis son Samuel one-half his home- 
stead in Oxford, and "two pieces of remote laud, being a part of the 
grant of Gen. Court to me," and in 1747, 90 acres near the south- 
east corner of Oxford, bounded, beginning at Manchaug Corner, 
etc. The easterly line of his original grant ran S. 15° E. 300 rods 
from Manchaug Corner. 

The southernmost part of the Gore was occupied some years pre- 
vious to 1744 by Joseph Chamberlain, his son Ebenezer, and his son- 
in-law Josiah Balch. In 1744 the State sold to them 320 acres, 
bounded on New Sherborn [now Douglas] on the east and the Con- 
necticut line on the south. [See Chamberlain.] These several grants 
did not cover the whole area of the Gore lands. About 1,400 acres 
remained in lots of various size and form, and in 17G9 passed into 
the possession of the " twenty proprietors of Douglas." According 
to Mclntire's survey the Gore embraced 4,590 acres.- 

North Gore Lands. In Oct., 1648, a petition, as follows, was 
presented to the General Court : — 

" To the honored the Governor, Magistrates and Deputies of the General Court 
in Boston noiv assembled : 

"The Petition of Herbert Pelham late of Cambridge in Mattachuset now 
for the present in England resident. 

" Sheweth : That whereas there is to the said Herljert due from this Colonie 
of Mattachuset eight hundred acres of land for the consideration of and in 
reference unto a hundred pound about 17 years agoe, he the said Herbert with 
his father [Thomas Waldgrave] put into the common stoclv, it is therefore the 
desire of the said Herbert that you will be pleased to graunt to him the said 
number of akers, and what more you shall for his forbearance think conven- 
ient, in sucli place as not prejudicing any plantation he the said Herbert shall 
by his agents lind out and allot upon, and that this Pr sent Court will further 
be pleased to answer so tiraeously your petitioner that upon notice given he 
may with all convenient speed etiect his desire and make return thereof unto 
the Court, that whether Pr. sent or absent he may remaine ever mindful to be 
yours in what offlce of love he the said Herbert shall be able to Pleasure this 
Colonie. 

'• Presented the 19th day of the 8 m. 1648, in the name of Herbert Pelham, 
Esq., in his absence, by Henry Dunster at the motion of the said Herbert by 
his letters dated Ferrers, Apr. 4, 1G48." ■' 

1648, Oct. 27. In answer to this petition, it was ordered that Mr. 
Pelham "should have his 400 akers of land," and also the heirs of 

1 Mr. Ward had land granted him In Townsliip a descendant of one of the early settlers), to 

No. 2, east of Connecticut River and adjoining whom we are indebted for aid In prepariuff the 

the same, for services at Port Royal. He sold in foregoinf?. 

1737 to George Harrington, Sen., of Watertown. "Mr. Pelham was a man of high standing 

This " mine farm " was probably named from among the people of tlio " Mattacliuset Colonie," 

the fact that iron ore was found there and it is second to John Winthro]) on the list of assis- 

supposed that " N. Ingham and his company," tauts, from 1(>45 to 1(>4I), and the first treasurer of 

who were of Boston, had obtained a grant as a Harvard College. The subscription "to the com- 

speculatlon, but abandoned the enterprise. mon stoclc," refers to that made In London for 

-A thorough study of the early land grants tlie aid and encouragement of the new colony 

and conveyances in tlie South Gore has been then being organized for the settlement at 

made by Benjamin A. Wakefield (a resident and Boston. 



292 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Thomas Waldgrave another "400 akers" in such place as "not prej- 
udicinff an y phuit;itioii lii; Uk' sd. Herbert shall, by his agents find out 
and allot upon." 

On 30 .June, 1703, Penelope Winslow of Marshfield represented to 
the court tliat she was the daughter of Mr. Pelliam, and that the said 
grant had never been laid out, and asked consideration. No action 
appears to have been at that time taken in the matter. Later Isaac 
and Elizabeth Winslow, only children and heirs of Dame Penelope 
Winslow, petitioned that the grants to Pelham and Waldgrave 
might be set off to them, upon which there appears to have been some 
action, as on 20 Nov., 1718, Isaac Winslow and Elizabeth Burton 
represented that they had selected and caused to be surveyed 
"according to the law in this case," 400 acres, being one-half of the 
800 acres due them. This plot, which was not in the vicinity of 
Oxford, was confirmed to them. I'heir rights in the second 400 acres 
they sold to Daniel Livermore of Weston, one of the proprietors and 
settlers at Leicester, who chose his 400 acres in the "Country Gore," 
A plan is in the State archives, on the back of which is endorsed : — 

"May 28, 1719. Pursuant to a graute of the Grate and General Court of 
ein'ht Imndrcd accers of Land I have Lay'd out to Daniell Livermore four 
luuidred accers of land being one half of the above said eight hundred Accra 
(irante wliich was formerly granted to Mr. Havard Pellom, Estj., and Leatly 
(iraiited to Mr. Edward Pellom and Coll. Isaack Winslow, Esq., and his sister 
saiil land lying between Oxford and Leissester bounded with Oxford line 
Every where Els with Country Laud as is Signilied in this plat. Surveyed pr 
David ihinyes." 

The selection and laying out of land in the Gore seems to have 
awakened the interest of certain members of the General Court in the 
locality, and on 11 June, 1719, a committee (of which William 
Dudley was chairman) was appointed to take a plot of these lands, 
which reported a plan embracing 10,751 acres. In the House of 
lve[)resentatives, 11 Nov., 1719, it was — 

"Ordered that the said ten thousand seven hundred and llfty-one acres be 
sold to the highest bidder, the Produce to be returned to the Public Treasury 
for the use of the Province . . . No oue person to purchase above the (luautity 
of ;500 acres saving that 400 Acres may be laid out in the said tract in such 
convenient Place and Form as shall be approved by the said Conunittee, to 
fulllU that half of the grant of eight hundred Acres nuide to Herbert Pelham, 
Es(|., which fell to Isaac Wiuslow and his sister." ' 

On Hi June, 1721, William Dudley, Esq., informed the House that 
he had sold the 10,000 acres, etc., but could not give a title as it was 
not laid out to any County. Upon which it was resolved that the 
said 10,000 acres be annexed to and accounted a part of Suffolk 
County from this time. 

I From Uk; laiiK'iuiKeol' tl)is order U Is evlilfiit and /orm us the coininUtee shall approve is 

Uiat the (fniiit as laid out by the surveyor. Mr. iilllrnied. The place of the jfraut was iu the main 

Hayui'S, to Mr. Llvcriiiore had not at tills dale the same, but the form, as appears from Liver- 

beeu conlirMied to hhii; and the reason of this more's deed, when he sold two years later, was 

may have been that the form of the plat as pre- materially changed. We lliid no other contirma- 

seuted was such as to Interfere somewhat with a Hon of Mr. Llvermore's title tliau is contained 

judicious disposition of the adjoining lauds, in the above order. 
Here his proprietorship hi i>M acres in such place 



OUT-LYING LANDS. 293 

It may well be supposed that a public sale of 10,000 acres of land 
in the vicinity of Oxford, Leicester and Worcester, must have 
awakened unusual interest, especially among the numerous land spec- 
ulators of the day. The record of the sale does not appear, but we 
gather the names of most of tlie purchasers from the deeds, which 
were all dated 20 July, 1721, and recorded in the registry of vSuffolk 
County at Boston. 

John Meinzies a large owner at Leicester, Jonas Clark, William 
Dummer, Samuel Dummer, William JStoddard, James Alford and 
Edward Winslow, all of Boston ; Edward Bridges, Daniel Weld, John 
Hely and Daniel Williams, all of Roxbury ; Jonathan Stone and 
Uriah Angier, both of Watertown ; Thomas Lyon of Dorchester, 
William Ward and Thomas How, both of Marlboro' ; Nathaniel Ham- 
mond of Newtown and Rev. .John Campbell of Oxford, bought each 
300 acres. Benjamin Thompson of Roxbury bought a 500-acre lot, 
bounding north on Brookfield [now in Sturbridge] . Ebenezer Learned 
of Oxford bought a 300-acre lot and also one-half a 600-acre "gussett 
or gore," which was the acute angle of the plot extending east to 
Worcester corner, he having the east division and Mrs. Ann Stone, 
widow of John Stone of Framingham and the mother of Uriah Stone, 
the west portion, bounding north on Leicester, east on Ebenezer 
Learned, south on Oxford line and west partly on Daniel Livermore 
and partly on John Corey. ^ Mrs. Ann Stone died 25 March, 1733, 
at Framingham, and her son Daniel "administered on land in the 
Gore." [Barry.] This 300 acres came into the possession of James 
Stone, a son of Ann, who in 1735 sold 200 acres, that portion lying 
east of the river, to Gibbs. After passing through the hands of 
several owners it came in 1772 again into the possession of the 
Stone family, Uriah being the purchaser. The western portion was 
sold in 1745 by .James Stone to his brother Uriah of Framingham, 
who removed and spent his remaining years here, leaving the 
property to his heirs. 

The western and broader portion of the original Gore, to the amount 
of 3,000 or more acres, is now a part of Sturbridge. The large cen- 
tral portion was embodied in Charlton at its incorporation, and now 
constitutes an important part of the agricultural lauds of that town, 
having as its main village that known as Charlton Depot. The acute 
angle was incorporated in the town of Ward at its founding in 
1778. A tract remained between Leicester and Oxford of 738 
acres (according to Mclntire's survey in 1831), which in 1838 was 
made a part of Oxford. A plan of this by William Baldwin, dated 
Dec. 7, 1837, is in Plans, Mass. Archives, B. 30, p. 5, which gives 
the north line as 356 rods, the east, 223 rods, the south, 450 rods 
and the west, 335 rods.- 

• A part of Uie Corey lot was later owned by gives nortli line 351 rods, east line 220 rods, and 

Thomas Parker of Jfalden. west line 33:{ rods. For later history of these 

-Sylvester Mclntire's survey for a town map, lauds see Homesteads, 
according to the copy in Ammidowu'a His. Col., 



T H E 

OLDEIl HOMESTEADS OP OXFORD. 

OWNERS AND CONVEYANCES. 



This (lc|);irluiciit is in sodk; instances disconnected and imperfect, for the 
reasons, lirst, that descriptions in deeds were obscure, and, second, that many 
conveyances were never recorded. 

The first name given is tliat of the present owner or occupant. The map 
referred to is that published about lHo'6 by Itichard Clarli from surveys by 
G. M. Iloplvins, Jr. 

AuiJUKviATioNS. — a., acre; b., bounded; dau., daughter; (?., died; rem., 
removed; m., married; est., estate; vj., wife; mart., mortgage. 

1. Erastus W. Whiting. "/. T. Cook" on map. At the east 
are the homesteads included in Dudley's " Manchaug Farm." [See 
"Clianges in Town Lines."] That portion of it lying south of the 
Sutton road was in 1779 owned jointly by Paul and William Dudley. 
On 7 April, 1779, Paul sold the east half, being 200 acres, to Samuel 
Waters of Sutton ; 16 Sept., 1782, Samuel Waters to James Meleudy 
for £12, 2 a. b. N. on Sutton road ; 1 Dec, 1785, James Meleudy for 
£35, the same with a house, to Gideon Sibley, who lived there until 
he built a house on the hill near the centre of his farm, H. 1 1 ; Meleudy 
rem. to Charlton ; 7 March, 1799, Gideon Sibley to Jonathan Davis ; 9 
April, 1808, Jonathan Davis to Meribah (widow of Ebenezer, Sen.) 
and Ebenezer Robbins ; 15 March, 1841, P^benezor Robbins to Simeon, 
son of David Larned ; Robbins rem. to II. 2 ; 2 Dec., 1844, vSimeon 
Larned to Ira Cool< ; 28 Oct., 1882, the heirs of Cook to Eleanor R., 
w. of Erastus Whiting. 

2. SuMNEK SiiiLEY. " IF. L. JiosebwoJc" on map. 30 Jan., 1813, 
Amos Rich of Sutton to Elisha Blanding, 1 a. at west end of his farm, 
N. of Douglas turnpike; 16 Nov., 1820, P^lisha Blanding, the same 
with a house, to Joseph H. Putnam, his son-in-law, Blanding con- 
tinued to live here ; 31 March, 1835, Joseph II. Putnam to Olney 
Bolster; 19 March, 1841, Olney Bolster to Ebenezer Robbins, who d. 
here; 1850, administrator of Robbins' est. to Walter L. Rosebrook ; 
1864, Walter L. Rosebrook to Sumner Sibley. 

3. David Kingsbury. '■'■li. Davis" on map. April, 1779, Samuel 
Waters to Daniel Harwood, 123 a. with a passway to Mendon road; 
April, 1779, Daniel Harwood to Samuel Rich and Sanuiel Davidson, 
40 a. of the same ''with a small house," Davidson occupied, cabinet- 
maker ; 3 Jan., 1807, Samuel Davidson of Douglas to Calvin Putnam, 
his son-iu-law ; 6 Feb., 1813, Calvin Putnam to Jesse Kenney, 31 a. 



OLDKK IIO:\!I<:STIOA1)S. 295 

and buildiugs; 8 June, 1833, E. .7. Mills, deputy sheriff, right of 
redemption to Thomas Rich ; 9 April, 1834, Thomas Rich to Abigail 
Sibley (James Davis m. Abigail Sibley) ; 3 Feb., 1841, James and 
Abigail Davis to Sumner Kenney ; 3 Feb., 1841, Sumner Kenney to 
Reuben Davis, carpenter, who d. here, the family remaining until 15 
March, 1876, when they conveyed to Palmer Harback, who d. here, 
1884; 24 Sept., 1887, Frances A, Harback to David Kingsbury of 
Webster. 

4. Willis W. Rosebrooic. "IF. L. Eosebrook" on map. This 
may have been a part of Paul Dudley's portion. 27 Dec, 1825, 
Jonathan Davis to Alpheus Davis, land ; Alpheus built the house ; 
20 April, 1833, Samuel Smith, deputy sheriff, on execution, 38 a. and 
buildings, to Walter L. Rosebrook, who d. here ; his son is owner. 

5. Richard L. Dodge. "Z). Putnam" on map. On 13 Aug., 
1779, William Dudley sold 100 a., the southern half of his share of 
Manchaug farm, to Ezra Bowman; 28 Aug., 1779, Ezra Bowman 70 
a. to Jonathan and Bartholomew Woodbury, brothers, of Sutton, 
who occupied and built a small house; 22 May, 1790, Jonathan 
Woodbury to Samuel Rich ; 2 May, 1799, Samuel Rich to Elijah, his 
son, 84 a. ; 6 Feb., 1830, heirs of Elijah Rich to Thomas Rich, 97 a. 
and buildings ; house built about 1809 ; 8 April, r. 1842, Thomas Rich, 
mort. to Samuel Rich; 13 April, 1844, Samuel Rich, possession; 14 
Nov., 1844, Samuel Rich to Thomas Rich of Northbridge ; 5 Sept., 
1846, Thomas Rich (w. Prudence, dau. of Jesse Kenney) to Dexter 
Putnam, 116 a. ; Rich rem. West; 8 Sept., 1863, Dexter Putnam' to 
George Hodges ; 5 April, 1868, George Hodges to Henry J. Whiting ; 
8 Dec, 1875, Henry J. Whiting to Julia A. Taylor, w. of James of 
Sutton, who d. here; 11 Jan., 1876, Julia A. Taylor to Leonard 
Dodge of Sutton, father of Ricliard L. 

6. [Unoccupied.] ^'- Mrs. Sibley" on ma\-). 18 Nov., 1779, Ezra 
Bowman, who bought of Dudley, to Samuel Waters, 30 a. ; 15 Dec, 
1779, Samuel Waters to Samuel Rich, Jr. ; 17 May, 1790, Samuel 
Rich to Seth White, 13 a. at southwest corner of "Dudley farm" ; 1 
June, 1790, Jonathan Davis to Seth White, 50 a. in Douglas with a 
house; '2S April, 1791, Seth AVhite of Uxbridge to Jonas Ward of 
Sutton, 65 a. and house ; 1 March, 1793, David Ward, son of Jonas, 
and Sarah, his mother, to Jonathan Davis, 65 a. ; 2 April, 1808, 
Jonathan Davis to Catherine Hriggs ; 24 March, 1813, Abram Briggs 
and Catherine, his w., to Rufus and George Briggs; 14 May, 1814, 
Rufus and George Briggs to Lot Simpson of Sutton ; 13 March, 1817. 
Lot Simpson to Charles W. Harback, Sutton, 30 a. ; 1 Dec, 1817, 
Charles W. Harback to Lyman Rowland of Sutton, cordwainer ; 3 
Jan., 1820, Lyman Rowland to Nathaniel Paine, Jonathan Waters, 
Samuel Waters, Josiah Hall, Joel Fay, Amasa Wood, Asa Wood, 



296 IIISTOIIY OF OXFORD. 

and Joseph Grifjgs, " Tanning Company," of Millbury ; 3 April, 1821 , 
the "Tanning Company" to Isaac Bolster ; 18 lo, Lucena and Lucinda 
Bolster, daughters of Isaac, to Almon Sibley, who d. here 1849, liis 
widow remained several years and rem. The house was uninhab- 
itable years ago and is now deserted.^ 

7. [House removed.] No deed has been found of the sale of the 
northern half of William Dudley's share. 5 April, 1790, Jonathan 
"Woodbury to Paul Si})ley, 3.3 a. between Elijah Rich's and Mendon 
road; 3 Feb., 1792, Paul Sibley to Elisha Hlauding, If a. S. side 
Mendon road, with "an old house, one Bonzey lived in sometime"; 
1797, Elisha Blanding to Jonathan Davis, " with an old house." This 
house formerly stood in the fork of the Sutton and Douglas roads. 

8. JosKiMi W. Putnam. "C Putnam" on map. House built 
about 1830 for a toll-house on turni)ike and occupied by Cornelius Put- 
nam. 5 March, 1834, Jonathan Davis, Jr., to Nathan Waters, 18a.; 
1 April, 1844, Nathan Waters to Cornelius Putnam, who d. here, 
1863, his son, Joseph W., succeeding. 

9. Sanfoui) a. Tnman. "*S'. Tnman" on map. 16 March, 1839, 
Earned Davis, land to Orrin Bolster, who built the house; 4 Aug., 
1844, Orrin Bolster to Emory Davis, 43 a. ; 1 Sept., 1845, Emory 
Davis to Sauford A. Inman. 

10. CiiAKLES S. Whkklku. ",/". 7. Puhuwi" on map. In 1785 
and 1786 the heirs of William Dudley sold that part of the Manchaug 
farm lying nortli of the Sutton road as follows : 4 Oct., 1785, William 
Dudley, son of William, to Gideon Sibley, one undivided fifth of 666 
a, ; 8 April, 1786, Mary Cotton of Boston, widow, to John Howard, 
the same quantity undivided ; 28 April, 1786, Mary Lovell and Ann 
Lovell. both of Boston, and John Lovell of Taunton, to Joshua 
Woodbury and Ebenezer Rich, both of Sutton, and Samuel Davis, 
Jr., of Oxford, the same; 2 June, 1786, Samuel Scarborough and 
Elizabeth, his w., of Roxbury, to Ebenezer Waters and Gideon 
Sil)ley, the same. On 29 April, 1786, a division among the owners 
was made, John Burbridge and Rebeckah, his w., of Cornwallis, N. 
S., in her right (perhaps an heir of Dudley who retained her rights), 
received 132 a. at the north end ; Joshua Woodbury, 62 a. adjoining 
Buibridge ; Sanuiel Davis, Jr., 59 a. adjoining Burbridge; P^benczer 
Waters, 74 a. in two lots ; Ebenezer Rich, 20 a. Tlie only two home- 
steads on the 666 a. were Howard's at the southeast, and Gideon 
Sibley's on the southwest. Howard received 132 a. ; 14 March, 1815, 
eToliM Howard, Al)raluim Howard and Stephen Howard to Jonatiian 



1 Tills ls;i i):iil lit" ;i Hull' iici;rlil)()i'lioo(l iicnr tlu' .Tomicy, one of tlicsf, is now, lf>!IO. tlie only re- 

Douj-Mas llni' CiilU'd " Itimnock City," where In iiiainint,' inliahiuml. See William Davis, HrigRS 

174:! .loseph Davis of Wooilsfocii seltleci, ami aucl Stiles, Genialo-ical Departniont. 
his (Icsceniiants h;ive slni-e euulinuuii. .Joseph 



OLDVAi HOMESTEADS. 297 

Davis, Jr., 140 a., 133 N. and 7 S. of the road; 7 May, 1835, 
Jonathan Davis, Jr., to Stephen Hutchinson, who d. here 1851 ; 

1853, the executors of Hutchinson to Paris Tourtellotte ; 4 May, 

1854, Paris Tourtellotte to John E. Putnam ; 21 Feb., 1855, John E. 
Putnam to Salem J. Shaw of Wales; 15 Feb., 1858, Salem J. Shaw 
to Horace DeWitt, who d. here ; 15 Feb., 1860, James Phelps, father- 
in-law of DeWitt, to William Grossman of Brighton ; 1874, Milton 
Grossman, executor of estate of William, to Salem J. Shaw ; 7 May, 
1885, Salem J. Shaw to Gharles S. Wheeler. 

11. [House removed.] Gideon Sibley homestead. Sibley, on 
his share in the division named under H. 10 (186 a. at the south- 
west corner of the tract), built a house on the hill one-fourth of a mile 
from the Sutton road, near the centre thereof, spent a long life 
and d. there. He also built a house near his own for his son Peter, 
who after a few years rem. to Orange. Tenants occupied for a time 
after his decease, the buildings went to decay and were all rem. about 
1865. 

12. Marion E. Lilley. "/f. A. Davis" on map. 18 Aug., 
1749, Samuel Davis to his son PMward, who d. here, 150 or 160 a. ; 
26 Dec, 1786, executors of Edward Davis to Jonathan, son of 
Edward, 260 a. ; 14 Oct., 1822, Jonathan Davis to his son Stephen, 
who d. here, 350 a. ; Russell A. and Edward Davis, sons of Stephen, 
were owners, the former occupied the place till April, 1872, when he, 
having bought his brother's share, sold to Henry J. Whiting ; later in 
1872 Whiting sold to Marion E. Lilley, his sister. 

13. Late Silas Rice. " TRL Young" on map. Part of H. 12; 

6 Nov., 1826, Stephen Davis to Aaron Elliott, who built the house 
and mort. to Stephen Davis; 14 March, 1836, assignees of Stephen 
Davis to David Young, who d, here. His dau., Mary E., m. Silas 
Rice, and was owner until her decease; Nov., 1887, it went into 
possession of Samuel H. Earl on a mortgage. 

14. Henry J. Whiting. "IF. Robinson" on map. 1 April, 
1756, Samuel Davis, 150 a., to his son Elisha, who d. here, 1796 ; his 
eon Nehemiah succeeded, and d. here, 1821 ; 3 Nov., 1825, Richard 
Oluey, guardian of his children, deeded to Jonathan Davis two-thirds 
of 141 a. ; Jonathan Davis, same date, sold to Israel Sibley and Daniel 
Davis. The latter became sole owner and sold to Learned Davis, 
who 31 March, 1838, deeded to Jeremiah Brown 62 a. and buildings ; 

7 March, 1851, Jeremiah Brown to Sylvanus Robinson; John W. 
Robinson as heir of Sylvanus came into possession, and 13 Sept., 
1887, conveyed to Garolinc A., w. of Henry J. Whiting. 

15. Estate of Abel M. Gu affee. "£". Rich" on map. 1743, 
Samuel- Davis to his son Thomas, who d. here, 1778, 155 a. ; 18 

39 



298 IIISTOKV OF OXFOKI). 

Nov., 1782, heirs of Thomas Davis to Jeremiah Davis, who d. here, 
1822 ; 30 March, 1824, executors of Jeremiah Davis to Kbenezer 
Rich and Ezra Davis; 11 Dec, 1826, Ezra J^avis to Ebenezer Rich, 
one-half; 18 March, 1857, Ebenezer Rich to his son George L., one- 
half ; George soon d. ; 15 April, 1858, Ruth G., widow of George L., 
to Ebenezer D. Rich, one-half; 22 Aug., 1868, heirs of Ebenezer 
Rich to Ebenezer D. Rich, one-half; 6 March, 1884, Ebenezer D. 
Rich to Abel M. Chaffee. 

16. [House removed.] "i2. A. Davis" on map. This was a 
house built by David Lilley soon after he bought the Lovett farm as 
a dwelling for workmen in the scythe shop near by, and was occupied 
by several persons wlio afterward operated the shops. [Sec Bug 
Swamp Mills.] It was owned for many years by Col. Stephen Davis, 
who bought of Lilley's heirs. [See H. 17.] Samuel Slater and sons 
are present owners. 

17. Herbert E. and Walter A. Lovett. "P. and C. Lovett" 
on map. 6 April, 1738, Samuel Davis to his sou Samuel, 189 a., of 
which the Lovett farm is the east part. Samuel Davis, Jr., had three 
sons, Samuel, Learned and Elijah; 21 Aug., 1784, the two latter 
quitclaimed to Samuel, 3d, this east part, 117 a. and buildings; 11 
March, 1801, Samuel, 3d, to David Lilley, and he, same date, to 
David, his son, in consideration of support of self and w. ; 20 Oct., 
1825, Polly Lilley, widow, and Gibbs Lilley to Stephen Davis, their 
rights in 200 a. in Sutton and Oxford; 8 Dec, 1827, Stephen Davis 
to Phinehas Lovett and Charles Lovett, 110 a. Phinehas d. here, 
1858, Charles was later sole owner and d. here in 1SS8, devising the 
farm to his nephews, Herbert E. and Walter A. Lovett. 

18. AYiLLiAM A. Ellis. "Z/. Harn-ood" on map. Known as " Sac- 
carappa." July, 1792, Elijah and Learned Davis to Joshua Stock- 
well, nailmaker, 2 a. 10 r. N. of brook, house, blacksmith shop; 
Stockwell had built these previously ; same date, Elisha Davis to 
same, one-half a. adjoining on the south, with a right of way to the 
same; 27 April, 1802, Joshua Stockwell to Rufus Moore; 13 INLarch, 

1815, Rufus Moore to John Kenney, Jr., the upjier part; 15 April, 

1816, Rufus Moore to Learned Davis ; 1 April, 1818, set off on exe- 
cution to Ebenezer Rich; 12 Dec, 1828, Ebenezer Rich to Reuben 
Waters; 18 Feb., 1833. Reuben Waters to Jonas L. Sibley, mort. ; 
1 Marcii, 1833, Sil)ley assigned to Wor. Mut. Fire Ins. Co. ; 17 March, 
1.S45, Wor. Mut. Fire Ins. Co. to William Sigourney ; 1 Oct., 1851, 
William Sigourney to William Dickinson, mort. ; 1 Jan., 1866, 
William Dickinson to Ebenezer I). Rich; 5 April, 1884, Ebenezer D. 
Rich to Abel M. Chaffee. 

19. Francis Sibley Estate. ^'■F. F. Sibley" on imip. 21 Aug., 
1784, the three sons of Samuel Davis, Jr., made a division of his 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 299 

farm among themselvos. Samuel, -Sd, who had the Lovett place quit- 
claimed to Elijah and Learned, his brothers, the west part ; 8 Dec, 
1793, Elijah quitclaimed the Sibley farm to Learned, who built the 
house now standing; 28 Dec, 1813, Learned Davis to Francis Sibley 
and Ebenezer Rich, sons-in-law; 7 March, 1819, Ebenezer Rich to 
Francis Sibley, his share ; Sibley d. here, 1848 ; his daughter now, 
1890, occupies. 

20. Kendall Marcy. "C A. Sigourney" on map. 21 Aug., 
1784, this with H. 19 was quitclaimed to Elijah and Learned Davis 
by Samuel, their brother. The original Samuel Davis, Jr., house 
stood on site of present house. Elijah, his son, spent his days 
and d. here ; 6 March, 1840, Ezra Davis and others, heirs of Elijah, 
deeded to Charles A. Sigourney, who built the present house ; 7 
Feb., 1870, Charles A. Sigourney to Liberty Bigelow ; 1878, Liberty 
Bigelow to Kendall Marcy. 

21. "Barton Hill." House removed. This place lies a quarter 
of a mile east of the house of Lucian Chaffee, at the west foot of 
Barton Hill and is supposed to have been a part of Phinehas Dana's 
farm ; no road passes it. For many years John Barton, son-in-law 
of Dana, lived here. The house was removed many years ago ; the 
remains, cellar, garden plot, etc., may be seen; a beautiful locality. 
In 1760 John Barton, w. Abigail, Phinehas Dana of Dedham, John 
Ayres, w. Hannah of Newton, and Abner Town, w. Susanna, deeded 
to John Dana their riglits. In 1816 heirs of John Dana to Ebenezer 
Dana; 17 March, 1818, Ebenezer Dana to Francis Sibley, who later 
sold to Israel Sibley, his brother, to whose estate it now belongs. 
This was the scene of the Indian affair referred to on page 43. 

22. Lucian M. Chaffee. "J. Walker" on map. 14 Dec, 1730, 
Samuel Davi^ to Phinehas Dana, 90 a. east of Great Meadow, part 
of Bernou laud ; Dana d. here, and his son John succeeded as owner ; 
29 June, 1816, heirs of John Dana to Ebenezer Dana, son of John ; 
20 March, 1833, Ebenezer Dana to Jonathan Sibley, David Nichols 
and Delano Peirce ; 1 April, 1833, these to Joseph Brown, Jr. (who 
owned the Gleason place adjoining), 16 a. and house ; Brown sold to 
James Walker, who sold to Jonathan P. Dana ; 2 Oct., 1855, Jonathan 
P. Dana to Amos P. Newton; 12 Aug., 1861, Amos P. Newton to 
Mary J., w. of Abel M. Chaffee ; 13 Feb., 1867, Mary J. Chaftee to 
John Taylor; 6 July, 1869, John Taylor to Lucian M. Chaffee of 
Willimantic, Conn. The original Dana house stood in the fields east 
of the present one. .John Dana built the present house, his son Jere- 
miah being the first child born there. 

23. Vernon Chaffee. "J". Broton" on map. 1740, Samuel 
Davis to Benjamin Davis, 85 a. in east part of Oxford ; 7 Dec, 1741, 



300 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Benjamin Davis to James Hovey, 40 a. of same, a 1^-rod road 
through ; \li'>2, a part of this land, and ouc-half a liouse. and a shop 
went by Hovey's will to his nephew, Daniel Gleason. who bought later 
several pieces of land near; 15 March, 1791, Daniel Gleason to his 
son Josiah, 97 a. ; Josiah d. here, 1817; Lydia, dau. of Josiah, in. 
Joseph Brown, Jr., who came into poseession of the farm; 1 Nov., 
1865, Joseph Brown and Lydia, his w., to Collins Allen, 48 a. ; 6 
March, 18GG, Collins Allen to Elvira, w. of Vernon Chaffee. The 
first house on this farm stood in the field east of the present one. 
Brown lived in it some years and later built the present house. The 
original Benjamin Davis house is believed to have stood over a cellar 
now visible a short distance southwest of Vernon Chaffee's house. 

24. Late John Reynolds. "^. Pratt" on map. This farm was 
the west part of Benjamin Davis' laud, H. 23, Ijought in 1 740. 17 May, 
1751, Benjamin Davis to Joseph Pratt of Dedham, known as '■'■ Meadow 
Joe," 66 a. ; 6 April, 1795, Joseph Pratt to Baxter, his son, one-half 
of 120 a.; 5 Dec, 1826, Betsey Pratt, administratrix of estate of 
Baxter, her husband, to Stearns Witt, 117 a. ; same date, Stearns 
Witt and others to Levi Chilson and Amos Pratt of Bellingham ; 
9 April, 1831, Chilson to Pratt. The house formerly stood one-fourth 
of a mile north of its present location ; removed by Amos Pratt. 12 
Sept., 1854, Amos Pratt of Charlton to Sylvanus Robinson, who 
divided and sold in lots ; 8 Oct., 1857, Sylvanus Robinson to William 
Daniels, 5 a. and house; 9 May, 1862, William Daniels to William 
H. Thurston; 27 July, 1870, William H. Thurston to Sally, w. of 
John Reynolds. 

25. Marv Buown Estate. ".7. Davis" on map. 30 March, 1757, 
Thomas Davis to Duncan Campbell; 17 Oct., 1758, Duncan Camp- 
bell to Thomas Stearns; 11 Jan., 1759, Thomas Stearns to Joseph 
Phillips; 25 March, 17G1, Joseph Phillips to William Davis, three- 
fourths of an a., dwelling, blacksmith's shop, coal house ; Davis d. 
here, 1775, his widow surviving until 1796; 29 Dec, 1803, Jeremiah 
Davis to Elijah Davis, Jr., who rem. the old house and built the 
present one; 24 April, 1815, Elijah Davis, Jr., to Jonathan Davis; 
. . . Jonathan Davis to Jonathan Davis, Jr. ; 26 Aug., 1864, 
Jonathan Davis, Jr., to Mary, w. of John Brown; Brown and w. 
both d. here. 

26. John E. Kimbai.l. "L. Davis" on map. The home lot of 
Joshua Whitney. 17 May, 1719, Joshua Whitney of Mendon to 
Hannah Cooper, widow; 30 March, 1726, Hannah to Zerubbabel 
Cooper, her son ; 2 March, 1732, Hannah and Zerubbabel Cooper to 
Jacob Willson of Maiden; 23 April, 1736, Jacob Willson to John 
Willson, who d. here, 1778 ; 18 Aug., 1780, John, sou of John Willson, 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 301 

to Ezra Conant of Warwick, physician, who d. here, 1789 ; his widow 
m. Joseph Healy of Dudley and continued on the place ; she sold her 
rights, 4 Oct., 1806, to Charles Davis ; Larned Conant, son of Kzra, 
sold his interest to Ahijah Davis ; Ruth, sister of Larned, m. Ellas 
Pratt, Jr. ; 8 May, 1808, Abijah Davis and Elias Pratt, Jr., sold to 
Charles Davis; 28 Oct., 1841, Charles Davis to Learned Davis; 3 
April, 1857, Learned Davis to Alexander DeWitt. [On 24 April, 1857, 
DeWitt deeded to Mary, w. of Learned Davis, the small house recently 
built near the old one, with land. This, Mrs. D. gave in her will to 
her dau., Sally S., who, 5 Jan., 1867, deeded it to Ivers A., her 
brother, who d. here.] 20 April, 1864, Alexander DeWitt to Sylvanus 
Robinson; 1 Feb., 1878, Sylvanus Robinson to Alfred W. Long; 10 
April, 1886, Alfred W. Long to John E. Kimball. 

27. [House removed.] On a knoll on the north side of Sutton 
road near Mill Brook, was the house of David Town. He bought 
in 1742 of the heirs of Daniel Hovey the whole corner, now 
Sigourney's, to the main street, and immediately sold 25 acres, the 
west part, to Daniel Davis. He is supposed to have built the house. 
In 1768 he sold it, with 60 a. lying north of it, to William Davis. 
We trace it no further in the records. The house stood until after 
1800 and was soon after that date removed. Jeremiah Amidown lived 
there many years, occupied iu 1782 and left about 1798, removing 
to the south end of the Plain. 

28. David McCabe. "D. Whait" on map. A part of Elisha 
Davis' farm, H. 14. 8 Feb., 1792, he deeded 184 a. to his son 
Thomas, who built the present house ; 1824, Thomas Davis to William 
and Sylvanus Robinson, 150 a. and buildings ; 4 May, 1830, William 
Robinson to Sylvanus, one-half ; 1838, Sylvanus Robinson to Larkin 
D. Newton, brother-in-law, 172 a. ; 4 Feb., 1839, Larkin D. Newton 
to Jesse Curtis of Sterling; 27 March, 1839, Jesse Curtis to David 
Wait of West Boylston ; 1 March, 1855, David Wait to P^rie and 
George Walker of Webster; 15 Oct., 1862, Erie Walker to Collins 
Allen of North Kingston, R. I. ; 25 Nov., 1873, Collins Allen to 
Margaret Campbell of Worcester; 7 March, 1874, Margaret Camp- 
bell to Ann Healy of Cleveland, O., who occupied until 1887. The 
place came through a mort. to Edward P. Goulding of Worcester, 
who, 2 May, 1888, deeded to David McCabe, present owner. 

29. Ellen M. McDonnell. "JV. Davis' heirs" on map. The 
homestead of Samuel Davis, bought of Beruon ; Davis built the house 
and d. here, 1760. John, his sou, cared for his parents in old age and 
received, 22 Jan., 1756, the farm, 80 a. and house ; he also d. here, 
1800. Jesse, his son, received the southwest part of the farm, and 
the widow the balance as dower; 7 April, 1815, her heirs deeded 62 
a. 116 rods to Nathaniel Davis, being what was set off to her ; 5 April, 



302 HISTOKY OF OXFORD. 

1817, Jesse to N:itti:uiii'l Davis, o4 a., soulhwest part of the farm, 
excepting 7} a. sold to Klihii Marwood. Nathaniel spent liis life and 
d. here; Lucy, his dan., came into possession. 15 May, 1.S89, Lucy 
Davis to William H. Davis, her nephew; 21 April, 1890, William H. 
Davis to Charles L Rawson ; 1.3 May, 1890, Charles L Rawson to 
Ellen M. McDonnell. 

30. Franklin Howako. '•'•Maj. W. Moore" on map. A part of 
H. 29. John, son of Samuel Davis, built the house about 1800 for 
his son Jesse. In 180(> it went into the ownership of Nathaniel and 
John Davis, brothers of Jesse; later, Nathaniel sold to John, Jr., 
and 14 March, 18U9, John, Jr., deeded 65 a. to William Moore, who 
d. here, 1857. His son, Salem T., and dau., Eliza, occupied till the 
death of the latter, 1874 ; 5 Aug., 1874, the heirs of William Moore 
to Simeon Howard of Providence, who d. 1878 ; 5 March, 1879, 
administrator of Howard's estate to Franklin Howard. 

31. [House removed.] "Z>. Lilly" on map. At the extreme 
southeast; 24 April, 1783, Elisha Davis to Jonathan Fitts of Sutton, 
50 a. ; 27 May, 1788, Jonathan Fitts to Benjamin Fitts, b. south by 
Oxford line ; Benjamin built the house, his son Andrew was successor 
and d. here, 1849 ; April, 1854, heirs of Andrew Fitts to David and 
J. Leavens Lilley ; house burnt 1855, not rebuilt. 

33. [House removed.] Not on map. A hundred rods north of 
H. 31 was the Joseph Rockwood homestead ; no road passed it. It had 
been occupied previously, but by whom is not known. 1 May, 1802, 
the administrators of estate of Dea. John Davis deeded to Joseph 
Rockwood 2 a. and buildings; 9 Oct., 1820, Joseph Rockwood to 
Thomas Davis ; S April, 1824, Thomas Davis to Ezra Davis, son-in- 
law of Rockwood, who later sold to Samuel Mayo, who removed the 
house, 1839. 

33. William L. Plaistki). "•/S. JVft'?/o" on map. Original Mayo 
homestead bought of Bernon, house on north side of road built about 
1730 ; long roof ruuniiig down to one story in the rear; occupied by 
the successive owners until 1841, when Sanuiel Mayo built present 
house and the old one was left to decay. 14 April, 1740, Thomas 
Mayo of Roxbury to John, his son, 82 a. and buildings ; John d. 
here, 1752; his son John succeeded and d. here, 1834; Samuel, sou 
of John, Jr., next owned and occupied till 1859, when he rem. to 
the Plain ; 19 June, 1855, Samuel Mayo to Cyrus Truesdell, 150 a., 
reserving the house south of the road; 17 Nov., 1859, the same to 
the same, remainder of the farm; 6 Sept., 1859, Cyrus Truesdell to 
Horace Shepardson ; 23 Feb., I860, Horace Shepardson to John 
Dinsmore of Au))urn, who occupied till 1 Dec, 1868, wheu he deeded 
to Sylvanus Robinson; June, 1870, Sylvanus Robinson to Fred. P. 



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Hutchins ; 15 Dec, 1873, Fred. P. Hutchins to Lucius Mei'iifield ; 16 
Dec, 1873, Lucius Merrifield to David F. Pavmenter aud Isaac S. 
Merriam; 13 July, 1874, they to Joliu J. Willey ; Sept., 1874, Jolin 
J. Willey to Cordelia, wife of Charles S. Kuight ; 3 Oct., 1874, 
Cordelia aud Charles S. Knight to William L. Plaisted. 

34. George R. Larneu. "£". Eddy" on map. The home lot of 
Daniel Pearson, original settler. He left before Jan., 1717, and 26 
Nov., 1718, then of Mausfield, deeded to Thomas Hunkins, 160 a. ; 
1763, Thomas Town, grandson of Hunkins and executor of his will, 
to Josiah Wolcott, 60 a. aud liouse ; 28 Feb., 1776, Josiah Wolcott 
to Thomas Town ; 2 March, 1776, Thomas Town to Ezra Bowman ; 
May, 1776, Ezra Bowman to Andrew Walker of Oxford, housewright, 
8 a. and buildings ; 25 April, 1785, Audrew Walker to Nathaniel 
Carroll of Killingly, Conn., 22 a. aud buildings; 18 Feb., 1789, 
Nathaniel Carroll of Thompson, Conn., to Henry Stone of same ; 18 
Feb., 1790, Henry Stone to Joseph Davis of Oxford; 1795, Joseph 
Davis to Elihu Harwood ; 1 May, 1843, P^lihu Harwood to his son 
Elihu, Jr. ; 3 April, 1846, P^lihu Harwood, Jr., to John A. Brown ; 2 
April, 1849, John A. Brown to Eliphalet Eddy, who occupied till 5 
Aug., 1868, and rem. to Saratoga ; at that date he sold to Austin J. 
Rich; 20 Feb., 1869, Austin J. Rich to John Dinsmore ; 23 April, 
1870, John Dinsmore to Benjamin W. Childs ; 15 Oct., 1870, Benja- 
min W. Childs to George R. Larned. 

35. [House removed.] Not on map. On the Humphrey farm, H. 
36, on the brow of the hill north of tlie road to the fort, stood the 
home of Arthur Humphrey, who received land by inheritance, and 
built the house. 15 July, 1776, he deeded 60 a. and buildings 
to Alexander Campbell ; 16 July, 1777, Alexander Campbell to John 
Allen; 19 March, 1779, John Allen to Stephen Streeter ; 9 April, 
1782, Stephen Streeter to David Streeter; 2 April, 1790, Jacob 
Streeter to Peter Bonsa (Hessian soldier) ; 16 Dec, 1793, Peter 
Bonsa to Andrew Sigouruey ; . . . July, 1823, owned by Charles 
P. Nichols; Jeremiah Moffltt received it of Nichols for debt; 13 
May, 1824, Jeremiah Moffltt to Ebenczer Humphrey ; building re- 
moved before 1S20; a modern house now stands near its site. 

36. EiiENEZER Humphrey. "/2. Humphrey" on mai). The home 
lot of Ebenezer Humphrey, who d. here, 1761 ; his son, Ebenezer, 
succeeded and d. 1836 ; his son, Rufus, succeeded aud d. 1851 ; his 
son, Ebenezer, is present owner, 1890. 

37. "Old Mill." Harris homestead. House removed, stood 
west of and near the present mill ; the home lot of Jonathan Tillotson. 
11 June, 1719, Jonathan Tillotson to Ebenezer McKee of Killiugly, 



304 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Conn. ; .5 Aug., ITll*, Ebenezer McKee to John Corains of same; 8 
March, 172G, John Coniins to Josiah Cummings ; same year, Josiah 
Cumniings to Capt. Ebenezer Learned and Benoni Twichell ; . . . 7 
Dec, 1729, Nathaniel Patten of Oxford, cooper, to Joseph Reed, who 
d. here; 30 May, 1733, Ebenezer Humi)hrey and w. Sarah, formerly 
w. of Reed, to Timothy Harris of Watertown ; Samuel, son of Timothy, 
next owned, and later, Jonathan, son of Samuel, until 11 Sept., 1805, 
when Jonathan deeded to Peleg Foster; 14 July, 1814, Peleg Foster 
to Russell Clark; 21 Aug., 1819, Russell Clark to Stearns Witt; 
same date, Stearns Witt to Jeremiah Mollitt ; 1829, heirs of Moflitt to 
Rufus Robinson. The house was used by tenants who were employed 
in the mill and was removed about 1847. 

38. Rose Messier. "Z). Day" on map. On Bondet Hill, the 
home lot of Joseph Chamberlain, Sen. 1 1 Oct., 1722, Joseph, Benja- 
min and Simon Chamberlain to Joseph Dana, 40 a. "around the Great 
House," formerly their father's; 22 Feb., 1725, Joseph Dana to 
Samuel Rich and Ebenezer Humphrey ; . . . 14 May, 1735, Jonathan 
Ballard to James Coller of Oxford; 25 June, 1744, James Coller to 
Joseph Pratt; 1748, Joseph Pratt to Jonas Coller, son of James; 5 
March, 1783, Jonas Coller to Jonathan Day of Needham ; before 3 
July, 1784, Jonathan Day sold a half to John Mayo; 5 April, 1800, 
John Mayo to his son John, who settled here, took down the old 
house and built the present one, lived many years and d. here ; 28 
March, 1.S35, John Mayo to Rebecca, his sister, 70 a. and a part of 
the house; she m. David Day; they both d. here; 1 April, 1876, 
Sumner Pratt of Worcester, trustee for Rebecca Day, to Mary C. 
Clifford; 3 Oct., 1877, Mary C. Clifford to Martha and Ulva A. 
Aldrich ; 1 Nov., 1886, Martha and Ulva A. Aldrich to Joseph 
IMessier ; 21 Aug., 1887, Joseph Messier to Rose Messier, present 
owner of the Mayo place. 

On 3 July, 1784, Jonathan Day sold to his brother David, one- 
half, known as the Jewett farm ; David occupied and d. here, 1792; 
r.) April, l.SOS, Daniel, Jonathan and Fisher, sons of David Day, to 
Abijah Davis, one-half ; 3 Nov., 1819, Abijah Davis to Roger Jewett, 
53 a. ; 19 Jan., 1858, John, son of Roger Jewett, to Rebecca L. Field ; 
1863, Rebecca L. Field to Emelaide Upham of Worcester; 1865, 
Emelaido Upham to Samuel Mawney ; 1865, Samuel Mawney to 
Collins Allen; 13 June, 1865, Collins Allen to Rice Barton, who d. 
here; 18 Sept., 1876, P^dwin, son of Rice Barton, to William 
Severance; 5 Jan., 1878, William Severance to Abel M. Chaffee, 
one-third, he buying the other two-thirds of Barton's heirs ; 4 March, 
1878, Abel M. Chaffee to Sarah J., w. of Rodney iM. Dadnuin, present 
owner of the Jewett place. 

39. Fkankijn H. Clakk. ''S. Fitts" on map. The home lot of 
Joseph Chamberlain, Jr., who sold, 24 April, 1717, to Philip Ami- 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 305 

down, cooper; 15 Dec, 1743, Philip Araidown to his son Ephraim, 
three-fourths with a new house; 2 Nov., 1793, heirs of Ephraim 
Amidown to Elisha Davis; 1795, Elisha Davis to Joseph Davis; 10 
Jan., 1H07, Joseph Davis to Abijah Davis; 1810, Abijah Davis to 
Silas Pitts, who lived to old age and d. here ; 6 May, 1868, executor 
of estate of Silas Fitts to Sylvauus Robinson ; 1 Aug., 1868, Sylvanus 
Robinson to Mary J., w. of Abel M. Chaffee, who took down the old 
house and built the present one ; 6 April, 1884, Mary J. and Abel M. 
Chaffee to George A. Kimball ; 16 June, 1885, George A. Kimball to 
Horace Shepardson ; 20 June, 1885, Horace Shepardsou to Franklin 
H. Clark. 

40. LuciNDA Morse. "C. Davis" on map. A part of H. 39. 
1750, Jacob, son of Philip Amidown, to Benjamin Hudson, 50 a., no 
buildings named; 1773, Benjamin Hudson to Zaccheus Ballard of 
Leicester, with buildings; 1788, Zaccheus Ballard to P^lisha Davis; 
1788, Elisha Davis to Dea. David Harwood of Sutton, 110 a. ; 1788, 
David Harwood to his son Solomon, who d. here; 10 March, 1827, 
administrator of Harwood's estate to Craft Davis, Jr. ; 6 Dec, 1868, 
Craft Davis, to his dau., Lucinda Morse. 

41. Joseph and James Sharples. "iJf. Sigourney" on map. A 
part of H. 40. 1802, David Harwood to his son David, a small farm 
from the northeast of the home farm ; David built a house, lived and 
d. here, his only child, David, num., also d. here; 11 Feb., 1854, 
Davie B. Kingsbury, executor of David, Jr., to Charles A. and George 
"W. Sigourney; 14 Aug., 1857, they to Michael, John and Catharine 
Clark of Webster; 13 Oct., 1863, they to Timothy Smith; 16 Oct., 
1863, Timothy Smith to Ray G. Huliug ; 15 Oct., 1874, Ray G. 
Huling to Joseph and James Sharpies of Webster. 

42. Daxiel McCabe. "J. Hnrd" on map. This was the first 
home lot of Thomas Hunkins, who exchanged with Daniel Pearson, 
who went to Conn. In .Jan., 1717, .Jeremiah Morse settled on this 
lot, having been voted into the proprietary on Pearson's rights ; 26 
Jan., 1727. Jeremiah Morse of Walpole, eldest son of .Jeremiah, to 
Richard Kidder of Billerica ; 18 July, 1732, Richard Kidder of 
Dudley to Thomas Read of Oxford ; 22 Jan., 1733. Thomas Read to 
Peter Hurd of Cambridge ; Hurd settled here ; his son Joseph was 
successor and d. here ; 1804, Joseph to John Hurd, his son, one-half ; 
Dea. John spent his whole life here, d. 1866 ; 2 April, 1867, William 
Hurd, son and executor of John, to Hannah M., wife of Hiram Hurd ; 
5 April, 1870, Hannah M. Hurd to Daniel McCabe. 

43. Late Leavis T. Emerson. "Z). Lilley" on map. 28 Dec, 
1818, Rufus Harris to Stephen Webster; the house was a shop which 
Webster moved here from the lower end of the Plain and fitted up for 

40 



30fi IirsTORY OF OXFORD. 

a dwelling ; fi April, 1825, Stephen Webster to Silas Fitts ; 30 Sept., 
1826, Silas Fitts to ?:benezer Fitts, blacksmith; 2 April, 18.39, 
Ebenezer Fitts to Elijah Pratt, Jr., whose father lived here; l84.o, 
Sihis Fitts, who lield a inort., assigned to Israel Sibley; 11 April, 
184t>, Israel Sibley to Clementina Lilley and David, her son; she d. 
here; David built a new house near and occupied it; 1 .Ian., 187.5, 
J. Leavens Lilley, brother of David, to Lewis T. Emerson. 

44. Going to the extreme south of old Oxford, George Robin- 
sou of Needham bought, 1719, of William Dudley of Roxbury, .500 
a., including a part of the water power at East V^illage, Webster; 
10 .lune, 1748, George Robinson to his son Samuel, 2.50 a. ; Samuel 
had sons Asa and Samuel, who inherited this estate ; 6 April, 17!)8, 
Asa Robinson to Philip Brown and John Healy, 6 a., grist-mill, saw- 
mill, near the mouth of a brook running from the pond; 16 Nov., 
179'J, Philip Brown to John Healy, same land with grist-mill, saw- 
mill, forge, coal house aud blacksmith's shop; 22 March, 1805, John 
Healy to James Wallis of Douglas; 13 Jan., 1810, James Wallis to 
Elijah Pratt and Timothy Lamson, both of Oxford; 16 Jan., 1811, 
Lamson to Pratt, one-half ; 6 Jan., 1812, Elijah Pratt to Bela Tiffany ; 
8 Jan., 1812, Asa Robinson to Bela Tiffany, 200 a. adjoining; 4 
March, 1812, Josiah Kingsbury to Bela Tiffany, an adjoining estate 
of 56 acres, wuth house, barn, clothing mill; 11 Dec, 1812, Bela 
Tiffany to Samuel Slater, five-sixths of three latter estates ; 7 Nov., 
1816, Bela Tiffany to Slater, his whole interest. 

45. Kingsbury Estate. [See Hobart Grant.] 7 May, 1718, 
Elizabeth Hobart to Josiah Dwight, 600 a.; 28 :May, 1726, Josiah 
Dwight to Josiah Kingsbury of Needham; 10 Jau., 1732, Josiah 
Kingsbury to his son Theodore, 250 a., the northern portion; 24 
Nov., 1737, .Josiah Kingsbury to his son Josiah, 350 a., "taking in 
the brook which runneth out of the pond"; 11 May, 1701, Theodore 
to his son Joseph, 65 a. ; 1 Nov., 1785, Theodore to his son Elijah, 
60 a. on Sucker Brook, near that of Joseph ; 23 Jan., 1786, Theodore 
to his son Jacob, 100 a. on west side Sucker Brook.' 

In 1765, Josiah Kingsbury to his son Jeremiah, one-half his farm ; 
1794, Jeremiah Kingsbury to his son Josiah, clothier, 12 a. ; this 
Josiah sold, 1812, to Bela Tiffany, as before noted; Jeremiah d. at 
the homestead, the present Webster almshouse, and 4 Feb., 1825, his 
son, Col. Jeremiah, who built the present house al)out 1815, sold to 
George B. and .John Slater and rem. to Dudley; 10 Feb., 1849, 
Horatio N. Slater aud others to Town of Webster. 

On 15 Feb., 1794, Jeremiah Kingsbury, Sen., deeded to his son 



1 Descendants of Theodore have owned and mill on Sucker Brook, and that ot Joseph on the 
occupU-d a part of his estate up to the present old road north from the Webster almshouse, 
time, tlie family of Jacob, his son, llvlnj; at the 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 807 

John 81 a. at the west part of his estate. The oue-story house now 
standing iu the field northeast of the Webster cemetery was his home- 
stead. 

46. Isaac Larned bought, 27 May, 1718, of William Dudley 250 
a. "near the south bounds of Oxford Village," the southwest corner 
thereof being at the entrance of the stream from the Great Pond into 
the river. 30 Dec, 1735, he deeds to his son Isaac 120 a. ''in the 
south part of Oxford." This embraced the farm occupied by Isaac, 
John, John and Moses Larned, successively, to the present time.' 

47. Reuben Dudley. The estate around Nipmuck Pond, a por- 
tion of the Thompson Grant, was bought, 26 Nov., 1803, of his heirs 
by James Butler. On 25 April, 1809, Archibald Campbell, w. Celia, 
dau. of Hutler, deeded 175 a., the northwest portion of the grant, to 
Ephraim Tucker of Pomfret, whose son Calvin occupied it in 1812, 
and in 1814 bought of his father. He sold it in lots, and 19 June, 
1816, deeded 71 a., the home portion, to Paraclete Morris, who d. 
here about 1852 ; on 24 March, 1853, the executor of Morris' will to 
Zaccheus Ballard; 20 Oct., 1855, Zaccheus Ballard to Burt L. Gan- 
nett, who after several years sold to Reuben Dudley. 

48. Lemuel Cudworth. This was the north end of the Kings- 
bury estate, H. 45. 2 March, 1794, Ebenezer Gould, whose title is 
not on record, to Abijah Harris, land and dwelling ; Gould continued 
to live here and d. about 1815 ; Asa, son of Abijah Harris, removed 
the old house and built the present one, and occupied it till his 
decease; 18 March, 1822, Hollis Witt and w. (dau. of Harris), to 
Solomon Davis, 34 a. and house; 3 Sept., 1823, Solomon Davis to 
Benjamin, son of Hezekiah Larned; 6 Jan., 1824, Benjamin Larned 
to Alanson and Evander Taft from Uxbridge ; Oct., 1827, Alanson 
to Evander, his half; 1 Aug., 1832, Evander Taft to Alfred Kings- 
bury ; 20 June, 1840, Alfred Kingsbury to Lemuel Cudworth. 

49. John Cudworth. At a public vendue, 3 April, 1723, at 
Boston, Dr. William Douglas for himself and associates bought a 
tract of land adjoining the Sherboru Grant, Douglas.- 26 June, 
1741, Douglas aud Andrew Tyler, goldsmith, one of the associates, 
made a division by which 180 a. fell to Douglas;^ 7 Sept., 1754, 
after Douglas' death a division of his lands was made, and this 180 a. 
was set off to his nephew, Cornelius;'* in 1761, Cornelius Douglas to 
Josiah Wolcott, 180 a. ; 13 March, 1775, Josiah Wolcott to Joshua 
Barnard of Sutton, 180 a., joining Oxford south line and the " Kings- 



'23 May, 1753, Josiah Larned, John Larned, nou, Conn., heirs of Isaac Larned, Sen., deeded 

Jeremiah Sliumway and Experience, bis w., and to Isaac Larned tlieir rlglits in the estate of tlieir 

William Davis aud Elizabeth, his w., all of Ox- father. 

ford, Samuel !Sliumway and Sarah, Ids w., of - Worcester Records, V., 4.18. 

Sturbridge, Samuel Robinson, miller, aud Han- ■Ildd., XVI., 132. 

nah, his w., of Dudley, Joseph Larned of Lelia- ' Ibid., XLIX., 337. 



308 HISTORY OF OXFOItD. 

bury farm" ; 19 Oct., 1780, Joshua Barnard to Asa Larned, 100 a. ; 
4 April, 1801, Abijah Harris quitclaimed to Asa Larned, 79 a. 60 r., 
with buildings; 4 April, 1801, Asa Larned to Lemuel Cudworth. 
John, his grandson, is present owner. 

50. [House removed.] On the east side of the old road to Wel)- 
ster, one-third of a mile soutiieast from Oxford almshouse, was a 
farm of about 20 acres, a part of the Dr. Douglas land, H. 49 ; 24 
March, 1780, .Toshua Barnard to John Bounds, who built a small 
house, lived .ind d. here; 21 Oct., 1822, Abijah Davis, executor of 
Bounds, to Craft Davis, 19 a. and buildings. The house was in 
ruins long ago and the land belongs to other farms. 

51. William H. Tanner. [Estate in Webster.] L") Jan., 1807, 
Abijah Davis and Ezekiel Davis to Joseph, son of Benjamin Davis, 
a small farm next south of Ezekiel Davis', b. north on Oxford south 
line; 2G March, 1812, Josei)h Davis to Ebenezer Foster of Dudley; 
27 March, 1812, Ebenezer Foster to F]benezer Foster, Jr., one-half; 
13 March, 1815, Ebenezer Foster, Jr., to Calvin Tucker, one-half; 
12 Nov., 1824, Calvin Tucker to Solomon Davis; 6 March, 18.S0, 
Solomon Davis to Charles Yeomans ; 1 April, 1846, Charles Yeomans 
to Reuben Davis ; 1 April, 1856, Reuben Davis to Fred (^. Robinson ; 
24 Sept., 1856, Fred Q. Robinson to William H. Tanner. 

52. JosKi'ii Davis [son of Ezekiel ; estate in Webster]. 6 March, 
1812, Andrew Sigourney to Joseph Davis, who spent his life and d. 
here. 

53. Bkn.iamin C. Baktlett. ^^F. Nash" on map. A part of 
H. 54. 5 March, 1791, Abijah Harris to Ezekiel Davis, 38 a. and 
a house ; Davis d. here ; his son-in-law, Francis Nash, succeeded 
him. and also d. here, 1879 : liartlett m. Nash's daughter. 

54. Oxford Almshouse. ^'■Almshouse" on u\[\\). 20 April, 1731, 
Simon Chamberlain to Collins Moore, weaver, 40 a., b. south on 
village line, north on Isaac Larned, east on Bondet Meadow ; 20 
April, 1731, Benjamin Chamberlain to same, 50 a. near the foregoing; 
21 April, 1737, Uichard Moore, '' for love," etc., to his son Collins, 100 
a., b. south on Oxford line, east on Philip Amidown, north on Bondet 
Meadow;' 5 Sept., 1749, Nathan Moore, son of Collins, to Abial 
Lamb, .Ir., 218 a. ; Lamb became embarrassed, having been surety 
for a friend, — [tradition] ? ; 1774, William B. Townsend of Boston, on 
execution vs. Lamb, to vVbijali Harris, 55 a. and buildings ; Asa, son 
of Abijah, inherited the estate ; 1 March, 1832, Day Harris, son of 

1 2« Oct., 1754, .lonatliau H:tlliir(l,w. Alice, .loliu InKslilre, deeded to Nathan, their brother, of 

Nichols, w. Jerushu, Ehene/.er Lock, w. Phebe, Vassalboro, Me., their loterests In the mother's 

of RlndKe, N. 11. . Hcnjaiiiln Wilson, w. Bath- thirds, 
sheha, of Tuwuseud, aud lUcliard Moore of Kt\- 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 309 

Asa, eight-ninths to town of Oxford ; same date, Hollis DeWitl, 
husband of Harris' dau. Sarah, one-niuth of same to same. 

65. Burt L. Gannett. "J?. Lamed" on map. We find no 
record of this place before 18 March, 1774, when Jeremiah and Peter 
Shumway deeded to John Allen, farm and buildiugs ; 21 April, 1777, 
John Allen to Ebenezer Davis, .Jr. ; 17 Feb., 1798, trustee uf heirs 
of Ebenezer Davis to David Prince ; 1824, David Prince to l^ufus 
Larned, who took down the old house and biylt the present one ; 1 9 
Oct., 1865, Rufus Larued to Solomou Davis; 10 July, 1871, trustee 
of Francis N. Davis, son of Solomon, to Burt L. Gannett. 

56. [Stone house west of river in Webster.] Collins, son of Elijah 
Moore, first settled here. 5 Jau., 1776, administrator of estate of 
William Watson, 55 a. and house, to Collins Moore, who had pre- 
viously lived here and had from Watson a bond for a deed ; 17 June, 
1779, William Dudley to same, 225 a. in Dudley adjoining on west; 
Collins and Samuel, sons of Collins, settled on the latter tract in 
Dudley, near Peter Pond. Before 1810 Moore sold to Abijah Davis 
the homestead and part of the Dudley land and built another house 
south toward the North Webster village; 2 April, 1810, Abijah 
Davis to Moses Phipps of Hollistou, 140 a. ; 21 March, 1811, Moses 
Phipps to Calvin, his son, one-half ; Moses d. here, his heirs sold to 
Ezra Wallis of Douglas ; 11 Feb., 1823, Ezra Wallis to Oluey Esten ; 
23 March, 1836, Olney Esten to Barnabas Chandler; 2 April, 1840, 
Barnabas Chandler to John A. Brown ; 9 March, 1842, John A. 
Brown to Asahel C. Bennett; 6 April, 1844, Asahel C. Bennett to 
Lemuel Cudworth, Jr.; 17 Feb., 1845, Lemuel Cudworth, Jr., to 
Charles Cozzens ; same date, Cozzens to Japheth Cortis, Thompson, 
Conn. ; 2 April, 1847, Charles and Nelson P. Cozzens to George 
Hewes. 

57. Abel Davis. '■'■S. Aldrich" on map. 7 April, 1803, Joseph 
Dudley of Roxbury to Elijah Pratt, 535 a., entailed land; 29 April, 
1803, Elijah Pratt to .Jonathan Mayo, 185 a. ; Mayo settled here and 
built the present house ; 4 May, 1810, Jonathan Mayo to James 
Burlingame of Burrillville, 85 a. and buildings ; 12 Feb., 181 1, James 
Burlingame to Calvin Aldrich, who occupied till his death, 1844. 
The farm was owned later by Edward and Samuel Aldrich, sous of 
Calvin, Samuel occupying ; 27 April, 1859, Samuel Aldrich to Edward 
Aldrich; 8 Sept., 1859, Edward Aldrich to Asahel Hay ward, who d. 
here ; 7 May, 1870, Maria J. Hayward to Abel Davis. 

58. Late Timothy Aldrich. 'T. Aldrich" on maj). House 
removed 1887 ; a part of H. 57. i 13 Jan., 1810, Elijah Pratt to 
James Wallis of Dudley; house named in the records in 1729 and 



1 Tlie murderers of Lilla Hoyle secreted her body lu au out-buildiug on Ihis estate. 



310 HISTORY OF OXFOKD. 

was occupied L»y Johu Nichols uiid Lliu Uaucock family as tenants of 
Dudley; 1-1 May, 1814, James Wallis to NaLum Prentiss; 1816, 
Mahum rreuti«s to Samuel Slater and Bela Tiffany; 1 April, 1833, 
Samuel Slater to Timothy Aldrich, 176 a. ; Aldrich rem. 1847 to the 
Plain, the old house went to decay. 

59. John ()"J)wvkk. "X Mahony" on map. A part of H. 58. 
2 March, 18o7, Timothy Aldrich to Lament Davis, 10 a.; 9 Oct., 
1851, Lament Davis to Emerson Eddy ; 9 Oct., 1851, Emerson Eddy 
to George Hodges ; 19 Dec, 1853, George Hodges to James Mahony ; 

17 Jan., 1855, James Mahony to Dennis Tooiney ; 7 Sept., 1855, 
Dennis Toomey to Ambrose C. Veevers ; G Dec, 1858, Ambrose C. 
Veevers to John O'Dwyer, who built the present house. 

60. Samuel Earned. "^. Davis" on map. Part of H. 57. 

18 May, 1809, Elijah Pratt to William Hurd, 50 a. ; Hurd d. here ; 1 
Oct., 1842, administrator of \yilliam Hurd to Cyrus Truesdell, 5 a. 
and buildings; 1852, Cyrus Truesdell to Abel Davis, Jr. ; 27 Jan., 
1862, Abel Davis to Samuel Lamed, 52 a. 

61. Hexkv J. Haggeuty. "Z>. Davis" on map. 7 March. 1805, 
Joseph Dudley of Roxbury to Jacob Shumwa}', Jr., 122 a. with build- 
ings for Dudley's tenants, north side of Dudley road, reserving pond 
and a right to pass to it ; land covered with heavy pine timber ; Shum- 
way d. here, 1819 ; his sons Jacob and Rufus succeeded ; 1821, Jacob 
deeded to Rufus; 14 April, 1824, Rufus Shumway, Millbury, to 
Sylvester Phipps, 91 a. and buildings ; 3 Dec, 1825, Sylvester Phipps 
to Thomas Aldrich ; 23 March, 1827, Thomas Aldrich to Reuben 
Harwood, 26 a. and buildings ; 8 March, 1834, Reuben Harwood to 
Evander Taf t ; 10 March, 1838, Evander Taft to Timothy Aldrich ; 
17 March, 1838, Timothy Aldrich to Stephen Davis; 29 Nov., 1839, 
Stephen Davis to sou Eri B., one-half ; 15 April, 1845, Eri B. Davis 
to Dexter Davis, his brother, the whole and buildings ; 8 Nov., 1857, 
Dexter Davis to George O. Derby of Dudley ; George O. Derby to 
Elvira, w. of Dexter Davis; 28 Nov., 1857, Elvira Davis to John 
Collins; 20 July, 18GG, John Collins to Henry J. Ilaggerty. 

62. Delia Benway. "Jfrs. E. Blackstock" on map. In 1794 
Edward Davis deeded to Peter Spaulding, 10 a. in the fork of Webster 
and Thompson roads ; Spaulding built the present house ; 9 May, 
1801, Peter Spaulding to Rufus and Jonas Lamed, 3G a. and build- 
ings ; 17 March, 1847, Jonas Lamed to Sumner Putnam; 21 Oct., 
1851, Sumner Putnam to Zaccheus A. Ballard; 8 March, 1852, 
Zaccheus A. Ballard to Cyrus Truesdell ; 1 March, 1853, Cyrus 
Truesdell to Eliza Blackstock ; 3 Sept., 1855, Eliza Bhickstock to 
Barnabas Davis; 15 April, 1885, Ruth M. Copelaud, dau. of Davis, 
to Mary S. Carpenter ; June, 1889, executor of Mary S. Carpenter to 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 311 

Samuel H. p:aii ; July, 1889, Samuel H. Earl to Delia, w. of Fred 
Benway. 

63. Late Addison M. Stevens. "T. D. Simmicay" on map. A 
part of H. 64. 3 Feb., 1807, Peter Shumway to his son Noah, 3^ a. 
with buildings; 11 Aug., 1842, Noah Shumway to Eliza Blackstock, 
mother of the w. of his son, Thomas D. ; 23 Aug., 1856, Eliza Black- 
stock to Thomas D. Shumway; 1 April, 1872, Thomas D. Shumway 
to Mary A., w. of .Samuel Fairbanks ; 1 March, 1880, Mary A. Fair- 
banks to Roxy, w. of John A. Stone ; 16 Nov., 1880, Roxy Stone to 
Addison M. Stevens ; house burned 1882, and the present one rem. 
to the spot. 

64. FuED. L. Snow. '•'■E. Aldrich" on map. Home lot of Isaac 
Lamed. 10 Oct., 1752, Isaac Larned to Isaac Lamed, .Jr. ; 14 July, 
1755, Isaac Larned, Jr., to Jeremiah Shumway in exchange for H. 
185 ; 1773, Jeremiah Shumway to his son Peter, who with his son 
Peter, .Ir., owned until 6 Feb., 1854, when he deeded to Edward 
Aldrich ; 13 Nov., 1858, Edward Aldrich to J. Leavens Lilley ; 1 
Dec, 1870, J. L. Lilley to Dana L. Ballard ; Ballard mort. to Lilley, 
who transferred to Sylvanus Robinson ; 1880, Robinson owned, and 
soon conveyed to Fred. L. Snow. Peter Shumway built the present 
house in 1841. 

65. Edwin C. Whiting. ''^S. Lamed'''' on map. At the west part 
of the town. A part of Jolin Larned's purchase. [See H. 72] ; 8 March, 
176'.), Capt. John Larned to his son Elijah, 75 a., b. south on Dudley 
line, west on Pierpont's heirs; 10 April, 1800, Elijah Larned to his 
son Salem, 100 a. and buildings; Elijah and Salem both d. here; 
Salem built a new house, his son Elias occupied the old one [E. 
Larned on map], since removed; 18 April, 1859, Salem Larned to 
Alvah Kelsey of Webster ; 1866, Alvah Kelsey to Edwin C. Whiting. 

66. Fred. O. Cortis. ^'E. Emerson" on map. Apart of H. 
65. 18 March, 1816, Salem Larned to Billings Hay ward, three- 
fourths of an a. ; Hayward built the |)resent house; 1816, Hayward 
raort. to Jeremiah Moffltt, who, 22 March, 1824, deeded to Rufus 
Hayward and Josiah Moffitt ; 4 Feb., 1825, Josiah Moffitt to Reuel 
Moffltt, who soon bought Rufus Hayward's share; 11 Feb., 1837, 
Reuel Moffltt to Harvey Uphara, 47 a. ; 1 Feb., 1846, Harvey Upham 
to Preston Cummings ; 20 June, 1850, Preston Cummings to Maverick 
Jennison ; 14 Oct., 1851, ^Maverick Jennison to Reuben Emerson; 1 
Oct., 1856, Reuben Emerson to Charles Lamb; 28 Feb., 1866, 
Charles Lamb to Ozias Cortis, who d. here ; his son Japheth succeeded, 
and d. here ; his nephew, Fred. ()., is present owner. 

67. Cornelius C. Sharples. "S. Stevens" on map. A part of 
H. 68. 20 April, 1813, Asahel Hayward to John P. Nichols, 13 a. ; 



'.^]2 iiisioKY or oxFoiin. 

Nichols l)uilt tlic liousi- ; 1') Feb., 1810. John P. Nichols to Billings 
Haywurd ; 17 May, 1817, liillings llayward to John Brown ; 4 Sept., 
1818, John Brown to Ills futlicr, Charles iirown of Dudley; 10 Nov., 
1818, Charles Brown to Jeremiah Molfitt ; 10 Jan., 1819, Jeremiah 
MoHitt to Keticl Mollitt ; 5 March, 1820, Renel Moffitt to Joseph 
Martin; 1 Sept., 1822, Joseph Martin to Renel Moffitt; 11 Nov., 
1824, Renel Moflitt to Lot Marsh, who d. here; 1845, administrator 
of estate of Lot Marsh to Denny S. Putnam ; 1851, Denny 8. Putnam 
to Kbenezer Stevens; 19 Nov., 1855, Ebenezer Stevens to Pliny B. 
Uphara, who d. here ; 21 Oct., 1886, Catharine, widow of Upham, to 
Albert G. Mclutire ; May, 1887, Albert G. Mclntire to Cornelius 
C. Sharpies. 

68. LvM.VN Wetherell. "L. WctherdV' on map. In his will 
Ciov. Dudley gave Ann Milton, his niece, 500 a. in Oxford. She m. 
Ebenezer Pierpont of Roxbury, thus the name "Pierpont" was given 
to lands on borders of Oxford and Charlton. 13 June, 1782, Benja- 
min and Ebenezer Pierpont, Jr., executors of Ebenezer, deeded 500 
a. to Joseph Gibbs of Charlton; 14 May, 1783, Joseph Gibbs to 
Jacob Davis ; 19 June, 1784, Jacob Davis to Ephraim Segavs, 50 a. 
at easterly part of same ; Segars settled here ; 2 June, 1791, Ephraim 
Segars to Jacob Smith of Deering, N. H. ; 3 Sept., 1793, Jacob 
Smith to Jacob Larned ; 12 Nov., 1794, Jacob Lavned to Nathaniel 
Brown, Jr., of Douglas; 19 March, 1799, Nathaniel Brown, Jr., to 
Asahel Hayward, who bought other lands contiguous ; 21 Oct., 1815, 
Larned Hayward, son of Asahel, to Lyman Wetherell, 93 rods of 
land and the house, it having been set off to him from his father's 
estate, with 10 a. near ; Wetherell built the i)resent house in 1834 
and d. here. His son Lyman is present owner. 

69. Amos S. Puatt. '■'•11. White" on map. A part of the Gibbs 
lot.' 30 Dec, 1783, collector of Charlton taxes sold 60 a. wild 
land to Isaac Moffitt [estate set to Oxford, 1789]; 2 Oct., 1798, 
Isaac Molfitt to his son Jeremiah; 1 A|)ril, 1811, Jeremiah Moffitt 
to Elihu Motiitt, 65 a. ; 1 Jan., 1S19, Elihu Moffitt to Russell White 
of Douglas, 53 a. and buildings; White d. here; 19 March. 1858, 
his administrator to Jeremiah Brown ; 1 Ajjril, 1861, Jeremiah Brown 
to Amos S. Pratt. 

70. Late Jivs.sK Bkjklow. ",/. Bigelow" on map. [House un- 
occupied.] A part of H. 72. 11 April, 1788, John Larned to 



Uieortro (ilbbs ni. Kiitliarinc, dan. of Petor forini'i-ly of Hoslon, liut lust of l.oiuiou, shown 

I'aiilllon. Oil ;!1 .Inly, IT.VJ, Kbenezer Lfiirnocl, liy John Caniplpcll, attorney of Jolin Balhird, 

Sanniel Davis ami I'Micnezor KoskctI, all of adniiiilslralor, and reliiriii'd 1.7(iO acres at 8 

Oxford, aiipraised theeslate of Kalharlne (Uhbs, shllliu;,'s. 



OLDEK HOMESTEADS. 318 

Isaac Moffitt, sou-in-law, 60 a. ; ^ 1 Feb., 1798, Isaac Moffltt to his 
son Elibu ; 13 March, 1806, E:iihu Moffltt to widow Sally Mclutire 
(Zeuas Holbrook m. Sally Mclntire) ; 1 Nov., 1809, Zeuas Holbrook 
to Asahel Hayward ; 13 Aug., 1813, Asahel Hayward to Sally Hol- 
brook, his sister; 9 Oct., 1815, Zenas Holbrook, Brimfield, 50 a. to 
Jesse IJigelow of Sutton, who occupied many years ; 19 March, 1864, 
Jesse Bigelow to Jonathan P. Dana, present owner. 

71. Orlin Allard. "(7. TruesdeU" on map. A part of John 
Larned's purchase [see H. 72]. 29 April, 1786, John Larned to his 
son John, 70 a., south of Amasa Kingsbury's ; John, Jr., built a house, 
occupied many years and d. here ; 18 Dec., 1<S38, John Larned to 
Zeuas M., his son; 10 March, 1852, Zenas M. Larned to Zaccheus 
A. Ballard; 5 Sept., 1852, Zaccheus A. Ballard to Cyrus TruesdeU; 
30 May, 1855, Cyrus TruesdeU to David Wait; 13 April, 1866, 
David Wait to Sarah, w. of Orlin Allard. 

73. [House removed.] Not on map. Original John Larned 
homestead. 12 July, 1738, John Wolcott of Salem to John Larned, 
120 a., b. south on Dudley's farm, east on village line. The house 
stood on a rise of land near the river on the west side, near the line 
of the Webster railroad, southeast from Allard's. It was burned in 
1786 and rebuilt by Jacob, sou of John, who lived here and cared 
for his parents. 30 Aug., 1753, John Higginson of Salem to John 
Larned, 120 a. adjoining the above on the west, embracing land later 
his sou Elijah's and Isaac Moffitt's ; 26 April, 1786, John Larned to 
Jacob, his son, 130 a., eastern part; 29 Oct., 1806, Jacob Larned to 
Jesse Ormsbee of Thompson, Conn. ; Larned rem. to Barnard, Vt. ; 28 
Nov., 1807, Jesse Ormsbee to Peleg Corbin, who mort. to Ebenezer 
Davis and later rem. to Woodstock, Conn. ; 6 Sept., 1814, Ebenezer 
Davis to Abijah Davis, and he to Calvin Aldrich ; the place was oc- 
cupied by tenants. Before 1827 Timothy Aldrich owned it, and 
divided it and sold in lots ; 6 Jan., 1835, he sold house and land to 
Charles Negus and Samuel C. Butler, both of Webster, who removed 
the house to Webster, where it now stands. 

73. GicoRfiE HiNCHLiFF. "/iS. Lamed" on map. In 1(S03 Jo3ei)h 
Dudley of Roxbury sold 50 a. to Jacob Larned ; William Larned, son 
of John, Jr., built a house on this land; 24 June, 1823, William 
Larned to John Larned, 4 a. and buildings; 5 Feb., 1831, William 



' For several years before buikiing a house walls, aud of suflieient size to form a' eom- 

Iiere Moffitt lived in what was known as " Hut fortable habitation. The northern wall is about, 

rock," about 2o rods east of the house. This 10 feet hifjh at the centre aud slopes gradually 

rock rises about 12 or 15 feet from the ground, each way. The southern wall is lowei'. Timbers 

and Is (KJ or 70 feet in length and '25 in breadth, were placed across for a roof, aud walls of wood 

At its southern end there seems to have been by built front and back. In the northeast corner 

some convulsion of nature a i)ortion of it broken were a fireplace and chimney. Several of his 

otf and removed 'JO feet or more so that there re- children were born here, 
mains an opening with nearly perpendicular 

41 



314 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Larned to Simon, his brother, 50 a. adjoining the house lot ; same 
dutc, John Larned to his son Simon, 1 a. and house ; Simon settled 
and d. here; in 1881, Louisa, his widow, deeded to George Hinchliff. 

74. JosiKi'H L. AND George L. Woodbury. '•'•Col. De Witt" on 
map. 30 Aug., 175.3, John Higginson of Salem, second husband of 
P^lizubfth Papillon, to Josiah Kingsbury, 250 a., b. east on village 
line, west by Gibbs' lot, north by Williams' or Coburn's lot ; 19 April, 
1764, Josiah Kingsbury to his son Amasa, 140 a. at east end of the 
foregoing; Betsey, dau. of Amasa, was heir; 11 May, 1826, she 
deeded to Richard Olney, 170 a.; 7 Dec, 1832, Richard Olney to 
Edward Aldrich, 100 a. and buildings; 18 Sept., 1834, Edward 
Aldrich to Timothy Aldrich; 29 Sept., 1834, Timothy Aldrich to 
Alexander DeWitt ; 29 May, 1835, Alexander DeWitt to Harvey 
Conant ; 21 Feb., 1839, Harvey Conant to Sumner ^Moffitt, who d. 
here; 11 Sept., 1877, Delia A. Moffitt to Joseph L. Woodbury; 17 
Sept., 1877, Joseph L. Woodbury to George L. Woodbury, one-half. ^ 

75. [House removed.] "i. Shumtvay's Barn" on map. Long 
known as the "Coburn place." Martha Papillon inherited this prop- 
erty. She m. Richard AVilliams, who settled and d. here. 27 Feb., 
1752, John Campbell, executor of Williams' will, to Ebenezer Coburn 
of Woodstock, 477 a; 23 Feb., 1775, Ebenezer Coburn to Richard 
Coburn, 71 a., south part; 20 May, 1777, Ebenezer Coburn to 
Ebenezer Coburn, Jr., 306 a. with buildings, north part; 29 March, 
1813, Richard Coburn to his son Sylvanus, 96 a. and buildings; 12 
April, 1817, Sylvanus Coburn to his brother Samuel Coburn; 1819, 
Samuel Coburn to Stearns Witt ; later it was owned by Richard 
Olney, who deeded it, 1 April, 1833, to Oxford AVoolen M'f'g Co. ; 1 
Jan., 1846, Oxford Woolen M'f'g Co. to George Hodges; 10 April, 
1848, George Hodges to Clovis M. Gates ; 12 May, 1848, Clovis M. 
Gates to Loriston Shumway ; 2 Nov., 1882, Loriston Shumway to 
Joseph L. Woodbury. 

76. [House removed.] The northern part of H. 75. 16 Feb., 
1782, Ebenezer Coburn to John Barton, Jr., 50 a. and buildings; 7 
Feb., 1787, John Barton, Jr., to William Eddy; 25 May, 1787, 
William Eddy to John Angell, Jr. ; 20 March, 1789, John Angell, 
Jr., of iSniithtield. to Daniel and John Sweet; 22 Jan., 1798, .John 
Sweet of Oxford and Daniel Sweet of Scituate to David Wakefield of 
Dudley, 60 a. aud buildings ; Wakefield lived here several years, and 
later the place was occupied by tenants, Oliver Smith, Lemuel Moffitt 
and Edward Wctherell having lived here. The house was large, 
with a long sloping roof descending to one story in the rear, and 
stood about one-fourth of a mile north of the Coburn house. It went 



I Tlio old house stood north of the present ones and was taken dowu by Woodbur.v. 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 315 

to decay and was removed as early as 1825. This is supposed to 
have been the homestead of Richard Williams. 

77. BuFFu.MviLLE EsTATE. Johu Nichols, father and son, were 
large land owners in the west part of Oxford and the borders of 
Charlton. The first purchase was from Oxford assessors of land sold 
for taxes, Dec, 1751, 80 a., taxed to heirs of John Danforth of 
Dorchester. The next was more than 100 a. in the northeast corner 
of the Richard Williams 500 a. lot, as follows : 28 Feb., 1752, Ebenezer 
Coburn to William Lamb, a lot of (30 a. and another of 40 a. Through 
the first lot ran the [little] river, with a "dam in it to supply ditches 
on both sides of said river," for irrigation of the Coburn farm. The 
old ditch is now to be seen on the south side of the river. 1 Feb., 
1755, William Lamb to Johu Campbell ; 6 March, 1756, John .Camp- 
bell to John Nichols. This purchase included the Gates place and 
that next west, which was Lieut. John Nichols' homestead, the house 
having stood on the north side the old Sturbridge road, through 
Howarth's village, near the school-house now standing. House re- 
moved as early as 1800. In 1756 was purchased 25 a., and in 1768 149 
a. of William Thomas, husband of Mary Papillon, b. east on Ebenezer 
Coburn. In 1793 Samuel Danforth and Elijah Dunbar deeded to 
John Nichols and his grandsons, Alexander and Jonathan, 18.S a., 
partly in Oxford and partly in Charlton, b. south by Blackwell's line, 
north by the "Centre line," east on Oxford village line. This in- 
cluded the water privilege and land on which it appears the buyers 
had previously lived. On 17 April, 1795, John Nichols deeded his 
third of the latter tract to his son Johu, who in 1811 deeded to his 
sons Alexander and Jonathan, who thus became sole owners. 24 
June, 1823, Jonathan and Alexander Nichols, Barnabas Rich, w. 
Lucy, John Stevens, w. Lois, deeded to Stearns Witt, 29 a. and 
buildings. On 1 April, 1824, Stearns Witt to his brothers, Hollis, 
Archibald and Alexander C, three undivided fourths. Later Stearns 
DeWitt^ and Samuel Dowse became owners. "On 20 Sept., 1842, 
Stearns DeWitt deeded three-fourths (his interest) to Elias B. Craw- 
ford. On 24 April, 1845, Dowse having deceased, his widow deeded 
to Crawford the other fourth. On 1 July, 1847, Crawford deeded to 
Charles L. Harding, who in Dec, 1852, conveyed to Moses Buffnm 
and Edward Thayer ; 1855, Edward Thayer to Moses Buftum, whose 
heirs are present owners. The mansion on the hill north of the village, 
known as "Bonnie View," was completed in 1881. 

78. Moses H. Bukfum. This is a farm Ij'iug south of and con- 
tiguous to the manufacturing property at Buffumville, formerly owned 
by Hollis DeWitt. On 1 Oct., 1868, Benjamin DeWitt, sou of 
Hollis, to Charles Lamb ; 1 July, 1870, Charles Lamb to Moses 
Buffum. 

1 Sue foot note, paffe !>n. 



316 HISTORY OF OXFOHI). 

79. [Unoccupied.] "-/. dates" on iiia[). A part of H. 77. 
.J(;liii Merituii in. Hiuinab, dau. of Joliu Nichols. We fiud no record 
of his purchase, l)ut he removed here about 1802 from H. 80, 
on the old Cliarltou road, took down the old house and built the 
present one about 1808; 12 March, 1828, John Meriam to Stearns 
Witt and brotliers ; Hollis Witt occupied; 8 Feb., 1838, DeWitt 
Brothers & Co. to Amos Thompson, who occupied; 1') March, 1845, 
Amos Thompson to Hiram Moflitt, who built a dam and mill ; 15 
IVlarch, 1847, lliram Mollitt to John Gates, who d. here. 

80. [House removed.] In the field about 40 rods northwest of 
the stone arch bridge is a cellar over which stood a house built 
by Ezra Bowman ; 7 April, 1781, Ebenezer Coburu sold him 260 a. ; 
9 Feb., 1782, Ezra Bowman to Ebenezer Davis, "the deed to hold a 
house which 1 myself built on the premises, in which Samuel White's 
family now lives"; 2 April, 1784, Ebenezer Davis to John Nichols, 
70 a. and buildings. The house was cheaply built and soon went to 
ruin. 

81. [House removed.] New school-house on the site. Before 
5 Sept., 1786, Jacob Davis sold to Silas Eddy land supposed to be 
this spot, on which Eddy settled.' In 1793 Ebenezer Davis quit- 
claimed 20 a. and house to Eddy; 3 July. 1826, Benjamin, sou of 
Silas Eddy and Kuhamah, widow of Silas, to James Morton and 
Joseph Abbey, 24 a. and buildings; 16 March, 1831, Reuben Morton 
to George Gould, 4 a. and buildings ; the remainder of the land was 
sold to Brown [see 82] ; 28 March, 1832, George Gould to Oxford 
Woolen M'f'g Co. The house was occupied by mill hands, became 
untenantable and was removed by Hodges. 

82. James Burke. "^1. Kingsbury" on map. A part of H. 81. 
2 Oct., 1832, James Morton of Charlton to Nathaniel Brown, 22 
a. ; Brown built a house ; 1839, Nathaniel Brown to Sylvanus Rob- 
inson ; 8 March, 1848, Sylvanus Robinson to Alfred Kingsbury, who 
d. here; 20 Sept., 1882, administrator of estate of Sophia, wid. of 
Alfred Kingsbury, to James Burke. 

83. Andkkw Howaktii. '•^George Hodges, Jr." on map. The 
home lot of Abraham Skinner. 28 March, 1722, Abraham Skinner 
to Thomas Gleason, who d. here ; his estate granted by court to 
Moses, his son, he to pay certain sums to other heirs ; 19 March, 1 734, 
Moses Gleason to James Coller of Uxbridge ; 15 March, 1735, James 
Coller to Jonathan Ballard of Billerica, tailor, who settled here ; 14 
Aug., 1751, Jonathan Ballard to his sou Ephraim, one-half; 5 April, 
1768, Ephraim Ballard to Elisha Davis; 11 Dec, 1770, Elisha Davis 
to Ephraim Ballard: 11 Dec, 1770, Ephraim Ballard to Amos Put- 

1 In a (Uf.l, •> Sept., 17s(i, Jacob to Eben6zer Davis, tills tract sold to lO.ldy was leserveU. 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 817 

nam of Sutton; 17 March, 1779, Amos Putnam of Oxford to John 
Nichols, Sen. : 9 Nov., 1790, John Nichols to John Nichols, Jr. ; 
1801, John Nichols, Jr., to his son David; 26 Jan., 182G, David 
Nichols to Oxford Woolen M'f'g Co. ; 1 Jan., 1846, Oxford Woolen 
M'f'g Co. to George Hodges, Jr., who d. here, 1881 ; 21 June, 1882, 
executors of Hodges' estate to Andrew Howarth. The mansion house 
at this village was built by Hodges in fall of 1861. 

84. [House removed.] "J?. Ciiclworth" on map. A part of H. 
83. 6 Oct., 1765, Ephraim Ballard to John Marvin, who is supposed 
to have built the house ; 1777, John Marvin to Ezekiel CoUer ; 1784, 
Ezekiel CoUer to Ebenezer Davis of Charlton; 10 April, 1792, 
Ebenezer Davis to William Cary of Spencer, later of North Oxford ; 
1804, William Cary to Samuel Rider of Charlton; 1818, Samuel 
Rider and James Brown to Ca|)t. William Googins, who d. here ; 1 
April, 1833, heirs of Googins to Alexander DeWitt ; 20 April, 1833, 
Alexander DeWitt to Alexander C. Thurston ; 1 April, 1838, Alex- 
ander C. Thurston to Harvey Burnett, who occupied, but the place 
reverted to Thurston; 20 Jan., 1842, Alexander C. Thurston to 
Susanna p]lliot of Sutton, who d. here ; 1845, administrator of Elliot's 
estate to Gilbert Crane ; 1 April, 1847, Gilbert Crane to Oriuda Cud- 
worth ; 15 Feb., 1871, Orinda Cudworth to Daniel T. Fuller; 2 
April, 1874, Daniel T. Fuller to Horace A. Pope, who occupied till 
1 Dec, 1879, w^hen the buildings were all burned. 

85. James Conlin. "J9. Rich'' on map. 7 Jan., 1792, Luther 
Amidown to David Rich; 12 Jan., 1793, David Rich ot Charlton to 
Jonathan Prince of Dudley and Stephen Prince, Jr., of Sutton, 50 a. 
wild land in west part of Oxford; Stephen became in 1800 sole 
owner, built the house, spent his days and d. here, and his son Free- 
man was his successor; 1 Jan., 1853, Freeman Prince to Daniel 
Rich, 150 a. ; 6 May, 1865, Daniel Rich to James Conlin, 92 a. 

86. [House removed.] "aS. Hunt" on map. 26 Jan., 1742, 
Richard and Martha (Papillon) Williams to Aaron Gleason, 62 a. on 
old Charlton road, b. west on John H. Rich farm, east on Jacob 
Town ; 13 March, 1752, Aaron Gleason to Moses Gleason ; 14 March, 
1757, Moses Gleason to Joshua Meriam, Jr., of North Gore, who 
occupied many years; 30 March, 1790, Joshua Meriam to his son 
John; 20 Dec, 1802, John Meriam to Isaac Lamson ; 1 May, 1805, 
Isaac Lamson to Nathaniel Stockwell ; Joshua Meriam continued to 
live here with his son, and also with Lamson and Stockwell, and d. here. 
Stockwell also d. here ; after his decease Jacob Bond occupied. It 
came to Andrew Sigourney on a niort., and after his decease was set 
off to his dau. Susan, who m. Stephen Hunt. The house went to 
decay. 



318 HISTORY OF OXFOIM). 

87. [House removed.] Next east of H. 86. Jan., 1742, Richard 
:iu(l Martha (PapiHoii) Williams to Jacob Town, 60 a., b. east on a 
town road [over Rocky Hill] ; Town settled here and most of his 
children were b. here ; 5 Sept., 1749, Jacob Town to Nathan Moore ; 
16 July, 1751, Nathan Moore to James Sloan ; 1752, James Sloan to 
John Wyman, who occupied 23 years ; 9 May, 1775, John Wyman to 
John Farle ; 30 Oct., 1776, John Farle of Willington, Conn., to 
Jonathan Shuttuck, who occu[)ied ; 5 May, 17H1, Jonathan Shattuck 
to Josiah White of Spencer; 8 April, 1800, Josiah White to John 
Meriam, owner of adjoining estate on the west. The house on this 
estate was on the east side, fronting on the road over Rocky Hill. It 
was standing about 1800 and was then occupied by William Hender- 
son, whose history has not been ascertained. [His son William m. 
Chloe, dau. of Daniel Fitts, and resided at West Greenwich, R. I., 
Shutesbury, and later Buffalo, N. Y., where he d. about 1850.] It 
was then an old house, and stood in a cleared space of an acre or 
two, which was surrounded by woods and was removed before 1810. 

88. Late Otis B. Chaffee. '■'■M. Brown" on map. 18 Nov., 
1791, Ebenezer Davis of Charlton to Joseph Brown of Dudley, 100 
a., a part of Brown's confiscated land ; Brown settled, built the 
present house, spent his life and d. here. His son Jasper owned 
later ; at his decease he devised it to his dau. Sarah, w. of Otis B. 
Chaffee.' 

89. Late Samuel Williams. '■'■S. Williams" on map. 12 
April, 1760, Josiah Wolcott to Jedediah Barton, 32 a. ; Barton settled 
here; 3 Dec, 1785, Jedediah Barton to Josiah Wolcott, with build- 
ings ; 1788, John Wolcott to James Williams, who d. here ; 7 Nov., 
1811, heirs of Williams to Robert Williams, son of James. He d. 
here, 1838 ; his son Samuel succeeded, owning at his death, 1891. 

89a. Horace Pope. "//. Pope" on map. A part of H. 183. 
July 3, 1826, Solomon Walker to his son Elisha, 31a.; house rem. 
from near the railroad track east of North Common ; 2 Feb., 1843, 
Elisha Walker to Horace Pope, who enlarged the house and, 1890, 
owns and occupies. 

90. Thirty or forty rods south of the road leading west from the 
old common, and not far from the present house of Horace Pope, 
stands a small house built about 1800 by Ebenezer, son of James 
Brown, tailor, where both lived many years. 13 March, 1839, 
Ebenezer Brown deeded to Susanna, dau. of Gilbert Crane. They, 
with Lenmel, brother of Gilbert, d. here. Ebenezer Crane, brother 



'The iiiDst plctiiresciue spot In the town Is on gorge In a series of iiascades, specially hfuiitiful 
tills farm a short dlslauce west of the house, at hi^li water lu tin- si)iiiiK. 
where tlie stream comes down through a rocky 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 319 

of Susanna, built another house near and occupied it. The old 
house has long been untenantable. 

91. Francis Coghlan. '■'• Jacob Marble" on map. On Rocky 
Hill. 15 March, 1813, Jonathan Davis, executor of will of Jeremiah 
Learned, to Benjamin and Jeremiah Learned, sons of Jeremiah, 165 
a. ; Benjamin occupied and d. here, and his sou Benjamin was suc- 
cessor ; 3 March, 1827, Benjamin Learned to Stephen Barton, 33 a. 
and house; 1 April, 1830, Stephen Barton to Stephen Barton, Jr., 
and David Barton, 300 a., including this farm ; Stephen, Sen., had 
bought other lands north and built at "Jordan's Corner" a new house 
which he occupied, aud having contracted with the town to support 
the poor, domiciled them on the old place; 23 April, 1832, Stephen 
and David Barton to Amos Brown of Spencer, the old place ; 9 Dec, 
1832, Amos Brown to Ebenezer Brown of Charlton, who d. here, 
1849 ; 23 March, 1850, Ella, widow of Ebenezer Brown, to Jacob 
Marble ; 3 April, 1855, Jacob Marble to H. G. Otis aud Asa B. Taft ; 
16 April, 1856, they to Elias B. Crawford; 1 April, 1860, Jane T., 
w. of Elias B. Crawford, to Francis Coghlan of Rhode Island ; the 
place has been of late occupied by tenants. 

92. [House removed.] '■'-Morey Place" on map. One hundred 
rods or more west of H. 91 is the site of the William and David Stone 
homestead. They had previously lived on Prospect Hill on a farm of 
45 a. bought 28 March, 1775, of John Harwood of Oxford [24 Dec, 
1761, John Town deeded to William Stone, 60 a. and buildings, ad- 
joining William Eddy and Jonathan Pratt, perhaps north of the rail- 
road station at North Oxford; 18 March, 1767, William Stone to 
Jonathan Pratt, Jr., same] ; 2 April, 1777, Jacob Davis of Charlton 
to William Stone, 42 a. "on Woody Hill"; 14 April, 1777, William 
Stone to his son David, one-half, and the whole at the death of the 
father; 1 April, 1784, Ezra Taylor for Cox's heirs lo David Stone, 
52 a. near land of grantee; 1806, David Stone to his son David, 94 
a. ; 8 April, 1826, David Stone to Nathan Hall, 94 a. ; 8 Feb., 1828, 
Nathan Hall to David Hall, his son; 1 Nov., 1835, David Hall to 
Otis Perry of North Gore, 100 a.; 1 Nov., 1837, Otis Perry to 
Thomas Smith of Smithfield, R. I. ; 18 April, 1844, Thomas Smith to 
Daniel Mowry ; 1 April, 1854, Thomas Mowry of Providence, R. I., 
brother of Daniel, into whose possession it came, to Horace Pope ; 1 
May, 1870, Horace Pope to Asa H. Pope, who removed the house ; 
the barns which stood several years later were burned. 

93. [House removed ; not on map.] A short distance west of 
H. 94. In 1764 Simon Gleason and Joshua Bellows quitclaimed to 
John M. Jewell, 100 a., part in Oxford and part in Charlton, a part 
of Cox's land ; Jewell settled here, house in Oxford; 1 May, 1784, 
he quitclaimed 71 a. to Ezra Taylor, agent of Cox's heirs; in Dec, 



320 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

1786, Jewell was ejected on :i suit by said heirs; 9 Oct., 1791, Ezra 
Taylor to William Lamson, 70 a., "part in Oxford and part in Charl- 
ton, called tlio Jewell lot, b. east by Fitts, south by Samuel Baker, 
west by land in possession of one Lamb" ; 23 March, 1804, William 
Lamson to Stephen Barton, who, on marriage, settled here, remain- 
ing till 1S16, when he deeded to Jeremiah Learned and removed to 
Learned's house ; 9 Jan., 1818, Jeremiah Learned to Abisha Learned ; 
3 Nov., 1818. Abisha Learned to Bela Tiffany; 1 April, 1822, Bela 
Tiffany to Alpheus Eddy ; none of these owners after Barton occu- 
pied. The house went to decay and was removed before 8 June, 
1830, when P^ddy sold to John Fitts, owner of the adjacent farm, H. 
94.1 

94. John O'Maka. '•'•Tlios. Applehy" on map. 19 Aug., 1775, 
Nathan Pratt to Andrew Patch, laud called Cox's, b. south on John 
Rockwood, west on Samuel Baker and John M. Jewell, north on 
Josiah Wolcott, east on town road [over Rocky Hill], 140 a. ; Feb., 
1777, Andrew Patch, quitclaimed to Abraham Fitts of Sutton, dwell- 
ing, reserving one-half the potash house to Jacob Pierce ; 6 April, 
1784, Ezra Taylor, agent, Daniel and Rebecca Cox, Trenton, N. J., 
Charles Cox, Ringwood, N. J., and John T. Kemp, w. Grace, of 
New York City, to Abraham Fitts, 68 a. ; 1 Sept., 1784, Abraham 
Fitts to Bartholomew Hutchinson of Sutton ; 9 Feb.. 1788, Abraham 
Fitts of Dummerston, Vt., to Jonathan Fitts of Wardsboro', Vt., 3 
a., "house, barn and hovel"; Daniel Pitts occupied before 1796 (at 
which date Hutchinson deeded him 34 a. and buildings), and d. here, 
1S37. devising his farm to his son John, who took down the old house 
and built the present one, 1827 ; 18 April, 1837, John Fitts to Robert 
Pitts of Auburn, 150 a. and buildings; 23 Feb., 1839, Robert Fitts 
to Tliomas Appleby of Sraithfield, R. I. ; 3 April, 1855, Thomas 
Appleby to John O'Mara and Michael Butler ; Butler sold to O'Mara. 

95. Im-i.iah H. Simonds. "Jf. Jennison" on map. 19 July, 
1786, Josiah Wolcott to his dau. Plizabeth, 135 a., "Kitchen land" ; 
3 Dec, 1799, Andrew Sigouruey and w. Plizabeth (Wolcott) to 
Judah Waters, 17 a., reserving a road running north and south; 18 
Nov., 1804, Judah Waters to Thomas Scott of Ward ; 14 Oat., 1805, 
Thomas Scott to David Rich, b. south by a town road, west by 
Abijah Lamb, north by Andrew Sigourney, east by Josiah Sluiinwa}^ ; 
10 April, 1812, David Rich to David Stone, 9 a., east part ; 17 P'eb., 
1818, David Stone to Jeremiah Pratt of Leicester; 11 April, 1818, 
Jeremiah Pratt to Stephen Barton, 9 a., b. south by " Mclntire road," 



I 'riK! roiid wt'st into Cliiirlton from Kockdiile niarked tlic spot, and was known U'^ thf ".lol) 

was called the Mdiittrc load. Daniel Mclntire, Orchard." 

Willi sons Daniel and .Job. settled very early on 1-' June, 17:i4, Kdward and Freak Ivltchen lo 

tills road near the ('liarlton line, perhaps In the Daniel Mclnlire. Km a. with buildings: V2 Auj;.. 

present Charlton. The house was removed lT"iO, Daniel Mclntire to his son Job, .'>2 a., flie 

iH'I'ore 18(10 and It lias not since been a home- sontli part of the lO.i a. boiisht of Kitchen, li. 

stead. Eighty years ago a group of apple trees north by laud lately sold to Daniel, Jr. 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 321 

west by a town road, east by Josiah Shumway ; Barton built the 
present house [see 91]. The "Jordan house" formerly stood at this 
coi'ner and it was long known as "Jordan's Corner." This and the 
house north of it on the 9 a. lot, occupied b}' David Rich, were log 
houses, built perhaps by Sigourney for tenants. Peter Bonsey, 
Hessian soldier, lived in one for a time. 1 April, 1880, Stephen Bar- 
ton to Stephen, Jr., and David Barton, 300 a., including this place ; 28 
March, 1836, S. and D. Barton to Joseph H. Dow of Worcester, 175 
a. with new house ; 20 Nov., 1837, Joseph H. Dow to Leonard Rich- 
ardson and Maverick Jennisou ; 3 Nov., 1842, Leonard Richardson 
to Martin Boomer ; 23 Dec, 1842, Martin Boomer to Maverick Jeuni- 
son ; 3 April, 1855, Maverick Jennison to Archibald C. Harris, who 
mort. back ; Jennison assigned to Sylvauus Robinson, he to Esek 
Aldrich, he to I^ddy Aldrich ; 23 June, 1864, Eddy Aldrich to Asa 
H. Pope; 1 Nov., 1872, Asa H. Pope to P^liphas S. Gage; 1872, 
Eliphas S. Gage to Hudger D. Lariver; 1873, Hudger D. Lariver to 
E. Spurr & Co. of Worcester; 13 Oct., 1874, E. Spurr & Co. to 
Isabella, w. of Elijah H. Simonds. 

96. Geokge H. Nichols, "yl. B. Taft" on map. 23 Dec, 
1842, Maverick Jennison to Martin Boomer (who built the house, 
1843), 88 a. ; 21 March, 1848, Martin Boomer to H. G. Otis, Silas 
S. and Elisha C. Taft; 26 Aug., 1871, Asa B. Taft, who had occu- 
pied, to George S. Melvin and Henry J. Harlow of Springfield ; 30 
March, 1874, they to Robert Craig of Charlton; 5 Sei)t., 1879, 
Robert Craig to John A. Marsh ; 1 April, 1889, John A. Marsh to 
George H. Nichols. 

97. George W. Davis. "^. Shumway" on map. 21 Oct., 

1788, Josiah Wolcott to his dau. Freke, a part of Kitchen's land, 65 
a. and buildings, b. west on Elizabeth's land [H. 95] ; Josiah Shum- 
way m. Freke Wolcott, resided and d. here ; his heirs are present 
owners. The old house was burned March, 1835, and the present 
one soon after built. 

98. Charles O. Wallis. "C Learned" on map. 21 March, 
1780, Thomas Parker, shop-joiner, to Ebeuezer Redding, who d. 
here ; 1810, Ebenezer Redding to Andrew Sigourney. Abigail, 
widow of Benjamin Learned, owned soon after Redding's decease, 
occupied many years and devised it to her daughter Abigail, who m. 
Nathaniel Emerson ; 28 Sept., 1867, Abigail and Nathaniel Emerson 
to Charles O. Wallis. A new house was built after Redding died. 

99. Late Alvin P'itts. ^^Alvin Fittz" on map. Before Nov., 

1789, the heirs of Josiah Wolcott deeded land to Abijah Lamb, who 
built a house and settled here ; 29 April, 1806, Andrew Sigourney to 
William Lamson, 69 a.; Walter Fitts bought, and 22 Feb., 1812, 

42 



322 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

deeded to Daniel Fitts, 38 a. ; occupied by tenants. At the death of 
Daniel this phico went into the possession of his son John ; 2 May, 
1838, John Fitts to Alvin and David Fitts ; they removed the old 
house and built the present one ; David sold to Alvin, who d. here, 
1880. Adjutant E^benezer Pray once lived at this place. 

100. [House removed.] Homestead ok Aiujaii Gale. 3 Nov., 
1757, Samuel Danforth of Boston to Abijah Gale, two lots, in all 61 
a., in north part of Oxford ; 10 Feb., 1801, Abijah Gale to Benjamin 
Fitts, 10 a. with buildings. The old house was removed many years 
ago. A part of the land which lay west of H. 101, near Charlton 
line, was owned 32 years ago by John C. Steere ; a small modern 
house stood there which was burned 1856, and the place abandoned. 

101. Anson Nicholas. "S. Fitts" on map. 1794, Samuel 
Danforth of Boston to Thomas Clark, 97 a., b. south on Kitchen, 
west on Abijah Gale, east on Gen. Learned, etc. ; 11 March, 1799, 
Thomas Clark to Benjamin Fitts, Jr., 45 a., b. north on Jesse Smith 
and James Trumbull, east on Asa Conant, south on Abijah Lamb ; 
Fitts buill tlie house, spent his days and d. here ; his heirs divided 
the farm, the house aud 20 a. went to his son David ; 7 April, 1863, 
David Fitts to Anson Nicholas aud Almon Lincoln, son-in-law. 

102. Late Liberty Lamb. "i. Lamb" on map. 20 July, 1721, 
the State to Mrs. Ann Stone, 300 a. in North Gore ; on her decease, 
1733, tliis land came to her son James, who in 1745 sold the western 
portion to his brother Uriah of Framingham, who settled here ; 
Samuel, Uriah's son, succeeded; Liberty Lamb m. Hannah, dau. of 
Samuel, and 1834 settled on this estate and d. here, 1876. His sons 
have been owners since. 

103. Meriam Estate. In 1719 Daniel Liverraore received 400 
a. in the '* Country Gore," laid out to him on a special grant on which 
he built a house [see North Gore]. 30 May, 1721, Daniel Livermore 
to Joseph Haven and Henry ISIellen, both of Framingham, the same, 
beginning at a tree on the west side of the river [at Oxford nortli line], 
thence N. 13° W. 200 rods, thence W. 13° S. 320 rods, thence S. 
13° E. 200 rods to Oxford north line, thence on said line 320 rods 
to the first bound. On 14 April, 1729, Haven and Mellen deeded the 
same to Jonathan and Hezekiah Meriam and Ebenczcr Mcriani. their 
cousin, who un 13 Aug. following, sold to Joshua, brother of 
Ehenezer, one-fourth of the same. On 14 Aug. a division was made, 
Ebenezer and Joshua receiving the western half, and Hezekiah and 
Jonathan the eastern. On 17 Oct., 1733, Joshua and Ebenezer 
divided their share, the former receiving the north part, 112 a., and 
the latter thn southern, 88 a. ; Ebenezer settling at the David Fitts 
place. On .) .Inuc. 1779, Joshua deeded his estate ["^S. Merriam" 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 323 

on map] to his son James ; Samuel, sou of James, inherited the 
same, spent his whole life and d. here ; built the present house a few 
years before his decease. On 1 April, 1874, Nancy T., his widow, 
deeded to Charles C. Lamb, who removed part of the house to 
Rochdale, and 30 April, 1880, sold the farm to Charles H. DeVoe of 
Worcester, owner, 1888. 

Of Ebenezer's 88 a., the northern part, "D. Fittz" on map, went 
to his son Ephraim, who d. there, and 4 July, 1781, Sampson Mar- 
vin, w. Ruth, former w. of Ephraim, then of New Salem, deeded to 
Jotham Meriam, brother of Ephraim ; Jotham, son of Jotham, was 
next owner, and 15 Oct., 1845, deeded to David and Alvin Fitts ; 25 
Jan., 1854, Alvin to David, his half; Jotham, son of David Fitts, 
with his mother own and occupy, 1890. 

The southern part of the 88 a. went to Ebenezer Meriam, son of 
Ebenezer, and from him to his son Artemas, who sold to his brother 
Wright S., who occupied long and d. there. His sons are present 
owners. 

104. Late George W. Hartwell. "(?. W. Harhoell" on map. 
Part of the Meriam purchase [103]. Hezekiah and Jonathan Meriam 
both settled here. Tradition says the latter, until his sale to Hart- 
well, occupied a house he had built in the northeast portion, which 
was soon removed ; the cellar is now visible. 30 May, 1734, Jonathan 
Meriam to Isaac Hartwell, 100 a., his share of the 400 a. purchase; 
Jonathan returned to Lexington. No record appears of tlie division 
between Hezekiah and Jonathan, but the separating line ran north 
and south, and the present road divided a large part of the way. On 
29 Nov., 1734, Hezekiah Meriam deeded to Isaac Hartwell o a. and 
a house, " part of Livermore's farm." On 24 March. 1762, when past 
middle life, Hezekiah deeded one-half of 70 a. and buildings to his 
son-in-law, Jacob Pierce, and 28 March, 1765, Meriam and Pierce 
conveyed the same, called 65 a., to Joseph Edwards, also son-in-law 
of Meriam, who the following August sold the same to Isaac Hart- 
well, and it has since been a part of the Hartwell farm. This was 
the northwestern portion of the eastern moiety of the 400 a. purchase, 
and south of it lay the Lock farm, of -10 a., H. 105, making with it 
the complement of Hezekiah's share. There are to be seen two 
cellars on this tract. One is supposed to mark the site of Hezekiah's 
house, and the other that of a son-in-law. On 3 Feb., 1784, Isaac 
Hartwell deeded to Samuel Hartwell one-half of 248 a. and buildings. 
Later Samuel was owner of the whole. Isaac and Samuel both d. 
here, and after the decease of the latter his son George W. bought 
the rights of the other heirs, and owned and occupied until his death 
here in 1887. His heirs are present proprietors. The eastern part 
of the mansion is said to have been built by Livermore, and the 
western, bearing on its gable " 1769," was added by Capt. Isaac 
Hartwell. 



324 HISTOIIY OF OXFORD. 

106. FuANK E. Merriam. "i2. Efhhj" on map. This was a part 
of the 400 a. Meriam purchase and was conveyed by Hezekiah, per- 
haps to Muzzy. In 1738 Ebenexer Lock bought land iu the Gore of 
Joseph Muzzy of Lexington [no record found] ; 4 June, 1738, 
Ebenezer Lock of Westboro' to Anaos Meriam, 40 a. with mansion 
house ; 28 May, 1744, Amos Meriam to Ebenezer Lock of the Country 
Gore; 19 June, 1760, Ebenezer Lock to his son-in-law, Nehemiah 
Stone, the whole of the land bought of Joseph Muzzy in 1738, except- 
ing 10 a. sold Isaac Hartwell, b. north on Hezekiah Meriam, west on 
Ebenezer Meriam, south on Oxford line, east on Hartwell ; 2 Ai)ril, 
1777, Nehemiah Stone to Isaac Hartwell, all the laud bought of 
Ebenezer Lock ; 1 April, 1790, executors of Isaac Hartwell to Parley 
p:ddy ; 3 March, 1831, Parley Eddy to Rufus, his son ; 1 Nov., 1883, 
Albert A., son of Rufus, to Frank E. Merriam. 

106. [House removed ; not on map.] Homestead of Hezekiah 
Meriam, Jr., adjoining H. 105 on the south, and in Oxford. Meriam 
d. here; 9 Nov., 1762, Sarah, administratrix of his estate, to Abner 
Clatlin of Oxford, housewright, 40 a. and buildings; 1 March, 1769, 
Abner Claflin of Rowe to Isaac Barton, who soon d. and his son 
Isaac succeeded; 1799, Isaac Barton (rem. to New Salem) to Joel 
Meriam ; 3 March, 1812, Joel Meriam to Ebenezer, his brother ; Jesse 
Pratt occupied in " Shays' Rebellion " times. The house was removed 
more than 50 years ago. 

107. John Mathewson. [Not on map.] On old road south of 
Hartwell place, originally part of H. 105. 1790, Samuel Hartwell to 
Daniel Burr of Bridgewater, who built the house, rem. 1801 to Mer- 
cer, Me., selling to Hartwell, after whose decease his son Seth occu- 
pied and sold, 1834, to John W. Bates of Webster ; later it was 

owned by James Shepard, Barry, Thomas Appleby and Rufus 

Eddy, who in 1857 sold to John Mathewson. 

108. William Pratt. "Jj. Stone" on map. The eastern por- 
tion of 300 a. bought by Ann Stone of the State [see H. 102]. 21 
Oct., 1735, James Stone to Josiah Gibbs of Preston, Conn., 200 a. ; 
Gibbs occupied; 17 March, 1748, Josiah Gibbs to Samuel Curtis of 
Topsfield ; Sept., 1750, Samuel Curtis to Samuel Curtis, Jr., 50 a., 
northwest portion ; 22 April, 1754, Samuel Curtis, Jr., to Uriah 
Stone, innholder ; 15 July, 1752, Samuel Curtis to his son Noah, 150 
a., reserving one-half the house and 1 a. and firewood ; 4 May, 1753, 
Noah back to bis father; 5 May, 1753, Samuel Curtis to Amos 
Singletary of Sutton, son-in-law, 73 a., dwelling in part, b. partly on 
Samuel Curtis, Jr. ; 17 March, 1761, Samuel Curtis to his son Elijah, 
45 a. and buildings ; 21 May, 1764, Amos Singletary to Elijah Curtis, 
estate bought of Samuel Curtis, 5 May. 1753. [In 1771, "Widow 
Singletary" was taxed for real estate in ii(»rtli i):ut of Oxford.] 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 325 

6 May, 1771, Elijah Curtis to Ebenezer Davis of Charlton, 98 a. ; 
21 May, 1772, Ebeuezer Davis to Uriah Stone, who thus became 
owner of nearly the whole 200 u. ; Stone d. 1796, and his son Luther 
succeeded, occupying till his decease in 1853. The water power 
was sold, and Lewis, son of Luther Stone, later owned and occupied 
the farm; 8 April, 1884, Lewis Stone to Charles C. Lamb; 3 Oct., 
1884, Charles C. Lamb to Anna, w. of William Pratt. 

109. Late Henry Lamb. "Z. Stone" on map. Jacob Works 
was fh-st settler here, title not found, probably about 1778. In 1789 
Sylvanus Learned sold him laud south of his (Works') estate, with 
mining reservations ; 19 IMarch, 1805, Jacob Works to Luther Stone, 
50 a. and buildings, reserving right to dig "for a mine," as granted 
by Edward Davis to Ebenezer Larned and others, near Joshua 
Claflin's [see Mines], thereby not ''damnifying any improvements." 
Luther Stone owned until after 1850. Loomis, his son, was later 
owner and sold to John G. Barnard, who, 1 Jan., 1861, deeded to 
John A. Taft ; 1 April, 1869, Taft sold 17 a. and house to Liberty 
Lamb, who devised to his son Henry, who occupied and d. here, 1888. 

110. Samuel J, AsHWORTH. ^^ J. Shcnv" on map. 3 May, 1731, 
Abial Lamb to his son Ebenezer, 60 a. east of the river, north part 
of Oxford; 14 Oct., 1731, Ebenezer Lamb of Leicester to Samuel 
Call, who settled here; heelmaker ; 10 March, 1748, John Jeffries 
and Samuel Danforth, Commissioners to settle the affairs of the 
Laud and Manufacturing Bank Co., assessed on Call his proportion, 
£30, for the redemption of the outstanding bills of said company, got 
an execution against him and sold 46 a. to Elijah Town ; 3 April, 
1766, Elijah Town to Micah Livermore ; 1 April, 1773, Micah Liver- 
more to Elisha Livermore, who built a new house after his return 
from the Revolutionary war. Paul, his son, built the present bouse 
in 1812. In 1820 Sylvanus Livermore owned a share here and mort. 
to Lyman Tiffany, who transferred to Dr. Daniel Green; 4 Oct., 
1822, Elisha Livermore to his son-in-law, Calvin Stockwell ; 20 June, 
1830, Livermore and Stockwell mort. to Dr. Daniel Green, who 
came into possession, and 1 April, 1843, sold to William B. Field ; 
30 March, 1857, William B. Field to James Shaw of Andover ; 30 
March, 1871, James Shaw to Daniel W. and Jasper F. Dai'ling ; 2 
April, 1874, they to Laban Stevens of Charlton ; 12 April, 1878, 
Laban Stevens to Samuel J. Ashworth. 

111. Late Lafayette Battey. "-4. P. Newton" on map. 1 
Feb., 1837, Reuben Adams to his son-in-law, Amos P. Newton, 83 
a. ; the house was on Prospect Hill, the land extending west across 
Worcester road, where in 1837 Newton built the present house ; 30 
April, 1855, Amos P. Newton to Jacob Marble, 54 a. with new house ; 
1 April, 1860, Jacob Marble to Amos P. Newton; 1 April, 1867, 



326 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Amos P. Newton to Adaline, w. of Anthony W. Poacher of Burling- 
ton, Vt. ; lo March, 1«7'), Adaline Pouclier of Ontario, N. Y., to 
Mary A., w. of Lafayette liattey who died here. 

112. Fkkdkrick Stai'foki). "L. P///7Z«j)s" on map. Part of H. 
126. 2 March, 179U, Aaion Hill to Ebenezer Pray, 5.0 a. on Pros- 
pect Hill, b. east on Cudworth and Israel Phillips, north on highway ; 
19 May, 1790, administrator of estate of Abraham Hill to same, 44 
a. ; 29 Jan., 1799, Ebenezer Pray to Simpson Larned ; 7 Nov., 1805, 
Simpson Larned to Calvin Stone of Dnmmerston, Vt. ; 28 June, 
1823, Calvin Stone to Andrew Sigourney ; 14 April, 1830, Andrew 
Sigourney to Nahum Sibley, 45 a. ; 14 May, 1846, assignees of Sibley 
to Israel Sibley: 1 April, 1849, Israel Sibley to Leonard Phillips; 2 
April, 1856, Leonard Phillips to Riifus G. Alverson ; 1 Dec, 1866, 
Rufus G. Alverson to S. A. Newton and S. A. Newton, Jr. ; 1 April, 
1867, they to Rhoda, w. of Amos P. Newton ; Frederick Stafford 
(present owner) m. Ellen E., dan. of Amos P. Newton. The house 
was formerly south of its present position near Gen. Learned's house, 
and was rem. when "Prospect road" was built. 

113. Freeman Severy. "IF. Severy" on map. House built 
about 1806 by Warren Cudworth, record of title not found. Lot, two 
and a half a., adjoined and was a part of H. 114 . . . 20 Feb., 1827, 
Nathan Hall to Mary Severy of Sutton ; 7 Feb., 1843, Mary Severy 
to Willard Severy. Freeman, his son, is present owner. 

114. Late Marcus Bond. "iW. Bond" on map. A part of H. 
121. 10 May, 1770, Reuben Lamb to Dr. Hezekiah Meriam, who 
settled here, 28 a. ; 20 Oct., 1791, Hezekiah Meriam to Stephen 
Stone, blacksmith ; 2o April, 1793, Stephen Stone to Andrew Sigour- 
ney, 33 a. ; 1 Jan., 1823, Andrew Sigourney to his heirs ; 24 March, 
1823, these to William and Washington Carey ; 1 May, 1826, William 
Carey to Nathan Hall ; 4 April, 1826, Nathan Hall, as guardian of 
heirs of Daniel Stone (one of the Sigourney heirs), to Jonathan Rice, 
2^ a. and buildings, the remainder of land went to H. 113 ; 13 May, 
1829, Jonathan Rice to Hammond Clark, who d. here; 4 May, 1M35, 
executor of will of Hammond Clark to Thomas Clark ; '26 March, 
1847, Thomas Clark to Marcus Bond, who d. here, 1879. [Among 
others, George Bacon, stocking weaver, and Thurlo Stimpson, black- 
smith, lived at this place while Sigourney owned.] 

115. Nathaniel E. Takt. ".S". Burt" on map. 20 Oct., 1832, 
Charles J. Stratford to Williams Cudworth, 88 rods; 8 Dec, 1835, 
Williams Cudworth to Richard Saiifoi'd. with a house; 29 March, 
1839, Richard Sanford to .lonathan Cudworth, who d. here; 5 April, 
1.S50, Thomas Clark, mortgagee, to Elizabeth C^udworth ; she m. 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 327 

Sanford Burt ; 1859, Elizabeth and Sanford Burt to Otis Wallace, 
trustee. 

116. H. G. Otis Taft. "0. Taft" on map. Part of H. 117. 
18 Nov., 1832, Abisha Learned laud to Edward Denny, who built the 
house which was in 1836 sold with the adjacent mill property; 28 
June, 1844, William R. Lawrence of Brookline to Lucius O. Ackley ; 
20 Jan., 1847, Lucius O. Ackley to Albert Brown of Worcester, 
mort. ; 9 Oct., 1852, Albert Brown to H. G. Otis Taft. 

117. Abisha Learned Homestead. " TTcZ. Learned" on map. 
A part of Col. Ebenezer Learned's purchase of Thompson's heirs ; 
inherited by Gen. Ebenezer Learned, who built the house, 1783, and 
d. here. 17 July, 1786, Ebenezer Learned to his sou Sylvanus, 150 
a., mill privilege, reserving mining rights; 9 Jan., 1810, Sylvanus 
Learned 132 a. farm, buildings, water privilege, etc., to his son 
Abisha, who spent his days and d. here ; place occupied by his widow 
and dau., who both d. here ; 6 March, 1872, Betsey, widow of Abisha 
Learned, and Elizabeth R., dau., deeded to Oscar F. Chase & Co., 
who on 10 Feb., 1882, deeded to Fred. Thayer, present owner. 

118. Nathaniel E. Taft. "0. Wallis" on map. 12 April, 
1797, Timothy Sparhawk to George Alversou of IMilford, 37 a. ; 15 
March, 1808, George Alverson to Rufus Alversou, with buildings; 
11 April, 1810, George Alverson to George Alversou, Jr., 37 a. ; 
Alverson sold to Mayo Packard, who occupied about 10 years; 24 
March, 1832, Mayo Packard to Lemuel Packard of Marshfield ; 25 
Aug., 1834, Lemuel Packard to Cyrus Packard of Oxford, black- 
smith; Packard sold to Otis Wallace, who d. here; 9 March, 1867, 
Charles O. Wallace, son of Otis, to Franklin F. Ryder; 18 Oct., 
1873, Franklin F. Ryder to William Pratt; 27 Oct., 1881, William 
Pratt to Nathaniel E. Taft. 

119. [House removed ; not on map.] About 100 rods west of 
H. 118, in the field, with no road to it, was Asa Conant's place. 3 
Nov., 1787, Samuel Danforth of Boston to Asa Conant, 38 a., b. 
south on Kitchen, west on Thomas Clark, east on village line; 16 
Jan., 1802, administrator of estate of Conant to Sylvauus Town ; 6 
March, 1808, Sylvanus Town to Andrew and Silas Fitts, 26 a. ; 4 
Sept., 1815, tliese to Benjamin Fitts, 54 a. House went to decay 
and was removed many years ago ; barn now standing. 

120. Russell Arnold and Rufus G. Alverson. '-D. CJiilds" 
on map. In 1821 Timothy Sparhawk gave to his dau. Mary 4 a. 
lying west of the river, about west of the Baptist Meeting-house. 
She m. Joseph Childs, wlio built a house, lived and both d. here. 
This house was removed in 1847 and the land divided between two 



328 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

heirs. Daniel, the son, went a short distance south and built the 
present house, where lie d. His widow m. Russell Arnold, present 
owner. Lucy A., the dau., m. Franklin F. Ryder, who built a new 
house at the corner of Leicester road, which he sold 29 March, 1867, 
to Rufus G. Alverson, the present owner. 

121. Jonas Tolman. ",7. Tolman" on map. Reuben Lamb 
homestead. 1 March, 1735, John Town to Caleb Lamb; 2U April, 
17;}6, Caleb Lamb to Jacob Cummings ; 1742, Jacob Cumraings to 
Samuel Baker of Ashford, Conn. ; 3 Oct., 1749, Samuel Baker to John 
and Joseph Edwards ; 30 May, 1760, John and Joseph Edwards to Asa 
Conant ; March, 1766, Asa Conant to .Tonathan Phillips, 6 a., house, 
mill, etc. ; 21 June, 1769, Jonathan Phillips to Reuben Lamb, who 
sold to his son Joseph ; 1822, Joseph Lamb to Cyrus Lamb, whose 
dau. was w. of Jonas Tolman, present owner. Tiiere were two dwell- 
ing houses on this estate. Timothy Sparhawk lived in one with a 
gainbrel roof which stood near the river on the east. A large elm 
standing by it was blown over in the gale Sept., 1815, wrecking it. 
Sparhawk had previously built another house near, in which he and 
Cyrus Lamb both lived. The present house was built by Tolman. 
[See Lamb Mill.] 

122. Baitey Taveun. "J. Batte" on map. Part of H. 121. 
5 June, 1826, Joseph Lamb to Richard Stone ; 21 Dec, 1829, Richard 
Stone to Charles J. Stratford ; 29 Jan., 1837, Charles J. Stratford to 
John A. and Joshua A. Battey ; Feb., 1875. Lafayette E. Battey to 
Eliza McMahon. All buildings burned in 1877. 

123. Bkick Store at North Oxford. "/>. & B. Lamed" on map. 
Built by Asa Cutler & Co. 1 Oct., 1839, deeded by them to Emory 
Sanford ; 1 April, 1854, Emory Sanford to Lewis M. and Benjamin 
F. Learned; 8 Sept., 1860, Benjamin F. to Lewis M. Learned; 16 
Feb., 1864, Lewis M. Learned to Lafayette E. Battey; 10 Oct., 
1866, Lafayette E. Battey to Albert Kelley ; 2 April, 1872, Albert 
Kelley to Willis M. Wellington ; 1 May, 1877, Willis M. Wellington 
to H. O. Otis Taft and James O. Copp ; 7 May, 1882, H. G. O. Taft 
and James O. Copp to Clarissa A. Mann ; 6 Aug., 1886, Clarissa A., 
w. of Daniel W. Mann, to Frederick Thayer, present owner. 

124. Late John Stafkoud. "'■J. Stajford" on map. 3 Nov., 
1837, Asa Cutler and George Torrey to Robert Fitts, lot next south 
of 123; Fitts built the house; 16 April, 1811, Robert Fitts of 
Leverett to Elbridge G. Warren and others, for a i)arsonage ; 16 
March, 1^12. Elbridge G. Warren et al. to William Copp; 6 .lune, 

' 1S4;), administrator of estate of Copp to Elbridgi' G. Warren et ah: 
16 Dec, 1844, Committee of Baptist Church to Jesse W. Copp; 22 
Sept., l'S47, Jesse W. Coi)p to John Stafford and Fred. A. Copp; 21 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 329 

July, 1854, Fred. A. Copp to John Stafford, one-half. Stafford built 
the lower house on the lot. 

135. Nathaniel Ide. "Z^am'cZ /Stone" on map. 28 March, 1765, 
John Wiley to Ebenezer Cutler, 70 a. and buildings; 3 Aug., 1765, 
Ebenezer Cutler to Josiah Wolcott ; 10 April, 1770, Josiah Wolcott 
to Jacob Pierce, 6 a.; 1773, Daniel Phillips to Thomas Fish, "the 
house of the late Jacob Pierce," reserving a two-rod road to Lamb's 
mill and granting the well on the opposite side of the road. [The 
road through North Oxford then passed this house.] 1775, Thomas 
Fish to Charles Dabney of Providence ; 2 May, 1780, Charles Dabney 
to Sylvanus Town ; 15 June, 1790, Sylvanus Town to Eichard Moore ; 
4 April, 1800, executor of Richard Moore to Thomas Clark, reserving 
widow Margaret's rights; 19 Feb., 1801, Margaret Moore, known 
as "Peggy Dick," to Ebenezer Clark, her thirds ; 17 May, 1815, 
Thomas Clark to Ebenezer Clark; 13 May, 1829, Ebenezer Clark to 
Jonathan Rice; 25 Feb., 1831, Jonathan Rice to Asa Cutler and 
Joseph Stafford; Dec, 1836, Cutler and Stafford to David Stone, 1 
a. 77 rods; 11 Feb., 1857, David Stone to Nathaniel Ide of Auburn. 

126. Heirs of Silas Turner. ^''Silas Turner" on map. The old 
road passing H. 125 led on past this estate. 27 Nov., 1750, Ebenezer 
Learned to his son Ebenezer, 200 a. on Prospect Hill. Gen. Ebenezer 
Learned built the present house; 17 Dec, 1778, P^benezer Learned 
to Johu Pierce of Middleboro', 100 a. ; 21 Jan., 1780, John Pierce to 
Abraham Hill of Shutesbury for £10,000, depreciated currency, 
100 a.; 25 Oct., 1787, Abraham Hill to his son Aaron Hill; 2 
March, 1790, Aaron Hill to Ebenezer Pray; 2 Aug., 1790, 
Ebenezer Pray to Aaron Hill, and, same date. Hill to William Bell 
of Boston ; 17 Sept., 1802, William Bell to John Stockwell of Ward ; 
1 May, 1804, John Stockwell of Oxford, cabinet maker, to Jacob 
Turner, who d. here. His son Silas succeeded and also d. here, and 
his heirs now occupy. 

127. [House removed.] '■^Simeoyi Davidson" on rasip. On Pros- 
pect Hill. 16 April, 1793, Ebenezer Learned to Benjamin Pratt of 
Ashford, Conn., 42 a. and buildings ; 1 March, 1809, Benjamin Pratt 
to Asa Cheney of Ward, who built a new house ; 29 Feb., 1816, Asa 
Cheney to Ebenezer Follansbee of Millbury, who occupied and mort. to 
Cheney, who, 1817, assigned to Luther Stone. In 1825 Stone assigned 
to John Jacobs of Millbury; 21 Aug., 1839, Abigail Cudworth of 
Millbury to John C, son of Simeon Davidson; Simeon Davidson 
occupied and d. here ; 20 May, 1875, his heirs deeded to Albert 
Kelley. Tlie house, then unoccupied, was burned soon after Kelley 
bought. 

128. [House removed.] '^'^ Hannah Shumway" on map. Near 
Auburn line on Worcester road was the house of Samuel Shumway, 

43 



830 HISTORY OF OXFOUI>. 

where he settled as early as 1830. Reuben Aborn was later owner, 
and 14 March, 1857, sold to Simeon Davidson, who oocui)ied, 35 a. 
The house was cheaply built and untenantable many years ago. 

129. Charles H. Wellington. " TFm. Willington" on map. 
25 March, 1777, Phinehas Allen to Nathan Pratt; 15 Sept., 1785, 
Nathan Pratt to James Meriam of North Gore ; 6 Aug., 1788, James 
Moriam to Aaron Parker, 30 a. ; 1795, Aaron Parker to his son 
Phinehas, one-half ; 1823, Phinehas Parker to David Lamb. Jr. ; 
1832, David Lamb, Jr., to Lucretia 1'., w. of William Wellington. 
Charles H., son of William, is present owner. 

130. Elizabeth Hilton. "JR. Aborn" on map. The home lot 
of Ebenezer Learned. 21 Oct., 1754, Ebenezer Learned to his son 
Jeremiah, one-half; Jeremiah d. here, 1812, and his son Jeremiah 
succeeded, and also d. here, 1829 ; 17 INIarch, 1830. administrator of 
his estate through Hiram Moffitt to Sylvester Mclntire ; 3 Oct., 1830, 
Sylvester Mclntire to Stephen Barton, one-half, and 26 April, 1833, 
the remaining half ; 1 April, 1846, Stephen Barton to Reuben Aborn, 
160 a. In 1853 Aborn built a new house near, and 1 Sept., 1870, 
sold the old house with 147 rods of land to Edward Hilton. 

131. Michael Toomey. "i). Hovey" on map. 23 Jan., 1759, 
John Town to William Parker; 25 Feb., 1765, William Parker to 
Jonathan Phillips ; 11 March, 1766, Jonathan Phillips to James Free- 
land, a lot of land at the junction of Worcester and Leicester roads ; 
no buildings named in either deed ; 21 July, 1778, James Freeland to 
Silas Rice of Lancaster, with buildings which Freeland had probably 
erected; 21 Sept., 1778, Silas Rice to Joseph Read of Lancaster; 30 
March, 1779, Joseph Read to Benjamin Hovey; 4 Jan., 1785, Benja- 
min Hovey to Benjamin Learned; 23 March, 1791 , Benjamin Learned 
to Ebenezer Davis of Charlton; 12 Nov., 1791, Ebenezer Davis to 
Dr. Jonathan H. Learned, whose father in 1792 took down the old 
house and built the present one ; Dr. Learned occupied till his decease 
in 1810; 10 Dec, 1812, executor of his estate to Henry G., son of 
Jonatlian H. Learned; 13 March, 1823, Henry G. Learned to Benja- 
min, son of Benjamin Learned ; same date, Benjamin Learned to Ste- 
phen Southworth of Douglas ; 1825, Stephen Southworth back to Ben- 
jamin Learned; 1 March, 1829, executor of estate of Benjamin 
Learned to David Mann of Mendon ; 7 Nov., 1833, David Mann to 
David Barton and Vester Vassall ; 10 May, 1834, David Barton to 
Vester Vassall, one-half ; 27 March, 1835, Vester Vassall to Jeremiah 
Dana, who occupied; 7 March, 1844, Jeremiah Dana to George 
Torrey and Benjamin Brayton of Killingly, Conn. ; 5 April, 1844, 
they to Danit'l and Hannah Hovey, who occupied ; 6 Oct., 1854, 
Daniel and Hannah Hovey to John S. Cummings ; 30 July, 1855, 
John S. Cummings to James W. Whitman ; 4 Oct., 1866, James W. 
Whitman to Michael Toomey. 



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132. Asa H. Pope. "^Isa Pope" on map. The home lot of 
Daniel Pilliot, transferred to him by vote, from John Chandler, Jr. ; 
18 March, 1720, Daniel Elliot to Richard Moore: 21 Oct., 1725, 
Richard Moore to Benjamin Eddy of Watertown ; William, son of 
Benjamin Eddy, succeeded, and in 1768 built the present house; 23 
Aug., 1784, William Eddy to his son Reuben, one-half; 29 Jan., 
1811, Reuben Eddy to his son Joel, one-third; 15 April, 1819, Joel 
Eddy to Jonathan Adams of Providence; 30 Oct., 1823, Jonathan 
Adams to his dau. Sylvia, w. of West Pope, who occupied till her 
decease, 1871. Asa H., her son, bought the rights of the other heirs. 

133. Cyrus Kiddek. "/S. Kidder" on map. 18 Feb., 1740, 
Israel Whitney (title not found) to Jedediah Barton; 1 March, 1769, 
Jedediah Barton to Jacob Pierce ; 10 April, 1770, Jacob Pierce to 
David Allen; 1777, David Allen to Abiel Atwood ; 27 Aug., 1800, 
Abiel Atwood to Simeon Stockwell of Sutton ; 9 Nov., 1808, Simeon 
Stock well to his brother, John Stockwell ; 12 Jan., 1810, John Stock- 
well, then occupant, to Jonathan Learned; 5 May, 1815, Hannah, 
widow of Asa Walker, who held a mort., to William T. Fisk ; 1815, 
William T. Fisk to Ebenezer Shumway and Oliver Shumway ; 1822, 
Ebenezer Shumway to Oliver Shumway, who quitclaimed to Hannah 
Walker, who deeded to David Lamb, Jr. ; 1823, David Lamb, Jr., to 
Peter Kidder, who d. here ; Cyrus, his son, succeeded, and built the 
present house in 1851. 

134. Eveline and Alma Hawes. The two houses east of the 
road and a short distance from it, near tbe Hawes place, were built 
by Pope and Warner for mill hands, and were sold with the mill to 
Nahum Sibley [see Mills]. 14 May, 1846, assignee of Sibley to 
Israel Sibley ; 1 April, 1847, Israel Sibley to Ashbel M. Hawes, 5 a., 
2 houses, etc. Mr. Hawes' daughters are present owners. 

135. Late Julia Dalky. A very old house, which was conveyed 
with the adjoining mill property many times [see Eliott Mill], now 
the property of Mrs. John C. Hammond, she having received it from 
the estate of her father, Jasper Brown. 

136. Eveline and Alma Hawes. '•'■A. M. Hawes" on map. 
Part of Eliott Mill estate. 3 Nov., 1816, Amos Hudson to Ashbel 
M. Hawes, 2 a. and buildings. In 1833 Hawes removed the old 
house and built the present one, now occupied by his daughters. 

137. [House removed; not on map.] 3 Dec, 1766, Thomas 
Davis to Ebenezer Shumway, 3^ a. west of 8-rod road near the 
"• great hill." The north cemetery embraces a part of this lot ; Shum- 
way built a house and occupied; 19 March, 1777, Ebenezer Shum- 
way to Andrew Patch; 8 April, 1797, Andrew Patch to Richard 



332 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Moore. Tliis house was occupied by tenants, one Jordan being 
among the lust. It was of small value and was removed soon after 
1800. 

138. Joshua Turner Homestead. '^W. Hancock" on map. 
House built on the westerly part of his farm by Joshua Turner while 
living at H. 175. He occupied and d. here; his only heir, his dau. 
Mary, succeeded, and 9 Aug., 1852, deeded to William J. Hancock, 
son-in-law of Alpheus Pxldy ; 20 P'eb., 1873, William J. Hancock to 
Jasper Brown, whose heirs, 24 Aug., 1887, deeded to his dau., Mrs. 
John C. Hammond, present owner. 

139. John A. Taft. "J. Fitts" on map. The home lot of 
Daniel Eliott, Jr. 17 Oct., 1716, Daniel P^liott, Jr., to Joseph Dana 
of Killiugly, Conn. ; 15 May, 1717, Joseph Dana to Jonathan Pratt, 
who also bought other land on the west side of the 8-rod way; 10 
March, 1731, Jonathan Pratt to his son JMicah, one-half the home 
farm ; 14 Sept., 1733, Micah Pratt to his brother Jonas, half his 
father's estate, deeded to him in 1731 ; Jonas was a blacksmith and 
settled on the west side the road north of Town's pond ; 12 Nov., Jonas 
Pratt to Thomas Pratt, one-half his laud and buildings ; 1 April, J 786, 
Jonas and Thomas Pratt to Sylvanus Town, as follows : beginning 
at southwest corner by Joshua Turner's land and Charlton road, 
thence east by said road to the town street, crossing it and continuing 
by a road to Ambrose Stone's land ; thence north by Stone's land to 
Joshua Turner's laud, thence west to the said street and crossing it to 
Richard Moore's land, etc. This embraced the Eliott 40 a. on east 
side the Worcester road. Town removed the old house and built a 
new one about 1800. The Pratt house on west side the road was 
taken down. 13 May, 1803, Sylvanus Town to Ebenezer Burnap ; 
12 June, 1815, Ebenezer Burnap to Elias Pratt, Jr. ; 30 June, 1817, 
Elias Pratt, Jr., to Bela Tiffany; 1 April, 1822, Bela Tiffany to 
Alpheus Eddy, who occupied and carried ou butchering; 13 Nov., 
1841, Alpheus Eddy to Emory S an ford ; 1 Nov., 1843, Emory San- 
ford to John Fitts, who occupied; 1 April, 1857, John Fitts to 
Maverick Jonuison for Otis S. Pond ; Jenuisou deeded to Cyrus 
Truesdell, and he to Sylvanus Robinson, none occupied ; 8 March, 
1864, Sylvanus Robinson to Octavius Harper ; 9 Sept., 1864, Octavius 
Harper to James Quau, whose sister, Mrs. Purcell, occupied ; 1 Oct., 
1870, James (^uan to Levi Hardy of Worcester; 30 .Inly, 1.S73, Levi 
Hardy to Charles I. Rawson ; 10 Oct., 1874, Charles J. Rawson to 
Nathaniel E. Taft; 7 May, 1875, Nathaniel K. Taft to John A. Taft. 

140. [House removed; not on map.] Adjoining H. 139 on the 
west, supposed to have been homestead of Micah Pratt ; house on an 
old road running north from the old Charlton road, which ran on the 
north side of Town's pond ; is now the southern part of Kidder's 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 333 

farm and lies west of the north cemetery. 8 Aug., 1740, Israel 
Whitney to Micah Pratt, 30 a., near Cedar Swamp; 1 April, 1771, 
administrator of estate of Micah Pratt to Abner 8humway ; 5 May, 
1772, Abner Shumway to Jonas Pratt and Thomas Fish, 32 a. ; 5 
Jan., 1773, these to Daniel Hovey and Ebenezer Shumway, contain- 
ing clay pits, now to be seen ; Pratt probably made brick here, and 
the cellar of his house, not far from the pits, may also be seen. The 
house was removed long ago. 18 May, 1796, Nathaniel Whitmore to 
James Williams, 21 a., brick-yard and clay pits. 

141. Mary A. Mirick. "J. Merriam" on map. The home lot 
of Israel Town. 23 Feb., 1749, Israel Town to his son Moses, one- 
half ; 10 Oct., 1760, to same, the remainder; 25 April, 1763, Moses 
Town to Josiah AVolcott and William Watson ; 3 Jan., 1771, they to 
Edward Allen of Warwick; 13 Oct., 1773, Edward Allen of Oxford 
to Andrew Patch; 13 March, 1774, Andrew Patch to Isaac Fisk of 
Framingham, whose son Daniel occupied, built the present house in 
1791, and d. here; 12 Sept., 1815, heirs of Daniel Fisk to William 
T. Fisk ; 1 Sept., 1819, William T. Fisk to Lyman Tift'auy ; 10 Jan., 
1831, Lyman Tiffany to Alexander DeWitt; 16 March, 1831, Alex- 
ander DeWitt to Alexander C. Thurston; 2 Dec, 1840, Alexander 
C. Thurston to Ira Merriam ; 29 March, 1887, Ira Merriam to Mary 
A. Mirick. 

142. [House removed ; not on map.] West side of Town's 
Pond. 1754, John Shumway (H. 183, whose farm extended north 
to this place), to Ebenezer Fish, 5 a., reserving a road through it, 
the old Charlton road; Fish settled here; 7 May, 1764, Ebenezer 
Fish to Ephraim Ballard, with house, shop, etc. ; 6 Nov., 1772, 
Ephraim Ballard to Stephen Pratt; 7 Nov., 1780, Stephen Pratt 
of Charlton to his brother, Jonas Pratt, Jr. Before 1794 Thomas 
Russell bought this place and occupied until about 1805. The 
house was then poor and soon became untenantable and was re- 
moved. The old well still exists. A pleasant spot, the beauty of 
which is excelled by few in the town. 

143. [House removed.] North of Town's Pond, near H. 142, 
and may have been a part of it. Fish pi'obably built the house. 
6 vSept., 1773, Ebenezer Fish to William Watson, 1 a., house and 
shoemaker's shop, b. north on old Charlton road 20 rods ; no further 
record. The cellar is visible ; house removed probably before 1800. 

144. GiLiiERT Ward. House on east shore of Town's Pond, 
originally an office and store of Dr. Fisk's and was removed from the 
east side of the road. Dr. William T. Fisk occupied it as a house and 
Rev. David Batcheller lived in it a year. 4 May, 1819, William T. 
Fisk to Ebenezer Guild, who began the hatting business here ; 1820, 



334 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Ebenezer Guild to Alexander C. Thurston ; 1822, Alexander C. 
Thurston to Sihis Etldy, who occupiinl ; l.s2rj, Alexander C. Thurs- 
ton to Lyman Tiffany; Jan., 1831, Lyinan Tiffany to Alexander 
DeWitt; 1 April, 1832, Alexander DeWitt to William Sigourney ; 1 
April, 1835, William Sigourney to David Holman, who occupied; 28 
Jan., 1842, David Holman to Reuben T. Eddy; 10 April, 1844, 
Reuben T. Eddy to Emerson Eddy; 17 April, 1847, Emerson Eddy 
to Lucina Cogswell; 2 Dec, 1848, Lucina Cogswell to Orrin D. 
Bolster; 12 May, 1853, Orrin D, Bolster to Mary, w. of Martin 
Blandin ; 1862, Mary Blandin to Jasper Brown ; 3 April, 1880, heirs 
of Jasper Brown to Gilbert Ward. 

145. Keziaii Adams. "./. Collier" on map. House stands on 
the south part of H. 144, was originally part of the Alexander 
DeWitt house, H. 226, built for a store and removed about 1822 by 
Silas Eddy, soon after buying H. 144. 6 Aug., 1830, a committee 
of the town deeded to Albert Sherman; 8 April, 1839, Albert Sher- 
man to Otis Mollitt ; 25 Dec, 1841, Otis Moflitt to Jasper Brown; 
1842, Jasper Brown to James Collier, who mort. to Samuel Smith, 
who assigned to John Fitts ; 15 April, 1859, John Fitts to Mary A., 
w. of William F. Collier (son of James), who devised to her sister 
Pvuiily Jillson ; Dec, 1863, Emily Jillson to James B. Campbell ; 18 
April, 18G4, James B. Campbell to Keziah, w. of Fitz Adams, 

146. Timothy T. BuuBANK. '•'•Miss L. Moffitt" ovLva^^. 1 Oct., 
1832, Josiah S. Prentice 60 rods, to Otis Mollitt, who removed the 
present house from H. 184, occupied and d. hei'e, 1848. His former 
wife, then Mrs. Simeon Lamb, 9 May, 1864, deeded to Horace W. 
Butler, who mort. to Jasper Brown, who 1 May, 1865, assigned to 
Washburn Lumbard, who occupied and d. here; 2 April, 1873, 
executor of Lumbard to Timothy T. Burbank. 

147. William H. Makule. House on Millbury road in borders 
of Auburn. 21 March, 1737, Daniel Hovey to Joseph Pratt, 25 a. at 
north end of ''Long Hill" ; 8 Jan., 1748, Jonathan Kenney to same, 
18 a., near same ; 14 March, 1778, Joseph Pratt to his son John, 
one-half ; Joseph and John both occupied and d. here ; 8 April, 
1835, administrator of estate of John Pratt to Leonard Eddy, 78 a. ; 
10 March, 1837, Leonard Eddy to Ebenezer B. Walker; 6 April, 
183S, Ebenezer B. Walker to Clark Adams of Northbridge ; 11 Nov., 
1845, Clark Adams to Luther Marble, who d. here, and his son 
William now owns and occupies. 

148. George Gibson. "P. Foster" on map. 1744, Joseph 
Pratt to Jonathan Keuuey, 25 a. at north end of " Long Hill" [see H. 
147] ; 174t), Jonathan Keuuey to Ebenezer Gale, who had sold H. 
173 ; 14 March, 1755, Ebenezer Gale to his son Ebenezer of Sutton, 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. /i35 

with a house; 16 April, 1770, Ebenezev Gale to Robert Fitts of 
Sutton ; Fitts traded here ; 21 March, 1777, Robert Fitts to Benjamin 
Hovey ; 17 April, 1779, Benjamin Hovey to Andrew Patch, whose 
homestead adjoined on the west; 3 Aug., 1781, Andrew Patch to 
Benjamin Nichols, living in no town near Mauchaug Pond, later of 
AVestmiuster, both his homestead and this "Hovey Place," 130 a.; 
Patch rem. to Sutton before 1784 and d. there; 1784, executor of 
Andrew Patch recovered judgment vs. Nichols, and took the land 
lying east of Millbury road and imprisoned Nichols ; 14 Dec, 1784, 
executor of Andrew Patch to John Pratt, 26 a., taken on execution ; 
P^benezer, son of John Pratt, settled and d. here; 3 April, 1837, 
Betsey, widow of Ebeuezer Pratt, to Learned Davis ; same date, 
Learned Davis to Aaron Adams; 21 Feb., 1839, Aaron Adams to 
Eliphalet H. Cummiugs ; 9 Nov., 1841, Eliphalet H. Cummings to 
Jonathan H. Foster, whose parents occupied ; 6 April, 1865, Jona- 
than H. Foster to Samuel Rice of ]\Iillbury ; 2 March, 1867, Samuel 
Rice to Ruth E., w. of George Gibson of Sutton. 

149. [House removed ; not on map.] No road ; old cellar to be 
seen nearly one mile north of North Oxford railroad station ; swamp 
east and west of it. 1 July, 1763, Daniel Streeter of Charlton to 
Josiah Town ; 18 July, 1764, Josiah Town to William Brown, 50 a. 
and buildings ; Brown had previously occupied and perhaps built the 
house; 13 March, 1773, administrator of estate of Brown to Andrew 
Patch, 108 a. ; 3 Aug., 1781, Andrew Patch to Benjamin Nichols ; 9 
Aug., 1783, Benjamin Nichols to Moses Hovey and Samuel Blauchard ; 
20 April, 1784, Moses Hovey to Ebenezer Ormsbee of Sutton, 75 a. 
of the Patch farm, part in Oxford and part in Waixl ; 2 Oct., 1788, 
Ebeuezer Ormsbee to Sarah, w. of John Wright, of Reading (Vt. ?) ; 
1789, John Wright and w. of Oxford to Abijah Burnap. No house 
has been standing within the memory of any now living. 

150. [House removed ; not on map.] South of H. 149. 27 
Oct., 1758, John Town to his son Abner, who built a house and 
settled here. A beaver dam at the lower end of the swamp afforded 
a crossing to this place. 18 Aug., 1783, Abner Town to Phinehas 
Town, who mort. to John Nichols; May, 1786, John Nichols to 
Abijah Burnap; 7 Nov., 1807, to Ezra Sparhawk ; 1824, Ezra Spar- 
hawk mort. to Abijah Davis. There were two houses on this place, 
Sparhawk occupied one and Phinehas Parker, who m. his dau., the 
other. 1831, Abijah Davis to Ebenezer B. Walker, who occupied 
till he built a new house on the hill at the east part of the estate, 
H. 151. The old houses were removed. 

151. Chaulks E. Slocomb and Emily D. Wilson. '■'■E. B. 
Walker" on map. A part of H. 150. Walker built the house about 
1835, lived and d. here. 23 Sept., 1884, Charles N. Walker, son of 



336 HISTORY OF OXFOIJI). 

Ebenezer B., to Bradford N. Wales; 7 Aug., 188'J, Bradford N. 
Wales to Charles K. Slocomb and Emily D. Wilson. 

152. [House removed ; not on map.] John, (son of I)ca. John) 
Town, homestead, and with H. 150 and 151, comprised his farm ; 
23 Feb., 1703, John Town to his son Isaac, one-half. The house 
stood not far from the present railroad track, on the old road running 
north on lower land west of the house on H. 151. Isaac Town d. 
here; 18 April, 1786, his heirs deeded to Jonas Eddy. House re- 
moved before 1800. 

153. James W. Whitman. "Jf. Stone" on map. 15 May, 1716, 
Joseph Dana to Jonathan Pratt; 30 Jan., 1723, Jonathan Pratt to 
his son Jonathan, 60 a. ; 19 March, 1772, Jonathan Pratt to his son 
Elius Pratt ; Elias, son of Elias, was next owner, and was succeeded 
by his son Sylvanus, who in 1816 sold to Luke R. Stone of Douglas, 
who d. here, 1862, and was succeeded by his son Moses, who in 1877 
sold to James W. Whitman. This is one of the oldest houses in 
town and built, it is believed, by Jonathan Pratt. 

154. Amory Trumijull. "-E. Trumble" on map. Old Jonas 
Eddy house, removed about 1810 from the site of H. 156 when that 
was built. It was fitted up and occupied for a time by Sylvanus 
Pratt. In July, 1817, Nehemiah P. Barton and* John McKnight 
bought it and occupied two or three years. 6 July, 1825, Lydia, 
widow of Elias Pratt, to Sylvanus Thayer, commandant at West 
Point, this place with the trip hammer shop, 32 a. and water power ; 
Silas Ludden, his brother-in-law, occupied ; 27 May, 1834, Sylvanus 
Thayer of Boston to Amory Trumbull, the same. 

155. Thomas Magner. Brick house, built 1811 by Sylvanus 
Pratt, who sold 9 Oct., 1816, to Benjamin Vassall, who d. here; 4 
Jan., 1843, Vester Vassall, son of Benjamin, to Moses K. Shepardson ; 
17 April, 1848, Moses K. Shepardson to Stephen Barton, Jr. ; 7 
Oct., 1848, Stephen Barton, Jr., to Philander Pond; 2 April, 1855, 
Philander Pond to Emerson Eddy; 12 March, 1864, Emerson Eddy 
to Nathaniel Eddy; 1 March, 1869, Nathaniel Eddy to Mary A. 
Laverty ; 11 April, 1870, INIary A. Laverty to Ebenezer B. Walker; 
5 June, 187(), administrator of Ebenezer li. Walker to Charles N. 
Walker; 7 June, 1876, Charles N. Walker to Charles A. Legg ; 18 
Oct., 1878, Charles A. Legg to Thomas INIagner. 

156. Pktkk Kidder. "J. Eddy" on map. 14 Feb., 1781, 
^Villi;lIll Eddy to his son Jonas, 50 a., northeast part of his farm, H. 
132; Jonas with his sons Alpheus and Jonas, Jr., built the present 
house about 1810, and d. here ; 1 April, 1837, Thaddeus Hall, who m. 
dau. of Jonas Eddy, to Norwich and Worcester Railroad Co. ; 26 a 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 337 

Nov., 1838, Norwich aud Worcester Railroad Co. sold to Benjamin 
Vassall, who 26 Nov., 18.^>8, sold to Joel Eddy, who d. here ; 5 Nov., 
1853, Joel Eddy to his son Nathaniel ; 5 April, 1870, Nathaniel Eddy 
to Ebenezer B. Walker ; 20 May, 1876, administrator of Ebenezer 
B. Walker to Peter Kidder. 

157. [House removed.] Part of H. 132. House near the site 
of the North Oxford railroad station. 23 March, 1763, William 
Eddy to Hezekiah, son of John Eddy, land at northwest part of 
Brush Hill ; same date, Hezekiah Eddy to John Ballard, 45 a. ; 
Ballard built the house and d. here, his son John succeeded ; 3 
Oct., 1826, John Ballard to Jonas E. Stockwell of Sutton; 16 Feb., 

1836, Jonas E. Stockwell to Asahel Knowlton of Ward ; 1 April, 

1837, Asahel Knowlton to Norwich and Worcester Railroad Co. 
House removed to the Plain and now stands near the passenger 
station, east. 

158. Tyler HoLMAN. "'■ D. Biigbee" onmap. Extreme northeast 
on Millbury road. 20 Dec, 1757, Joseph Whipple of Grafton to 
Cieorge Gould, Jr., of Dauvers, 146 a. "wilderness land" ; 11 April, 
1777, George Gould of Dcdham to Abraham Waters; 1 March, 
1784, Ebenezer, son of Abraham AVaters, to Arthur Daggett, 93 a. 
and buildings bought of George Gould; 21 June, 1797, Arthur 
Daggett to Rodolphus Edsou ; 19 March, 1812, Rodolphus Edson of 
Northbridge to Ebenezer Dana; 13 Sept., 1816, Ebenezer Dana to 
Isaac Stone of Ward, who occupied; 7 Dec, 1836, Isaac Stone to 
Jonas E. Stockwell; 10 Nov.. 1837, Jonas E. Stockwell to Francis 
Holman ; 2 March, 1839, Francis Holman to Benjamin Barnes; 17 
Dec, 1840, Benjamin Barnes to Dexter Bugbee, who removed the 
old house and built the present one ; 1 April, 1844, Dexter Bugbee to 
Daniel Hewett ; 1 April, 1857, Daniel Hewett to Mary C. Ball ; 7 
April, 1858, Mary C. and Edwin S. Ball to Harrison O. Clark; 19 
April, 1858, Harrison O. Clark to Tyler Holman. 

159. Denny S. Putnam, "i). Putnam" on map. A part of 
"wilderness land" named in H. 158. 1777, Abraham Waters to 
Ezra Mixer; 3 March, 1780, Ezra Mixer to David Mixer, one-half; 

20 Jan., 1789, David and Ezra Mixer of Charlton to Arthur Daggett ; 

21 June, 1797, Arthur Daggett to Amos Harding, who d. here, his 
son Samuel succeeding; 3 April, 1838, Samuel Harding to Mary 
Aldrich ; 28 April, 1847, Mary Aldrich to Emerson Pkld}' ; 7 Oct., 
1850, Emerson Eddy to Denny S. Putnam. 

160. David W. Welch. "^. C. Aldrich" on map. In 1724 
Enoch Kidder of Billerica bought three tracts of land in west part of 
Sutton ; 30 Oct., 1734, ho deeded to his son Francis 200 a., b. west 
on Oxford lino, of which this is a part. The three sons of Francis 
Kidder inherited each a portion ;*19 July, 1770, a division was made ; 

J 4 



338 HISTOUY OF OXFOUl:). 

this was deeded to Francis, Jr., by bis brothers Jonathau ;uul .lohn ; 
4 June, 1772, Daniel Ilovey, title not found, to Moses Hovey ; 12 
March, 1784, Moses Hovey to Samuel Blauchard, "the farm on which 
I now live," 72 a. This was the birthplace of Thomas Blanchard the 
inventor; farm set to Oxford from Sutton in 17"J3; 15 Dec, 1823, 
Samuel Blanchard to Amos C. Aldricii, who occupied many years ; 7 
May, 1851, Amos C. Aldrich to Henry D. Stone of Worcester; 3 
Aug., 1851, Henry D. Stone to David G. Aldrich; 1857, David G. 
Aldrich to Amos C. Aldrich; 19 Feb., 1861, Amos C. Aldrich to 
George P. Stevens of Indianapolis, Ind. ; Elizabeth, widow of Stevens, 
had 40 a. and buildings set off to her ; 11 May, 1870, Elizabeth Stevens 
to Denny S. Putnam; same date, Denny S. Putnam to Sibyl, w. of 
Edward Aldrich ; 28 April, 1873, Sibyl Aldrich to Edward W. Hub- 
bard of Worcester ; 1876, Fxlward W. Hubbard to Mary W. and Ben- 
jamin D. Hume ; 13 May, 1878, they deeded to David W. "Welch. 

161. Jesse P. Taber. "i>. Alger'" on map. In the division 
among the Kidder brothers [see H. 160] this place came to Jonathan 
Kidder, who settled and d. here, and his son Peter was next owner ; 
13 Aug., 1821, Peter Kidder to James Alger; 19 April, 1834, in the 
division of this estate of Alger, the house (very old) aud a half-acre 
of land went to his dau. Sibyl ; 8 March, 1866, Sibyl Alger to Henry 
A. Alger; 7 Jan., 1871, Henry A. Alger to Joseph Wood [found 
dead in the road on the Plain] ; 22 May, 1880, heirs of Joseph Wood 
to Mary E., w. of George Blanchard; 30 Oct., 1886, Mary E. Blan- 
chard to John H. Downey of Worcester; 24 March, 1887, John H. 
Downey to Jesse P. Taber of Worcester. 

162. Elmeu L. Hall. "^. Z)a?/" on map. 6 July, 1721, Joseph 
Trumbull of Leicester to Ebenezer Learned, 50 a. ; 4 April, 1722, 
Ebenezer Learned to Daniel Hovey of Ipswich ; 4 April, 1722, David 
Town to same, 12 a. near; 7 April, 1737, Daniel Hovey to Daniel 
Hovey, Jr. ; occupied by the Hovey family over 100 years, by Gideon, 
Perez G. and Daniel in succession ; [1 Nov., 1792, Lydia, dau. of 
Daniel of Putney, to Gideon, her rights ; 1795, Molly to the same] ; 
17 March, 1828, Daniel Hovey to Luther Marble; 24 Feb., 1844, 
Luther Marble to Hiel Day, who d. here ; 26 March, 1874, Sally, his 
widow, to Mary, w. of John E. Ball of IMillbury; 20 July, l,s75, 
Fannie M. Wilson and Caroline M. Jenks of Worcester (title not 
found) to Sarah R., w. of Joseph Bodeau ; 24 Aug., 1^78, Sarah R. 
Bodeau to Howard Holden ; 1 Oct., 1878, Howard Holden to Elmer 
L. Hall. 

163. Bkadi-oud G. Edson. "7J. Eilson" on ma|). 14 March, 
1720, William Hudson (original settler) to Thouuxs Bogle, one-half 
his estate and rights in Oxford village ; 11 Dec, 1766, Thomas Bogle 
of Sudbury, tailor, to John Bogle, 73 a. ; 20 Feb., 1768, John Bogle 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 339 

to Nathaniel Muzzy of Rutland, his brother-in-law ; 8 April, 1774, 
Nathaniel Muzzy to Anthony Sigourney of Boston, sugar boiler ; 1778, 
Antiiouy Sigourney to Darius Chase of Freetown, mariner; 1780, 
Darius Chase to Lemuel Crane of Berkley, who settled and d. here ; 
28 Oct., 1816, Crane mort. to Rodolphus Edson ; 26 May, 1818, 
Ephraim Edson bought right of redemption ; 3 Sept., 1833, Ephraim 
Edson to Bradford G. Edson. 

164. John McKenney. '-72. ^Mnc/j" on map. 12 Feb., 1740, 

Peter Shumway to his son Oliver, 60 a., "being the sixth draught" ; 
Oliver settled here; 30 Nov., 1773, Oliver Shumway to his son Ebe- 
nezer, with buildings; 1813, Ebenezer Shumway to William Dana; 
4 March, 181."), William Dana to Reuben Walling of Burrillville, R. I. ; 
26 Feb., 1819, Reuben Walling to Abner Walling; 2 Oct., 1819, Ab- 
ner Walling to Joel Eddy, who built the present house ; 27 Sept., 1834, 
Joel Eddy to Royal Aldrich of Mendon, who settled and d. here ; 5 
May, 1859. Mary, his widow, to Ruth G. Rich, whose husband d. 
and she m. (2) John Colton ; 13 Feb., 1865, Ruth G. Colton to Henry 

A. and Charles W. Stone of Worcester ; 2 Feb., 1867, they to Perley 
Dean; 17 April, 1876, Perley Dean to Frederick Rudolph; 8 May, 
1880, Lebbeus T. Converse to A. B. F. Kinney; 18 May, 1880, A. 

B. F. Kinney to John McKenney. 

165. Asa B. Shepardson. "ilf. K. Shepardson" on map. 11 
Oct., 1739, William Davis of Oxford to Ebenezer Davis of Roxbury, 
50 a., 16th draught, b. north by Peter Shumway and John Eddy, east 
by William Hudson, west by John Eddy and Ebenezer Gale ; Ebe- 
nezer Davis settled here and d. 1792 ; 14 May, 1793, Pxlward Davis of 
Dudley, (who m. Ebenezer's dau.), executor of his estate, to Abner 
Allen; 7 May, 1794, Abner Allen to Gilbert Crane; 25 June, 1805, 
Gilbert Crane to his sons Lemuel and Gilbert, Jr. ; 30 April, 1807, 
Lemuel Crane to Andrew Sigourney; house burned 1812; 18 Feb., 
1813, Andrew Sigourney to Sylvanus Pratt, who built a new house ; 
22 Oct., 1818, Daniel Eddy (title not found) to Leonard Eddy, who 
d. 1825; S Feb., 1826, Joel Eddy, his brother, to Luther Meriam, 
who occupied ; 9 May, 1849, Luther Meriam to Moses K. Shepardson, 
who d. here, and his sou Asa B. succeeded him. The second house 
was burned, 1874, rebuilt by Shepardson. 

166. Ward B. Clark. "J. M. Fairbanks" on map. 1723, 
Ichabod Woodward of Oxford to John Eddy of Watertown, land on 
" Brush Hill " ; Eddy settled and d. here ; 5 Jan., 1770, executors of 
his estate to William Everden of Douglas, who occupied [Everdeu 
came from Dedham to Douglas, having bouglit land there in 1745 ; he 
is said to have been the uncle of the second Mrs. Josiah Wolcott] ; 6 
Feb., 178(), William Everden to his son-in-law, Anibrcjse Stone, for a 
support. Stone had previously bought land near, and settled at 



340 HISTORY OF OXFORD, 

the present W:inl 15. Cl;uk bouse ; Everdon left the old house, whieh 
stood a fourth of ii miU" noithei'ly in the field, and d. at Stone's. The 
old house was blown down in a gale. Ambrose Stone, Jr., succeeded 
his father as owner, and d. here as did his father. Daniel, son of 
Ambrose, Jr., was next owner, and also d. here. 27 Nov., 1821, 
his administrator deeded to Luther Burnett. In 1882, while Burnett 
owned, the house was burned. He rebuilt and also d. here, and his 
son Harvey succeeded; 20 March, 1851, the heirs of Luther Burnett 
to Amos C. Aldrich ; 1 April, 1851, Amos C. Aldrich to his son-in- 
law, Joseph M. Fairbanks ; after a year or two it reverted to Aldrich, 
and after his decease in 1865 his dau. Ruth G. bouglit the rights of 
the other heirs. She m. Ward li. Clark ; tliey now own and occupy. 

167. Late Marshall Pratt. "jET. Adams" on map. A part of 
H. 173. 6 Sept., 1821, Nahum Pratt to Artemas G. Metcalf, who 
built the house; his father and mother both d. here; 24 Feb., 
1829, Artemas G. Metcalf to Andrew Sigourney ; 14 April, 1837, 
Andrew Sigourney to Jonathan P. Dana; 22 Aug., 1839, .Jonathan 
P. Dana to Henry Adams, who occupied many years ; 1 1 Sept., ISC.O, 
Henry Adams to Elvira, w. of Vernon Chaffee ; 14 Jan., 18G4, Elvira 
Chaffee to Angelina, w. of John Geer ; 3 April, 1865, Angelina Geer 
to Adaline M. Stockwell ; 5 Jan., 1867, Adaline M. Stoekwell to 
Joseph Brown; 1 Sept., 1871, executor of Brown to Ann Maria, 
widow of James B. AValker ; 1873, Ann Maria Walker to Marshall 
Pratt, who d. here ; 1885, administrator of Pratt to Lycia L. Hudson ; 
1 May, 1885, Lycia L. Hudson to Fanny, w. of Wallace L. Palmer. 

168. Late John D. Hudson. "Jos. Hudson" on map. The 
home lot of William Hudson. 15 Dec, 1760, William Hudson to his 
son Joseph, 100 a. and buildings. This place has been owned and 
oecu[)ied by the Hudson family, sou succeeding father, from 1713 
to the present time. 

169. [House removed.] '''■P. Hall's heirs" on map. Originally 
Bernon laud, the homestead of John, son of William Hudson. 15 
May, 1740, Thomas Mayo to Joseph Phillii>s, 58 a., reserving 
mining rights; 18 May, 1743, Joseph Phillips to John Hudson; 29 
April, 1746, Henry Cooledge of Watertowu to same, 27 a. adjoining 
Sutton line; William, only son of John, was successor; 1S23, 
William and Bradford Hudson, sons of William, to Paris Hall of 
Douglas, who occupied and d. here ; [Bathshoba. his widow, m. 
Lemuel Tiffany] ; 9 April, 1856, Bathsheba Tiffany and other heirs 
of Hall to Moses K. Shepardson ; 26 April, 1856, Moses K. Shep- 
ardsou to Charles Cliandler and Eddy Aldrich; 7 Dec, 1862, Chan- 
dler and Aldrich to Otis N. Pond, who divided the farm and sold to 
different persons. House sold to F^lisha Walkei, who removed it. 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 341 

170. [House removed.] "5. Putnam" on map. Jacob Shum- 
way homestead; Beriion land. 15 May, 1740, Thomas Mayo to 
.Jacob Shumway, 70 a.; Shumway settled here; 19 June, 1797, 
Jacob Shumway to William Hudson, for a support, his farm ; 
Shumway went to Hudson's to live and the old house was soon 
removed. 

171. Lyman Huckins. "P. Seaver" on map. Amos Shumway 
homestead ; 5 May, 1746, Henry Cooledge of Watertown to Amos 
Shumway, 55 a., b. east on Jacob Shumway, reserving three- 
fourths the iron ore ; Shumway settled and d. here ; had a son 
Amos who succeeded him ; Lewis, son of Amos, Jr., was later 
owner, and 29 Aug., 182G, sold to David Prince; 4 Jan., 1880, 
David Prince to Otis Prince, one-half ; they occupied together ; 6 
April, 1833, David Prince to Otis Prince, other half ; 22 Jan., 1835, 
Otis Prince to Alpheus Prince; 11 March, 1844, Alpheus Prince to 
Alonzo H. and Rufus R. Dana; 6 March, 1851, A. H. and R. R. 
Dana to Perley Seaver, who mort., which by assignment came, 1862, 
to Sylvanus Robinson ; 30 Jan., 1864, Sylvanus Robinson to James 
D. and Charles W. Adams; 18 Jan., 1867, these to Collins Allen, 
who d. here; 10 Jan., 1883, Byron D, Allen, son of Collins, to 
Horace Shepardson ; 27 March, 1885, Horace Shepardson to Lyman 
Huckins. 

173. Late Melonia Bond. "J. P. Dana" on map. 10 May, 
1733, Benoni Twichell to his son Seth, two lots, one of 40 and one of 
12a.; 14 May, 1738, Seth Twichell to Andrew Phillips of Killingly, 
Conn. ; 14 Oct., 1738, Phillips to Abial Lamb, 12a., and 4 April, 
1740, 40 a. ; 6 March, 1745, Abial Lamb to William Parker of Ox- 
ford, 27 a., buildings, on "both sides the road from Daniel Gleason's 
to the meeting-house"; 10 April, 1758, William Parker to Jonathan 
Phillips of Oxford ; 9 April, 1764, Jonathan Phillips of Worcester to 
Aaron Parker of Oxford; 12 March, 1767, Aaron Parker to Joseph 
Edwards; 7 Dec, 1773, Joseph Edwards to Jeremiah Shumway; 25 
May, 1778, Jeremiah Shumway to his son Benjamin Shumway, 50 a. 
with buildings; Nov., 1782 [deed not recorded], to William Lamb; 
13 .Jan., 1785, William Lamb to Levi Lamb (who iiad sold H. 187 
a short time before), reserving minerals and rights of Exi)erience, 
widow of Jeremiah Shumway ; Levi Lamb, son of Abial, maintained 
his father here, and both d. here ; 13 June, 1836, heirs of Levi Lamb 
to Loriug Davis, one-half; 12 Jan., 1837, Loring Davis to Leonard 
Lartin, blacksmith; 5 Jan., 1840, Leonard Latlin to Salem, his 
brother ; 3 June, 1844, executor of estate of Salem Laflin to Jasper 
Brown, Alexander DeWitt and Benjamin F, Campbell, who the same 
year sold to Jonathan P. Dana ; 1 July, 1857, Jonathan P. Dana to 
John Dinsmore ; 1 April, 1858, John Diusmore to John C. Steere ; 
... 14 April, 1864, Sylvanus Robinson to William Daniels, 9 a. ; 



342 HISTOKY OF OXFOliD. 

same date, E. Davis Stowi'U to samo, 12 a. ; 1 Dec, 1H64, William 
DanielH to Noel Allen; 10 Jan., 1807, Noel Allen to Collins Allen; 
2.'i July, IHGH, Cliristoplier C. Allen, son of Collins, to Melonia Bond. 

173. RuFUs R. Dana. ''M. & C Pratt" on map. 14 Nov., 
1723, Jesse Town of Topsfield to Timothy Ramsdell of Boxford, a 
40 a. lot, b. south on liernon ; 14 Jan., 17.30. Timothy Ramsdell to 
Jacob Comins, who, 5 July, 1732, sold to Solomon Johnson of Leices- 
ter ; 21 Feb., 1733, Solomon Johnson to Elisha Hedge of Shrews- 
bury ; 27 Feb., 1734, Elisha Hedge to P^benezer Gale of AVatertown, 
who settled here; 29 April, 1746, Ebenezer Gale to Henry Cooledge 
of Watertown. [Gale bought H. 148 ; Cooledge was son of Dea. John 
of Watertown ; he m. Phebe Dana ; settled at Cambridge ; Huldah, 
w. of Jacob Cummings, was his sister; another sister, Deborah, m. 
Jonathan Pratt] ; 10 April, 1761, Henry Cooledge to Daniel Dana of 
P>rookliue ; 24 Jan., 1772, Daniel Dana to Jonathan Pratt, Jr., 184 
a. ; Pratt settled and d. here ; his son Nahum succeeded, built the 
present house in 1796, and also d. here; Marshall and Cooledge, 
sons of Nahum Pratt, next owned, from whom the estate passed by 
purchase to their nephew, Jonathan P. Dana. An old cellar 
near the present house marks the site of what has for more than a 
century been known as the ''Ramsdell House." 

174. Almon Adams. ",7. Adams" on map. Several titles of 
this estate cannot be found. 1 July, 1785, Anthony Sigouruey was 
owner and mort. to Andrew Sigourney 67 a. ; later Joel Eddy and 
Alexander C. Thurston were owners; 17 June, 1817, they deeded to 
Jotham Eddy, 48 a. ; Eddy took down the old house and built the 
present one. 1 March, 1838, Jotham Eddy to Jennison Adams, 50 
a. and buildings ; Adams d. here and his sou Almon is owner. He 
made thorough repairs of the house, 1878. 

175. [House removed.] "iW. Toomoy" on map. In 1771 this 
place was owned and occupied by Phinehas Ward. Twelve or fifteen 
years later Joshua Turner was owner; title not found. 10 Dec, 
1813, he deeded 2 a. with old house (he having built a new one at 
the west end of the farm on the 8-rod way), to John Wait, who was 
a blacksmith, employed at the scythe works at Eliott mill place ; 5 
March, 1816, John Wait to Jonas Ward, blacksmith, who had a 
sho[) here; he d. here 1842; 3 April, 1843, executor of Jonas Ward 
to Michael Toomey. House burned 1883. 

176. JosErii Stevens. "J. Stevens" on map. The home lot of 
John Town. 9 Dec, 1731, John Town to his son Jonathan, 50 a. ; 
3 April, 17")3, Jonathan Town to his son John, captain in Revolution- 
ary war; 2 June, 1788, John Town to William Phips of Ward; 
Town rem. to Ward ; 4 Nov., 1794, William Phips to William Forbes, 



OLDKH HOMESTEADS. 343 

who d. here, 1808 ; 22 April, 1811, heirs of Forbes to Alpheus Eddy ; 
28 March, 1820, Alpheus Eddy to Dexter Tiffany ; 7 March, 1822, 
Dexter Tiffany to Alexander C. Thurston ; 17 March, 1830, Alexander 
C. Thurston to Josiah S. Prentice, who d. here. His w. was 
before marriage the widow of Joseph Stevens. Her son Joseph 
Stevens lived with Prentice and is present owner and occupant. 
House rebuilt by him, 1877. 

177. George S. Eddy. "P. Butler" on map. A part of H. 
178. 1820, Peter Butler built the brick house for a store and 
dwelling; occupied till his decease, 1856; the place was afterwards 
leased till 26 June, 1866. when it was sold to James B. Walker, who d. 
here ; 1-1 March, 1868, James B. Walker to Charles A. Rallion, who 
occupied ; 4 March, 1871, Charles A. Rallion to William Emerson of 
Westboro', who occupied ; 18 Dec, 1872, William P^merson to Henry 
L. Prentice, Worcester; 3 Jan., 1873, Henry L. Prentice to Nathaniel 
Eddy, who d. here. His son George S. is owner. 

178. Late Jasper Brown. "J". Brown" on map. 15 Jan., 
1748, Jonathan Town, original settler, to Duncan Campbell, 1 a. 
"opposite the new meeting-house"; Campbell built the present 
house; 22 June, 1778, Duncan Campbell to Sylvanus Town; 6 
March, 1780. Sylvanus Town, 35 a. and buildings, to James Butler, 
who with his son Peter occupied; 28 March, 1833, Peter Butler to 
Jasper Brown, who d. here and his heirs are present owners. 

179. George R. Bacon. Next south of H. 178; built in 1800 
by Peter Butler. 18 Aug., 1806, Peter Butler to his father, James 
Butler, who d. here ; 1 Jan., 1829, heirs of James Butler to Ira Bar- 
ton ; 25 Feb., 1829, Ira Barton to Thomas W. Chapman; 13 Sept., 
1834, Thomas W. Chapman to Nathan Morgan, who d. here ; 5 April, 
1851, heirs of Nathan Morgan to Matilda, w. of Daniel T. Fuller; 
1871, Daniel T. Fuller to William H. Thurston; 9 Sept., 1871, 
William H. Thurston to George R. Bacon of Waltham, brother of 
the w. of the late Sylvester L. Ballard. 

180. James B. Campbell. '•'■Heirs of Wd. Gamphell" on map. 
Original James Coller home lot; sold 1718 to Abial Lamb; has not 
been traced in the records. 9 Oct., 1805, Archibald Campbell to 
Rev. Josiah Moulton. who built the present house ; he lived for 
several years in a small house which stood back from the common 
on the Suttou road, now standing on H. 89a.; 14 March, 1814, 
Josiah Moulton to Rufus Moore; 4 Feb., 1824, Rufus Moore to 
Nathan Hall ; 9 Dec, 1825, Nathan Hall to David Niciiols, who had 
sold H. 83; 13 Feb., 1837, David Nichols to Joel and Reuben T. 
Eddy; 15 March, 1838, they to Cclia, widow of Maj. Archibald 
Campbell, whose heirs have owned and occupied to the present time. 



344 IIISTOllY OF OXFORD. 

181. Wii.i.AKi) II, Eagek. "/>r. Holman" on map. A part of 
11. 18.0 ; was owned b}- Thomas Reed, son-in-law of Jeremiah Shum- 
way, who d. here; 11 Jnly, 1754, the executor of will of Keed to 
William Watson of Leicester, "including tan-yard"; same date, 
Jeremiah Shumway deeded same to same ; 22 March, 1789, William 
Watson, sou of William, to Sylvanus Town, "excepting tan-yard, 
bark house and sliop"; 22 March, 17!)2, Sylvanus Town to Rev. 
Elias Dudley; 1 May, 1799, Elias Dudley to Ebenezer Lillie, i)hy8i- 
cian ; 13 Sept., 1805, P^benezer Lillie to James Moulton of Hopkin- 
ton, who d. here; Nov., 1841, Benjamin K., son of James Moulton, 
and Nancy, w. of Andrew J. Twichell of Fitchburg, to Dr. David 
Holman, who d. here, 1881 ; Nov., 18'S4, heir^ of David Holtnan to 
Willard H. Eager. 

182. Late Mrs. Jamks B. Walker. A part of H. 181 ; old tan- 
yard. 21 Jan., 1773, William Watson to Jonathan Gould of Wood- 
stock ; 3 Oct., 1778, Jonathan Gould of Sturbridge to Samuel Hardy : 
15 March, 1781, Samuel Hardy of Oxford, tanner, to Andrew Duncan 
of Worcester ; May, 1782, Andrew Duncan to Jesse Jones of Oxford ; 
26 June, 1783, Jesse Jones of Oxford, tanner, to Daniel Goulding of 
Worcester: 1 May, 1785, Daniel Goulding to William Forbes of 
Worcester, tanner ; 10 Nov., 1809, heirs of Forl-jcs to Samuel Barstow 
of Killingly, Conn. ; 16 May, 1817, vSamuel Barstow to Nathan Hall, 
mort. ; 28 Jan., 1831, Nathan Hall to Danforth Brown; 22 June, 
1832, Danforth Brown to Danforth Bemis ; 6 Nov., 1832, Danforth 
Berais to Danforth Brown ; 13 July, 1833, Danforth Brown to Stephen 
Hall of Grafton ; 1 Oct., 1834, Stephen Hall of Grafton to Nathan 
Hall of Oxford ; 29 Aug., 1835, assignees of Nathan Hall to Williams 
Cudworth, who d. here ; 13 March, 1874, Lester H., son of Williams 
Cudworth, to Ann Maria, widow of James B. Walker, who d. here. 

183. John Shumway Homestead. "J". Broini" on map. A 50 
a. lot drawn by Peter Shumway, 1720. 12 Fet)., 1740, Peter Shnm- 
way to his son John, who settled here, building at the south end of 
the 50 a., which extended north to the west side of Town's Pond; 
house in the field west of Turcott's, the original house was a little 
west of the present one, which was built by Josiah, son of John 
Shumway, although he never owned tlie estate ; 1793, John Shumway 
to Phinehas Dana; 1794, Phinehas Dana to William Phips, who 
resided here at the time of his decease ; 30 May, 1799, Abijah Craig, 
son-in-law of Phips, to Solomon Walker; 23 Sept., 1825, Solomon 
Walker U) Samuel C. Butler, who owned but a short time and sold to 
Otis Prince, who 10 Oct., 1837, deeded to Alphcus Prince; David 
Prince, father of Otis and Alpheus, occupied ; 31 Oct., 1845, Alpheus 
Prince to Jasper Brown, whose heirs are present owners. 

184. Seth Wilder. A part of II. 183 (?) ; 13 Oct., 1821, Solomon 
Walker to Charles P. Nichols, who built the present house ; 8 April, 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 345 

1824, Charles P. Nichols to Samuel Slater; same date, Samuel Slater 
to Israel Moore, blacksmith, who occupied and d. here; 19 Aug., 
1830, Samuel Balcom of Douglas for Moore heirs to Worham D. 
Rand, painter, who built a shop, which was later rem. to H. 146 ; 
5 March, 1834, Worham D. Eand to Sylvester Mclntire ; 8 April, 
1841, Mclntire mort. to E. L. Ward of Worcester, who assigned to 
Alexander C. Thurston ; 5 April, 1848, Alexander C. Thurston to 
Lawson Snow, harness maker, who d. here, 1878 ; Mrs. Mclntire 
reserved her rights and lived and d. here also ; Fred L. Snow, grand- 
son of Lawson, owned after his grandfather's death; 21 Maj^ 1883, 
Fred L. Snow to Eunice, w. of Seth Wilder. John Turcott owned 
and occupied in 1890 the old Snow shop as a residence and 
harness shop. 

185. Ithiel T. Johnson. The home lot of Joshua Chandler, who 
12 Oct., 1721, conveyed to Peter Shumway, who came in on Chand- 
ler's rights ; 12 May, 1741, Peter Shumway to Jeremiah, his son, one- 
half ; 12 July, 1755, Jeremiah Shumway to Isaac Earned, in exchange 
for H. 64 ; 8 April, 1756, Isaac Earned to Capt. James Griffin, who 
d. here ; 12 Jan., 1771, executor of will of GrifHn to Josiah Wolcott ; 
18 Jan., 1771, Josiah Wolcott to William Watson; 1772, William 
Watson (who had bought H. 181), sold this with the tannery to 
Jonathan Gould of Woodstock ; it later went with H. 182 to Hardy, 
Duncan, Jones, Goulding and Forbes; 1794, Forbes to William 
Phips, Esq., 1 a. The next owner was pi'obably Thomas Russell; 
title not found. He d. here, and his son Josiah succeeded and occu- 
pied and d. here, 1867; 28 Sept., 1867, heirs of Josiah Russell to 
Elijah Pratt, who d. here, 1881; 8 April, 1882, Hannah J., widow 
of P^lijah Pratt, to Ithiel T. Johnson. 

186. Mary E. Johnson. 21 Aug., 1826, Jason Collier, } a. 
to his son Nehemiah, who later bought 1 a. additional, moved a 
small building to the lot and lived there till 1844, when the present 
house was built ; 4 May, 1861, Nehemiah Collier to Samuel L. Hodges 
of Leicester; 7 Jan., 1866, Samuel L. Hodges to Mary A., w. of 
Eli Collier ; 23 Nov., 1872, Mary A. Collier to Esek Joslin ; 30 March, 
1874, Esek Joslin to Julia M., w. of George Benway ; 22 March, 
1880, Julia M. Benway to Esek Joslin ; 19 May, 1880, Esek Joslin to 
Mary E., w. of Danford .Johnson. The house has been enlarged and 
improved since her purchase. 

187. Late Calvin Hall. "C. Hall" on map. Home lot of 
Rev. John Campbell, who d. here ; owned afterward by his sou 
William ; 24 April, 1778, William Campbell to Abial Lamb and Levi 
Lamb, his son, one-half to each ; 7 Feb., 1784, Abial and Levi Lamb 
to Elisha Davis, whose sou Abijah occupied, and 4 April, 1791, 
bought; 15 March, 1797, Abijah Davis to Nathan Hall ; Calviu, son 

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346 HISTORY OF OXFOllD. 

of Nathan Hull, was successor and d. here ; his heirs are owners. 
The original Campbell house, two stories front and long sloping roof 
in the rear, was removed in 1826 and the present house built by 
Nathan Hall. 

188. [House removed.] Jason Collier place ; house stood near 
the railroad crossing going from the common to H. 1S7 ; the farm em- 
braced most of Benoni Twichell's home lot; 28 Si'pt., 1728, Benoni 
Twichell, innholder, to Daniel Mackmains of Killingly, Conn., his 
home lot ; 17 June, 1730, Joseph Wiley, blacksmith, to Jacob Willson 
of Pomfret, Conn. ; 27 April, 1 73G, Jacob Willson of Maiden to Jacob 
Willson of Oxford, cordwainer, 100 a. ; 14 Aj^ril, 1747, Jacob Willson 
to Thomas Rock wood of Wrentham ; .3 Oct., 17.51, Thomas Rockwood 
of Oxford to Simon Mellen of Framingham ; 29 March, 1760, David 
Mellen, supposed to have been son of Simon, to Alexander Campbell ; 
1766, Alexander Campbell to Edward Raymond of Bridport, N. Y. 
[Raymond m. a dau. of Thomas Stearns of Worcester, sister of 
Campbell's wife] ; 1768, Edward Raymond to Nahum Houghton of 
Oxford; 1770, Nahum Houghton to Jotham Bush of Shrewsbury; 
1773, Jotham Bush to David Newcoinb of Oxford, housewright ; 4 
Jan., 1786, David Newcomb of Greenwich to Jason Collier, 93 a. ; 4 
April, 1838, Jason Collier to Asa H. Child, agent for Norwich and 
Worcester Railroad Co. In building this road the farm was so en- 
croached upon as to render the dwelling undesirable, the house was 
removed and the highway changed to the westward to its present 
location. 12 Dec, 1838, Asa H. Child to Samuel Dowse; 2 Sept., 
1839, Samuel Dowse to Isaac R. Barbour, who built the present 
house on the street as newly located, now owned by Samuel C. 
Willis, Jr.; 20 May, 1847, Isaac R. Barbour to Charles White of 
Worcester, the Willis house and lot ; the balance of the farm was 
sold in lots to other persons ; 1 July, 1847, Charles White to Camp- 
bell, Harwood & Co. of Boston; 22 Feb., 1850, Gilmore, Campbell 
& Co. to Spencer Field of Barre ; 16 Jan., 1851, Spencer Field to 
Henry M. Barbour; 1 Nov., 1851, Henry M. Barbour to John W. 
and George A. Wetherell of Worcester ; 1 May, 1852, John W. and 
George A. Wetherell to Benjamin B. Otis ; 18 March, 1853, Benjamin 
B. Otis to Wilson Olney, who d. here, 1874; 13 June, 1874, heirs 
of Wilson Olney to Samuel C. Willis, Jr. 

189. [House removed.] Woixott Homestead. [School-house 
on the site.] Originally a part of Joseph Rockett's home lot ; a fine 
location, one of the best houses of the town fronting on the common, 
owned in 1754 by Duncan Campbell, deed not recorded. 27 May, 
1754, Duncan Campbell to Josiah Wolcott, 4 a. and 145 rods, at 
north end of tlie Plain, with warehouse, siable and tailor's shop, "all 
of them or partly on the 8-rod way." A house in process of building 
stood on the premises ; Wolcott completed it and occupied it till his 
decease in 1796 ; 28 Sept., 1802, Henry Wolcott to Sylvanus Town; 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 347 

1 March, 1804, Edward K. Wolcott of Brookline, same; Town d. 
here, 1818 ; 8 March, 1820, Ruth, widow of Sylvanus Town, to her 
dau., Elizabeth Towu ; 23 Feb., 1821, Elizabeth (Town,) then w. of 
Samuel Harris, assigned mort. to Benjamin F., son of Sylvanus 
Town ; 12 March, 1827, Mrs. Ruth Town mort. to her son, Benjamin 
F, ; 4 Oct., 1831, Benjamin F. Tow^n assigned to Samuel Davis; 1 
April, 1837, Samuel Davis deeded to David Nichols, 6 a. and house. 
Mrs. Wolcott having held her thirds lived here, and d. 1848, when 
her rights were set off to Mrs. Mary Hunt as heir of the Wolcott 
estate. The other two-thirds were occupied by tenants. In 1860, 
at decease of Mrs. Hunt, she was owner of the whole. 23 Nov., 1872, 
Jonathan P. Dana, as administrator of Mrs. Hunt's estate, deeded 
to John W. Wetherell, who, same date, deeded to Dana; 22 Jan., 
1873, Jonathan P. Dana to William Daniels, who owned, 1876, 
when the house was burned. He sold the lot to Sylvanus Robinson, 
who Sept., 1881, deeded to the town of Oxford for a school-house. 

190. Mrs. George B. Nolen. [House built for a parsonage.] 
A part of H. 189. 18 March, 1817, Sylvanus Town for $150 to Peter 
Butler, Treasurer of Oxford Parsonage Association, 2 a. ; 12 Feb., 
1830, Peter Butler to Oxford Ministerial Association ; 3 April, 1833, 
Alexander and Hollis DeWitt to Washburn Lumbard, \^ of the 
estate ; 1833, Abijah and Loring Davis to same, their shares in same ; 
Lumbard enlarged the house to accommodate the family of Rev. H. 
Bardwell, on his coming in 1835 ; 1 Nov., 1841, Washburn Lumbard 
to Alvan G. Underwood; 4 March, 1860, Alvan G. Underwood to 
Jonathan Davis, who d. here; 9 Aug., 1868, Betsey, widow of 
Jonathan Davis, to Mary S. Stafford; 3 March, 1872, Mary S. 
(Stafford) Porter to Moses Stone, who d. here, and devised the place 
to Clarissa K,, w. of George B. Nolen. He also resided here at his 
decease. 

191. Fred. A. Copp. A part of H. 189. 3 Nov., 1818, Ruth, 
widow of Sylvanus Town, to Daniel Mansfield of Dudley, 20 a., re- 
serving 2 a., parsonage lot ; 3 April, 1819, Daniel Mansfield to David 
Batcheller ; 9 Jan., 1822, David Batcheller to William Sigourney, 8 
rods front, 10 rods back, Sigourney built the house ; 1 May, 1850, 
William Sigourney mort. to John Wetherell ; 1857, Wetherell in pos- 
session ; 7 Sept., 1861, John Wetherell to his son, Andrew S. ; 7 
March, 1864, Andrew H. Wetherell to Joseph Storm of Burrillville, 
R. I. ; 17 March, 1864, Joseph Storm to Simeon Darling, who d. 
here ; his heirs deeded to Fred. A. Copp. 

192. George W. Sigourney. The original home lot of Oliver 
Coller. 14 April. 1716, Oliver Coller to Joseph Dana; 25 April, 
1724, Richard Moore to Daniel Hovey, carpenter. In 1736 Hovey 
sold land adjoining his house lot, the uortiiern portion, to Joseph 



348 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Rockett and is supposed to have died here ; 2 April, 1742, heirs of 
Dauiel Iluvey to David Town, who in. Priscilia, dau. of Hovey [see 
H. 27] ; 2 April, 1742, David Town to Daniel Davis, the west part, 
from the brook to the 8-rod way, b. north on Joseph Rockett ; 23 
Feb., 1744, Joseph Rockett to William Campbell, blacksmith, IG 
rods front and 20 rods on Sutton road ; 30 Jan., 1749, William Camp- 
bell to Jonathan Fuller of Oxford, black.smith, 2 a. ; 23 Feb., 1753, 
Jonathan Fuller to Samuel Lamb, shoemaker, ^ a., northwest corner 
of foregoing; Lamb settled here; 13 Sept., 1764, Samuel Lamb to 
William Henehaw of Leicester; 5 Oct., 17G5, William Henshaw to 
Sanuiel Denny of Leicester; 25 Oct., 1765, Samuel Denny to John 
and Thomas Stephenson of Boston. In May, 1766, this property was 
owned by John Jop. [See Jop, Genealogical record.] The house 
was small and old and was occupied many years by Abner Mellen, 
who d. here. It was in 1814 owned by the town, as in Nov. of that 
year it was voted to "let Mellen stay at present in the house owned 
l)y the town." 

12 May, 1766, Jonathan Fuller to William Davis, the remaining 
acre and a half; 6 April, 1772, William Davis to Ephraim Russell; 
1786, Ephraim Russell to Andrew Sigourney. who lived here until 
he built his new house, H. 1!)4, in 1817. After the decease of 
Sigourney, in the division of his estate, this corner on which stands 
the present house and that next north (which was a store on the cor- 
ner,) was set to his son Martin, who built the present house. The old 
inansion house, built very early, was set to Sigourney's dau. Mary, 
who m. Stephen Hunt. It was so out of repair as to be untenantable, 
but was desirable as a business location, and was occupied as a shoe 
manufactory by Seth Daniels & Co. from about 1847. On 18 Dec, 
186!), they purchased and occupied it until they relinquished business. 
On 30 Dec, 1870, they sold the easterly portion to Allen L. Joslin, 
on which was built the present factory of A. L. Joslin & Co., and on 
23 April, 1877, the old mansion with lot to Orrin F. Joslin, wlio 
immediately removed the house. 

193. That portion of the Sigourney estate east of the railroad, 
now occupied by two buildings, once shoe shops, was set off to 
William Sigourney, who about 1840 built "The Arcade," in which 
a variety of business enterprises were carried on, burned, 1850. 
Later the shops now standing were erected. The remaining por- 
tion, 5 a. easterly, Andrew Sigourney on 16 July, 1824, deeded to 
Benjamin F. Town ; Sigourney's old store building had been removed 
froiji the corner to this lot and fitted for a dwelling; 15 Oct., 
1827, Benjamin F. Town to CUiarles T. Parish, who carried on 
blacksuiithing here ; 22 May, 1833, Charles T. Parish to Leonard 
Laflin, blacksmith; 12 Jan., 1837, Leonard Laflin to Loring Davis ; 
Lafiin removed to H. 172; Davis d. while owner; 18 March, 1845, 
his heirs deeded to Erastus Davis, brother of Loring, a part ; 4 May, 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 349 

1848, Erastus Davis to Sylvanus Robinson, west part, 6 rods front ; 
8 Feb., 1849, Sylvanus Robinson to Cliacl B. Carey, wlio built a 
house wliich was burned with the "Arcade" and the present one 
later built by him ; 4 April, 1852, Jasper Brown, deputy sheriff, on 
execution, to Richardson and Kendall of Boston, who 1854 deeded 
to Charles Yeomans, who d. here; 4 Jan., 1873, heirs of Charles 
Yeomans to Elisha N. Bigelow, present owner of house next the 
former shoe shops. 

On 24 May, 1845, Erastus Davis sold to Abel F. Stow, 3| a., east 
part ; Stow built the house, now Hiram K. Johnson's, and a currier's 
shop, now a dwelling occupied by his widow. Between Stow and the 
lot sold Robinson was a lot of 136 rods, owned by Mary, w. of Reuben 
Waters, sister of Loring Davis ; 3 July, 1845, she deeded this to 
Cyprian Whiting, who kept here a livery stable ; 20 Feb., 1847, 
Cyprian Whiting to Addison Bailey, 50 rods and buildings, west part ; 

3 April, 1849, Addison Bailey to William R. Foskett, who began to 
build the house now belonging to estate of Timothy Aldrich ; 1 Nov., 

1849, he sold it with 31 rods of laud to Sylvanus Robinson, and on 
the remainder of the lot built the cottage next east, which he sold 
Feb., 1864, to William Gibson; 1881, William Gibson to Reuben 
Rich and Hiram K. Johnson, present owners. 

On 10 Aug., 1849, Cyprian Whiting to Rufus R. Dana, the stable 
and lot ; Dana kept a stable here ; 3 March, 1857, Rufus R. Dana to 
Abel M. Chaffee, who continued the business; 20 Aug., 1859, Abel 
M. Chaffee to Samuel Davis, who rented to tenants; 30 Dec, 1865, 
Samuel Davis to Reuben Rich, who moved the barn to the rear and 
built the present house. 

194. Mary S. Wallace. Brick house. The original home lot 
of Thomas Gleason. 3 Oct., 1723, Thomas Gleason to his son 
Thomas, from the street east to the mill brook; 21 Nov., 1726, 
Thomas Gleason, Jr., to Jacob Cummings ; 19 Sept., 1730, Jonathan 
Ballard to Samuel Davis; 22 Dec, 1743, Samuel Davis to his son 
Daniel; 1 April, 1755, Daniel Davis of Killingly, Conn., to Edward 
Davis and Tarrant Putnam; 16 May, 1755, P^dward Davis and Tar- 
rant Putnam to Duncan Campbell, 10 a. on Main street and Sutton 
road, "beginning at a corner by a little house that formerly belonged 
to William Campbell, deceased" [the blacksmith], thence 53 rods 
south, etc. ; 1758, Abigail Bromfield of Boston to John and Alexander 
Campbell, this 10 a. ; 19 Aug., 1762, these quitclaimed to Duncan 
Campbell ; 22 Feb., 1764, Duncan Campbell to John Murray of Rut- 
land ; 15 Dec, 1764, John Murray to Edward Raymond of Worces- 
ter; 17 May, 1765, Edward Raymond to Dr. Stephen Barton, 10 a. ; 

4 June, 1767, Hezekiah Bellows of South Gore, had set off to him on 
execution 7J a. ; 1767, Hezekiah Bellows to Edward Davis; 9 June, 
1778, Edward Davis to Alexander Campbell ; 30 March, 1782, Alex- 
ander Campbell to John Wolcott, shopkeeper, 56 rods on Main street 



350 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

and 29 rods on Sutton loiul ; 12 Sept., 17.^3, John Wolcottto Edward 
K. Wolcott, one-half of 40 u. "as set forth in two deeds, one from 
Ezra Howiuan and one from Alexander Campbell"; July, 1792, 
Edward K. Wolcott to Andrew Sigourney ; 28 Jan., 1793, John 
Wolcott to same, each one-half ; Sigourney rented the house to 
tenants until he built the brick house, 1817, when he occupied, and d. 
here. After his decease this property went to his son Andrew, who 
occupied, and Mrs. Ellen S. Lhoyd, dan. of Andrew, Jr., was owner 
till her decease in 1887, after which it was sold to Mrs. Wallace, 
present proprietor. 

195. Sumner Sparhawk. The easterly portion of the 40 a., H. 
194 (being 30 a.), was sold 13 May, 1758, by Edward Davis to John 
Dalrymple of Westfield. In 17GG he sold to Alexander Campbell, 
who in 1771 built a new house which soon after occupying it was 
burned. 10 Dec, 1771, Alexander Campbell to William Watson and 
William Campbell; 1 July, 1774, William Campbell quitclaimed to 
Watson: 29 April, 1776, Edward Davis of Dudley and Abigail, his 
w., formerly w. of Watson, to Alexander Campbell; same date, 
Alexander Campbell to John Campbell of Oxford, physician ; 3 May, 

1776, John Campbell to Samuel Dexter of Dedham ; 9 Aug., 1777, 
Samuel Dexter, then of Woodstock, back to John Campbell ; 2 Sept., 

1777, John Campbell and IMartha, his w., to John Nazro of Worcester ; 

1778, John Nazro to Ezra Bowman; 7 March, 1781, Ezra Bowman 
to John Wolcott ; from this date this estate went with the other 10 a. 
at the corner, H. 194, to Andrew Sigourney. At his decease the part 
near the brook, where the house stood, went in the division of his 
property to William, his son; 7 April, 1840, AVilliam Sigourney to 
Henry Pollock of Cumberland, R. I., whose mother was a doctress, 
known as Mrs. Getty, who occupied and d. here; 28 March, 1849, 
Henry Pollock to Sunmer Moffltt ; 13 Feb., 1850, Sumner Moffitt to 
Lyman Law, who built the present house; 17 March, 1858, Lyman 
Law to Sylvanus Robinson ; 6 Sept., 1859, Sylvanus Hobinson to 
Cyrus Truesdell ; 1 Jan., 1876, Cyrus Truesdell to Mrs. Mary A. 
Sparhawk and George E. Mowry, present owners. 

A tannery existed on this lot at the brook, owned by William 
Sigourney; 3 Feb., 1824, he sold to Nathaniel Nolen, who in 1831 
mort. to John Mayo, who on 26 Jan., 1839, took possession, and 29 
March, 1845, deeded to Lyman P. Low, owner of the mill below. 

196. A. Leroy Whiting. 30 April, 1823, Andrew Sigourney to 
Jonathan Davis, 56 rods ; Oxford Bank Corporation built that year 
the present house with a banking-room in the south end ; 3 March, 
1857, Oxford Bank to Emory Sanford, the house and north part of 
lot ; on the south part the present banking-house was built ; Sanford 
d. here, 1876 ; his sister Hannah M. was heir, who also d. here. Her 



OLI»Ei; HOMESTEADS. 351 

nieces, Mrs. Elizabeth F. Hickok and Frances S. Pease, both of 
New York City, came into possession as her heirs, Mrs. Hickok 
deeding to Frances S. Pease, who 15 Jan., 1884, conveyed to Mary 
A., w. of William F.. Pease ; 25 Oct., 1888, Mary A. Pease to Mary 
S. Wallace ; 21 March, 1890, Mary S. Wallace to Ella M., w. of A. 
Leroy Whiting. 

197. Witt & Dowse Store. 13 April, 1824, Andrew Sigour- 
ney to Stearns Witt and Samuel Dowse, a lot, on which the store 
was built that year. 

198. Heirs of Charles D, Bowman. 1 Oct., 1816, Andrew 
Sigourney to Benjamin and Jotham Eddy, lot adjoining H. 200 ; 20 
March, 1824, these to Stearns Witt and Samuel Dowse ; Witt built 
the present house in 1825 and occupied; 2 Feb., 1837, Stearns 
DeWitt to Washburn Lumbard ; 14 April, 1845, Washburn Lnmbard 
(who built for himself the cottage next south, noAv Mrs. Wilson's) 
to Trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church; 1 Sept., 1846, these to 
Charles D. Bowman, who d. here ; his heirs are owners, 1890. 

199. Edward S. Pease. A part of H. 198. 8 Jan., 1827, 
Stearns Witt to Samuel Dowse, quitclaim ; Dowse built the present 
house iu 1828-9, occupied and d. here, 1844 ; 5 Jan., 1866, .Tabez L. 
Peck, who m. a dan. of Dowse, to William H. Thurston; 12 Jan., 
1866, William H. Thurston to Emory Sanford, who iu his will devised 
to P^dward S. Pease. 

200. Amos S. Pratt. Part of H. 194. 30 Sept., 1816, Andrew 
Sigourney to Delano Pierce, ^ a., on which he built the present house ; 
1 April, 1834, Delano Pierce to Moses Phipps ; 11 Dec, 1835, Moses 
Phipps to Daniel T. Penniman ; 8 March, 1837, Daniel T. Penniman 
to William H. Bigelow ; 2 April, 1839, William H. Bigelow to Richard 
Stone; 21 Feb., 1850, Richard Stone to Henry Boyden ; 9 Nov., 
1859, Henry Bo^^den to Benjamin Paine; 12 Sept., 1866, Benjamin 
Paine to Loriston Shumway ; 1 April, 1867, Loriston Shumwaj' to 
Samuel Southwick ; 29 Sept., 1879, Samuel Southwick to Leonard 
Harrington; 7 Oct., 1880, Leonard Harrington to Lucy A., w. of 
Charles I. Rawson ; same date, Lucy A. Rawson to Amos S. Pratt. 

201. Edwaed W. Bakdwell. A part of H. 202. 24 Feb., 
1844, Richard Stone to Daniel Stevens, late of Worcester, who that 
year built the present house ; 1845, Daniel Stevens to Sylvanus Rob- 
inson ; 1849, Sylvanus Robinson to Amos Thompson, whose dau., 
Elizabeth C, w. of Edward W. Bardwell, is present owner. 

202. Episcopal Church. This with H. 201 was the northern 
portion of Hagburn's home lot, H. 205. Its early history is obscure. 



352 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

The house may have been the home of Richard Moore, Jr., who for 
many years owned the 40 a. in partnership with his brotlier Elijah, 
who lived at H. 204. On 11 April, 1768, it was owned by Alexander 
Campbell; 8 Feb., 1782, Alexander Campbell to Dr. Elijah Dix of 
AVorcester ; 17 Jan., 1784, Elijah Dix to John Nichols; Samuel 
Campbell m. the dau. of Nichols; 16 Feb., 1796, Samuel Campbell 
to Abijah Davis; tenants occupied. [At the northwest corner of 
the old house on this lot was a small one-story building in which 
"William Lamson, who was a tenant, kept a store. Later Maj. Archi- 
bald Campbell who lived here occupied it as a saddler's shop.] 13 
Jan., 1814, Abijah Davis to Delano Pierce, 20 a., b. 32 rods on 
Main street; 2 Sept., 1816, Delano Pierce to Samuel Underwood, 
2 a. and house; 1 Dec, 1817, Samuel I'nderwood to Jeremiah 
MofRtt ; same date, Moffitt to Delano Pierce; 1 Jan., 1820, Stearns 
Witt to Charles'j. Stratford; 21 Dec, 1829, Charles J. Stratford to 
Richard Stone, in exchange for H. 122 ; 10 June, 1834, Richard Stone 
to Orlando Chester; 1838, Stone was in possession on mort. ; 18.56, 
Richard Stone to his son James Lewis Stone ; 26 Nov., 1859, James 
L. Stone to Asa Stone, Jr., of Providence; 18 April, 1863, Asa 
Stone, Jr., to William A. Wheelock ; May, 1864, William A. Whee- 
lock to Trustees of Episcopal Church. 

203. Episcopal Parsonage. Part of H. 20.5. 1 April, 1832, 
Delano Pierce, who had bought, 1814, of Abijah Davis [see H. 202], 
to Ira Barton, 18 a. 14 rods front; 1 April, 1834, Hollis and Alexan- 
der DeWitt (they having bought of Barton), 10 a. to John Wetherell 
who built the present house ; 26 Feb., 1848, John Wetherell to George 
Hodges, Jr., who remodelled and enlarged the house ; 12 Nov., 1873, 
George Hodges to Katharine H. Slater, his dau. ; April, 1874, Katha- 
rine H. Slater to Trustees of Donations to Protestant Episcopal 
Church. 

The next house south was built on the same lot by Wetherell after 
selling to Hodges. He occupied, and d. here ; his heirs sold to Ezra 
C. Whittlesey. 

204. William H. H. Thurston. .5 ]\Iarch, 1825, Jeremiah 
MoHitt to John Mellish, lot ; Mellish built the house ; 30 April, 1831, 
John Mellish to Ira Barton; 9 Dec, 1832, Ira Barton to Daniel 
Davis, who occupied ; 1 April, 1848, Daniel Davis to Albert H. 
Daniels ; 25 Sept., 1866, Allicrt H. Daniels to Albert Lackey, who d. 
here; his dau. m. William H. H. Thurston, who, 1890, occupied. 

205. Hkius oi- IsKAKL SiiiLEY. Original home lot of Samuel 
Hagburn. 31 Aug., 1714, Samuel Hagburn to Richard Moore, who 
settled here ; house in the rear of the present one, large and stylish 
for the times, and surrounded with elm trees. In 1731 Richard 
Moore, being then 60 years of age, deeded to his sons Richard, Jr., 



OLDKR HOMESTEADS. 853 

and Elijali, all his estate at the centre of the village, 130 a. east of 
the main street, including the Abial Lamb home lot. Elijah, Jr., 
kept tavern here, and it is conjectured that Richard, Jr., lived at H. 
202; Nov., 1750, a division was made and Richard Moore, Jr., 
deeded to his brother Elijah one-half the lands deeded to them by 
their father; 11 April, 1768, Elijah Moore to Samuel Moore of 
Worcester; 1770, Samuel Moore to Theophilus Lillie, merchant; 
Lillie bought of Arthur Humphrey in 1771 land on the south of this 
estate, from the Humphrey homestead, 21 rods on Main street; 1772, 
Theophilus Lillie to Rev. David Thurston of Medway ; 1776, David 
Thurston to Alexander Campbell, who occupied and d. here ; 25 
Jan., 1785, administrator of his estate to Joshua Barnard, 44 a., 
being two-thirds, and two-thirds of the house, the other third having 
been set off to the widow ; 17 Feb., 1797, Joshua Barnard to Amasa 
Kingsbury ; 7 April, 1800, Amasa Kingsbury to Simeon, his son, 
phj-sician, who d. here, 1806 ; Calvin Perry m. the widow of Kings- 
bury, built the present house and occupied; 12 Dec, 1825, Calvin 
Perry to Abijah Davis ; 16 April, 1827, Abijah Davis to Israel Sibley. 
Mrs. Campbell after living here for a few years removed to a small 
house north of the Campbell tavern. A son when on a visit from 
Vermont ordered the elms around the old place cut down for firewood 
for his mother, which was done. 

206. Mrs. William Newton. House built 1838 by Israel Sibley. 
21 Sept.. 1840, Israel Sibley to Dexter W. Jones ; 23 Sept., 1848, 
Dexter W. Jones to his sons Sanford and Horace ; 13 May, 1854, 
Sauford to Horace Jones, one-half; 25 Sept., 1854, Horace Jones to 
Henry D. Stone of Worcester; 12 March, 1857, Henry D. Stone to 
Electa, w. of Horace Jones ; 13 June, 1859, Electa Jones to George 
F. Verry of Worcester ; 16 May, 1864, George F. Verry to Alexander 
DeWitt, who devised to Mrs. William Newton. 

207. Charles A. Angell. 21 May, 1838, Israel Sibley to Aaron 
S. Barton, lot; Barton built the same year and occupied; 22 Oct., 
1849, Aaron S. Barton to Sylvanus Robinson; 10 June, 1852, Syl- 
vanus Robinson to Charles A. Angell. 

208. Charles H. Burleigh. Part of H. 36. 13 May, 1824, 
Ebenezer Humphrey to Jeremiah Moffitt, lot ; Moflitt built the house 
about 1836, occupied and d. here, 1848 ; 1 April, 1850, Rufus Moffitt, 
brother of Jeremiah, to Samuel R. Wallis ; 10 March, 1852, Samuel 
R. Wallis to Sj'lvauus Robinson ; 31 March, 1855, Sylvanus Robin- 
son to Evelina M., mother of Charles H. Burleigh. 

209. Bena.tah Gates. Part of H. 36. 17 Nov., 1743, Ebenezer 
Humphrey 2 a. to William Nichols, hatter, who built a house, occu- 
pied and d. here ; his son Daniel was successor and also d. here. 

46 



354 HISTOKY OF OXKOItD. 

On 29 May, Ift'iO, he deeded to Elihu Harwood, .Ir., who occupied 
until about 1838 and removed to another house he had built at the 
north end of the lot. The old liouse was rented, and in 1806 was 
sold and taken down. Later Gates bought the estate and built the 
present house. 

210. JosiAH Barnes. A part of the "Old Mill" estate. H. 37. 
13 May, 1806, Jonathan Harris to Peleg Foster, lot; he built the 
same year; 14 July, 1814, Pelog Foster to Russell Clark of Dudley; 
21 Aug., 181!>, Russell Clark to Stearns Witt: same date, Witt to 
'Jeremiah Moffitt ; 1 April, 1822, Jeremiah Moffitt to Seth Daniels, 
who occupied nearly 30 years ; 7 March, 1851, Seth Daniels to Silas 
W. Lovett, who d. here, 1851 ; 9 March. 1854, Lucy A., his widow, 
to Nathaniel Eddy; 7 Jan., 1855, Nathaniel Eddy to Merrick T. 
Kelley, who d. here; 12 March, 1859, Harriet A., widow of Merrick 
T. Kelley, to Samuel Mayo, who d. here, 1874 ; 1876, Jed Mayo, 
heir of Samuel, to Josiah Barnes. 

211. Henry M. Inoraiiam. Late shoe shop, built 1828 by Daniels 
and Harris for a chaise and harness manufactory on Daniels' lot. 14 
May, 1833, Seth Daniels to Sanford Gilmore, one-half ; 2 March, 
1853, Sanford Gilmore to Elihu Harwood, one-half; 16 March, 1854, 
Seth Daniels to same, one-half ; 24 Feb., 1860, Elihu Harwood to his 
sons, Daniel and P^mory E., the whole; 26 Sept., 1866, Emory E. 
Harwood to Henry M. Ingraham. 

212. Lyman Law. Part of H. 37. 20 May, 1833, Sylvanus 
Harris to Sumner Moffitt, lot; house built the same year; 1 Feb., 
1839, Sumner MotHtt to Harvey Conant ; 1844, Harvey Conant to 
Freeman Bigelow, who assigned to E. F. Sjiaw. who 6 Aug., 1853, 
assigned to Caleb Pope, who occu[)ied ; Emily S., his dan., w. of 
Lyman Law, is present owner. 

213. Alpheus Foster. Part of H. 37. 17 March, 1812, Jonathan 
Harris to his son Isaac, lot ; house built the same year ; 3 Jan., 1816, 
Isaac Harris to his brother Rufus ; Isaac removed to Maine ; 1 April, 
1828, Rufus Harris to his brother Sylvanus ; Rufus removed to 
Oxford Woolen Co. village ; Sylvanus occupied and d. here, 1879 ; 
28 May, 1883, Lucretia Harris, his widow, to Alpheus Foster. 

214. Mrs. Julia A. lN<rRAHAM. Part of H. 37. 20 May, 1762, 
Timothy Harris to his son Abijah, 12.} a. ; he settled at a spot about 
40 rods from the main street on the north side of the lot, cellar now 
visible, and later built the one-story house on the site of the present 
one, which was removed by Ezra Davis in 1840, and the present 
house built ; 1783, Abijah Harris to Jonas Coller ; Harris removed to 
H. 54; 1790, .Tonas Coller to Jason Coller; 1796, Jason Coller to 
Jeremiah Amidown, who d. here, and afterwards his widow deeded 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 355 

to Town of Oxford; 5 March, 1827, Town of Oxford to William 
Sigourney ; 10 May, 1833, William Sigourney to Lorenzo D. Gorton ; 
20 May, 1835, Lorenzo D. Gorton to Seth Daniels and Sanford Gil- 
more ; 27 Feb., 1836, these to Jared Davis; 2 Aug., 1836, Jared 
Davis to Rufus and Sophia Scott; 20 April, 1840, Rufus Scott to 
Ezra Davis, who d. here; Julia A., his widow, m. Henry M. Ingra- 
ham and owned, 1890. 

216. Mrs. Hannah Moffiti. Part of H. 216. 30 April, 1830, 
Samuel Smith to Rufus Mottitt, lot ; house built the same year ; 
Moffitt d. here ; his widow and son Decatur have since owned and 
occupied. 

216. Late 8. William Smith. Soon after the settlement of the 
town, Richard Moore became owner of a large tract of land on the 
west side of the 8-rod way, title not found. In his deed, 1731, to 
his sons, is included a lot of 120 a., which embraced the home lot of 
John Chamberlain, b. north on Quaboag Laue, east on the main 
street, south on heirs of Joseph Read (H. 214,) west on village line ; 
22 Nov., 1750, at the time Richard Moore, Jr., deeded H. 205 to his 
brother Elijah the latter quitclaimed to Richard, Jr., 60 a., the south- 
ern portion of this tract. The house near the old oak, which was large 
and elegant for the times, was probably built by Richard, Sen., and 
was occupied during his later years by himself and his son Richard, 
and both d. here. It was removed in 1831 and the present house 
built by Samuel Smith; 19 Jan., 1776, Richard Moore to his son 
Marvin; 14 Feb., 1815, the heirs of Marvin Moore to Jonathan 
Sibley; 9 March, 1815, Jonathan Sibley to Samuel Smith, who d. 
here ; his son S. William succeeded and also d. here. 

217. Asa B. Taft. A part of 11 a. sold to Charles P. Nichols, 
1819 [see H. 218] ; 6 July, 1852, Jonas Larned to Emory E. Har- 
wood, who built the house, 1852-3, and occupied; 12 May, 1^86, 
Emory E. Harwood to Asa B. Taft. 

218. George R. Larned. Part of H. 220. About 1814, Abijah 
Davis to Charles P. Nichols, lot ; Nichols built a part of the present 
house; 3 Feb., 1819, Jonathan Sibley to Charles P. Nichols, 11 a., 
part of H. 216, adjoining the foregoing on the south ; 10 April, 1819, 
Charles P. Nichols to Abijah Nichols, one-half ; 1<'S22, the remainder ; 
Abijah Nichols enlarged the house; 5 Feb., 1830, Abijah Nichols to 
Rufus Robinson-; 21 Nov., 1846, trustee of Nancy, w. of Rufus 
Robinson, to Jonas Larned, who d. here; his son, George R., is 
present owner. 

Charles P. and Abijah Nichols carried on cabinet making here. 
Robinson remodelled the house in its present form. 



356 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

219. John E. Kimball. Part of H. 220. 5 April, 1834, Lorlng 
Davis, heir of Abijah, to Dauiel Davis, lot; 23 May, 1834, Daniel 
Davis to William Koljinsou, .Jr., who built a small house in which his 
father lived three years; 23 Jan., 1837, William Robinson, Jr., to 
William Kimball, who same year moved back the small house and 
built the front part now attached to it. He d. here, and his son, 
John K., i.s owner, 1890. House remodelled as at present, 1886. 

220. George W. Holman. Part of the Richard Moore estate 
[n. 210]. This lot of 60 a. was quitclaimed by Richard Moore, Jr., 
to Elijah Moore at the division of their property in 1750. It included 
the home lot of John Chamberlain. 11 April, 17G8, Elijah Moore to 
iSamuel Moore of Worcester; 29 Jan., 1771, Samuel Moore to Elisha 
Davis, 48^ rods on Main street ; 17 Sept., 1795, Elisha Davis to his son 
Abijah, who had previously lived at H. 187 ; Abijah built the present 
house about 1796, occupied and d. here, 1833. In the division of his 
estate the homestead went to his sou Abijah, who also d. here. His 
adopted dau. m. George W. Holman. 

221. Late Benjamin Paine. 29 March, 1815, Abijah Davis to 
John Wetherell and Richard Moore, lot ; house built the same year ; 
1810, Richard Moore to John Wetherell, one-half house and lot; a 
year or two later Wetherell built a store south of his iiouse, where he 
engaged in trade ; 1 April, 1834, John Wetherell to Loring Davis, who 
fitted up the store for a dwelling ; 11 March, 1843, the heirs of Loring 
Davis to Benjamin Paine, the whole ; 27 March, 1843, Benjamin Paine 
to Schuyler B. Chaffee, the south house (old store) ; 6 Nov., 1851, 
Schuyler B. Chaffee to his father, Alpheus Chaffee, who enlarged and 
repaired the house, occupied and d. here, and his grandson, Orrin B. 
Chaffee, is present owner. Mr. Paine continued at the north liouse 
and d. there. His granddaughter, the late Mrs. Watson, was 
owner at her decease, 1890. 

222. George H. Dodge. Part of the Benjamin Chamberlain or 
old tavern estate, H. 235, and came with the balance of the lands 
down to Ezra Bowman, who in 1775 sold oft" the Jonathan Sibley 
farm, H. 225, of which, in July, 1784, William Boweu of Providence, 
physician, took on execution vs. Charles Dabney, 10 a. and 75 rods 
at the southeast corner, 25 rods in front; 16 Jan., 1794, William 
Bowen to Andrew Sigourney ; 14 June, 1833, Andrew Sigourney to 
Samuel C. Paine, who built on the south part the present house, 
and d. here, 1888; his dau., Ellen A., deeded, 1889, to George H. 
Dodge. 

223. Late Timothy Aldrich. Part of H. 222. 18 June, 1833, 
Samuel C. Paine to Samuel Dowse, 8^ a. ; before 183.S William 
Coburn of Cliarlton, carpenter, built the present house, the land 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 357 

remaining the property of Dowse ; 15 March, 1838, Samuel Dowse to 
Cliarles R. Carlton, house and laud ; 16 March, 1839, Charles R. 
Carlton to William Kimball and Samuel Dowse ; 1 April, 1843, 
Samuel Dowse to Peter C. Bacon and Cromwell Moulton, executors 
of the estate of Richard Olney, one-half ; 1 April, 1847, Peter C. 
Bacon and Cromwell Moulton, executors, to Mrs. Timothy Aldrich, 
one-half; 15 March, 1848, William Kimball to same, one-half; 
Timotliy Aldrich and w. both d. here. 

224. Late William A. Wheelock. Part of H. 223. 1 May, 
1841, Samuel Dowse to Ruth Phillips, the north part of lot bought of 
Sanmel C. Paine ; house built by her son William A. Wheelock the 
same year ; he d. here and his heirs were owners, 1890. 

225. William B. Cushman. Part of 150 a. sold 1723, by Benja- 
min Chamberlain to Samuel Davis, and by him, 1724, to William Davis, 
who occupied, and 2 April, 1760, deeded to Alexander Campbell, 
85|^ rods on Main street, including tavern estate; 8 Nov., 1773, it 
came into the possession of Ezra Bowman. ^ See H. 235. 21 Nov., 
1775, Ezra Bowman to Edward K. Wolcott, 24 a. and buildings, b. 
south on "Chobaug Lain" ; 28 April, 1777, Amos Putnam to Charles 
Dabney of Oxford, merchant, 16 a. in rear of the 24 a. and between 
'^Quaboag road and the new County road"; 5 Jan., 1778, Edward 
K. Wolcott to Charles Dabney of Providence, R. I., 24| a., 50^ rods 
on Main street ; Dabney took down the old house and began building 
a large new one, but had not completed it when he sold; 12 May, 
1784, Charles Dabney to Ephraim Russell, blacksmith, who occupied 
and had a shop near the street not far from the Col. DeWitt house ; 
2 Dec, 1805, Ephraim Russell to Timothy Lamson, who occupied, 
b. north on "the meeting-house yard"; 23 Feb., 1809, Timothy 
Lamson to Stephen Keith of Sutton ; 1 March, 1810, Stephen Keith 
to Josiah S. Prentice, who occupied ; 6 Oct., 1810, Josiah S. Prentice 
to .Jonathan Sibley, who d. here, as did his widow. Mr. Sibley 
devised the homestead to his widow during her life, and as they 
had no children, to the children of Thomas Nichols and Lawson 
Gould at her decease. These sold to J. Edward Nichols, son of 
Thomas, who in 1887 sold to Mrs. William B. Cushman. The old 
house built by Dabney was a gambrel roof and sloped to one story in 
the rear. Sibley on buying raised up the back part and put on a 
square hip roof, and finished it throughout. This house was burned 
1846, and the present one built soon afterward by the Mutual Insur- 
ance Company, Worcester. 



1 In a record, Worcester, B. 211, pp. 284, 2a'J, it been found. William Davis in lilsdecd to Camp- 
is asserted tliat Richard Moore owned land on bell, 17(>0, bounds the estate conveyed south on 
the street, h. south on Quaboag lane. No evl- Quaboag lane, 
deuce of his purchase or sale of land here has 



358 III8TORY OF OXFOUD. 

226. Mrs. William Newton. Late Alexander DeWitt. Part 
of ll.-22r>. 20 Sept., 181G, Jonathan Sibley to Richard Moore, 96 
rods, adjoining llie "meeting-house yard"; Moore had sold at H. 
221 ; he soon built the present house, attaching a store at the north 
end in which he began trade ; he d. here 1819 ; 1 April, 1824, Jona- 
than Davis to Ira Barton; 10 Oct., 1833, Ira Barton to Richard 
Olney ; 14 June, 1837, Richard Olney to Peter C. Bacon; 31 Jan., 
1840, Peter C. Bacon to Stephen Prince, Jr. ; 23 April, 1«49, Stephen 
Prince, Jr., to Alexander DeWitt ; all these owners, excepting Davis, 
occupied ; DeWitt remodelled and enlarged the house soon after pur- 
chase. He d. here 1879 ; his widow occupied till her decease. The 
estate was devised to Mrs. William Newton. 

227. Mus. William Newton [on Barton Street]. Part of H. 
226. 4 Feb., 1829, Ira Barton to Josiah Moore and Danforth Brown, 
lot; 18 Feb., 1829, Danforth Brown to Justin Root, one-half; Root 
and Moore built for a bakery; 10 Nov., 1829, Josiah Moore to 
Justin Root, one-half; 17 Jan., 1835, Justin Root to David Nichols; 
9 March, 1837, David Nichols to William Sigourney ; 1857, William 
Sigourney to Dwight Foster of Worcester; 12 March, 1857, Dwight 
Foster to Alexander DeWitt ; 23 June, 1884, executors of Alexander 
DeWitt to Eliza L., w. of William Newton. 

228. Late Franklin Barnes. House removed from the site of 
the Methodist Meeting-house. The land of H. 225 once extended 
north to the Charlton road in the rear of the Universalist Meeting- 
house. 8 March, 1826, Jonathan Sibley to Ira Barton, l^ a. ; 28 
March, 1826, Ira Barton to Charles P. Nichols, the lot at junction of 
said road and Barton Street, where the Meeting-house now stands ; 
Nichols built the house and occupied; 1 April, 1831, Charles P. 
Nichols to Harvey Dresser, 49 rods and buildings; 1 Jan., 1834, 
Harvey Dresser to Richard Olney; 20 Nov., 1865, Wilson Olney to 
Lament B. Corbin and William H. Thurston for the Methodist Society. 
The house was removed across Barton street to the site of the old 
Methodist Chapel and sold to Franklin Barnes. 

229. Mrs. Mklezenda P. Corbin. Part of H. 235. 22 March, 
1828, Benjamin F. Town and Andrew Sigourney to Josiah McFarland, 
lot of 42 rods. He removed a building to the place and fitted it for a 
dwelling, and had a blacksmith shop near it. 1 Nov., 1S42, Josiah 
McFarland to Urania Stone. About 1850 the old house was removed 
and the present one built by Lament B. Corbin. 13 Dec, 1866, 
Urania Stone deeded to Lament B. Corbin, who d. here, and his 
heirs now own. 

230. Richard L. Douge. Part of H. 235. 19 June, 1833, 
Alexander and HoUis DeWitt to Samuel P. Hicks, carpenter, lot; 1 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 359 

May, 1838, Sarauel P. Hicks to Nahum Sibley, who built the present 
house ; 8 July, 1846, Israel Sibley to Jane F. and Clarissa T. Morse, 
who occupied ; 5 May, 1865, Jaue F. and Clarissa T. Morse to Cyrus 
G. Baruard, who occupied; 4 March, 1871, Cyrus G. Barnard to 
Benjamin F. White ; 1 Jan., 1873, Benjamin F. White to Richard L. 
Dodge. 

231. In the fall and winter of 1844-5 three cottages were built 
on Charlton Street, west of the Methodist Parsonage ; the first by 
Elijah McKuight, carpenter, who sold in 1845 to Erastus Ormsbee, 
and Jan., 1866, Erastus Ormsbee to Joshua Davis, whose heirs are 
present owners ; the second by Moses Burdon, whose heirs now 
own and occupy ; and the third by Paul Perkins, who, 30 April, 
1850, sold to Charles Rawson, physician, present owner. 

232. Methodist Parsonage. 30 Nov., 1845. Alexander DeWitt 
to Sumner Putnam, lot ; Putnam built in 1846, and 27 Sept. sold to 
Trustees of Methodist Society. 

233. Mrs. Caroline Fuller. Part of H. 235. 27 Aug., 1829, 
Benjamin F. Town and Andrew Sigourney, Jr., to Nahum Sibley, 
lot; Sibley built and occupied; 3 Nov., 1846, Israel Sibley, brother 
of Nahum, to Alexander DeWitt; Jonas Bacon occupied; 1853, 
Alexander DeWitt to Hollis DeWitt, who occupied, enlarged and 
much improved the house; he d. here the same year; 4 Auo-., 1853, 
heirs of Hollis DeWitt to Caroline Fuller and Mary DeWitt, daugh- 
ters of DeWitt; 1870, Mary DeWitt to Caroline Fuller, one-half. 

234. Willis M. Wellington. Part of H. 235. 1 April, 1834, 
Alexander DeWitt to Hollis DeWitt, the western portion of the 
Campbell tavern property ; Hollis DeWitt built the present house and 
occupied ; 9 March, 1839, Hollis DeWitt 70 a. and buildings to 
Alexander DeWitt, who occupied ; 6 April, 1848, Alexander DeWitt 
to Samuel Boyden in exchange for a house in Worcester, whither he 
removed ; 1 April, 1853, Samuel Boyden to Alexander DeWitt ; same 
date, Samuel Boyden to William Newton, the house and 140 rods of 
land; Newton occupied; 1 Aug., 1866, William Newton to Joseph 
Dart, son-in-law of Daniel Warner who occupied; 1 Dec, 1868, 
Joseph Dart to Hannah, w. of Daniel Warner; Jan., 1881, Hannah 
Warner to Willis M. Wellington. 

235. Fred. O. Cortis and Hollis D. W. Bacon. Old ''Camp- 
bell tavern." The home lot of Benjamin Chamberlain. 31 May, 
1723, Benjamin Chamberlain to Samuel Davis of Roxbury, 150 a. ; 
8 April, 1724, Samuel Davis to William Davis of Roxbury, who 
settled here; 2 April, 1760, William Davis to Alexander Campbell, 
85^ rods on Main Street, b. south on " Schobaug Lane " ; 1762, Alex- 
ander Campbell to Hezekiah Bellows of Dudley; 12 Jan., 1765, 



360 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Hezekiah Bellows to Obadiah Mclntire ; 8 Nov., 1773, Obadiah 
McTntiro of Charlton to Ezra Bowman, reserving 1 a. sold to Thomas 
Fish ; 9 Feb., 17'S2, p]zra Bowman to Ebenezer Davis ; 2 April, 1784, 
Ebenczer Davis to John Nichols and Samuel Campbell ; 10 Sept., 
1792, John Nichols of Pittston, Me., to Ebenezer Davis; 10 Oct., 
1792, Samuel Campbell to same; 10 Oct., 1792, Ebenezer Davis to 
Samuel Campbell, 75 a., excepting land to the Second Religious 
Society under and around their Meeting-house, etc. ; 20 April, 1819, 
heirs of Archibald Campbell to Richard Olney ; 1.5 Feb., 1825, 
Richard Olney to Benjamin F. Town and Andrew Sigourney, Jr., 
reserving Stratford's tailor shop; 9 .Jan., 1832, Sigourney to Town, 
one-half; 24 Oct., 1832, Benjamin F. Town to Alexander DeWitt, 
who sold the farm to his brother Hollis, retaining the tavern and 1^ 
a. of land ; 1 April, 1834, Alexander DeWitt to Henry G. Learned, 
one-half; 29 May, 1835, Alexander DeWitt to Harvey Conant, one- 
fourth; 2 April, 1838, Harvey Conant to William C. Walker, one- 
fourth ; 26 March, 1838, Richard Olney to William C. Walker, one- 
fourth ; 17 Sept., 1838, William C. Walker to Henry G. Learned, 
one-half; 1 April, 1846, Henry G. Learned the whole to Alexander 
DeWitt and Rice Barton ; 23 April. 1846, Harvey Conant to same, 
transferred mort. ; G April, 1853, Rice Barton to Franklin V. Snow 
and Otis Learned, one-half; 1 Dec, 1853, Snow to Learned, one- 
fourth ; 29 June, 1850, Alexander DeWitt to Emory Sanford, one- 
half ; house burned 1854, owned by Emory Sanford and Otis Learned, 
who divided the lot, Sanford taking the south part on which he ])uilt 
the brick store. This he devised in his will to his nephews, William 
E. and Edward S. Pease, who, 30 Oct., 1885, deeded to E. Harris 
Howland of Spencer, who in 1890 sold to Fred. O. Cortis. The north 
part Otis Learned mort., 4 Aug., 1858, to Alexander DeWitt; 6 
Feb., 1H63, Alexander DeWitt sold his mort. to Elvira A., w. of 
Braman F. Sibley, who devised the estate to her husband; 11 June, 
1877, Braman F. Sibley to Lydia J., w. of Alfred J. Kirby ; 2 May, 
1879, Lydia J. Kirby to Caroline A., w. of Henry J. Whiting, who 
in 1887 conveyed to Hollis DeW. Bacon. 

On this estate were several other buildings. The first north of the 
tavern was a tailor's shop, two stories, built on leased land by Charles 
J. Stratford in 1819. In April, 1834, Alexander DeWitt sold this to 
Amasa Alton ; April, 1837, Amasa Alton to William Robinson, Jr. 
who kept here the "Cash Store;" building burned 1856; 1 July, 
1868, William Robinson to Town of Oxford, lot, on which was 
built the Town Hall. 

A few rods further north was a small old house of which little can 
be learned, occupied early in tiie century by tenants. Near this was 
a shop ; both were removed before 1830. On 1 Jan., 1765, Hezekiah 
Bellows sold to Thomas Fish half an acre, on which Fish built; 1 
April, 1768, Thomas Fish to Samuel Denny of Leicester; 3 Dec, 
1768, Samuel Denny to Jason Coller of Oxford, "with tailor's shop 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 3(U 

standing on the road way";i 11 July, 1776, Jason Coller to Ezra 
Howman and Sylvanus Town; 19 Feb., 1779, Ezra Bowman to 
Nathan Hill of Brookfield ; 13 May, 1782, Nathan Hill of Oxford, 
trader (indicating that he kept a store here,) to Dr. Alexander Camp- 
bell, 16 rods and house, shop and barn. The widow of Dr. Campl)ell 
lived here as late as 1808. William Sigourney's large building, burned 
1835, stood on this lot. 

236. Late Patrick Morgan. On this corner was built in the 
latter part of the last century a shop occupied as a hatter's shop, in 
1800 by Abijah Campbell, 1809 by Nathan Blackman, and later as a 
saddler's shop by Maj. Archibald Campbell. It was removed before 
1830 and soon after the present building was erected, and occupied 
first as a watchmaker's shop and later by Washburn Lumbard as a 
tailor's shop. On 1 April, 1843, Alexander DeWitt sold to Ebenezer 
Guild, who enlarged the building and occupied as a tenement and 
hatter's shop for many years ; same date. Guild mort. to Alvan 
Underwood; 28 Dec, 1866, Alvan G., son of Alvan Underwood to 
Seth Daniels & Co. ; 5 March, 1867, Seth Daniels & Co. to Mary 
Purcell ; 23 Oct., 1871, Mary Purcell to John Sullivan and Patrick 
Morgan. 

237. Samuel H. Earl. Double house on Charlton Street. 11 
Sept., 1846, Alexander DeWitt to William H. Thurston, lot ; Thurs- 
ton and Chad B. Carey built the present house ; William H. Thurston 
rented to tenants for many years and sold to Sylvanus Robinson ; 2 
July, 188"), executors of Sylvanus Robinson to Samuel H. Earl. 

238. Charles S. Lawrence. 18 April, 1845, Alexander DeWitt 
to Palmer Marble, lot; Marble built the same year; 2 April, 1849, 
Jacob, brother of Palmer Marble, to William H. Thurston ; 1 April, 
1850, William H. Thurston to Joseph Pelton ; same date, Joseph 
Pelton to Washburn Lumbard ; 3 March, 1852, Washburn Lumbard 
to Nathaniel H. Rowland, who d. here; 1 Feb., 1889, heirs of 
Nathaniel H. Rowland to Charles S. Lawrence. 

239. John W. and Frances H. Robinson. Part of H. 240. 1 
April, 1817, James Gleason to Richard Gleason, lot; Richard built 
the present house; 24 April, 1821, Richard Gleason to Jonathan 
Davis ; 1 April, 1828, Jonathan Davis to William Sigourney, who 
rented to tenants ; 4 May, 1857, William Sigourney to Dwight Foster 
of Worcester; 15 Dec, 1858, Dwight Foster to Alexander DeWitt; 
17 Dec, 1861, Alexander DeWitt to Paul Buffum, who occupied ; 18 
March, 1868, Paul Buffum to Paul and Paul L. Rich, father and son, 
of Charlton, who occupied, and Paul Rich and w. both d. here ; 1872, 
Paul L. Rich to Alfred W. Long and Albert E. Merriam ; 2 Dec, 



In a dee<l, 17%, tliis buiUiiuj,' was callfrt " Willlaiu Duucau's Bake shop." 

47 



3()2 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

1876, Albert E. Merriara to Alfred W. Long, one-half; 8 Jan., 1878, 
Alfred W. Long to >Sylvauu« Kobinson, Ijy whom it was devised to 
the present owners. 

240. Maky I). Hyde. Nathaniel Chamberlain's home lot.' 24 
Sept., 1722, Nathaniel Chamberlain to Joseph Dana, 40 a. ; 28 June, 
1726, Joseph Dana to Joseph Rockett ; 31 Dec, 1742, Joseph 
Rockett to David Holmes of Oxford, physician; 10 Oct., 1746, 
David Holmes to Jonathan Pratt, Jr. ; 1748, Jonathan Pratt to 
Samuel Manning of Salem, gunsmith, who occupied; 2.3 Feb., 1776, 
Samuel Manning of New Salem and Robert ^Manning of Oxford to 
Sylvanus Town ; 30 May, 1777, Sylvauus Town to Nathaniel Hamlin, 
who occupied; 12 April, 1796, Nathaniel Hamlin to James Gleason, 
who occupied ; 9 Jan., 1830, James Gleason to Joab Maynard. who 
occupied ; 27 April, 1836, Joab Maynard to Stearns DeWitt, who the 
same year removed the old house and built the present one ; after the 
decease of Stearns DeWitt the estate was mort. to Alexander DeWitt, 
whose executors, 16 June, 1882, conveyed to Mary DeWitt, widow of 
Alexander; 12 Aug., 1882, Mary DeWitt to Frederic G. Hyde. 

241. Orkin F. Joslin. Part of H. 240. 4 Feb., 1863, Mary 
DeW. Freeland, heir of Stearns DeWitt, to Emory Sanford, who in 
his will devised to William E. Pease; 18 March, 1884, William E. 
Pease to Orrin F. Joslin ; house built 1884 and 1885. 

242. Allen L. Joslin. Part of H. 240. 25 Dec, 1837, Stearns 
DeWitt to Horatio Bard well, 25 a. ; Bardwell built a house in 1838 
and occupied until it was burned, May, 1866 ; 2 Aug., 1866, executor 
of Horatio Bardwell to Allen L. Joslin, who built and occujned the 
present house. 

243. Cii.vuLES Lamb. Part of H. 240. 11 May, 1772, Samuel 
Manning to Josiah Wolcott, who built a small shop or store on the 
corner, where, according to tradition, he and his son John were 
engaged in trade. It was used later by Mr. Trow as a blacksmith 
shop. 8 Sept., 1798, the heirs of Josiah Wolcott to James Gleason ; 
30 Nov., 1826, James Gleason to his son Richard, who in 1827 built 
the present house; 9 Jan., 1827, Richard Gleason to Nathan Hall, 
mort. assigned, 8 April, 1833, to William Sigourney ; 29 INIarch, 
1837, AVilliam Sigourney to David Nichols; 29 Dec, 1841, David 
Nichols to Elliot Marsh; 16 July, 1846, Elliot Marsh to Tamar E. 
Barstow, the south half ; she built an addition ; 3 April, 1848, admin- 
istrator of Elliot Marsh to Emory Sanford, north part; 1 Oct., 1849, 
Emory Sanford to Perley Seaver of Worcester, north part ; 26 March, 
1851, Perley Seaver to Alonxo and Rufus R. Dana, north part; 



'The oii;,'lii:il roconl of Xiitlianiel Clmnil)er- eslate, but that this is the 40 a. conveyed by liiui 
laiu's lioiiie lot does not apparently describe this to Dana In IT?.' Is un>|uestlonabIe. 



OLDER HOMESTEADS. 363 

Seaver removed to H. 171; 1854, Rufus R. to Alouzo Daua, his 
share ; 1857, Alonzo Dana to trustee of Mrs. William Sigouruey, 
north part; Sigourney and w. both d. here; 8 Nov., 1866, adminis- 
trator of Eliza H. Sigourney to David Wait; 9 March, 1867, Tamar 

E. Barstow, etc., to David Wait; 20 Dec, 1869, David Wait to 
Deborah Fales, the north half ; 28 April, 1871, heirs of Mrs. Barstow 
to Charles Lamb, south part ; 24 March, 1872, Deborah Stone, former- 
ly Fales, to Charles Lamb, north part. 

244. Benjamin F. White. Original Meeting-house lot, on which 
the first Meeting-house stood, and had not been removed, as appears, 
when on 5 March, 1752, a committee of the village proprietors sold 
10 a. to Jabez Holden ; 4 Feb., 1755, Jabez Holden to Edward Davis ; 
1762, Edward Davis to Alexander Campbell ; 1765, Alexander Camp- 
bell to Ebenezer Cutler, 1 a. and buildings ; 23 Sept., 1765, Ebenezer 
Cutler to Rev. Joseph Bowman, who occupied; 23 Feb., 1789, 
Joseph Bowman of Barnard, Vt., to John Clap of Oxford, 75 a. ; 6 
March, 1789, John Clap to Benjamin Trow of Oxford, who occupied ; 
5 Oct., 1799, Benjamin Trow to Archibald and Samuel Campbell, 
"with a blacksmith shop on the Common"; 1804, Archibald Camp- 
bell to Erasmus Babbitt; 4 April, 1806, Erasmus Babbitt to Stephen 
Abbott of North Providence ; 1807, Stephen Abbott to John Torrey, 
who occupied and d. here ; 1824, heirs of Torrey to Benjamin Eddy, 
who occupied and with his w. d. here; 16 Feb., 1839, guardian of 
Eddy's children to Jonathan Sibley, who sold to Jonathan Davis, 
Samuel Dowse and Alexander DeWitt, and 30 Oct., 1841, these con- 
veyed to David Metcalf, who occupied ; 26 April, 1876, David 
Metcalf to Benjamin F. White, who occupied and removed the old 
house from its former position, fronting the common, to its present 
location in the rear, where it is occupied by tenants. 

On 12 Aug., 1837, Stearns DeWitt, who had bought of adminis- 
trator of Benjamin Eddy, to Millia Stockwell, 1 a. with a part of the 
old house; 20 Jan., 1838, Millia Stockwell to Thankful, widow of 
Leavens Shumway, a lot, part of above ; 6 Feb., 1864, lieirs of Mrs. 
Shumway to Loriston Shumway; Oct., 1869, Loriston Shumway to 
Hollis D. W. Bacon ; 17 Jan., 1877, Hollis D, W. Bacon to Benjamin 

F. White, who now occupies. 





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THE 

OLDER FAMILIES OF OXFORD, 

Including those whose Names appear on the Town Records 
• Prior to 1S50. 

WITH PERSONAL NOTES. 



Some residing here previous to the above date may have been omitted. 
If so, it is because their names are not on the book of records of births. 

There are many imperfections in the records ; numerous families will be 
found incomplete : public and private records many times ditfer, and the 
defects in the sources of information are so many that perfect accuracy in a 
work of this extent is an impossibility.' 



ABORN, REUBEN, b. May, 1805, at Tolland, Conn., son of John and 
Sarah; m. 27 May, 1836, Amelia Peters, b. in Penn. ; bought 1 April, 1846, 
Ebeuezcr Learned farm, H. 180, North Ox., built new house on east side of 
road, d. 24 Jan., 1875, aged 69. . . . Children, lirst three b. at Tolland: R. 
Alonzo, b. 6 May, 1837, m. 29 Dec, 1862, Lucy A., dau. of Francis Clark; 
merchant at Norwich, Conn. ; she d. 18 March, 1876; they had Clinton Frank, 
b. 10 March, 1868, d. Feb., 1890; Mary A., b. 29 Oct., 1838, m. William 
Kibbe and d. 5 Oct., 1869; no eh. ; Livonia V., b. 7 Jan., 1842, m. E. Gerry, 
son of E. G. Warren of Auburn; no ch. ; Sarah Emeline, b. 6 Dec, 1849, 
m. Daniel Kelly of Auburn; had Gerry A., b. 15 May, 1872; Frank C, 1). 
1854, d. 1865. 

ADAMS, REUBEN, b. 1782, resided 1809 at Charlton, then bought land at 
North Ox., and 1812, 41 acres on Prospect Hill, where he settled. His land 
extended west to include the L. Battey place, H. 111. He m. (1) 10 Aug., 1806, 
Polly, dau. of Robert Fitts of Ward; had Reuben, d. young; she d. 7 June, 
1812; m. (2) 18 Oct., 1813, Sophia, dau. of Daniel Fitts, cousin of first wife; 
he d. 4 Nov., 1838, at Ox.; Sophia Adams, aged 71, d. 15 Aug., 1850. [Ox. 
Rec] . . . Children: Fitts, b. 16 July, 1815; Polly, b. 26 Aug., 1816, m. 

Amos P. Newton ; Marilla, b. 12 April, 1818, ra. Benson, resided at 

Leicester, Mass. : Lorlng, b. 27 April, 1822; Cornelia, Reuben. 

2. FITTS, son of Reuben (1), ra. 25 Dec, 1836, Keziah Ross of Watertown, 
N. Y. ; resided at W., Leicester, Vt., and Oxford; he d. Feb., 1874. . . . 
Children, first three b. near Watertown: Reuben W., b. 20 Dec, 1838, 
residence, 1884, Dexter, N. Y. ; Mary E., b. 25 Dec, 1841, m. 15 April, 1857, 
Charles B. Abbott; residence Ox.; had Lticetta, 1856, d. young; George IL, 



1 Abbreviations.— Oj:., Oxford; 6., born; ch., m. n., maiden name; unm., unmarried; w., wife. 
cUildreu; U., ilied; Jati., Uau^liter; m., married; A few other common abbreviations occur. 



36(3 ADAMS. ALDRICH. 

1857, il. youiii,'; Nellie M., 18G0; Lalua S., b. 25 Dec, 1843, m. (1) Hiram 
Aklrich of Ludlow, Mass., sokiicr in the late war, d. at Andersouville, Ga. ; in. 
(2) (Jrlaiido Hurt, and had Lilla, Etta, Charles, lu. (3) Edwin Barton, residence 
Sutton, had ch. ; Loring J., b. 16 Sept., 1845, at Leicester, Vt., m. Lucy \V., 
dau. of Paul D. Hill of Ox. ; had Ida, Charles, \i'illiam, Frederick, Elizaheth, 
Emory ; Daniel V., b. 26 Jan., 1847, at Leicester, Vt., m. Ellen, dau. of Orrin 
Bolster, she d. ; they had Drusilla E., d. young; Edwin, Mabel, Grace M., d. 
young; Frances .\.,b. 17 Nov., 1851, at Leicester, Vt., ra. George P. Marcy of 
Worcester, soldier in the late war; Jennie B., b. 28 Jan., 1853, at Ox., m. 
John Sorrell, residence. Providence, R. I., where he d. ; they had William, 
Rosn, both d. young, Aitilla, living with her grandmother at Ox. ; she m. (2) 
Charles E. Hall of Providence; Ella L., b. 12 Aug., 185G, at Ox., ra. Frank 
Monroe, residence, Providence; Delia A., b. 8 May, 1858, at Ox., m. William 
A. Barlow of Pocassett, Mass., where he d. 14 Aug., 1883; had Nathan, 1876; 
Jane M., 1878; Grace E., 1881; William A., 1883. 

CLARK, of Northbridge, m. (1) 15 March, 1798, Silence Benson ; ra. (2) Sally 
; he d. aged 75, OMay, 1850, she d. aged 58, 15 Feb., 1851, both at Ox. ; 



large family by tlrst ra. of whom came to Ox. : Waldo, b. 18 March, 1800, 
ra. 30 May, 1862, Mehitable Dana, no ch. ; he d. aged 67, 19 Jan., 1868; 
West, b. about 1802, d. 12 Aug., 1856, aged 54; Jennison, b. 18 Nov., 1803, 
ra. intentions 21 Jan., 1848, Lucy Chapman of Woodstock, Conn.; residence, 
H. 74 ; he d. 29 March, 1869 ; had Almon, b. 29 July, 1848, ra. 25 Aug., 1881, Lilla 
Wheeler, b. at Plymouth, Vt., resides on horaestead; had Walter S., b. 19 
June, 1882, Nellie, b. 3 Nov., 1883; Henry, b. 7 March, 1816, ra. (1) Mary 
Howe of Millbury, residence, H. 167; I'cmoved about 1853 to Woodstock, 
where she d. 6 May, 1858; m. (2) at Woodstock, Emeliae Johnson, removed 
1869 to Putnam, where he d. 16 July, 1869; ch. b. at Ox. : Caroline W., b. 28 
March, 1838, m. J. Leavens Lilley; Elizaheth, b. 23 Jan., 1845; Isabella, b. 
U Aug., 1846, ra. 2 Sept., 1879, Charles W. Stratton of Leominster, where 
they reside; Ednah, b. 15 Feb., 1851; Jessie, b. 24 May, 1852, m. 24 May, 
1874, Selwyn E. Rowe of Putnam, Conn., where they reside. By second ra. : 
Mary E., b. at Woodstock; Hannah J., b. 19 Oct., 1821, m. 29 Nov., 1843, 
Daniel Stevens, residence. Ox., removed to Worcester. Child of Clark and 
Sally: Mauy E., ra. Stone, and d. 18 July, 1857, aged 21. [Ox. Hec] 

JOHN of Brooklield, m. 3 Oct., 1754, Mary Brown. 
MARY, widow, in Ox. 1776. 

JEDEDI.VH, 7 months in the Revolutionary army in Wiley's Co. ; killed. 
MARY, widow, aged 76, d. 5 March, 1807. 
HARRIET S., ra. 14 May, 1834, Araasa Dowo. 
JAMES D., soldier, aged 25, d. 4 Sept., 1864. 

OLIVER W., son of Luther of Nashua, N. IL, aged 54, d. 30 Oct., 1864. 
George E., son of Oliver W., aged 27, d. 10 July, 1871. 

ALBEE, JOSEPH, aged 68, d. 7 May, 1819. 

ASA and Persis N. Sargent, m. intentions 24 Nov., 1827. 

JOSEPH, w. Lydia, had Mahy J., b. 18 Oct., 1832. 

LUCY M. and Richard D. Mowry of Uxbridge, ra. 13 Sept., 1838. 

REBECCA K., aged 41, w. of Nelson T. of Thompson, Conn., d. 9 June, 1857. 

ALDRICH, a name early at Plymouth, Rehoboth, Mendoa and Douglas. 
EDWARD, 1740, was of South Uxbi'idge; removed before 1747 to Douglas, 



ALDRICH. 367 

promiriL'iit in Quaker society at South Douglas ; ra. his cousin, a dau. of Jacob 
Altlrich, fl. 1807; had with others Calvin, b. 20 Sept., 1772, m. 13 Oct., 1799, 
Mary Howland of Foster, R. I., b. 30 Sept., 1782, a descendant of John of 
Plymouth, removed 1811 to Ox., H. 57, where he d. aged 72, 10 Aug., 1844; 
she d. 19 Aug., 1866, aged 84. . . . Children: Pamela, b. 18 July, 1800, m. 
Billings Ilayward; Thomas, b. 9 Jan., 1803, m. (1) intentions 3 Dec, 1823, 
Mary Wynn of Dudley, residence, Ox., removed 1827 to Petersham, she d. 14 
July, 1833; m. (2) Abigail Butterfleld of Hardwick, 30 years assessor; had by 
first m. William W., residence, Pawtueket, K. I. ; Adaline A., m. Amos T. Sly 
of Webster, he d. 1879; had ch. : Lncretia, m. Daniel Amsden of Dana; he d. 
1881; by second m. : Calvin C, Ellen A., Henry B, residence, Rupert, 
Pa.; Ahbie F., Issa L. ; Timothy, b. 21 Feb., 1805; Edward, b. 23 Feb., 
1807; Mary, b. 21 May, 1809, m. Jeremiah Upham of Dudley; she d. 
1 Nov., 1837; ch. John L., b. 6 Oct., 1830, killed by bursting of a grindstone 
at New London, N. H., 6 May, 1857; Charles TF., b. 9 Jan., 1832, d. 1859; 
Jeremiah B., d. unm. ; Manj E.,h. 1 Nov., 1837, m. Henry L. Shumway; she 
d. 9 Dec, 1858; Calvin, b. 15 Sept., 1811, d. young; Samuel, b. 28 April, 
1814, m. (1) 6 Oct., 1836, Abigail, dau. of Thomas Marsh; residence, Ox.; 
she d. 14 April, 1871; m. (2) Oct., 1871, Emeline, widow of Caleb S. Hall of 
Webster; ch. by first m. : Asahel, b. 18 Jan., 1839; soldier in late war, 
wounded; d. 17 June, 1864, at Washington; Calvin S., b. 10 July, 1846, m. 20 
Oct., 1870, Nettie Spaulding of Woodstock, Conn., residence, Norwich, Conn., 
engineer on N.&W.R. R. ; Julia Ann F., b. 4 Jan., 1819, m. Sept., 1844, George 
Hewes of Foxboro', Methodist minister; ch. Sabra A., b. 1845, m. 1 Jan., 
1869, William B. Fay of Monson; John J, b. 1847, m. Elizabeth Harper; 
residence, Worcester; 3Iary P., b. 1848, d. 1860. 

2. TIMOTHY, son of Calvin (1), m. (1) 21 Feb., 1827, Almira Hunting of 
Sterling, dau. of John of Marlboro'; farmer; resided at H. 58; shed, aged 
37, 9 Sept., 1841; m. (2) 23 May, 1842, Milly A. E. Elliott of Thompson; he 
d. 30 Jan., 1884; she d. aged 74, 8 March, 1881. . . . Children by first m. : 
Gkorge H., b. 25 Sept., 1828, m. Emily E. Briggs of Aul)urn, Me. ; residence, 
Chicago; he d. 9 Aug., 1877 ch. : Antoinette, graduated at Smith College; 
William S., residence, Freeport, Me. ; Caroline E., b. July, 1830, unm., d. at 
IJoston; John R., b. 1 March. 1836. 

3. JOHN R., son of Timothy (2), m. 28 May, 1858, Orra A. Howard of 
Stafford, Conn.,b. 10 Dec , 1835; residence, Stafford; had Carrie E., h. 15 
Jan., 1860; Arthur, b. 25 April, 1861; Jennie E., b. 5 Aug., 1869; Ernest, 
b. 25 Nov., 1876. 

4. EDWARD, son of Calvin (1), m. intentions 12 Sept., 1827, Sibyl, dau. 
of Peter White of Douglas; he d. 9 Feb., 1875. . . . Children: Ira T., b. 28 
Sept., 1828, d. unm., 10 June, 1852, at Fitchburg; Lydia, b. 18 Jane, 1830, m. 
6 Aug., 1851, John Jaiiuith, at llingham; she d. 10 May, 1857, at Worcester; 
ch. : George P., b. 1853; Lydia A., b. 1857. Edward the father removed about 
1831 to Fitchburg Elizabeth, b. 29 Nov., 1831, m. Feb , 1854, at Hingham, 
George P. Stevens; he d. 13 June, 1869, at Indianapolis, Ind. ; no ch. ; she re- 
sided, 1885, at Woodstock, Conn. ; Samuel F., b. 10 May, 1836, m. Jan., 1864, 
Aurilla M. Gay, residence, Indianapolis; no ch. ; Calvin, b. 22 May, 1834, at 
Fitchburg, m. 6 Feb., 1857, at Torrington, Conn., Fidelia E Marble; no ch. ; 
scythe maker at Winsted, Conn. ; Ella L., b. 13 June, 1850, at Fitchburg, 
resided, 1885, at Worcester with her mother. 

AMOS C, son of Edward of Douglas, b. 1 Aug., 1787, m. Sally, dau. of 
Ebenczer Gould of Douglas, came to Ox. 1823, resided on Federal Hill, H. 



368 ALDRICH. — ALGER. 

160, farmer, he d. aged 76, 2 Sept., 1863, she d. aged 76, 1 Nov., 1867. . . . 
Children, first five b. at Douglas: Julia Ann, b. 6 Doc, 1812, ni. 1 June, 
1835, Sylvester Gould of Douglas, where they resided, removed to Charlton, 
where shed. 1880, he d. 1882; had eh.; Abr.vm, b. 16 Oct., 181i, m. Pamela 
Chase of Newport, R. I., residence, Providence, R. I., where he d. 4 Oct., 1843; 
David G.,b. 10 Sept., 1818; m. (1) Ann E. Manchester of Providence; m. (2) 
Hannah, her sister; m. (3) Mary E. Sumner of P., removed to Auburn near 
Worcester, where he d Oct., 1881, no ch. ; Amos, b. 11 Oct., 1819, m. 4 
March, 1845, Mary G. Walden of Providence, b. 2t) March, 1826, residence. P., 
she d. 24 June, 1868, he resides at Ox. ; they had Mary D., b. 20 Dec, 1845, 
d. 1871; Frank A., b. 31 March, 1847; Catherine J- , h 25 April. 1849; Emma 
/., b. 23 Oct., 1850; Florence G., b. and d. 1857; Jennie I., b. 19 Nov., 1860; 
Harriet, b. 12 June, 1822, m. Eliphalet Cummings, resided at Oxford, re- 
moved to Providence, where she d. 5 Dec, 1852, three ch. ; Euza, b. 24 
April, 1825, at Ox., d. unm. 12 April, 1853; John, b. 4 Jan., 1828, uum., killed 
March, 1862, by an avalanche in Colorado; Emily, b. 23 Nov., 18.30, m. 
Merrick Fairbanks of Charlton, removed to Quinebaug; Ri:th, b. 3 July, 
18.33, m. (1) 16 July, 18.50, George L., son of Ebenezcr Rich, he d. 22 March, 
1858, no. ch. ; m. (2) 12 July, 1851), John Colton, b. 1835 at Albany, he d. 14 
Sept., 1864; m. (3) 26 Nov., 1866, Ward B. Clark, b. 1813 at Weston; ch. 
by second m. : John, b. 23 Jan., 1860, d. 21 Aug., 1878; William W., b. 1862, 
d. 1863; Harriet A., b. Nov., 1863, ra. 23 April, 1884, Fred. A. Wellington of 
Webster; ch. by third m. : Mary, b. 13 July, 1867; Ward B., b. 24 March, 
1870; Byron, b. 6 Sept., 1872; Edith, b. 17 Feb., 1875. 

JOSEPH of Bellingham and Mrs. Experience Stockwell, m. 9 Dec, 1762; 
resided at Ox. 1763. 

UOR.VTIO N. and Anna Tucker of Gloucester, R. I., m. intentions 8 Nov., 
1822. 

ANNA of Uxl)ridge and David Sibley, m. intentions 15 July, 1828. 

EDDY of Thompson and Hannah Hall, m. 3 Feb., 1840. 

ANN E., aged 27, d. 12 April, 1853. 

ROYAL, aged 69, d. 6 April, 1857. 

WILLIAM IL, son of Seth of Uxbridge, aged 66, d. 8 June, 1885. 

ALGER, J.VMES, b. about 1768, son of James, of Burrillville, R.L,canie 
1821 with a large family to Ox., settled in the northeast part, H. 161, where he 
d. 16 July, 1832, farmer, he m. Sarah Howland, who d. 23 .Vug., 1855, aged 85. 
. . , Children: Hannah, b. 16 Oct., 1787, m. (1) David Smith of Smithfleld, 
R. I., who soon d. ; m. (2) Abijah Tainter of Millbury, who d 1830 at Millbury, 
she d. 31 July, 1871, at Worcester; they had : Sarah, h. 1823, m. (1) George 
Bradley of Norwich, Ct., and had Lucy and Eliza; m. (2) Alfred Bates, 
killed at Worcester by cars; no ch. ; Sibyl, b. 18 July, l!<24, m. 8 May, 1844, 
Theodore Bowen of Spencer, who d. 4 Jan., 1877, at Worcester; they had : 
Alfred, b. 1«45; Andrew, b. 184!), d. 1869; Lncy. b. 29 Jan., 182(5, m. David 
Dunham of Warren, where they settled; liad Charles; she d. about 1850 at 
Worcester; Emeline,.h. 18.30, d. young; Frkelove, m. Olney Esten of Doug- 
las, removed 1823 to Ox. ; scythe maker, built the stone house near Webster 
line, sold 1836, removed to Willington, Conn., and Pabner, where she d. 
about 1878; had David S., Th'nnas, Z)o/va.t, d. young, Sophronia D., m., re- 
sidence. Providence, R. I. ; Sibyl, b. about 1797, d. unm. 14 July, 1881, at Mill- 
bury; Lemuel, b. 5 Sept., 1799; Dorcas, b. 8 Sept., 1802, m. 31(?) May, 1826, 



ALGER. ALLEN. 369 

Stephen Tourtelotte, residence, Ox., Charlton and Dudley, he d. 7 March, 
1879; they had: John A., b. 1827; Joshua, b. 1830 at Ox., d. 1833; James J., 
b. 1833, d. 3 Oct., 1860; Samuel S., b. 1843, d. 1868; Sarah, m. 22 Nov., 
1827, Merritt Holbrook, removed to Willington, Conn., and Palmer, later to 
Windham, Conn., where she d. aged about 30 years; 3 ch. ; Preskrved, m. 
Lucinda Case of Smithflild,' R. I., 4 eh., he d. in Ox. ; Stephen, b. 20 Sept., 
1805, m. 14 Oct., 1830, Susan Wood of Millbury, she d. 3 June, 1878, 4 ch. ; 
Wyoma, b. about 1807, d. 12 Jan., 1881, aged 74, at Eastford, Conn., unm. ; 
Smith, m. 26 Dec, 1827, his cousin, Mary B., dan. of John Alger of Douglas, 
resided at Ox. and other places near; had Seth B., b. 16 Nov., 1828, at Ox., 
resided at Douglas; James, d. 14 March, 1834, aged 17, at the homestead. 

2. LEMUEL, son of James(l), ni. .April, 1819, Joanna Esten of Burrillville, 
R. I. ; 1). Feb., 1797; resided at Smithfleld; i-emoved to Douglas and to South 
Ox., and after his father d. to the homestead. In 1875 he went to Booneville, 
la., to reside with his dau. Mary; he d. 3 May, 1887, she d. 14 Feb., 1885, 
both at Booneville. . . . Children: Olive C, b. July, 1821, at Smithfleld, 
m. May, 1846, Ju.stin Granger of Thompson, he d. 7 April, 1863, she d. 17 May, 
1865, both at Thompson; had Edward, b. 1853, engineer on B. & A. R. R. ; 
George H.,h. 1855, residence, Tunbridge, Vt. ; Augustus, h. 1861, residence, 
Booneville. la., and two daughters, both d. ; James M., b. 19 July, 1824, at Ox., 
m. 3 Jan., 1847, Sarah Rice of Somerset, Vt. , residence, Boston, Brookliue and 
Auburn ; had in 1884 been 38 years engineer on B. & A. R. R. ; had Sarah E., 
b. 24 July, 1848, m. 8 Oct., 1867, Daniel A. Craig of Leicester; James E., b. 
28 March, 18.50, m. 8 Dec, 1875, Annie F. DoUofl"; railroad engineer; Albert 
ir., b. 27 Nov., 1851, in. 19 Sept., 1877, Sarah Williams; railroad engineer; 
Charles E., b. 28 Dec, 1853, m. 8 May, 1878, Anna S. Langdon; civil engineer 
ou B. & A. R. R. ; Calla L., b. 1861, d. 1869; Mary, b. 24 Feb., 1826, m. 10 
Nov., 1851, George W. Roberts of Holderness, N. H., residence, Booneville, 
la., seven ch. ; Hannah, Mehetable, Charles, Almira, all d. young; Henry 
A., 1). 1835, m. 10 June, 1857, Elma Foote of Maine, residence, Sherborn, engi- 
neer on B. & A. R. R. ; ch. : Herbert H., Nellie J., George N., Ida M., Walter 
A., Xed Lincoln, Ernest L. ; George A., d. aged 25, 27 Aug., 1862; Edward, 
d. young. 

3. JOHN, brother of James (1), m. Olive Brown of Rhode Island, resided 
at factory villages in and near Ox. ; had Seth, Elizabeth, Allen, d. young; 
Anna, b. 1804, m. Enoch Howland of Douglas; Lydia, Daniel, Meribah, 
Mary B., ra. her cousin. Smith Alger; Stephen B., b. 29 Aug., 1827; Olive, 
Lucy. The parents d. at Douglas. 

RUTH and Eleazer Stockwell, m. 3 Nov., 1772. 

LYDIA and Daniel Angell, 2d, of Smithfleld, R. I., m. 4 July, 1828. 

SARAH, aged 85, d. 23 Aug., 1856. 

ALLEN, PHINEHAS, m. Mary, resided at the north part, H. 129, sold 
1777, no record of purchase, soldier in Revolutionary war, Col. Learned's 
regiment, 1775. . . . Children: Molly, b. 10 May, 1771; Sarah, b. 30 Aug., 
1774; Betheney, b. 11 Sept., 1776. 

[Phinehas Allen, son of Ebenezer of Weston, b. 26 May, 1710, was brother 
of the w. of Rev. Abraham Hill.] 

AMASA, in Ox. 1771, owned land near Phinehas, ra. 28 June, 1773, Susanna, 
dau. of Ebenezer Fish, proprietor at Livermore, sold 1781, being then of 
Charlton, Revolutionary soldier in Town's Co., marched on Lexington alarm. 
48 



370 ALLKN. — AMBLKK. 

. . .Children: Ki.i.jah, 1). 28 May, 1774; Oi.ivi:, b. 2G Jan., 177G ; Ebenezek, 
1). 1 April, 1778. 

JOHN,' Kcvolutionary .soldier, bou-iht, 1771, II. 55, .souUi i^arl, sold 1777, 
carpenter, m. 16 Jan., 1771, Kcziah, dau. of Ephraira Amidown, he d. 1780, in 
South Gore, order of apprai.sal 6 Nov., owned real estate. . . . Child: John, 
b. 1772, d. 1773; she in. (2) 3 June, 1784, Jonathan Bixby of Dudley. 

OB.VDI AH,' m. 19 Sept., 1776, Mehetable, dau. of Jiphraini Amidown, case 
in court, Worcester, March, 1794; was of (Jx. 1792. . . . Children: Akciii- 
BAi.D, b. 12 Oct., 1777; Batilsiieba, Cornelius, Dahius, Ei.izabktu, Timo- 
thy, all b. before Feb., 1792. 

ABNER,' of Wendell, in Ox. 1771, m. 17 April, 1791, Mary, dau. of Ebenczcr 
Davis of Ox , bought her father's homestead, H. 1(15, 1793, a year or two later 
removed to Charlton. . . . Children : Ehknk/kr D., b. 29 Jan., 1792, at Wendell, 
d. 20 May, 1828; Eden, b. 28 Dec, 1793, at Ox., m. 30 Dec, 1821, Saloma 
Alexander, he d. 30 Nov., 1859, she d. 20 Jan., 1867. both at Charlton; had 
Erastus, b. 1823; Darius, b. 1825; Elhridrje H., b. 1827; Louisa, b. 1830; 
Aug dine, h.l^'^2\ Alvin, b. 20 March, 1796; Maiiy, b. 22 Aug., 1800; Zii.pah, 
Ij. 25 Dec, 1803, in. John Reynolds. 

DAVID, \v. Sarah, owned Kidder farm, H. 133, from 1770 to 1777, removed 
to Sutton. 

EDWARD, taxed 1771 for H. 141. 

OTIS [ALLEN], son of Cenia Boyce, b. 22 Aug., 1790. 

COLLINS, son of Waterman, of Exeter, R. I., aged 58, d. 22 Jan., 1876. 

WATERMAN, sou of Noel of Coventry, Conn., aged 80, d. 23 July, 1876. 

EMILY S., dau. of Christopher C, aged IS, d. 25 March, 1889. 

ALTON, I'.irrSEY, of Thompson, and Jonathan Nye of South Gore, m. 
intentions 22 Dec, 1794. 

ALVERSON, GEORGE, Revolutionary soldier, b. about 1750. of Attleboro' 
1774, when he l)ought land in south part of Sutton, resided there many years, 
in 1789 and 1797 was of Milford, and 1797 bought land in North Ox., H. 118, 
where he settled; he m. Experience White,- he d. 24 Sept., 1830, aged 89. . . . 
Children: John, indentured 1789 to Joseph Hudson, soldier in War of 1812, 
killed by a cannon ball; George, b. 31 Oct., 1781, at Sutton, resided on 
homestead, removed to Ward and lived at divers places in North Ox., m. 12 
t)ct., 1815, Ruth, dau. of Rufus Learned, he d. 6 Jan., 1864, she d. 26 April, 
1858, aged 64; they had Mary L., b. 28 July, 1816, m. Daniel Salisbury, who 
d. about 1875; Lucy W., b. 19 Jan., 1818, ni. Jacob Marble; Rufus G., I). 11 
July, 1820, m. 16 Feb., 1845, Clarissa S. Learned, residence. North Ox.; had 
Emma F.. b. 1815, d. 1864; Susan E., b. 20 May, 1822, at Ward. m. Ephraim 
I'.iown of I'xbridge; Louisa, b. 1826, d. 1815; Buth Jf., i). 14 June, 1S28, at 
Ward, ni. Alpheus Young of Sutton; RuKUS, num., of more than ordinary 
ability, a teacher at North Ox., removed to Montreal, where he was highly 
esteemed, d. suddenly 17 Nov., 1809. 

AMBLER, CIlRlSTorilER, w. "Mary, and Reuben Robbins her son," 
resided at Oxford, 25 March, 1783. 



i.Ioliii, 17M; .MiiRT, 17-18; ObaUiali, 1704, were uiul Mrs. R;iclifl Oniisbeo were entered in Sutton 
sons of .lohii v( Sutloii. l.'S Feb., 1776. 

- Inteutiou.-, ol lu. between UeorKC Alversou 



AMIDOWN. 371 

AMIDOWN [Aimecloiiue, French], ROGER, came to New England early, 
settled at Salera, whence he removed to Weymouth, thence to Boston, and 
Anally to Kehoboth, where he d. 18 Nov., 1R73. A descendant, Priujp, settled 
at Ox.' He came probably from Mendon in 1717, settled in the south part, 
II. 39, was a cooper, a man of means, owned other lands besides his farm, 
lie was esteemed, and active in public matters, and with his wife a constit- 
uent member of the church. His descendants have been numerous and influ- 
ential, especially in Charlton and Southbridge ; very few now remain in Oxford. 
He was b. 26 Jan., 1669, son of Roger, m. 27 May, 1698, Mehetable Perry, 
at Rehoboth, where she d. i July, 1699, m. (2) 16 Sept., 1700, at Rehoboth, 
^ Joanna Warfleld, who d. there 1 July, 1711, m. (3) at Mendon, Ethemore or 
Ithamar Warfield ; he d. 15 March, 1747, at Ox. . . . Children hy iirst m. b. 
at Rehoboth: Hexky, b. 8 Feb., 1699, m. 31 March, 1718, at Ox., Meltiah 
Cheney, and had Jacob, b. 1720, sold land, 1750, in south part of Oxford ; 
Meltiah, h. 1723; Joseph, b. 1725; Henry, b. 1727. By second m. Roger, 
b. 6 Feb., 1701; Ichabod, b. May, 1704, m. 7 May, 1732, Margery Aldrich 
[Holmes Ammidown] ) M.\ry, b. 30 March, 1706, m. Benjamin Chamberlain 
of Oxford; Philip, b. 1708, m. Submit Bullard, lived in west part of Ox., 
now Charlton, and had Caleb, b. Aug., 1736, m. 14 April, 1758, Hannah 
Sabin of Dudley, prominent at Charlton. Had John, b. 1759, d. 1814; 
Lnther, b. 1761, d. 1835; Calvin, b. 1768, m. Deborah, dau. of Ebenezer 
Davis of Charlton (and had Ebenezer D. of Southbridge), d. 1825; Mehetable, 
b. 1772, d. 1842; Susanna, b. 1775, d. 1790; Hannah, b, 1779, d. 1861; Joseph, 
h. 1741, d. 1821; Beuben, b. 1747, d. 1802; Ephraim, b. 1710. By third m. 
Itiiamak (son), b. 25 April, 1712, m. intentions, 5 June, 1736, Ruth Curtis, 
had cli., he d. before 16 Dec, 1743; John, b. 19 May, 1713, m. 14 July, 
1737, Sarah, dau. of Daniel Hastings of Ox., residence, Hardwick; they 
had Sarah, h. 1738, d. young; Abigail, h. 1740, d. young; Sarah, h. 1742, m. 
Jonathan Gilbert; Joh7i, baptized 1745; Abigail, baptized 1747 m. Lemuel 
Cobb; Philip, b. 1750; Hannah, b. 1752, m. Seth Ruggles; John, the father, 
d. 1755; Hannah, b. 2 Feb., 1718, m. Wheelock. 

2. ROGER, son of Philip (1), m. (1) 27 Oct., 1731, Elizabeth, dau. of 
Thomas Hunkins, m. (2) 28 Feb., 1757, Mrs. Rachel Rice, "living near Ox- 
ford." . . . Children, all hy first m. : Rachel, b. 28 Sept., 1732, d. young; 
Elizabeth, b. 18 July, 1734, m. 1760, Joseph Kingsbury; Roger, b. 11 Nov., 
1736, d. young; Jeremiah, b. 12 Nov., 1738; Samuel, b. 18 June, 1741, d. 
young; Samuhl, 1). 13 Oct., 1742, was of Reedsboro', Vt , 1794; R.\ciikl, b. 
20 Feb., 1745, m. intentions 6 Fel)., 17G8, Benjamin Currary of Douglas, 
was of Worcester, 1794 ; Roger, b. 12 May, 1747, resided at Douglas, dis- 
missed from Oxford church and recommended to Douglas, 2 Oct., 1768. 

3. EPIIRAIM, son of Philip (1), m. (1) 10 March, 1736, Hannah Dean of 
Dedham, m. (2) 24 Feb., 1743, being then of Dudley, Hannah Smith, settled 
on the homestead where she d. 14 Sept., 1807, aged 93. . . . Children: John, 
b. 25 Nov., 1736; Keziah, 1). 4 April, 1739, m. (1) John Allen, m. (2) Jonathan 
Bixby of Dudley, who was of Ox. in 1793; by second m. : Noah, b. 19 
Oct., 1743, m. 19 Feb., 1767, Abigail Putney of "near Oxford," and liad, 
1769, Calvin, John, d. young; Noah, the father, d. 9 Nov., 1769; [Calvin, 
perhaps his son, tanner, of Pomfivt, signed in 1793 the deed of the home- 
stead to Elisha Davis;] Hannah, b. 16 Jan., 1745, m. Abel Ray, resided, 
1793, at Hinsdale, Vt. ; Abigail, b. 9 March, 1746, d. 24 Dec, KS14, at Ox., 



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372 AMIDOWN. — ANOELL. 

nnm. ; Prrii.ip, h. 6 Jan., 1748, IJovolutionary soldier, m. 2 Nov., 1769, Eunice, 
clau. of John Shuiinvay, removed about 1778 to Che.stertteld, N. 11., soon to 
Fitzwilliani, where he resided 1793; had Dorcas, b. 1770; John, b. 1771; 
Boxalana, b. 1774; Lavinia, b. 1776; Mar^, b. 1778, at Chesterfield; Eunice, 
b. 1781, at Chesterfield; Josiah, b. 1786, at Fitzwilliam; Cynthia, h. 1789, at 
Fitzwilliani ; Keziah, h. 1793, at Fitzwilliam; Ephijaim, b. 9 Feb., 1749, m. 17 
Dec, 1772, Jane Robbins [Hepsibah Furr?] ; removed to Chesterfield and 
Londonderry, Vt., where he resided 1793; had Ilepsihah, b. 1773; Matilda, 
1775; d. 1777, at Chesterfield; Ahiyail,]). 1777, at Chesterfield; Dorcas, b. 
10 Nov., 1750; Hepsibah, b. 27 Feb., 1752, m. Ephraim Town, residence 
1793, Newport, N. H. ; Mkiietable, b. 4 Jan., 1754, m. Obadiah Allen; 
Meuibah, b. 15 Jan., 1756, m. Ebenezer Robbins. 

4. JEREMIAH, son of Roger (2), m. (1) Bathsheba ; m. (2) 23 

Feb., 1769, Elizabeth Martin of Douglas, she d. 10 Oct., 1826, he d. aged 74, 
2 May, 1813, shoemaker, residence 1770 in south part of Ox., at II. 55, or in a 
house which stood on the west side of the Thompson road near the railroad 
bridge, removed to a house which stood just east of brook north side Sutton 
road, thence about 1800 to south end of Plain, H. 214, d. there; [he Avitnessed 
John Willson's will before Jan., 1778, indicating his residence then on Sutton 
road.] . . . Children: Mary, b. 13 May, 1764, d. young; Batiishkba. b. 4 
March, 1766, d. young; Elizabeth, b. 30 April, 1768, ra. David Lamed; by 
second m. : Lucy, b. 5 Dec, 1769, m. Lemuel Mofiitt; Isaac, b. 28 Jan., 
1772, m. Hannah, dau. of Ebenezer Foster, residence at Dudley; Molly, b. 
29 Aug., 1773, ra. Elihu llarwood; Lois, b. 14 Sept., 1775, d. young; 
Sarah, b. 14 Aug., 1777, m. Rufus, son of Ebenezer Humphrey; JEUE.vnAH, 
b. 31 March, 1779, m. 7 Oct., 1801, Abigail Harwood, residence Charlton, 
removed to Warwick; Samuel, b. 28 Jan., 1781; Lurania, b. 11 Feb., 1786, 
m. Lyman Wetherell. 

5. SAMUEL, son of Jeremiah (4), ra. 28 Aug., 1809, Lucy, dau. of Dea. 
Ebenezer Humphrey, shoemaker, residence H. 214, he d. 1-6 Feb., 1827, family 
removed to Webster. . . . Children: Rufus, b. 31 Dec, 1809, m. Lydia 
Marshal, residence New Hampshire, returned to Webster, where he d. 19 May, 
1865; Isaac, b. 30 Aug., 1811, m. Lois Rowland, residence Killingly, Conn.; 
had two sons in the late war, one d. in service; Jeremiah, b. 17 Oct., 1813, 
m. Lucinda Corey of Southbridge, he d. 1869 at Killingly; had Henry, killed 
at battle of Antietam; Lucy Ann, b. 9 Dec, 1815, m. Smith Bruce of Spring- 
field, two ch. ; Louisa, b. 1818, d. 1842, unm. ; Sarah, b. 19 Feb., 1819, m. 9 
Oct., 1841, Rufus, son of Ebenezer Foster, residence Webster, removed 1888 
to Florida, 2 ch. ; a dau., b. 1824, d. 1825. 

GEORGE 11., son of William B., of Douglas, captain in the late war, aged 
32, d. 5 Jan., 1871. 

ANABELL, ISAAC, Revolutionary soldier. 

ANDREWS, JOHN, and Sarah \i. Ki.c of Leicester, m. intentions 23 Nov., 
1822. 

ANGELL, THOMAS, came in 1631 to Salem with Roger Williams ; removed 
with him to Providence; received a settler's lot, on which now are the First 
Baptist Church, High School-honse and part of .Vngell Street. 

JOHN, a descendant, had with others, Ziba, who m. Nancy Luther of 
Swanzey, residence North Providence, removed to East Douglas, where he d., 
cotton luanufaitiin'r, she m. (2) Rufus Robinson. . • . Children: Nelson P., 



ANGELL. — ARNOLD. 373 

b. 4 Aug., 1818, at North Providence, studied two years at Yale College, soldier 
in the late war, soon after keeper of light-house at Cape Hatteras, where he 
d. 1886 ; had a son, Lewis C, residence Newbern, N. C. ; Charles A., b. 25 April, 
1822, at East Douglas; many years cashier and later president of Oxford 
Bank, town treasurer, selectman, representative, he m. 29 June, 1851, Mary 
J., dan. of William H. Bigelow, she d. 6 March, 1882; they had Mary, b. 18 
May, 1853; Charles Z.,h. 26 Aug., 1855; EdimrdA.,b. 1857, d. 1862; Helena, 
b. 2 Dec, 1858, m. 12 Sept., 1883, Charles L. Pettis, and had Louise A., b. 23 
Dec, 1884; Charles B., b. 1 Dec, 1885; Anne, b. 9 Nov., 1865; Edgar, h. 23 
July, 1867, d. young; Bichard H., b. 18 Oct., 1872; Julia, b. 29 Dec, 1874. 

DANIEL of Smithfleld, m. 4 July, 1828, Lydia Alger. 

MARTIN, m. 26 June, 1850, Julia A. E., dau. of Russell White. 

APPLEBY, THOMAS, b. 18 Oct., 1810, at Smithfleld, R. L, son of John; 
m. 1 Jan., 1832, Mary A. Arnold of Smithfleld, came to Ox. in 1839, residence 
in noi-thwest part, H. 94, removed 1855 to the Plain, where he d. 7 Jan., 1870, 
she d. aged 57, 12 Oct., 1875, farmer, selectman and representative. . . . 
Children, flrst five b. in R. I.: George E., b. 27 April, 1833, m. 23 Nov., 
1856, Asenath C Robinson of Wilmington, Vt., he d. 8 Jan., 1874, she d. 16 
March, 1874, aged 42: had Ellen B., b. 8 March, 1858, m. Nathaniel M., son 
of John Davis; Ida E., b. 20 Aug., 1859, m. 1877, George E. Coggswell; 
had Myrtis, b. 5 May, 1878; Georye B., h. 28 Feb., 1861, m. 3 July, 1884, 
Nellie A. Barnes; Charles A., b. 22 Jan., 1863, residence Nebraska; Fred. 
E., h. 2 March, 1865, residence California; Thomas W., b. 22 Nov., 1834, 
unm.; Albert H., b. 8 Jan., 1836, m. 16 June, 1860, Eliza ,T., dau. of Elias 
B. Crawford, and had Elmer H., h. 8 Sept., 1861; Marion C, b. 17 Feb., 
1864; Nettie L., b. 5 Oct., 1867; Addie, b. 9 Oct., 1869, d. 1890; Elias B., 
b. 23 Aug., 1875; Mary A., b. 20 Feb., 1837, m. Horace A. Marble; Harriet 
E., b. 6 Nov., 1838, m. 6 Jan., 1859, Charles L. Gay, residence Lynn; had 
Arthur L., b. 28 Oct., 1859; Ellen V., b. 1840, d. 1842; Caroline A., 
b. 11 Oct., 1842, m. 21 July, 1869, Samuel Boyden, Jr., b. at Worcester, 
residence Ox., he d. 17 Jan., 1884; had John A., b. 20 June, 1873; Edward S., 
b. 28 Nov., 1875; 3Iary E., b. 6. April, 1877; Henry I., b. 11 Aug., 1844, d. 
unm. 24 Oct., 1875; Louisa E., b. 21 Jan., 1846, m. 24 May, 1866, John R. 
Williams, son of Amos of Charlton, shoe manufacturer, he d. 24 March, 
1879, aged 54; they had George E., b. 21 Oct., 1867; Emma F., b. 2 Feb., 
1848, m. 18 Dec, 1879, Franklin G. Daniels; Isabel H., b. 28 Dec, 1855, m. 
18 Nov., 1875, William W., sou of Galen Whiting; had Bobert A., b. 31 
May, 1890. 

ARCHER, WILLIAM (English), m. Mary, large family b. in England, 
residence near Web.ster line; had William J., b. 14 June, 1829, at Ox. 

ARMINGTON, JOSEPH, and Mary had Robert S., b. Aug., 1845. 

ARNOLD, WILLARD, b. about 1789, son of Ahab of Providence, Quaker, 
employe at Pomfret factory, m. Patience, dau. of Ephraim Congdon, removed 
lief ore May, 1824, to North Ox., partner with Asa Cutler, etc., cotton mfrs., 
became sole owner, d. aged 42, 26 Jan., 1832, she d. later at Webster. . . . 
Children, first three b. at Porafret: Adelaide B., m. Hiram A. Pettibone, 
both d. in New York city ; A. Ferdinand, m. Preston Downie of Schaghticoke, 
N. Y., he d. at Philadelphia; Ann E., ul Nicholas C. Hudson of Cranston, R. 
I., who d. 16 Dec, 1884, at Providence; Smith W., d. unm. at Syracuse, N. Y. ; 



374 ARNOLD. ATWOOD. 

EusHA H., d. young; Rimi H., b. at Killingly, Ct., m. Amasa Scott of Pom- 
fret, removed to Worcestor. wIhto she d 1877; Susan C, b. 18 Feb., 1827, 
at Ox., d. young; Amkf.ia II . li. 2 Aug., 1829, at Ox., ra. (1) Edwin Sweet 
of Poinfret, in. (2) Amasa Lovcring of Pomfrct, removed to Worcester; 
WiLi.AKO R., b. at Ox., m. Arrtlia Davis of Newark, O., where they settled. 

ASHWORTH, I>1-:TER, aged 73 (English), d. 12 Aug., 1859. 

ATHERTON, TERCY, and Joanna Robinson of Thompson, Conn., m. inten- 
tion"* f; .July, 1819, she d. 21 Oct., 1820, m. (2) intentions 1 July, 1821. Mary 
!{ol)inson. 

ATWELL, OLIVE, of Tlionipson and Cliarles Tucker, m. intentions 8 
April, 1S2G. 

ATWOOD, ABIAL, Jr., of Berkley, ni. Hannah Babl)itt; removed 1777 to 
Nortli Ox. ; resided at H. 133; large family, all b. at Berkley. lie had more 
than average ability, and held a commission under tiie King of England, to 
whose interests he adhered in the Revolution. He sold in 1800 and returned 
to Berkle}^ where he d. in 1816j styled "Lieut." in the records. . . Children : 
Abial, b. 9 Feb., 175fi ; Mary, b. 5 Aug., 1757 ; John, b. 5 Jan., 1759 ; Abigail, 
b. 10 May, 1761, m. intentions 11 April, 1778, Capt. Ebenezer Redding; Joseph, 
b. 23 Sept., 1762, Revolutionary soldier, ni. intentions 12 May, 1787, Mary, 
dau. of Jeremiah Learned; styled Capt. in 1791 ; bought in 1789 a farm, once 
Samuel Baker's, part in Ox., part in Charlton, bounded on land of David 
Stone and Daniel Fitts, and west l)y the ''Little river"; removed, says the 
Learned Genealogy, to Dighton, where he operated a furnace, owned a tavern, 
and was also a sailor and captain of a vessel which he OAvued, and was 
drowned; ch. : Joseph, b. II April, 1789, d. unm. May, 1853; Mary L., b. 19 
Aug., 1798, at Dightou, m. 23 April, 1818, James Briggs of Dighton; she d. 7 
Mai-ch, 1842; 6 ch. ; James, b. 11 Feb., 1764; Revolutionary soldier; Hannah, 
b. 3U .\pril, 1765 ; Nathan, b. 20 Feb., 1767, Revolutionary soldier (?) ; Samuel, 
b. 16 July, 1768, m. Hannah Boyden, settled about 1795 at Livermore, Me., 
where he was prominent; Tisdale, b. 1770, went with brother David and 
Stepluiu Barton as a soldier in the Indian War, under Gen. Wayne, 1794, was 
also in the War of 1812; hem. his cousin Olive, dau. of Joseph Atwood, 
brother of Abial (1), of Berkley; ch. : Almira, h. 1803; Martha and Mary, 
b. 1805; Abial, b. 1807; Amasa, h. 1810; Tisdale, h. 1812; Iliram, b. 1814; 
Amelia, b. 1816; David, three years a soldier in Gen. Wayne's army in the 
northwest, an eccentric man, m. Miss Elder of Ward, lived in many places 
in Ox., and d. here, 12 Oct., 1831, the last of the Atwood family in town;' 
ch. : George IF., Hannah W., Dolly B., Caleb S., Lucy M. ; all left town when 
young; Sally, m. Rev. Nathan Mayhew, Baptist, 9 ch. 

STEPHEN, chairmaker at Laml) mill. North Ox., for several years after 
1812, removed and in 1824 was of Merrimack, N. H., he m. Amity, dau. of 
-Mexander Lamb, both d. at Nashua, N. II., she d. 1868; . . . Children: 
FijANCKs M., b. 14 April, 1814; Stephen F., b. 5 Dec, 1816; Caroline. 

SAMUEL, Revolutionary soldier, 1779. 

ELKANAH, and Sally Hall of Sutton, m. Oct., 1798. 

ESTHER, dau. of Joseph, d. 26 March, 1853, aged 82. 

RIIOD.V, aged 70, d. 4 Feb., 1862, at almshouse, many years blind. 



> He iiiudc ii win ill wliiub he beciueatUed lo liU a comiuou saying lu towu that oue living l)y his 
wife ami eliiiih-cu all they could earn. It l)ecaaie labor was " an heir under David Atwood's will." 



AUSTIN. BABBITT. 375 

AUSTIN, Rev. SAMUEL J., b. 22 Nov., 1826, at Becket; youngest of ten 
ch. ; three were miuisters ; was graduated, 1847, at Union College, later spent 
several years in Virginia for his health, studied at East Windsor and Andover, 
ordained and installed at Mason Village, N. H., 25 Feb., 1857. In Nov., 1859, 
was pastor at Gardner; dismissed 1864, and came to Ox.; removed, Nov., 
1868, to Warren, continuing to July, 1877; 5 Dec, 1877, installed at Chicopee 
Falls; resigned ou account of ill health, 2 March, 1884; has been since acting 
pastor at Darien, Conn. He had good natural abilities, was earnest and 
devoted to his profession, and a successful pastor. He m. (I) 31 March, 
1858, Jennie S. Clark of Lancaster, she d. 15 Nov., 1862, at Gardner, m. (2) 8 
Dec, 1863, Susan M. Miller of Royalston; . . . Children by first m. : 
Jknnie Maud, b. 16 Oct., 1860; by second m. : Samuel J., b. 1865, d. 1867. 

BABB, Rev. THOMAS E., b. 21 Aug., 1840, at Orange, N. J., son of 
William G., Avho was b. 1704 in London and came to America with his parents 
1796. Thomas E. was graduated 1865 at Amherst, studied theology two years 
at Bangor and one year at Andover, where he was graduated 1868, ordained 
Jan., 1869, at Eastport, Me. ; settled May, 1871, at Ox., dismissed May, 1877; 
installed April, 1878, at Victor, N. Y., and May, 1883, began preaching at West 
Brookfleld; removed thence Dec, 1889, to Chelsea, where he was pastor 1890. 
He Avas an able preacher, a good pastor and highly esteemed. He m. Sept., 
18C9, Ellen A., dau. of Moses Cook of Laconia, N. H. . . . Children: Agnes 
C, b. 8 Aug., 1870, at Eastport; Philip A., b. and d. 1872, at Ox. ; Mauy L., 
b. 12 June, 1873; Emily A., b. 12 Sept., 1875; Thomas E., b. 22 Aug., 1878; 
Gertrude, b. 18 Aug., 1879; Bessie E., b. and d. 1882, at Victor. 

BABBITT, ERASMUS, son of Dr. Erasmus, Sturbridge. b. 1768 ? [The 
record of his death at Boston gives, "died June 30, 1816, aged 53"], was 
graduated at Harvard College 1790, admitted to Worcester bar Aug., 1793; he 
m. Mary, dau. of Hon. Thomas Saunders of Gloucester, settled at Sturbridge 
in law practice, removed to Charlton, where he continued from 1800 to 1804. 
He was captain of a company at Ox. in "Adams' Army," 1799-1800. In 1804 
he bought the house near the common, H. 244, to which he removed, continu- 
ing two or three years, removing to Westboro', in 1808 to Grafton, soon after 
to Southbridge, and about 1812 to Boston, where he d. Ammidown says he 
possessed a remarkable memory but convivial habits in too great a degree to 
do much as a business man. . . . Children: Mary Eliza, b. 1793, m. 18 Oct., 
1815. at Boston, Elkauah Cushman, second w., and had Charlotte Saunders, b. 
23 July, 1816, the celebrated actress. Mary Eliza Avas remembered by one 
late of Oxford who knew her in childhood, as a lively, intelligent girl, of 
fair complexion, tine features and attractive manners, exceedingly fond of 
balls and parties, a good singer, bright scholar and a very superior reader. 
Of Mary Saunders, her mother, it is said she was cheery and mirthful, with 
wonderful powers of mimicry. Charlotte Cushman said: "I inherited my 
imitative faculty^froin ray grandmother ... I remember sitting at her feet 
. . . and hearing her sing a song of the period in which she delighted me l)y 
the most perfect imitation of every creature belonging to the farm-yard." 
Francis A., b. 9 Sept., 1804, at Ox., .sailor, lo,st at sea. Of him Mi.ss Cush- 
man says : " My uncle Augustus took great interest in me, ollered me prizes 
for proficiency in studies, especially in music and writing. He first took me 
to the theatre on one of his return voyages, which was always a holiday 
time for rae. ... He had great taste for the dramatic profession." He was 



376 BABBITT. BACON. 

one of the proprietors of the old Treinont Theatre and through him the 
Cushinaii family was introduced to tlie fraternity of actors. 

BACON, DANFEL, m. Mary and had Daniel, b. 5 Oct., 1760, m. (1) 

Ifi May, 17«2, Annie Fay of Charlton, 13 ch.; m. (2) intentions 20 Nov., 1831, 
Olivia, widow of Benjamin Witt; he d. 9 March, 18.34, at Charlton, she d. 
aged 81, 6 Feb., 1848, at Ox. 

2. JONAS, son of Daniel (1) and Annie, b. 6 Sept., 1796, m. Elizabeth, dan. 
of Benjamin Witt; settled at Ox., house painter, many years railroad station 
agent at Ox., he d. 1 1 Feb., 1874 [headstone] : she d. 6 Jan., 1883. . . . Children : 
Cakomnk O., 1). 2 April, 1824, m. 3 Nov., 1847, Benjamin S., son of Peter 
Shumway; no eii. ; Maky E., b. 5 Dec, 1828. m. 31 March, 18.51, Lewis W. 
Spaulding: settled at Ox., removed to Boston, flour dealer; they had deorge 
L., b. 11 Feb., 1852, at Ox., residence, Janesville, 111. ; William C, b. 22 Aug., 
1853, at Ox. ; purser on the City of Columhns steamer, Avrecked near Martha's 
Vineyard, 1884, one of the few saved, residence. New York city; Edward B., 
b. 4 May, 1858, at Boston; Caroline E., b. 30 April, 1801, d. 7 Oct., 1880; 
Charles, b. 12 Feb., 18G3, m. 30 June, 1885, Susan L., dan. of Archibald C. 
Harris; George, b. 9 July, 1831, m. 31 March, 1854, Angenette, dau. of Oscar 
F. Morris ; soldier in the late war, d. 6 June, 1804, at Alexandria, Va. ; they had 
Charles S., b. 3 July, 1855, m. 31 Dec., 1879, Ruth, dau. of William Stafford, 
residence. Worcester; they had George E., b, 1881, d. 1884; Willie, b. 7 Feb., 
1884; Emort/ A., b. 14 Feb., 1869, m. 22 Aug., 1881, xMariana W. Howe of 
Holden, residence, Oakdale; they had Caroline A., b. 17 Feb., 1883; Lulu H., 
b. 5 Oct., 1884; Martha L., b. 20 Jan.. 1861; Willie, b. and d. 1863; Hollts 
D. W., b. 3 July, 1833, hotel keeper, m. 2 Jan., 1859, Marian L. Cragin of 
Millbury, she d. aged 36, 19 May. 1874; m. (2) 10 June, 1875, Mary E. Windle; 
Sarah A., b. 7 Sept., 1835, m. Alvah C. Trafton of Maine; settled at Worces- 
ter, where he d. 18 Nov., 1877; they had Walter C, b. 23 July, 1870; C. 
Elizahktii, b. 6 May, 1838, m. Lucius P. Goddard of Worcester, where they 
settled; she d. 28 Dec, 1866; no ch. ; Charles A., b. 15 May, 1841, shoe 
cutter, m. 10 June, 1H65, Caroline Louisa Marble; settled at Ox., removed to 
Worcester; they had Charles A., b. and d. I860; William A., 1). 10 Oct., 1867; 
Celia E., b. 30 Sept., 1870; ,/. Fred., b. 15 Sept., 1874, at Worcester; Daniel, 
b. 6 June, 1843. m. 14 -Vug., 1872, Melicent Campbell of Chicago, where he is 
a merchant; she d. 1 Feb., 1891 ; had ch. 

GEORGE (English), came to North Ox., H. 114, about 1802 from Uxin-idge, 
stocking weaver; his operations with a machine were the wonder of the day; 
removed after about five years to Dudley and many years later to Charlton, 
Avhere he d. ; hem. Esther E. Hall. . . . Children: Sophia, b. 18 Nov., 1796, 
at Mendon, m. Tabor of Dudley; Betsey, b. 7 March, 1708, at Men- 
don; George H., b. 15 Feb., 180'.', at Uxbridge; James G., b. 11 March, 1804, 
at Ox., m. 1 Dec, 1830, Mary B., dau. of Amos Harding. 

PETEH C, b. 11 Nov., 1804, at Dudley. His great-grandfather, Jonathan 
(w. Ruth), was of Bedfoi'd, and about 1733 removed to Uxbridge; was an 
extensive land and water power owner at what is now Whitinsville, where he 
d. before Feb., 1701. In Oct., 1750. he sold to his son Jonathan 600 acres on 
the Mumford river with mills, etc., also his home farm of 200 acres, then in 
Sutton, adjoining or near the flrst tract. Jonathan, Jr. (w. Martha), was 
prominent, and after Northbridge was set off' was, it is said, moderator of 



BACON. — BAKER. 377 

every town meeting until liis removal. In 1782 and 1783 he sold his North- 
bridge estate and 11 Oct., 1782, bought a farm in Dudley. His son JEPHrnAii, 
b. 31 March, 1770, at Uxbridgc, m. Joanna, dan. of Peter Child of Woodstock. 
1'kter C. Bacon, his namesake, was graduated 1827 at Brown University, 
studied at New Haven Law School, and with Davis & Allen of Worcester, 
George A. Tufts of Dudley and Ira Barton of Oxford; admitted to Worcester 
bar Sept., 1830; settled in practice at Dudley and soon removed to Oxford, 
remaining about 12 years, removing thence, 1 Jan., 1844, to Worcester. He 
was Mayor in 1851-2, a leading lawyer of the city, and for ability, sound 
judgment and learning not excelled by any man in central Massachusetts. 
He was in 1857 honored by his Alma Mater with the degree of LL.D. The 
editorial in the Spy of S Feb., 1886, opened thus: "By the death of Hon. 
Peter C Bacon Worcester loses its most beloved and revered citizen." He m. 
11 Sept., 1833, Mary L., dau. of Daniel Batcheller of Western (now Warren) ; 
he d. 7 Feb., 1886, she d. 9 June, 1886. . . . Children, first five b. at Ox. : Henry, 
b. 30 Nov., 1835, lawyer at Worcester; First Lieut, in 34th Regt. Mass. "Vols, 
in the late war ; Daniel B., b. and d. 1837 ; Maky L., b. 16 Oct., 1838 ; Francis, 
b. 3 Nov., 1841, entered Dartmouth College, left study to enlist in the army 
in the late war, was First Lieut, in 102d Regt. N. Y. Vols., and killed in battle 
May, 1863, at Chancellorsville ; William, b. 4 Dec, 1843; clerk in a whole- 
sale mercantile house in Boston, also enlisted as a soldier, was promoted 
to Capt. in 34th Regt. Mass. Vols., and killed in battle 15 May, 1864, at New 
Market; on the monument of these brothers is inscribed: "Par nobile 
fratrum" ; children b. at Worcester : Peter C, b. 11 Oct., 1846, paper merchant 
at Boston, m. 20 Oct., 1881, Amanda A. Beale of Hingham ; Arthur, b. 23 
Sept., 1849, d. young; Elizabeth, 1). 26 Dec, 1852, m. Halleck Bartlett of 
Worcester, where they reside ; had ch. ; real estate dealer. 

LUTHER, b. 22 Dec, 1784, at Burrillville, R. I., sou of Ephraim, left father- 
less at six years of age and lived until his majority with his grandparents in 
New York city; m. 1 March, 1810, Polly B., widow of George Aldrich, maiden 
name. Knight, settled in R. I., removed 1827 to Southbridge, and thence 1841 to 
Ox., he d. 4 Dec, 1870, she d. aged 73, 18 Oct., 1854. . . . Children : Ephraim, 
b. and d. 1810 ; Luther, b. 17 Oct., 1811, m., resides in Conn., had ch. ; Thomas 
K., b. 30 Oct., 1813, m. Polly M. Cady of Thompson, Conn.; pistol maker, 
resided at Worcester, Grafton and 30 years at Norwich, Conn., where he d. 
1873; had Harrison E. (residence, Norwich), and two daughters; George R., 
b. 12 Jan., 1817, num.; Mary Ann, b. 25 Aug., 1820, m. Sylvester Ballard; 
Rebecca, b. 1823, d. 1839. 



JOHN, and Sarah (Sabra?) Truesdell, m. 15 Oct., 1835.-^ 
HANNAH S., of Webster, and Samuel R. Wallace, m. intentions 7 Dec, 
1849. 

BAILEY, JAMES M., of Ticonderoga, N. Y., and Alice Dwiunell, m. 15 
Jan., 1837. 

ADDISON, and Adaline P. Lawrence, m. 5 March, 1846. 

BAKER, SAMUEL, b. about 1696, at Woburn, m. Mary . In 1742 

Samuel Baker bought water power at North Ox., H. 121, owned seven years; 
soldier at 60 years of age in Capt. Ebenezer Learned's Co. in the P'rench war; 
he had at Ox., Samuel, b. 9 July, 1724, and perhaps b. before his return from 

Ashford (order of birth unknown) ; Esther, uum. ; Maky, m. Fairlee; 

49 



378 liAKF.];. I'.ALCOM. 

Katharink, m. Ebenezer Fi.sli ; Sophia, m. Tidd ; Jkrusha, m. Ebenezer 

Learned; Joseph. In the estate of Esther Baker of North Gore, 20 Jan., 
1774, it was ordered that it lie divided between " Samuel Baker, Mary Farlee, 
Katharinii Fisli, Servia Tidd and Jerusha Learned." [Prob. Rec] 

2. SAMUKL, son of Sainnel (1), ra. ElizHhclli . . . . Children: 

Thomas, b. 8 Jan., 1752, Revolutionary soldier, ni. 8 Nov., 1781, Ruth Ncav- 
corab, styletl "Dr."; Samcel, b. 29 Auc;., 1753, ra. intentions 1 March, 177G, 
Dolly Jacobs of Killinijly, Conn. ; Revolutionary soldier in Town's Co., 
marched on Lexington alarm; in 1789 Samuel Baker, Jr., was of Guilfcjrd, 
Vt., and then sold land in Ox. ; Ei-izabkth, b. G April, 175fi, m. 19 March, 
1778, Moses Rowell; Phu.e.mon, b. 7 March, 1761 ; Maky, b. 5 March, 1765. 

8. JOSEPH, son of Samuel (1)?, b. about 1731 at Woodstock, was with 
Samuel (1), his father, in the French war; a Jo.sepu, resided at Charlton, m. 
Mary ; had Mary, b. 5 June, 1764; Bichard, b. 27 Aug.. 1768 

MOSKS, Revolutionary soldier. 

ELIZABETH, and Peter Thompson of Douglas, m. intentions 7 Jan., 1807. 

ABIGAIL, d. 30 July, 1832. 

WILLIAM R., of Millbury, and Sarah Clark, m. intentions, 6 March, 1847. 

GEORGE, Charlton, and Susan P. Damon, m. 11 Aug., 1850. 

MARGARET K. (Canadian), aged 59, d. 2 Oct., 188S. 

BALCH, JOSIAII, descendant of John (who came 1623 with Capt. Robert 
Gorges, was of Dorchester company at Cape Ann, 1625, and at Salem, settler 
1626), the line being John, Benjamin, 1628, Samuel, 1651, Samuel, 1678, 
JosiAH, baptized 28 Oct., 1711, at Beverly; early of Thompson Parish, m. 
intention.s 17 Jan., 1735, Patience, dau. of Jos. Chanib'.-rlain, an original settler 
of Ox. ; removed with him from Kee-ka-moo-chong to the South Gore. After 
having bought of the State in 1744, in partnership with his brother-in-law, 
Ebenezer Chaml)erlain, 320 acres, he lived with his father-in-law, who had 
quitclaimed to him his rights at the southern extremity of the ti'act near the 
Connecticut line. In 1759 he deeded his farm to his son Samuel. . . . 
Children: Mauy, b. 27 July, 1737; Samuel, b. 25 June, 1739. 

2. SAMUEL, son of Josiah (1), m. Susanna Aldrich, resided on the home- 
stead. In 1764 he sold 100 acres, and in 177S 82 acres, the home farm, and 
removed to Guilford, Vt. ; resided later at Atliens, Vt., Avhere he d. 1817. . . . 
Children : Susanna, 1). 23 May, 1762 ; Alice [Olive?], b. 4 May, 1764, d. 1 March, 
1826 ; Samuel, 1). 23 March, 1767, m. ; had ch. ; d. aged about 80, at Athens ; 
Josiah, b. 25 Dec, 1770, m. ; had ch. ; residence, St. Johnsbury; d. aged 
about 80: Patiknck, b. 4 May, 1773, at Killiugly, Conn,; Elizabeth, li. 23 
Oct., 1775, at KilliiigJy; Nathaniel, b. 26 Nov.. 1777, at South Gore, m. 19 
Sept., 1805, Sally Bennett; d. 25 Dec, 1854, at Kalamazoo, Mich. ; had 12 eh. 
at Athens, some removed to Kalamazoo; John. d. aged 18 at Guilforti; 
CoBEN, b. at Guilford, m. Patty Patch; I'esideiice, Athens; 7 ch. ; d. at Kala- 
mazoo; AuKiAiL, b. 30 May, 1786, at Guilford, d. 30 March, 18"!8, at Victory, 
Vt. 

BALCOM, CHARLES A., of Douglas, ami Angeliiu' C. Barton, m. inten- 
tions 12 Oct., 1844. 

LYDIA, (iaii. of Warn'U, aged 22, d. 21t Jiinc, 1855. 
LYDIA, maiden name Trask, aged 57, d. 17 Feb., I.s62. 
WILLIAM II., son of Warren, aged 21, d. 26 March 1862. 
PHILENA, maiden name Whiting, aged 57, d. 28 May, 1869. 



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RUTH, maiden name Knapp, aged 82, d. 9 Feb., 1875. 
MYRON J., son of Estus of Douglas, aged 34, d. 6 Jan., 1870. 

BALDWIN, JONATHAN of Spencer, and Mary Hunt, m. 28 Oct., 17fifi. 

BALL, NAHUM, and Rinda had Sophronia, b. 12 Jan., 1827. 
MARY M., dan. of Edwin S., aged 9, d. 19 Aug., 1859. 
CHARLES F., son of Edwin S., aged 19, d. 28 April, 1807. 
EDWIN S., aged 53, d. 20 July, 1871. 

BALLANTYNE, JAMES, m. Jane ; tlioy had Isabel, b. 27 Nov., 

1833; Margaret L., b. 19 April, 1837; J.VMES, b. 1 Feb., 1839; Agnes, b. 24 
May, 1841; Mary J., b. 26 Aug., 1843. 

BALLARD, WILLIAM, early settler at Andover, had Joseph and John, 
prominent men, the lirst to build mills there; John m. Rebecca Hooper; was 
constable, in 1692 arrested persons as witches; he had John, Jonathan, 
Sherebiah; the latter was in 1749 of Lancaster, housewright. 

2. JONATHAN, sou of John (1), b. about 1678, m. 30 Aug., 1722, Hannah, 
dan of Ephraini Kidder of Billerica, where he settled; removed between 1726 
and 1728 to Ox. ; in 1735 bought the mill estate at Augutteback Pond, H. 83, 
where he spent his subsequent life and d. 2 Jau., 1703, aged 70; slie d. after 
1779 at tlie house of Jeremiali Kingsbury, her son-in-law. . . . Children: 
Jonathan, b. 16 Aug., 1723, m. 17 July, 1755, Alice, dau. of Collins Moore; 
removed 177.5 to Vassalboro', Me. ; Ephraim, b. 6 May, 1725 ; Hannah, b. 28 
Oct., 1726, m. 13 Feb., 1752, Thomas Town; Rebekah, b. 3 March, 1728, m. 
23 Oct., 1755, John Marvin; John, b. 30 May, 1731; Ruth, b. 15 March, 
1733, m Jeremiah Kingsbury; Sherebiah, b. 1735, d. 1742; Elizabeth, b. 
1737, d. 1742; Benjamin, b. 1740, d. 1742. 

3. EPHRAIM, son of Jonathan (2), m. 19 Dec, 1754, Martha, dau. of 
Elijah Moore; succeeded his father as owuer of the mills, sold in 1770 and 
was taverner at the centre, continuing until 1774, land surveyor with Thomas 
Fish, April, 1774, at Liveniiore, Me. In 1775 he settled at Fort Halifax, now 
Winslow, Me., and 15 Oct., 1777, removed to Augusta, where he owned and 
operated a saw-mill. He was respected, and was allowed by the town £200 
for his contributions to the Revolutionary cause. His wife was in high esteem 
among the people of the early settlement, and for the flrst 20 years was almost 
the only practitioner there in midwifery. In her diary she says, 15 Nov., 
1795, in recording a birth, "this is the six hundredth birth at which I have 
attended since I came to this eastern clime." On 25 July, 1797, she records 
tlie 700th since June, 1778. She had great power of endurance and sutt'ered 
many hardships in travelling in the practice of her profession. He d. 7 
Jan., 1821, aged 96 years, she d. Aug., 1812. . . Children: Cyrus, b. 11 
Sept., 1756; LuCY, b. 28 Aug., 1758, d. young(?); Martha, b. 1761, d. 1769; 
Jonathan, b. 4 March, 1763; farmer at Augusta, Me. ; Tryphena. b. 1765, d. 
1769; Dorothy, b. 1767, d. 1769; Hannah, b. 6 Aug., 1769, m. Moses Pollard; 
Dorothy, b. 2 Sept., 1772, m. Barnabas Lombard; Ephraim, b. 30 March, 
1779, m. 5 Feb., 1804, Mary Farwell; was an ingenious mechanic and a useful 
citizen, built bridges over the Kennebec, was employed by the State in 1796 in 
surveying settlers' lands at Hampden and Bangor, Me. ; Avhile on a business 
tour he sickened and d. aged 50 years, at Bangor. 

4. JOHN, son of Jonathan (2), m. 18 Dec, 1706, Mrs. Mary Marsh of 
Douglas; settled near North Ox. railroad station, II. l.">7; mllhvriglit, Lieut. 



380 BALLARD. 

of militia, .soldier in the French war and also in the Revolution, marched on 
the Lexinictoii alarm; she d. 16 March, 1770, aijed 31, m. (2) 18 Nov., 1780, 
Sarah, widow of Isajic Barton, ho d. Oct., 1810. . . . Children by tlrst ra. : 
John, b. 15 April, 1768; Eunice, b. and d. 1770. 

5. JOHN, son of John (4), ra. 6 N<^v., 1797, Jemima, dau. of Dea. John 
Dana; settled on the homestead, removcid in 1827 to Whitinsville; he d. 10 
Nov., 1839, at Grafton at the home of his dau. Mary; his wife, a,<;ed 47, d. 12 
Feb., 1830, at Whitinsville. . . . Children: Otis, b. 9 June, 1799, d. 1813; 
Fanny, d. unra. 18 May, 1870, at Worcester; M.vuy, b. 11 Oct., 1806, m. Oct., 
1835, Oliver G. Davenport; resided at Worcester; they had Sarah J., b. 1837, 
at Boston, m. Charles P. Fisk of Natick, where she d. 18G6; Annie E., b. 
1842, at Boston; Julia H., b. 1846, at Boston, m. Fred. E. Whitcomb of 
Worcester; Lucy D., b. 25 March, 1812, d. 15 Sept., 1828, at Whitinsville; 
Sauaii, b. 4 June, 1814, m. May, 1841, Charles Ellis of ITxbridge ; he d. 2 
Nov., 1866; no cli. ; she resided at Uxbridge; Sylvester, b. 28 Feb., 1817, 
m. 14 July, 1855, Mary Ann, dau. of Luther Bacon; he d. aged 71, 29 June, 
1888; they adopted ./enw«e S., b. 30 Nov., 1853, m. 18 May, 1876, Andrew J. 
Wakefield, and had Mabel, b. 5 May, 1877; Bertha, b. 24 May, 1878; Eva, b. 
1 Jan., 1880; George A., b. 2 Oct., 1881. 

AUGUSTUS, son of Jonathan, Jr.(?), and Betsey Lamb, m. 16 March, 1793, 
and had Betsey, b. 4 Oct., 1793; Betsey, the mother, m. (2) Samuel Smith, 
Sen. 

WILLIAM, of Lynn, came in the Mary and John 1634, another William, 
perhaps his son, came 1635, removed from Lynn to Andover. probaljly ances- 
tor of Jonathan (2). William had at Lynn, with others, Nathaniel, whose 
son William was b. 23 April, 1686, and removed to Framingham before 1728, 
where l^e had with others, Timothy, a Revolutionary soldier(?), and Zaccheus, 
twins, b. 21 March, 1731 ; the latter m. Elizabeth Valentine of Hopkinton, 
settled at Framingham, removed 1770 to Leicester and 1773 to Ox., having 
bought the Craft Davis farm in the south part of the town, H. 40 ; he was 39 
months in the Revolutionary war, removed 1788 to Thompson, Conn., where 
he d. April, 1800, she ra. (2) Jonathan Ellis, and d. soon after at Thompson.' 
. . . Children : Elizabeth Gooch [the mother of Elizabeth Valentine was 
Mary Gooch], b. 20 May, 1759, m. intentions 27 Feb., 1777, Ile/.okiah Stone, 

settled and d. at Fitzwilliam, N. II.; William, b. 26 Oct., 1761, m. 

Haven, d. 1791 at Framingham; they had William, Nancy, Prentiss; Sarah, 
b. f) Jan., 1764, m. Micaiah Robinson, removed to Hartwick, N. Y., where 
both d. ; Mary, b. 8 Aug., 1765, m. 15 March, 1781, Nathaniel Carroll, settled 
and d. at Thompson; Meiietable, b. 31 May, 1767, m. Orrin Bates, settled 
and d. at Bennington, Vt. ; Martha, b. 16 .April, 1769, m. James, brother of 
Orrin Bates, settled and d. at Cavendish, Vt. ; Anna [Nancy], b. 16 Oct., 
1770, at Leice.ster(?), ra. Abel Jacobs, settled and d. at Thompson; Lynde, b. 
15 May, 1774, at Ox., m. 4 Dec, 1794, Molly, dau. of John Bates of Dudley, 
near Thompson, removed 1808 to T., shed. 22 June, 1816, he m. (2) 5 Oct., 
1817, Amy C. Green from near Fitzwilliam, N. H., who d. 1852, he d. 7 June, 



1 Rarry, wliose account of tills family, aUliou(j;li nuiueroiis, is conclusive that the w. of Zacchous 

tlie result of much lahor, was not as Savage says was Kll/ubetli Valentine. She was of a noted 

thoroujfhly satisfactory to himself, gives Eliza- ancestry, liavlufr descended from the Lyndes, 

heth Cloyes as the w. of Zaccheus. The record Ulghys and Newdl>;ates of Enjrland. .Mary, her 

is evidently m>t clear, as Barry says In the Cloyes youuKer sister, probably m. Josepli, younger 

family, "Elizabeth ui. Ballard." The evl- brother of Zaccheus. 

deuce existing now iu the family, wliicb is quite 



BALLARD. — BARBOUR. 381 

1825, at T. ; ch. John B., b. 25 Oct., 1795, at Dudley, was graduated at 
Baptist Theological Seminary, Hamilton, N. Y., in 1823, ordained 13 Nov., 
1823, at Masonville, N. Y., began Dec, 1825, as pastor of the Baptist Church 
hi Dudley, now Webster, was instrumental in the erection of the first church 
building, dedicated 2G Dec. 1826, founded 1827 the first Sunday-school of the 
locality, left in spring of 1828, was later pastor at Bloorafleld, Conn., but 
soon removed to act as agent of the American Sunday-School Union in North 
Carolina and Kentucky, in which States he labored 13 years, establishing 
schools in almost every county ; later he resided for a time at Colchester, 
Conn., and about 1849 began as tract missionary in New York city, continuing 
for six years, and in discharge of liis duties contracted a fever of which he 
d. 29 Jan., 1856; he m. Augusta M. Gilmau of Mori'isville, N. Y., four ch. ; a 
son, Esek S. Ballord, is a leading business man of Davenport, la. ; Nancy, b. 
1797; Polly, b. 1799, m. Jacob Tourtellotte of Thompson, a descendant of 
Abraham, who m. Marie, dan. of Gabriel Bernon, 4 ch. ; a son, John E., was 
graduated at Brown University, settled as a lawyer at Winona, Minn., was 
Col. and brevet Brig. Gen. in the late war, aide-de-camp to Gen. Sherman, Jan. 
1, 1871, to Feb. 8, 1884, and retired for disability; Francis, another son, was 
surgeon in the army and 1888 was in practice at Winona; Winthrop Hilton, 
1801, wealthy farmer at Thompson, a son, Horatio N., was graduated at 
Brown University, physician at Horn Lake, Miss., d. early in 1888 ; Valentine, 
1804; Hamilton, 1806; Martha, 1809; by second m. Sarah E., 1818; Salem, 
1820; Zaccheus A., 1822, fi'om 1847 to 1853 superintendent of Ox. almshouse, 
removed to Tliompson ; Elizabeth, 1825; all m. and had ch. ; Alice, b. 23 
June, 1779, at Ox., m. (1) Joseph Dike, he d. soon, she m. (2) John Jacobs, 
had ch., both d. at Thompson. 

BALLOU, FRANCIS (transient), aged 78, d. 1847. 

BANCROFT, MOSES, w. Tainar, had Hannah, 1). 3 March, 1807. 

MADISON, son of Jonas and Nancy of Ward, blacksmith, came to Ox. 
befoi'e May, 1839, continued about 6 years, returned to Ward, removed to 
Ccredo, W. Va. ; . . . Children: John M., b. 1 Aug., 1836, at Saratoga, 
N. Y. ; JosKPH F., b. 22 March, 1841 ; Sakah A., b. 28 Jan., 1S43; Jonas G., 
b. 26 April, 1845. 

JONAS, of Ward, and Esther Merrifleld, m. intentions 7 April, 1781. 

BARBOUR, Rev. ISAAC R., son' of James and Dorcas of Bridport, Vt., 
b. 14 Feb., 1794, educated at Dartmouth College and Andover Seminary, 
preached at New Ipswich, N. H., from Oct., 1824, to Aug., 1826, installed 
pastor at Byfield, 20 Dec, 1827, resigned April, 1833, later city missionary at 
Boston, installed 23 Nov., 1836, at Charlton, his last settlement. In the 
autumn of 1839 he came to Ox., bought land at north end of the Plain, built 
the house now Samuel C. Willis, Jr.'s, H. 188, and devoted himself to farm- 
ing, fancy stock raising and silk culture, in which he was not very successful. 
In 1847 he removed to Worcester, and later to New York city, where he con- 
tinued until the autumn of 1868. On a business tour to Illinois he was taken 
ill and d. at the home of his sister at Galesburg. As a minister he was able, 
but his tastes led him into business operations, and possessing a speculative 
aud inquiring mind he went into new enterprises which led to more prollt to 
others than himself. Distilling mineral oil from the rock was a project which 
he took up and on which he originated several valuable improvements. 



382 BARBOUR. — BARDWELL. 

MiiiiiiLc w:is ;i sul)ji'ct on \\iiich li.' spent mncli time and stndy, and in Pennsyl- 
vania, Maryland and Vermont mines and quarries of his opening are now in 
snccessfnl operation. The last few years of his life were spent in {jeoloisical 
surveys for minerals in the Western States. He was early an anti-slavery man 
and an elllcient worker in the temperance cause, of earnest and sincere pur- 
pose and uprii;ht life. He m. (1) Clara P. Adams, m. (2) Caroline M. Rogt-rs, 
m. (:J) Elizabeth Greenough of Boston, he d. 26 Feb., 18G9, at Gale.sburg, III. 
Children by first m. : Henry M., b. 14 July, 1823, m. Ellen M. Thayer, 
d. 2S March, 1868, she resided at Boston, had ch., all d. young; ch. by second 
in. : Isaac K., b. 30 Sept., 1829, m. (1) May, 1853, Selina M. Parkhur.st of 
Worcester, where they settled and had Henry P., b. Nov., 1854. graduated at 
Amhcr.st, lawyer in Boston ; Frank W., b. 1858, residence, Boston; he m. (2) 
April, 1878, Mary C. Green of Boston, residence. South Boston, had ch. ; 
CiiAUi.KS W., b. 1831, has been tAvice ra., residence, Chicago, had ch. ; Cak<>- 
UNK P., b. 1833 or 1834. at Ihiladelphia, lived at Worcester, went in 1858 or 
1859 to Constantinople as a teacher for A. B. C. F. M., m. Rev. W. Williams 
at Diarbekir, travelled 600 miles on mule back, the first Frank to make the 
journey, she d. 1862; ch. by third m. : Elizabeth G., b. 27 July, 1839, at 
Ox., residence, New York; Wilmam G., b. 4 Oct., 1841, at Ox., residence. 
New York city, where he was a merchant, and clerk and treasurer of the 
Bay State Granite Co. of Rockport. he m. in 18C8, and d. 1 Jan., 1881, at 
New York ; one son. 

BARDWELL, ROBERT, b. in London 1647, came to Massachusetts in 
1670, was in the Narragansett flght, Dec, 1675, and in that at Turner's Falls 
1676, was sent in 1675 as bearer of despatches from Boston to the military 
forces at Hadley, m. 29 Nov., 1676, Mary, dan. of William Gull, and settled at 
Hatfield, where he was a hatter, he d. 1726, they had 11 ch., the fifth being 
John, b. 28 Aug., 1687, who was father of Joseph (b. 1713. d. 1791), with 
whom he removed about 1732 to Belchertown; Joseph had 6 chil., the third 
being Elijah, who removed about 1803 from Belchertown to Goshen, Mass., 
he had 10 ch., all b. at B., IIoPvATIO, the sixth, was b. 3 Nov., 17S8, m. 11 
July, 1815, Rachel, dau. of Simeon Forbnsh of Andover, he d. 5 May, 1866, 
she d. 22 Dec, 1876, aged 90, both at Ox. 

"Horatio Bakdwell,'" a name fraught with fragrant memories, repre- 
senting on(! honored, beloved and revered. With characteristic modesty ho 
left no written memorial of himself, and of his life the only record is tjie 
works whicli follow. He was born in Belchertown, Nov. 3, 1788, the third 
son of Elijah and Sarah Bardwell, who were widely known as pious people. 
In 1803 the family removed to Goshen, a small town, ofi'ering small induce- 
ment to a farmer for gaining a livelihood. The reasons for the removal were 
later given by one of the daughters : " We came because there were here so 
many godly people and a good minister." 

As a farmer's son Horatio was known as a kind, dutiful, vii'tuous youth, of 
winning manners, whom everybody loved. He was industrious and accustomed 
to hard labor on the farm, but this was no hindrance to the progress of the 
"kingdom within ' The chief end of man was fre<iucntly the all-absorbing 
theme in tiie (leld ;uh1 in the house, workingmen at their nooning would cx- 
lianst Mie hour in religious conversation and prayer was always in season, and 



1 Tills sketch, so far as it relates to Mr. Bard- written liy his niece, Mrs. Sophia 1). Whaley. 
well's earlier years and missionary labor, was 



BARDWELL. 383 

at times a power was felt which made the unseen the real. These early ex- 
periences he long years afterwards spoke of reverently. 

In May, 1808, at the age of nineteen, he united with the church, anil soon 
after l)egan a course of study pi-oparatory to the ministry. During the year 
previous iiis elder sister, Khoda, was married to Kev. Wm. Fisher, wlio 
assumed the charge of Htting liis new l)rothcr-in-lavv for the tlieological semi- 
nary. In 1811 young Bardwell went to Andover, and there he Ijreathed an 
atmospliere perfumed with the same piety which had pervaded his hillside 
home. Adonirum Judson had graduated liere the year before, leaving the 
impress of his spirit upon the seminary. Here was James Richards from 
Williams College, who for two years had labored there, promoting a spirit of 
missions among the students. Mills, Nott, Hall and other kindred spirits 
were also in the seminary, and with Newell had formed the resolution to spend 
their lives in Pagan lands if Providence should open the way. Mr. Bardwell 
soon became warmly interested and gave himself heartily to the movement. 
Before going to Andover his father had died, and the question arose "What 
would the mother say to his plans?" He expected her refusal. At his next 
visit home he cautiously unfolded the subject and asked her counsel; great 
was his surprise when she with uplifted hands said, " Horatio, that is Avhat 1 
have been praying for." He returned to his studies with no cloud of doubt. 
At the completion of liis course he Avas licensed to preach by the Haverhill 
Association in 1814, and also received from Dartmouth College the degree c^ 
A.M. 

A new consideration now presented itself, a helpmeet was needed. With 
other students he had held religious meetings in different parts of Andover, 
and in one of these neighborhoods had l)ecome ac(iuainted with a young lady, 
an only child, who had l)ut receutly declined a proposal to accompany Mr. 
Newell as a missionary's wife. Being aware of this fact he had little courage 
to nuike advances. But those school-house meetings had Avon a place for him 
in the maiden's heart, and one day she surprised her mother by saying, 
" Mother, you was not willing I should go with Mr. Newell, but if that young- 
Mr. BardAvell asks me you need not object, for I shall go." 

On 21 June, 1815, Mr. Bardwell Avas ordained a missionary of the Ameri- 
can Board. On 11 July he was married to Miss Rachel Forbush, the 
young lady alluded to, and in October, following, sailed for Bombay in com- 
pany Avitli Richards, liis brother-in-huv. Poor, Meigs and Warren. He Avas 
located at Boml)ay, Avhere he laljored until his health Avas so impaired that 
a council of physicians advised his removal from the climate as the only 
means of saving his life. He Avas carried on l)oard ship in Jan., 1822, Avhen 
very feeble, and the autumn following reached his native land, having been 
absent about six years. After a partial recovery, in 1823 he was installed 
pastor at Holden, as colleague Avith Rev. Mr. Avery, Avho died in less than a 
year. Here he labored successfully until 1832, Avhen the Board again desired 
liis services in Bombay, but a council of ministers decided that in vicAv of his 
former experience such a measure was unadvisable. lie, however, entered 
the service of the Boai'd as agent for tlie Ncav England States, Avhich position 
he lillcd until 1836, Avhen in March he received a call to Oxford, and Avas 
installed 8 June, 18;5(!. 

Dr. SAveetser in liis obitnary notice sa^'s : "His pastorate Avas eminently a 
successful one, marked by the numbers received into the church, as well as 
by the savor of a spiritual piety attending his preaching.. . . He left a pre- 



384 BARDWELL. 

cious memory and his words and his example will long continue to animate 
and cheer those who enjo3'ed his friendship and his instructions. . . . The 
krynote of his entire life and character is found in his consecration to the 
work of missions. II was then an untried experiinoiit, and demanded single- 
ness of purpose, lirniness of faith and heroic self-denial. Honored and 
beloved as a missionary, he was not less honored and beloved as a pastor, 
lie was regarded as a man singularly unseltlsii, free from all self-compla- 
cency, always ready to do, and always ready to yield; never shrinking from 
service and never obtruding himself, always courteous, afral)le and genial, 
always a man, a Christian always." In the pulpit he was easy and attrac- 
tive; eai'uest and often eloijuent, his sermons being generally of the hor- 
tative rather than the philosophical type. 

He was an intimate friend of Dr. John Nelson of Leicester, and in 1827, 
while at Holden, was chosen a trustee of Leicester Academy, in which institu- 
tion he took much interest, and for many years continued his connecti<jn 
therewith. In 1857 he received from Amherst College the honorary degree of 
D.D. He resigned his pastorate 20 July, 1802, but continued to preach as a 
sui)ply for several months afterward. 

Personally he was a little above the average size, of an erect and digni- 
fied bearing, with a pleasing and genial expression of countenance and a court- 
eous manner, rarely seen, which Ijespoke the refinement and sincerity of his 
character. An accomplished lady of Boston met him on a certain occasion, 
and being impressed by his suavity remarked to a friend that such a bearing 
would grace any court in Europe. He was esteemed by all classes of the 
community, and for many years was chairman of the School Committee 
and had almost the entire supervision of the schools of the town. 

In 1837 he purchased of Capt. Stearns DeWitt 25 acres of land on the 
west side of the main street near the church, upon which the next year he 
erected a dwelling in which he spent his subsequent years. On the evening 
of Thursday, 3 May, 1866, fire was discovered in his barn, which was con- 
nected by other out-buildings with his house. Hoping to save his favorite 
horse he ventured through the flames to rescue him but failed in the attempt, 
and returned severely burned. These injuries, witli the shock which his 
nervous system received, resulted in his death at the house of his son Edward 
\V. on the Saturday following, 5 May, 1866, at the age of 78 years. At a 
meeting of citizens of Oxford in San ford Hall on Satunhiy, May 5, 18()r>, 
it was " Jiesolved, that we bear our cheerful teslimony to those exalted per- 
sonal (jualities that have endeared the deceased to us all during a residence 
among us of over a quarter of a century; to that gentleness of nature, and 
benevolence of heart which made him for so nuxny years a welcome visitor at 
our firesides, a sympathising friend in our afilictions and everywhere the 
Christian gentleman and agreeable companion." His widow survived him 
more than Un\ years and died at the same place at 90 years of age. 

Children: Horatio F., b. 1816, d. 1817; Lucy K., b. 1817, d. 181U; IIouatio 
F., b. 14 April, 181!), at Bombay, graduated 1840 at Amlier.st College, studied 
and practiced law at York, Pa., and later was a civil engineer, and in the late 
war was In the Confederate service, residence, 1888, Burkeville, Va., he m. 

(1) 19 Aug., 1841, Jennette M. Rix of Royalton, Vt.. slie d. 30 May, 1844, m. 

(2) 5 May, 1846, Susan Durkee of York, Pa., m. (3) 29 May, 1859, Louisa 
Burke of Burkeville, Va., no ch. living; Edward W., b. and d. 1821 ; Simkon 
F., b. 13 May, 1822, m. 16 March. 1843, Almira E. Plummer of Andovcr, where 



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they settled ; farmer and prominent citizen, representative and other higlier 
town offices, he d. 8 July, 1881 ; ch. Francelia J.,h. 2 Sept., 1845, d. U Aug., 
1867; Elizabeth H., b. 2 Oct., 1849, m. 2 June, 1871, Sidney Hill of Stoncham ; 
Simeon F., b. 9 May, 1857; Annis C, b. 19 Nov., 1858; Henry M., b. and d. 
1824; James R. and Edward W., b. 11 Sept., 1825, James R., m. 23 June, 
1850, E. T. Shower of Manchester, Md., studied and practiced medicine at 
Manchester, and was surgeon of a Md. Regt. in the late war, he d. 29 May, 

1870, at Manchester; they had Charles S., b. and d. 1851; George S., h. 28 
Aug., 1852, m. 3 Feb., 1S70(?), Mary E. Lynch of Baltimore; Horatio J., b. 
20 July, 1854, m. 6 April, 1877, Laura E. McFarland of Cincinnati, 0. ; Edwaku 
W., m. 12 Dec, 1848, Eliz;al)eth C, dau. of Amos Thompson, town clerk, 
Justice of the Peace, chorister; had William E., b. 3 Sept., 1849, m. 14 Nov», 

1871, Isabel H., dau. of Chas. A. Sigourney, and had Georgiana, b. 8 Aug., 
1872; Louise C, b. 4 July, 1857, m. 24 June, 1879, George S., son of Nathaniel 
Eddy; Elizabeth F., b. 4 Aug., 1827, m. 8 May, 1856, Rev. Henry Wickes, 1). 
11 Feb., 1821, at Jamaica, L. I., graduated at Marietta College 1848, studied 
at Yale Theological Seminary and at Andover, settled at Princeton, Mass., 
Guilford and Deep River, Conn., and at Brighton and Alden in western New 
York, residence, Rochester, N. Y. ; they had Bohert B., b. 3 Aug., 1857, at 
Guilford, graduated 1878 at the University at Rochester, studied law and is in 
practice at Rochester; Alice II., b. 1 Aug., 1859; Laura W., b. 28 Oct., 1861; 
Henry Van Wijck, b. 2 May, 1864, last three b. at Deep River; William II., 
b. 5 Feb., 1830, at Holden, d. 8 Nov., 1848, at Lowell, of hydrophobia, in 
peculiarly painful circumstances, num. 

BARNARD, JOSHUA, son of Isaac of Sutton(?), b. 4 Dec, 1734, m. 5 
Sept., 1754, Abigail Hazeltine, owned land in south part of town, H. 49, sold 
1780, was constable 1783. . . . Children, b. at Sutton: Lucy, 1756; Abigaif,, 
1759; Joshua, 1761; Abigail, 1763, m. 8 Sept., 1785, Daniel Kingsbury; 
Solomon, 1765; Eli, 1767; John, 1770; Silas, 1772; Alpha, 1774; Stephen, 
b. 16 May. 1776, at Ox. 

2. .lOSHUA, son of Joshua (1), m. intentions 28 Oct., 1786, Sarah Green 
of Leicester, bought in 1785 the Hagburn estate, H. 205, in 1790 he Avas of 
Townshend, Vt. ; a Joshua Barnard resided at Leicester in 1798. . . . Child: 
Isaac Green, b. 27 Sept., 1787, at Ox. 

BARNES, JOHN, blacksmith, b. about 1737, at Boston, soldier in the 
French war from Ox. 

Rev. ALFRED, and Sarah Merrill of Nashville, N. II., m. intentions 
26 Oct., 1844. 

JOHN, aged 26, d. 21 Dec, 1851. 

SAMUEL, aged 76, of Dudley, d. 30 March, 1861. 

MELVINA, dau. of Franklin F., aged 33, d. 11 Feb., 1885. 

WILLIAM G., son of William G., aged 82, d. 24 Sept., 1887. 

BARRETT, THOMAS, Woodstock, and Elizabeth Sniilh of South Gore, 
m. 13 Feb., 1782. 
CORLISS, and Esther Ide of South Gore, m. intentions 22 Nov., 1829. 
Wife of Elder, aged 31, d. 6 Jan., 1831. 
JOSEPH, and Ann D. Wicker, m. 30 Dec, 1833. 
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386 BARROWS. BARSTOW. 

BARROWS, WILLIAM, of Worcester, and Achsah P. Coit, m. 13 Oct., 
1840; hiid Jkmima, d. 19 Sept., 1843. 

BARRY, GEORGE, and Jane Lafrenia, ra. intuntious 30 Nov., 1848. 

BARSTOW (Sumner and family wrote Bastow), SUMNER, son of Job 
who was b. about 1755, and was 1776 of Upton, saddler, that year bought 
land in southeast part of Sutton, sold 1779 [resided then at Sutton] anil 
removed to Uxbridge, he m. Silence, dau. of Daniel Sumner of Mendon, now 
Milford.' From the inscription on the gravestone of Sumner Barstow and the 
fact of his fatlier's residence in Sutton, as above given, it seems probable that 
Sutton was his birthplace. He spent his youth in Uxbridge, fitted for col- 
lege with Rev. John Crane of Northbridge, was graduated 1802 at Brown 
University and in 1804 was in trade at Sutton in partnership with Amasa 
Braraan, and in 1806 with Braman and Daniel Hovey under the name Bramau, 
Barstow & Hovey. He studied law with Estes Howe, Esq., of Sutton and was 
admitted to Worcester bar March, 1811. At about this time he m. Tamar, 
dau. of Elder Samuel Waters of Sutton, and there opened a law office, continu- 
ing until 1823, when he removed to Oxford to take the cashiership of the Bank. 
He continued for a year or more law business here in partnership with Ira 
Barton. About 1811 he received from Gen. Jonathan Davis the appointment 
of Brigade Inspector with the rank of Major, and was long known under this 
title. In 1824 he was a candidate for representative to Congress. In his 
profession he was successful; in 1817 built the commodious house at Sutton, 
recently owned by James Phelps ; but the law was not to his taste, and often 
when opportunity for business presented, in disregard of his own interests, 
he advised his clients to compromise rather than to litigate. The routine of 
the cashiership suited him better, and with faithfulness and care he dis- 
charged its duties until his active life closed. He hail superior natural abili- 
ties, was suave and modest in manner, a lover of literature, possessed a dis- 
position of exti'eme amiability, an unquestioned integrity, a sincere Christian 
faith and was a marked example of noble manhood. He d. 29 Dec, 1845, 
aged 68, she d. 22 March, 1871, aged 84, both at Ox. . . . Children: E.mily 
L., d. 5 Jan., 1830, aged 18; Oscar F., b. and d. Jan., 1814; Julius S., was 
graduated 1835 at Amherst, entered Harvard Medical School 1836, M.D. 1838, 
Vermont Medical College, d. 24 Dec, 1839, aged 24, unm. ; M. Elizabeth, a 
person of superior talents and acquirements, many years a teacher of the 
higher branches in New England and the South, d. 2 Dec, 1866, aged 47; 
Adela A., b. 1820, m. 19 July, 1843, Dexter, son of Smith Tafft of Charlton, 
b. 1814, residence, California, where he became wealthy, he d. 23 Sept., 1873, 
at San Francisco, she has resided many years in Europe, now in New York 
city; they had Sumner J3., d. young; Loleta Frances, m. Jan., 1874, Joseph 
W. Collin, settled at Providence, R. I., removed to New York, where they, 
1890, reside; they had Loleta, Sarah, Joseph Wilber. 

SAMUEL, 2 b. 23 Sept., 1781, at Killingly, Conn., tanner, came to Ox. before 
Oct., 1806, in 1809 bought the tannery near the north common, resided here 
about 12 years, returned to Killingly, where he d. 14 June, 1825, he m. Senea 



I Tlio win of Daniel Sunnier inentlons Ills Jan. salJ Slk'iice by lior father. 

Silence Karslow. In I7S4 .loli and Silence Bar- -The history of Hanover plves tacts of tills 

stow of l!.\lirid)fo ileeded to Darius Sunnier land family. The ori.u'inal name was Barstow; enil- 

in Mendon, west of Cliarles Klver, bequeathed to grated from Vorkslilre, Enft. 



BARSTOW. BARTHOLOMEW. 387 

Leach. . . . Children: Sukey, b. and d. 1805, at Killiugly; William, b. 17 
Oct., 1806, at Ox., d. 1829, at Killiniily; Ebenezer L., b. G May, 1808, at Ox., 
in 1887 resided at Chestnut Hill, Killingly, deacon, highly esteemed; Lauua, 
b. 7 Oct., 1820, at Killiugly, where she d. 11 Sept., 1886. 

BARTHOLOMEW, NELSON. Although but a few years a resident of the 
town is worthy to be named as among its most honored citizens. He was b. 
29 Dec, 1885, at Hardwick. son of Adolphus, the son of Samuel, formerly of 
Woodstock, Conn., entered Yale College in July, 1852, without conditions, 
and was graduated in 1856 with honors, studied law one year with Hon. Charles 
Brimblecora at Bai-re, entered the Harvard Law School in Aug., 1857, 
continuing until Jan., 1858, when he was admitted to practice in all the courts 
of the Connnouwealth. He opened an office iu Oxford in the summer of 1858, 
keeping up his interest in and study of the classics as well as practice in com- 
position, in which he excelled. He was fond of society and was a most agree- 
able companion, fond of a joke, but always considerate of the feelings of 
others. In his profession he did not push for business, but carefully and 
wiselj^ advised his clients and was contented to abide his day for professional 
distinction. 

When the war broke out he was at once eager to go, and so informed his 
father, who, having a conviction that he would break down under the strain, 
tried, but in vain, to dissuade him. Having decided for himself he used his 
inlluence with others and did much to raise the Oxford company, and no 
doubt would have been elected its captain but that another older and familiar 
with the drill was available, whose election he urged and himself accepted the 
place of lieutenant. In the service he was faithful and eflicient. Col. Devens 
had no officer in the whole line whom he loved and respected more. His 
regiment left camp at Worcester on 8 Aug., 1861, and about the 26th he was 
taken ill with malarial fever, on the march from Kalorama to Poolesville. 
His ])rother, Andrew J. Bartholomew, to whom we are indebted for the main 
facts of this sketch, writes : "Col. Devens sent me a dispatch requesting me 
to come on, I started at once, reached Washington Saturday afternoon, and 
Sunday morning in companj'^ with Gen. Laruder and staff" started for Pooles- 
ville. That afternoon as dusk came on, our party being in want of water, we 
called at a house a little retired from the highway where we were kindly 
received, and wliile we were refreshing ourselves heard the boys in camp 
break out with 'John Brown's body,' etc. I inquii'ed, 'Is that from the 
camp? ' ' Yes,' was the reply. I asked ' What regiment? ' The answer came, 
'The Fifteenth Massachusetts.' I said, 'That is the camp I am going to, I 
have a very sick ])rother I am going to see.' ' Who is he? ' said the lady. I 
replied. 'Lieut. Bartholomew of Company E.' ' He is sick here in this house,' 
was the response. ' My husband. Doctor Bruce, has charge of his case, but 
you cannot see him to-night, he is too ill.' Well, I saw him in the morning, 
and a fearfully sick man he was. He recuperated a little but did not 
materially improve and to save his life it was decided he must be removed. 
Plans were made to leave the last of October, but the twenty-flrst of that 
month brought us the defeat of Ball's Bluff" and the sad details of the flght 
brought him down with a relapse. He was as much mortifled as if he had 
Ijccn there, and sank back into his bed, as we thought, to die, but the surgeons 
revived him so that about the ttrst of November we started northward. We 
reached Washington the first day, where Ave stopped two days and then pro- 
ceeded to Philadelphia, where we stopped at the La Pierre House, one of the 



388 BARTHOLOMEW. — BARTLETT. 

quietest in the city. I sliall never forget the diirnity and tenderness with 
which Col. Devons assumed the command of the little squad of physicians 
and attendants on board the train for my brother's care, or how his orders 
were obeyed when we stopped at the station, how gently he carried his head 
to the sicli bed, and after summoning the best surgeon in Philadelphia stood 
anxiously over liim till consciousness returned and he was able to speak 
again. Then with tearful eyes and a ' Good-bye my dear fellow,' he left for 
Massachusetts." 

Medical skill and kind nursing did not avail. He continued to decline and 
on Thanksgiving Day, 21 Nov., 1861, he died, "and a pure and noble life, and 
one full of promise was closed." 
The following appeared soon after his decease in a local newspaper : — 
" The writer well remembers, in conversation soon after the capitulation of 
Sumter, liow stern and decided was the language of the young lawyer in re- 
gard to that suicidal right — secession. We can all talk against treason, but 
my friend soon resolved to buckle on the armor of battle a.\\i\ fujJtt \l down. 
It is not my province to speak of his ellbrts in the organization of the Oxford 
company. I will say, however, that Lieut. Bartholomew was the life and 
soul of the company in its formation. The citizens of Oxford can bear em- 
phatic testimony to the zeal, devotion and labor of their fellow-townsman in 
rallying the men under the banner of Capt. Watson. He was a true type of 
the New England soldier." 

BARTLETT, PHINEHAS T., b. 18 April, 1797, son of Artemas and 
Priscilla, and grandson of Isaac, all of Holden, m. 26 Oct., 1824, Louisa, dau. 
of Tilly Chatlln of H., clerk in the store of Col. Samuel Damon at H., bought 
1832 with Col. Damon the Rockdale mill at North Ox., where he was agent 
until 1845, next was in business at optical instrument and spectacle making 
witli Henry M. Paine at Texas Village, returned 184G to Holden and soon 
removed to Springfield, where he managed bridge building for Stone & Harris, 
removed 1853 to Knoxville, Tenn., thence soon to Warren, O., where he was 
in clothing trade till 1861, returned to Springtield, engaged in rooting until 
1868. After his w. d. he resided with his daughters at Shoreham, Vt., and 
Toledo, 0., where he d. April, 1873, she d. Jan., 1868, at Springfield. He was 
much respected and was successful while in manufacturing at Ox. . . . 
Children, b. at Holden: Mary L., b. Nov., 1825, m. Archibald C, son of 
Rufus Harris; Sahah M., b. 1827, d. 1829; Augusta M., b. 13 Jan., 1838, at 
Ox., m. 22 Aug., 186G, Adams U. Young, residence, Toledo, no ch. ; John P., 
b. 1840, d. 1845; Edwaud P., b. 1842, d. 1845; Emma F., b. 20 Feb., 1844, 
m. 9 Sept., 1868, Burr Rigby, residence, Toledo; they had Frank B., 1871; 
Grace M., 1870; Howard M., 1878: Cakolixe E., b. 2 Aug., 1846, m. 3 Nov., 
1868, Joseph C, Kitching, residence, Toledo; they had Charles A., 1875; 
Caroline L., 1878; Frank A., 1882. 

ZEPHANIAH, of Cumberland, R. L, removed about 1795 to Thompson, 
Conn. ; Asa, his son, b. 9 Feb., 1810, entered Slater's Woolen Mill at 12 years 
of age, continuing until his decease 1885, m. Matilda, dan. of Samuel Kings- 
bury, and had Edwin, Amos, Harriet. 

2. EDWIN, son of Asa, b. 25 Oct., 1833, at Webster, learned wool sorting, 
went at 21 into a wool store in Philadelphia, in 1856 began as bookkeeper at 
West Fitchburg, continuing until 1861, when he came to Ox. as accountant, 
after two years became superintendent for Chamberlin & Burrough, 1865 
bought a half interest in the concern and with Burrough contimied till 1870, 
when O. F. Chase became a partner. In 1874 the llrm btcame Chase & Bart- 
lett, continuing until 1880, when they dissolved, and in the division of 



BARTLETT. BARTON. 389 

property Bartlett received the Sigouruey aucl Rockdale Mills which he has 
since operated. He is a liberal supporter of the Baptist society at North 
Ox., has been considerably in pul)lic life, school committee, moderator, six 
years chairman of the selectmen. He m. 1859, Sarah L. Eddy of Webster. 
. . . Children: Harriet, b. 1863, m. 20 Oct., 1881, Edward T. Hallowell, 1). 
28 Feb., 1858, at Sandy Spring, Md., son of John E. and Anna W. (Town- 
send) ; they had Anna T., b. 13 Oct., 1882; Henry B.. b. 5 July, 1884; Sarah 
J?., b. 26 May, 1886; William, b. 2 April, 1891; Josephine, b. 1>SC8 ; Edwin 
N., b. 1872. 

BETSEY and George Clapp, m. 1 Jan., 1827. 

ROYAL T., b. 24 March, 1829, at Cumberland, R. I., son of Jol) and Lucinda 
(Stearns), residence H. 19, Francis Sibley place. 
ELEAZER and Miriam Stowe, m. 3 Jan., 1835. 
LEVI, w. Eliza, had Charles H., b. 1841, d. 1843. 

BARTON,' SAMUEL, first record of, in court at Salem as witness in a 
witchcraft trial, av. Hannah, perhaps dau. of Edmund Bridges, Jr., of Salem. 
Samuel Barton was warned against settlement, June, 1693, at Watertown. 
[Bond]. Mr. Temple says he was of Framingham in 1699 and perhaps earlier. 
His children were recorded there although it is thought the eldest two 
were b. elsewhere. He bought 1716 the Eliott grist-mill in Ox., dismissed 
from Framingham church to Ox. 15 Jan., 1724. He d. 12 Sept., 1732, she d. 
13 March, 1727. He gave in liis will all his lands and movable estate to his 
son Caleb. . . . Children: Samuel, b. 8 Oct., 1691, m. 23 May, 1715, Elizabeth 
Bellows of Marlboro', one of the 30 settlers of Sutton, blacksmith, selectman 
and treasurer, removed 1748 to Dudley; had Amanah, b. 1716, d. 1730; Mary, 
1718; Bezaleel, 1722, killed in battle of Bunker Hill, the Bartons of Croydon, 
N. H., are his descendants; Sarmiel, 1724; Ebenezer, 1726, m. Hannah, his 
cousin, dau. of Caleb (4), residence, Tolland and Suflield, Conn., Avent into 
the Revolutionary army and not heard from afterward; Betty, 1728; Amariah, 
1731; Mercy, b. 22 May, 1694, m. intentions 17 Dec, 1716, David Town; 
Joshua, b. 24 Dec, 1697; Elisha, 1). 22 April, 1701; Caleb, b. 9 Feb., 1705, 
at Framingham; Jedediah, b. 18 Sept., 1707; Mehetable, b. 22 Aug., 1710, 
m. 12 Nov., 1730, Samuel Duncan of Worcester, where she d. 1742; Edmund, 
b. 5 Aug., 1714. 

2. JOSHUA, son of Samuel (1), m. Anne, b. 27 Feb., 1699, residence. Ox., 
removed about 1730 to Leicester, and later to Spencer, where she d. 24 June, 
1757, m. (2) 7 Dec, 1757, Hannah Holman of Sutton, no ch., he d. 13 Fe))., 
1773. . . . Children by first m. : Anna, b. 17 March, 1721 ; Sarah, b. 13 Oct., 
1724; Joshua, b. 2 Oct., 1727, m. 1750, Abigail Pratt of Framingham; had 
with others, Abia (son), 1769, m. Eunice Pronty of Spencer, who had with 
others, Rice, b. 22 Jan., 1797, resided and d. at Ox. ; Mary, b. 10 May, 1730; 
Timothy, b. 13 April, 1732, at Leicester; Nathan, b. 23 July, 1734. at L. ; 
Rkuben, b. 28 March, 1738, at L. 

3. ELISHA, son of Samuel (l),m. 3 Feb., 1731, Betty Waite of Sutton, 
where they settled, removed to South Hadley, later to Granby, where both d., 
he d. 15 Oct., 1776, she d. 1 Fol)., 1806, aged 97. . . . CA/Wmi, b. at Sutton : 
EzEKiEL, 1732; Elisha, 1734; Mehetable, 1736; David, 1739; Gershom, 
1742; Betty, 1745; Sarah, 1746; Rebecca, 1748. 



1 We are Indebted for much of the history of Worcester, who lias made a study of th<' 
the Barton family to Lieut. B. B. Vassall of ject. 



390 BARTON. 

4. CALKB, soil of Siuiiucl (1), residence on Prospect Hill, constable, 
cxeciitcn- of iiis fiiliier's will, removed about 1763 t(^ Cliarlton, where he d., he 
m. »; Dec, 1725, Mary, dau. of Peter Sliiunwuy, t). at Topsdeld, she d. 29 
Aiij;., 1747, III. (2) 3 Jan., 1748, Susanna March of Sutton, who d. very aged 
at Plainll.-ld. . . . ('Idldrm: John, b. 12 Oct., 1726; Hannah, b. 1728, in. 
2+ Jan., 171'.), Kbenezer, son of Samuel Barton of Dudley, 4 ch. and w. d. 
of epidemic; Mollij, only survived, she m. Ebenezer Humphrey; Reuben, b. 
1731, d. 1733; Azubah, b. 1733, d. 1747; Caleb, b. 11 Auij., 1736, d. 1756, in 
the French war; ch. by second m. Mauch, b. 1 Jan., 1749; Abraham, b. 16 
Oct., 1750; Jacob, b. 2 Nov., 1752; Bathsueba, b. 15 Oct., 1754, m. 8 July, 
1779, Samuel Streeter of Sturbridge, removed to Plainfield, where she d. 
12 Oct., Ih38, large family; Hannah, b. 18 July, 1767; Sibley, b. 18 Aug., 
\im\ Olive, b. 14 Oct., 17G3, ra. 31 Aug., 1788, Ephraim Segar, removed to 
Plaiiilield, where he d., she m. (2) 1821, Joseph Torrey. 

5. JEDEDIAH, son of Samuel (1), Lieut, of militia, bought 1732 60 acres 
on Prospect Hill, 1742 the Kidder place. North Ox., H. 133, and 1760 the 
Robert Williams place, H. 89, probably built the present house, resided there 
many years, he m. (1) 23 March, 1731, Lydia Pratt, -who d. 13 Aug., 1765, ra. 
(2) intentions 9 July, 1778, Mrs. Sarah Miller; he d. at Ward. . . . Children : 
Lyulv, b. 1734, d. 1743; Jededlvu, b. 1736, d. 1743; Meucy, b. 1738, d. 1743; 
Isaac, 1). 21 Sept.. 1740; Tamau. b. 12 Feb., 1743, m. Nathan Barton of 
Spencer [see 19] ; Abuaham, b. 1732, d. 1743. 

G. ISAAC, son of Jedcdiah (5), m. 29 July, 1761, Sarah Covel, he d. 9 
Oct., 1769, aged 29. . . . Children: Abraham, b. 1762, d. 1768; Isaac, b. 
1766, d. 1768; Isaac, b. 21 March, 1768; she m. (2) Lieut. John Ballard. 

7. ISAAC, son of Isaac (6), m. Hannah Pierce, residence. North Gore, 
removed to New Salem, thence to Gill, Avhere she d. 1856, he d. 1840 at Green- 
Held. . . . Children: Benjamin, b. 3 Aug., 1789; Joseph, b. 27 Sept., 1791; 
Isaac, b. 8 Feb., 1794; Nehemiah P., b. 30 June, 1796, m. intentions, 8 Nov., 
1822, Al)igail L. Parsons of Greentield; Hannah, b. 10 April, 1798, m. Lucius 
P. Chapin of Bernardston ; David, b. 31 March, 1801, at Ward, in. Dec, 1807, 
Olive Horr ; Sally, b. 6 June, 1804, at Ward, m. Charles Scott of Gill ; Louisa, 
b. 8 Jan., 1808, m. Salem Rich of GreenlieUl. 

8. EDMUND, son of Samuel (1), m. 9 Ai)ril, Anna Flynt of Salem 1). 9 
June, 1718, settled and d. at Sutton, now Millbury, soldier in the French war. 
. . . Children: Stephen, b. 10 June, 1740, at Sutton; Jedeuiah; Maky, m. 
Obadiah Brown of Sutton; Hannah, ra. Samuel Boutell, 3 ch. 

9. STEPHEN, son of Edmund (8), was a physician, studied with Dr. 
Green of Leicester, was trader at the centre 1764 to 1766, from 1766 to 1769 
landlord at the old tavern. He and his wife also were well educated, and he 
was a good physician; charitably inclined, and, it is said, lost much by never 
presenting bills to his patrons. He was patriotic, a good citizen, and one of 
the leading organizers of the '■ Social Library." He removed about 1776 to 
Winslow, or Vassalboro', Me., Avith his sons. Al)out 1790 returned to Ox.,' 
and in March, 1794, the town granted him leave to build a shop "to be used 
as a mechanical shop during the town's pleasure," on the north side of the 
Sutton road near the school-house, a little east from the niain street. He 
later iTluiiifd to Maine, where he d. 21 Oct., 1804, ami at his request was 
buried at the side of a large rock on the spot on which he spent thellrst uight 
on going into the wilderness. This rock has been faced and now bears his 
moiuimciital iiiserii)tion. He m. 28 May, 1765, Dorothy, dau. of Elijah Moore, 



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she d. 11 Nov., 1838, at Ox., aged 92. . . . Children: Blmah M., I). 1765, d. 
1769; GiDKON, b. 1767, d. 1770; Pamela, b. 28 Nov., 1768, m. 18 July, 1787, 
Benjamin Porter of Boxfoi-d, settled at Goslien, now Vienna, Me., where both 
d„ he d. 11 April, 1837, she d. 16 Nov., 1836, 12 ch., a dau., Julia A. 31., m. 
David Barton, her cousin, of Ox.; Clakissa H.. b. 10 Sept., 1770, m. 1790, 
Richard Foster, settled in Me., 10 ch., she d. 1843; Stephen, b. 18 Aug., 
1774; in Me. were b. : Hannah, b. 20 July, 1776, m. Jonathan Davis; 
Pakthena, 1780; Polly and Dolly, twins, b. 1782, Polly m. Daniel 
Batcheller, Dolly ni. 7 Oct., 1793, Jeremiah Learned, his third wife, and 
had Martha, who m. Capt. Jos. Stone; she d. 14 July, 1799; Elljaii M., 1784; 
Gidp:on, 1786; after return to Ox., Luke, b. 3 Sept., 1791, m. Martha Ballard 
of Me., settled at Windsor, 7 ch. 

10. STEPHEN, son of Stephen (9), enlisted at 21 in the western Indian 
war, marched by way of Philadelphia from Ox. to Detroit, Mich., served 
three years under Gen. Anthony Wayne, soon after his return chosen Capt. 
of militia, at his m. settled in the west part of the town near Charlton, later 
built a house about a mile north of " Ben Learned Hill," IL 95, and afterward 
resided at the Col. Ebenezer Learned house at North Ox ai'.d d. there. 

He was a man of much force of character, strouij physi«iue, a clear head, 
quick wit, and integrity and manly firmness whicli rendered him a leader 
among his fellow-citizens, a charitable and kindly disposition, and in politics a 
Democrat. He was often in town office, selectman, representative and 
moderator. He was a warm patriot and at the beginning of the Civil war 
declared his belief that Lincoln should have called for 200,000 instead of 
75,000 men. He was a Royal Arch Mason and w^as buried with the honors of 
the order. He m. 22 April, 1804, Sarah, dau. of Capt. David and Sarah 
(Treadwell) Stone, he d. aged 87, 21 March, 1862, she d. 18 July, 1851. . . . 
Children: Dolly, b. 2 Oct., 1804, a successful teacher, num., d. 19 April, 
1846; Stephen, b. 29 March, 1806; David, b. 15 Aug., 1808: Sally, b. 20 
March, 1811, m. Vester Vassall; Clarissa H., b. 25 Dec, 1821, num. 

Being 10 years younger than her youngest sister she had few mates in 
her childhood. Her father amused her often l)y arranging imaginary battle- 
fields and troops of soldiers, and she once remarked, " I had no end of camp 
material, but no dolls — 1 never had one." As her older l)rothers and sisters 
were her instructors, she early imbibed a love for teaching, and when her 
brother Stephen took in hand the matter of improving the schools of tlie 
town she aided much in the work. He at this time was engaged in business 
requiring the services of a bookkeeper, which position sht; filled efficiently, 
thus early in life learning the methods of business. She taught school for 
several years at North Oxford, beginning when quite young, but not having 
had the opportunities for study in the higher branches later entered the Clin- 
ton Liberal Institute in central New York whence she went temporarily with 
school friends to New Jersey. Observing the state of educational atlairs 
there she at once interested herself to devise means for their improvement. 
Public schools there were none worthy of the name. A portion only of the 
children Avere educated, and they in private classes, and the idea of education 
at public expense, in " pauper schools," as they were designated, Avas ridiculed 
by the people. In these circumstances she proposed to oi)en a free school at 
Bordentown, and under the laws of the State and with the sanction of the 
local authorities, began with six boys, renegades from some of the private 
schools of the town. Other pupils soon came in, and the third week her 
school-room was filled and the services of an assistant were required. The 



392 BARTON. 

enterprise proved such a success tlial private schools hecran to be discontinued 
and soon the l)oron<;h voted to l)nild a school-liouse at a cost of S4,000, which 
was done, and a few months hitcr Miss Barton inanirurated the Free Pnblic 
School of Bordentown witli 600 pupils and eii.'ht teachers. This movement 
fiave an impulse to tlie cause of education throughout the region, and its 
influence is felt to the present time. 

Being on account of her severe labors obliged to seek a change for recupera- 
tion, she repaired to Washington, where after a few months she obtained a 
position under Mr. Charles Mason as clerk in the Patent Office. Continuing 
under many discouraging circumstances one of the first female clerks employed 
in government service drawing money for herself until the election of 
Buchanan, when being suspected of disloyalty to the prevailing sentiment her 
resignation was called for, and leaving she returned to Massachusetts, there 
spending the succeeding two or three years chiefly in study. Upon the 
election of Lincoln she was recalled to her old position. 

April, 1861, brought the beginning of tlic Civil War, and when the Sixth 
Mass. Regt. entered Washington on the 19th, after its struggle with the 
mobs of Baltimore, she was at the railroad station and accompanied the 
wounded to the " Old Infirmary," and the next day was attending with needed 
provisions to the wants of the troops at the Capitol. As other soldiers came 
in through her eflbrts they were supplied with many comforts and necessities 
such as men leaving home in haste might feel the need of. 

As the greatness of the coming contest became apparent the desire of Miss 
Barton increased to do all in lier power in the country's behalf, and finding it 
impossible to carry out her wishes while retaining her clerkship she resigned, 
and thereafter gave herself to the service of caring for the sick and wounded 
of the Union army. 

As soon as it was known throughout the North that she was thus acting 
as receiver and distributer, supplies came from all quarters in such quantities 
that she was obliged to ask transportation for them from the government. 
Through the efforts of Gen. Rucker her request was granted and the service 
continued through the war. Whenever a battle was looked for, or had 
unexpectedly occurred, by means of army wagons, l)oat or by train, supplies 
were taken, often in advance of the regular medical stores, so that the 
wounded and the surgeons were held in comfortable supply until regular help 
could reach them. The wounded on the boats in the Peninsular Campaign, 
at the battle of Cedar Mountain, the second Bull Run, Fairfax, Chantilly, 
Antietara, Falmouth, Fredericksburg, the siege of Charleston, Fort Wagner, 
the Wilderness and Spottsylvania and at Fredericksburg after these battles, 
the siege of Petersburg, the Mine, Deep Bottom, Point of Rocks, and in front 
of Richmond until the breaking up of the Southern prisons called her to 
Ainiapolis to meet the starving prisoners sent there, received more or less the 
l)enetlts of her eflbi'ts. 

Toward tlie close of the war a search was instituted for missing soldiers, 
nnn\bering prohaiAy 80.000. At her request, made in July, 18fi5, and with 
President Lincoln's sanction, tlu' Seci'ctary of War sent to Andersonville an 
expedition under her direction to identify tlie graves of dead soldiers, and by 
means nf Dorrance Afrwater's " Death Kecord " 13,000 soldiers' graves were 
found, a large cemetery enclosed, laid out and adorned, graves put in 
order and liead-hoards erected, thus giving rest to many anxious ones at the 
North who knew not the fate of their missing friends, and enabling families 
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In compliance with a popular desire to hear details of her woi'k she entered 
the lecture field, and in diflerent parts of the North addressed large audiences 
until 1868, when her strength failing she went al)road for rest. She was 
in Switzerland in 1869 when the Franco-German war broke out, and at the 
invitation of the International Committee of the Red Cross of Geneva 
joined in the care of the wounded at tlie front at the l)attlc of Woerth, and 
later was invited by the Grand Duchess of Baden to aid in the estaiilishment 
of hospitals. She proceeded to the Court of Carlsruhe where she remained 
until the fall of Strasburg. when she entered that city with the German army, 
remaining eight months, doing relief work among its destitute and starving 
people, not only distri])uting necessaries but organizing charities and 
specially aiding the Avomen in providing clothing for the people. 

She went thence at the fall of the Commune to the more tcrri])le necessities 
of Paris, entering while the fires were yet raging and the Communists being 
shot down by troops. Her labors here were as arduous as at Strasl)urg, but 
not of so long duration. From Paris she went to other cities of France which 
had suffered from siege, doing the same service, closing her labors at 
Metz. In 1872 she went to London, fell ill from over-exertion aud remained 
until the fall of 1873, Avhen she was able to embark for her native land. 
Several years of infirm health followed. In 1877, having somewhat improved, 
in accordance with a resolution formed when in Europe she made an endeavor 
to ol)tain the influence of the United States government in favor of the lied 
Cross Association, and after five years of urgent effort in 1882 a unanimous 
vote of Congress for it was ol)tained, and it became a part of our national 
polity. The results of the treaty, in which European powers are associated, 
were a change in the Articles of "War for the entire medical and hospital 
department of the army, the change of all military hospital flags to the Red 
Cross on a white ground, the neutralization of all non-combatants, surgeons, 
chaplains aud hospital attendants, the wounded themselves, and all hospitals 
and supplies, protecting them from capture. Miss Barton was appointed 
President of the Association in America by President Garfield, and all corres- 
pondence on relief work in war addressed to our government passes through 
her hands. 

In 1884 she took charge of the Red Cross Relief in the inundations of the 
Ohio and Mississippi rivers, spending four months in Ijoats upon those waters. 
The same year she represented the United States government at the Third 
lutei-national Conference of the Red Cross at Geneva, Switzerland. 

Hers is a record of efficient philanthropic endeavor, which will al)ide as a 
part of the history of the great Civil contest of our country. Her memory is 
enshrined in the hearts of thousands of the veterans of the war, and the 
souvenirs conferred upon her by persons of high rank in Europe attest 
the esteem in which she is held abroad. The local newspaper at Dans- 
ville, N. Y., in giving a report of a meeting held in her honor as she Avas 
about leaving for Washington, said : "At her throat was suspended a magnifi- 
cent pansy-form amethyst, presented her by the Duchess of Baden, prol)a- 
bly the finest aud largest stone of the kind in this country. .Vt the right she 
wore the royal arch-mason badge Avhich came to her from her father, and just 
below it the jewel of the American Ki-d Cross. On the left was the Servian 
decoration of the Red Cross presented by Queen Natalie; just above it the 
Gold Cross of Remembrance, presented by the Duke and Duchess of Baden ; 
and just above these two the Iron Cross of Merit, for which so many serve a 
life-time, the gift of the Emperor aud Empress of Germany." 
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394 BARTON. 

The tact and business abilities of Miss Barton have enabled her always to 
live in independence. She has for many years been the owner of a house in 
Washinfj^on, and has made that city her headquarters, although for sanitary 
reasons she for several years after her return from Europe dwelt in her own 
home at Dansville, N. Y., leaving there early in 1886 for a permanent residence 
at the Capital. 

11. STEPHEN, son of Stephen (10), had many of tlic characteristics of 
his father, was industrious, energetic, active in town afl'airs; a strong man 
mentally and physically, at 17 years of age the champion gymnast of the 
vicinity. He was early fitted for teaching, and while young was employed 
in the schools at North Oxford. His business life began in partnership with 
his brother David at the old Learned saw-mill, where they became the leading 
luml)ermeii of the region. They later erected mills near by and began busi- 
ness as cloth manufacturers. 

He was chosen school committee of the town and was active in remodelling 
and grading the schools. The cemetery at North Oxford and the new road 
from the village to the N. & W. K. 11. station were laid out and completed 
largely through his influence. He inherited a love for military allairs and 
was captain of the militia. In 1855 he bought a tract of timl)er land, of 
about 2,000 acres, on the Chowan river, Hertford Co., North Carolina, on 
Avhich was a steam saw-mill, and removed thither, taking with him men to 
carry on an extensive lumber naanufacturing. He had entered on the new 
adventure with good prospect of success, when in ISfil the war l)roke out and 
the business was suddenly suspended. He at once dismissed his men and 
sent them to their northern homes and himself remained alone to guard his 
possessions. He was soon set upon l)y a l)and of desperados and ordered 
peremptorily to leave, but gave them to understand that he should defend 
his rights with his life if necessary. They were surprised at his deter- 
mination, respected his courage and left him unmolested. He remained 
thus isolated until the fall of 1864, when a small party of Union troops from 
Norfolk on a raiding expedition Avent to his viciqity. He had at this time 
in a measure lost his health. These troops believing him to be a secessionist 
took from him several hundred dollars in money in spite of all his protests 
and declarations of loyalty and left for Norfolk, where they reported hiuj as a 
"noted and dangerous rebel." On his arrival at Norfolk, whither he had fol- 
lowed these troops, he was seized and imprisoned. Two months of incarcera- 
tion in his then reduced state told severely on his strength. After a time he 
succeeded in sending a letter to his son Samuel H., then resident at Washing- 
ton, which (through the instrumentality of his sister Clara, then at the front 
Avith Gen. B. F. Butler's command) soon came to the General's hnnds. He at 
once sent for Capt. Barton, heard his story, reprimanded the men who had 
injured him, and sent him in his carriage at dead of night to the camp Avherc 
his sister awaited him, ready to give him all the service she could connnand. 
But he was too weak for recuperation, and was soon after taken to Wasliing- 
ton, there in the care of his son and Mrs. Vassall, another sister, lingering 
until the following March, when he ilied. His many ill fortunes only con- 
firmed his patriotism, and among his latest worils were " God bless Abraham 
Lincoln and his army." 

He m. 24 Nov., 1833, Betsey, dan. of Jaeol) Ricli, he d. 10 Maieh, ISfi',, at 
Washington, she d. aged 67, 22 Jan., 1875, at Oxford. . . . Children: John 
11., b. and d. 1837; Samuki. R., b. 31 May, 1839, secretary of Manufacturers' 
Insurance Co., Worcester, m. 12 Feb., 18G3, Amelia L., dau. of Loren C. 



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Parks, she d. aged 35, 21 Aug., 1877; they had Stephen /., b. 4 Aug., 1864, d. 
3 Fcl)., 1882; Bessie A., b. and d. 1865; Herbert P., h. 25 Dec, 18G6, at 
Worcester; studied at Oxford High School, Hiuman's Business College, and 
Worcester Academy; entered Oct., 1887, Jeflerson Medical College, Phil., 
where he was graduated 4 April, 1890; began practice iu New York City, 
served on Board of Health and 1891 was on medical staff" of Manhattan Eye 
and Ear hospital. He m. 18 Oct, 1890, Fannie J. Vassenr of Phil. ; residence 
Brooklyn, N. Y. ; 3fyrtis A., h. 1868, d. 1869; Loreu C, h. 28 Aug., 1870; 
Walter S., b. and d. 1872; Clarence W., b. 16 May, 1875; Marion A., 1). and 
d. 1877; David S., b. 1845, d. 1847. 

12. DAVID, son of Stephen (10) > ^ worthy citizen, representative, quarter- 
master with rank of captain at Hilton Head iu the late war, m. 30 Sept., 1839, 
Julia A. M. Porter of Vienna, Me., his cousin, he d. 12 March, 1888. . . . 
Children: Ada Idella and Ida Adella, b. 18 Jan., 1847, the first m. 4 Dec, 
18G9, Charles M. Clark of Oxford and had David B., 1871: Mary J., 1873; 
Harry L., 1875, residence, Webster; the second m. 22 March, 1879, Adolph 
Riccius, residence, Millbury; they had Edith </., 1881; Herman B., 1883; 
Stephbn E„ b. 24 Dec, 1848, m. 28 June, 1870, at Port Hastings, Cape 
Breton, Joyce, dan. of Dr. Thomas Wilmot of Birmingham, Eng., b. 24 Aug., 
1848. He Avas in the United States service during the war as telegraph opera- 
tor at Hilton Head, and later at Cape Breton in the employ of the Overland 
Cable Co., afterward in insurance business iu Boston. Slie d. 12 April, 
1881; they had Irving W., b. and d. 1872, at Port Hastings; Ida M., 1). 23 
March, 1873, at Oxford; Edith J., b. 1875, at Worcester, d. 1876, at Webster; 
Lauretta G., b. 7 Dec, 1876, at Webster, killed by a loaded wagon, 5 April, 
1883, at Oxford; Mary Anxa, b. 11 Dec, 1851, m. 22 March, 1879, John H., 
son of John Stafford. 

13. JEDEDIAH, son of Edmund (8), m. 23 March, 1774, Lj^lia Pierce of 
Sutton, he d. 180.S, at Sutton, will approved 4 Oct. . . . Children: Pliny, 
RuFus, executor of his father's will, his son, Hon. George S-, b. 18 July, 1825, 
is a prominent business man of Worcester, of the firm of Rice, Barton & 
Fales Machine and Iron Co., State senator; Aaron, Livy, Warner, Porter. 

14. PLINY, son of Jedediah (13), m. 31 M.nrcli, 1808, Naomi Morse, he 
removed 1809 to Spencer, machinist, in 1814 ho removed to Cairo, N. Y , and* 
thence, 1832, to Olive, where he d. 1851. . . . Children, b. at Ox. : Pliny M. 
L., b. 22 Jan., 1809, an influential man at Salisbury, Conn., State senator, has 
occupied many positions of responsibility and honor, he m. 7 April, 1836, 
Mary A. Lockwood of Cairo, N. Y. ; they had Mary, m. and resided at Salis- 
bury; Edward, aixant on Conn. Western R. R. at Salisbury, representative; 
John C, master meclianic on same railroad; Charles ('., graduated 1869 at 
Trinity College and lateral Harvard Law School, lawyer in Boston, residence, 
Newton, where he has been President of the City Council: George K., 
merchant at Cedar Rapids, la. 

15. JOHN, sou of Caleb (4), ra. 23 July, 1746, Abigail, dau. of Phinehas 
Dana, settled in the east part of Ox., H. 21, where all his ch. were b. , he 
removed to Andover, Vt., where his son Rufus resided, d. there, she d. pre- 
viously at Ludlow. Vt., while Rufus lived there. . . . Children: Asa, b. 21 
May, 1747, m. in Newton, 1770, Mercy Bartlett and had Aaron, Eunice, left 
home and enlisted as a Revolutionary soldier from Northfleld ; Azubah, b. 15 
Aug., 1749, m. 14 Oct., 1773, Jos. Vinton f Winter?] of Dudley, settled at 
Stafford, Conn., where .she d. 1831,9 ch. ; Phinkiias, b. 9 May, 1752, Rev- 
olutionary soldier, m. 26 Feb., 1772, Elizabeth Ilersey of Leicester, where 



390 BARTON. 

they settlod ami d., ho d. 2G July, 1827, she d. 7 Jan., 183G; John, b. 23 Jan., 
1755, m. 3 April, 1770, PtTsis, dau. of William Eddy, settk-d on the Wakefield 
place in the west part of ()x., H. 76, removed 17H3 to Providence, where he d. ; 
ch. : John, b. 1777, merchant at Providence, m., had ch., d. 2 March, 1859, 
at North Scituate; David, ra., residence. Providence, had ch. ; Mary, his 
dau., m. CJov. Pad(;lford, merchant and ship-owner; Eliza, ra. Obadiah Uluey ; 
Persis, d. at Providence uum. ; Elizabeth, d. at P. unra. ; Mary, d. at P. unm. ; 

Celinda, m. Williams ; Caleb, b. 17 Dec, 1756, ra. (1) intentions 18 Feb., 

1771), Martha Uphara of Leicester, where they settled, Revolutionary soldier, 
m. (2) 16 Dec, 1787, Betsey Lamb, 15 ch. in all, 3 by first m. : David, b. 30 
March, 1769, Revolutionary soldier, unm., after the surrender of Cornwallis 
he was taken sick at Richmond, Va. "The handsomest man that walked 
into Oxford Meeting-house." Abigail, b. 25 May, 1761, m. 27 Jan., 1783 (?), 
Jos. Snell (Jewell?) of Ashford, Conn., and d. soon, no ch. ; Jeremiah, b. 
24 June, 1763, m. (1) 14 Oct., 1783, Susannah Dennis of Charlton, removed to 
Andover, Vt., where she d. 25 Sept., 1803, m. (2) Diadama Blood of Andover, 
he d. at Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y., in 1847, had 6 ch. by first ra., 6 by second 
ra. ; Edward, b. 28 Aug., 1765, m. intentions 14 Oct., 1786, Hannah, dau. of 
John Marvin, settled at New Salem, where he d. 15 July, 1829, prosperous 
farmer, she d. 10 Feb., 1836, at New Salem; had Ezra, 1787; Polly, 1792; 
John Marvin, 1793; Hannah, b. 21 July, 1767, ra. 17 Aug., 1788, Seth Warren 
of Charlton(?); Pkuley, b. 6 March, 1770, physician, removed about 1800 to 
Orange, where he d. 12 Feb., 1851, skilful, good citizen, filled important public 
ortices, he m. (1) 1797, Lucy Sibley of Ward, she d. 14 June, 1798, m. (2) 13 
Dec, 1803, at Ox., Mrs. Dilly (Cady) Goddard, had 9 ch. by second ra. ; ch. 
by first m. Perley, b. 14 June, 1798, the day of his mother's decease, a success- 
ful teacher at Ox., removed to New York State where he continued teaching 
during life, d. 15 March, 1865, at Rathboneville, Steuben Co., N. Y. ; a son by 
second m. Edioard, b. 5 Feb., 1806, was a physician of high standing and large 
practice at Orange, began business at Sullivan, N. H., 1831, removed 1835 to 
Orange, where he d. 7 May, 1880; Amos, b. 1 June, 1772; Rufus, b. 11 Aug., 
1774, settled at Andover, Vt. ; Phkbe, twin, b. 11 Aug., 1774, m. 19 Nov., 1795, 
Ebenezer C. Colton of Longmoadow, where they settled and d., he was a leail- 
•ing man at L., d. 31 Oct., 1846, she d. 26 Aug., 1842, 12 ch. 

16. SIBLEY, son of Caleb (4), deputy sheritl", ra. (1) Rachel Needham, 
wiio d. 1786, m. (2) 30 June, 1788, Lucretia Twiss, settled at Charlton, where 
he d. 1813, 6 ch. ; [her mother was dau. of Rev. John Campbell and m. (1) 
Jacol) Town]. 

17. TIMOTHY, son of Joshua (2), m. (1) Oct., 1753, Hepsibah Stow of 
Southboro'. . . . Children: Jonathan, b. 1754 at Spencer; Molly, b. 1756 at 
Hopkiuton; Benjamin, b. 1761 at Charlton; Alpheus, b. 1765 at C. ; Ann, 
1). 1766, at C. ; the mother d. 1766 at Charlton, he m. (2) 1767, Anna Allen of 
Dudley, resided at Ox. in 1771, and had Hei'hsibah, b. 16 June, 1771 ; Joshua, 
b. 28 Dec, 1773, he removed, 1786, to Chesterfield, where he d. 1796. 

18. NATHAN, son of Joshua (2), m. (1) 4 April, 1759, Tamar, dau. of 
Jedediah (6), was of Ox., tanner in 1760, that year bought land in Charlton, 
in 1762 he bought land on Prospect Hill, sold 1772, removed to Belchertown, 
resided there Aug., 1790, when he had a case in court at Worcester, he m. (2) 
Lydia Kice, he d. 23 Feb., 1795. . . . Children: Jedediah, b. 14 Jan., 1762, 
m. Eli/.al)eth Hooker of Enfield, he d. about 1833; Nathan, b. 1764, d. 1768; 
David, I». 2 Mardi, 1768, settled in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., large family; 



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Natuan, b. 8 Feb., 1770, ra. Sally Burroughs of Plainfleld, settled at Lyons, N. 
Y., where he d. 1824, 14 ch. 

19. REUBEN, son of Joshua (2), m. 29 June, 17G1, Catherine, dan. of 
Josiah Learned, removed before 1768 to Belchertowii, teacher at Ox., cooper 
by trade, large land surveyor and received land in payment until he owned 
1,000 acres, soldier In the French war, in the service three ditU'rent times, 
was also in the Revolutionary war, a man of great physical powers, was in 
town office and deacon; he d. 22 Dec, 1819, she d. ^21 April, 1822, both at 
Belchertown. 

20. RICE, son of Joshua and grandson of Joshua (2), b. 22 Jan., 1797, m. 
(1) Lucy Wolcott, b. June, 1803, she d. Aug., 1846, at Ox., he ra. (2), inten- 
tions 2 March, 1847, Mary, widow of Charles T. Parish, iunholder at Leicester 
in 1841, came to Ox. 1842, kept the tavern at the centre, removed to Bondet 
Hill, H. 38, where he d. aged 73, 11 Jan., 1871. . . . Children, all by first m. : 
Elbridge, b. 13 Aug., 1824, m. 25 Nov., 1847, Adaline. dau. of Willard Severy, 
no ch., locomotive engineer on N. & W. R. R. and was killed 4 Nov., 1850, by 
an accident near the station in Ox. ; George H., b. 1825, d. 1828 ; Joseph W., 
b. 1828, d. 1837; Henry Franklin, b. 31 Oct., 1830, ra. Susan Young of 
Woodstock, residence, Boston, machinist; Charlotte; Edwin "W., b. 6 
April, 1840, m. Laura, dau. of Fitts Adams, and had Edwin IF., b. 8 Dec, 
1874; Elbridge B., b. 17 Aug., 1878; Bertha A., b. 13 Aug., 1880; Henry IF., 
b. 18 March, 1883; a dau., b. 29 Nov., 1884. 

JEDEDIAH, and Mary Rockett, m. 29 May, 1765. 

IRxV MOORE, one of the brightest names adorning the annals of the 
town, b. 25 Oct., 1796 ; in youth manly beyond his years, an apt scholar and at 
18 held by his firmness control of the district school at the centre, which had 
defied the authority of experienced teachers. He was graduated at Brown 
Universitj^ 1819, studied law with Mr. Bridgraan of Providence, Sumner 
Barstow of Sutton and Hon. Levi Lincoln of Worcester, and was 18 months in 
the Law School at Cambridge, graduating in 1822, one of the first to receive 
the honors of the institution; opened an office in Ox. in 1822, was partner 
with Sumner BarstoAv in 1824, and transacted a growing business until 
his removal to Worcester, 1834, in 1830, '31 and '32 representative from 
Ox., and in 1833 and '34 State Senator. In 1834 he was appointed com- 
missioner for the revision of the statutes, and in 1836 entered upon the 
Judgeship of the Probate Court for Worcester County, which he resigned 
eight years later and returned to law practice. In 1840 he was chosen Presi- 
dential Elector. From 1841 to his decease he was an esteemed and active 
member of the American Antiquarian Society. In 1849 he gave up active 
business but continued to give counsel until 1861. Sanmel F. Haven, LL.D., 
in his report, Oct., 1867, to the .Vmerican Antiquarian Society upon his death, 
says: " In every station, public or private, he was distinguished for ability, 
sterling integrity, and earnest devotion to the fullest performance of every 
duty." As a lawyer he was a careful and judicious adviser. As a politician 
he desired to participate in public aftairs in a useful and honorable way, and 
in the legislature was an influential debater and faithful worker. "Entirely 
simple and unassuming, his opinions and his judgments were distinguished 
by candor and good sense ; wiiile his dignified manner and venerable aspect 
gave additional weight to his remarks. His death is to us, as to his family 
and the community, a calamity that will not soon ctnise to be seriously felt." 



398 BARTON. 

He was imicli interested in the cause of education, and gave able 
addresses before lyeeums and other educational institutions. In 1827 there 
had been orsjanized a "Board of Delegates" of the "American Lyceum of 
Science and Arts for Worcester County," of which he was the secretary. Its 
object seems to have been the improvement of the common schools and the 
making of a geological and agricultural sui'vey of the vicinity. Branches 
were to be establislu^d in the towns, and committees appointed to report on 
dift'erent subjects, thus creating greater interest in advanced education in 
the county. lie took much interest in the history of the town and collected 
consideralde material for such a work, but the duties of his profession were 
such that he lu^ver was able to carry out his plans. A Fourth of July oration 
given in his young manhood at Oxford was printed, a copy of which is in the 
town archives. He had retined tastes, in his younger years gave attention to 
nmsic and was for a time organist at the South Meeting-house. 

The people of Oxford have occasion to cherish his memory with gratitude 
because of his generous gift to them in his last will, by means of which our 
Free Public Library was established. 

He m. 11 Nov., 1823, Maria W., dan. of Dr. Arteraas BuUard of Sutton, he 
d. 18 July, 18(57, she d. 24 Nov., 1883, both at Worcester. . . . Children, first 
five b. at Ox.: William S., b. 30 Sept., 1824, graduated 1844 at Brown 
University, admitted to the bar 1846, practised law in partnership with his 
father and Hon. P. C. Bacon until 1850, and alone until 1854, when he 
took a position in the Bank of Commerce, Boston, where he Avas qualified 
for the important ollice of Treasurer of the City of Worcester, which 
place he has ably tilled since Jan., 1872. He m. (1) 4 April, 1849, Anne 
Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Jennison of Worcester, she d. 28 Feb., 1869, m. 
(2) 22 Nov., 1870, Kate A., dau. of William EUery; ch. by first m. : Mary, b. 
29 Sept., 1853, m. Alfred W. Dana, residence, Santa Rosa, Cal. ; Liicy, b. 7 
Jan., 1856; Anna, b. 20 April, 1858; by second m. : WiUiam E., b. 10 Dec, 1873; 
Edith A., b. 29 Sept., 1876; Anna Makia, b. 21 April, 1826, m. 7 Nov., 1849, 
John W., son of John Bigclf)W, residence, New York; they had WiUiam li., 
b. 6 Feb., 1852, at Medford; Annie, b. 20 Jan., 1855, at M., m. Charles F. 
McKim ; Samuel L., h. and d. Aug., 1856, in France; Marie, b. 20 Juno, 1861, 
at Boston; Autkmas B., b. 1828, d. 1831 ; Ch.^rles H., b. 10 April, 1830, m. 
(1) 20 June. 1853, Isabella Edwards, residence, Greensburg, Ind., Capt. in the 
late war, later residence, Topeka, Kan. ; they bad 3fa7-ia E., b. 8 April, 1854 ; 
Mary, b. 23 Nov., 1856; Anna, b. 1859, d. 1860; m. (2) 28 Sept., 1861, Sarah 
Ann White, and had James Y., b. 2 Jan., 1863, at St. Louis; he d. 16 Feb.. 
1885, at Santa Kosa, Cal. ; Autemas B., b. 1831, d. 1837, at Worcester; Lucy, 
b. 24 July, 1834, at Worcester, m. 1 May, 1857, Samuel L. Bigelow, brother of 
the luisl)and of Anna Maria, he was several years in successful practice in 
Paris, France ; volunteered his services in the late war and was appointed 
Brigade Surgeon in the Army of the Potomac in Gen. Franklin's corps. He 
d. 31 Oct., 1862, of disease contracted in the service; they had : Samuel L., b. 
28 July, 1858, at Paris; Abigail, b. and d. 1860. at Paris; Fkancis A., b. 24 
Oct., 1836, at Worcester, m. 7 Sept., 1864, at Chico, Cal., Emily J., dau. of 
George Wood, residence, Chico; they had Annie A., b. 4 Aug., 1865; 
Edmund Mills, I). 27 Sept., 1838, at Worcester, m. 6 Sept., 1871, Abby T., 
dau. of liev. Samuel P. Blake of North Yarmouth, Me., for three years an 
active agent of the U. S. Sanitary Commission in the Fifth Corps of the Army 
of the Potomac; many years assistant-librarian and at present librarian of the 
American Antiquarian Society at Worcester; they had : Lydia M., b. 2 Aug., 



BARTON. — BATCHELLER. 399 

1872, at North Yarmouth; Edmund B., b. 30 Oct., 1874, at Worcester; George 
E., b. 30 July, 1841, at Worcester, in 1862 entered the U. S. service in 61st 
Regt. Mass. Vols., promoted to Sergeant-Major, in Jan., 18(54 was made 
Second Lieut, in the 57th Kegt., and soon after Lieut., and later Captain, 
■\vliich oftice he filled to the close of the war, he d. 29 Majs 1878, at Worces- 
ter, and was buried with military honors. 

BASSETT, CORDELIA (Canadian), d. 17 Nov., 1858. 

BATCHELLER, Rev. DAVID, grandson of Nehemiah, who was b. 1 
June, 1716, at Wenham, and m. Experience, resided at Grafton, where was b. 
Elijah, 11 March, 1747, m. 30 Aug., 1768, Elizabeth, dan. of Nathan Munger 
of Bruulicld, resided at Union, Conn., Sturbridge and Charlton, Revolutionary 
soldier from Charlton; D.wid was b. 26 April. 1781, at Charlton, one of 11 
ch., it is said opened with prayer a session of the district school at 12 years 
of age. He early desired to be a minister, and in 1801 at the age of twenty 
and a half years was licensed as preacher by the Quarterly Conference of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church at Ashburnhara. His appointments were as fol- 
lows : 1802-3, at Sandwich; 1803, Salisbury ; 1804, Hawke; ! 80.'. . Marblehead ; 
1806, Ipswich ; 1806, Portland, Me. ; 1807-8, Readlield ; 1808-9, Marblehead. 
He was successful, and at Portland and Marblehea'i revivals resulted from 
his labors. About 1810 he had a severe illness, caused by over-exertion, and 
was kindly received into the house of James Bowler of Mai'bleliead. He m. 
15 Oct., 1812, Elizabeth C, dau. of James Bowler, and continued for several 
years to reside at Marblehead. During this time he Avithdrew from the M. E. 
Church and joined the Congregational Church. Placing himself under the 
tutorship of Rev. Samuel Dana, D.D., he rapidly advanced in his preparation 
for renewing his labors, and his health having become confirmed preached as 
supply at several places and before coming to Ox. received invitations to 
settle at New Bedford, Fairhaven and Chester. He united with the Church 
at New Bedford, indicating a sojourn of some considerable time there. His 
son writes: 'But he preferred Oxford and never regretted his settlement 
there, for nothing could exceed the respect and aftection with which he was 
uniformly treated ny that dear people, and dear to us his children for their 
love and appreciation of him." He was received here with entire unanimity 
and was installed 14 Feb., 1816. He was esteemed by all classes, and to the 
Church was specially endeared by his sympathetic disposition and manner. 
His influence gave new life and vigor to its membership and additions became 
frequent. The accessions for the first six years were 56. On 7 April, 1822, 
11 were received, and on 7 July following, 39 were added as the fruits of a 
revival, making a total of 106 during his ministi-y. In his manner he Avas 
simple and fervent, often speaking without notes, and in prayer was earnest 
and devout. He had a tine voice and often led in the singing with great 
spirit.' 

In person he Avas above average size, attractive and social, and abounded in 
pleasantry ;tnd anecdote. In Oct., 1818, after the decease of Maj. Archibald 



I He was chaplain ot a regiment of militia, rors of war, and closed thus: "And when the 

and at a certain review at Sutton ottered Archangel's trump sliall sound to call us to that 

prayer which was noted as peculiarly appro- last fifreat review, may we all in our l)ri;;hi and 

priate and elocpicnt. In it he referred to the shininK uniforms appear and ground our arms 

necessity of preparing for war in time of at .lesus' feet, in whose name we ask and olTer 

peace, portraying in striking language the lior- all. Amen." 



400 BATCHELLKK. — BATTEY. 

Cainphtll, Mr. Batcheller was cU-ctod Town Cli-rk to till the oflice for the 
year. IIu d. 25 Ort., 1822. Ilis widow d. 21 March, 1858. His funeral ser- 
mon was preached by Rev. Benjamin Wood of ri)ton. He was buried with 
.Masonic ceremonies. The foUowinj? inscription on his gravestone was fur- 
nisiicd by Rev. Enoch Pond, D.D., then of Ward: — 

'• n<ri: rests all that ims mortal of liev. David Batchellcr, 
late pastor of the Church in Oxford, who was horn April 26, 
1781, and who died in sure and certain hope of a glorious 
immortality Oct- 25, 1822, in the seventh year of his ministry 
amoufj this people, and in the 42d year of his age — distinguished 
both as a peacemaker and as a faithful and successful minister 
of Jesus Christ. 

" In yonder sacred walLs lie spent his breath. 
Now silent, senseless here he lies in death. 
These lips apiin shall wake and then declare 
A loud Amen! to truths they published there." 

Children: Jamics B.. b. 2') June, 1814, at Marblehcad, unin., i-esidence. 
Bowler mansion, where he d. 1 July, 1884; principal of Mai-blehead Ili.ich 
School, one of the most learned teachers of the State, excellina: in mathe- 
matics and the languages, and beloved for his personal qualities; a dau., d. 
young; Elizabktii C, b. .5 June, 1821, at Ox., m. 'A Jan., 1855, Araos S. Kelly 
of Haverhill, where they settled; Lydia M., d. young. 

DANIEL, m. 17 Nov., 1805, Polly, dau of Stephen Barton, residence, War- 
ren, she d. 12 April, 1835, aged 53. . . . Children: Elmira, m. William 
Sessions of Warren, removed to Iowa, where ho d., had ch. ; William G., 
settled and d. at Winstcd, Conn., 2 sons; Mary L., b. 14 May, 1815, m. Peter 
C. Bacon, Esq.; Pamkla.P., b. 2 Dec, 1817, m. 26 June. 1837, William E. 
Starr of Thompson, Conn., resided at Seneca Falls, N. Y., Tolland, Conn., 
removed 1840 to Worcester as teacher and accountant, widely known as a 
mathematician, many years Actuary of the State Mutual Life Ins. Co., 
Treasurer B.. B. & G. R. R., she d. 7 May, 1886, at Worcester; they had: 
William, b. 1838, ra., residence. New Orleans; Darius, b. 1842, entered Dart- 
mouth College, left and enlisted in Co. F, U. S. Sharpshooters, d. 2 Sept., 
1864, at Andersonville; Daniel, b. 1850. 

BATES, JOHN, of Dudley, and Cyiilhia Rawson of South Gore, m. 22 
Sept., 1825. 
JOHN W., and Alma Gould, ni. 27 Feb., 1826. 
Son of W , aged 12, d. 31 Jan., 1831. 

BATTEY, John, of South Scituate, R. I., tailor, thrifty, and large land 

owner, (Quaker; had William, m. Sheldon of Cranston, R. I., and had 

with others John A., b. 22 March, 1785. bought 1837 the North Ox. tavern stand, 
II. 122, m. Saraii Blacknier, b. 25 March, 1781, he d. 13 Jan., 1864, she d. aged 
85, 21 Feb., IHfifi. . . . Children: A. Fuancks, b. 15 Sept., 1804, d. aged 22; 
Joshua (>., 1). 25 June, 1806, m. Susan Augell of North Scituate, had ch. ; 
Hknuy a., b. 17 Fel)., 1808, in. Mary Kinsley of Bristol, R. I., had ch. ; 
HoKATio N.. 1). 17 March, 1810, m. Laura Cole of Foster, he d. Jan., lf(83, no 
ch. ; Eliza S., b. 1 July, 1812, m. (^)rlis Coomer of Gloucester, no ch. ; Ruth 
A., b. 17 All--.. IHl t, m. (1) Jonatlian IJnndnli of Fustei-, m. (_2) Nathan Battey 
of Burrillville, m. (3) Albert Converse; Lviha A., b. 29 March. 1816, m. 
Olney Walker of Foster, had ch., she d. about 1845; Susan A , b. 2 June, 



BATTEY. BELLOWS. 401 

1818, ra. July, 1839, John Matthewson, residence, Ox.; had Sarah ,/., b. 15 
Oct., 1840; John A., b. 7 July, 1820; Leander, b. 15 Sept., 1822; Lafayette 
E., b. 26 June, 1824, m. 20 July, 1845, Mary A. Work of R. I., b. 10 Oct., 
1827, ho d. 17 Dec, 1879, was called to his door in the dusk of early morn- 
ing: and after steppins: out a short distance assaulted and killed by blows 
which fractured his skull, and robbed, assailant unknown, she d. 15 Feb., 
1885; they had: Bnth A., b. 10 July, 1846; Alonzo E., b. 6 Feb.. 1849; 
Charles C, b. 13 Oct., 1851; Marietta, b. 13 Nov., 1853; Agnes C, b. 26 June, 
1856; Lafayette L., b. 8 March, 1859; Eva E., b. 1 June, 1862; Frank E., b. 
16 Dec, 1864. 

BATTLES, JOSIAH, aged 68, d. 8 Feb., 1868. 

BEACH, JOHN (Canadian), aged 81, d. 19 Feb., 1875. 

BEAM AN, MARY A., w. of Rev. H. H., d. 14 June, 1881, Rev. H. H., 
aged 33, d. 10 Aug., 1881, at Athol. 

BEAN, AMY, aged 57, d. 18 Sept., 1855. 

BEAUMONT, BETTY (English), widow, aged 75, d. 28 May, 1880. 

BEAUREGARD, Mrs. APPOLINE (Canadian), aged 42, d. 27 July, 1873. 

BEERS, LYDIA, residence, Ox., Dec, 1793. 

BELLOWS, HEZEKIAH, came from Dudley to Ox. 1762, bought centre 
tavern, sold 1765, removed before May, 1767, to South Gore, in 1779 was of 
Killingly, Conn., and 21 June, 1785, one of 78 who were sworn at organization 

of Thompson town, he m. Mary . . . . Children : Hezkkiah, b. 2 July, 

1761, at Dudley; Elljah, b. 8 Feb., 1764, m. intentions 3 Dec, 1782, then of 
Killingly, Conn., Ruth Stone; Eleazek, b. 19 Feb., 1766; Newell, b. 11 
April, 1768; William, b. 20 May, 1770; Mary, b. 11 July, 1773; Daniel, b. 

11 June, 1777, at South Gore. 

ELEAZER, of Ox., perhaps brother of Hezekiah (1), and Abigail Putney 
of Dudley, m. 27 Oct., 1763 [another record says 21 April, 1763], in 1796 he 
was of Gloucester, R. I., " physician." 

CALVIN, b. 17 Nov., 1811, came to Ox. from Warren, shoe bottomer, m. 
17 April. 1833, Sarah B., dau. of James Collier, settled at Ilolliston, removed 
to Ox., he d. 17 Dec, 1874, she d. aged 74, 8 .Tune, 1885, both at Ox. . . . 
Children: Effingham C, b. 1834, d. 1837, at Ilolliston; Julius N., b. 22 
Feb., 1836, at Ox., m. 12 July, 1857, Lucy M., dan. of James Brown, soldier 
in the 36th Mass. Regt. in the late war, wounded in l)attle of Wilderness, d. 

12 May, 1864, at Falmouth, Va. ; had George IF., b. 24 March, 1860; Arthur 
L., b. 25 Dec, 1861; Sarah E., b. 25 July, 1837, m. 7 July, 1858, Leander 
Gibson, and had Elizabeth, d. young; Alia, b. 3 Feb., 1861. m. 27 Sept., 1879, 
Clarence E. Bemis of Spencer; had Mai'y H., b. 28 Aug., 1882; A. Augusta, 
b. 2 April, 1839, at Northl)ridge, m. 22 Sept., 1868, Edward A. Macomber 
of Rnshville, 111., residence, Worcester, no ch. ; Hartwell N., b. 31 Aug., 
1845, at Ox., m. 28 Sept., 1870, E. Maria, dau. of William Allen of North 
Brookfield, and had William, h. 1871; he d. 1880; Emeline S., b. 26 July, 
1852, m. 4 Feb., 1875, John F. Fife of New Hampsliire, she d. Aug., 1875, no ch. 

SARAH, of Southboro', and William Eddy, ni. intentions Nov., 1746. 
LYDIA, and James Hart, Jr., of Worcester, m. intentions 16 March, 1765. 
52 



402 BEMIS. BIOELOW. 

BEMIS, MARTIN, of Spencer, and Pamela I). King, ra. intentions, 26 Jan., 
1824. 

BENNETT, DEBORAU, dau. of Joseph, unm., aged 89, d. 3 April, 1872. 

BENSON, WILLARD, of Northbridge, came to Ox. before May, 1840, as 
clerk for William Sigourney, in 1846 v.'as made postmaster and kept a store in 
"Arcade" building, d. 18 Jan., 1847, aged 28, at Webster, whither he had gone 
to be married. 

SAMUEL B., aged 79, d. 28 Sept., 1871. 

MARY, m. n. Gross, aged 57, d. 17 June, 1877. 

SARAH, m. n. Maxwell, widow, aged 76, d. 15 Dec, 1877. 

BERTRAND, w. of Augustus (Canadian), aged 35, d. 28 July, 1855. 

BICKFORD, ALMON, b. 15 Oct., 1803, at Gloucester, R. I., m. 29 April, 
1832, Marietta, dau. of John Coller, he d. 1877 at Cranston, R. I., she d. 15 
Feb., 1844, at Ox. . . . Children: Sally W.. b. 2(5 June, 1833, m. (1) Libra 
Severy of Sutton, ni. (2) William Gay of Killingly, Conn.; Maria A., b. 4 
July, 1834, at Millbury, m. Henry Albee of Charlton; Henry A., b. 27 July, 
1836, at Ox., m. Eliza Wood of Chepachet, R. I. ; Julia A., b. 31 July, 1838, at 
Ox., m. Peleg Potter of Putnam, Conn. 

BICKNELL, SAMUEL, and Nancy M. Gross, m. intentions 10 March, 1842. 

BEN WAY, CATHARINE (Canadian), aged 45, d. 10 March, 1876. 
CHARLES (.Canadian), aged 48, d. 1 March, 1882. 
Mrs. ALBANA, aged 49, d. 16 Aug., 1882. " 

BETTS, LAVINIA W., widow, aged 62, d. 5 Nov., 1885. 

BIGELOW, JESSE, son of Thomas of Douglas, b. about 1790, m Iluldah, 
dau, of John Waters of Sutton, b. 24 Sept,, 1795, settled in Sutton, removed 
1815 to west part of Ox., H. 70, where she d. aged 48, 14 Dec, 1843, he m. 
(2) intentions 5 Sept., 1844, Esther M. Simpson of Webster, removed to 
Webster, where he d. 14 March, 1877, farmer, . . . Children : Mary, b. 24 
Sept., 1815, m. 2 May, 1842, William A., son of Eastman Bolster of Hard- 
wick, where they settled and soon removed to Indiana, thence to Cold- 
water, Mich,, where they resided 1884, 5 ch. ; Huldah. b, 6 Nov., 1817, m. 
(1) 31 Dec, 1836, Joseph Lawless, who d. soon, m. (2) 18 April, 18.")0, John 
Fegan of Wel)ster, where they settled; had Hannah £".,. b 30 June, 1851, 
m. 6 iMay, 1875, Thomas W. Scott of Webster, where they reside, had Fred 
A., b. 17 Feb., 1884; John, the father, d. 7 Aug., 1864, at Webster; Jesse 
W.. b. 27 Nov., 1821, m. Joanna Watson, settled at Brooklield, where he d. 
13 Jan., 1852; had Jennie, m. Albert Doughty of Ox., resides with her 
mother at Brooklield; Hitty K., b. 1827, d. 1828; John Thomas, b. 25 July, 
1830, m. Lydia Stearns, settled at Oakham, where he d. Aug., lS58, no ch. 

WILLIAM IL, sou of Elisha of Montpelier, Vt., b. 11 April, 1799, came to 
Ox. in young manhood as clerk for Richard Moore, trader, later was book- 
keeper at Slater's Woolen Village and South Leicester, and before May, 1827, 
began trade with Charles P. Baldwin at Webster, East Village, continuing 
about three years, was meantime postmaster, removed to the Merino Village, 
and tht'iice in Aug., 1833, to Ox., as landlord at the centre tavern. He 
remained tlicrc unlil 1836, and returned 1837 to Webster. His later years 



BIGELOW — BLANCHARD. 403 

were spent at Ox. He m. at Ox., 30 March, 1817, Sarah Gibbs of New Salem, 
he d. aged 77, 21 Oct., 1876, she d. 27 Feb., 1864. . . . Children: William H., 
b. 6 July, 1817, d. 19 Aug., 1836; Julia A., b. 21 June, 1820, ra. 30 Oct., 1839, 
William H. Thurston; Sarah M., b. 13 Nov., 1823, m. Nov., 1840, Rufus 
Rawson of Webster, no ch. ; Elisha N., b. 21 March, 1825, m. 1844, Angeline 
Logan of Webster, druggist at Webster; they had Ida B., m. Jacol) Peterson 
of Waltham ; Minnie J. ; two others d. young ; Theodore, b. 2 April, 1827, 
at Soutli Leicester, m. Matilda Hodges, settled at Webster, and had Ehoderick 
F. H., William E., Flora B. ; Edwin W., b. 9 July, 1829, at Ox., residence, 
Webster, unm. ; Mary Jane, b. 5 Aug., 1831, at Ox., m. Charles A. Angell; 
Ann Sophia, b. 17 Jan., 1834, at Dudley, m. Simon D. Sibley, settled at Welv 
ster, 8 ch.; Julius W.. b. 5 May, 1836, at Ox., m. March, 1866, Azubah H. 
Whiting of Rockville, Conn., residence, Webster; they had Myron J. ; Emily 
F., b. 1 July. 1839, at Webster, m. 1868 (?), Alexander Knox, commissary in the 
late war, and at its close settled at Mount Pleasant, S. C, where he d. 1867, 
shed, there 30 Oct., 1871, no ch. ; Ellen A., b. 17 Sept., 1841, at Webster, 
m. George, brother of Alexander Knox, settled at Mt. Pleasant, where he d. 
Aug., 1871; they had Sarah; she m. (2) Samuel V. Gregory, residence, Mt. 
Pleasant. 

CYNTHIA, of Worcester, and Joseph Davis, 2d, m. intentions 30 June, 1812. 

FANNY, m. n. Stockwell, of Sutton, aged 82, d. 16 Sept., 1874. 

AMOS, son of Thomas, of Douglas, aged 85, d. 14 Dec, 1874. 

FREEMAN, son of Amos, aged 71, d. 23 March, 1879. 

BIGGS, GEORGE (English), aged 68, d. 9 Jan., 1886. 

BILLINGS, PETER, aged 13, drowned 21 Aug., 1848. 

BIRCH, Mrs. MARY, d. 3 Jan., 1752. 

BISCO, ALDEN, of Leicester, and Celinda Martin, m. 10 Sept., 1833. 

BIXBEE, NATHANIEL, w. Mary , had Samuel S., b. 2 July, 1763; 

Elias, b. 13 Aug., 1765; Elizabeth, b. 26 Sept., 1767; Mary N., b. 2 Feb., 
1770, at Worcester. 

SAMUEL, of Sutton parish, and Mrs. Huldah Town, m. 15 May, 1789. 

JONATHAN, of South Gore, 1790, tanner. 

EZRA, aged 63, d. 2 Jan., 1864. 

BLACK, GEORGE, and Polly Sargent, m. 16 March, 1828. 

BLACKMAN, NATHAN, Worcester(?), journeyman hatter for Samuel 
Campbell, 1808, resided one or two years, removed to R. I., should be noted 
for public spirit, was instrumental in having Lombardy poplars set the full 
length of the street. . . . Children : Hannah, Samuel, Palmer. 

BLACKSTOCK, JAMES M., aged 45, d. 31 May, 1855. 
ELIZA, widow, aged 68, d. 10 July, 1867. 

BLANCHARD, SAMUEL, of French descent, came in 1784 from south 
part of Sutton to the farm on Long Hill, then in Sutton, set in 1793 to Ox., 
H. 160, he m. 17 March, 1775, Susanna Tenney of Sutton. . . . Children: 
Stephen, b. 26 Oct., 1775, m. Cyna, dau. of Solomon Marble of Millbury, 
where they settled and both d., had ch. ; John Brewer, b. 2 March, 1780, 
scythe maker at Dudley and Palmer, where he ra., settled and d., had ch. ; 



404 HLANCHAliD. — ULANDIN. 

Simon, b. 17 i-Yl)., 1782, in. Silence Barton, rcsidod and d. at Boston; Samuel, 
b. 25 June, 1784, unm., travelled widely selling scythes; Polly, b. 3 July, 

1786, m. Reed, removed to Vt. ; Thomas, b. 24 June, 1788, m. (1) 

, he m. (2) Pierce of Grafton. The well known inventor, whose 

works have influenced larj^ely the mechanical arts in this country and in 
Europe. One of his greatest inventions was the machine for turning irregu- 
lar forms. Another was that for bending ship timber. It is claimed that the 
system of interchangeal)le parts, wliicli has almo.st revolutionized the making 
of a great variety of machines, was the fruit of his genius. This claim is, 
however, stoutly denied.' Abiathak, b. at Ox., unra., settled and d. at 
Palmer; Susanna, b. 1 June, 1799. 

JOSEPH, taxed for real estate in Ox., 1771. 

JOHN, and Polly Lilley, m. intentions 25 Sept., 1813. 

HATTIE, aged 18, d. 15 Aug., 1887, dan. of George. 

EMMA B., aged 22, d. 24 Aug., 1887, dau. of George. 

BLANDIN, BLANDING. The Oxford family descended from Francis, 
a Frenchman from Canada, who settled at Newton, where he had Francis, 
b. 19 Oct., 1718, m. Susanna Bailey of Brookline and had Francis, b. 24 
March, 1754, Revolutionary soldier, m. Mary (Putney?) and removed to Ox. 
about 1787, she d. 21 March, 1804, he m. (2) 2 Oct., 1800, Sarah Davis, she 
d. 7 April, 1822, he m. (3) 28 July, 1822, Prudence Twiss, she d. 5 Sept., 1840. 
.... Children:- h. at Newton : Jaxk, b. 2 Aug., 1782; Borodel, b. 10 Feb., 
1784, m. Hiram Smith, she d. 1847, at Charlton; George, b. 20 July, 1785, 
d. in the war of 1812; Dolly, b. 6 Nov., 1786, m. (1) Ebenezer (?) Prentiss 
of Watertown, 10 ch., m. (2) Henry Coburn of Southbridge, m. (3) Parley 
Rawson of Thompson, Conn., she d. in Vt. ; ch. b. at Ox. : Patty, b. 1 Sept., 
1789, m. Frank Hagar of Watertown, had ch., residence, in 1881, Hubbard- 
.ston; Nabby, b. 12 Aug., 1792, m. 18 Nov., 1827, George W. Blandin, her 
cousin, residence, Leicester, no ch. ; Elisha, b. 30 Oct., 1794, d. 1803; Mar- 
tin, b. 4 April, 1796, m. 3 March, 1821, Sarah Holmes of Watertown, settled 
at Ox. and had ch., he d. 12 Oct., 1881, aged 86; Lucy, b. 6 Sept., 1798, m. 
(1) Simeon Hayward, no ch., m. (2) Caleb Learned, shed. 24 Jan., 1877; 
Joshua, b. 7 Sept., 1801, m. (1) Nancy Henry of Watertown, and had ch. , 
m. (2) Caroline Kirby of Somers, Conn., had ch., lived at Ox. and various 
other places, d. 2 July, 1873, at Attawaugan, Conn. 

2. ELISHA, son of Francis (1), b. 20 Oct., 1759, came to Ox. from Sut- 
ton, settled in east part at H. 7, three years in Revolutionary war, he m. 3 
June, 1783, Molly Wakelleld of Sutton; a dau. Nancy m. Joseph H. Putnam 
of Sutton; wife of Elisha Blandin d. 10 Feb., 1833 [Ox. Uec.j. 



1 Mrs. Ilurriet Daiiii, dau. of Naliuiu Pratt, wlio well as any of lier cliililrcn tiU he mocked old 

lived not far from Itlancliard's, was well ac- Mrs. S so much he couldn't talk himself. 

(lualnted with the family. She said: "When " One day he was sent lulo the llelds alone to 

Thomas was about I'i years of age his father came work, and two or three hours later my father on 

to my father and asked him to take the boy into f,'olnj< out found him sitting by the side of a 

Ills employ as he couliido nothluK with him. lie small pond wlilsilliig an<l nnimblin.i; to the frogs, 

would not work, but was constantly at some pro- On condng lumie he said Tom had by his juffKllnj; 

ject in the line of machinery. Thomas came and called around him all the froj;s in the pond, and 

for a time did a Ullle belter than at home, but he didn't know what he would do next. Havlnj,' 

soon became a source of trial and vexation and been sent to the house from the field one day for 

did not remain loiiK. If father sent him Into the a plow he Induced the servant girl to shoulder 

Held to pick and pile up stones Tom would stam- and lug It for him by promising to make her a 

mer out, 'T-t-thcre miK'ht b-b-be a ma-machlne parlng-machlne, which he did." 

lu-m-made to do th-th-lhls: ' He was a habitual -Ox. Records ;,'lve Polly, Fanny, Barney, 

stammerer; his mother told me he could talk us Ocorge, Dorothy, Patty, Abigail. 



BLANDIN. — BOGLE. 405 

JONATHAN, and Submit Cook, of Charlton, m. 6 Feb., 1783. 
GILBERT, and Mary Ann Hagar, in. 3 Feb., 1828, had Charles, b. 9 Feb., 
1828. 
JONAS, Revolutionary soldier, d. 11 Feb., 1833. 
Mrs. MARY, aged 69, d. 27 Aug., 1873. 

BLANEY, JEDEDIAH, of Lancaster, 1761, Revolutionary soldier, m. 30 
May, 1761, Beulali, dau. of William Brown, settled near his father-in-law, 
north part of Ox., H. 149; in 1764 Brown deeds to Mrs. Blaney 8 acres near 
Joseph Pratt's, H. 147, on 7 May, 1764, William Lackey of Ox. deeds to Bla- 
ney rights to land as discharged soldier, " he having been a sergeant and ex- 
pects 200 acres." Blaney d. 1778, order of appraisal 2 Nov. [In 1763 the town 
refused allowance to William Brown for support of the child of his dau. 
Beulah. Kimball Ransdale (Kamsdell?) , w. Beulali "or the widow Blaney " and 
dau. 4 months old, resided here March, 1783.] . . . Children : Bethia, b. 
14 Jan., 1764: Joseph, b. 4 June, 1767; Elizabeth, b. 1 June, 1771, all un- 
traced. 

BENJAMIN, taxed 1769. 

BLOOD, RICHARD, of Bellingham, 1736, bought 2 March, 300 acres in Ox. 
now Charlton (sold in 1729, by Peter Papillon to Manasseh Horsmer of 
Thompson, Conn.) where he settled, sold a part 1746 to his sou Nathaniel, 
who m. 20 Dec, 1742, Ruth Hale [Hall?] of Bellingham, and had Susanna, b. 
2 Dec, 1743; Richard, b. 9 June, 1745; Nathaniel, b. 1747, d. 1753; Elijah, 
b. 10 Oct., 1748; Rachel, b. 9 Dec, 1750; Nathaniel, b. 22 Feb., 1754. 

ISAIAH, brother of Nathaniel (1)? m. (1) 19 Jan. 1744, Martha Thompson 
of North Gore, now Charlton, m. (2) 9 Nov., 1768, Thamazin, widow of John 
Hudson of Ox. . . . Children: by first m. John, b. 19 Nov., 1744; Caleb, b. 
1746, d. 1749; Esther, b. 4 Jan., 1749, m. 29 May, 1771, Joseph Pratt, 3rd; 
Isaiah, b. 17 May, 1752. 

SARAH, and Thomas Holbrook, m. 9 Nov., 1736. 

ANN, and James Town, m. 10 Dec, 1747. 

JOANNA of Charlton and Joseph Edwards, m. intentions 15 April, 1761. 

LAWSON, and Sally E. Town of Charlton, m. intentions 25 March, 1832; 
wheelwright, residence, Ox., 1830-1832. 

BLUNT, SAMUEL, residence, Ox., Sept., 1729. 

BOGLE, THOMAS, of Sudbury, tailor, taxed in the first list in Oxford 
Sept., 1717, bought in 1720 half of the land and rights of William Hudson on 
Long Hill, and 46 years later deeded to his son John 73 acres. John probably 

lived here 15 years at least ; Thomas the father m. Esther and d. at 

Sudbury before 28 June, 1771, at which time his children joined as follows in 
a conveyauce of one-half the Ox. farm to Nathaniel Muzzy, who m. the 
dau. Jane; Rowand, Silas Goodnow, who m. Mary, John Weighton, who m. 
Elizabeth, all of Sudl)ury, John of Ox., John Fassett, who m. Isabel 
and was of Monadnock, No. 4, N. H. 

2. JOHN, son of Thomas, m. 7 June, 1750, Mary, dau. of Thomas llunkins, 
settled on the homestead, soldier in the French war. . . . Children : 
Sarah, b. 29 Dec, 1760, m. Jason Coller; Esther, b. 22 Jan., 1752, d. 
1768; Elizabeth, b. 8 July, 1753, d. 1768; Thomas, b, 4 April, 1755, Revolu- 
tionary soldier, Aug., 1775, near Boston; William, b. 80 March, 1757, Revo- 
lutionary soldier, marched on Lexington alarm, enlisted iu Continental army ; 



AOC) BOGLE. — BOUND. 

John. 1). 1« Jim.-, I7r/J. d. 1707; Mom.y, b. 27 Aug., 1761; Hannaii, b. 12 
Si-pt., 1763. 

BOICE, .\SKNATII. residence Ox., Dec, 1793. 

ELLIO'l' of Spciicr and Mrs. Mary Cox, in. 22 March, 1837. 

BOIL, OWK.N, w. Ann, had -John, b. 15 May, 1829. 

BOLSTER, ISAAC, Jr., came to Ox. from Bnrrillville, R. L, 1821, settled 
al snntlh ast i)art of the town; he was b. at Uxljridge,' m. Tliankful S. Inman, 
hed. 4 Ai)ril, isce, she d. 19 Dec, 1873. . . . Children: Olnev, b. 15 Nov., 
1812, at Uxbridge, carpenter, lived at Sutton, Oxfoi'd, Worcester, and 
Norlhbridge where he resided 1890, ni. Eli/a, dan. of Leavens Sibley of Sutton, 
and had L"ri7ig, m. Sarah Brigham of S., d. 1856, no ch. ; I^liza Ann, m. (1) 
Alexander D. Marsh of Ox., m. (2) Edwin Elder, residence, Pawtucket, R. I., 
no ch. ; Leander F., m. Augusta Adams of Wf>rcester, 5 ch. ; Orkin D., b. 
28 June, 1815, m. (1) 5 Nov., 1838, Susan, dan. of Artemas Sibley of Grafton, 
no ch., he m. (2) 4 March, 1838, Elizabeth C. Johnson of Vennont, settled at 
Ox., removed 1878 to Iowa, thence to Chicago where he resided 1884, tliey 
had Susan E., b. 29 March, 1839, m. (1) William Robbins of Ox., and had 
Alice M. and Ida J. ; m. (2) Isaac Sweet of Northbridge, and had Charles (). 
and Lena A. ; Mien, b. 5 April, 1841, m. Daniel V., son of Fitts Adams; Han- 
nah, b. 30 Dec, 1842, m. (1) Hiram Kidder of Athol, settled at Ox., and had 
George H. ; she ra. (2) James Jackson of Vermont, and had Mary I. ; Mary J., 
b. 23 Aug., 1844, m. George Peters of Douglas, and had Harry A. and Herbert 
E. ; Emma C, b. 31 March, 1849, m. Jeremiah, brother of Isaac Sweet, she d. 
30 Dec, 1869, no ch. ; Addie L., b. 15 June, 1854, m. Lewis, brother of Isaac 
Sweet and had Elizabeth M. and Lewis E. ; Charles H., b. 21 Jan., 1857; all 
surviving ch. with fa^uilies removed West with the parents in 1878 ; Lucena 
M., b. 1 April, 1819, at Douglas; Lucinda, b. 15 June, 1822, m. 24 Aug., 
1856 (?), Rufus, son of Parley Eddy, settled at Charlton, he d. 25 Feb., 1875, 
she d. 13 Sept. 1876; they had Celia J., b. 30 Nov., 1857, m. 29 March, 
1880, Lewis N. Rheiu, settled at Charlton, no ch. 

ASAIIEL, and Mrs. Mary Lilley, both of Soutli Gore, m. intentions, 17 
June, 1815. 

BOND, EBENEZER, son of Ebeuezer, aged 52, d. 20 Feb., 1854. 
EUGENE IL, son of Ebeuezer, aged 23, d. lU July, 1870. 
MARCUS, aged 56, d. 28 April, 1879. 

BONSA, BONZEY, PETER or ABEL, Hessian prisoner of war, settled 
at Ox. Ijcforc Marcli, 1780, resided llrst in east part of the town, in 1790 re- 
moved to Humphrey place, H. 35, soon to North Ox., lived in a log house 

south of H. 99, removed to Ward, d. there 1 July, 1820, he m. Lydia . 

. . . Children: Roxalana, b. 21 Aug., 1779; Petkr, b. 31 Aug., 1781; 
Samukl, b. 18 March, 1783, residence, Ellsworth, Me.; Polly, b. 30 March, 
1785, m. Dr. Ebeuezer Lillie; Pkudy, b. 22 July, 1787; Nancy, b. 17 July, 
1789; Chaklk-s, b. 18 Aug., 1791; Alkxandkr, b. 8 Oct., 1793, m. Roxana 
, settU'd at Ward, 8 ch. ; Sally, b. 23 March, 1795; Rohkut, b. 1797. 

ZENAS, m. 3 June, 1838, Betsey A. Waters. 

BOUND, JOHN, m. intentions 10 May, 1775, Susanna, dan. of Benjamin 
Davis, shoemaker, south part of Ox., H. 50, built house, d. there, aged 69, 23 
Eel)., 1819, she d. 17 Feb., 1817. . . . Children: HovEY D., b. 4 July, 1776, 
> Isaac Bolster was of Uxbridge In 1749. 



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m. 14 Oct., 1800, at Sturbridpre, Hannah Carpenter, soldier in the War of 1812, 
wounded at Qneenstown, returned to Ox. about 1817 witli w. and 4 eh., left a 
few years later; Sakaii, 1). 14 April. 1780, m. (1) intentions 12 Feb., 1802, 
Amasa Fay of Thompson, Conn., and had Mary, h. 1 Oct., 1802, m. (2) 17 
March, 1807, Israel Waters of Sutton, residence, 1823, at Thompson, removed 
to Ohio, where both d. 

BOWEN, PALMER T., and Cynthia Carpenter, m. intentions 14 Oct., 1832. 

BOWERS, JOHN, Revolutionary soldier. 
PARIS, w. Orilla, had Jerome, b. 24 June, 1829. 

BOWES, ELIZA ANN, aged 21, d. 16 March, 1861. 
MARGARET T., aged 20, d. 3 Dec, 1861. 
Mrs. MARY (Irish), aged 47, d. 19 June, 1863. 

BOWKER, STEPHEN, aged 23, d. May, 1818. 

BPWMAN, JOSEPH, descended from Nathaniel of Watertown, who had 
about 1630, Francis, who had Joseph, b. 18 May, 1674, who had with others 
Joseph, b. 16 Sept., 1697, i-emoved to Westboro', and Thaddeus, b. 2 Sept., 
1712, removed to New Braintree; Joseph, m. 16 March, 1732, Thankful For- 
bush of Westboro', and had 8 ch., the eldest was Joseph, b. 21 Jan., 173.5, the 
second minister at Oxford. He was graduated at Harvard University 1761, 
ordained 31 Aug., 1762, in the Old South Church, Boston, as a missionary to 
the Indians at Onohoquaque on the Susquehanna River, whither he soon went. 
He came home in the spring of 1763 to be married and was returning with 
furniture and provisions when the outbreak of Indian hostilities prevented 
further progress. He returned to Westboro', preached a short time and soon 
came to Oxford, where he was installed pastor 14 Nov., 1764. In Sept., 
1765, he bought the house at the north end of the street, H. 244 (now removed 
a few rods to the westward), where he resided until leaving town. He Avas 
an ardent patriot in the Revolution and did much to stimulate and strengthen 
the people in that crisis, was especially helpful to Col. Ebenezer Learned and 
the chaplain of his regiment in 1775 at Roxbury. A letter, 23 Oct., 1777, to 
Gen. Learned, then in the army, is interesting as showing the kindly feel- 
ing between the two, but is not otherwise important. His later years in 
Oxford were a continual struggle for the means of subsistence, some details 
of which may be found under "Ecclesiastical affairs." 

In March, 1784, he removed to Barnard, Vt., where on 22 Sept. of the same 
year he was installed. He was settled on a salarj^ of two hundred dollars a 
year, and received a gift of a farm, as the first minister of the town. He 
was welcomed with ranch cordialit_y and respect, and was looked up to as the 
leading man. " He visited the schools, catechised the scholars, was attentive 
to the sick and distressed ; rode about town on horseback with his cocked 
hat and fiowiug wig, was exacting of his salary [had not forgotten his Oxford 
experience], even the poor had to pay, and was much respected for upright- 
ness, talents and learning. He taught the classics to young men who were 
fitting for college and greatly encouraged learning." A recent letter from an 
aged resident of Barnard calls him a "great and good man," and adds, "We 
think parson Bowman made us, and made us better than a bad man would." 
As a preacher he was quite noted, and unquestionably he left a most valuable 
impress upon that community as a citizen and a minister. In 1801 he was 



408 BOWMAN. 

elected a trustee of I);irtmoiith ColU-ffc, which oflice he held until his death. 
His descendants were ainoni; the i)est people of Barnard, and to the third and 
fourtli generations to-day occupy hij;h positions in some of our western cities. 

He m. 29 June, 1763, Lavinia Baixcr, sister of Joseph, proprietor at Bakers- 
Held, Vt., he d. 27 April, 1806, she d. 28 Sept., 1816. . . . Children, h. at Ox. : 
JosKPii, 1). 23 July, 1764, m. Fanny Spooner of Windsor, Vt., merchant at 
Barnard, removed to Gardiner, Me., Avhere he d. about 182.5; they had James, 
m., went south, where he d. ; Edward, d. unm. at Gardiner; Nancy, m. Squire 
Waters of Montpelier, Vt., where she d. ; Ja.mes, h. 20 March, 1768, went to 
sea, not heard from; Oliver, b. 6 April, 1770, m. Deborah Spooner, settled at 
Barnard, removed west; they had Maria D., m. Walter Follett of Temple, 
N. H. ; Ax-EXANDKR, b. 14 June, 1772, m. 1802, Sarah Anthony of Sherburne, 
Vt., settled on the homestead, where he d. 26 Dec, 1813, she d. very aged at 
Hartford, Vt., he was a leading man at Barnard; they had William, b. 30 
Dec, 1802, m. Mary Ann Hathaway of Rome, N. Y., Colonel of a regiment in 
St. Lawrence Co.; George, b. 5 March, 1805, m. Eliza Heed of Rutland, Vt., 
merchant at Milwaul<ee, Wis., 5 ch. ; Joseph, b. 27 July, 1807, m. Asenath Bur- 
roughs of Tuubridge, Vt., farmer at Barnai'd, justice of the peace and sherifl", 
removed west and d., 3 sons; Mary Ann, b. 9 June, 1809, m. 1830, David 
Chandler of Pomfret, Vt., where she d. 24 Nov., 1884; Harriet C, b. 15 Jan., 
1812, m. Dec, 1830, Edward Morris, residence, Hartford, Vt., he d., she 
removed to live with her dau. at West Lebanon, N. H., 5 ch. ; John, b. 15 
Sept., 1775, ra. Mary Southgate of Barnard, 1 son, all d. at Durand, N. H., 
he d. about 1841; Mary, b. 31 March, 1777, m. 1816, Maj. Elisha Smith of 
Pomfi'ct, Vt., where she d. 1851. Two others are recorded, Euward, d. 13 
March, 1766; Nancy, d. 22 Oct., 1774. 

EZRA, innkeeper at Dudley, 1771, where lie m. intentions 4 .\pril, 1770, 
Elizabeth Campbell. In 1773 he kept a tavern at North Oxford, successor of 
Abigail, widow of Jacob Pierce, at the David Stone place, H. 125, and in 1774 
removed to the centre tavern on the Plain. He had ability, enterprise and 
public spirit, and became prominent as a citizen, several years selectman, 
Sept., 1776, one of a committee of the town to consider and report upon 
the forming of a State Constitiition, in 1779 colleague Avith Gen. Ebenezer 
Learned in tlic delegation to Cambridge to act on the same subject, Sept., 
1777, appointed .Adjutant of Fifth Regt. He operated considerably in real 
estate in this vicinity, and tradition says expended a large amount in enlarging 
and remodelling tlie tavern. In 1781 he bought land and built a house near 
tlie present arch bridge on tlie Charlton road, H. 80, sold in 1782 and removed 
to Charlton. In 1782 he had suits in court for debt, in some of which he was 
declared to have withdrawn himself from the Commonwealth. In 1783 he was 
of Boston, and again of Charlton in 1784. In April, 1785, he being in jail at 
Worcester, asked relief of tlie town and was refused. In 1787 he was impris- 
oned by Joseph Hurd, collector of (.).\ford. and escaped "througli tlie insulli- 
ciency of tlie jail." [Court Rec] . . . Children: RuKUs, b. 3 Feb., 1771; 
Thomas, h. 23 July, 1772, d. soon ; SoriiiA, 1). 2 Oct., 1774, at Ox. ; Nathaniel, 
b. 4 Aug.. 1776; Emzaheth, b. 6 Oct., 1778; Polly, b. 5 Oct., 1780; AlexaxN- 
UEU, all removed from town witli tlieir parents. 

CH.VRLES D., descended from Thaddeus of New Braiutree, who in. 1764, at 
Lexington, Ivatherine Munroe, they had Joseph, b. 10 Sept. , 1771, a leading man 
of the town, m. 26 Nov., 1797, Sally Penniman of New Braiutree, their sixth 
and youngest eiiild was Charles D., b. 12 Dec, 1816, was graduated 1838 at 



BOWMAN. BRIGGS. 409 

Harvard College, family tutor in Georgia till 1842, when he began the study 
of law with Judge "Washburn of Worcester, admitted to the Worcester bar 
1845, soon after opened a law office at Ox. He was a man of exceptional 
ability and superior culture, precise and thorough in all his professional acts, 
and socially, genial and attractive. He ra. 24 Nov., 1846, Almira L., b. 6 Aug., 
1826, dan. of Elnathan Jones of Entield; he d. 19 Jan., 1857, she d. aged 28, 9 
Oct., 1854. . . . Child: Louise Jones, b. 10 Feb.. 1849, m. Thomas George 
Walker, settled at Morristown, N. J., she d. 31 Dec, 1890, he d. 26 Feb., 1891, 
they had Lucy, b. 1874, d. 1877; Edith, b. 29 Jan., 1878; Ireyie, b. 21 April, 
1880 ; Bertha L. 

BOYDEN, JONATHAN, w. Esther, and family, resided at Ox. Aug., 1766. 

LLXTUS, and Mary Ann Fairbanks of Holden, m. intentions, 31 May, 1827. 

ELLEN L., w. of Samuel, Jr., aged 29, d. 23 May, 1863. 

MARY. dan. of Samuel, aged 34. d. 6 March, 1871. 

SARAH M., m. n. Capron, w. of Samuel, aged 78, d. 26 June, 1875. 

SARAH E., w. of Samuel. Jr., aged 48, d. 7 Nov., 1875. 

SAMUEL, aged 85, d. 27 Jan., 1878. 

SAMUEL, son of Samuel, aged 52, d. 18 Jan., 1884. 

BOYNES, LEVI D., son of Philip of Holden, aged 37, d. 23 May, 1881. 

BRACKETT, Peter, son of David of Dudley, m. Polly, dan. of Nathan 
Upham, and had at Ox. Ai.onzo, b. 1831, d. 1833. 
LUCENA, dau of David of Dudley, aged 17, d. Jan., 1833. 

BRADBURY, DAVID, w. Hannah, had H.\nnah J., b. and d. 1842. 

BRADLEY, JOHN (English), aged 52, d. 9 March, 1877. 

BRAMAN, MARY, widow, resided in Ox., Feb., 1792. 

BREEN, MARY (Irish), aged 47, d. 19 June, 1882. 

BREWER, LEANDER W., aged 78, d. 12 Feb., 1887. 

BRIGGS, ABRAM, b. about 1743, m. Catherine , was of Taunton 1770, 

removed to Sutton between 1777 and 1779, came to Ox. before 1781, lived in the 
southeast corner of the town, H. 6, where he d. aged 86, 9 March, 1830. . . . 
Children : first four b. at Taunton, Abram, b. 8 June, 1771, m. intentions 7 
Oct., 1797, Lucy Hill of Douglas, toll gatherer on the Douglas and Ox. turn- 
pike, removed to Worcester, where he d., had ch. ; Mercy, b. 10 April, 1773, 
d. 14 Sept., 1838, at Ox., unm. ; Bowars, b. 4 March, 1775, d. 1805 at Ox.; 
RoxANA, b. 20 Jan., 1777, m. James Davis; Polly, b. 13 .Jan., 1779, at Sut- 
ton, m. William Stiles; Jesse, b. 12 Dec, 1781, at Ox., unm., went into the 
U. S. army with his brother Stiles, d. near Buffalo of camp fever; Samuel, 
b. 12 Feb., 1784, left home for parts unknown; Olive, b. 26 Feb., 1786, m. 
12 April, 1814, Abijah, son of Thomas Upham of Dudley, settled and both d. 
at Montague; Lucinda, b. 5 March, 1788, d. at Ox., unm. ; Rufus, b. 22 July, 
1790, m. 28 March, 1816, Martha, dau. of Simeon Upham of Dudley, settled 
at Charlton, soldier in the 1812 war, returned in ill health and soon d., they 
had Simeon ; George W., b. 31 March, 1793. settled at Fitchburg, wliere he d. 
26 Dec, 1875, he m. (1) 2 April, 1820 Polly, dau. of Jonathan Briggs of 
Sutton, m. (2) Sarah Holmes. He had (reorge L., residence. West Boylston; 
David E., residence, Worcester; Boxana, ra. H. E. Ames, residence, Fitch- 
burg. 

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410 BRIGHAM. — BROWN. 

BRIGHAM, JOHN of Grafton, num., aged 80, d. 25 Nov., 1839. 
SAMUEL C, and Sarali li. Williams of WorccsttT, ni. intentions, 8 March, 
1847. 
ANNA, sister of .John, nnm., d. 18 April, 1847. 
CHAIiLES L., and Martha A. Pike, ni. 9 Dec., 1849. 

BROTHERS, JOHN (Canadian), aged 68, d. 12 Oct., 1804. 

BROWN, WILLIAM, of Ox. about 1730, bought land on Town's Plain, 
and later in north part of Ox. near Cedar Swamp, H. 149, m." Martha 

\ , he d. 1772. . . . Children : William, d. 1729 ; Mary, b. 2 May, 1731, 

in. 3 Oct., 17.54, John Adams of Brookfield (?) ; Sarah, b. 8 Feb., 1734; Bku- 
LAii, m. Jedediah Blaney; ZACHAniAii, d. 1737. 

MAKTIIA, dau. of William and Mary, d. 1741. 

JONATHAN, b. 1635, son of Abraliam, one of the early settlers at Water- 
town, had WiLLLiAM, b. 1684, who had Ebknezku, b. 1705, ra. Abigail Adams 
of Lexington; they had with others, David, b. 21 Feb.. 1732. m. 2n Nov., 1755, 
Mindwell Cummins and removed to Charlton, their eldest child was EntexEZER, 
b. 26 March, 1757, at Charlton, m. 11 Feb., 1782, Bathsheba, dau. of John 
Nichols of Ox., and widow of Abijah Conant, settled in Dudley near Ox. and 
Charlton, at the mill on Pierpont brook, later Ozlas Cortis'. . . . Children: 
La VINA, b. 19 March, 1783, m. David Munyan, Thompson, Conn., and had ch. ; 
ABI.JAH, b. 26 Nov., 1784, m. 15 Oct., 1804, Phebe Albee; Elcy, b. I Feb., 
1786, m. 180G, Parley Fletcher; Ebenezer, b. 5 Jan., 1788; Nathaniel, b. 24 
Dec, 1789; Jeremiau, b. 1 April, 1793; Amos, b. 1796. m. 16 July. 1829, Mary 
W., dau. of Isaiah Rider of Charlton, he d. 1847, at Worcester, 1 dau.; 
Bathsheba, 1). 1798, m. James Oldham of Spencer where he d.,'she m. (2) 
Bugbee of Webster, she d. at Charlton. 

2. EBENEZER, son of Ebenezer (1), m. (1) Mehitable Spencer of Dan- 
ville, Vt., settled at Danville or Peacham, where he lived many years, she d. 
there, he returned to Ox. about 1830, m. (2) Eleanor Edwards, hiS cousin, set- 
tled in northwestern part, H. 91, he d. 18 June, 1849, she d. aged 70, 11 May, 
1867. . . . Children: by first m. Louisa; HniAM, m. at Worcester, removed 

to Lafayette, O., d. there; Maria P., m. Harris, in Vermont, came 

to Ox. and d. aged ;^9, 19 .April, 18.')5; Mehetable. 

3. NATHANIEL, son of Ebenezer (1), m. 12 Dec.. 1812, Ruth A. Needliam 
of Charlton, where they settled, removed 1829 to Ox., bought, 1832, laud west 
of Ilowarth's village and built house later Alfred Kingsbury's, made boots for 
the western market five years, removed about 1845 to Worcester, where both 
d., he d. Nov., 1861, she d. April, 1848. . . . Children, excepting the last two 
b. at Charlton : John, b. 23 Sept., 1814, m. 22 Nov., 1838, Mary, dau. of Smith 
Taft of Charlton, she d. 17 Feb., 1885, he was a soldier in the late Avar, fell 
from the roof of his house In Ox. and was killed 16 Dec, 1887; they had 
Samuel, b. April, 1842, m. July, 1875, Augusta, Avidow of W. Freeman Rose- 
])rook, dau. of Lewis A. Johnson, no eh.; Mary, b. Aug., 1844: Fred, h. 
Dec, 1851; Arthur, b. Oct., 1857; Maria A., b. 1 Dec, 1815, m. intentions, 
16 March, 1842, George T. Collins of Killingly. Conn., had eh. ; Harriet. 1). 
80 June, 1819, m. Elijah McKnight, carpenter, residence, Worcester, 3 ch., 
he d. aged 40, 1 Sept.. 1854; Nathaniel, b. 15 June, 1821, m. Elizabeth 
Greenwood of Grafton, settled at Buttalo, N Y., Avhere he is a boot manufac- 
turer and wealthy, had Louise, m. John Adsit of Buffalo, N. Y., had ch., 
Albert, m. and had ch. ; Ruth Ann, b. 1824, at Dudley, m. William Stedman 



BROWN. 411 

of Southbridge, carpenter, had ch. ; Sarah, b. 1832, at Ox., m. Fred. Town- 
send of Lancaster, had ch. 

4. JEREMIAH, sou of Ebenezer (1), m. (l) 14 April, 1817, Clarissa Mixer 
of Charlton, resided at Sutton, Charlton, Oxford aud Worcester, lived on the 
Elisha Davis farm, H. 14, from 1838 to 1851, she d. 2 Oct., 1854, hem. (2) 1858 
Almira, widow of David Hall, he d. 24 Nov., 1875, at Charlton. . . . Chil- 
dren, by tlrst m. : Amos, b. 13 April, 1818, at Charlton, m. (1) 8 May, 1839, 
Betsey M., dan. of Dca. Marble of Sutton, they had Eugene H., b. 30 June, 
1845, she d. aged 30, 12 Oct., 1850; m. (2) Eraeline B. Hutchinson of Sutton; 
he d. 29 May, 1869, at Charlton; Clarinda, b. 29 Oct., 1823, at Sutton, m. 21 
May, 1850, James M. Follansbee of Enfleld, N. H., residence, Worcester, 
where she d. 3 June, 1851. 

JOHN, of Cambridge, reputed Scotch, b. 1631, m. 1655, Esther Makepeace, 
had with others Joseph, b. 1677, resided at Watertown, m. lluhamah Welling- 
ton, removed to Lexington, had with others Joseph, b. 2 Sept., 1708, at 

Watertown, resided at HoUiston, m. (1) Katharine , m. (2) Hepsibah 

Lelaud, had by first m. Joseph, b. 23 Feb., 1733, at Holliston, m. 4 Nov., 
1756, Lj'dia TAvichell, resided at Holliston, removed to Thompson, Conn., 
whence he came about 1816 to Ox. with a grandson, William Cargel, removed 
1818 to Woodstock, late in life returned to Ox., and d. aged 89, at the house 
of his son Joseph, H. 88, 22 April, 1822. His will names sons Ephraim, Henry, 
Joseph, Amos and 3 daughters. Joseph, the third son, b. 31 Jan., 1763(?), 
went young with his father to Thompson, thence to Dudley, and came 1791 to 
Ox., residence, west part, H. 88, m. (1) 25 Oct., 1787, being then of Thompson, 
Jemima, dau. of John Larned, she d. 3 June, 1796, m. (2) 19 March, 1797, 
Anna Davis of Newburyport, she d. 3 Oct., 1847, aged 76, he d. aged 86, 4 
March, 1849. . . . Children by first m. : John L., b. 3 Aug., 1788, d. 1795; 
Joseph, b. 15 Aug., 1790; Miriam, b. 25 Nov., 1792, m. 6 April, 1817, Martin 
Wheelock of Spencer, where they settled; ch. by second m. : Sally, b. 25 
March, 1798, d. 1803; Susan, b. 17 Aug., 1800, d. 1803; Larned, b. 11 May, 
1803; Jasper, b. 21 Oct., 1805; Daniel and Danforth, b. 20 March, 1808; 
James, b. 11 April, 1812. 

2. JOSEPH, son of Joseph (1), m. (1) 9 Jan., 1814, Polly, dau. of Phiuehas 
Parker, she d. 6 Feb., 1823, m. (2) intentions 18 Oct., 1823, Lydia, dau. of 
Josiah Gleason, settled after second m. in the east part of Ox., H. 22, lived to 
old age, was deaf and killed by a train of cars while walking on the railroad, 
17 June, 1871, his w. Lydia d. 22 June, 1868. . . . Children by first m. : 
Joseph, b. 28 Aug., 1814, m. (1) 2 April, 1834, Lydia Davis of Holden, 2 ch., 
she d. about 1863 at Providence, R. I., m. (2) Mrs. Eliza Kent of Providence, 
m. (3) Mrs. Amy Knight, residence. Providence; Polly, b. 1 July, 1816, m. (1) 
Daniel V. Childs, he d. 1852, m. (2) Russell Arnold; Ethan L., b. 7 Aug., 
1818, m. Mary A. Sibley of Sutton, 1 dau.; Amasa, b. 11 April, 1820, d. at 
Leicester, unm. ; Cyrus Wilson, b. 9 Sept., 1822, went to sea at 16, not heard 
from; ch. by second m. : Josiah G., b. 21 July, 1824, m. (1) Mary Twiss of 
Charlton, she d. aged 32, 22 Aug., 1853, m. (2) Sarah Williams of Lawrence 
and had ch., soldier in the late war, d. in the service; Lydia Ann J., b. 4 
Nov., 1826, m. 15 Oct., 1847, W. Dexter Barrows of Worcester, had ch. ; J. 
Earned, b. 14 June, 1828, ra. (1) 19 Aug., 1850, Lucy A., dau. of Jacob Bond, 
m. (2) Mary Gay of Thompson, had ch., m. (3), and 1884 resided in R. I.; 
Susan M., b. 10 May, 1831, ra. Nov., 1852, George Barton of Leicester, no ch. 

3. LARNED, son of Joseph (1), m. Sally Rice, dau. of the w. of Jonathan 
Flagg by her first husband, removed to Natick, tavern keeper until near his 



412 BROWN. 

decease, about 1832. . . . Children: Maria, h. at Natick, in. Georjje Dyer of 
Worcester and had a son, in U. S. service at Wasliiiigtun ; Ann, I), at Natick, 
d. unm., at Worcester; JosiAU, b. and d. at Worcester, unin. 

4. JASPER, son of Joseph (1), in. intentions 3 Feb., 1827, Lucina, dau. of 
David Morse of Charlton, she d. 31 May, 1834. afied 29, m. (2) 28 May, 1839, 
Au'^usta Luiubard of Sturbridge; prominent man of the town, a democrat, 
justice of the peace, land surveyor, moderator, selectman and representative, 
a larjie land owner, he d. aged 80, 10 .March, 1880. . . Children by tirst m. : 
Sakau, I). 22 Aug., 1828, m. (1) Cooledge, son of Nahum Pratt [See Pratt], 
m. (2) 11 Sept., 1858, Otis B. Chattee, son of Joel of Th.nnpson, Conn.; they 
had Alfred M., b. 16 Aug., 1859; Herbert V., b. 3 May, 1863; Erminia E., b. 
5 April, 1865; Walter S., h. and d. 1868; by second m. : Carolink, b. 9 June, 

1840, d. young; Eliza M., b. 26 Nov., 1842, m. John C Hammond of Charl- 
ton, lawyer, residence, Northampton; they had Robert B., b. 1874. d. 1875; 
Thomas J., b. 22 Dec, 1876; Maud and May, b. 19 Sept., 1874; Ethel, b. 6 
Sept., 1884; Emily M., b. 21 June, 1844, m. J. Edward Nichols; Fanny, 
b. 8 June, 1848, d. 28 Nov., 1862. 

5. DANIEL, son of Joseph (1), blacksmith and machinist, m. (1) 28 Feb., 
1829, Sally, dau. of .Vmos Batcheller of Sutton, where tiiey settled, she d. 14 
May, 1832, m. (2) 27 Jan., 1833, Abigail T., dau. of Jame? Collier. . . . 
Children by first m. : Susan A., b. 13 July, 1830, m. 15 March, 1850, at Worces- 
ter, William II. Day of Killingly, Conn.; Sarah E., b. 28 April, 1832, m. 
Henry Greenleaf ; ch. by second m. : Abigail A., b. 6 Oct., 1833, at Sutton, d. 
young; Mary Jane, b. 4 March, 1835, at Sutton, m. at Chicago, 12 March, 
1854, Richard O. Hunt, 8 ch., residence, Santa Barbara, Cal., Daniel, the 
father, removed 1836 to Sturbridge; Charlotte E., b. 11 Sept., 1836, at 
Sturbridge, m. 22 June, 1855, at Chicago, George Baird, residence, Chicago, 
had ch., the father removed to Ox.; Daniel, b. 16 .April, 1838, d. young; 
Tamak H., b. 30 April, 1839, m. 1 June. 1859, at Bristol, Wis., Loring E. Buck 
of Kacine, Wis., had ch., residence, Belmont, Wis.; Hamlet R., b. 1 May, 

1841, m. 22 June, 1867, at Austin, Anna Parker, had ch., was in the late war, 
three years in the 3d Wis. Regt., in 1885 commission merchant at Los Angeles, 
Cal., deacon of Baptist Chui-ch; Amos B., b. 12 Nov., 1842, d. young; the 
father removed to Worcester 1844; Celia A., b. 1 June, 1844, at Worcester, 
d. aged 14; Henry, b. 7 Sept., 1846, d. young; Charles D., b. 13 Oct., 1847, 
d. young; Mico Melissa, b. 17 July, 1.S49 ; .\ngie F., b. 5 Sept., 1852; the 
father removed 1853 to Burlington, Vt., and 1854 to Chicago, 111. ; Ida Maria, 
b. 22 June, 1854, at Chicago, d. young; the father removed 1855 to Racine, 
Wis., built a house and shop; Harriet L., b. 26 May, 1850, d. young; A son, 
b. 14 Jan., 1858, d. young. 

6. DANFORTII, son of Joseph (1), m. (1) 14 Feb., 1830, Betsey, dau. of 
David Stone, she d. 1 Dec, 1839, m. (2) Jane M. Parkhurst. . . . Children 
by Urst m. : Charles, b. 1831, d. young; Elizabeth, b. 13 April 1834, m. 
3 Nov., 1866, Edmund Converse of Worcester, where she d. 15 June, 1869; 
by second m. : Abbie, d. unm. ; the family removed to Beaver Crossing, Neb. 

7. JAMES, son of Joseph (1), m. 27 Nov., 1834, Martha, dau. of Joseph 
Childs of Ox., he d. 2 Oct., 1889, at Ox. . . . Children: Mary A., b. 30 Jan., 
1S3G, at Worcester, d. 12 Aug., 1851; Lucy M., b. 16 Feb., 1839, m. 4 July, 
1856, Julius N., son of Calvin Bellows, he d. in the late war, she m. (2) Law- 
son Upham of Dudley, m. (3) Elbridge Kimball of Worcester, m. (4) Dr. 
John C. Johnst)n of Providence, no ch. except by Urst m. [See Bellows] ; 



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Oscar H., b. 28 Dec, 1842, m. 5 Sept., 1866, Eliza Dimon; had Lilian, b. 10 
Nov., 1868; Joseph W., b. 31 Jan., 1844, m. 4 July, 1872, Miranda Thompson 
of Douglas; James A., b. 25 April, 1847, m. 5 Oct., 1870, Jenny McCoy (?) of 
Nova Scotia, had ch. ; Frank J., b. 14 Feb., 1859, d. 6 May, 1875. 

PHILIP, of South Gore, of Dudley in 1780, bought, 1786, 200 acres east of 
the pond, part of the Roxbury School Grant, there kept a tavern, sold in 1806 
to his sons Philip, William C, and Marvin. He had business ability and en- 
ergy, vpas known as " King Philip," in 1798, with John Healy of Dudley, pur- 
chased the water power at East Village where a forge or trip-hammer shop 
was built the same year, sold to Healy Nov., 1799; he d. 24 Feb., 1827, aged 
77; he m. Lois, and had at Dudley, Aaron, b. 1779; Lois, b. 1781 ; Chloe, b. 
1783, m. intentions, 6 April, 1802, Ebcnezer Emerson of Thompson, Conn. ; 
Marvin, b. 1785, m. intentions, 19 March. 1807, Lilies Logee of Burrillville, R. I. 

JAMES, tailor, from Boston, was in Ox. Aug., 1765, m. 16 Feb., l768, Mary, 
dau. of John Shumway, resided a half-mile west of North Common, H. 90, 
perhaps on a part of her father's farm, she d. 5 Oct., 1826; James Brown, 
aged 79, d. 9 Oct., 1822 [Ox. Rec.]. . . . Children: Sarah, b. and d. 1768; 

"William, b. 27 Dec, [Record defaced]; Sarah, b. 23 May, , m. 

James CoUer; Maky, b. 22 Feb., 17 7-. m. Solomon Walker; James, b. 19 Feb., 
177- ; Ebenezer, b. 12 Nov., 1777, d. unm. 9 May, 1857(?); Joseph, b. 17 
May, 1786; Abigail, b. 19 Sept., 1788, m. Benjamin Tuel, residence, Weath- 
ersfleld, Vt. ; Alice, b. 3 May, 17 — , m. James CoUer, second w. 

EPHRAIM of Spencer, and Hannah Edmunds, m. 21 Feb., 1755. 

LYDIA, and Noah Hall of Killingly, Conn., m. 24 April, 1759. 
, SAMUEL and Hannah Marsh, both of Sutton, m. 2 Jan., 1782. 

WALTER of South Gore, and Phila Jepherson of Uxbridge, m. intentions 
26 Jan.. 1811. 

POLLY of South Gore, and Paraclete Morris, m. intentions 30 March, 1811. 

NANCY, and Jabez Green, m. intentions 19 Dec, 1814. 

SUSANNA of Smithfleld. and William T. Taft, m. intentions 15 May, 1824. 

LUCINDA of Dudley and Reuel Mofflt, m. 14 June, 1825. 

LAVINA and, John Emerson, both of South Gore, m. 21 Nov., 1826. 

JAMES of Sutton and Laura Tiffany, m. intentions 6 Jan., 1827. 

WILLARD, and Elizabeth Stowell of Boston, m. 22 April, 1827, and had 
Willard a., b. 25 Feb., 1828. 

LOVISA of Dudley, and Benjamin A. Corbin, ra. 9 Dec, 1836. 

CAROLINE, and Simeon R. Marble of Sutton, m. 29 May, 1844. 

MARY D., d. 1 Sept., 1849. aged 61. 

NATHAN, aged 54, d. 8 June, 1850. 

ISAAC, of Worcester, aged 41, d. 9 March, 1852. 

Mrs. MARY, m. n. Twiss, aged 32, d. 22 Aug., 1853. 

TURNER, m. Sophia Stockwell, she d. aged 53, 13 Nov., 1857. 

SALLY, w. of James, m. n. Woodcock, aged 76, d. 30 Jan., 1861. 

JAMES, of Dudley, her husband, aged 85, d. 8 March, 1865. 

HENRY of Woodstock, aged 66, d. 3 April, 1885. 

BRUCE, WARREN, and Eliza Leach, m. intentions 17 Aug., 1836, he d. 
aged 45, 6 Aug., 1847. 

Miss , d. 21 Sept., 1838. 

JOHN (Scotch), son of William, aged 29, found frozen dead 81 Dec, 1855, 
near Centre, verdict, "intoxicated." 

ANTIPAS, North Brookfleld, d. 18 Feb., 1865. 



414 BRUCE. — BURDON. 

JULIA A., dan. of Smith of Pomfret, uinn., a<;od 68, d. 9 Sept., 1873. 

BUCK, SAMUEL, of Sutton, and Kliziibeth Blunt, ni. 27 Aijril, 1742. 
JONATHAN, with family, resided iu Ox. Nov., 1762. 

BUFFUM, MOSES, son of Joshua and Sabra (Ballon), b. 10 July, 1800, at 
Sniithlli-ld, U. I., went in boyhood into a mill at SlatiT.sville, began business 
at niaklnii hats at 18 years of age, and two or three years later became part- 
ner with Ivsck Pitts, at Millville, in trade and the manufacture of satinets, con- 
tinuing until 18.34 when his partner died and he assumed the whole business. 
He was prospei-ed and enlarged his operations, going on until 1849 when his 
mill was burned and he lost heavily. Other reverses overtook him and most 
of his earlier accumulations had been swept away, when in 1852 he came to Ox- 
ford. Her,e, with Edward Thayer as partner, he began the manufacture of tine 
cassimercs. In 1855 Thayer left and Mr. Butlum continued successfully until 
his death in 1874. He had good business ability and tenacity of purpose, was 
conscientious and careful for the rights of others, early an anti-slavery man 
and a Free Soil voter, and was highly respected by all. At Millville he was 
Colonel of Militia and a prominent Freemason. During his last long and 
painful illness lie exhibited the higher virtues which marked him as of un- 
common fortitudi! and amiability. He was among the most successful busi- 
ness men of the town, and died wealthy. He m. 24 July, 1823, Louisa Pitts, b. 
30 Oct., 1805, he d. 20 Nov., 1874, shed, aged 79, 13 Jan., 1885. . . . Children, 
b. at Millville: Maria L., b. 26 Sept., 1825; Moses H., b. 15 May. 1827, d. 
young; Fanny P., b. 26 Sept., 1829, d. 8 June, 1865; Moses H., b. 29 Jan., 
1832, d. young; Josephine A., b. 17 Nov., 1838, m. 11 June, 1862, George Ma- 
son, residence, Washington, D. C., they had Harry B., b. 22 Feb., 1867, at Ox., 
(George E., b. 28 Oct., 1872, at Washington; Caroline E., b. 1 April, 1836; 
Moses II., b. 10 July, 1839, m. 12 June, 1867, Lucy M. Freeman of New Salem, 
they had Ralph F., b. 16 Jan., 1876, Grace L, b. 8 Oct., 1878; Lucy A., b. 30 
Oct., 1841, d. young; Ellen J., b. 24 April, 1844, d. 14 July, 1865; Charles 
H., b. 21 Nov., 1846, m. 29 Jan., 1880, Eva A. Southwick of Millville, who d. 
aged 30, 31 May, 1883 ; Ellen A., b. 1 July 1850, m. 20 Feb., 1889, Anthony G. 
Hanna of Holbrook. 

FANNIE P., dau. of Paul, aged 35, d. 8 June, 1865. 

BULLEN, STEPHEN, m. 3 Sept., 1767, Elizabeth Rich, then both of Sut- 
ton, taxed here 1771. 
JOHN, son of Stephen and Ruth, b. 2 July, 1791, at Douglas. 

BULLOCK, Mrs. LYDIA, dau. of Warren Balcom, aged 22, d. 29 Juue, 
1865. 
Mrs. HANNAH E., aged 44, d. 30 May, 1883. 
STELLA A., aged 26, d. 20 Jan., 1885. 

BURDON, MOSES, descendant of John, of Durham, Eng., who went to 
sea and engaged in the slave trade, landed with a cargo at Salem, left the ves- 
sel, m. and settled at Danvers, and when his son John (b. 1726) was Hf- 
teen months old removed to Sutton.' A son of this child, John, b. 1747, 
had Salmon, b. 1779, m. 1799, Polly Taylor, they had with others Moses, b. 
29 April, 1811, at Sutton, came to Ox. in 1833 as a millwright; he m. (1) 22 
Feb., 1836, Betsey Pierce of Sutton, she d. 10 Jan., 1846, m. (2) 4 Aug., 1847, 

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BURDON. BURNETT. 415 

Sarah Packard of Uptou, she d. 16 Nov., 1849, m. (3) 6 April, 1852, Harriet 
N., sister of Sarah Packard, she d. 25 Dec, 1860, m. (4) 8 June, 1868, Mrs. 
Hannah Hagar, m. n. Uphani, of Dudley, he d. aged 74, 3 Jan., 18S6. . . . 
Children, by tirst m. Emii.y, b. 23 Aug., 1838, d. 22 Nov., 1853; James T., b. 
and d. 1845; by second m. Sarah, b. 6 Nov., 1849, m. Eugene Wetherell; by 
last m. Harriet A., b. 12 June, 1872. 

JOHN and wife resided at Ox. Aug., 1759. 

Dr. ASA of Scituate and Hannah Gleason, m. intentions 23 Oct., 1794. 

BURKE, PATRICK (Irish), aged 70, d. 10 May, 1882. 

JOHN, aged 72. d. 4 Sept., 1886. 

Mrs. BRIDGET, aged 64, d. 22 Nov., 1888. 

BURLEIGH, JOHN O., b. June, 1809, son of Rinaldo of Plainfield, Conn., 
long principal of academy there; came to Ox. 1834 as teacher, Oct., 1836, suc- 
ceeded Orlando Chester in select school, continued till spring of 1842, removed 
to Brookline, taught one or two years, removed to Grafton and soon to Plain- 
field, and thence to East Douglas, where he was in the stove trade. He was 
a superior teacher, had more than ordinary ability and was progressive in his 
ideas, a zealous anti-slavery and temperance man ; d. 20 July, I.->48, at East 
Douglas; he m. 31 July, 1837, Evelina, dau. of Richard Moore, she d. 4 
Oct., 1882, at Ox. . . . Children: Mary, b. 25 Aug., 1839. d 26 Sept., 1863; 
of uncommon endowments; Charles H., b. 20 March, 1»42, m. 5 Jan., 1869, 
Emma G. Freeman of Worcester, residence, Worcester, patent solicitor, 
soldier in the late war, had ch. ; Agnes M., b. 18 Jan., 1846, at Grafton, d. 
18 May, 1861; Elida F., b. 28 Sept., 1847, at East Douglas, d. 31 Aug., 1861. 

BURNAP, EBENEZER, son of Ebenezer of Sutton, came to Ox. 1803 from 
Ward, blacksmith, bought the estate near Town's Pond, once Daniel Eliott, 
Jr.'s, H. 139, had a shop on west side of the road, previously Jonas Pratt's, 
returned to Ward about 1810; he m. (1) Thankful Singletary, she d. aged 45, 
25 June, 1808, m. (2) intentions 5 Aug., 1809, Ruth Tucker of Charlton, he d. 
12 March, 1820, at Ward; in the division of his estate are named widow Ruth, 
daughters Lavinia, Sabrina, Syrena, and Mary, Erasmus L and Ebenezer T., 
the 3 ch. by second m. . . . Children : Ebenezer, b. 9 June, 1785, d. 22 Sept., 
1803, at Ox. ; Lavinia. b. 8 March, 1788, m. John Pratt, Jr. ; Polly, b. 2 

Jan., 1791, d. 9 Nov., 1803; Sabrina, b. 1 Aug.. 1795, at Sutton, m. 

Haynes, tavern-keeper at Leicester ; Syrena, b. 9 June, 1798, at Ward ; Sally, 
b. 1 Nov., 1803, at Ox., d. young; Ebenezer S., b. 23 Jan., 1805, d. young; 
ch. by second m. b. at Ox. : Mary H., b. 13 July, 1810; Erasmus L., b. 17 
Dec, 1813, at Ward; Ebenezer T., b. 2 July, 1818. 

ABIJAH, of Ox. 1797, brother of Ebenezer, b. at Sutton, owned land north 
of North Ox. railroad station, H. 149. 

HANNAH, of North Gore, and William Eddy, Jr., m. 18 Dec, 1797. 

CALVIN F., and Harriet Ball, m. 28 April, 1845. 

BURNETT, BURNET, JOHN, w. Sarah; had Mary, b. 26 May, 1741; 
John, b. 1 20ct., 1742; Sarah, b. 16 Aug., 1744. 

LUTHER, b. 14 Feb., 1764, at Hampton, Conn., son of Jonathan, m. 2 
April, 1794, Cynthia Durkee, b. 5 Feb., 1772. he d. 23 Dec, 1844, at Ox., she 
d. 4 Aug., 1866, at Worcester. He lived at Worcester before coming to Ox., 
bought Nov., 1821, a farm on Long Hill, H. 166, where he d., farmer. . . . 
Children, first seven b. at Hampton : Luther, b. 18 June, 1796, m. 2 June, 1823, 



416 BURNETT. BURNS. 

Eliza, (liiii. (if William Chamberlain of Worcester, where both d., he d. 19 
June, ISofi, siic d. 12 -Inly, 1832; they had Dolhj f'., h. 2 Jan., 1825. ni. Chas. 
F. Wilson, 1 eh. ; ElizaUeth, b. 25 Sept., 182G, m. Marshall Fla,i.'<? of Worcester, 
3 eh. ; Hakvky, b. 4 Feb., 1708; W.\RReN, b. 18 Feb., 1800, m. Nancy Edwards 
of Boston, whiTC they resided, and had Warren B., m., d. in Melrose; Edward, 
m., d. near Boston; Doi-i.Y, I). 20 March, 1802, m. 11 June, 1827, Fred A. [or 
Eurotis] Graves, -who d. 9 Sept., 1847, at Worcester, she d. there 17 Oct., 
1855; they had Walter Z>., b. 16 May, 1828; Caroline E., b. 1830, d. 1849; 
Mary B., b. 1832, d. 1866; Calvin A., b. 29 Jan., 1803(?), m. 29 June, 1830, 
Harriet, dau. of Simon Knowles of Hardwick, he d. 30 April, 1858, at Leices- 
ter, she d. 20 April, 1865; they had Calvin, b. 19 Nov., 1834; Ltither P., b. 
and d. 1843; Emeline, b. 1836, d. 1837; Sarah P., b. 1805, d. 1806; Mary, b. 
21 Nov.. 1807, m. 14 April, 1831, Jonas Bartlett, Jr., of Northboro', b. 16 
April. 1805, he d. 28 Aug., 1877, she d. 21 Jan., 1858, both at Worcester; they 
had Charles A., b. 28 July, 1828; Albert F., b. 4 Sept., 1833; Emeline, b. 22 
Dec, 1809, at Worcester, d. 8 March, 1885, unm. ; Charles C, b. 16 Oct., 
1813, at Worcester, ni. 10 May, 1842, Maria M., dau. of Abner Coolcy of 
Springfield, b. 13 May, 1818; they had Charles ./., b. 14 Feb., 1843, at Suflleld, 
Conn.; William E., b. and d. 1847; Nella 31., h. 5 May, 1850, at Worcester; 
Martha E., b. 27 Oct., 1855, at Middleboro'; 3Iary E., b. 26 July, 1859, at 
Middleboro'; John C, h. 12 Jan., 1862, at Middleboro', d. 1864, at Springfield. 

2. HARVEY, son of Luther (1). m. intentions 14 Sept., 1828, Louisa, dau. 
of Naluim Pratt, he d. 8 May, 1872, she d. 29 Aug., 1868, both at Dudley. . . . 
Children: Sarah P.. b. 21 June, 1829, d. 21 Aug., 1854; Mar.shal S., b. 6 
May, 1830, at Charlton, m. 22 Jan., 1882, Adaline A., dau. of Samuel Burrill, 
b. 25 April, 1860, in Ga., residence. Highlands, Macon Co., N. C. ; J^lizabeth 
C., b. 11 Oct., 1832, d. 20 June, 1848; Austin C, b. 11 Nov., 1834, at Ox., m. 
31 Dec, 1857, Emma, dau. of George N. Perry of Dudley, b. 20 Nov., 1837, 
settled at Dudley, rem. to Webster; they had Frank G. and Fred \., b. 30 
May, 1860; Emma J., b. 12 March, 1866; Elizabeth L., b. 6 Sept., 1870; Lucy 
Ann, b. 6 June, 1836; Francis E., b. 4 Jan., 1838, at Ox., H. 84, ra. 7 March, 
1867, Mary A., dau. of John Haskell, b. 22 Sept., 1842, was graduated 1867 at 
Amherst College, a successful teacher, principal at Dudley and Wood- 
stock academies, Putnam high school, superintendent of schools at Auburn. 
Me., 1890 principal of McGaw Institute, Reed's Ferry, N. H. ; they had Mary 
L.,h. 1871, d. 1873; John E., b. 24 Nov., 1873; Florence E., b. 22 Sept., 
1879; Clarence A., b. 7 May, 1883; Emeline J., b. 16 April, 1842, at Worces- 
ter, m. (1) Charles F., son of Chad B. Carey, m. (2) 6 Nov., 1870, Harvey F. 
Newton, 1). 2 May, 1838, at Vernon, Vt., residence, Worcester; they had 
Charles II., h. and d. 1874; Arthur T., b. and d. 1877; Minnie A., b. 23 Aug., 
1880. 

Widow Bnrni't, in 1761 was allowed the use of Mr Rogers' (the school- 
master's) house. 

Dr. ROBERT, had eattle-inark recorded Oct., 1762. 
lif'UENUY, and Hnth Merriam of North Gore. ni. 26 March, 1765. 
I* WILLIAM, and Lucy Gleason, m. 22 Jan., 1767; had Lucy, b. 6 July, 1767. 
^J^ ISAAC, of Warwick, and Esther Merriam of North Gore. ni. 15 Oct., UGlT) 
f^ ~^ Capt ISAAC, of Dummerston, W., and Lydia Lddy, m. 28 May, 1800. J-> 

y^ * nJ^ BURNEY, 'IMIOMAS, w. Mary, had Bktsky, b. 29 April, 1822; Mary Ann, 
. •> * 1). 23 .\ng., 1824; Sarah, b. 20 Dec, 1826; Thomas, b. 28 June, 1828. 

BURNS, JOHN, aged 24, d. 13 Dec, 1852. ^' 

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BUTLER. 417 

BUTLER, STEPHEN, of Boston, 1652, came from England about 1640, 
while a child, with his mother Mary, a widow, who m. (2) Benjamin Ward, 
shipwright, of Boston [see her will, Boston Records, Jnly, 1667], m. Jane, had 

with others James, b. 2 Aug., 1665, m. Grace , and had with others 

James, b. 21 Aug., 1688, m. Abigail Eustace, and had with others James, b. 4 
Dec, 1713, m. 17 May, 1739, Elizabeth, dau. of Humphrey Davie, niece of Sir 
John of England, whose descendants reside at Greedy Park. He was a royal- 
ist in the Revolution and went with a company from Boston to Halifax, re- 
turned and spent his last days at Sutton, now Millbury. They had James, 
b. 15 Feb., 1740, at Boston, entered the Boston Latin School 1749, hatter. 
His occupation brought him much in contact with Maine people of whom he 
bought furs. When the Revolutionary war came on, at the suggestion of his 
wife, who was an eai-nest patriot, the family removed to Arrowsic Island, 
where they continued until 1779, and removed in Oct. (tradition) to Ox., 
her half-brother, Anthony Sigourney, having before settled here. In 1780 he 
bought the tavern estate at the North Common, continuing the hatting and 
fur business and keeping a country store in addition to the tavern business, 
having been licensed innholder from 1780 to 1805. He was a good citizen, 
respected and popular, a constant attendant on Sunday worship, but not a 
church member. A set of illustrations of the Prodigal Son hung in his house, 
which he declared set forth his religion.' 

He m. 9 May, 1763 [Boston Records], Mary, dau. of Anthony and Mary 
(Waters) Sigourney, who had remarkable ability and force of character, he 
d. aged 87, 20 Dec, 1827, she d. aged 81, 14 April, 1823. . . . Children, except 
the last two, b. at Boston : Mary, b. 4 March, 1764, unm., resided at Rutland, 
Vt., where she d. 22 Dec, 1847: James D., b. 5 Oct., 1765, teacher at Ox., 
removed 1788 to Rutland, Vt., where he w^as a merchant, and influential, he 
m. (1) 22 Aug., 1802, Rachel Maynard, m. n. Harris, m. (2) 15 March, 1827, 
Lois Harris, he d. 3 June, 1842; ch. by lirst to. : Mary S.,h.\l Sept., 1804, 
m. Dr. Horace Green, a noted physician of New York; Sophia G., b. 16 Jan., 
1807; C'hloe H., b. 22 March, 1810, m. Dr. John S. Cleveland of Cleveland, O., 
who d. 27 Aug., 1863, at Burton, 6 ch. ; James D., b. 15 March, 1815, was grad- 
uated at Middlebury College 1836, and tutor and acting professor there for 
five terms, studied at Andover Theological Seminary, after which he was 
elected an Abbott resident there, in 1842, 1867, 1878, 1884 made trans-Atlantic 
tours, visiting chief points of interest in Europe, travelled in the Holy Land, 
ascended the Nile a1)ove the first cataract, went in 1869 to the Yosemite, 
going ou to Honolulu and Hilo, where he climbed the Volcano Kilauea. 
In 1883 he explored the geyser world of the Yellowstone, passing' over 



• Hf liad a veiu of quiet luimor, and numerous "may tlie winds of lieaveu and tlie dcvouriu}; 
witty remarks of liis were lopeated in town in fire spare tliis liousc to slu'lter succeeding xen- 
byjTone years. He and Gen. Learned were warm eratlons till tlie last beam in it sliall rot away." 
friends, and when tlie General raised his new "Very jrood toast, Mr. Butkr, very good toast," 
house (now standing) at North Oxford he gave said Licarned, and the good cheer went on. 
Mr. B. a special invitation to be present, which AVhen Mr. Moulton, the Congi-egational minis- 
was accepted. After the frame was up, the tcr, was building his new liouse near the com- 
puncli, as was the custom, was brought on, and mon (now Campbell's) Mr. Butler kindly olfered 
the General called on Mr. ISuth^r for a toast, who to buy ornamental windows for the front door, 
responded in the hearing of the large company; and proposed one to be put over the door. Mr. 
"The frame of this house— may it rot to the Moulton, however, preferre<i side windows, and 
ground!" Learned was much surprised at what after tlielr completion invited Mr. B. to see 
he considered the harsh sentiment, and ex- them, who expressed his approbation and then 
claimed, "Mr. Butler, what do you mean by said pleasantly, " But, Ah sir, you are the minis- 
proposing such a toast ? " "I mean," said he ter who does not wish for light from above.''' 

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418 BUTLER. 

the Northern Pacific railroad to Portland, crossing; to Puget Sound and 
thence to Victoria, Vancouver's Island. He was pastor at Wells River, Vt., 
from 1847 to 1850, at South Danvers, now Peabody, till 1852, and at Cincin- 
nati, O., until 1854, professor in Nor\vich University from 1845 to 1847, in 
Wabash CoUej^e, Ind., from 1854 to 1858, and in the University of Wisconsin, 
Madison, from 1858 to 1867. While abroad he wrote letters for several lead- 
ing papers in this country, and his articles in the Bibliotheca and other peri- 
odicals are numerous. He is a man of remarkable intellectual abilities and 
rare and varied attainments. He m. Anna, dau. of Joshua Bates, D.D. ; they 
had Jmnes D., Henry S.,was graduated at Harvard College 1877; Anna B., 
Agnes C. ; Anthony, b. 8 Oct., 1767, m. (1) 29 July, 1790, Jerusha, dau. of 
James Hill of Dudley, settled at Hardwick, and in 179G at Pittsford, Vt., 
where she d., m. (2) 20 Feb., 1797, Deborah, sister of his first w., had ch., she 
d. at Pittsford, he removed 1817 to Oxford, Butler Co., 0., where he m. again 
and d. 13 March, 1847. He had literary tastes, was gifted with the pecu- 
liarity of the family, a remarkably retentive memory, and in his old age could 
repeat book after book of Milton's Paradise Lost. Ch. by first m. : James, 
Mary, Hannah, who came to Ox. and lived with her grandmother Butler, and 
m. Stearns DeWitt; Elizabeth, b. 2 Feb., 1770, m. Jeremiah Kingsbury; 
Hannah, b 5 Dec, 1771, d. 6 July [Town Rec. say Feb.], 1792. betrothed to 
Jeremiah Kingsbury; John, b. 4 July, 1773, m. 6 Feb., 1796, Sarah, dau. of 
Dr. Daniel Fisk. He was then of Rutland, Vt., was in 1804 in trade at 
Spencer, Mass., went in 1806 to St. Louis. In a letter to a relative he says : 

"After parting with you the 9th of Nov. I pursued my journey on to Hart- 
ford and my horse Avas almost done there, and was two days in getting there 
and one day to Fannington, only nine miles. There I found I must give the 
horse to sell the saddle and bridle, I received one gold watch and five dollai-s 
for all. The watch I sold for $30, and took the stage. In my route from 
Oxford I have travelled in the following States : through Connecticut, New 
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, ^'irginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, North 
West Territory to this place, and 1 think of all the plaees in my travels no 
one equals this. It is without exception the finest country I ever heard of 
or saw for goodness, but the inhabitants are indolent, living from hand to 
moutli. Millions of acres of land in this territory as level as a floor without 
a tree on it, but grass as high as your head on horseback and very thick. 
One hundred bushels of corn to the acre, wheat good, but no good mills at 
present through idleness. Can keep 200 hogs, 100 cows, 50 horses here as 
easy as you can five hogs, seven cows and three horses. I have been to the 
lead mines and find there is made in this territory 3000 tons per year of lead." 

In a letter dated Aug. 15, 1807, at Mine a Burton, he says : 

" War has been declared and the Indians are very numerous and make a 
hostile appearance, and we expect to be driven ofi' from the country." 

Ill' remained west until the War of 1812, enlisted, and 1814 was Lieut., 
acting Adjutant at Newport, Ky.* was Aug., 1814, in command of a compa- 
ny at the attack on Fort Mackinaw, later returned to Ox. and resided near 
his father. In 1818 he was innkeeper at Charlton, removed to Dedham, 
where his w. d. 23 May, 1823. He sooii returned to Ox., where he d. 25 Sept., 
1824. He was a man of good mind, and although of ordinary size was very 
athletic, and said to have been a champion wrestler in the western army. 
Ch. Cdia, b. 22 Nov., 179(1, ni. Lament Bacon of Southbridge, removed to 
Chelsea, Vt., Avhere both d., had ch. ; Susanna F., b. 21 Oct., 1798, m. 20 
May, 1816, Capt. William Sears of Rochester, Mass., where they settled, had 
ch. ; Mary, b. 28 May, 1803, at Spencer, m. Capt. Blodgett of Southbridge, 
where they settled; had Fred; the father d., the widow and sou removed to 



BUTLER. 419 

New Orleans, where she d. ; Petek, b. 16 Dec, 1774; Sauah, b. 29 Sept., 
1776, m. Jeremiah Kingsbury, second w. ; Celia, b. 26 April, 1779, m. Archi- 
bald Camp])ell. 

2. PETER, son of James (1), m. (1) 23 Nov., 1800, Mehetable, dau. of 
Samuel and Lucy (Earned) Corbin of Dudley, she d. 2 Dec. 1836, m. (2) 15 
Dec, 1841, Abigail, widow of Abijah Davis, Esq.. she d. 11 Feb., 1858, lie d. 
aged 82, 30 Dec, 1856. As he was the youngest son he remained at home and 
engaged in business with his father. In young manhood he thought of set- 
tling at Utica, N. Y., then a frontier, in the fur trade, but was persuaded to 
remain with his aged parents. He built in 1800 the house next south of the 
tavern stand, H. 179, resided there until 1806, when he took the tavern and 
store of his father, was 14 years licensee, in 1821 rented the tavern and moved 
into the new brick store and house he had built on the corner opposite, whei'c 
he continued trade. He was Adjutant of militia by appointment of Col. Sj'lvanus 
Learned. He had much strength of character, was highly respected by his 
fellow-townsmen, active in church affairs, social, sympathetic, but iudiflerent 
to promotion. He had a remarkable memory, well stored with the produc- 
tions of English writers and local traditions, rare powers of conversation, 
and for general intelligence was much above the average. . . . Children : 
James, b. 17 Feb., 1802, m. 7 March, 1832, Ann G. Simpson of Newburyport, 
in his youth lived with his uncle James D., at Rutland, Vt., learned business 
and settled iu the hardware trade in Boston, he d. 30 July, 1874, ch. : Anna S., 
b. 30 Jan., 1833, m. George W. Grouard, had ch. ; 3Iari/ S., b. 17 March, 1835, 
m. Capt. Austin H. Wood, d. July, 1865, 1 dau. ; Lucy 31., b. 4 Dec, 1836, m. 
Frank H. Smith of Reading, she d. 16 March, 1873, 1 son; Kathenne, b. 16 
Aug., 1839, m. Lieut. Sidney L. Smith, U. S. N., 1 sou; James, b. 15 June, 
1841, m. Carrie Orrall, had ch. ; Emily, b. 5 Sept., 1843, m. Fred W. Flint; 
William, b. 9 March, 1846, m. Susan H. Nash; Sarah, b. 8 May, 1849; Jennie, 
b. 13 Sept., 1851, d. 12 April, 1870; Samuel C, b. 10 Jan., 1804, m. 22 Feb., 
1825, Amy, dau. of Richard Oluey, settled at Ox., removed to Webster, where 
he d. 16 Dec, 1837, she removed to Trempealeau, Wis. ; they had Amy A., b. 
1825, d. 1826; Mary, b. 27 Feb., 1827, m. 27 Dec, 1850, Amasa P. Webb of 
Trempealeau, had ch. ; Samuel K., b. 29 April, 1829, d. young; Lncy E., b. 
1836, m. 1858, Charles Angell of R. I., residence, Trempealeau, had ch. ; Lucy 
L., b. 20 Dec, 1805, m. Andrew Sigourney, Jr. ; Mary S., b. 5 April, 1808, m. 
(1) 20 March, 1831, Samuel Stafford of Providence, R. I., removed to New 
Orleans, where he was a successful merchant, 1 son, d. young, he d. 30 Dec, 
1866, she removed to Ox. 1867, m. (2) 17 Jan., 1872, Andrew W. Porter of 
Monson, who d. 4 March, 1877, aged 82, she d. 9 July, 1887, at Worcester; 
Eliza L., b. 28 Aug., 1810, m. Wilson Olney ; Sarah M., b. 13 Sept.., 1815, m. 
13 Sept., 1838, Edward M., son of Rev. David Holman of Douglas, civil engi- 
neer, settled at Worcester, removed to Holly Springs, Miss., where he d. in 
1866; they had Clara B., Edvmnl E., lawyer at Washington, 1). C. ; Sarah 
H., James D. ; Hannah 1L, b. 30 Sept., 1817, d. 8 Jan., 1864, num. ; Peter, b. 
6 Jan., 1820; Charlotte, b. 18 Aug., 1824, m. 28 May, 1850, William R. Shedd 
of Wells River, Vt., removed to Newbury, Vt., where she d. April, 1885; they 
had Bulh A., b. 10 Feb., 1854. 

3. PETER, son of Peter (2), was in youth in the store of his uncle James 
D., at Rutland, Vt., went thence into the employ of Mr. John C. Proctor, 
hardware merchant of Boston, was very efficient and while still young became 
a partner iu, and later the head of, the house. The business very much 



420 BUTLER. CALL. 

increased under the names of Butler, Keith & Hill, and Butler, Keith & Co., 
and he became a leading merchant in that line in the city ; was very enterpris- 
ing, and successfully competed with, and did much to supplant, English goods 
with American productions, and to build up Boston's then great foreign and 
domestic trade. He lost heavily in the great fire and thereupon went out of 
trade. He has extensive acquaintance with tinanciul affairs; has resided for 
more than 30 years in Quincy, at the Quincy mansion, built 1635; has a choice 
library, and a large collection of rare and curious mementos of the past. He 
m. 5 Sept., 1843, Lucia, dau. of Dea. John C. Proctor, settled at Boston, 
removed to Quincy. . . . Children: Lucia C, b. 25 March, 1846, d. unm. 6 Oct., 
1868; Mary Sigourney, b. 15 April, 1850, m. Peter B. Olney, her cousin; 
Isabel J., b. 24 Dec, 1853; Sigourney, b. 24 Oct., 1857, was graduated at 
Harvard College 1877, Harvard Law School 1879, lawyer in Boston, Second 
Comptroller of the Treasury under President Cleveland, administered his 
oflice with al)ility and success, his decisions being upon questions involving 
large sums of money and important rights of the government. 

JIMERSON, of Leicester, and Mary E. Nichols, m. intentions 18 Aug., 1832. 

HORACE W., and Sarah J. Newell, m. 28 Nov., 1849. 

Mrs. MARGARET (Irish), aged 52, d. 2 March, 1871. 

Mrs. MARIA A., dau. of George W. Corbin, aged 26, d. 4 April, 1877. 

Mrs. SOPHIA S., m. n. Sargent, of Clinton, d. aged 74, 19 Sept., 1880. 

CATHARINE (Irish), widow, aged 76, d. 5 July, 1886. 

BUXTON, ANDREW, and Susanna, had Susanna, b. 16 Feb., 1808, m. 3 
July, 1826, Thomas Barnes of North Brookfleld, she d. 4 March, 1871. 
FANNY, aged 20, d. 4 June, 1839. 

BYRNES, THOMAS, and Susan Tillinghast of West Greenwich, R. I., m. 
intentions 28 Sept., 1835. 

CABOT, JUSTUS, and Lydia Robinson, both of S. Gore, m. 29 May, 1787. 

CAD WELL, ERASTUS, son of John of Wilbraham, aged 70, d. 28 June, 
1870. 
AMORET, w. of ERASTUS, aged 46, d. 26 Oct., 1859. 
ERASTUS O., son of Erastus, aged 23, d. 18 Sept., 1860. 
SARAH, Avidow of Erastus, aged 66, d. 8 Oct., 1888. 

CADY, EPHRAIM. of Athol, and Sarah Parker, m. int. 16 Dec, 1775. 
ABIGAIL, and Barzillai B. Huse of Northbridge, m. int. 19 Aug., 1811. 
AARON, d. 26 Oct., 1832; his son Samuel R., aged 58, killed on railroad 3 
March, 1862. 

Mrs. nancy [Northbridge(?)], aged 105, d. 1 Aug., 1873, at Ox. almshouse. 

CALDWELL, JOHN, son of Moses, aged 4, d. 5 Nov., 1827. 
MAl^, and John Stone of Providence, R. I., ni. 9 .June. 1828. 

CALL, SAMUEL, of Maiden, later of Leicester, bought 1731 the Livermore 
place, North Gore, H. 110, returned to Leicester, soldier in Col. Ruggles' Regt. 
in expedition to Fort William Henry, and perhaps in Louisburg expedition, 
heelmaker. In 1745 Israel Whitney sued him for "15 pounds or 300 dozen 
good heels for women's shoes," of wood probably. He m. Abigail, dau. of 
Capt. Nathaniel Green of Leicester. . . . Children: Mary, b. 16 Oct., 1730; 
Martha, b. 9 April, 1734; Nathan, b. 24 Aug., 1736; John, b. 16 April, 1739. 

ABIGAIL, and Ebenezer Dike of Dudley, m. intentions 3 Dec, 1743. 







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CAMPBELL. 421 

CAMPBELL, Rev. JOHN, b. " in the North of Scotland," the first minister 
of Oxford, "was doubtless the most influential man in the town in its earlier 
years, not only in religious but in civil and social affairs. This he owed to 
his official position, his tact and Ivnowledgc of human nature, his firmness of 
character, sympathetic temperament and diversity of acquirements. He was 
very efficient in business matters, his name appearing often in the records, and 
his operations in laud were considerable. He received at his settlement 40 
acres as a homestead with all the rights of a proprietor to other lands, 20 
acres additional on the east, and 140 acres in the northwest corner of the town, 
in which there appears to have been liberal measurement, as he sold in 1757 to 
his son Alexander 230 acres in that locality. In 1721 at the sale of North Gore 
lands he bought 300 acres, which he sold in 1747. In 1736, "on account of 
difficult circumstances in the ministry at Oxford," he received a grant nomi- 
nally of 300 acres on the east shore of Chaubunagungamaug, which Mr. 
Wigglesworth, later owner, sold for 400 acres. He also owned several large 
lots in the west part of the town, and was proprietor, probably, at one time 
of 1,000 acres at least. 

He was in numerous cases adviser in probate matters, the writer of many 
wills, deeds and other legal documents, and administrator of estates. When 
the Papillon tract of 8,000 acres was, in 1736, divided among the heirs, he was 
one of the three to whom the matter was entrusted. In 1749 he was adminis- 
trator on the estate of James CoUer, and had for nine years kept his accounts. 
He was the friend and adviser of the widow and orphan, and at times accepted 
the guardianship of minor children. Asa peacemaker he was widely known. 
Possessing a judicial mind and the full confidence of the people he was able 
to adjust many cases of diflerence, thus avoiding the expenses and vexations of 
the law. He was also physician as well as minister and judge. Hints have 
come to us by tradition that his sway over his people smacked somewhat of 
autocracy, but in those days the public universally owned a fealty to relig- 
ious institutions, those who for any length of time absented themselves from 
public worship were brought to account for their delinquency, and the minis- 
ter was honored and revered in a manner very rare at the present day. 

Rev. William Phips, then minister at Douglas, in his discourse at the funeral 
of Mr. Campbell, said : — 

" Duty and gratitude call me, I conceive, to say something concerning what 
he was ; of his extraordinary endowments, and of the extraordinary diligence 
and integrity with which he appeared to improve them. ... He was esteemed 
one of penetrating and discerning understanding, of a peculiarly sagacious 
and enterprising genius, and of a very retentive memory. . . . It was thought 
by some that were likely to know that few gentlemen of his opportunity could 
excel him ... in the management of family aft'airs, and secular concern- 
ments, with dispatch and prudence, so as to consist with a diligent applica- 
tion to his ministerial duties. Where is the man that could order and manage 
well so much business in so little time? 

" In common conversation he was peculiarly free and pleasant. . . . He 
became your pastor when it was the day of small tilings with you, and then 
and ever since he manifested no small love and concern for you. When did 
you ever find him unwilling to serve and promote your true interests? . . . 
Has he not ministered to your bodies in distress, as well as to your souls? 
And when was the day, when was the night, what was the weather, what 
were the storms, or what the way whicli hindered him from being quickly 
with you in your distress? . . . Surely you will own, many of you, that he 
has been a father to you in civil kindness, as well as in his ecclesiastical 
ministry. . . . He has also been a peacemaker . . . among you . . . and 
moreover, abroad in the land, and has been abundantly improved and blessed 



422 CAMPBELL. 

fts a healer of diltlculties ... in various parts of the country, for which God 
had ,<i;iven iiiui an extraordinary talent." 

A coninuinication from (Jxford, published in the Boston Neins Letter, soon 
after his decease, says : 

" With Kreat wisdom and lldelity he continued to discharge the several 
parts of his (jdice for more than forty years. In his preaching he was strictly 
Orthodox, much improved in ecclesiastical councils, and happy in the peace 
and harmony of the church. The; funeral was attended not only by the people 
of this town l)ut by great numbers from adjoining towns. His death is a 
general loss; but especially so to the town, who may well be supposed to 
tremble when such a pillar fell." 

Rev. Mr. Batchellor in his discourse at the funeral of Maj. Archibald Camp- 
bell in 1818, referring to the grandfather, said : 

" A distinguished trait in his character was tiiat of a peacemaker. In his 
day the people were united like a band of brothers, and were happy in each 
other's society." 

A writer in the American Quarterly Eegister, X.. 135, says he was "consid- 
ered a man of respectable talents and well cultivated." 

As a preacher he Avas not remarkable. He was Orthodox in theology, stood 
firmly by the old Scotch standard and was impatient of innovations, a 
thorough Bible student, and in his sermons used very frequent and copious 
scripture quotations. 

An accomplished member of the family, a few years since, wrote thus of 
him: "I remember several intelligent persons, who had received his teach- 
ings, who delighted to repeat the little traditions of his sayings and doings. 
The most profound veneratiou for his memory lingered about the scene of his 
ministerial lal)ors, and I was taught to look Avith reverent affection upon his 
tomb. . . . My grandmother could give little anecdotes of his gentle but firm 
away over his household, and his constant affection to her as his daughter-in- 
law. . . . She told me he was large in person, not very tall, but portly, with 
a heavy brow and penetrating black eyes. His deportment was usually grave 
but cheerful, and the sadness, almost gloom any allusion to his early life threw 
over him had taught his family to avoid the remotest reference to it." 

Of his ancestry and early years very little is known. It is the belief of his 
descendants that it was his firm purpose that they should remain a mystery*. 
It is said on the best authority, that on a certain time his son .Tohn wished 
to visit Scotland to get information concerning the family but was decidedly 
opposed by his father, who refused to give letters when asked. " Tiie North 
of Scotland" was the nearest his l)e8t friends could attain to a knowledge of 
the place of his birth. Doubtless he studied at the University of Edinburgh, 
but there is mystery even here, for the catalogue of that institution embraces 
no graduate of the name between 1700 and the time of his coming to America. 
The date of his arrival at Boston, given on his tombstone, was 1717. The 
generally accepted opinion among his descendants was that he was a political 
refugee, having espoused the failing cause of the Stuarts in the contest of 
1715 — that he was a relative of Lord Loudon who, when in authority in 
America, made an ollicial visit to Boston and on his way from New York 
stopped at Worcester and with a single attendant made a friendly visit at 
Oxford, spending the night with Mr. Campbell and passing on the next day to 
Boston. It is said on good authority that Loudon on tiiat occasion declared 
his kinship with Mr. Campbell.' Circumstances indicate that he was educated 

' Tlif |)0(>|>li' of I he town seem to liiivc bei'U were prepared to reslsst by force any attempt at 
aware that their minister was a proscribed man, liis arrest, 
watched all movements with solicitude, and See ancestry, etc., page 780. 



CAMPBELL. 423 

for the army, and in the French and Indian war he not only aided in filling the 
ranks, but personally fitted the soldiers for the service by drill.' His choice 
of the ministry as a profession is believed to have been made after his arrival 
at Boston. 

On 24 Nov., 1737, John Hamilton, alias Hugh Henderson, was executed at 
Worcester for housebreaking Mr. Campbell preached a sermon on that occa- 
sion the text of which was at 1 Peter iv. 5, "who shall give account to Him 
that is ready to judge the quick and the dead." This discourse was printed 
and fills about thirty twelvemo, pages. It closes with an address to the 
criminal thus : — 

" I must hasten to say a few words to the distressed prisoner. Poor man, 
we pity you, we have frequently and fervently prayed to God for mercy to 
your immortal soul; and I hope that our prayers and labors have not been in 
vain. . . . Consider that you are in a few minutes to give an account to Him 
that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. Behold the judge standeth at 
the door. Your case is as it were called, and the sentence preparing ready 
to be pronounced upon you, this, ' Give an account of thy stewai'dship for 
thou shalt be no longer steward.' Consider the present state of your soul. 
How are yon furnished to receive aud entertain the righteous sentence to he 
pronounced upon you at the tribunal of God at the expiration of a few mo- 
ments? Most earnestly we beseech the Almighty Creator of all persons and 
things, which made waters flow out of the rock, to smite thy flinty lieart and 
to take thy stony heart out of thy body, to open thy heart as he did Lydia's, 
to put a new spirit within thy l)owels, to anoint thine eyes with eye salve, 
that so thou ma3'est see and feel thine own wretchedness, and mayest freely 
acknowledge with Paul that in thy flesh dwelleth no good thing. 

"What are your supports? Where do you find comfort? . . . Can you 
with humility and most sincere affection take your good deeds and your bad 
deeds and lay them all at the feet of a Glorious Christ and say in the warmth 
and ardor of your soul, ' Blessed Jesus, in thee alone I find rest, comfort and 
support.' So then you highly honor the purity of God's nature when you 
charge yourself with folly, acknowledge yourself to be unclean and accept 
of that righteousness whicli alone gives a full contentment to God's infinite 
purity even the righteousness of Jesus Chi-ist, in whom all the promises of 
God are yea, and in him, amen to the glory of God by us. . . ." 

As showing his ability to deal with secular aft'airs, we quote his memorial to 
the authorities in the matter of his executorship of the will of Richard 
Williams. John Ballard of Boston married Martha (Papillon) the widow of 
Williams, and was the guardian of the minor children. He objected in the 
Probate Court to Mr. Campbell's account, the judge having allowed him £40 
for his services, and he appealed to the State executive in Boston. 

" Whereas his Excellency William Shirley, Governor, and the Honorable 
His Majiestie's Council upon the 27 of February, 17r)5, were pleased to accept 
the report of the Committee of this honorable I)oard upon the appeal of John 
Ballard from the decree of the Judge of Probate of Worcester County, ex- 
pressing their opinion upon the several reasons of said appeal; and. wiiereas, 
the honorable Committee have candidly aud justly considered and pronounced 
the groundlessness of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth of the said 
reasons, I thankfully acquiesce therein ; Init inasmuch as the committee in my 
humble comprehension have not so determinately and particularly expressed 
themselves on the last reason of the said appeal as I would wish, and expected, 
viz.. the article of allowance for troui)le, toil and expenses in settling the 
estate of said Williams which occasions this address. Wherefore, I beseech 
the honorable the Lieut.-Governor and this honorable i)oard in your great 
clemency to hear me in a few words, shewing wherein my grievance lies. 



1 He was an acconiplisheil swordsman. It Is the latter proposed a Uttle practice for diver- 
related that on a time a teacher of the art of slon, and soon astonished the professional by 
fencing was in town, aud ineeling Mr. Campbell dexterously plucklug his sword from bis hand. 



424 CAMPBELL. 

" And may it please your honors to observe, 1. that my original account 
amounted to £791. as. Id., also an additional account of £33. 6s. 8d. which I 
sold the real estate for more than the appraisement. These two sums amount 
to £824. 9s. 9d. lawful money as appears l)y my account settled by the judi^e of 
proljate. 2. That there was not one farlhini; of cash that I could find belong- 
inic to the said estate and i)Ut one bond containinic atjout nine pounds beside 
Madam Mary Woicott's land [Itond?] conditioned for 140 acres of rou^h and 
uncultivated land in Killini^ly, in Connecticut, which could not procure a title 
to saitl land, both whieh appears by the inventory and that part of my apology 
formally forwarded to his E.xcellency the Governor and your Honors relative 
to them ; that therefon' this large sum must be made of the real estate and a 
few moveables ; aecorditigly the ellects Avere sold, the several considerations 
secured, the money in a great measure collected, the debts paid to the credi- 
tors, dispersed almost all over the province and part of Connecticut, receipts 
and other vouchers obtained in order to settle with the judge of probate, and 
all at larire expense of time and money, and the risk of the whole estate to be 
borne by me from the beginning of my administration until all is paid and 
the time of my servitude e.Kpired. The deliberate and just consideration of 
the premised reasons induced the judge of probate to make me the allowance 
of 40 Pounds, as may be seen in the settlement. Add to these that I was 
obliged in the months of Fel)ruary and March last to travel to Boston, first, 
to answer the reasons of said appeal, and next to answer two writs served on 
me by Messrs. John Ballard and his Attorney, at the great expense of my 
health, which was then much impaired, and my purse which was not very 
heavy ; but nevertheless I must bear all charges in this attair. Now may it 
please the Lieut. -Governor and your Honors to permit me to persuade myself 
that after so clear a representation made of facts and so well supported, you 
Avill be pleased to explain that part of the honorable Committee's report which 
relates to the article of allowances to the better understanding of yourselves 
and your most humble memorialist. 

" Surely your honors will not think that a loose receipt dated Sept. 26, 1748, 
containing £4. 6d. old tenor with depreciation and interest can be satisfaction 
proportionable to such extensive and expensive services and sufferings as I 
have been obliged to undergo in discharging my trust. But if, after all I have 
most humbly otlered, your Honors should remain of the opinion that the loose 
receipt as above delineated is sutlicient satisfaction for the trouble and ex- 
jjeiise I have been and am still exposed to in the administration of said 
Williams' estate; and as it is said in the report of the Honorable Committee 
that the saving lias been to my pupil Mr. Josiah Wolcott and that therefore 
the greater part of the allowance should lie upon him, I beseech your Honors 
that said Wolcott be expressly subjected to the payment thereof, since he 
utterly refuseth to pay or allow any part thereof on my account with him, 
although he received in cash what saving there was some time before the 
appeal. Doubtless, your Honors will easily see how much I stand in need of 
your relief in this dilemma. 

" In line, I mo.st humbly beg your Honors favorable consideration and 
direction respecting tlie payment of two dividends of the residue of ray Tes- 
tator's estate that it be deferred to some distant period, since the debts and 

legacies are already discharged for these reasons : 1. Because it is the 

express will of the Testator that the two said dividends be kept on interest 
till his only son arrives at a lawful age. 2. Because it is almost impossil)le 
for your memorialist to collect so large a sum in so short a time as Mr. .lohn 
Ballard, Guardian, has set him ; considering that sevi'ral ilebtors to the estate 
have been and some are yet in his Majestie's service. Avho owe at least to the 
amount of l.oOO pounds old tenor. 3. Because the present almost universal 
distri'ss of New England makes it very ditlicult for most men to make speedy 
payment of a large sum in silver and gold, and Mr. Ballard seems unwilling 
to take anything else of me. 

" Your Honor's resolution and determination upon the in-emiscs (as in your 
great wisdom and goodness y<ui think reasonable) is earnestly solicited by 
your most humble nu-morialist, which will oblige him as in duty bound ever to 
pray. (Signed) JOHN CAMBBELL." 

[This petition was dismissed on the ground that the case was out of the 
jurisdiction of the Lieut.-Governor and Coimcil.] 



CAMPBELL. 425 

Many incidents of his life have been narrated in the past. The story of 
his having been plunged into the river while being taken across a foot-bridge 
one evening on the back of Ebcnezer Col)urn, against whom, in favor of 
W illiam Hudson, he had that day decided a case, comes through Mr. Peter 
Butler on the authority of Abial Lamb, an eye-witness. His wife was long an 
invalid and somewhat hypochondriacal. On a certain spring morning, she being 
unable to walk, was carried in her chair to the sunny side of the house to be 
refreshed bj' the air. After sitting for a time she called for help to be taken 
indoors. No one responded. She called again and again, without avail, her 
patience failed, and in a passion she rose and walked into the house. Mr. 
Archibald Campbell, on whose authority Ave have the story, remarked, this was 
a plan of Mr. Campbell's to convince his wife she was not as ill as she thought. 
It is related on the same authority that at the time of the Indian hostilities 
they came around his house, on which he began making noisy demonstra- 
tions, running up and dowu stairs, slamming doors, upsetting furniture, 
calling out to John, Henry, James, to "hurry down and bring those guns," 
and opening a window fired a blank cartridge, all which so alarmed the 
marauders that they left at once. 

His will bears date 1 Aug., 1760. He gives to his wife Esther one moiety 
of all his household movables and furniture, excepting bonds, notes, 
accounts, clothing, library and gun, also his spoons and gold rings : to be 
used and improved by her during her life and afterward to go to Mary Twiss 
and Isabella Wolcott, his daughters ; also a comfortable home in his house 
with full provision for her support, with what wool and flax she may need, 
and eight pounds annually of money for incidental expenses. 

To his son Duncan he gives 40 shillings, as he had received at setting out 
in trade his share of the estate. 

To his son Alexander he gives a lot in the Cedar Swamp which, with a farm 
formerly given and his expenses of education as a physician, is his portion of 
the estate. 

To his son William he gives a deed of one-half his home farm, Avith other 
out lands, bearing the same date as his will, and in his will gives him the 
other half, with his farming tools, stock, etc., and also his negro, " Will," to 
be kindly used and improved and supported by him during his life. 

To his son Archibald he gives £133. 6s. 8d. lawful mone}', to be kept on 
interest until he settles in some business in the world, also his apparel, library, 
watch, gold wrist buttons, knee and shoe buckles, and a young horse, and 
provision for payment of all his bills at college "till after the next com- 
mencement." 

To his daughter Mary Twiss he gives 40 pounds to l^e kept at interest for 
her benefit and a house and lot near the north end of the Plain, one cow^ 
and five sheep. 

To his daughter Isabella Wolcott he gives one cow and five sheep ; also CO 
pounds to be kept at interest for her benefit, . . . "which with what I gave 
to her at her marriage and some articles since, with a considerable sum of 
money I paid for Mr. Josiah Wolcott her husband in consequence of the 
decree of the Governor and council in my favor against him, Avhich he hath 
neglected and refused to jiay makes up iier full portion of my estate." 

To his granddauglitcr Esther Town and his grandsons John and William 
Town he makes small bequests. 

To his grandson John (son of John, Jr., who had then gone from town) he 
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42fi CAMPBELL. 

f^ivcs 10 pounds, and to his grandsons, John, son of Duncan, and Kdwanl R., 
son of Alexander, he cives his land in the South Gore, " provided that the 
said farm may be sold . . . for their education/' To his irrandson John, 
son of Josiah Wolcott, he gives the gun -vvhicli was his great-grandfather 
Wolcott's, and "which I purchased out of the estate of Capt. Richard 
Williams." 
He appoints his sons Alexander and William his executors. 
On 26 May, 1761, the town voted £10 to pay the expenses of Ids funeral. 
The following is inscribed upon his tombstone : 

'Intoora'd here lieth y body of y Rev'd Mr. John Campbell 
wlio died May, 25, 1761, in y^' 71 yr. of his .\ge. he was born in 
y north of Scotland. Educated at Edenburgh & had y benefit 
&, Honors of y University came to N. England A. D. 1717 & was 
Ordain'd Pastor of y Church in Oxford .V. 1). 1721 where with 
gi-eat wisdom & fidelity he continued to Execute y several parts 
of his office for more than 40 years, in his last sickness he sus- 
tained y prospect of his approaching death with great serenity 
as knowing him in whom he had believed. 

"The sweet remembrance of the just 
ShaU flourish when tliey sleep In dust." 

/^ He m. 6 Feb., 1722, Esther Whittle, Wheatly or Whately, of Boston. The 
record of his publishment is as follows: "Mr. John Campbell and Ester 
Whetly " ; that of his marriage : " John Campbell and Ester Whittle, by Wm. 
Waldron." He d. 25 May, 1761, she d. 11 March, 1777. . . . Children: Mauy, 
1). 11 Feb., 1724, m. (1) Jacob Town, m. (2) Joseph Twiss; John, b. 7 Fel)., 
1725, left town in young manhood, subsecjut-nt history unknown, his rei)uted 
son, John, by Mary Hunkins, was b. LS Nov., 1744; Isahkl, b. 29 March, 1726, 
d. young; Duncan, b. 27 March, 1727; Isabkl, b. 26 July, 1728, m. Josiah 
Wolcott; Elizabeth, b. 14 Aug., 1730, d. young; Alkxander, b. 22 Feb., 
1732; William, b. 2 April, 1734; Akchibald, b. 6 Aug., 1736. 

2. DUNCAN, son of John (1), m. 27 Jan., 1750, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas 
Stearns of Worcester, b. 7 Dec, 1730, settled opposite the North Common, 
where he built the house now standing, and was innkeeper and trader. 
Before 1754 he began building the mansion at the South Common, whicii he 
sold unlinished that year to his brother-in-law, Josiah Wolcott. He appears 
to have been unsettled in his business rehitious, removed often, was promi- 
nent in public all'airs, justice of the peace, collector under the excise law, 
and many years licensed retailer of litjuors. He livoil in Dudley from 1766 to 
1770 and removed thence to the north part of Oxford, now Aul)urn, and was 
1785-1787 in Worcester, where he kept a tavern, and later at Putney, Vt., 
where he was a farmer. He spent his later days in Oxford. On 13 June, 
1795, as he was crossing from tlic centre tavern to Ins residence on the oppo- 
site corner he was taken suddenly ill, fell in the street and soon died. Joseph 
Ilurd was administrator of his estate. Hi+< wdow d. 18 Nov., 1821, aged 91. 
. . . Children: Elizabeth, b. 7 Nov., 1750, m. Ezra BowmanCO; SaxMUkl, 
b. 5 Aug., 1752; John, b. 7 Aug., 1754, Revolutionary soldier, m. 16 Jan., 
1777, Mary [Wor. Rec. say "Martha"] Stevens of Worcester, he was of Ox. 
in 1782, and March, 1783, with w. Martha and sons John and Archibald, re- 
moved before 1786 to Putney, Vt., where he d. 15 Jan., 1820, a physician, 
prominent professionally and civilly;' Mary, b. 3 March, 17.")7, ni. intentions 

'John and A rcliil)ald Campbell of Putney, Vt., Worcester Court. .March, 1808. 
traders, as " CaupbcU & Son," had a case In 



CAMPBELL. 427 

2 April, 1774, John Walker, and had John, b. 1774, d, 1786, she d. IC Dec, 
1780, nothiiijj is known of him before his coiuiiig to Ox. He was an English- 
man of some means, resided at Dr. Cusliman's place, H. 225, and lived in 
style. He was in Crafts' Cavalry Co. and marched on Lexinj'ton alarm, joined 
the Continental army, became dissolute; his w. d. broken hearted. Works 
of art Avhieh adorned their house, and later hung in the tavern at the centre, 
are remembered by persons now living. Thomas, b. 7 April, 175D, Revolu- 
tionary soldier, ra. intentions 20 Sept., 1783, Rebecca Felshaw of Killingly, 
Conn., removed to Vt., where they d. ; Lucretia, b. Dec, 1762, m. 12 Nov., 

1792, John T. Hurley of Boston; had Harriet and others; she m. (2) 

Gray; Patty, b. 5 Feb., 1765, m. intentions 10 June, 1784, Capt. William 
Moore, U. S. Army; Olivia and Sophia, b. 4 Dec, 1767, at Dudley, Sophia 
d. young; Olivia m. (1) Benjamin Witt, m. (2) Daniel Bacon of Charlton; 
Alexander, b. 17 Dec, 1769, settled at Putney, Vt., physician, d. 15 Dec, 
1839; had a son John, a physician and highly esteemed at Putney, d. 4 June, 
1866; Archibald, b. 22 Aug., 1776. 

3. SAMUEL, son of Duncan (2), m. 15 Dec, 1774, Ruth, dan. of John 
Nichols, resided in west part of the town, removed, probably 1783, to the 
tavern on the Plain, continuing until his failure in 1807. He carried on 
hatting business at a shop on the corner south of the tavern, was trader also 
in tavern building and first postmaster of Oxford. He removed 1812 to Chel- 
sea, Vt., where he was taverner, and thence to Montpelier where he was land- 
lord of the Pavilion, leading house of the town, d. there July, 1827. He was 
a good citizen. . . . Children: John, b. 24 Sept., 1775, resided in Me., m. 
and had ch. ; Samuel, b. 11 April, 1777, d. 19 Jan., 1796; Henry, b. 4 Jan., 
1779, m. intentions 10 Dec, 1808, Sarah Blake of Franklin, no ch., she d. 
aged 24, 8 May, 1811, at Ox., he removed to Vt. with his father and d. at 
Montpelier; Abi.jah, b. 25 Sept., 1780, m. intentions 27 July, 1803, Patty, dan. 
of Samuel Davis, resided at Eddington, Me., was a hatter in his father's 
employ in Ox.; they had Buth N., b. 28 July, 1804; Mary Davis, b. 16 Nov., 
1805, both at Ox. ; Samuel D., b. 27 Dec, 1809; William, b. 24 Dec, 1782. 
m. 16 Feb., 1805, Lucinda, dau. of Col. Sylvanus Learned, b. 3 Feb., 1785, d. 
1 Dec, 1807, aged 22: they had Alexander C, b. 2 Aug., 1805, d. 1826; Samuel 
C., b. 27 Aug., 1807, m. Elvira Smalley; after his Avife's decease, William, 
the father, and two sons removed to Vt., m., d. at Waitsfield, farmer, miller 
and distiller; Rufus, b. 29 Sept., 1784. said to have been the first teacher in 
the school-house on the Charlton road, removed young to Montpelier, and 
was an active l)usiness man, l)rick-maker and tavern-keeper; Stearns, b. 25 
May, 1786, saddler, in business 1807 in the shop his father previously used for 
hatting, removed to Thompson, there m. Prudence, he d. 15 April, 1825; they 
had Maria E., b. 25 May, 1818, d. 1826 ; Alexander, b. 30 June, 1790, m. 27 Nov., 
1811, Patience Hammond of Charlton, removed to Vt., in a few years returned 
to Ox., d. here 10 July, 1830, she d. 7 Oct., 1833; they had Sally B., b. 3 
April, 1813, m. Charles C. Wood; Louisa, h. 8 Aug., 1815, m. (1) 30 Sept., 
1833, Otis Mollitt, m. (2) Simeon Lamb of Charlton; Betsey, b. 21 Dec, 

1793, went to Vt., Avith her father, m. (1) Fullerton, m. (2) . 

4. ARCHIBALD, son of Duncan (2), m. 13 July, 1800, Celia, dau. of James 
Butler, went young to llardwick, learned saddler's trade, was journeyman in 
Vt. , returned to Ox , carried on Ijusiness at the site of Episcopal Church and 
also at a shop on the common, later succeeded his ])rother in centre tavern, was 
the second postmaster of Ox. , a popular and esteemed citizen, appointed by Gen. 



42H CAMPBELL. 

,Ioii:illi;iii Diivis iiisix'ctor of poAvclcr-hoiises with lln- rank of Major, by which 
title he was widely known, in 1802 and 1805 deputy sherift", and four years town 
clerk. lie d. 5 Oct., 1818, she d. 20 May, 1851. . . . Children: Mary B., 1). 
1800, d. 1803 : BENJAMIN F., h. 1802, d. 1803 ; Akchibald, b. 3 May, 1804 ; Ben- 
jamin F., 1). 6 July, 1806 ; James B., b. 27 Oct., 1808 ; Mary B., b. 26 May, 1811, 
of unusual ability and strength of character, teacher at Oxford, Springfield and 
New York city, resided many years at Charleston, S. C, Avith her brother 
James B. ; Cema E., b. 18 Aug., 1818, ni. 4 Oct., 1849, Samuel H. Higgins, 
physician, of Boston, later a preacher, she d. 14 June, 1854, a person of great 
worth aiui lovely character; they had Cecil C, b. 28 Aug., 1850, at Roxl)ury, 
was graduated, 1871, at Princeton, studied law at Columbia Law School, New 
York city, where he settled, 1873, and contiiuies successfully, 1890, m. 1886, 
Susan, (Ian. of Jxichard Henry ]\u>h of riiiladelijliia : iManj C, b. 1852, d. 
1854. 

5. ARCHIBALD, son of Archibald (4), m. 20 Feb., 1828, Artcmesia, dau. 
of Aaron Wheclock of Charlton, settled at Ox., removed to Vermont, re- 
turned to Ox., was 8 years in California, much respected, social, large-hearted 
and popular, of very decided character, I'epresentative to General Court. He 
d. aged 80, 28 May, 1884, she d. aged 72, 16 Dec, 1881. . . . Children : Arciii- 
IJALD, b. 27 Feb., 1830, went with his father to California 1850, and 1890, 
resided there; JaIvies B., b. 27 Sept., 1833, marketman at Ox., m. 21 Feb., 1877, 
Elvira Raymond of Ashburnham, she d. 1890, they had James 7?., b. 14 Dec, 
1881 ; Cei.ia Ruth, b. 20 May, 1840. d. 17 June, 1861 : William A., b. 29 .Jan., 
1844, m. Jnly, 1866, Mcdora, dau. of Oscar F. Morris, she d. aged 34, 10 May, 
1882; they had Archibald, b. 23 April, 1868, m. 25 Dec, 1886, Mary O'Connell, 
had ch. ; Maiij, b. 7 June, 1871, Celia, b. 21 April, 1874, Joh7i W., b. 18 Nov., 
1877. 

6. BENJAMIN F., son of Arcliil)al(l (4), m. 21 Sept., 1831, Mary, dau. of 
David Lilley, an al)le business man and much esteemed, town clerk froui 1829 
to 1836 inclusive, for a number of years in trade at the old Witt & Dowse 
stand, in thread manufacture in the west part of the town for a time and in 
1848 engaged in partnership with San ford Gilmore and Daniel Hai-wooti and 
afterward with his son Benjauiin F. in wholesale shoe trade in Boston, iu 
which he wan successful, he d. 29 March, 1874, at Boston, shed. 7 May, 1884, 
at Brooklinc. . . . Children: IIelkn L., b. 7 Jan., 1833; Benjamin F., b. 9 
Aug., 1837, residence, Boston; Mauy L., b. 19 Feb., 1843, m. William Hum- 
phrey, Boston, master mariner. 

7. JAMES BUTLER, sou of Archibald (4), one of the no1)lest sous of 
the town, litled for college at Nichols Academy (Dudley), completed 1826 a 
course of study at BroAvn University, went to Edisto Island, S. C, taught 
four years, in the meantime reading law, ami began study in 1830 with Hiui. 
Ilugii S. Lcgare at Charleston, in 1832 established iiimself in practice in that 
city, and for many years stood iu the front rank in the State in his profession. 
As a lawyer " he had no peer in breadth and subtilty of intelligence, and his 
diali'ctic skill was conspicuous on all occasions. ... A man of power, of 
energy, of tenacity, he enjoyed the controversies in which (piarter is neither 
asked nor given." He was a debater of great eloquence, sarcasm and inge- 
nuity. His practice became extensive, and the most important causes were 
committed to his management.' 



1 He In one Inshiuce recelveil a retaluliig tee of llfly llunisand ilollars. 



CAMPBELL. 429 

On the occasion of his death Col. C. H, Simonton, a colleague at the 

Charleston Bar, said : — 

" Havinu; been a member of this Bar for many years it has l)een my fortune to 
be thrown into conflict or conference with some of tiie best intellects of this 
region, I must say here that never in my time have I met a man superior to Mr. 
Campbell in the great (|ualities that constitute an excellent laAvyer. When he 
was roused in any prosecution or defence where his feelings were enlisted — 
and at times I have seen him engaged in behalf of the poorest and most luun- 
ble — then his intellect rose with giant strength, and tlu; l)lows he; struck in 
the court room were those of a Titan, and all within his reach felt the foi'ce 
of a mind of extraordinary power." 

In the Nullification contest of 1830 to 1834 he took an active part on the 
Union side, and by his etlbrts the vote of Edisto Island was given for the 
Union candidate for Congress. He was maile the confidential agent and cor- 
respondent of the Union State Committee at Washington and while there re- 
sided for a time at the White House, where he was often in conference with 
President Jackson, Livingston, Louis McLane, Cass, and other eminent men 
among whom was Daniel Welister, with whom he renewed an acquaintance 
begun in previous years, which ripened into a friendship which continued 
while Webster lived. 

In 1850-52 political excitement again ran high in South Carolina, and he 
l)eing in the legislature fought the disunion sentiment and was largely instru- 
mental in carrying measures which resulted in the defeat of the discontents. 
When the secession movement culminated in that State, he stood entirely aloof 
and declined all orticc, and while he was at heart a sympathizer witli his southern 
brethren and believed their cause was just, he still opposed most strenuously 
the arbitration of war, deplored the attack on Sumter and predicted defeat when 
hostilities began. The Charleston JVeios and Courier in an obituary notice of 
him — to which we are indebted for many of the facts of this sketch — said : 
" In a word, Mr. Campbell was a Union man from first to last. His sympathy 
with the South was ardent, but none loved the Union more sincerely than he." 
In December, 1866, under the Provisional government he was chosen United 
States Senator, his views of public affairs being of course Avell known. His 
election to this high position, under the circumstances, was considered in the 
greatest degree complimentary. But in common with other southern members 
at that period he was i-efused his seat. In 1877 he was unanimously nomi- 
nated for State Senator from Charleston district by a Democratic Convention 
and elected without opposition. In 1878 the name of another was substituted 
for his, upon Avhich he announced himself as an independent candidate, but 
was defeated, having been, as he claimed, defrauded of his election by the use 
of tissue ballots. This condition of aft'airs confirmed him in his opposition to 
the prevailing southern sentiment and his disapproval of dishonorable meth- 
ods in politics, and resulted in his withdrawal from political life. 

He invested his means largely in the Charleston and Savannah railroad of 
which he was for a time the managt^r, and lost heavily in that enterprise. 

Personally he Avas of a tine aspect, with a ruddy countenance in which could 
be plainly traced his Scotch descent, of strongly marked character, a steadfast 
friend to those he loved or trusted, and decided In his bearing toward his ene- 
mies. There was no middle grountl in his likes and dislikes. In serving a 
friend he stopped at nothing. His heart was tender and he was generous and 
kind. Of course such a man had many friends who adhered to him through 
all his varied fortunes. Socially he moved in the highest circles of Charleston, 
and was brilliant, genial and attractive. He was many years president of the 



430 CAMPBELL. 

New Kiifihuitl S(jriL'ty in that city, which in 1881 celebrated in an impressive 
manner the fiftieth anniversary of his membership. Of that meeting, in Feb., 
1884, Dr. Vedder, then president, said: " Presiding over the festivities of 
that occasion was one wliose inimitable grace and dignity had lent a peculiar 
cliiirni to like occasions formally years, but whom wc were never again to see 
in till' eiiiiir which will be inseparably associated with his name." A portrait 
of Mr. Cani]>i)ell, execnted at the order of the society, adorns its rooms. 

Mr. CaniplxU's healtii had become enfeebled several years before his de- 
cease. In the antnmii of 1883 he came north to visit old friends and old 
scenes, and returned as far as Washington. Here he grew worse, declined 
rapidly and died on the eighth day of November. He m. 19 Jan., 1837, Anna 
Margaret, dau. of Ex-Governor Bennett of Charleston, she d. 12 Dec, 18.50; 
they had Mary Bennett, residence, 1889, at Charleston; Celia, d. unm., at 
Charleston. 

8. ALEXANDER, son of -John (1), m. intentions 14 May, 1757, Lydia, dan. 
of Thomas Stearns of Worcester, b. 7 Jan., 1735, lived on Sutton road near 
the mill brook, II. 19.5, where his new house was burned, 1 Nov., 1771, after- 
ward lived at II. 205, now Israel Sibley's heirs, and d. there 28 Dec, 1782. 
Later his widow i-esidcd with her daughter, Mrs. Dr. Learned, at North Ox., 
Avhere she d. 19 March, 1816. He was a man of good ability, stood well as a 
citizen, and Avas somewhat in public life. In 1776, when the question of 
forming a State Constitution was before the town, he was chosen chairman 
of committee to report on the subject. He was for many years the lead- 
ing physician of the centre of the town, did a thriving business, and had 
numerous pui)ils studying under him. In person he was short, thick set, 
dark (;omplexioned and socially free and attractive. . . . Children : Edwakd 
l{AYM()^'l), b. 17 June, 175-, physician, resided at Ox., 1782, removed to West- 
minster, Vt., m. and had Edward, Frazer, Sidney, John, jihysician, d. at Surrey, 
N. H. ; the father removed to Pittsfield, Mass., and d. there, descendants now 
reside in that vicinity; Lydia, b. 13 Oct., 17^ residence, Westminster, Vt., 

m. Wright, no ch., a widow many years, d. there; Alkxander, b. 1761, 

d. 1762; Alexander, b. 20 Dec, 1762, physician at Rockingham, Vt., very 
successful, removed to Grafton, Vt., where he d. ; he had Edward, trader; 
Alexander, graduated 1811, at Dartmouth, lawyer, probate judge; John, dep- 
uty sherilf, and unotlier son; E.stheh, b. 9 March, 1765, removed to Rocking- 
ham, m. (1) Day, and had ch., m. (2) Marsh, no eh., d. at Rock- 
ingham; Annis, b. 26 Dec, 1766, m. 7 April, 1787, Dr. Jonathan II. Learned; 
Sai.ly, b. 19 June, 1769, m. 3 Nov., 1786, Nathan Thurston; the two youngest 

children were Tolly, m. Simonds of Rockingham, and had two sons; 

Miriam, m. Wilcox, settled at Woodstock, Vt., and had ch. [one of 

these was b. 28 Oct , 1771, perhaps Tolly, the other 18 April, 1774 (record defec- 
tive) ; Miriam Campbell and Aaron Newell m. intentions 11 May, 1793, Ox. 
Rec.]. 

9. WILLIAM, son of Joim (1), ni. 25 Oct., 1759, Mary. dau. of Uriah 
Stone of North Gore. He was an energetic man of good business capacities, 
the owner of the homestead after his father's death, executor with his brother 
Alexander of the estate, was in the Louisburg expedition, Capt. of thi; Oxford 
company in the Revolutionary war, lived for a time after the war at Brook- 
line, returneil about 1783 to C)xford, soon after removed to Putney, Vt., 
and tiience to Castleton, where he d. His widow removed to Lanesl)oro, Mass. 
Sarah, her dau., m. a sou of Dr. Shaw of Castleton, surgeon in the U. S. army 



CAMPBELL. 431 

1815 at NcAv Orleans; Hon. Henry Shaio of Lancsboro, a promiiuMit citizen, 
was tlieir son. Mrs. Sliaw was livinji I'ccently at Ponelikeepsie, N. Y. . . . 
Children: Sarah, b. 15 Dec, 1760, d. 17G8 ; William, b. 29 May, 17G2, d. 
1768; Daniel, b. 5 Feb., 1764; Maky, b. 21 Feb., 1766; Josiah, b. 8 Nov., 
1767; Sarah, b. 5 Sept., 1769; Lucy, b. 22 June. 1771; Isabel, b. 6 June, 
1774; William, b. 13 Aug:., 1776, d. young(?); and baptized at Brookline : 
Nabby, b. 29 Nov., 1778; William, b. 23 Dec., 1781; supposed all to have 
gone to Vermont with their parents. 

10. ARCHIBALD, son of John (1), m. 15 Nov., 1762, Hannah, dau. of 
Isaac Barnard of Sutton, she d. 24 May, 1814, he d. 15 July, 1818, and both 
lie in unmarked graves on Stockbridge, Vt., common. . . . Children: John, 
Hannah, both b. and d. young at Easton; Akciiibalo, b. 16 Jan., 1765, m. 
26 Nov., 1788, Martha Laflin of Charlton, where she d. 25 April, 1792, aged 
24; they had Barnard, b. 1790; Martha B., b. 1792; he left home and when 
last heard from was a soldier at Detroit; Barnard, b. 21 Nov., 1766, d. 11 
Feb., 1789, at Charlton; John, b. 1770, d. 177.5; Hannah, b. 1772, d. 1775; 
Sophia, b. 7 Aug., 1774, m. Walter Pollard, resided and d. at Stockljridge. 

A sketch of his peculiar and sad experiences is given by Klv. W. L. Chaffln, 
in his history of Easton. He began life with bright prospects, but they were 
soon overclouded and his later years were spent in penury and seclusion. He 
was graduated at Harvard 1761, studied theology and was ordained pastor at 
Easton 17 Aug., 1763. Matters progressed quietly until toward the close of 
1782, when some dissatisfaction arose resulting in his dismissal. "He was 
forced in his later years to reflect upon the mystery of that Providence which 
ordains that years of anguish and trouble should follow a youthful folly." 
Dissatisfaction increased and in April, 1779, he made a public confession and 
was forgiven. Other troul)les existed, the precise nature of which are 
unknown, but which are believed to have grown out of the fact thi\t his wife 
Avas entirely out of sympathy with him in his life work, and a serious hind- 
rance to his success. All efforts to harmonize affairs in the Chiirch failed and 
on 26 May he left the pulpit, and 4th of July asked a dismission, which was 
consummated by a council on 31 July " on account of disaffection and aliena- 
tion." Mr. Chaffln says " it is evident that no objections of a serious character 
had been sustained. . . . Pie left the town with a good record." He removed 
from Easton to Charlton, where he was installed 8 Jan., 1783. Here, says 
our author, " his life was in some respects a repetition of his experience at 
Easton." 

There appear, however, no indications of dissatisfaction nntil the excite- 
ment arose concerning the notorious Stephen Burroughs, in which he unwisely 
took a part as an apologist if not an active partisan for him, and thus brought 
upon himself the censure of many of his people as well as the public reproof 
of the Court before which Burroughs was arraigned. As the years passed his 
children grew up, not to be a source of comfort but to l)ring dishonor upon 
the family, and his Charlton ministry i)roved "one of ten unhappy years." 
Resigning his pastorate in Ajjril, 1793, "too heart-broken and discouraged to 
seek another parish," he removed to N. II., preached for a time at Cornish 
and at Putney, Vt., and later found a home at Stockbridge, Vt. Here tlie 
town being new there was no Congregational Church, but he preached occa- 
sionally as a matter of courtesy, and his ministrations are said to have been 
vei'y acceptable. 

Rev. T. S. Hubbard writes :— 

" He was esteemed, but the inhabitants were poor and money scarce and it 



432 CAMPBELL. — CAREY. 

is presumable that he had little cnongh to live on. As he became blind his 
•wants wore supplied by his friends, or he was thus helped. ... I have made 
iiKiiiy iiii|uirics respecting him and believe he was a good man and strove to 
live a respectaljle life." 

Concerning his character Mr. Chall'm says: "After tlie most diligent and 
patient search, with one exc(;ption, I have found no stain upon his record." 

He Avas of full average mental endowments, and of a temperament which 
no doubt keenly felt the sadness of his fortune. Upon the back of one of his 
sermons were found a few lines of poetry from his pen, which Mr. Challln 
prints, from wliieli we give a short extract. They doubtless give us his 
honest estimate of life as viewed from his own stand-point. 

"THE VALE OF TEARS. 



"A patli it is of joys and griefs, 
Of many hopes and fears; 
Gladdened at times by sunny smiles, 
But often dimmed by tears. 

" Green leaves there are — they quickly fade, 
Bright flowers — but soon tliey die. 
Its banks arc laved by pleasant streams, 
But soon their bed is dry. 

" Fancy is but a phantom found. 
And Hope a dream appears ; 
And more and more our hearts confess 
This life's a vale of tAirs." 

11. JOHN, son of John and grandson of John (1), m. 2C> Nov., I7fi7, 
Elizabeth, dan. of Uriah Stone of North Gore, settled at Ox., removed soon 
after the Revolutionary war to New York State and d. there. Ammidown 
says the Otsego Campl)ells are descended from him. . . . Children, b. at Ox. : 
Jkukmiah, b. 15 May, 1770; Joiix, b. 7 Feb., 1772; Abi.jah, b. 1774, d. 1776; 
Aisi.iAii, b. 13 Sept., 1778. 

WILLIAM, w. Kleanor , blacksmith, was in Ox. 1738, owned 1744- 

1749, Sigourney corner, H. 192, d. before 6 Oct., 1758. . . . Children: 
EiJZABKTii, b. 20 Dec. 1738; Agnes, b. 13 April, 1741; Lucy, I). 8 Dec, 
1742, all untraccd; William, I). 23 Sept., 1741, d. 6 Oct., 1768; Sarah, d. 11 
Oct., 1768. 

JOHN, perhaps son of William, l)lacksmith in Ox. 1767 to 1786. A John 
Campbell marched from Ox. as soldier on the Lexington alarm, whetiur the 
al)ove or John son of Duncan is uncertain. 

JOHN, of Ox., m. 16 Jan., 1777, Patty Stevens of Worcester. 

WAinJEN, of Grafton, and Augu.sta A., dau. of Ira Cook, m. 3 Nov., 1846. 

CANNON, BERNARD (Iri.sh), aged 86, d. 1 March, 187G. 
PHILIP, aged 60, d. 11 Jan., 1884. 
CATHAIUNK, widow, aged 48, d. 12 May, 1886. 

CAREY, CARY, WILLIAM, fn.iii Spen<-er, residence, west of North Com- 
mon, 11. 84, m. Mary , she d. 5 July, 182:!, aged 60. [77;/; Spy has notice 

of deatliof Mary Carey of Ox., 10 July, 1824.] . . . Children: Pmixkiias, b. 5 

( Dec, 1778; Sally, b. 30 Aug., 1780. m. intentions 3 March, 1803, Natlian 

Mclntire of Cliarlton; Polly, 1). 25 Nov., 1782, m. 27 Aug., 1804, Gideon 

Walker, Jr., of Croydon, N. H. ; Hannah, b. 5 July, 1785; Charles, b. 13 



CAREY. — CARROLL. 433 

April, 1788; Patty, 1). 21 Oct., 1790, m. intentious 27 April, 1822, Abiier Put- 
nam of Worcester; William, 1). 8 May, 1796; George W., b. 23 Jan., 1799, 
m. intentious 3 Jan., 1824, Elizabeth H. Caldwell of Sonth Iladley. 

CHAD B., b. 17 April, 1813, m. 14 July, 1831, Emily A. Field of Killino;ly, 
came before May, lb41, to Ox., tailor, he d. a2:ed 42, 29 March, 1855, family 
removed to Worcester. . . . Children: George A., b. 1832, at Killinsily, d. 3 
Jan., 1858, at Ox., unm. ; Albert, d. young; Charles F., b. 1 April, 1839, at 
Killingly, m. 10 June, 1862, Emeline J., dau. of Harvey Burnett, he d. 14 
Dec, 1865, at Worcester; Fred E., b. 6 April, 1841, d. 5 Oct., 1860, at 
Worcester; Helen E., b. 1 Feb., 1843, m. Oct., 1867, Joseph Moore, residence, 
Concord. N. H. ; Emma J., b. 3 Juue, 1845, m. Nov., 1864, George E. Murdock, 
she d. May, 1868, at Worcester; Frances A., b. about 1847, d. April, 1866, at 
Worcester; Edward D., b. al)out 1849, d. 1 May, 1865, at Worcester; Maria A. 

CARGEL, CARGILL, WILLIAM, probably a descendant of Rev. Donald, of 
Scotlaud, and Benjamin, who came 1760 from South Kingston, R. I., to Pom- 
fret, Conn., bought 500 acres embracing the Great Falls at Putnam, long known 
as Cargel's mills. William was grandson of Joseph Brown, who came with 
him from Thompson, Conn., to Ox. about 1816, resided near the North Com- 
mon on the Sutton road, removed 1818 to Woodstock, later lived at various 
mills in Windham Co., d. about 1847 at Willimantic, he m. Loruma Cunning- 
ham of Windham, 7 ch. ; Joel W., his son, b. 7 July, 1814, at Thompson, m. 
1840, Olive W. Lindley of Leicester, resided there and at Ox. ; d. aged 60, 27 
Feb., 1875, she d. 11 Jan., 1877, both at Rochdale; had Albert W., b. 18 June, 
1844, m. 12 Dec., 1864, Caroline M. Whiting; had Arthur A., b. 2 Jan., 1866; 
Clara O., b. 19 March, 1868; assessor, school committee, soldier in the late 
war; Frank W.,h. 16 May, 1860; Mary Lucy, b. 26 May, 1817, at Ox., m. 
Lucian Chaffee of Ox. ; Hannah S., unm. ; Loruma C, unm. 

CARLTON, CHARLES R., sou of Silas of Millbury, b. 16 Sept., 1813, came 

to Ox. before May, 1838, carpenter, undertaker, removed 1874 to Clinton, m. 

Mehetable H., dau. of William Larkin, he d. 21 Juue, 1880, at Worcester. 

. . . Children: Mary, b. Sept., 1851; Charles, b. 1 April, 1853; Sarah E., 

d. aged 3, 1859. 

CARNEY, MICHAEL, aged 59, d. 17 April, 1884. 

CARPENTER, SIMON, of Sutton, and Fanny Rich, m. int. 15 Oct., 1814. 
CYNTHIA, and Palmer T. Bowen, m. intentions 14 Oct., 1832. 
NANCY, of Charlton, and Sumner King, m. intentions 1 March, 1841. 
REBECCA, m. n. Moulton, of Middleboro. aged 75, d. 1 Feb., 1875. 
JENNIE, m. n. Clark, aged 38, d. 30 April, 1887. 

CARROLL, ABIGAIL, of Sutton, and Ebenezer Gould, m. 2 Sept., 1744. 

SARAH, of Killingly, Conn., and Andrew Walker, m. int. 30 July, 1774. 

SAMUEL, of Sutton, and Elizabeth Shumway, m. 31 Dec, 1778. 

EPHRAIM, w. and ch. Serviah, Ephraui, Elizabeth and Mary, resided 
at Ox., March, 1780. 

AARON, of Sutton, and Sally Woodbury, m. 11 May, 1784. 

ELIZA, and Daniel Munyan of Dudley, m. intentions 10 Juno, 1826. 

KIRON, of Charlton, and Mary Clark, m. intentions 14 April, 1837, he d. 
Feb., 1889. [See Collier.] 

JOSEPH F., and Susan B. Harrison of Smithlield, R. 1., m. intentions 2 
Dec, 1837. 

56 



434 CARTER. CHAMBERLAIN. 

CARTER, DANIEL, granted by the town in 1752 i)rivileges near Samuel 
Baker's. 

M.AliY, and Klisha Knii,'ht, m. intentions 4 Oct., 1800. 

MAHTIIA, and Elisha MeKniglit, ni. 4 July, 1801. 

JOSEPH, Jr., and Elmlra Fcnno of Leicester, m. 1 Dec, 1829; they had 
Francis N., b. 1830. 

JOSEPH, and Mrs. Sally Glcason, m. 25 March, 1834. 

JOEL, and Harriet M. had Helen M., b. and d. 1840. 

CASE, THOMAS, Esq., aged 61, d. 14 Dec, 1825. 

CHADWICK, JAMES, and Zilpah Dunham, m. intentions 12 Oct., 1827. 
JAMES, and Mary A. Richardson, m. 29 June, 1828. 

CHAFFEE, ALPHEUS, b. 9 April, 1789, at Thompson, Conn., son of 
Chester, m. 5 May, 1813, Nancy Evidon, resided at Thompson, Putnam, Web- 
ster and Ox., where he d. aged 79, 2.') Oct., 1808, carpenter, she d. aged 66, 2 
Aug., 1859. . . . Children: Schuyler B., b. 25 July, 1815; Irene M., b. 16 
Aug., 1817, m. 30 May, 1841, William, son of Obadiah Stone of Thompson, 
and had Irene Elizabeth, b. 5 Sept., 1843, m. Danforth L., son of George 
Miller; PniLO W., b. 5 May, 1819, unm., was deaf and killed by railroad train 
at Worcester, 11 Oct., 1862; Orrin W., b. 14 April, 1821; Alavena N., b. 17 
May, 1824, m. 6 Feb., 1862, Elisha M. Smith, residence, Athol. no ch. 

2. SCHUYLER B., son of Alphcus (1), m. Marietta Faulkner b. 10 May, 
1816, at Richmond; he came to Ox. 1842, where he d. 28 June, 1866, .she d. 14 
Sept., 1890. . . . Children: Orrin B., b. 27 March, 1842, m. Sarah Doughty, 
no ch. ; John B., b. 10 Aug., 1846; Marietta E., b. 24 April, 1853, m. Frank 
Bannon of Athol, residence, Orange, had ch. ; George B., b. 1855, d. 1871; 
Martha A., b. 31 Oct., 1857, m. Alonzo Richardson of Athol, no ch. ; Fred. 
A., b. 1859. 

3. ORRIN W., son of Alpheus (1), m. April, 1846, Temperance E. Cutler 
of Thompson, Conn., many years constable and collector at Ox., deputy 
sheriff from 1855 to 1875. . . . Children: Ellen S., b. 1848, d. 1851; Frank 
E., b. 12 May, 1851; Ella L., b. 24 Nov., 1854, m. 18 April, 1888, Archibald 
W. Turner of Willimantic, Conn. 

EUNICE, and Andrew Smith, ra. intentions 18 July, 1830. 

LORING D., of Thompson, Conn., and Nancy C. Hall, m. 2 Jan., 1845. 

LAVINA M., m. n. Moore, aged 66, d. 6 Feb., 1863. 

OTIS B., son of Joel of Thompson, Conn., aged 57, d. 4 Nov., 1886. 

ABEL M., his brother, aged 57, d. 22 Jan., 1888. 

CHAMBERLAIN, RICHARD, of Braintree 1042, removed to Roxbury, 
where he had baptized 4 June, 1665, with others, Benjamin and Joseph, who 
both settled at Sudbnry. Richard, the father, d. 1673, will proved 15 April. 
Benjamin and Joseph came to Oxford with the other settlers in 1713, the first 
being then al)out 70 years of age, and Joseph a little younger. In 1696 
Benjamin sold 80 acres of land on the east side of the S\ulbury River, now in 
Wayland, adjoining land of Joseph, and in 1712 (dei'd acknowledgeil 2S 
March, 1713), Joseph, wife Hannah, soUl 60 acres, a dwelling-house, orchard, 
etc., Avitli "all his rights of land or commonages in the town of Sudbuiy." 
Danikl and John, sons of Benjamin, are all of his children known to have 
])een here, tiiey removed about 1720 to Colchester, Conn., where they had 
relatives. From the Woodstock Church records we learn that in 1734 John 



CHAMBERLAIN. 435 

Chamberlain of Hebron, Conn., had children Sarah and Ruth baptized at W. 
on his wife Ruth's account, " as member of the Oxford Church now cohabit- 
ing with us." 

The home lot of Benjamin was on the west side of the main street and 
included the old tavern property. This he sold in 1723 and we lose trace of 
him. He may have removed to Conn, with his sons. He was one of the most 
venerable and ho nored of the first proprietors and stood with John Town as 
foremost in influence. In Nov., 1713, he was chosen one of a committee to 
lay out a minister's lot and a bnrying-ground, was the chairman of a commit- 
tee to confirm to the settlers their home lots when surveyed, selectman in 
1714, and in 1720 at the organization of the Church was the second on the 
list, John Town being first. John, his son, was not named with the original 
settlers, but was voted in on the rights of Edmund Taylor, which included 
the lot next south of his father's on Main street. In 1716 he was of Wood- 
stock. Daniel as appears owned no estate here. 

2. ' DANIEL, son of Benjamin (1), m. 15 April, 1718, Elizal)eth Brown of 
Mendon, and had Elizabkth, b. 18 March, 1720; he was constable in 1720 
and soon removed to Colchester, where were b. Easter, b. 18 Oct., 1722; 
Mehetable, b. 9 April, 1725; Daniel, b. 2 Nov., 1727; Richard, b. 5 July, 
1730; William, b. 10 March, 1733. 

3. JOSEPH, brother of Benjamin (1), chose his home lot on Bondet Hill, 
including the " great house," H. 38, had with him at least eight ch., of whom 
Nathaniel, Ebenezek and Joseph, Jr., were of age and took up house lots 
with the first proprietors. He was a member of the first board of selectmen, 
soldier in the Narragansett war. 'He d. 8 Aug., 1721, his w. had d. 
previously. On 22 Feb., 1731, Ebenezer Chamberlain, Joseph Rockett with 
wife Hannah, Benjamin Chamberlain and Simon Chamberlain conveyed to 
their brother Joseph of Keekamoochaug, all their rights in their father's 
lots laid out or to be laid out to " y soldiers which were in y"' Fight com- 
monly called y" Narragansett or Swamp Fight." His will, dated 4 March, 
1721, names his sons Benjamin and Simon as executors. Valuation £304, 
19s. 6d. No record of his family has been found. Nathaniel and Joseph 
are supposed to have been among the eldest ch., Ebenezer, Hannah m. 
Joseph Rockett, Benjamin, Simon, Rebecca m. Nathan Kaunie. 

4. NATHANIEL, son of Joseph (3), m. 31 March, 1714, Elizabeth, sister 
of Thomas Hunknis, baptized 24 Feb., 1706, at Boxford, being then adult. 
He took up his house lot adjoining his uncle Benjamin on the north, H. 240. 
which he sold in 1722 and proba))ly left town. He was a constituent member 
of the Church. . . . Children: Richard, b. 9 July, 1714; Moses, b. 3U March, 
1716; Nathaniel, b. 3 Jan., 1718; Elizabeth, b. 30 Aug., 1719; Sarah, b. 
31 May, 1721. 

5. JOSEPH, son of Joseph (3), m. Patience, took up his home lot adjoin- 
ing on the west that of his father on Bondet Hill, II. 39, sold in 1717 to Philip 
AmidoAvn and later was of Keekamoochaug. In 1731 his brother Benjamin 
had also bought land there, and ten years later we find Joseph settled on 
Province land in Oxford South Gore, then a wilderness.' He had chosen a 
spot of great natural beauty near the Connecticut line, overlooking the lake, 
and his son Ebenezer and also Josiah Balch, who m. his dan. Patience, were 
with him, Ebenezer having settled about a half mile northerly from him, and 



• For many years after this date dweUers In tliey being nearer to the line of tliat town tlian 
this vicinity were often designated as of Douglas, to auy oilier. 



43() CHAMBERLAIN. 

Balcli liviiiiT witli liirn. On 14 Dec, 1744, a cninmittcc of tlie Goneral Court 
deeded to Josiali Haleli, housewrif^ht, and Kbenezer Cliaiuherlaiii, " living on 
Province land near a place called New Sherborne" [I)oii<;las]. 320 acres of 
land, "includinfi all the land that hath been improved by the said Balch and 
Clianiberlain, or their father, Joseph Chamberlain, in rej^ular form encom- 
l)assed with four lines only . . . bounded on every side by Province land." 
Of this tract Balch had the southern half, on which he and Joseph Chamber- 
lain lived, and which Chamberlain quitclaimed to him. Here Chamberlain 
spent his later years. In 1762, being in want, he petitioned the Court of 
Sessions for relief, '* living between the Government and Douglas District, 80 
years old, and wife 64, dependant on charity," on which 00 shillings were 
granted, to be paid to Edward l>avis, Esfj., for them. He probably d. before 
19 Aug., 1766, as at that date widow Patience was warned against settlement 
at Ox. The order for appraisal of his estate was 4 Dec, 1783, Sarah Chamber- 
lain, administratrix. His estate was valued, real, 80 acres, £50, all other 
ettects £8, 8s. 9d. 

Only ch. recorded at Ox.: Patiknce, b. 28 Dec, 1720, ra. Josiah Balch; 
Ebenezkr, m. 14 March, 1749, Abigail Marsh of Thompson, Conn., and d. 
before June, 1759 [see deed, Josiah Balch to his son Wor. Rec, 42, 10.5] ; 
Elizabeth, their dan., d. aged 16, said to have been very beautiful. Her grave 
is on a knoll overlooking the lake, about a fourth of a mile southwest from 
the site of her father's house, but nothing marks the spot. Hannah, m. 
Jonathan Marsh, received land from Josiah Balch for services. 

6. BENJAMIN, son of Joseph (3), m. 8 July, 1728, Mary, dau. of Philip 
Amidown, removed about 1732 to Keekamoochaug, where he had bought 
21 Oct., 1731, of "William Dudley of Roxbury 255 acres of land, a pjirt of 
which he sold to Clement ,Corbin and his own brothers, Joseph and Simon. 
He died there in 1746. . . , Children, b. at Ox. : Joseph, b. 11 Dec, 1728, who 
2 Sept., 1746, after the death of his father, chose Joseph Allen of Hardwick 
as his guardian. Paige in History of Hardwick gives "Joseph Chaml)erlain 
of Hardwick m. 1753 Sarah Cook of Douglas." There is a tradition that he 
d. in the Revolutionary war, she d. 1813; they had Molly, 1756, Johyi, 1757, 
Sarah, 1759, Asahel, 1762, Phehe, Calvin, Luther, Reuben; Ithamar, another 
son, b. about 1740, was among the pioneers at Chesterfield, N: H. in 1770, 
where he m. that year Ilepsibah Farr, and had Samuel, 1773, and Ben-_ 
jamin;^ Ichabod, probably son of Benjamin, m. 19 March, 1767, Sarah 
Gale, bought in 1768 the farm in South Gore, lying between Kingslniry's 
estate and the Roxbury School grant, known as the Leonard grant, 100 acres, 
sold in 1783; they had Abigail, h. 29 Jan., 1768; Sally, b. 11 Dec , 1770; 
Henry, b. 6 Oct., 1772; Sabra, b. 10 Sept , 1774; Ichabod, h. 16 April, 1784; 
Polly, b. 13 May, 1786; Clarissa, h. 3 May, 1788; others b. between 1774 and 
1784 perhaps not recorded. 

7. SIMON, son of Joseph (3), m. 27 Dec, 1735, Abigail Taylor of Sutton, 
resided near his brothers Joseph and Benjamin at Koekanioociiaug. On 14 
Dec, 1744, the State's committee deeded to him 160 acres near New Sherburne 
with all the improvements, lying at the southwest corner of the lot laid out 
to the first minister of the town.- He d. 1747 in Dudley, order for appraisal 
of estate 25 Feb. Joseph Chamberlain [his brother?] was administrator. 
We find no record of his family. 



1 Letter of (). E. UaiulaH of Cliesterfleld, N. H. Douglas about half a mile east from liis father's 
-This fjirni on which Simon lived was In residence In the South Gore. 



CHAMBERLAIN. — CHAPMAN. 437 

8. EBENEZEE, son of Joseph (8), of him little is known. He was one of 
the 30 original proprietors, his home lot being at tlie northern extremity of 
Johnson's Plain, adjoining Isaac Larned on the north, and jirobably including 
the Johnson house and meadow in the rear. He sold soon. Richard Moore 
later owned his home lot. He d. 174G at Ox. Joseph Chamberlain [his 
brother?] administrator. No record of family. 

There is reason to believe he m. Sibyl, dau. of Richard Moore. We give 
extracts from a letter which are of interest in this connection : — 

"SiBBEL ChAJIBERLAIN OF OXKOUD TO JOSEPII StaRU OF 

MiDDLETOwx, Conn. 

' ' Oxford , May 2r>, 1 750. 

"Louing Son and dafter, these arc to inform you that T am yet at Father 
Moore's and am not well, I have the fever and ague, I have not been well all 
this Spring if you would come down next fall if I am able I will com up with' 
you, I have sent by the barer hereof som camlet to make you a quilt, and a 
pair of stokins, I desire above all things that you mind the good of your 
souls, more than for the things of this world, and I desire the same of your 
two sisters, and be often thinking of your diing day, and let not the world 
steal your hearts from God — for I know not that whether I shall ever see you 
agairt. 

" And hannah I desire that you be very careful that you do not keep 1)ad 
company, but studdy the word of God, which is able to make you wise to 
salvation. Do not mis to read a chapter every day, my daughter Star, remem- 
ber how God has raised you even from the mouth of the grave, and give God 
the prayes and never forget his mercy to you, and to make tliankful returns 
to God for the'same. Son Star I desire that you right to me by Mr. Shadtuck, 
and tell me how your wife does, my harts desire and prayer is that you may 
be saved — and Rest your loving 

"mother SIBBEL CHAMBERLIN. 

" The camlet and stockings is for Routh Mather." 

On the same sheet was a letter from Richard Moore, her father, to Mr. 
Stan', requesting him to urge Abijah, Richard's son, then living at Middle- 
town, to "com down for Doct Cannady to see if he [could] get any help," 
for a physical trouble he was expei'iencing. 

EDWARD, and Hannah Edmunds of Dudley, m. 22 Jan., 174G. 

MARY, and Joseph Robbins of Douglas, m. 3 Nov., 1748. 

The Chamberlains, although the most numerous family at the beginning 
of the settlement, became nearly or quite extinct here in 40 years. 

CHANDLER, WINTHROP, aged 37, d. 9 Feb., 1840. 

CHAPMAN, THOMAS W., b. 4 Nov., 1793, in R. L, removed early with 
his parents to Pomfret factory, at 18 went to Springfield to learn the machin- 
ists' trade, returned at 21 to Pomfret, remaining until 1826, when he began 
business at North Ox. as manufacturer and trader, continuing until 1835, 
removed 1836 to Franklin Mills, now Kent, O., bought water power and made 
steam engines, d. 21 Feb., 1859, from injuries in his saw-mill. He was a good 
man> assessor in 1832 ; his mother was Sally Williams, descendant of Roger, 
his father a Baptist deacon, and himself a lay preacher. He ra. 28 Nov., 1816, 
Abigail May of Pomfret. . . . Children: Itiiamar M., b. 10 Jan., 1819, 
studied at "Manual Labor School," Worcester, teacher in Ohio, studied at 
Granville College, ordained over Baptist Church, Streetsboro', O., 6 Aug., 
1846, remained 12 years, later pastor at Meadville, Pa., three years; at Wil- 
mington, Lima and Troy, 0.; Grand Rapids, Mich., live years; later at 
Berlin and Dowagiac, Mich., and Bloomsbury, Out., 1885 at Bearasville, Ont., 



43^^ CHAPMAN. CniLDS. 

since has hfcii lioiiio missionary two years in northwest of Mich., and 
aj^eiit for American IJibU- Liiion for Kentucky and Illinois. lie ra. (1) 26 
March, 184U, Amy A. llolden of Kent, O., she d. 31 March. 1848, m. (2) 10 
Jan., 1849, Martha V. Jenkins of Streetsboro', she d. 1 May, 1876, m. (3) 2 
May, 1877, Jan.- DeWitt of Port Rowan. Ont. ; ch. W. Scott, h. 1841, d. 1845; 
Alice A., 1). 17 Di-c, 1843, at Kent, d. 13 Sept., 1855, at Streetsboro'; Adelhert 
D. i., b. 21 May, 1846, at Streetsboro', residence, 1888, Cincinnati; ch. by 
second \i\. Ella </., b. U» Nov., 1849, at Streetsboro'; Norman J., b. 1858, d. 
1865; Sakau A., b. 11 May, 1820, d. 23 Aug., 1852, unni. ; Lucy M., b. 1 
Dec, 1821, m. 15 March, 1837, James H. Stoops, .she d. 10 March, 1846; 
Thomas W., I). 14 Aug., 1823, m. 18 April, 1849, Lucy A. Sawyer, residence, 
Fori ScoU, Kun., fanner; Augusta A., b. 1825, d. 1827; Augu.stus K., b. 26 
June, 1827, m. 14 May, 1852, Lillie II. Mott, machinist and agricultural imple- 
ment maker, Wooster, O., and later at Lima, O., d. 14 Nov., 1866; Faitu A., 
b. 182'J, (1. 1832, at Ox. 

iniuDES B., student from South Ox., 1831-34 at Brown University. 

CHARIVAN, HENRIETTE (Canadian), aged 46, d. 20 Sept., 1876. 

CHASE, ESEK, and Ruth Hill of Dudley, ra. 27 March, 1805. 
ELIZA S., and iVIiletus S. S. Taft of Mcndon, m. 16 Aug., 1831, 
ADALINE F., and William F. Willis, m. intentions 28 April, 1833. 
THOMAS, w. , had Emeline, b. 31 May, 1844. 

CHATTERTON, JOSEPH (English), aged 64, d. 7 Oct., 1881. 

CHENEY, ASA, and Lois Dispau of Ward, m. intentions 22 July, 1815. 
HANNAH, of Charlton, and Thomas Sweet, m. intentions 21 July, 1832. 

CHESTER, ORLANDO, in 1834 succeeded Richard C. Stone as principal 
of select school, remaining two years, of good abilities and acquirements, but 
did not sustain the reputation of the school. He m. Mrs. Susan Black, ra. n. 
Osborn, of Edgartown. . . . Children: Ellen, Gkorgk C, both baptized 3 
April, 1836. On 3 July, 1836, Mr. and Mrs. C. were dismissed and recora- 
mcndetl to the Church at Haverhill. 

CHILDS, JOSEPH, b. at Watertowu, came to Ox. from Sutton, settled at 
North Ox., H. 120, he m. 20 Dec, 1810, Mary, dan. of Timothy Sparhawk, he 
d. 26 Oct., 1848, aged 6u, she d. 22 May, 1840, aged 54. . . . Children: Lucy 
A., 1). 1811, m. Franklin F. Ryder; Danikl V.; Maky, m. Andrew Adams of 
Worcester, she d. at Auburn, 3 ch. ; Rui-'us, residence, Leicester, d. 19 Jan., 
1816, aged 28; Mautiia, b. 15 May, 1815, m. James Browil; Moses, i). 1822(?), 
d. 7 July, 1842. 

2. DANIEL v., son of Joseph (1), m. 22 Dec, 1834, Polly, dau. of Joseph 
Brown, he d. aged 41, 3 Sept., 1854, she m. (2) Russell Arnold. . . , Children: 
Mary, b. and d. 1835; Martha L., b. 15 Nov., 1836, at Woi-cester, m. 2 Jan., 
1855, Frank White of Worcester, she d. 13 June, 1864; Danikl V., b. 23 
Feb., 1839, at Ox., ra. 1 Jan., 1867, Frances M. Bond; had Harnj D., b. 1860, 
m. 1880, Carrie L. wStoddard, residence. North Brooktleld; Daniel V. was a 
soldier in the late war, killed 6 May, 1864, at tlie Wilderness; Jacob L:, b. 24 
Oct., 1845, soldier, d. in liospital, Covington, Ky., 4 April, 1864; Henry A., 
1). and d. 1849; l'(»i,i,v II., h. 1850, d. 1857; Ann J., b. 21 Oct., 1853, m. 25 
Manli, 1875, J. Cliiilou Nichols of West Thompson, Conn. 



CHILD8. — CLARK. 439 

BENJAMIN W. ; Samuel, proI)ably killed by Indians, had Richard, b. 1624, 
m. Mary Linnet of Barnstable, and had Kichard, b. 1653 ; who had Samuel, b. 

6 Nov., 1679, removed from Barnstable to Deerfield, deacon of Congregational 
Church; he had Jonathan, m. Rebecca Scott, who d. 1809, aged 101. Their 
lifth child was Ebenezer who m. Abigail Willis, and had with others Ben.ta- 
MiN Willis, who m. Anna Washburn, resided at Hardwick, deacon; their first 
child was Ben-tamin W., b. 6 Nov., 1799, residence. Ox., mason, m. 24 Jan., 
1827, Elizabeth South worth, b. at Ward. He d. 31 Dec, 1866, she d. aged 54, 

7 Aug., 1853, both at Ox.' . . . Children: Ann E., b. 19 Dec, 1827, unm., d. 
29 July, 1888, at Worcester; Frances M., b. 21 March, 1834, m. Bernard B. 
Vassall; Benjamin W., b. 15 Jan., 1839, m. 20 Sept., 1865, Olive M. Chamber- 
lain of Templeton, residence, Ox., thriving trader, removed to Worcester, 
where he became wealthy in wholesale shoe trade, highly esteemed, dem- 
ocratic candidate for mayor; they had Thomas S., b. 13 Aug., 1866, at Ox.; 
Fannie M., b. 3 Jan., 1868, at Ox. ; Alice L., b. 23 Aug., 1873, at Worcester; 
Mabel W., b. 12 Nov., 1875, d. 2 Jan., 1885; Agnes C, b. 29 Sept., 1877; Ger- 
trude, b. 6 March, 1883; Breta W., b. 10 Feb., 1888. 

ELIZABETH, dan. of Nathaniel, Sutton, d. 21 June, 1767. 

FISHER H. of Upton, and Adaline Turner of Leicester, m. 28 May, 1823. 

DANIEL W., aged 22, d. 2 June, 1828. 

Mrs. CHILDS d. 28 April, 1841. 

SARAH, m. n. Hersey, widow, aged 77, d. 24 May, 1868. 

CHLOE, m. n. Robinson, dan. of Eliakim, aged 91, d. 27 Jan., 1870. 

CHUBB, HANNAH, of Belchertown, and Nathan Shumway, m. intentions 
7 Sept., 1771. 

CHURCH, SARAH, of Holden, and William Williams, m. intentions 15 
Aug., 1797. 

CISCO, REVERSE (colored), and Hadassah, had Lucy, b. Feb., 1792. 

CLAFLIN, JOSHUA, was of Dudley, among its first inhabitants, m. Mary 
Children: Joshua, b. 17 April, 1733, settled in north part of Ox. 



east of river near the " mines," tailor; Sarah, b. 10 April, 1735, at Dudley, 
m. Hezekiah Merriam; Mary, b. 10 June, 1737, m. 9 Dec, 1762. Andrew Crowl 
of Leicester; Abner, b. 31 Aug., 1738, at Dudley, housewright, bought in 
1762 the Hezekiah Merriam, Jr., place in the North Gore, H. 106, removed to 
Rowe before 1769, at which time he sold his estate in Ox., hem. Hannah 

, and had Sarah, b. 1764, d. 1767, Joshua, b. 1705, d. 1767, Joshua, b. 24 

Nov., 1767; Rachel, m. intentions 9 April 1757, Jesse Pratt of North Gore. 
ABNER, of Sandisfield (son of Abner?), m. 29 June, 1791, Persis Merriam. 

CLAPP, GEORGE, and Betsey Bartlett, m. intentions 1 Jan., 1827. 

CLARK, THOMAS, from Freetown about 1780, large family, had been 
Avhalc lislierman. resided first on Crowl Hill, bought 1794 land in northwest 
part of Ox., H. 101; in 1800 bought the Nathaniel Ide place, H. 125, set the 
elms there growing, d. there 21 Feb., 1816, aged 87. His widow, Mary Bra- 
man, d. 27 June, 1824, aged 91. . . . Children: Thomas, residence. Provi- 
dence; Sally, b. 1758, d. unm. 5 April, 1854, at Ox; JosErii, residence, Hud- 
son, N. Y. ; David, residence, Herkimer County, N. Y. ; Polly, m. How- 



1 Paige, History oX Hardwick, gives descent differently. This is from Child's Genealogy. 



440 (lai;k. — cohb. 

ard, rcsidunci', VVcsL: Lydfa, in. A})ij!ih Laiul) ; Ar.icK, Phkbe, both d. young; 
Bkthky, 1). 1771, 111. Kciibi'ii Ciiininiii'jrs of Charlton, and d. 18G5; Ebbnkzbr, 
b. 22 May, 177f;. 

2. EBP:NEZKI{, son of Tlioraas (1), in. 17 May, ISOl, Elizabeth Parker of 
Brii^hton, snccicflcd his father as owner of the homestead where he lived till 
1827, and removed to the house on the Worcester road, H. 114, removed 
185;) to East IJrooktleld where he d. 29 Nov., 18G4. His wife d. 29 April, 
1H41. . . . Children: Rklikf, b. 6 Oct., 1802, m. 30 March, 1828, Elisha 
Muzzy of Oxford, Me., she d. 10 Feb.. 1835; Polly, b. 10 Oct., 1804, d. 
youni?; Thomas, b. 10 April, 1806, m. 1 Feb., 1836, Sarah B., dau. of Joel 
Howe of Spencer. In 1835 he kept the tavern at North Ox., the .same year he 
bought H. 114 of the executors of the will of his brother Hammond, and in 
1847 sold and built a house at the lower, then Barton's, village, and opened 
a stoi'e which he sold in 1851 and removed to Spencer, where he has since 
resided, no ch. He was a good citizen, selectman in 1847. Piiebe, b. 8 
June, 1808, m. 31 March, 1829, Ansel Whitcomb of Townshcnd, Vt., she d. 23 
March, 1880. He succeeded Thos. Clark in the tavern at North Ox., keeping 
it a short time; Hammond, b. 6 Aug., 1810. d. 10 May, 1834; Mary, b. 
18 July, 1816, m. 21 July, 1839, John M. Metcalf of Sutton; Sarah E., b. 22 
Nov. 1823, ra. 23 March, 1847, William Baker of Douglas. 

RUSSELL, Avas of MiddletoAvn, Conn., came in 1813 to the Merino factory, 
Dudley, and 1814 to Ox., where he was a clothier at the south end of the 
Plain, returned in the spring of 1818 to Middletown; he m. Sally Cotton of 
Haddain. . . . Children: Luther, b. 23 .May, 1814, at Dudley; Rosilla, b. 
IC, Ai)ril. 1S16; John, b. 9 Dec, 1817, both at Ox. 

MARTHA W., of Grafton, and Thomas Welch, Jr., m. int. 24 Aug., 1822. 

FRANCIS, and Wealthy Hewett, m. intentions 5 Feb., 1830. 

S.VRAII, and William R. Baker of Millbury, m. intentions 6 March, 1847. 

ELIZA A., m. n. Taft, aged 33, d. 9 Jan., 1874. 

CLEMENCE, LUTHER, m. Matilda Clark, he d. aged 43, 17 Feb., 1859, 
she d. aged 52, 15 Sept., 1866; they had .\lbkkt L., b. 1841; Philitine, b. 
1845 ; both d. 1846. 
— JOSEPH, and Damaris Dennis of Dudley, ni. intentions May, 1750. 

PETER 1)., and Lueinda AVhite of Oakham, m. intentions 21 Nov., 1830, re- 
moved to Southl)ridge. 

ALBERT, son of Dolivcr, aged 11, d. 6 Aug., 1856. 

CLEAVELAND, CHARLES, practical cotton manufacturer, came about 
1814, as agent al the llrst mill started at North Oxford, was here but a year or 
two and left on the failure of the company; m. intentions 12 Jan., 1815, Eliz- 
aljeth Adams of Grafton. 

CLINTON, JOHN, Jr., and Sally A., liad IIk.skv A., b. 26 Ai)ril, 1841 ; 
Georok E., b. 16 Nov., 18 14. 

CLOSSON, MAllY T., w. ..f llarrisoii, aged l';», d. 12 March, 1855. 

CLOUGH, LAURA, ami Augustus W. Perrin of Ponifret, Conn., m. inten- 
tions 10 Fei)., 1828. 

CLOYES, MAliY E., in. ii. Butler, aged 29, d. 2:» March, 1883. 

COBB, GEOKCiE, aged 28, d. 9 Dec, 1852. 
DINAH (colored), d. 7 May, 1829. 



COBURN. — COGGSWELL. 441 

COBURN, EBENEZER, in 1752 bought the Richard Williams estate of 477 
acres, southwest part of the town, H. 75, resided there until 1759 at least. In 
1777 he had removed to Woodstock, Conn. — 19 Julj', 1778, was dismissed 

from the Church and recommended to Woodstock. lie m. Phebe and 

had FIbenezer, sergeant in Revolutionary war, ra. 10 Nov., 1768, Dorcas, dan. 
of Amos Shumway, settled on the homestead and had BiUh, h. 17 June, 1769 ; 
Lucy. b. 22 .\pril, 1771; Perley, b. 13 April, 1774; Alexander, b. 13 May, J776; 
family removed from town; Richard, b. about 1744, and b. at Ox. : Jona- 
than, b. 9 April 1755, Revolutionary soldier, m. intentions 5 July, 1777, Mary, 
dan. of Jeremiah Shumway; David, b. 23 Dec, 1758, ra. 31 March, 1781, 
Experience Wyman. He was then of Woodstock, having with Jonatlian 
removed there Avith his father. 

2. RICHARD, son of Ebenezer (1), Revolutionary soldier, m. intentions 
31 Oct., 1767, Sarah Edwards of Charlton, he d. 25 July. 1818, aged 74. she d. 
12 Feb., 1820, aged 72. He succeeded his brother El)enezer on the homestead. 

. . . Children: Polly, b. 1 Jan., 1769, d. young (?) ; Bathsheba, b. 1 May, 
1773, m. Joseph Marsh of Dudley; Samuel, b. 1 June, 1775; Dorothy, b. 6 
June, 1777, m. Jeremiah Nichols; Eleanor, b. 4 Jan., 1779, m. 16 March, 1800, 
Lot Marsh of Dudley, no ch. ; Sabra, b. 1 Aug., 1781, d. young (?) ; Sylvanu-s 
b. 17 Nov., 1788, m. Phebe, dau. of Joel White, and had Emily, b. 17 April, 
1811 ; Andrus, b. 2 Jan., 1814 ; Sarah A., b. 18 Feb., 1818. He d. 2 Feb., 1820, 
at Worcester. 

3. SAMUEL, son of Richard (2), m. 29 Nov., 1798, Elizabeth, formerly w. 
of Jonathan Kingsbury, dau. of Peter Shumway, resided on the homestead, 
removed before 1820 to Holland Purchase, N. Y., d. 3 Oct., 1840. . . . Chil- 
dren: Amasa K., b. 8 Jan., 1799, m. 21 Nov., 1825, Sophia P., dan. of John 
Nichols, residence, Charlton, they had Samuel, residence, Sturbridge ; John, 
residence, Oxford; Ellen E., m. Albert Stevens, Charlton; Andrus, residence, 
Sturbridge; Otis, residence, Sturbridge; Nancy, m. Elbridge Allen, Charlton, 
she d. 1872; Otis, b. 1801, d. 1803; Sally E., b. 13 Jan., 1803, d. unm. ; 

Nancy K., b. 4 March, 1805, m. Brewster; Rufus, b. 9 May, 1807; 

Sylvanus, b. 4 April, 1810; all but the first resided in N. Y, 

BETHIA, and Paul Rich, Dudley, m. 10 Feb., 1734. 

ANDREW of Ox., weaver, from Woodstock, Conn., had cases in Court 
1734 and 1743. 

JOHN, and Sarah Dresser of Charlton, m. 22 Fel)., 1759. 

CLEMENT, taxed 1771. 

MOSES, and Hannah Davis, m. intentions 5 April, 1777; Revolutionary sol- 
dier 1775. 

PAUL, in Oxford, Feb., 1792. 

JOSEPH of Charlton, and Polly Learned, m. 6 April, 1790. 

ROBERT, d. 27 July, 1803. 

WILLIAM, w. Julia Aim, had George Litchfield, b. 15 Oct., 1833; John, 
b. 12 Dec, 1836; Merrick, b. 14 March, 1839. 

CODY, PHILIP, taxed, 1771. 
JOHN, Revolutionary soldier. 
NATHAN of Dudley, and Rhoda Wakefield, m. intentions 9 Dec, 1810. 

COGGSWELL, BETSEY J., m. n. Doughty, aged 27, d. 25 Aug., 1860. 
LUCINA, m, n. Wicker, aged 53, d. 25 March, 1861. 

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442 COIT. — COLLIER. 

COIT, ACHSAII P., and William Barrows of Worcester, m. intentions 26 
Sept., 1840. 

COLES, WILLIAM, residence, Oxford, 1776. 

COLLER, COLLIER, OLIVER, sold to Benoni TwichcU his rij^hts granted 
to soldiers in the Narragansett war, was probably in that expedition. We 
first find him in Ox. between 1707 and 1713 as tenant of Gabriel Bernon. 
When till- Knglish settlement began he took up his house lot on the north- 
east corner of the main and Sutton roads, H. 192, sold in less than three 
years to Joseph Dana, who was voted in on Coller's rights. We next find 
him in Mcndon, where he was warned 1724 against a settlement. In 1736 he 
had settled on country land, in no town, near Manchaug Pond, adjoining Ox. 

line. lie m. Lydia , and had William, b. 17 Sept., 1715, at Ox. In 

1736 Oliver, Isaac and Lydia CoUer wei'e before the Court of Sessions at 
Worcester for absenting themselves from public worship, pleaded poverty 
and living in no town, and promising reform were dismissed. About 1736 
Oliver and wife removed to Newport Co., R. I. In April, 1736, he sold to 
William, his son, his rights in " a lot of country's land adjoining Manchaug 
pond and all my labor which I have done thereon." In 1739 Isaac CoUer, 
living thereon, deeded the improvements on said land to Thomas McKnight of 
Stow. [See McKnight.] 

THOMAS, perhapis son of Oliver, had a case in court Aug., 1739. 

JAMES, probably son of John, of Framingham in 1696, nominally one of 
the 30 settlers in Ox. The records indicate that he did not live here until 
several years after the settlement. He was at Framingham in 1718 the 
time of the sale of his Ox. estate. The first known of him here was in 1735, 
when he bought the Mayo fai-m, H. 38. He is seldom named in the records. 

He m. (1) Elizabeth , m. (2) 22 Dec, 1746, Hannah Twichell, and d. in 

1749, will approved 29 May. . . . Children: James, b. 1696 at Framingham, 
settled at Framingham, removed 1727 to llopkinton, m. 5 July, 1722, at 
Boston, Patience Gleason [Boston Kecords], and d. before March, 1747; 
JosKPH, b. 1702, resided at llopkinton; ELi/ABirrH, ra. Daniel Tombs; Jonas, 
b. 1713. 

2. JONAS, son of James (1), m. (1) 14 Feb., 1740, Susannah Pratt, m. (2) 
4 March, 1779, Mrs. Elizabeth Persons of Spencer, lived many years on the 
homestead, d. 26 Feb., 1795, aged 82. . . . Children, all by first m. : Ebenkzkr, 
b. 8 Jan., 1741, m. intentions 1 June, 1771, Sarah Town; Eunice, b. 1 May, 
1742, m. 1 Dec, 1772, John Ives; Jason, b. 5 Jan., 1744; Ezekiel, b. 5 April, 
1745, Revolutionary soldier, m. and lived at Googin's i>lace, H. 84, from 
1777 to 1784, and removed to Ashford, Conn., 2 sons; Jonas, b. 5 Jan., 1747, 
m. intentions 6 Jan., 1776, Mary Rich of Weston, he d. about 1824, at East 
Thompson. Conn., no ch. ; Mkrcv, b. 7 Oct., 1750, num., d. 1 April, 1838, at 
Ox. 

3. JASON, son of Jonas (2), Revolutionary soldier, m. (1) 24 Nov., 1768, 
Sarah, dan. of John Bogle, residence, H. 188, she d. 13 Feb., 1813 [1811, Ox. 
Records], m. (2) 23 Jan., 1814, Hannah Farrington, b. 6 Dec, 1765, he d. 14 
Oct., 1840, she d. aged 92, 15 Jan., 1857. .V grandson of Jason recently 
wrote : — 

" I feel proud of my ancestors. My grandfather raised, by one mother, 19 
children to bt^ men and women, and only one ever saw the inner walls of a 
poor-house, and not one filled a drunkanl's grave. 1 have visited him a great 
many times on old Oxford Plains and eaten at his table, and I don't believe 



COLLIER. 443 

there was ever a day passed over his head (only when he was away) when he 
did not have fresh 1)oiled potatoes and fried salt pork for breakfast. My 
father, when he was within (!0 days of beini>: 21 years of age, cave him twenty 
dollars for his time and packed his shoemaker's kit and started and landed in 
Boston [50 miles] at snnset the first day. 

" If they are all dead they are not forgotten." 

Children, all by first m. : John, b. 16 (^ct., 1769; Jamrs. b. 6 Oct., 1770; 
EuzABETH, 1). 6 Oct., 1771, m. (1) Abel Avery from N. H., he left soon for parts 
nnknown; they had i?(c//, b. 1801, d. 1821; Jonathan, h. 1802, d. young; William, 
b. II Jan., 1803, said to have been bound out to service, ran away and lived 
under an assumed name, Ira Gay(?), at Ashburnham, where he m., had ch. 
and d. ; Elizabeth, b. 27 Dec. 1804, at Ashford, m. (1) 16 June, 1823, Thomas 
H. Wallace of Leicester, and had Louisa, she m. (2) Foster Bond of Stur- 
bridge, where they settled and had 9 ch., a son Harrison was killed in battle 
in the late war; Bond, the father, d. Dec., 1856, at Southbridge, his widow d. 
May, 1858, at Wauwatosa, Wis. ; [Elizabeth Avery m. (2) intentions 20 
April, 1815, Maj. Nathan Dexter Of Charlton]; Esther, b. 27 Dec, 1772, m. 
William Prentiss of Boston, resided and d. there; they had James, Edward, 
Esther; Ezra, b. 28 May, 1774; Sarah, b. 1775, d. 1788; Jonathan, b. 9 
Jan., 1777, m. Olive Cummings of Sutton, where they settled, removed to Ox. 
1818, d. 2 Oct., 1820, saddler; Rufus, b. 30 Aug., 1778; Willlvm, b. 1780, d. 
young; William, b. 5 Sept., 1781, d. 7 Feb., 1813, num.; Ruth, b. 11 May, 
1783, d. 14 April, 1809, unm. ; Mary, b. 1 Jan., 1785, m. Edward Leeds of 
Boston, where she d. ; Ebenezer, b. 10 May, 1786; Lucretia, b. 24 Sept., 
1787, m. (1) Joseph Sawtell of Boylston, where they settled, he d. 23 Oct., 
1817, m. (2) Sept., 1822, Henry Brewer of Boylston, he d. 1852, she d. 13 
March, 1867; ch. by first m. Jason, b. 2 March, 1808, m. Comfort Wilcox of 
Fall River, settled there and had Joseph H., Sarah L., Almira E., he left 
home and was last heard from in Texas about 1840; Joel, b. 15 May, 1809, m. 
(1) 6 Dec, 1831, Miriam Gibbs, she d. 1840, no ch., m. (2) Miranda Derby of 
Leominster, settled in Clinton, comb maker; had Jane L., Marj' L., Ann E., 
Susan S.. Joseph H., Joel W. ; Eunice H., b. 9 March, 1811, m. (1) 12 April, 
1834, Lewis Smith of Shrewsbury, where they settled, he d. 1850; had 
Marion, Ellen L., Harriet E., Charles L. ; she m. (2) 1852, James Flanigan of 
Shrewsbury, and had Joel S. ; Flanigan d. 1873, she in 1882, resided at Whitins- 
ville; Joseph IF., b. 6 Feb., 1813, d. young; Lucretia, b. 15 Sept., 1816, m. 
Addison Allen of Worcester, removed to Cambridge, had Sarah, Edmund; 
Alexander, b. 24 April, 1789, unm., d. 19 Sept., 18.">2; Jason, b. 2 Aug., 
1791, m. (1) at Troy, N. Y., Lucretia Van Orden, she d. 1841, he m. (2) 1844, 
lived at Troy, removed 1820 to Rochester, and thence about 1833 to Alton 
Sodus, N. Y., where he d. 1857, tanner and shoe manufacturer; ch. Alfred, 
settled at Circleville, O., removed about 1859 to Columbus, O., where he d. 
1881; Norris, living 1882 at Saginaw, Mich., m. and had ch. ; Nehemiah, b. 
30 March, 1793; Hannah, b. 30 Jan., 1795, m. 1820, John A. Wood of Boyl- 
ston, settled at Wrentham, removed to Boylston, she d. 9 July, 1890, at 
Nashua; they had Hannah F., John A., Mary E., Harriet A., Almira L., 
Henry L. ; Joel, b. 22 April, 1797. 

4. JOHN, son of Jason (3), m. Sally Warren of Cambridge, b. 20 Feb., 
1779, d. 30 April, 1815, he d. 9 March, 1813, at Ox. . . . Children : Joseph W., 
b. 29 Jan., 1796, at Providence, R. I., lived at Ox. till his father's death, m. 
Rhoda Green and settled near Concord, N. II., d. al)out 1850, 3 sons and 2 
daughters; Sally, h. 19 Aug., 1797, at Newton, d. 1808; Harriet, 1). 16 Feb., 



444 COLLIER. 

1799, at Cliarlton, ni. Marcus Smith of Wrentham, wliore they settled and d., 
had ch. ; MAiaKTTA. b. 13 Jau., 1801, at Charlton, m. Alnion Bickford ; John, 
b. 24 Jan., 1803, lost at sea about 1815; Susan P., b. 6 Dec, 1805, at Ox., m. 
Samuel Andrews, settU-d at West Bloomfield, Mich-, where she d. May, 1876; 
AucJCSTA, b. 19 Dec, 1807, at 0-x., m. 27 Nov., 1828, Harry W. Harris, resi- 
dence. Millbury, he d. 10 April, 1808; they had IVnrren, b. 1829, d. 1883; 
Charles, b. 12 Nov., 1831, m. 1853, d. March, 1866; Anne, b. 10 Dec, 1832, m. 
1855; Maria and Sophia, b. 12 Oct., 1834; Maria, d. young; Sophia, m. 1852; 
Warren, b. 26 July, 1839, m. 1860; Stella, b. 5 March, 18.50, d. 2 July, 1870; 
Jonas, b. 31 Aug., 1809, at Ox., m. 1836, Hannah M. Case of Sodus, N. Y., 
lived at Rochester, removed 1837 to Ohio, thence 1858 to Bay City, Mich., 
where he resided 1883, a citizen in good standing and prosperous, engineer; 
ch. Arthur, b. 1838, soldier in the 7th Mich. Cavalry in the late war, d. 1863 at 
Washington, D. C. ; 3Iartha B., b. 1840, m. John Harding; Ann M., b. 1843, 
in. Henry B. Hurt"; John H., b. 184.5, soldier in the hite war; Bobert J., b. 
1849, mechanic in Chicago; George E., b. 1852. 

5. JAMES, son of Jason (3), m. (1) 20 Jan., 1793, Sarah, dau. of James 
Brown, she d. 30 Dec, 1796, m. (2) 13 April, 1806, Alice, sister of his first w., 
she d. 27 Feb., 1839, ra. (3) 18 Aug., 1839, Persis B Mellen, he d. 7 April, 
1857. she d. 22 Jan., 1873, aged 86. . . Children: Jambs, b. 17 June, 1795; 
by second ni. Mary S., b. 19 Nov., 1806, num., d. 3 Jan., 1831 ; Amce B., b. 
26 Sept., 1808, m. 7 Sept., 1840, Kiron Carroll of Charlton, second w., she d. 
16 Sept., 1S76; they had James, d. young; Charles, ni. Elizabeth Battle; 
Austin, 1). and d. 1810, at Sutton; Sarah B., b. 21 Feb., 1812, m. Calvin 
Bellows; Abigail T., b. 7 March, 1814, m. 27 Jan., 1833, Daniel, son of Joseph 
Brown; Eliza Mineeva, b. 16 Dec, 1815, m. 27 June, 1837, Shadrach Ham of 
HoUiston, and had A. Augusta, m. Charles Eddy of Leominster; Everett, resi- 
dence, Dracut; she m. (2) William Smith of R. I , and resided, 1885, at 
Dracut; Jason S., b. 7 Oct., 1817, m. 1 Jan., 1843, Susanna Crandall, settled 
at Worcester, he d. 25 Nov., 1847; they had, one ch. d. young, and Samuel, 
soldier in the late war, d. of wounds; Ebenezkk F., b. 1820, d. 1822; Ceua 
Ann, b. 17 July, 1823, m. William, son of George Brown, residence, 1882, 
Uxbridge; tliey had William, m. and settled at Naugatuck, Conn., cutlery busi- 
ness; Crcorge, m. residence, Uxbridge; William F., b. 14 Jan., 1826, m. Mary 
.Vnn Ballard, settled at Ox., remoA'ed to Webster, where she d. 

6. JAMES, son of James (5), m. 6 May, 1819, Narcissa Bond of Leicester, 
he d. 6 Feb.. 1853, she d. 2 Sept., 1886, at Worcester. . . . Children: Narclssa 
E., 1). 22 Nov., 1819, at Leicester, m. 1 Jan., 1845. Charles F. Martinette of 
Trenton, N. J., residence, Elmira, N. Y. ; had Fred, who was killed in the late 
war at Fort Fisher; James M., b. 27 Jan., 1822, at Winsted, Conn., m. 18 
Sept., 1845, Julia A. Mclntire of Fitchburg, had ch., he d. 18 Nov., 1862, in 
California; Lyman N., b. 30 April, 1823, at Winsted, Couil. m. (1) 12 April, 
1849, Julia A. Bevans, settled in Conn., had 2 sons; m. (2) Louisa Martin of 
Canada, had 1 dau., residence. West Farnham, P. Q. ; Louisa C, b. 13 May, 
1828, at Palmer, m. 9 March, 1852. Elijaii W. Bigelow of Wilmington. Vt., 
residi-d, 1883, in Worcester, pattern maker; they had Horace E., b. 1857, m., 
residence, Worcester; Ella L., b. 1862, d. 1869; William IL, b. 14 May, 1830, 
at Palmer, d. 1838; Mary J., b. 6 May, 1833, at Leicester, m. 14 Feb.. 1852, 
George W. Valance of Troy, N. Y., where they settled and where he d., had 
ch. ; Carry H., b. and d. 1837, at Fitchburg. 

7. EZRA, son of Jas<m (3), m. (1) 5 March, 1799, Fanny Warren, b. 12 
Jan., 1781, d. 23 Sept., 1804; in. (2) 21 July, 1805, Patty, widow of John 



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Downs, ra. n. Howard of Paxton. she d. 10 May, 1843, aged 68; he d. 8 June, 
1844. . . . Children by first m. ; RIzra, b. 22 Dec. 1799, m. Ifi March, 1823, 
Mary Shaw Atwood of Plymouth, residence, Portland, Me., removed 1834 to 
New York city, bookseller and publisher for many years, of good business abili- 
ties, and very erticient member of the Reformed Dutch Church, he d. 6 May, 
1854, at Brooklyn, N. Y. ; they had 10 ch. of whom 5 d. young. A dau. m. 
L. S. Bannister of Rochester, N. Y. The eldest son Ezra IF., b. 1827, at Ply- 
mouth, was aministerof the R. D. Church, settled in New York. Freehold, N. J. 
and Coxsackie, N. Y., and d. in 1869, aged 43, leaving one son; Joseph A., the 
second son, b. 1828 at Plymouth, was also a minister and was pastor at Green- 
ville, Bronxville, Geneva, and Kingston, N. Y., d. 1864, aged 36, leaving two 
sons lawyers at Hudson, N. Y. He was a man of rare talents, and wrote very 
valuable books for the young. Corwin's Manual says, " Few young men 
among our ministers ever rose more rapidly by the simple force of unosten- 
tatious merit. His ministry was a model of pastoral fidelity." Edward A., 
third son, b. 1835, at New York, successful pastor of the church at Kin- 
derhook, N. Y., where he has been for nearly 20 years; Catherine E., residence, 
Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Fanny W., b. 19 Feb., 1802, m. Andrew Walker, settled in 
NeAv York city, removed to Lombardville, Stark Co., 111., no ch. now living; 
ch. by second m. Warren, b. IJan., 1807, m. (1) 31 Oct., 1830, Abigail S., 
dau. of Jona. Davis, she d. 22 Sept., 1840, m. (2) 8 April, 1844, Rhoda M. 
Goodell of Charlton, she d. 21 Oct., 1854, m. (3) 26 Dec, 1855, Louisa Glea- 
son of Worcester, he d. 8 June, 1877; ch. Abner W., b. 23 Jan., 1832, m. 
Sarah M., dau. of Oliver Pierce, settled in Worcester, carpenter, no ch. ; 
Asher W., b. 1H34, d. 1838; Anson J., b. 27 Sept., 1836, m. Lucy A. Holman of 
Spencer, where they settled, had ch. ; Lovisa I., b. 21 Aug., 1838, m. Josiah C. 
Woodis, settled at St. Paul, Minn., had ch. ; Cherapina, b. 25 Oct., 1808, m. 
Calvin Shaw, lived at Springfield, New York, and Worcester, where she d. 
about 1863, no ch. ; Eunice H., b. 1810, d. 1813; Polly H., b. 14 April, 1813, 
m. Benj. Heath, settled at Boj'lston, removed to Thompson, Conn., where she 
d., had ch. ; William B., b. 2 Sept., 1815, m. Mrs. Mitchell, settled in Graf- 
ton, where he d. 4 Oct., 1841; P.\tty, b. 9 Nov., 1817, m. Eliel Cutting, lived 
at Sterling and Northboro', she d. 22 June, 1839, at Boylston, had ch. ; 
Charles Henry, b. 1820, d. 1826; Thomas, b. 23 June, 1823, m. 7 May, 
1848, Ann Chapman (English), lives in New York city, had ch. 

8. RUFUS, son of Jason (3), m. 31 March, 1800, Betsey Warren of Charl- 
ton, b. 25 Oct., 1779, settled at Bennington, Vt., removed about 1820 to 
Rochester, N. Y., where he d. 31 Oct., 1836, boot and shoe maker; she d, Sept., 
1848. . . . Children: Betsey W., b. 11 July, 1801; Rukus, b. 10 Sept., 1803, 
d. 4 July, 1852; Lucy, b. 23 Jan., 1805, d. 15 Sept., 1837; Fanny, b. 1807, d, 
1809; Oren, b. 31 July, 1808, d. 1881, at Ann Arbor, Mich. ; Mary, b. 24 July, 

1810; Sarah, b. 2 Dec, 1811, m. Tear, d. Oct., 1844; Jason, b. 23 

Nov., 1814, m. (1) 13 June, 1834, Mary A. Ellison, she d. 10 April, 1838, m. (2) 
Oct., 1839, Harriet L. Arthur, banker at Lockport, N. Y., the only survivor of 
the family; Judy, b. 5 Oct., 1816, \n. William Walker, Rochester, N. Y., she 
d. 21 March, 1850; Fanny M., b. 20 March, 1819, d. 2 Feb. 1839; Lucretla, 
b. 22 June, 1821, m. 21 June, 1842, Alonzo Robinson, she d. 19 July, 1848, 
had ch. 

9. EBENEZER, son of Jason (3), ni. 7 June, 1809, Martha, dau. of Rufus 
Flagg of Worcester, b. 20 July, 1786, settled at Charlton, where all his ch. 
were b., removed to Worcester, where he died 1868, she d. 1860. He was 



44<5 COLLIER. — COMTNS. 

prolicient in music and a very superior bass singer; in boyhood played the 
organ in the Univcrsalist Church, Ox., many years teacher of singing in 
Worcester and vicinity . . . Children: Jason, b. 23 May, 1810, m. (1) 23 
May, 1833, Adelaide, dau. of Capt. Samuel Newell of Southbridge, she d. 
10 April, 1849; he resides at Alt)any, N. Y., dealer in musical merchandise; 
ch. : George N., b. 16 Feb., 1834; Jnlia, b. 29 Nov., 1835; Adelaide, b. 4 
March, 1838; Susan, b. 4 Jan., 1840; Martha, b. 4 Aug., 1841; Adelaide X., b. 
26 Feb., 1843; Sarah, b. 23 Sept., 1844; John E., b. 19 Dec, 1848; he m. (2) 
18 Nov., 1850, Sarah A. Hermans, m. n. Scovel, and had Arina L., b. 7 Aug., 
1856; Francis F., b. 6 Oct., 1811, lived at Austin, Nevada, unm. ; Darius, b. 
6 May, 1813, d. young; Sarah B., b. 19 May, 1815, lived in Worcester, prom- 
inent music teacher, unm. ; Adaline, b. 25 March, 1817, d. 1859, in Worces- 
ter, unni. ; others d. young. 

10. NKIIKMIAH, son of Jason (3), m. 26 May, 1816, Mrs. Mary, widow 
of Benj. rratt, m. n. Holley, lived in Ox. till 1861, removed to Leicester, and 
l)Oth d. there; he d. 26 Feb., 1873, she d. 5 May, 1872. . . . Children: Jokl, 
b. 9 Jan., 1823, m. 24 Sept., 1846, Jemima Brown of Webster, and had Ellen 
S., m. Edward F. Bolster; William 11. , m. Mary Stanley; Emma J., m. Will- 
iam Wilson; Evelyn L., m. William Belcher of Spencer; Jonathan R., b. 3 
Nov., 1824, m. (1) 3 Nov., 1847, Amanda Wood of Wel)ster, and had Adelaide, 
Jenny; he m. (2) Mrs. Lucretia Laws of Athol, settled in Cherry "Valley, 
Leicester, and had Charles E., William, Lilla E. ; bed. 26 March, 1872; Eli, 
1). 28 Dec, 182G, m. 15 Sept., 1847, Mary A. Davoll, b. 21 Oct., 1822, at Little 
Comptou, R. I., settled at Cherry Valley, w'oolen manufacturer; had Eli 
F., m. Clara L. Sibley of Leicester; Etta; David B., b. 8 Aug., 1835, m. 10 
Nov., 1854, Rachel Earleof Leicester, and had Matilda A., m. Decatur Mollit, 
Ox. ; Jessie F., 1). 25 Dec, 1857, m. George, son of Levi Fitts of Ox. ; Alfred 
L., 1). 6 March, 1865. 

11. JOEL, son of Jasou (3), saddler aud harness maker, m. (1) intentions 
3 June, 1823, Laura Green of Leicester, she d. aged 49, 14 April, 1852 [4 
March, Ox. Rec], m. (2) 25 March, 1853, Mrs. Sarah Stevens, m. n. Everett, 
dau. of Pelatiah, of Westminster; he d. 18 Sept., 1876, she d. aged 78, 6 Aug., 
1882. . . . Child by Hrst m. : S. Dexter, b. 30 May, 1825, m. (1) 14 Oct., 
1852, Sarah G. Ware, b. at Franklin, shed. 23 April, 1880; m. (2) 4 March, 
1881, Edith Monroe of Nova Scotia, residence, Danbury, Conn., superintendent 
of Danbury and Norwalk K. R., ch. by lirst m., b. at Bridgeport, Thomas P., 
1). 1854, d. 1862; Alice V., b. 19 Dec, 1862; Ueorge W., b. 26 Dec, 1863; l)y 
second m., lialph M., b. 23 Jan., 1885, at Danbury. 

COLLINS, EBENEZER, and Mrs. Susan Tyson, ni. intentions 9 Nov. 1823. 
STEi'MEN and Anastasia Murphy, m. intentions 29 March, 1836. 
STErilEN, and Ann S., had John, b. 14 Dec, 1841. 

COLTON, FANNY, of Medway, and Ephraim Niles, m. int. 23 April, 1826. 
JOHN, aged 29, d. 14 Sept., 1864. 
JOHN 15., sou of John, d. 21 Aug., 1878. 

COMINS, CUMINS, CUMMINGS, JOHN, of Charlestown Village (Wo- 
burn), wile .Mary; Jan., 1709, bought 150 acres at Mashanuickituck, now 
Fomfret, Coim., and in 1713 was one of the twenty-three first townsmen; 
Jan., 1717, l)ouglit land at Thompson Parish, and later at Chestnut Hill, 
in 1719 came to 0.\., having purchased the " old mill " at the south eud of the 



COMINS. — CUMMINGS. 447 

Plain. He is believed to have improved this property antl to have raised or 
rebuilt the dam, as by an agreement 29 Dec, 1719, Richard Moore, Thomas 
Hunkins and Ebenezer Humphrey, owners of the meadows above, bound 
themselves to allow him to raise the water over their land for the use 
of the mill each year from 1 Sept. to 1 May, so long as he saw fit. 
[Recorded at Worcester in 1794, proving it to have been valid 75 years 
afterward]. In 1723 he deeded land on Prospect Hill to his son Jacob, 
and in 1724 to his son Stephen another lot adjoining. He was a man of 
character and intelligence, a constituent member of the Church, active in public 
aftiiirs, chairman of selectmen and also towm clerk in 1721, 1723 and 1724. On 
20 Oct., 1724 or 1725, his w. Mary d., and in 1726 he sold his mill and returned 
to Thompson, Conn. There in 1728 he was improved to be the master work- 
man in hewing and framing the lirst .Meeting-house [Miss Larued]. He was 
styled John, Senior in 1719. He d. April, 1751, aged 83. His son Stephen ap- 
pears to have been with him at the mill, and returned with him to Killiugly, 
Conn. John and Stephen Comins were witnesses of the will of Joseph 
Chamberlain in March, 1721. . . . Children of John and Mary. [Woburn 
Rec.]: John, b. 1692, d. 1693; Mary, b. 31 July, 1694; John, b. 12 July, 
1696: Catharine, b. 31 Aug., 1698; Jacob and Josiah, b. 14 July, 1700; Ste- 
phen, b. 12 Jan., 1702; James, b. 7 May, 1705. 

In 1733, John Comins, supposed to have been son of John, resided at Stur- 
bridge and there built the first Meeting-house. In 1734 he had a case in court 
at Worcester which was appealed by Jacob Comins. He was a loser in his 
building and in May, 1740, the proprietary voted him a gratuity of land on 
that account. On 7 April, 1742, he having deceased, a committee was in- 
structed to sell this land and to give the proceeds to his heirs according to 
their discretion. Some of the children were then under age. [Sturbridge 
Rec.]. John Comins, Jr., probably the same, d. 9 Nov., 1741, at Ox. There 
is no record of his family at Sturl)ridge. On 6 Aug., 1732, Keziah, Patience, 
Dinah, Sibyl, and Johu, children of John Cummins, Jr., were baptized at 
Thompson, Conn., by Rev. Cabot. 

2. JACOB, son of John (1), housewright, m. (1) 27 July, 1723, Martha 
Learned of Framingham, sister of Col. El)enezer, of Ox., settled at Ox., she d. 
17 Sept., 1732 ; m. (2) 24 May, 1733, Huldah, dau. of Dea. John Coolidge of \Va- 
tertown, she d. 25 Nov., 1736; m. (3) 22 Feb., 1737, Elizabeth Eddy, she d. 26 
April, 1749; m. (4) int. Aug., 1750, Deborah Hinkley of Willington, Conn. 
He lived first at the corner of Main and Sutton roads, H. 194. In 1730 bought 
a farm on the hill east of the old common, which he sold in a year or two, 
and later removed to the north part of the town and in 1736 Ijought the saw- 
mill at the Lamb place, now Nathaniel E. Taft's, H. 121, owning until 1742; 
soldier in French war. He l)ought and sold land in different parts of the town 
and appears to have removed from place to place in Ox. and finally settled on 
wild land in Charlton where he d. 1762. His will was executed 7 April, 
and approved 17 May, 1762. In it are named w. Deborah, sons William, Reu- 
ben, daughters Mindwell, Martha, Elizabeth, and sons Lemuel and Jacob, and 
recites "though 1 have no legal title to the land I now live on, yet the housing, 
and fence and all the labor I have done on it are mine." This he gives to his 
two sons Lemuel and Jacob; Ebenezer Learned, Jr., Executor. His estate 
was rendered insolvent. . . . Child, by first m. : Jacob, I). 21 Sept., 1724, d. 
1 Dec, 1745; ch. by second m. : William, b. 15 Feb., 1733 (4?), supposed to 
have settled at Eddington, Me., had ch. ; Mindwell, b. 11 Dec, 1735, m. 



448 COMINS. CUMMINGS. 

David Brown of Charlton; cli. by third in.: Ukiiukn, h. 4 !)<'(•., 1737 
[Hon. Linns B. of Koxhury, and Edward I. of Worccstfr. arc his descendants] ; 
Martha, b. 25 July, 1739, m. intentions Nov., 1754, Joseph Lartin of Charlton; 
Solomon, b. 1 May, 1741, was at 18 in the French war; Lemuel, b. 20 May, 
1743, d. 1744; Lkml'EI,. b. 21 Feb., 1745, supposed to have settled at Greene, 
Me., had ch. ; Jacob, b. 21 Jan., 1747, d. at Charlton 1812, 10 ch. ; Elizabeth, 
b. 14 Mareh, 174!), m. Dow, and resided at New Braintree. 

3. STEl'IIKN, son of John (1), m. Mary , settled at Killingly, Conn., 

they had .Sahaii, b. 27 Aug., 1729; Kkzlvh, b. 7 Feb., 1731; Mary, b. 27 
April, 1733; Martha, b. 1 April, 1735; Stephen, b. 20 June, 1737. 

4. JAMES, son of John (1), m. 19 March, 1724, Sarah Jennings, settled at 
Willington, Conn., was living there in 1732 and 1755, he d. 17 May, 1776, she 
d. 29 Nov., 1774, both at Willington. No record of the family at Willington. 
James, Jr., of that town m. Sarah and had Francis, 1747; Priscilla, 1750, d. 
1754; James, 1752; Isabel, 1765, d. 1760; Katharine, 1757; Alexander, 1760; 
Jerusha, 1762. 

Jacob Coinins, perhaps brother of John, Sen., resided at Killingly, C(jnu., 
from 1719 to 1739, removed to Ware, where he d. 27 Feb., 1776, aged 83. 

Jacob, of Sutton, was of another family, the son of Joseph and Abigail 
(Estey) of Topsfleld. 

PRESTON, b. 10 June, 1818, son of John of Ward, bought 1846 the farm in 
the west part of Ox., late Japheth Cortis', H. 66, removed 1850 to the Plain, for 
several years kept a livery stable, removed in 1856 to Berlin, 111., and thence 
to Sidney, where he d. He m. Cynthia, dau. of Bradford Marcy. He d. 14 
Sept., 1868. . . . Children: Maria, m. Charles C Robinson of Worthington, 
Mass., residence, Lafayette, Ind. ; Harvey P., b. 15 April, 1848, m. Sarah E. 
Bates of Ohio, residence, Springfleld, Mo. ; P'rank P., d. young; Cynthia. 

M.\RY, and Abraham Adams of North Brookfield, b. 1701, m. 

SOLOMON, b. al)out 1740, soldier in Canadian expedition, 1758. 

NATHANIEL, and Molly Robbins, m. 11 Dec, 1760. 

JONAS, Revolutionary soldier. 

EBENEZER, and Alice Chase of Dudley, m. intentions 3 June, 1791, with 
w. and son William were in Ox. 1792. 

ABNER, of Sutton, and Polly Sibley, m. 14 Sept., 1794. 

ELI SUA, of Montpelier, Vt., and Rachel Eddy, ra. 3 Feb., 1796. 

REUBEN, of Charlton, and Betsey Clark, m. 23 Oct., 1796. 

JOHN, of Montpelier, Vt., and Betsey Eddy, m. 21 Jan., 1798. 

LUCY, dau. of John and Catherine, aged 9, d. 9 April, 1818. 

LUCY, d. 28 Sept., 1821. 

SUBMIT, and Otis W. Hunt of Douglas, ra. intenlious 27 March, 1823. 

LORING, son of Silas, aged 3, d. 28 Sept., 1823. 

MARY E., and William Wheeler, m. 1 March, 1829. 

MOSES, and Alma Lamb of Charlton, m. intentions 25 March, 1832. 

REUBEN, and Chloe Stockwell, m. 28 April, 1833. 

MARTHA K., and Abraham Pannenter, m. intentions 28 March, 1846. 

JASON G., and Lucy A. Ellis, ra. 20 May, 1847. 

HARRIET, aged 30, d. 5 Dec, 1852. 

JOHN (Irish), aged 23, d. 7 March, 1863. 

CATHERINE, m. n. Hohnan, of Auburn, agrd 71, d. 11 Aug., 1864. 

MOSES, aged 62, d. 17 Oct., 1873. 



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CONANT, ASA, bought in 1760 the clothier's works at the Lamb mill, North 
Ox., where he for many years carried on the business. He m. 30 March, 
1761, Sarah, dau. of Joseph Edwards. He d. 22 Dec, 1800. . . . Children: 
Mary, b. 9 April, 17(52, m. Timothy Sparhawk ; Sarah, b. 19 Oct., 1763; Asa, 
b. 14 Aug., 1770, ra. 29 June, 1791, Lydia Read MoAver, and had Polhj, b. 17 
Jan., 1792; he d. 28 Dec., 1793. 

EZRA, b. 1751, physician, resided 1773 at Warwi,ck, came about 1780 
to Ox., where he d. 9 May, 1789, aged 38. He m. 27 Oct., 1773, Ruth, dau. 
of Samuel Davis She in. (2) Joseph Healy of Dudley. . . . Children : Rvni, 
b. 1775, d. 1777, at Warwick; Sally, b. 15 May, 1777, m. Ellas Pratt; 
Samtjkx, b. 21) Any., 1780, at Ox., drowned 5 Aug., 1805, at Roxbury; 
Learned, b. 27 Sept., 1784, unm., he had good abilities and in 1805-6 was 
deputy sheritt", became intemperate and d. at the almshouse. 

JOHN, Revolutionary soldier. 

LYDIA. and Obadiah Rhodes of Middlefleld, m. 10 Jan., 1796. 

Widow CONANT, d. March. 1818, aged 94. 

CONNERS, ROSE, aged 42, d. 16 Jan., 1875. 

CONROY, CATHERINE, w. of Thomas, aged 24, d. 27 March, 1837. 

CONVERSE, BRIGHAM, and Betsey Parker, m. intentions 6 Nov., 1841; 
they had Mary E., b. 29 Oct., 1844. 

CONWAY, MICHAEL, aged 66, d. 17 April, 1886. 

COOK, SOLOMON, Revolutionary soldier, ni. 29 March, 1775, Sarah Han- 
cock; they had Gardiner, b. 16 June, 1776. 

IRA, son of Ebenezer of Douglas, m. 24 Feb., 1822, Rachel, dau. of Samuel 
Crossraan of Sutton, owned II. 1, he d. 25 Aug., 1882, she d. aged 69, 25 Feb., 
1869. . . . Children: Augusta A., m. 3 Nov., 1846, Warren Campbell of 
Grafton; Francks A., m. 1 Feb., 1852, Charles V. Putnam, residence, 
Worcester; two others, both d. 

MARY, and Benjamin Fitts, both of Sutton, m. 19 Oct., 1762. 

ASAHEL, of South Gore, and Lucretia Gleason, m. intentions 4 Aug., 1775. 

SARAH, with cli. Thankful, Mittee, Mary and Lyman, resided at Ox. 
March, 1780. 

PATIENCE, and Stephen Ward, both of Charlton, m. 4 Nov., 1780. 

MITTEE, of Charlton, and Jonathan Blanding, m. intentions 23 Dec, 1782. 

Mrs. LUCRETIA, and Joseph W. Gabriel, both of South Gore, m. inten- 
tions 16 Sept., 1701. 

ROBERT, and w., with son Lyman, resided at Ox. Feb., 1792. 

RACHEL, and Lewis Mellen, m. 11 Jan., 1808. 

EBENEZER, Jr., of Sutton, and Mary Staflbrd, ni. intentions 5 June, 1821. 

COOLEDGE, JONATHAN, Revolutionary soldier. 

COONEY, MICHAEL, and Lucy Potter, m. intentions 22 March, 1842. 
ELLEN, w. of Daniel, aged 27, d. 16 Feb., 1855. 
DANIEL, aged 45, d. 10 Sept., 1866. 
FRANCIS, aged 25, d. 7 Nov., 1885. 

COOPER, Widow HANN.VH, 21 Sept., 1721, voted an inhabitant on rights of 
Joshua Whitney, H. 26; Hannah, probably her dau., m. 8 July, 1728, Joseph 

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450 COOPER. — CORBIN. 

Curtice of Boxford; Zkrubbabel, a son, resided with his mother. In Nov., 
1731, Hannah of Ox. had a case in court. In 1732 Hannah and Zerubbabel 
sold H. 2G to Jacob Wilson. Moses, a son, removed to Gloucester, K. I., 
wliere he resided 1733. 

COPP, DAVID, of Killingly, Conn., m. (1) 9 June, 1776, Mary Spauldins, 
in. (2) 22 Dec, 1793, Elizabetli Torrey; had by first m. William, b. 20 May, 
1777. at Killinfjly, m. 25 Dec, 1803, Celinda Whipple, settled as early as 1832 
at North <)x., Avhere he d. aged 65, 7 Nov., 1842. A worthy man, deacon 
of the Baptist Church. She d. 11 March, 1881, aged 99 yrs. 3 m. 17 
d. . . . Children: Sally, b. 18 -Jan., 1805, d. 13 Sept., 1826; Mary Ann, 
b. 1805, d. 1810; Frances, b. 3 May, 1809, d. 5 March, 1834; William O., b. 
1811, d. 1816; Elizabeth W., b. 7 May, 1813, m. John Stattbrd ; Andrew J., 
b. 11 July, 1815, m. (1) 1839, Malvina T. Morgan of West Boylston, she d. 1841, 
leaving Celinda M-, m. 1871, J. W. Salisbury of Weymouth; he m. (2) 5 Sept., 
1842, Harriet A. Eddy of Auburn, removed 1851 to Grafton, was a soldier in 
the late war in the 32d Regt. Mass. Vols., d. in the service 5 Oct., 1862; ch. 
by second m. William A., b. 30 Nov., 1843, at Ox., graduated at Yale College 
1869, studied law and is in practice in New York city, left his studies at col- 
lege and entered the army, 51st Regt. Mass. Vols., served 9 months; Andreio 
J., b. 26 May, 1846, at Auburn, graduated at Yale College 1869, studied law 
and was admitted to the bar, later engaged in iron mining in New Yorli State, 
residence, 1889, Los Angeles, Cal. ; Harriet A., b. 29 Dec, 1848. at Ox., d. 
soon ; Jesse W., b. 9 March, 1818, m. 6 Sept., 1842, Lurana Perry of Charlton, 
and had M. Lurana, b. 5 May, 1843, d. young; Emma F.,h. 5 Feb., 1845, m. 
Willis H. Wellington; James 0., b. 22 Feb., 1847, m. 3 May, 1881, Elizabeth 
I. Sweetser of Worcester, settled at North Ox., removed to Charlton City; 
Jesse W., the father, d. 28 Sept., 1847, she m. (2) 10 Nov., 1850, II. G. O. 
Taft; Frkueiuck A., b. 16 Oct., 1820, painter at Ox., unm. ; Henry S., b. 14 
May, 1823, unm. ; Sarah C, b. 1826, d. 1829. 

LYDIA, " one of the poor of Boston," 1779. 

CORBETT, DANIEL (Irish), aged 43, d. 21 Feb., 1862. 
CATHERINE, widow, aged 34, d. 27 April, 1803. 

CORBIN, JONATHAN, of Woodstock, Conn., m. 24 Dec, 1781, Abigail 
Wight of South Gore, where they settled. . . . Children: Polly, b. 27 Nov., 
178- ; Lucy, b. 18 April, 1785; Sarah, b. 7 Dec, 1787, m. 17 Oct., 1813, 
Daniel Whittcmore of Thompson, Conn. ; Anna, b. 9 Feb., 1790, ni. intentions 
11 Dec, 1814, John Emerson, second; John, b. 26 April, 1792, m. intentions 
3 April, 1815, Mary Stone of Thompson; Jabez, b. 28 Aug., 1794, m. inten- 
tions 18 May, 1818, Miriam Mclntire of Charlton; Esther, b. 27 Oct., 1796, 
in. 12 July, 1818, Asa Handy of Burrillville. 

JEDKDIAH, son of Jedediah and grandson of Philip of Dudley, a 
descendant of Clement of Boston, b. 1780, at Dudley, m. 1 June, 1830, Hannah, 
sister of John Rich, wool carder, of Cliarlton, sc'ttled at Charlton, removed 
1837 to Ox., returned in a few years to Charlton, where he d. 2 Dec, 1840, 
she d. 18 Sept., 1853, aged 55 [head-stone]. . . . Children b. at Charlton: 
Artemas II., b. 24 Jan., 1831, m. 11 March, 1856, Elmira J. Kenney of Putnam, 
Conn., where they settled, shoe manufacturer; Calvin R., b. 12 Feb., 1833, 
ra. Caroline Fairfield, b. 9 Nov., 1835, at Pomfret. He lived in his youth at 
Ox. and Thompson, Conn., went West in 1855, and after assisting in the sur- 
vey of the route for the Chicago and Northwestern R. R., settled in 1857 in 



CORBIN. — CRANE. 451 

Chicago, where he became a successful merchaut and a promhient citizen. 
She was a graduate of Brooklyn Female Academy, now Packer Institute, a 
teacher there, aud a talented writer as her published works attest. They 
had Grace, b. 1862, d. 1863; Frank Nichols, b. 22 Dec, 1864; Calvin D. 
and Caroline F., b. 15 May, 1867, the latter d. 18 March, 1870; John liich, b. 
2 May, 1870; Lawrence Paul, b. 27 June, 1876; Clarissa L., b. 18 May, 1836, 
lived with Samuel Mayo of Ox., m. (1) 18 Sept., 1855, Daniel, son of William 
Rowland, m. (2) 5 Oct., 1881, Simon P. Mclntyre, of Scotch descent, resi- 
dence, Chicago, wholesale shoe merchant. 

LAMENT B., b. 1 Sept., 1814, at Dudley, son of Timothy, descendant of 
Clement of Boston, m. 31 May, 1840, Melezenda P., dau. of Josiah Stone, a 
leading shoe manufacturer of Ox., active in public aflairs, 16 years selectman, 
most of the time chairman, representative, moderator, very etticient in manag- 
ing town aflairs during the late war, a liberal supporter of the Methodist 
Church. He d. 1 July, 1872. . . . Child: Luman B., b. 21 Feb., 1843, d. 2 
June, 1863. 

LEMUEL, of Dudley, and Rebecca Davis, m. intentions 29 Oct., 1763. 

Capt. PELEG, of Thompson, Conn., and Rebecca Day, m. int. 7 April, 1789. 

BENJAMIN A., and Lovisa Brown, m. 9 Dec, 1836. 

Miss , aged 17, d. 2 Nov., 1839. 

JOHN, and Hannah Penniman of Providence, R. I., m. int. 10 April, 1841. 

MARIA, dau. of James of Sturbridge, and John W. Wood of Dudley, m. 
intentions 3 April, 1845. 

Mrs. ABIGAIL, and Orris Parsons of Worcester, m. intentions 8 Sept., 1847. 

CYNTHIA, m. n. Rich, widow of Dexter Corbin, d. 23 May, 1868, aged 74. 

POLLY, m. n. Needham, aged 83, d. 29 April, 1874. 

S(^HUYLER, of Thompson, Conn., aged 86, d. 4 Aug., 1886. 

CORTIS, CORTISS, OZIAS, of Thompson, Conn., and Susanna Rawson. 
m. 28 Dec, 1809. 

OZIAS, son of Japheth of Thompson, Conn., aged 83, d. 24 Oct., 1868. 
Mrs. SARAH E., aged 44, d. 18 Feb., 1872. 

COTTIN, COTTON, COFFIN, DAVID, and Sarah , had at Ox. : 

Mary, b. 8 Feb., 1745; Sakah, b. 7 June, 1746; John, b. 10 March, 1748; 
William, b. 13 Aug., 1750; removed to Dudley and had David, b. 2 March, 
1755. 

COUGHLIN, FRANCIS, aged 21, d. 22 May, 1875. 

COVILLE, SOLOMON, Revolutionary soldier. 
Mrs. ARTIE J., aged 20, d. 22 March, 1881. 

COX, Mrs. MARY, and Elliot Boycc of Spencer, m. 22 March, 1837. 

COY, ELIZABETH, and Independence Stone, m. 19 March, 1828. 

COZZENS, JOHN, of North Gore, and Elizabeth Rogers of Scituate, R. I., 
m. intentions 26 Aug., 1809. 

CRAIG, ABIJAH, aged 50, d. 16 May, 1836. 

CRANE, LEMUEL, b. 29 Oct., 1736, at Berkley, son of John, came thence 
with a large family in 1780 to Ox., settling on the Edson farm, H. 16;?. [Rev. 
Jonathan Crane in Historical and Genealogical Register, Jan., 1873, says: 
" We presume the Cranes of Berkley are descendants of Benjamin of 



452 CRANE. — CRAWFORD. 

Taunton, son of Henry of Dorchester."] He was a royalist and came 
with others from tin- same vicinaj^e to Ox., after liavinu; been imprisoned. 
His father-in-huv, Col. Thomas Gilbert, an ollicer in the French war, 
went over to the British in the Revolution. He m. 13 Dec, 1759, 
Bathsheba Gilbert, b. 17 Auj?., 1741, he d. 28 Sept., 1814, she d. 20 
Sept., 180C. . . . Children, excepting the last, b. at Berkley : Lydia, b. 
.i April, 1761, m. Rodolphus Edson; .John, b. 3 Oct., 1763; Hann.\h, b. 26 
Sept., 1765, m. Gideon Hovey ; Gilbert, b. 4 .July, 1767; Bathshkba, 
b. 28 April, 1769, m. Jeremiah Metcalf ; Maky, b. 10 .Jan., 1772, m. (1) Gideon 
Hovey, second w., she m. (2) .Jeremiah Dana; Dkbouaii and Abigail, b. 3 
Dec, 1773; Debouah, m. .John liudson ; Abigail, m. Nahum Pratt; Lkmukl, 
b. 28 Jan., 1776, land surveyor, d. 14 May, 1846, unm. ; Olive, b. 1 April, 
1778, m. Thomas Kendall; Maugehy, b. 1 Sept., 1780, d. 25 Sept., 1868, unm. 

2. JOHN, son of Lemuel (1), ra. (1) 22 March, 1789, Ruth, dan. of Ebenezer 
Humphrey, she d. 10 April, 1803, at Ox., he removed to Me., m. (2) Abigail 
B. Bunker of Mt. Desert, Me., she d. aged 84, 10 Feb., 1870, he d. 30 Oct., 

1849, at Rockport. . . . Children by first m., b. at Ox.: John. m. 

Batcheller of Warren, where he settled, blacksmith, removed to Ballston, N. 
Y., d. there; Calvin, b. 28 Feb., 1793, m. Hannah Forbes, settled at Grafton, 
where l)oth d., he d. 13 April, 1862; they had Richard R., b. 14 Nov., 1832, m. 
Arethusa Bennett of Rockland, Me., residence, Dover, Ivan.; John C, b. 16 
Oct., 1837, m. Emma Glazier of Millbury, where they reside. Baptist preacher, 
historian; Hannah, m. Welcome Green; Jaked, twice m. and d. at Athol, 
had by first m. Bathsheba and Jane ; ch. of John by second m. : Elisha B., m. 
Eunice Gilley of Baker's Isle, Me., sea captain, d. about 1S44, aged 39 ; Lemuel 
G., m Clarinda N. Bickford of Goldsboro', Mc. si-a captain, had ch., he d. 13 
Nov., 1878, aged 71 ; Aaron B., d. at sea, aged 22 ; Bathsheba G., m. Francis 
Gilley of Fremont, Me., had ch. ; Thomas B., d. at sea, aged 19; Ellen, b. 
21 Jan., 1817, at Mt. Desert, Me., m. George W. B. McDonald, residence, San 
Diego, Cal., had ch., both d. 1886 at San Diego; Esther B., m. Miles Bick- 
ford of Birch Harbor, Mc, 8 ch. ; Henry B., m. Abigail Leighton of Steuben, 
Me., sea captain, had ch. ; Ellis K., m. Hannah G. Barrett of Northport, Mc, 
and d. aged 30, sea captain; they had George X., Ellavana ; David L., m. 
Nancie Rice of Goldsboro', Me., and d. aged 54; Eunice. 

3. GILBERT, son of Lemuel (1), m. 14 Jan., 1795, Dorcas, dau. of 
Ebonczer Davis, lived for a time at her father's, H. 165, removed to H. 90 
a half-mile west of the north common, where both d. He d. 21 June, 1849, 
she d. aged 84, 15 March, 1853. . . . Children: Lydia, b. 9 Sept., 1798, d. 20 
Sept., 1819; Susanna D., b. 7 .July, 1801, unm., lived with her parents, d. 8 
Oct., 1875; Ebknezer D., b. 2 March, 1804, lived at the homestead, m. 1 Oct., 
1832, Harriet Wood, b. 16 Oct., 1808, at Gardner, he d. 29 Jan., 1883, she d. 
1891 at Leicester; they had Christopher, b. 25 July, 1833, m. (1) 29 Aug., 
1855, Eliza T. Bond of Leicester, where they settled, she d. 19 Dec, 1872, 
m. (.2) 24 Feb., 1875, Mrs. Sophronia E. Vinton of Leicester; had by first 
m. Ida S., b. 11 Nov., 1858; Carrie E., b. 6 Dec, 1866; by second m. Sarah 
IL, I.. 5 Dec, 1876; Rebekah, b. 6 Dec, 1840, m. Oct., 1861, Stephen Slings- 
bnry, she d. 27 Dec, 1868. 

CRAWFORD, Capt. WILLIAM, of Oakham, had James A., who was 
father of Elias B., b. at O., m. Jane T., dau. of Capt. Otis Taft, resided at 
Grafton, whence they removed to Ox. in 1835, settled at the present Buft\im 
Village and engaged in thread manufacturing, removed 1862 to Worcester, 



CRAWFORD. CUD WORTH. 453 

where she d. 10 Jan., 187(5, he d. 1800 at Worcester. . . . Children b. at Ox. : 
Eliza J., b. 18 .Jan., 1836, m. .Vlbert H. Appleby; Ellkn M., b. 11 Nov., 1837, 
m. 8 Oct., 1877, Caleb Colvin of Worcester, b. at Cranston, R. I , iron founder, 
no ch. ; William H.. b. 7 Msiy, 1840, m. 8 .lune, 1865. Mary A. Moore of 
Palmer, settled at Worcester; they had Lillian, b. 4 May, 18f>8; Mnhel J., b. 
17 Oct., 1870; Annie. C, b. 3 .Tnno, 1873; Harrij C, b. 23 Sept., 1883: Annktte, 
b. 21 Sept., 18.")0. m. Albert II. Stone of Worcester, where they settled, had 
children. 

CROAK, EDWARD (Irish), aged 78, d. 26 Jan., 1877. 

CROCKER, NATHANIEL, of Barnstable, m. 6 March, 1783, Mehetable 
Lewis of Barnstable, saddler, lived on the site of the Episcopal church, of 
good ability and standing, active in public aftairs, removed to Paxton, where 
he was many years prominent, d. there. . . . Children: Job, 1). 28 Aug., 
1784; George L., b. 27 July, 178G; Nathaniel, b. 3 March, 1788; Solomon, 
b. 23 June, 1790. 

JOB, a Colonel, perhaps brother of Nathaniel, resided here but a short time, 
one of a town committee in 1790 to convey a call to Rev. Elias Dudley. 

CROPPER, JAMES, and Ann E. Howarth, m. intentions 31 July, 1847. 
BETSEY, and William Wickes, m. intentions 14 May, 1848. 

CROSBY, BENJAMIN, taxed 1771. 

CROSS, CYRUS S., b. 6 Feb , 1801, at Ox., m. (1) Relief Wakefield, who d. 
4 Dec, 1844, aged 51, m. (2) Alraira, widow of Simeon Newton, adopted dau. 
of Paraclete Morris, m. n. Bassett, b. at Providence, R. I.; resided at Ox., 
removed to Webster, near Nipmuck Pond, where he d. 13 April, 1875. . . . 
CAiVdrew by first m. : Russell C. b. 9 May, 1826, at Cliarlton, m. Martha 
Williams of Ox., removed to Canisteo, N. Y., where she d. about 1881, no 
ch. ; Mary Ann, b. 31 Oct., 1828, at Ox., m. John, sou of Jonas Ward ; ch. by 
second m. : Almira B., b. 27 April, 184G, at Ox., m. 2.t Feb., 1863, Arthur W. 
Richards; Cyrus I., b. 1849, d. 1855. 

CROSSMAN, MARY, aged 58, d. 28 Sept., 1863. 

CROWLEY, ANN, aged 23, d. 28 Aug., 1853. 

CROXFORD, JAMES, and Jane Nichols, m. 29 April, 174."); they had 
Mauy, b. 18 Oct., 1747. 

CUDWORTH, Gen. JAMES of Scituate, Mass., 1634; Deputy Governor of 
Plymouth Colony, in 1681 commander of all the military forces of the colony, 
a worthy and honored man. In 1658 or 1659 he with 25 others bought of the 
Indians land at Freetown, incorporated 1688. He d. in 1682 in London. His 

son James, b. 3 May, 1635, m. Mary and settled at Scituate; they had 

with others, James, b. 3 April. 1665, who settled on the Cudworth lands at 
Freetown, where he d. about 1729. . . . Children: David, b. probably at 
Scituate, m. 9 .-Vug., 1733, Abigail .Tosselyn, and had, with others, Charles, b. 
30 Aug., 1737, at Freetown, m. (1) Mary Drinkwater, m. (2) intentions 6 May, 
1782, Content, Avidow of Daniel Hovey of Ox., settled at Freetown; Paul, h. 
20 Nov., 1749, m. Sarah Drinkwater of Dighton, settled at Ward, now Auburn, 
where he bought land in 1785; they liad Molly, 1). 10 June, 1777, m. 15 March, 
1796, Hanover Pitts; Susanna, b. 21 May, 1779; Jamks, b. 16 Jan., 1697, at 



454 CUDWORTH. 

Freeto-\vn, iii. 19 March, 1735, Sibyl Chaso, and had, with others, James, b. 16 
May, 1740; Ltjdia, h. 22 Fib., 1744, m. Ebenozer Pitts of Taunton, settled on 
Prospect Hill, Ward; Edu-ard, b. G Aug., 1748. 

2. JAMKS, son of James (1), m. about 1758, .\nne Bryant of Scituate, 
bonglit, 1779, land in South Gore, removed thither, lived later in life with 
his son Lemuel in south part of Ox., d. about 1814. . . . Children: LtrviuEL, 
b. 26 .July, 1761, at Freetown ; Jo.sepii; James, m. intentions 2 March, 1781, 
Hannah Brown of Killingly, Conn. ; both left town about the time of the Revo- 
lutionary war ; James settled in Palatine, N. Y. ; in March, 1804, he gave power 
of attorney to Jeremiah Kingsbury to hold his estate of 100 acres in the South 
Gore; Joseph resided in New York State in 1805; Lydia, ra. (1) 24 Dec, 1781, 
John Comstock of South Goi-e; m. (2) John Brackett of Thompson, Conn., 
had 2 ch. ; m. (3) Austin, and had Amy, who m. Jesse Eddy, and re- 
sided on Prospect Hill; Comfort; Ruth, m. 14 Sept., 1786, Caleb Wight of 
South Gore, removed to New York State ; Lucinda, m. Craft Davis. 

3. LEMUEL, son of James (2), flfer in Revolutionary war, m. 1797, Bath- 
sheba Howard of Thompson, Conn., b. 26 Oct., 1777, settled at Dudley, 
bought in 1801 the farm southeast of the present almshouse, H. 49, where 
hed. 7 Sept., 1857, aged 96, she d. 21 Oct., 1867, aged 90. . . . Children, tirst 
two b. at Dudley: Tukner, b. 23 Sept., 1797, d. 1 March, 1870, uimi., owned 
the homestead; Lucy, b. 16 Jan., 1800, m. 3 May, 1821, James Hovey Davis; 
Ruth, b. 18 Aug., 1803, m. 15 May, 1831, John Andre Brown of Woodstock, 
Conn., no ch., he d. 31 May, 1865, she d. 12 Aug., 1889; Azakma, b. 26 Dec, 
1806, m. 26 May, 1830, William H. Tourtellotte of Thompson, now Putnam, 
prominent citizen, elected to town offices; they had George W., b. 1831, at 
Ox.; William II., b. 1832, at Dudley; Oscar L., b. 1835, at Dudley; Edmund 
X., b. 1839, at Putnam, mill OAvner at Central Village; Mary J., h. 1841, m. 
Arnold Leach; Sarah E., b. 1843, m. Horace Hazard; James H., b. 1847; the 
father d. 1880 at Putnam; Lemuel, b. 9 July, 1811. 

4. LEMUEL, son of Lemuel (3), m. (1) Mary A., dau. of Japheth Cortis, 
m. (2) 4 Aug., 1844, Sarah J., dau., of George Eager of Boylston. . . . CVuV- 
dren, by first m. : John P., b. 25 May, 1839, m. Hannah, dau. of Jared Davis; 
Augusta, b. 9 Oct., 1842; ch. by second m. : Maky A., b. 18 Jan., 1858, in. 30 
March, 1880, Arthur L., son of Lubin Fitts of Charlton. 

5. EDWARD, son of James (1), m. Nov., 1772, Abigail DrinkM'ater of 
Dighton, bought land on Prospect Hill, in 1777, settled there, d., order of 
appraisal 30 June, 1790, she d. iiO March, 1808, aged 62. . . . Children, order 
of birth unknown: Wakuen, b. 29 Jan,, 1774: John, m. intentions 31 Jan., 
1798, Tabitha Cutler, settled in Ward, no ch. ; Abigail, d. unnj. ; Edward, d. 
22 Dec, 1802, unm. ; Dokothy. ra. Simeon Davidson; James, m. 26 Feb., 
1801, Betsey, dau. of Walter Fitts, she d. 1821; ch. order of 1). unknown, 
Olive, m. Asa Stone of Woodstock; Desire, m. Lewis Elder of Worcester, re- 
moved to Springlleld; Joanna, m. 2 April, 1834, Bradford Corbin of Dudley; 
Jonathan F., b. 1 Oct., 1811, at Ox.; Sally, ra. Daniel Marsh of Dudley; 

Chloc, m. Davis of Thompson; Betsey, m. 11 Dec, 1838, Danforth 

Doughty, residence, Southbridge ; Olive, d. young. 

6. WAUJIKN, son of Edward (5), ra. 29 Nov., 1793, Esther Williams of 
I'omlrct, Conn., si'ttled on Prospect Hill, built the house, H. 113, and reraoved 
thither; in 1818 bought the lower mill privilege with house and grist-mill near 
the Hawes place (Eliott's mill), operated it a number of years, reraoved 1847 
to the Googins place, 11.84, where he d. 16 Nov., 1866, aged 92; she d. 12 



CUDWORTH. — CURBY. 455 

Nov., 1853, ajjecl 86 years, 11 months. . . . Children: Tamma, h. 26 March, 
1794, at Ward, m. 13 Fel)., 1817, Alvah Stone of Somerset, Vt., she d. 2G July, 
1874, at Montague; Warrkx, b. 24 Aug.. 1797, at Ox., m. at Waltham 5 Dec, 
1822, Angeline C. Brown, b. 29 Nov., 1798, at Boston; he d. 11 April, 1827, at 
Lowell, she d. 8 March, 1882. He was an ingenious mechanic and went in 
1823 as master machinist to Lowell, started No. 1 spinning-room on Merri- 
mack Corporation, and also No. 1 on the Hamilton Corporation. He was a su- 
perior musician and composed music. They had Angeline M., b. 28 Aug., 1823, 
at Waltham; Wairen Handel, b. 23 May, 1825, at Lowell, was graduated at 
Harvard College 1845, studied two years at Harvard divinity school and began 
his pastorate at East Boston, March, 1852, where he preached continuously till 
his death, with the exception of tliree years spent in the army, and one in trav- 
elling in Europe. His ministry was eminently successful, he being an able 
man and an indefatigable worlier, lacking the showy <iualities, being devoid 
of ambition for notoriety, but by his great and constant service to his fellows 
deeply impressing all with whom he came in contact. He was chaplain of the 
1st Mass. Reg. from May, 1861, to May, 1864, and greatly beloved by the sol- 
diers. " Rough men in the army and elsewhere who were accustomed to dis- 
credit or deny the Christian I'eligion would assent to it and accept it as it 
found in him an exponent. Reckless soldiers would often permit him to coax 
money from their pockets on pay-day to be sent home to their families or for 
savings, which else had gone to the gambling table or the liquor-seller," and a 
very large amount in the aggregate was thus saved through his influence. He 
was a good man, with a large and sympathetic heart. On Thanksgiving day, 
29 Nov., 1883, while conducting public services in his church he fell and 
suddenly expired. Helen A. ,h. 13 Aug., 1826, at Lowell, d. 1827; Abigail, 
b. 7 May, 1800, d. 6 Dec, 1814; Edwakd, b. 4 Dec, 1802. d. 14 Oct., 1841, 
unm. ; James Williams (known as William), b. 27 July, 1805, at Ward, m. (1) 

7 Sept., 1834, Lucy M. Hewett of Sutton, she d. aged 53, 6 July, 1865 ; m. (2) in- 
tentions 24 May, 1868, Mrs. Sarah Munroe, m. n. Leathers; he d. 25 Nov., 
1869; ch. by first m., Lester H, b. 10 Jan., 1837, m. 8 Sept., 1860, Jane J., 
dau. of Calvin Hall, no ch. ; Lucy Ann, b. 4 Feb., 1845, d. soon; Esther, b. 

8 July, 1807, m. 29 Sept., 1829. Ezekiel Webster, residence, Dayville, Conn., 
foui-ch. ; he d. 1868, she d. 12 Oct. 1883; Orlnl>ia, b. 7 June, 1809, unm., 
residence. Ox., d. 2 March, 1887, at Montague while on a visit; Mary, b. 23 
Feb., 1813, m. 13 April, 1842, Oliver Stone of Auburn, she d. 24 March, 1854, 
two daughters. 

7. JONATHAN F., sou of James and grandson of Edward (5), m. 2 July, 
1838, Elizabeth Hewett of Sutton, lived at Ox. and Auburn; he d. 26 April, 
1845, at Ox. . . . Children: Melvina C, b. 11 Sept., 1839, at Ox., d. 15 Oct., 
1849, at Auburn; James C, b. 17 May, 1841, at Ox., m. 9 Nov., 1870, in Chica- 
go, Martha McCombie, residence, Shelby, Mich. ; Edward and Edwin, b. 5 
Nov., 1843. Edward m. 4 Sept., 1866, Mary Jane Williams of Auburn, was a 
soldier in the late war, sergeant, residence, 1890, Charlton. Edwin was also a 
soldier, killed 25 March, 1865, at Fort Steedman, near Petersburg, Va. 

JAMES J., of South Gore, and Hannah Brown of Killingly, m. intentions 2 
March, 1781. 

DAVID, of Freetown, and Lucy Kingsbury, m. 19 Jan., 1796. 

CUM MINGS, see Coniins. 

CUNNINGHAM, JOHN, and Ann, had Saraii A., b. 14 Aug., 1829. 

CURBY, JANE, m. n. Blxby, aged 19, d. 5 Oct., 1865. 



45H CURTIH. — CDTLEK. 

CURTIS, SAMUEL, son of John iini\ Mary (Look) of TopsHuld, came to 
Ox. as L-arly as 1748, wlien past niiddU; life, settled at the Luther Stone place 
in the North (iore, IL lUS, boujijiit 200 acres, bounded west by the river, north 
by Leicester and south l)y Ox. In 1750 he gave 50 acres of this to his son 
Samuel, and in 1752 the remaining 150 acres to his son Noah, then 21 years of 
age and living (m the premises, reserving to himself half the house and other 

buildings and one acre. In 1753, May 4, Noah, having m. Elizabeth , 

deeded back to his father, in consideration of "money, creatures and other 
things," the said farm of 150 acres, and also quitclaimed all rights in his fath- 
er's estate. We (ind no further trace of Noah. On 5 May, 1753, Samuel, Sen., 
deeded to Amos Singletary of Sutton, husband of his dau. Mary, 73 acres, and 
in 17(;4 Singletary sold the same to Elijah. Samuel, Jr., cordwainer, sold in 
1754 his 50 acres to Uriah Stone, and l)ought in 1757 land in Charlton. We 
lind no further account of him. Samuel, Sen., Avas iunholder, succeeding 
Gibbs, from 1749 to 1751. He m. 15 June, 1720, Hannah Dodge of Beverly, 
who joined Topstield Church 23 Feb., 172'J, dismissed to Ox. Church 12 
March, 1748. The family left town about the time of the Revolutionary war. 
. . . Children b. at Topstield: PIannah, b. 14 July, 1722; Rebecca, b. 8 
March, 1724, d. 1726; Maky, b. 8 June, 1726, m. 6 Sept., 1742, Amos Single- 
tary of Sutton;' Samuel, b. 26 Feb., 1728, m. 19 Sept., 1751, Mary Town; 

Noah, b. 28 May, 1731, m. Elizabeth ; Rachel, b. 18 March, 1733, m. 

John Wiley; Eunice, b. 15 Jan., 1736, m. 19 Dec, 1759, Nehemiah Houghton 
of SUirl)ridge; Elliau, b. 17 July, 1737, soldier in the French war, m. 21 
Oct., 1760, Elizabeth Sparhawk; John, b. 15 April, 1741; Rebecca, b. 7 
March, 1743. Their negro child, Flora, was baptized 19 July, 1741, at Tops- 
Held. 

FRANCIS, and Bethiah Robinson, m. 1 May, 1732. 

JOHN, and Sarah Robinson, m. 16 April, 1735. 

ANNA, resided at Ox. May, 1767. 

Mks. POLLY, of Douglas, and Ebenezer Robbins, m. 6 April. 1831. 

PERRY, and .Mrs. Lavinia, widow of Solomon Harwood, m. 11 Nov., 1847, 
she d. aged (i8, 12 Feb., 1866. 

AMY, m. n. Goddard, aged 48. d. 26 March, 1869. 

CUTLER, JONATHAN, son of Jonathan and Al)igail, b. 26 March, 1719, at 
Fnuiiiimhain; his brother David, of Meiidon parisli, now Milford, owned a 
farm of loi) acres on Prospect Hill; Jonathan is believed to have come 
early from Weston as his tenant, was probably num., in 1755 constable, 
cordwainer, d. before 17.".7. In 1771 David sold the estate to his son 

Jonathan, who m. (1) Mary , she d. 10 Dec, 1776. m. (2) 8 May, 1777, 

Betsey, widow of Joshua Lilley of Sutton. On 18 Feb., 1789, he sold his 
farm, and 1790 removed to East Montpelier, Vt. He had Alngail. 1770; 
Jonuthan, 1772; Artemas, 1774; Mary, 1776; and by second in. Moses, 1778; 
Bctscij, 177'.», d. 1784; Salem, 1782; David, 1783; Zippornh, 1786. 

EBENFZER, son of Ebenezer [believed to have been the one b. 1 Oct., 
1695, at Salem, settled at Sutton 1726-8], m. intentions 24 Nov., 1764, Miriam 
Eager of Westboro'. lived in north part of Ox., now Auburn, trader, in 1764 
licensed to sell tea, cotlec and chinaware, and licensed inidiolder from 1765 to 
1771. He left town but his whereabouts for several years are unknown. He 

1 She seems to liave been a very estimable per- ence In Sutton for many years. . . . Tliey had 9 
son, liavInK lieen tlie means of the conversion of cli. [Sntlon History.] 
her IiusbanU, who was In high position and intlu- 



CUTLER, DABNEY. 457 

• was an ardent loyalist, and Sabine says was arrested iu 1775, having previous- 
ly resided in Groton(?), allowed to join the British at Boston, went to 
Annapolis, N. S., where he d. In Aug., 1779, the Judge of Probate at 
Worcester appointed commissioners to settle his estate, he having been late 
of Northboro', styling him "an absentee, who left the State and fled to our 
enemies for protection." His wife and family remained at Northboro'. She 
d. l)efore 10 Sept., 1784. He m. (2) in Nova Scotia, Mary, dau. of Col. 
Edward Hicks of the British army, had ch., he d. 1831, aged 90, she d. 1839, 
both at Annapolis. . . . Children b. at Ox. : Ebenezeh, b. 27 Aug., 1765, m. 
and settled in New Brunswick, 10 ch. ; Jonas, b. 21 May, 1767; Arethusa, b. 
26 May, 1769; and after leaving Ox.: Seraphina, b. Dec, 1772, m. Peleg, 
son of Rev. John Wiswall, rector at Wilmot, N. S. ; RuFus, b. Dec, 1773, 
di-owned; Hasadiah, b. Aug., 1776, m. John, brother of Peleg Wiswall; 
William, drowned. 

ASA, of Killiugly, Conn., b. 1789, cotton manufacturer, came to Ox. 1825, 
bought mill property at North Ox., where he remained about four years, 
returned to Killingly, removed again to Ox. in 1839, enlarged his business and 
remained until 1847 and then settled permanently at Putnam, Conn., where he 
was prominent as a citizen and real estate owner ; he had more than ordinary 
abilities and firmness of character. He m. 30 Sept., 1813, Sarah Torrey of 
Killingly. He d. 7 March, 1859; shed. 12 Jan., 1870, both at Putnam. . . . 
Children : Lucy, b. 3 July, 1814, m. Thomas Dike of Thompson, Conn. ; 
HoBART C, b. 27 Dec, 1815, m. 19 Nov., 1840, Melissa Clark of Colchester, 
Conn., he d. 13 June, 1865, at Putnam, 2 sons; Tamar D., b. 24 Oct., 1817, 
m. 4 July, 1846, Dr. Daniel B. Plimpton of Southbridge, he d. 1 April, 1874, 
at Putnam; Edward A., b. 21 March, 1820, m. (1) Oct., 1845, Mary, sister of 
his brother Hobart's wife, she d. 30 July, 1847, at Ox., m. (2) 16 Oct., 1850, 
Annie B. Ballou of Providence, R. I., she d. 15 Jan., 1863, m. (3) 7 March, 
1866, Mary E. Phillips of Providence; Susan D., b. 21 March, 1822, m. Day, 
son of Asa Harris. 
SALLY, of Ward, and Simeon Morse, m. intentions 20 April, 1816. 

CUTTING, CHARLOTTE, and Elisha Smith, m. intentions 18 March, 1849. 

DABNEY (D'Aubigne, French), ROBERT, wife Elizabeth, of Boston, had 
Charles, m. 1723, Elizabeth Gardner and had Charles, b. 26 March, 1741, m. 
26 May, 1765, Mary, dau. of Rev. John Bass of Ashford, Conn., resided at 
Boston, merchant, came to North Ox. from Providence, R. I., 1775, having 
bought the place, now Nathaniel Ide's, II. 125. In 1778 he bought the Dr. 
Cushraan place on the Plain, H. 225, removed the old house and built a large 
mansion two stories and gambrel roof in front, with sloping roof in the 
rear, but did not finish it. A bill of sugar and cort'ec .sold by him Sept., 
1780, indicates he was a trader. He sold his estate in 1784 and returned to 
Providence, where he d. 23 Oct., 1784, she d. 12 Oct.. 1791, at Killingly, Conn. 
. . . Children: John B., lived with his father at Ox., m. Roxa, dau. 
of Joseph Lewis of Dedham, resided at Alexandria, Va., Paris, Nantes and 
Bordeaux, 1806 first consul at Azore Islands, residence, Fayal, continuing 
until liis decease, 26 Sept., 1826; his eldest son, Charles W., succeeded him, 
acting until 1869, d. 12 March, 1871, at Fayal ; Samuel W., son of Charles W.. 
succeeded his father in 1872; William H., son of John B., M'as 1862 to 1882 
consul at Teneriff'e, resigned and returned to Boston, d. 16 Feb., 1888; these 
filled their official positions with marked ability; Charles, m. Dorcas Gilbert 
59 



458 DABNEY. DANA. 

of Brooklyn, Conn., 11 ch., hod. 10 July, 1825; William, b. 6 July, 1772, ni. 
24 Au;^., 1797, Hannah Jones of Milford, settled at Charleston, S. C, had ch., 
(1. 11 July, 185K, at Lynchburg, Va. ; Charles, liis .son, b. 25 July, 1807, m. 
Ellen M. Jones, his cousin, of Providence. K. I., partner in the banking house, 
Duncan Sherman & Co., later Dabney, Morgan & Co., of New York, retired 
1874, d. 15 Dec, 1879, at Hastings, Eng. ; Mary, b. 26 Dec, 1779, at Ox., m. 
Charles Young of Philadelphia, d. early, 2 ch. ; Jamks, b. 3 March, 1782, d. 
1820, unm., in London; Eliza, b. 2 Oct., 1783, in. John Spaulding of Killingly, 
ConiL, where they settled, had ch., he d., she removed to Wis. 

DADEY, PATRICK, aged 46, d. 14 Feb., 1858. 

DALEY, JULIA A., m. u. Jaha (Indian), aged 84, d. 11 Feb., 1883. 

DALRYMPLE, JOHN, b. al)out 1723, ni. intentions 9 June, 1758, Elizabeth 
Young of Bland ford, trader at Westtleld ; in 1758 bought tlie estate, H. 195, 
near the mill sti-eam south side Sutton road, constable 1764, .sold in 1766 and 
removed to Dudley where he d. 21 Nov., 1784, aged 61, he was dismissed and 
recommended to Church in Dudley 19 Nov., 1769; she m. (2) 30 Aug., 1790, 
Samuel Bacon of Woodstock, Conn. . . . Children : Elizabeth, b. 15 June, 
1759; Dolly, b. 14 Dec, 1760, m. 22 Nov., 1781, Thomas McClanathan (?) 
of Rutland; John, b. 23 Sept., 1762, d. 1774; Paul, b. 14 Aug., 1764; and b. 
at Dudley, Thomas, b. 6 June, 1768; Geokge, b. 15 June, 1772; Barbara, b. 
14 Oct., 1774 ; John, b. 12 Aug., 1776, m. 4 April, 1709, Betsey, dan. of Edward 
Davis; Sarah, b. 20 Dec, 1779, m. 29 May, 1800, Joseph Goulding of Ward; 
Andrew, b. 14 June, 1783. 

DANA, KICHAKD, settled 1640 at Cambridge, supposed to have been the 
progenitor of all of the name in the country; he m. probably in 1648, Ann 
Bullard of Cambridge, and had 11 children, one, Josevh, b. 21 March, 1656, 
m. Mary, dau. of Thomas Gobell, and lived at or near Conconl ; they had Jo- 
seph, b. 22 Sept., 1685, and Mary, b. 1691. No record of the m. of Joseph, 
Jr., has been found. Judge Bell says he infers that Joseph of Concord moved 
to Killingly, Conn., in 1716 — Savage says he went to Connecticut. He was 
of Killingly in 1715, having bought land there, 16 March, 1714. He bought 
land in Oxford in April, 171G, and was voted in as a proprietor, and is named 
in the deed as of Oxford. He resided here till 1720. and returned to Killingly. 
In 1722, 1724, 1725, 1726, he was of Oxford and in 1732 of Sutton [Court 
Kec], after which his name docs not appear in the records excepting in the 
settlement of the Gobell estate. " It is thus evident that for several years he 
was frequently removing from place to place and it is not strange that the 
records of the births of his children arc missing." [Dana Gen.]. He bought 
within five years, in Oxford, three settler's lots with all their rights estimated 
at 300 acres each. His cousin, Joseph Dana, b. 1700, father of Rev. Joseph, 
D.D., of Ipswich, b. 1742, was living in 1732 at Pomfret, where he was an 
innholder; removed to Worcester. 

Judges Bell sui)p()ses Phinehas of Oxford lo have been the son of .Joseph. 
In the account of Hannah, widow of Phinehas, as administratrix, we find 
charged " two journeys to Roxbury to put out the children,' from which avc 
may infer they had relatives there, perhaps on the mother's side. There was 
a tradition that Phinehas was from Roxbury, but Judge Bell thought it not 
well founded. 



DANA. 459 

2. PIIINEHAS, perhaps son of Josopli (1), ra. 8 March, 1731, Hannah 
Twichell. [Ox. Rec. give, John Shumway and Mary Dana ni. 19 May, 1737; 
Peter Shumway and Mary Dana in. 28 Feb., 1740; Samuel Laml) and Sarah 
Dana m. 6 April, 1753; Ebenezer Davis and Lydia Dana m. 12 Oct., 1742.] 
Settled in the east part of the town, near Barton Hill, hous(^ removed many 
years ago. He d. 19 May, 1739, shed. 21 Dec, 1801. . . . Children: Abigail, 
b. 29 Oct., 1731, m. John Barton; Susanna, b. 15 April, 1733, m. intentions 
Feb., 1754, Abner Town; Piiinehas, b. 3 Oct., 1734, m. 2 Nov., 1758, Sarah 
Eaton of Dcdham, where they settled and had David, b. 26 Feb., 1760; Piiin- 
ehas, b. 26 March, 1762; Jesse, b. 6 Jan., 1765, d. young; Jesse, b. 25 March, 
1767; David, b. 22 Jan., 1736, m. (1) 31 Dec, 1778, Elizabeth Breed and set- 
tled at Dcdham, m. (2) intentions 8 July, 1784, Rebecca Richards; Hannah, 
b. 12 Sept., 1737, m. John Ayres, and settled at Newtown; John, b. 18 Nov., 
1738. 

3. JOHN, son of Phinehas (2), m. 15 Dec, 1761, Hannah, dau. of Ebene- 
zer Humphrey, Senior; he was brought up at Dea. Thomas Davis', became 
a prominent citizen, selectman, town treasurer and deacon; lived on the 
homestead. He d. 20 March, 1816, shed. 30 July, 1826.. . .Children: 
Sarah, b. 18 July, 1762, m. 15 Feb., 1798, Aaron Howe of Marlboro', removed 
to Lunenburg, Vt. ; John, b. 5 Feb., 1765, m. Mary E., dan. of Josiah Wolcott, 
settled atOrford, N. H., deacon of Weutworth Church; he d. 5 Feb., 1855, in 
Orford, shed. 29 Aug., 1837; they had Isabella, b. 1793, d. 1839, at Orford, 
unm. ; Mary A., b. 18 March, 1795, ra. 5 May, 1814, Daniel Clark of Piermont, 
N. H., and had 7 sons and 5 daughters, all matured; he d. 8 July, 1849, at Pier- 
mont, she d. 5 May, 1878, at East Cambridge; Hannah, b. 1797, d. 1874, at 
Orford, uum. ; Wolcott, b. 1798, m. Huldah Fifield of Hampton, N. H., settled 
at Wentworth where he was a leading man, justice of the peace, representa- 
tive, and in other official positions, a drover and farmer, had a large family, 
d. 1872; Behecca, b. 1800, m. Christopher Billings, she d. 2 April, 1873; Lucy, 
b. 1805, d. 1832, at Orford, unm.; John, married and settled at Wentworth, 
N. H., removed to Warren, where he d. about 1882, had 4 sons and 1 daugh- 
ter, all removed West ; Clarissa, m. Charles Frary, residence, Haverhill, N. H. ; 
William, m. Mary Bailey, residence, Haverhill, where he d. ; Hannah, b. 5 
May, 1767, d. 3 July, 1813, unm.; Phinehas, b. 12 Nov., 1768, m. 21 July, 
1793, Mehitable, dau. of Josiah Wolcott, settled at Orford, N. H., removed to 
Augusta, Me., thence to Woolwich, where both d. ; they had Nancy, d. young; 
Samuel, d. at Richmond, Me., unm. ; Susanna, d. at Richmond, unm. ; Phin- 
ehas, d. at Richmond, unin. ; Mehetahle, m. Waldo Adams of Oxford; Josiah, 
m., lived and d. at Augusta, Me.; Thomas, m., lived at Augusta, Woolwich, 
and other places; Ebenezer, d. at Woolwich, unm.; Moses, in. and lived at 
Woolwich, d. Dec, 1883 ; Lucy, b. 7 April, 1771, d. 1774 ; Jeremiah, b. 30 July, 
1773; Lucy, 1). 7 March, 1776, d. young; Jemima, b. 19 May, 1778, m. John 
Ballard; Lucy, b. 4 Aug., 1780, d. unm. 3 Nov., 1865, at Ox. ; Ebenezer, b. 30 
Oct., 1782; William, b. 16 Aug., 1785; Thomas, b. 4 July, 1787, d. young; 
Sylvanus, b. 28 May, 1790, m. (1) Sarah Kenney of Sutton, settled at Mill- 
bury, m. (2) Elizabeth Nelson, he d. about 1879 at Millbury; ch. by lirst m. : 
Leander M., b. 8 May, 1815, d. at Sutton; Daniel E., b. 21 April, 1817, at 
Sutton, m. (1) 24 Feb., 1842, Caroline A. Baker of Oxford, who d. 14 Feb., 
1883, at Warren, R. I., had Francis E., b. 6 Feb., 1843, residence Warren; ra. 
(2) 31 Dec, 1885, Annie P. Waldron, of Bristol, R. L, watchmaker and jew- 
eller at Oxford several years, removed 1844 to Warren, where he resided 
1891; three others all d. young; ch. by second m. : Elvira, d. Dec, 1885. 



4(10 DANA. 

4. .IHKEMIAII, son of John (3), m. (1) 27 Nov., 1804, Mrs. Polly Hovey, 
in. n. Crane, she d. 26 Feb., 1842, aged 70 ;m. (2) 4 April, 184:^, Susan D., dau. 
of Oliver Torrey of Klllingly, Conn., he d. 31 Oct., 1851, she d. 17 June, 1859, 
both at Killin<;ly; farmer. . . . Children: Gidkon, b. 11 Sept.. 1805, minister, 
ji worthy, solf-sacriflcing man of superior abilities, early joined the Church at 
Ward, under Rev. Enoch Pond, with wliom he fitted for coUej^c, taught suc- 
cessfully a select scliool at Ward, was graduated 1830 at Brown University, 
began study at Andover 1833 in middle class, soon left on account of ill health. 
In 1834 studied at Princeton, later at Bangor wiiere he was graduated 1836; 
tauglit almost constantly while in college and seminary, left teaching at Ban- 
gor to enter the ministry; preached at North Falmoutli 1837, called soon to 
South Church, Amherst, where he was ordained and March 21. 1841, installed 
pastor. His next field was Third Church, West Springfield, now Holyoke, 
remaining two or three years. In 1844 removed to Ohio, and at Cincinnati 
was agent for the American Tract Society, travelling in Kentucky. In Nov., 

1845, he became pastor at Harmar, O., continuing until 1850, then left and be- 
came chaplain and agent of American Seamen's Friend Society, at Toledo. At 
Harmar lie had charge of public schools and some of the earliest graded schools 
ill the State were there under him established. Later he was pastor at Del- 
aware, O., for one year; removed to Western Reserve and from 1852 to 185G 
was settled at Strongsville. From 1856 to 185'J he was District Secretary of 
American and Foreign Christian Union of New York, resigned to take pastor- 
ate at Bucyrus, and remained two or three years. Ill health kept him from 
active service until 1864 when he took the pastorate at Wauseon continuing 
until 18t>7. His last work was at Weymouth, O.. beginning 1 Jan., 1872. In 
May, 1872, casually at Oberlin, he was taken suddenly ill and d. on the 9th. 
Tims ended an arduous and useful career. He m. (1) 23 Oct., 1838, Julia A. 
Chllds of Uarre, she d. 4 Nov., 1840; in. (2) 22 June, 1841, Hannah, dau. of 
Seth Clark; ch. : Julia Ann, b. 30 Oct., 1839, d. 1840; Lvoj II., b. 29 Dec, 
1843, resides Avith her mother at Oberlin, O., teacher; Daniel H., b. 22 Oct., 

1846, d. 1855 ; Edward P., b. and d. 1849 ; Francis C, b. 1850, d. 1851 ; Charles 
C, b. 1856, d. 1858; Thomas, b. 81 July, 1811, unm., lived at Ox. and Bristol, 
111., r(;inoved to Mason City where he d. 13 Nov., 1886. 

5. EBENEZER, son of John (3), m. (1) Tamar B., dau. of Jesse Dana of 
Sterling, a distant relative, she d. 22 July, 1838; m. (2) 22 Feb., 1841 [15 
April, 184(1, Wore. Kec], Harriet Goulding, b. 22 Feb., 1801, at Worcester. 
Lived at the homestead in Oxford, and at Sterling. He d. 23 Sept.. 1865. 

. . . Children : Euknkzkr B., b. 23 Feb., 1827. at Ox., m. 15 May, 1873, Lucy 
J. Dunham of Grafton, b. 17 Oct., 1835, residence, Worcester, where he d., 
2 March, 1881, had Annie T., b. 18 July, 1878 ; Gkokgi.;, b. 22 Aug., 1831, at Ox., 
m. 28 April, 1870, Mary A., dau. of Comfort Rice of Millbury, settled at 
Worcester; no ch. 

6. WILLIAM, son of John (3), m. Harriet, dau. of Nahum Pratt, shed, 
24 Aug., 1880. . . . Children: Jonathan P., b. 30 Aug., 1812. residence. Ox., 
unm., successful teacher, school committee, justice of the peace, and 
assessor, president of Oxford Agricultural Society; Sarah Howk, b. 10 
Aug., 1814, d. 19 Nov., 1874, unm. ; Ai.ONZo IL, b. 13 June, 1816, ra. 1857, Susan 
.v., dau. of John Brown of Hubbardston, settled at Oberlin, O., where he 
d. Nov., 1876; had Will P., 1858; Charles 11, I860; Xellir P., 1862, in. 1883, 
Jesse C. Morse of Ox., residence, Plaiikinton, Dak.; Harriet M.. 1867; Mary, 
b. aiutd. 1872; Uamj A., b. 1876, d. 1876; Rukus H., 1). 6 June, 1818, at Oak- 



DANA, — DARLING. 461 

ham, m. 8 April, 1867, Helen M., dan. of Warren Balconi, uo ch., residence, 
Oxford. 

DANE, STILLMAN A., and Sophronia Glazier of Irasbnr^, Vt., m. 23 
Oct., 1844. 

DANIELS, DANIELL, JOSEPH, supposed to have been son of Robert 
of WatertoAvii. Avas of Medtleld in IfifiO, settled on the west side of Cliarles 
River, now Millis, house burned in the Indian attack 1676, m. Mary Fair- 
banks ; had with others Joseph, b. 1666, who lived near his father and 
owned a grist-mill on Bogestow Brook ; Joseph and Joseph, Jr. were among 
those incorporated as the town of Medway, 1713. Joseph, Jr. had with 
others DA\aD, b. 21 Feb., 1699, ni. Magdalen Partridge, settled at West 
Medway, removed about 1740 to Franklin; had with others Seth, b. 30 
Oct., 1737, ra. Unity Tliurston, settled on the homestead; had with others 
Joseph, b. 14 Oct., 1771, settled on the homestead, m. 4 Sept., 1793, Susa Fish- 
er; had with 12 others, younger, Seth, b. 14 Sept., 1794, came to Ox. in 1816, 
saddler and harness maker, later shoe manufacturer, an esteemed citizen, 
selectman, representative, many years deacon of the Congregational Church, 
m. Nov., 1819, Huldah, dau. of Jonathan Harris, settled at the south end 
of the Plain, H. 210, occupied aljout 1852 the house he built near the common, 
where he d. 23 Feb., 1878, she d. 5 Nov., 1890. . . . Ghihlrcji : George F., b. 
9 Aug., 1820, at Walpole, shoe manufacturer, deacon of the Congregational 
Church, representative, justice of the peace and Notary Pul)lic, 28 years 
chorister, m. (1) 9 Oct., 1845, Ann E., dau. of Daniel Whritner of New York, 
of German descent, she d. 1 March, 1863, m. (2) 7 Sept.. 1869, Ellen M., dau. 
of Dr. Charles M. Fay of Charlton, she d. 11 May, 1878; ch. ])y first m. 3fai-)j 
B.y h. 22 Oct., 1849; Fi'ederirk ,/., 1). 12 May, 1854, m. 26 Oct., 1881, Abbie 
Laura, dau. of Dr. Richard H. Page of Candia, N. H. ; had Anne W., Ruth 
L., Mary H. Albert H., b. 15 June, 1823, m. 4 March, 1846, Julia M., dau. of 
Thaddeus Read of Grafton, settled at Ox., removed to Manchester, N. H., 
hardware dealer, man}' years deacon of the Congregational Church ; they had 
b. at Ox. Frances 3L, b. 16 Aug., 1847, m. Henry B. Fairbanks of Manchester, 
had ch. ; Lucia H., b. 22 April, 1849; Isabel B.,h. 22 June, 1851; Franklin 
G., b. 23 March, 1828, m. 18 Dec, 1879, Emma F., dau. of Thomas Appleby, 
shoe manufacturer; they had Charles F., b. 17 April, 1884; Charles E., b. 14 
Feb., 1830, m. 20 Oct., 1862, Elizabeth, dau. of Dr. Samuel C. Paine of Ox., 
settled at McGregor, la., shoe merchant, deacon of the Congregational 
Church; they had b. at McGregor: Anne P., b. 30 June, 1863; Philip C, b. 
20 Nov., 1865; Elizabeth H., b. 19 Dec, 1868; and b. at Ox. : Edith P., b. 2 
Sept., 1876; Myra L., b. 6 Jan., 1835. 

DARLING, WILLIAM, of Bellingham, m. Rachel White, removed to Men- 
don, thence to Sutton, where he owned tlie water-power and land at the outlet 
of Manchaug Pond; had with others Zelek, b. 1762, m. Sarah Wheeler of 

Sutton, and had with others Cyrus, b. 1 Sept., 1787, m. Sophia , he d. 

aged 83, 10 Jan., 1871, at Ox.; they had Estes, only son, b. 10 Nov., 1817; 
Simeon, b. 13 April, 1796, m. and settled in Douglas, spent his later days at 
Ox., d. aged 89, 9 Jan., 1886. 

2. ESTES, son of Cyrus, \n. 6 June, 1842, Lucinda, dau. of Ebenezer 
Lamson, settled at Ox., where he d. aged 54, 19 Sept., 1872; they had Alice 
S.. b. 1843, d. 1845; James E., b. 2 June, 1846, m. 14 May, 1874, Harriet E. 



462 DARLING. — DAVIDSON. 

Baker, sottled at ()x., I)aker; Kbkxkzku L., 1). 1850, d. yoiinii; Kathleen, b. 
1854, d. 1864; Mahskna li.. b. 1857, d. 1864. 

ALMIKA, ami Newdl G. M. Lesure, m. intuntions 7 Aiifj;., 1824. 

ELISIIA, and NaDiiii P. Morse of Charlton, m. 19 Juno, 183.'}. 

lil'A.N'N, of Charlton, and Jaines Lamson, m. intentions 24 Dec, 1847. 

DAVENPORT, CYRUS, of South Gore, and Eleanor Sheffield of Thomp- 
son, ni. intentions 27 Dec, 1800. 
COMFOKT, and Betsey Wakefleld, both of South Gore, m. 21 Nov., 181.S. 
S.ALLY, and John Kawsou, both of South Gore, m. intentions 18 March, 1815. 
inCHARl), of South Gore, d. 14 Feb., 1829. 

DAVIDSON, DAVISON, BENJAMIN, of Sutton 17.51, when lie ni. Mary 
Whitteniore, removed 1792 to Spencer, where he d. 29 March, 1813; they had 
with others Ben.iamin, b. 21 Sept., 1766, m. 14 Dec, 1780, Molly King, 
removed to Spencer, where he d. 23 Aug., 1815, she d. 31 Dec, 1854, at Charl- 
ton; they had with others Simeon, b. 20 Feb., 1781, at Sutton, m. 6 April, 
1810, Dorothy CudAvorth of Ward, resided at Ward, Spencer, Leicester and 
Ox., he d. 20 May, 1842, in the highway at Cliarlton, she d. 30 Nov., 18(i7, at 
Ox., aged 86.. . .Children: Abigail C, b. 11 Oct., 1810, m. Silas 
Turner of Ox.; William G.,b. 4 Jan., 1812, at Ward, m. 9 May, 18.^9, 
Judith C. Ilolman, settled at Milll)ury ; they had William E., 1840; Ellen 
J., 1843; Jlennj W., 1844; Mary E., 1850; Walter, 1851, salesman at 
Barnard, Sumner & Co.'s, Worcester; Malilcla A., 1854; Jonathan K., 
b. 10 Oct., 1813, m. 25 Dec, 1844, Mary L. Meriam, he d. 9 Oct., 
1882, at Charlton; they had Herbert K., 1845; Henry F., 1847; Alonzo 
B., 1849; Mary J., 1850; Sarah F., 1852; Eugene A., 1855; Ezra T., 1857; 
Sherman W., 1860, d. 1866; Ellsworth F., 1863, d. 1866; Willis W., 1867; 
Arthur M., 1871; Simeon, b. 1816, at Spencer, m. 4 Jan., 1837 [1836(?)], 
Maria Tucker, he d. 25 Aug., 1872, at Ox. ; they had at Ox. : William M., b. 
9 Jan., 18:58, m. 5 June, 1866, Elizabeth Hirst, residence, 1888, Woodstock, 
Conn.; Frederirk, b. 10 June, 1840, m. 27 July, 1862, Valeria E. Turner; 
Simeon, b. 24 April, 1846, m. (1) 15 March, 1871, Mary J. Jenkins, she d. 28 
July, 1872, m. (2) 30 Aug., 1875, Emma C. Sawyer, and had Hattie M., 1876; 
Bessie E., 1881; Arthur W., 1883; George, b. 24 May, 1848, m. 26 March, 
1874, Delia F. Sparhawk, and had Frank L., 1874; John F., b. 14 April, 1853, 
m. 7 Aug., 1876, Ella S. Beamau, and had Frederick, d. young; Matilda M., 
1878; Cora Belle, 1880; Josephine, M. 1883; Emroy, 1886, at Woodstock; Ar- 
thur E., b. 14 Sept., 1855, m. 30 July, 1886, Esther Knowles; Sarah L., b. 24 
April, 1858, m. 25 Nov., 1874, Rinard Ackerman, .she d. 22 Aug., 1883; John 
C, b. 4 June, 1818, at Spencer, m. 26 Nov., 1846, Cordelia E. Lovell, resi- 
dence, Worcester; they had Francis A.,h. 1848, d. 1850; Madella S.,h. 15 
Jan., 1852, m. 1 June, 1882, W. A. Pentecost; Bkigham, b. 18 July, 1820, at 
Spencor, m. (1) 1840, Olive E. Newton, she d. 20 Nov., 1840, m. (2) 1 Sept., 
1841, Lydia M. Gregory, she d. 24 Aug., 1843, m. (3) 1 Jan., 1846, Elmira 
Gregory, she d. 1 Oct., 1861, m. (4) 31 Dec, 1862, Almira Wheelock, resi- 
dence, Barrc; ch. by second m. Alvira E., b. 30 July, 1842, m. 28 Jan., 1874, 
B. F. Pierce; ch. by third m. (ieorge G.,h. lit July, 1848, m. 6 July, 1874, 
Alma F. Barker; Frank B., b. 8 Jan., 1850, m. 11 Dec, 1879, Olive G. Davis; 
Herbert E., h. 23 June, 1854, m. 16 July, 1879, Sarah F. Cooledge; they had 
Marion, 1880; Herbert C, 1883; Hei-vey, b. 23 June, 1854; Emma A.,h. 25 
Oct., 1866, d. 2 Aug., 1871; Mary A., b. 1 June, 1858, m. 7 Sept., 1880, Charles 



DAVIDSON. — DAVIS. 463 

H. Green; Lucy M., b. 8 April, 1823, at Leicester, m. (1) 3 April, 1844, John 
TiK-ker, he d. 21 June, 18G9, m. (2) 30 Nov., 1887, Warren Sibley of Auburn. 

WILLIAM, supposed son of William of Menneniore, Ireland, was of 
Woburn 1728, of Ox. 1741, m. 17 April, 1744, Abigail Kich of Sutton, bought 
1741 51 acres of wild land on the road from Ox. to Douglas, not far from 
Manchang Pond, in 1745 lived on Province land and then bought 160 acres more 
of the same, with his improvements, "near the corner of New Sherborn." 
His children owned after him. [See p. 54. From a deed 1748, Worcester 
Records, XXVI., 259, it appears that Samuel. Elisha and Israel Kich of 
Sutton, Hannah, w. of Richard Kidder of Dudley, Abigail, w. of William 
Davidson of Douglas, Mary Rich Taylor of Sutton, and Nathaniel Rich of 
Sutton, then deceased, were heirs of Samuel Rich, the settler, who with 
Richard Waters bought Stonghtou's 1,000-acre farm.] 

Wife of Simeon, aged 24, d. 25 Aug., 1843. 

DAVIS, SAMUEL, was son of John of Roxbury, who was b. 1 Oct., 1643, 
the son of William of Roxbury, who was b. 1617 in Wales, according to 
tradition, and came to America about 1635. J. C. J. Brown, menil)er of the 
Heraldry Committee of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 
who has investigated the subject, says, that in the past several designs have 
been promulgated as the coat of arms of the Davis family which are clearly 
spurious. The will of Ichabod of Roxbury, son of William the emigrant, 
(whose will is not to be found), is sealed with a finely cut signet, made 
undoubtedly in Europe and believed to have been brought over by the emi- 
grant. The design is Gules, a Griffin Segreant Or, and so far as known has 
been used by no other family. This coat of arms was in use in the Davis 
family of Caermarthen, South Wales, before the emigration as the records 
testify, and a William of this family resided in 1623 at that place. The fact 
that in 1642 a William appears at Roxl)ury, reputed to have come from Wales, 
whose son used the said seal on his will, is strong incidental evidence of the 
identity of the Caermarthen and Roxbury families. Samuel was b. 23 June, 
1681, m. (1) 23 June, 1709, Mary, dan. of Jacob Chamberlain, settled at Roxbury, 
removed 1729 to Ox., where she d. 11 Feb., 1731, m. (2) 13 Oct., 1731. Mary, dau. 
of Thomas Weld ; he d. aged 78, 8 April, 1760, she d. 9 Aug., 1786, both at Ox.^. 
In 1720 he bought of Gabriel Bernon, in partnership with Thomas Mayo and 
Joseph Weld, brother of his wife, the grant of 2,500 acres of land in the 
east part of the town, but did not occupy it until eight or nine years later. 
On coming to town he took a high position as a citizen and for man,y years 
was in important public offices, selectman, representative, deacon 25 years 
until his death. He settled at the Nathaniel Davis place, H. 29, upon the hill 
east of the Plain, and gave to each of his six sons a large farm from his 
original estate. . . . Children by first m. b. at Roxbury : Samukl, 1). 13 Fei)., 
1711; TnoMAS, b. 1712, d. 1713; Edward, b. 23 Jan., 1714; Thomas, b. 4 
Nov., 1715; Mary, b. 8 July, 1717, m. 21 Dec, 1737, Elisha Rich of Sutton, 
who was 1^. about 1717 at Bellingham; they had Thomas, b. 1738, m. Millicent 
Conant, resided at Warwick ; Elisha, h. 1740, Baptist minister at Pittsford, 
Vt. ; Nathaniel, b. 1742, resided at Warwick, Shoreham, Vt. , and Ticonderoga, 
N. Y. ; Charles, b. 1744; Mary, b. 1746, m. Samuel Davis, her cousin; Jacob, b. 
1747, settled at Warwick; Elizahctlt, h. 174S, m. Moses Sibley; Caleb, b. 
1750, resided at Warwick and Shoreham, Vt., a noted Universalist preacher, 
among the earliest in America; Ebcnezer, b. 1751, settled in Sutton, father of 
Ebenezer of Ox. ; Hannah, b. 1753, m. Elijah Davis, her cousin ; Sarah, b. 



464 DAVIS. 

1755, in. Lcariiud iJavis, lnr cousin; Judith, b. 1757, in. Daniel Harwood of 
Sutton; Joseph, 1). 17.">'J, in. Lodcniia Conant, resided at Charlton and De 
Knyter, N. Y. ; Danikl, h. 1 Feb., 1719; Jacob, b. 1720, d. 1740; Elisiia. b. 
16 Feb., 1722; John, b. 1723, d. 1724; Elizabeth, b. 16 Jan., 1725, ju. John 
Mayo; Hannah, b. 1726, d. 1743; Sarah, b. 1728, d. yonnj^; by second m. : 
John, b. 30 Nov., 1732; Sarah, b. 31 Dec., 1734. m. 6 Jnly, 1758, Joseph 
Davis of Dudley, wiio was son of Joseph of Woodstock, and b. 7 March, 
1725; they had Jia7ncs, 1759; Samuel, 1761; Joseph, 1763; Moses, 1769; Aaron 
and Sally, 1771; Joshua, 1774; Mary, 1775; Hebecca, b. 10 Jan., 1737, ra. 8 
Dec, 1763, Lemuel Corbin of Dudley, and had Philip, 1764; Dolly, 1767; 
Lemuel, 1769; liebecca, 1772; Josiah, 1776, d. young; Josiah, 1778; Sylvia, 
1782; Nathaniel, b. 1738, d. 1740. 

2. SAMUEL, son of Samuel (1), m. 15 April, 1735, Kuth, dau. of CoL 
Ebenezer Learned, settled on a farm of 18!) acres in the east part of Ox., now 
Lovctt's, Sibley heirs' and Marcy's, captain in the French and Indian war, 
but not in active service, constable and selectman; he d. 1784, she d. 26 April, 
1767. . . . Children: Deborah, b. 12 Oct., 1736, m. Ebenezer, son of Edward 
Davis, her cousin; Ruth, b. 1738, d. 1741; Samuel, b. 1741, d. 1745; Asa, b. 
1743, d. 1760; Samuel, b. 1 April, 1746; Ruth, b. 1748, d. 1752; Elijah, b. 8 
Oct., 1750; Ruth, b. 25 Nov., 1752, m. Ezra Conant; Learned, b. 7 Nov., 
1755. 

3. SAMUEL, son of Samuel (2), m. 17 Aug., 1767, Mary, dau. of Elisha 
Rich of Sutton, his cousin, settled on the east part of his father's farm, now 
Lovett's, H. 17, selectman, good financier, a prominent supporter of the Uni- 
versalist Society, of strong physique, a noted wrestler, removed 1800 to Ed- 
dington Me. . . . Children: Mary, b. 24 Feb^ 1768, m. Jonatlian Sibley, set- 
tled at Oxford, removed to Eddington, Me. ; they had Davis, 1788 ; Many, 
1792; Jonathan W., 1800; Samuel, b. 1769, d. 1771; Zilpah, b. 13 April, 1771, 
m. Benjamin Sibley, settled at North Adams; they had Samuel, 1792, at Ox ; 
Jliravi, 1807, leading man at Rochester, N. Y., wealthy and liberal, extensive 
land owner, lumber dealer, railroad proprietor, farmer and seed merchant, d. 
1888; others d. young; Samuel, b. 13 Nov., 1772, m. Tamar Putnam, settled 
at Eddington, and had Delia, b. 1804, m. William J. Comins; Ruth, b. 26 
July, 1774, m. Joshua Stockwell, removed to Eddington, where she d. 1845, 
they had Caleh J).. 179:'.; Jarvis, 1800, d. young; Sally, b. 6 March, 1776, m. 
Timothy, son of Elisha Davis; Caleb, 1). 5 Dec, 1777, m. Mercy Stockwell, 
settled at Eddington, where he d. 1870, they had Phcbe M., 1805, m. David 
Lilley; Almira, 1808, m. Reuben Rich; Samuel, 1816; Nancy, b. 11 Feb., 
1780, m. Wright Stockwell, resided at Eddington, where she d. 25 July, 1824, 
they had Davis li., 1817; Patty, b. 19 June, 1784, m. Al)ijah Campbell, re- 
moved to Eddington, where she d. 1834, they had JirUh X., 1804; Samuel D., 
1809; Ebenezer, b. 29 April, 1787, m. Susan Penney, settled at Eddington, he 
d. 1850, at Clifton, Me., Ihey had D. Waldo, 1825. 

4. ELIJAH, son of Samuel (2), m. 29 Oct., 1771, Hannah, dau. of Elisha 
Rich, his cousin, settled on his father's homestead, a strong man physically 
and intellectually. He d. 24 Sept., 1842, she d. 11 Sept., 1838. . . . Children: 
Hannah, b. 11 Jan., 1773, m. Nehcmiah Davis, her cousin; Elmah, b. 28 
March, 1774, m. Jan., 1801, Mary, dau. of Jacob Rich, his cousin; he d. 11 
Aug., 1861, at Warwick, R. I., she d. June, 1858, at Winchester, N. Jl. ; he 
was a leading man in the n\illwright Inisiness at Ox., a superior mechanic, 
resided at Ox., Uutlaiid, Enfield and Warwick; they had Jacuh li., 1802, mill- 
wright, residence, 1884, Warwick; Lucinda, 1806, m. Samuel Kendall, Barre; 



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Mary, 1818, m. Elbridge A. Drury; Elijah, 1820, d. young; Charles, b. 24 
Nov., 1775, m. intentions 6 May, 1812, Hannah Graves, no cli. ; he d. 29 Feb., 
1856, she d. 2 April, 1862, at West Boylston ; Ezra, b. 28 July, 1780; Betsey, 
b. 27 Feb., 1783, m. Kufus, son of Marvin Moore, her cousin. 

5. EZRA, son of Elijah (4), m. 12 Dec, 1813, Betsey, dau. of Joseph 
Rockwood; he d. 4 Dec, 1832, she d. aged 42, 3 Feb., 1833; a man of re- 
markable mechanical ingenuity, millwright, called the leading man of this 
part of the county in that business, was injured while working in a mill 
at Clappville and d. in consequence. . . . Children: Betsey, b. 1814, m. 24 
Marcli. 1835, Ellas T. Balconi of Douglas, removed to Worcester, she d. 29 
Aug., 1878; they had Williajn II., 1836, residence, 1891, Worcester; Helen L., 
b. 6 May, 1846, d. 1870, at Worcester; Ezra, b. 10 Nov., 1817, m. 15 Jan., 
1842, Julia Ann, dau. of Jonathan Harwood, he d. 3 March, 1862, they had 
Jane, b. 9 Oct., 1842, d. 29 Dec, 1874, at Ox. ; Charles H., b. 22 July, 1847, m. 
9 Feb., 1870, Emma J. Forehand of Croydon, N. H., settled at Ox., removed 
1887 to Florence, they had Helen L., 1). 21 June, 1871 ; Julia Anna, b. 28 April, 
1878; Josephine E., b. 22 Aug., 1880; Franklin P., b. 2 Sept , 1853; Adaline, 
b. 10 Oct., 1819, m. 20 Oct., 1840, Salem T. Russell of Charlton, settled in 
New York, broker and banker in high standing, they had Fanny L., 1841 ; Ella 
E., 1847; Anna C, 1853, m. 1878, William Wheatley ; Anna, b. 12 Feb., 1822, 
m. (1) 13 Feb., 1839, David Balcom of Douglas, where they settled, he d. 6 
Sept., 1839, m. (2) 2 Jan., 1844, Charles J. Anthony of Providence, R. I., an 
active l)usiuess man, well known in financial circles in New York, he d. 27 
Aug., 1868, at Providence, they had James L., b. 19 Jan., 1845; Benjamin F., 
b. 12 Nov., 1824, d. 12 Nov., 1852; Mary Jane, b. 1829, d. 1859, at Worces- 
ter, unm. 

6. LJ:aRNED, son of Samuel (2), m. intentions 16 Aug., 1781, Sarali, dau. 
of Elisha Rich of Sutton, his cousin. He d. 7 Nov., 1811 [1813, Ox. Rec], 
she d. 21 Sept., 1818. Settled on a part of his father's farm near his brother 
Elijah. . . . Children: Sally, b. 22 Jan., 1788, m. Francis Sibley; Learned, 
b. 17 July, 1789; Oliae, b. 22 May, 1794, m. Capt. Ebenezer Rich; Asa, b. 19 
Feb., 1797, d. 10 Feb., 1818. 

7. LEARNED, son of Learned (6), m. (1) 18 Aug., 1814, Lucy, dau. of John 
Pratt, shed. 2 Aug., 1816; m. (2) 22 April, 1821, Tamar Waters of Sutton, 
she d. aged 30, 8 June, 1829; m. (3) 11 March, 1831, Mary Dwinnell; he d. 
31 Oct., 1869, she d. aged 67, 15 Dec, 1860. Farmer, assessor and selectman, 
of good mind and stood high as a citizen. . . . Children, by first m. : Ivers 
A., b. 17 Nov., 1815; by second m. : AzRO L., b. 1822, d. 1838; Hosea W., b. 
1824, d. 1828; Nahum L., b. 1825, d. 1828; Nahum L., b. 31 May, 1829; by 
third m.: Edwin, b. 11 July, 1831; Andrew, b. 30 April, 1833, m. 6 March, 
1867, Cynthia Raymond of Westminster, settled at Ox., no ch. ; Mary Lucy, 
b. 2 April, 1836, m. 12 March, 1864, Mark Dunlap, settled at Ashburnham, 
residence, Nebraska, she d. 28 March, 1888, at Cherokee City, Ark. ; they had 
Edith E., b. 1875, at Platte, Neb. ; Sally S., b. 14 June, 1838; George L., b. 
20 Feb., 1843, m. 1871, Ann E. Renshaw of Illinois, where they settled and 
had Clarence, 1872. 

8. IVERS A., son of Learned (7), m. 12 Dec, 1850, Emeline, dau. of Sum- 
ner Howard, settled at Ox., he d. 9 Jan., 1884. . . . Children: Stearns, b. 19 
Nov., 1861, m. 27 Nov., 1872, Ellen Prince of Worcester; Miranda, b. 10 
Nov., 1853, d. 5 Feb., 1873; Anson, b. 31 Dec, 1855, m. Etta M., dau. of 
George Amidown of Ox., had ch. ; Ellen, b. 27 Nov., 1863. 

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'J. NAUUM L., soil of Liarncd (7), ni. 31 Dec, 18C5, Dorinda H. Hastings 
(if ToAvnshciid, Vt., settled at Ox. . . . Children : Khanklin A., b. 1867 ; Frkd 
W., b. 18CH, d. 17 Auk-, 1888; Belle, b. 1870; Heictham A., b. 1 May, 187I». 

10. EDWIN, son of Learned (7), m. 26 April, 1852, Kuth Ann Dou^dity, 
settled at Ox. . . . Children: Emma J., b. 1853, d. 1869; Miranda E , b. 1856, 
m. 1 Jan., 1878, Charles Dodge of Charlton, and hatl Ethel,/., h. 13 Aug., 
1882. 

11. EDWAKD, son of Samuel (1), m. 25 Dec., 1735, Abigail, dan. of Col. 
Ebenczer Learned, settled in the east part of Ox., II. 12, where he d. .30 -Vug., 
1784, she d. 11 Aug., 1805. He was long a prominent man. and very influential 
in ])ui)lic all'airs. Capt. in the French war but not in active service, eight 
years Major of the first Worcester County Regt. of militia, much in town 
office, justice of the peace, solemnized many marriages, occupied positions 
of trust and settled many estates, 15 years representative and highly 
esteemed. . . . Children: Ebenezer, b. 18 Sept., 1737, m. (1) 20 April. 1758, 
Deborah, dau. of Samuel Davis, his cousin, scuttled at Charlton, where 
he Avas a farmer and a well known capitalist, she d. 27 Feb., 1785, 
m. (2) 8 March, 1786, Mrs. Sarah Allen of Northampton, m. (3) 19 Jan., 
1802, Hannah, widow of Caleb Amidown, he d. 12 Aug., 1816. she d. 20 
March, 1820; ch., all by first m. : Ebenezer, b. 1759, d. 1777. in the Revolution- 
ary army; ^Isa, b. 1761, unm., d. 5 June, 1824; Ahignil, b. 1763, m. Abijah 
Davis of Ox., her cousin; Buth, b. 1765, m. Joseph Washburn of Leicester; 
Deborah and Lydia, b. 1767 ; Deborah m. Calvin Amidown of Charlton ; Lydia 
m. John Wheelock of Charlton; Sarah, b. 1770, m. Stephen Burroughs, her 
cousin; Eli, b. 1772, d. 1781; Ctjnthia, b. 1775, m. David McLean; Pamela, b. 
1778, m. Samuel Kies of Brooklyn, Conn. ; Betsey, b. 1780, m. Dr. Ebenezer 
Borden; Edwakd, b. 5 Sept., 1739, soldier in the F'rench war, one of the best 
of men, and tilled at Dudley many responsible positions in civil and religious 
all'airs, ni. (1) 19 Jan., 1763, Elizabeth, dau. of Ebenezer Davis of Ox., settled 
at Dudley, she d. 16 Oct., 1775, m. (2) 22 April. 1776, Mrs. Abigail, widow of 
William Watsiui of Ox., she d. Jan., 1780, he d. 3 Oct., 1796; ch. by first m. : 
Amasa. b. 1763, m. Hannah Ilealy, resided at Charlton, d. 18(»2; E\ixahf(h, b. 
1766, d. 1775; Edward, b. 1768, m. Huldah Healy, farmer at Dudley; Tamma, 
b. 1769, m. Elijah G. Morris; Dolly, b. 1772, ra. Lemuel Foster; Eden, b, 
1774, unm., d. 1 Oct., 1822; ch. by second m. : Eli.vaheth, b. 1777, m. John 
Dalryniple; Jacob, b. 14 Sept., 1741, m. 9 Jan., 1765, Rebecca, dau. of Thomas 
Davis, his cousin, settled at Charlton, removed to Montpelier, Vt., he d. 9 
April, 1814, at Burlington, Vt., she d. 25 Feb., 1823, at Montpelier, he was a 
man of uiicoiiimon ability and energy, Lieut. -Col. 5th Kegt. 13 June, 1778, 
Colonel 24 Sept., 1779, in the Hevolutionary army, a leader in the founding of 
Leicester Academy and in the settlement of Montpelier. Vt., and for many 
years identified with most of its pul)lic allairs. Col. Thompson, the historian 
of Montpelier, says : — 

"Col. Davis' physical powers [he was a stalwart man] were of small 
account in comp.arison with the other traits of the man. his enterprise, energy, 
iu(lgin''nt and far reaching sagacity, but even these were not all Mic good 
(lualiLlts of his character, no needy man ever went empty liandcil from his 
(ioor, he ever gave enii)loyinent of some kind to those Avho asked for it, and 
so Avell he rewarded his employes that no reasonable man in the whole settle- 
ment was ever heard to complain of the Avagcs he paid, or any unfair conduct 
in his dealings." 

Ch. : Thomas, b. 1765, d. 1769; Jacob, b. 10 March, 1768, in. 3 Oct., 1791, 
Caty Taplin, settled at Montpelier, removed to Berlin, Vt., where he d. 1851 ; 



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Behecca, h. IG June, 1770, m. IIou. Cornelius Lynde, b. at Leicester, settled at 
Williamstown, Vt., where both d., he d. 1836, she d. 1840; Thomas, b. 3 
April, 1772, m. 30 Nov.. 1795, Polly Sawyer of Berlin, Vt., was an active 
pioneer at Moutpelier, owned and operated mills, built the large Pavilion 
Hotel there, which he managed several years ; a worthy, large hearted man 
and a good citizen; Hannah, b. 8 April, 1774, m. 25 Nov., 1792, David 
Wing, Jr., settled at Montpelier, where he was toAvn clerk, and d. 1806, aged 
40 years, she d. 4 Nov., 1807; Polly, b. 24 May, 1778, m. 25 March, 1798, 
Thomas West, Jr., resided at Montpelier, removed to Ohio, East Gwillimbury, 
Ont., and Payuesville, Wis., where both d., he d. 17 July, 1865, she d. 24 May, 
1858; Lncij, b. 28 Aug., 1782, m. 3 Dec, 1801, Timothy Hubbard, settled at 
Montpelier, no ch., he d. 1840, she d. 1839; Clarissa, b. 22 Sept., 1789, first 
child 1). at Montpelier, m. 1 Oct., 1806, George Worthington, prominent man 
at M., he d. 1862. she d. 1864; Nathaniel, b. 28 May, 1743, m. 13 May, 1705, 
Sarali Stone, settled at Dudley, where he d. 5 Aug., 1773; they had Parley, b. 
31 March, 1766, at Ox., m. 4 Nov., 1794, Rebecca Peabody of Amherst, N. H., 
he went with his uncle Jacob to Montpelier, was active as a surveyor and 
manager of the proprietorship of the village lots and in other public improve- 
ments, was among the earliest civil officers of the place. Captain of the first 
military company and later a Brig.-Gen. , a noble, useful man, universally 
beloved and respected, he d. 1848, she d. 1854, both at Montpelier; they had 
Nathaniel, h. 25 Nov., 1769, m. (1) intentions 16 Feb., 1792, Dolly, dan. of 
Elisha Davis of Ox., she d. 1809, m. (2) 21 Jan., 1811, Catherine Pratt of Ox., 
she d. 10 April, 1840, he d. 3 March, 1843 ; he was Major of militia, a leading 
business man at Montpelier, built a large woolen mill, was highly esteemed ; 
Hezekiah, b. 23 April, 1772, at Dudley, m. intentions 10 Jan., 1795, Polly 
Doty, settled at East Montpelier, he d. 2 Jan., 1847, she d. 27 Nov., 1852, 
a respected and independent farmer; Abigail, b. 20 April, 1745, m. 12 
Jan., 1762, Rev. Eden Burroughs, minister at Killingly, Conn., removed to 
Hanover, N. H., a woi'thy man; they had Stephen, b. 1766; Abigail, b. 1780, 
m. Stephen Kimball; Irena D., b. 1786, m. Richard Foster, resided at Hanover; 
several other ch. of Mr. and Mrs. Burroughs d. young ; Elizabeth, b. 22 June, 
1747, m. 16 April, 1766, Samuel Lamb, Captain in the Revolutionary army, 
she d. 2 Feb., 1785, he d. 1796; they had Mary, b. 1767, m. Daniel Williams of 
Charlton, she d. 1835; Learned, b. 1768, m. (1) 30 June, 1794, Mrs. Katy West, 
no ch., m. (2) 1 Jan., 1799, Mrs. Lydia Green, settled at Montpelier, where he 
was Colonel of militia, carpenter and bridge ])uilder, removed 1817 to Louis- 
ville, Ky., where he d. 1826, she d. 1854, at Montpelier; Echcard, b. 1770, ra. 
10 April, 1803. Polly Wetherell, no ch., settled at Montpelier, where he was a 
popular and highly esteemed physician for many years, he d. 1845, she d. 
1822; Josiah. Q., b. 1776, m. Abigail Muzzy, settled at Leicester, where he d. 
1819, she d. 1868; they had Liberty, 1799; A])igail, 1800; Josiah Q., 1803; 
Eliza, 1805; Jonas, 1807; Adaline, 1809; Edward, 1812; Charlotte, 1814; 
John, 1815; Adaline, 1818; Betsey, b. 1779, m. Alfred Morris; Joshua, b. 
1781, m. 26 Nov., 1813, Abigail D., dan. of Sylvanus Learned, his cousin, no 
ch., he d. 1868, she d. 1821, botli at Leicester; Rkuben, b. 17 May, 1749, m. 3 
March, 1773, Sarah, dau. of Elijah Moore of Ox., settled at Charlton, he d. 
1781 at West Point, N. Y., she m. (2) Dr., Abel Waters and d. 1820 at Gardiner, 
Me. Reuben was a noble man, active in the Revolutionary struggle. 
Lieutenant of the Ox. company under Col. Learned at Roxbury in 1775, 
was promoted to Captain, ordered to Wi'st Point, where he d. ; they had 
Ezra, b. 1774, merchant in Boston, m. Mary, dau. of John Brazer, with whom 



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he \viis ill piirtiicrship in trade, lie d. 1842; Matilda, U. 1777, in. Saimiel Jones, 
settled in New York State; Sail'/, b. 1779, m. John Spiirr of Charlton, Gen. 
of militia; Jonathan, b. 1750, d. 17f;0, killed in a cider mill; Lkvi, b. 11 
Nov., 1752, KevoUitionary soldier, inarched on Lexiiii^ton alarm in Capt. 
Crafts' cavalry, of much enerj^y of character, wealthy for the times, m. (1) 
13 Mardi, 1775, Deborah, dau. of Elijah Moore of Ox., m. (2) 8 Dec, 1791, 
Lydia Hammond, m. (3) 1803, Hannah, widow of his nephew, Amasa Davis 
of Dudley, he d. r> July, 1807, she d. 13 Sept., 1816; ch. by Jlrst m. b. at Ox. : 
Pollij, b. 4 Dec, 1775, in. Calel), son of Rev. Caleb Curtis of Charlton, resided 
at Calais, Vt. ; Sally, h. 26 Feb., 1777, m. Capt. Gideon Wheelock, settled at 
Charlton; Luaj, b. 16 Nov., 1778, m. Rev. Edward Turner of Charlton, 
removed to Jamaica Plain, where l)oth d., he d. 24 Jan., IBS.i, she d. 17 Jan., 
1864; liuftts, b. 20 Aug., 1780, at Ox., m. 25 Dec, 1803, Sarah Dunbar of 
Charlton, settled at Dudley, farmer, he d. 10 Sept., 1833, she d. 15 Oct., 1857; 
Levi, b. 8 Jan., 1782, at Ox., m. 1 Dec, 1805, Mary, dau. of Lemuel Spurr of 
Canton, settled at Charlton, removed to New York State, resided at Columbus, 
Drydeii, and in 1825 at Greenwood, where he was the pioneer, hotel keeper, 
first supervisor and 25 years postmaster; Martha, b. 28 Oct., 1784, at Charlton, 
d. 18U3; Aaron, b. 9 Dec, 1787, at Charlton, ra. (1) 1826, Betsey Griffin, 
settled at Dryden, N. Y., she d. 18-'7, m. (2) 1829, Clarissa Brigham, he d. 
5 June, 1845, at Portage, N. Y., owned a large farm at Portage, was prosper- 
ous, held town ofllces. Captain of militia; Lydia 11., b. 16 Aug., 1803, m. 9 
Nov., 1842, Samuel H., son of Edward Davis of Dudley, no ch., shed. 16 
May, 1846; Mary, b. 9 Feb., 1755, m. Haynes, son of Gen. Ebeuezer Learned, 
her cousin; Martha, b. 27 March, 1758, m. Sylvanus, son of Gen. Ebenezer 
Learned, her cousin; Jonathan, b. 27 March, 1701. 

12. J(^NATHAN, son of Edward (11), only son who spent his life in Ox., m. 
(1) 12 Sept., 1787, Sarah, dau. of Ebenezer Hammond of Charlton, she d. 5 
Feb., 1821 [1822 Ox. RecJ, m. (2) intentions 5 Oct., 1822, Hannah, dau. of 
Dr. Steplieii Barton, he d. 3 Aug., 1838, at Ox., she d. 12 Feb., 18.59, at 
Woi'cester. He lived upon the homestead until 1827, when he removed to the 
house at the fork of the Sutton road, H. 25, where he d. He was much in 
public business, justice of the peace, representative, held important posi- 
tions of trust, was County Commissioner and Major-General of militia, 
from 1812 to 1814 Chief Justice of Court of Sessions for Worcester County, 
a leading man in the organization of Oxford Bank and for ten years its 
president. . . . (Jhildren : Stephkn, b. 1 Sept., 1788; Jonathan, b. 29 Oct., 
1789. 

13. STEPHEN, son of Jonath.an (12), m. (1) 1 Nov., 1815. Pamela, dan. of 
Aaron Wheelock of Charlton, slie d. aged 41, 22 March, 1839, m. (2) 1 Sept., 
1841, Mrs. Abigail, widow of Thaddeus Read of Grafton, he d. 1 Feb., 1854, at 
Ox., shed. 20 Sept., 1874, at Westi)oro', he settled and d. upon the lioinestead, 
was highly respected, considerably in public life. County Commissioner, 
selectman, school committee. Colonel of militia. . . . Children by first m. : 
Sarah H., b. 23 Jan., 1817, ra. 26 Nov., 1S44, Rev. Joseph Emerson of Dart- 
mouth, a clergyman of superior abilities, the etllcient agent of several of the 
large religious and charitable societies of the day, d. 1886 at Andover, she d. 
28 Nov., 1856, at Rockford, 111.; they had Edward D., b. 19 Oct.. 1845, m. 18 
June, 1873, Caroline R., dau. of William A. Wheelock of Ox., in business in 
Boston; hatl Sarah, b. 18 May, 1874; Louise R., b. 18 July, 1876; Florence 
I)., b. 21 July, 1878; Pamela W., b. 13 Jan., 1880; Stkimikn E., b. 10 Feb., 
1819, m. 6 Nov., 1849, Augusta G., dau. of Amory Sibley of Augusta, Ga., 



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she (1. 29 April, 1850, ho cl. 7 Oct., 1856, at Ox., dry ijoods merchant; Nei,son 
H., b. 20 Sept., 1821, uuni., studied at Leicester Academy, appointed upon 
nomination of Levi Lincoln (then representative to Congress from 5th Mass. 
district) as cadet at West Point, Avhere he entered 1 July, 1841, was i>raduated 
1846, went the same year into tlie Mexican war under Gen. Tajior at Monterey, 
joined at Tampico the forces of Gen. Scott, under whom he served through 
the war; was in the siege of Vera Cruz, the battle of Cerro Gordo, the storm- 
ing of Coutreras, the taking of Chenibusco, and in later engagements in the 
valley of Mexico and the taking of the capital. He left Mexico with the 
army in June, 1848, and in Nov. of that year sailed from New York with 
troops around Cape Horn, arriving in April, at Monterey, Cal. There he 
served until Dec. 1853, tirst as Commissary and later with his company at 
remote stations in the Indian counti-y, wliore subsistence was difficult, and with 
the Clear Lake and the Russian River Indians had two notable and success- 
ful engagements under the brave Captain, later General, Natlianiel Lyon. This 
was said to have been one of the most brilliant Indian campaigns in the 
army service. 

His health having been impaired by exposure he obtained leave of 
absence, and in 1853 visited China and the Sandwich Islands. In Jan., 1854, 
he returned to New York and for a year was on recruiting duty at Boston. 
In the fall of 1855 he went into frontier service at Forts Leavenworth, Ran- 
dall, Ridgely, Ripley and on held duty in the Indian country, continuing until 
the spring of IHtil, when he was ordered east to engage in the late Civil war. 
At the tirst battle of Bull Run he was acting Major of the " Regular Battalion," 
and on 4 Sept., 1861, was by Gov. Andrew commissioned as Colonel of the 
7th Regt. Mass. Vols., which office he held until 12 Nov., when he was 
appointed Asst. Inspector-General of the army, ordered to other duties and 
resigned his Colonel's commission. 

As Asst. Inspector-General he served in the Held, in the "Army of the 
Potomac," at the headquarters of Sumner, McClellan, Hooker and Meade, 
and was in all the l)attles in which these commanders were engaged while 
he served under their commands, and Avas specially efficient at the Battle of 
Gettysljurg. Later he was ordered to the Department of New Mexico as 
General Inspecting Officer. The duties in this field recjuired almost constant 
travelling through a vast extent of wild country infested with hostile Indians, 
the climate, embracing extremes of heat and cold, rendering the service 
severe. Many movements were made at night to avoid the enemy. " On one 
of these campaigns, after repeated night marches in which several Indian 
Rancherias were captured, ... a forced march was made at night over a high 
range of mountains to the reported camp of the Indians. . . . Near the summit 
the escort was divided into two detachments, a third having been left behind in 
a canon to guard the pack-train. Tliese detachments, which were al)out five 
miles apart, attacked simultaneously, at dawn, two camps of the Apaches, 
who were completely surprised." A short and sliarp contest ensued resulting 
in large loss to the Indians. This was the tirst severe chastisement they had 
received for many years, and in recognition of his services in this affair the 
Legislature of Arizona passed Davis a vote of thanks, and the U. S. govern- 
ment conferred on him the rank of Colonel in the army. 

Later he was for several years Inspecting Officer of the Department of the 
Missouri, to which the District of New Mexico was then attached. From 
this service he was assigned to special duty under the War Department with 
station at New York city, for three years, his duties covering inspections in 



470 DAVIS. 

the Western Stati.'s and TcrritinMos to Alaska. lie was next Inspector-General 
of the '• Division <if tin- Atlantic," under (Jen. Hancock, until 1 July, 1881, when 
he was assigned to the same dut3' in the " Division of the Missouri " under Gen. 
Sheridan with station at Chicaf^o. On the death of Gen. D. B. Sacket, Chief 
Inspector-General of the army. Gen. Davis, in March, 1885, was promoted as 
his successor, assumini; the duties of that oHlce at Washington. 

On 20 Sept., 1885, by the operation of the law he was retired from active 
service as Briiiadier-Gcueral. Later he resided in New York city, and was 
several years president of the Colorado Smelting: Co. with an office in New 
York. He died suddenly of apoplexy at Governor's Lsland, N. Y., 15 May, 
1890. 

Gen. Davis held every ,ii:riule of rank in the army from Second Lieut, to 
Brijir -Gen. and Head of the Inspector-General's Department, was brevetted 
for services in the Mexican War, the war of the Rebellion and Indian flights, 
and travelled on duty in each and every State and Territory of the Union. 
His services in the Civil War were of the highest importance, and as Acting 
Inspector he undoubtedly had a more complete knoAvledge of the condition of 
the "Army of the Potomac " in its details than any other official in the country. 
Russell A., b. 7 June, 1824; Jonathan Austin, b. 21 Oct., 1827, Captain 
in the late war, m. 14 June, 1857. Annie Murray, he d. 6 May, 1880, at Kendall, 
Penn. ; they had ChurJes S., b. 17 May, 1858, at Philadelphia, Pa. ; Effa M., b. 
24 April, 1807, at Pioneer, Pa.; Aaron W., b. 11 March, 1830, m. 26 June, 
1861, Carrie R Whiting, his cousin, who d. 2 Oct., 1870, at Asheville, N. C, 
he d. 9 JaiL. 188(;, at Ox. ; they had Carrie P., b. 18(i5, d. 1874; Theodore W., 
b. 1867, d. 1884, at Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Susan P., b. 22 Nov., 1832, m. 27 March, 
I860. Reuben P. Pierce, settled at Chicago, 111., where she d. 28 Aug., 1879; 
they had Hear)/ .V., b. 25 Feb., 1861-, civil engineer. 

14. RUSSELL A., son of Stephen (13), m. 23 Dec, 1855, Mary, dan. of 
William Robinson, he d. 24 July, 1875. . . . Children: Edward R., 1). 30 
June, 1857, m. 1881, Al>bie L. Holbrook of East Medway, residence, Boston; 
had ch. ; Akthuu E., b. 21 Aug., 1858, m. 3 June, 1889, Mabel G. Willis 
of Reading. whiTe they reside, had ch. ; Nelson H.. b. 27 May, 1861, m. 3 
Dec, 1884, Nellie L., dau. of Nathaniel Eddy, residence, Worcester, mer- 
chant, they had M. Estelle, b. 26 Aug., 1886; Gkokgf, S., b. 9 Sept., 1864, 
in. 13 June, 1889, Alice T. Reed of Cambridge, residence, Worcester, mer- 
chant ; and 3 daughters, d. young. 

15. JONATHAN, sou of Jonathan (12), m. 7 May, 1815, Betsey, dau. of 
Benjamin Gilbert of Brooklyn, Conn., he d. 11 April, 1868, at Ox., she d. 30 
March, 1876, at East Douglas; settled on a farm in the east part of Ox., 
II. 10, removed 18G0 to the centre, II. 190, where he d. He Avas a good citizen, 
much esteemed, selectman and school committee. . . . Children: Gkorgk L., 
b. 17 June, 1816; Hknrv G., b. 26 Oct., 1821 ; AinuE L., b. 19 Jan., 1825, m. 
10 Nov., 1852, Rev. William T. Briggs, an able and esteemed Congregational 
minister, settled 1846 at North Andover, in 1856 at Princeton, an efficient 
worker in the educational departujent in the military district of North Caro- 
lina in the late war, settled 1866 at East Douglas, Avhere he resided 1891, pastor 
emeritus, gave up his active duties April, 1887; they had William IL, b. 10 
March, 1855, at Andover, graduated at Cambridge Law School in 1875, lawyer 
1885 at Grinnell, la. ; Helen Leltoy, b. 5 Sept., 1858, at Princeton, was gradu- 
ated at Wellesley, m. 22 Sept., 1885, Rev. Carlton 1". Mills, Episcopalian, 
resided at Kalamazoo, Mich., where she d. 3 Dec, 1889; Ann /., 1). 1861, d. 
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16. GEORGE L., sou of Jonathan (15), m. 27 Oct., 1841 , Harriet K. Roberts 
of Andover, residence. North Andover, whore she d. 8 March, 1889. Ma- 
chinist, many years head of the tirni of Davis & Furber, and now of the 
corporation "Davis & Fnrbcr Machine Co." A remarlcably successful busi- 
ness man and wealthy, prominent in civil and ecclesiastical affairs, deacon of 
Congregational Church, a liberal supporter of religious aijd charitable institu- 
tions, several years State Senator, Bank president, contributed largely 
toward preparing and publishing this volume. . . . Children : Haiiriet R., 
b. and d. 1843; George G., b. 30 Aug., 1844, m. 2 Feb., 1876, Ada M. Whitney 
of Boston, several years in banking in Boston in partnership with Charles 
Whitney, his father-in-law, 18'.)0 in North Andover in machine business with 
his fatlier; ch. : Ethel W., b. and d. 1877; 3Iadeline, b. 10 Dec, 1878; Charles 
W., b. 12 April, 1881; James H., b. 18 April, 1846, m. (1) 1871, Ida Parkhurst, 
she d. 16 Nov., 1872, ra. (2) 1875, Caroline E. Curwen of Salem, he d. Dec, 
1886; ch. Arthur C, b. and d. 1876; Ella M., b. 1847, d. 1853; Hattie E., 
b. 21 Sept., 1849, d. 10 May, 1874, at Florence, Italy, while on a tour; Alice 
E., b. 11 Jan., 1855, m. 25 Sept., 1879, Auguste A. Sack of Providence, R. I., 
where they resided, woolen manufacturer; Edward L., b. 13 Sept., 1856, d. 
9 Dec, 1881; Mary W., b. 24 April, 1858, m. 15 June, 1881, Thomas 1)., son 
of Jabez L. Peck of Pittsfield, where they settled, she d. March, 1889 ; they 
had Katharine, b. 3 March, 1883; Harriet B.,h. 9 Feb., 1885; Davis L., b. 12 
Nov., 1887; Anna C, b. 28 Feb., 1860, d. 24 Dec, 1877; Frank K., 1). 28 Oct., 
1862, d. 13 Oct., 1887; Addie S., b. 1863, d. 1866; Helen A., b. and d. 1866. 

17. HENRY G., son of Jonathan (15), m. 7 Oct., 1845, Mary B., dau. of 
Samuel Dowse of Oxford, settled at Pittsfleld. He was a man of good mind, 
sterling integrity, efficient as a business man, active in Church matters, 
and much beloved; deacon of Dr. Todd's Church who wrote of him as a 
model man. His health was not firm and gave way under the pressure of 
mercantile business; bed. 19 July, 1863. . . . Children: Elizabeth D., b. 11 
Oct., 1846; Mauy G., b. 10 Oct., 1848, m. 11 June, 1873, Francis W., son of 
Judge Julius RockAvell of Pittsfleld, Representative to Congress from Xllth 
district; they had William W., b. 4 Oct., 1874; Henry D., b. 6 Sept., 1876; 
Samuel F., b. 28 Oct.. 1878; Jiilins B., b. 16 July, 1880; Lawrence D., h. 27 
Sept., 1883; Francis IF., b. 1 Sept., 1885; Elizabeth, b. 27 March, 1888; 
Henry, b. and d. 1851; Samuel D., b. 1856, d. 1857. 

18. THOMAS, son of Samuel (1), m. (1) 18 Nov., 1742, Rebecca Healy of 
Dudley, shed. 18 March, 1771; ra. (2) 1773, Mrs. Dorothy Smith of Wood- 
stock, Conn. ; he d. 1 Aug., 1778. Received from his father 155 acres adjoin- 
ing the homestead on the north, H. 15, on which he built, in 1747, a grist-mill 
which he operated many years ; he had good endowments and Avas a worthy 
man, deacon from 1760 to his decease. . . . Children: Hannah, b. 2 Oct., 

1743, m. Jeremiah, son of Elisha Davis, her cousin; Rebecca, b. 14 Dec, 

1744, m. Jacob, son of Edward Davis, her cousin; Sarah, b. 1746, d. 1748; 
\ Lucy, b. 15 June, 1748, m. Marvin Moore. 

19. DANIEL, son of Samuel (1), m. (1) 14 Jan., 1741, Tamar, dau. of 
Jonathan Town, she d. 10 Aug., 1761; m. (2) 2 Dec, 1762, Elizabeth Shurt- 
leif ; he d. 24 June, 1786, at Thompson, Conn., she d. 25 Feb., 1785. He set- 
tled on south side the Sutton road west of the mill brook, H. 195, removed 
1752 to Killingly, where he was esteemed, selectman, and deacon of the 
Church. . . . Children, first six b. at Ox.: Daniel, b. 12 Oct., 1742, m. 2 
Dec, 1762, Elizabeth Whittemore of Killingly, where they settled, both d. at 
Waterford, 0. ; he d. 4 Nov., 1807, she d. 16 Sept., 1806, 11 ch. He was active 



472 DAVIS. 

and ciricifiit in tlif Itevolnlionary war, a captain, and sacrificed lar.irely his in- 
terests for liis country, after the war joined the company of emigrants to 
Ohio, and is said by his descendants to have been the first man to cut a tree 
beyond the Oldo river. This being a " buckeye," the incident, it is claimed, 
gave that name to the State. After participating in the Indian wars he set- 
tled at Waterford and was very influential in founding the institutions of the 
new State; Mary, b. 26 May, 1744, m. 22 March, 1763, John Felshaw, set- 
tled at Killingly, hotel keeper. He d. 16 March, 1783. Samuel, a son. was 
one of the Ohio pioneers; Tamar, b. 17 Oct., 1745, m. 12 Jan, 1764, Capt. 
Perley Howe, settled at KlUingly, shed. 31 Dec., 1771; Simon, b. 14 April, 

1747, m. (1) 28 Sept., 1760, Zeruiah Knight, shed. 1782; m. (2) 7 Sept., 1784, 
Mrs. Mary Ilnrlburt, settled at Thompson, parents of Simon Davis, Esq., of 
Thompson ; he d. 10 Jan., 1821, she d. 20 Ve])., 1843 ; Catherine, b. 12 March, 

1748, m. Daniel Davidson, settled at Brooklyn, Conn., where shed. 9 Dec, 
1807; Hkzp^kiah, b. 30 Sept., 1750, d. 4 Oct., 1776, at East Chester, in United 
States service, as a soldier; Sarah, b. 15 Sept., 1752, at Killingly, m. 30 Dec, 
1772, Deacon Robert Sharp, settled at Pomfret ; she d. 16 June, 1813 ; Huldah, 
b. 9 May, 1754, m. 31 March, 1774, Sampson Howe. Esq., of Killingly; he d. 7 
Sept., 1824, she d. 8 Aug., 1810; he was an influential and substantial citizen, 
much in public office; Hannah, b. 22 Jan., 1756, d. nnra. ; Elizabeth, b. 16 
April, 1758, m. 21 Jan., 1786, Dr. John E. Eaton of Dudley; he d. 12 Oct., 
1812, she d. 20 Sept., 1838; by second m., Wiu.iam, b. 1764, d. 1772. 

20. ELISHA, son of Samuel (1), m. 11 July, 1751, Mary, dau. of Timothy 
Harris of Oxford; he d. 22 Oct., 1796, she d. aged 69, 26 Sept., 1796. He set- 
tled in the east part of Ox., H. 14, was worthy and highly esteemed, 
captain of militia, and filled the higher town offices, owned and operated a 
saw-mill on his farm. In his will he wrote — " each son is to have as much as 
two daughters except the son that lives on my home farm [Nehemiah] and 
he must have one hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents more 
than either other son, in order to support the dignity of my house in making 
my friends welcome." . Children: Jeremiah, b. 27 Mai'ch, 1753; Anna, b. 
25 Nov., 1754, ra. .lohn Pratt of Ox.; Elisha, b. 1756, d. young; Abmah, b. 
10 Sept., 1758; Alice, b. 28 .Aug., 1760, m. Dr. Daniel Fisk of Ox.; Thomas, 
b. 5 Sept., 1762; DOROTHY, b. 1765, d. 1767; Nehkmiah, b. 5 March, 1768; 
Timothy, b. 6 Sept., 1770; Dolly, b. 28 Nov., 1773, in. Nathaniel, son of 
Nathaniel Davis, of Montpelier, Vt., her cousin. 

21. JEREMIAH, son of Elisha (20), m. 19 Nov., 1778, Hannah, dau. of 
Thomas Davis, his cousin; he d. 20 Dec, 1822, she d. 6 Oct., 1803; settled on 
tlie farm of his uncle Thomas, H. 15, miller, several years selectman. . . . 
Children: Elisha, b. 10 Jan., 1780, m. 17 Jan., 1819, Fanny, dau. of Thomas 
Davis, his cousin, removed to Sutton where he d. 3 Aug., 1839, she d. 15 May, 
1877, no ch. ; Alice, b. 30 Jan., 1783, m. Maj. William Moore. 

22. ABIJAII, son of Elisha (20), in. (1) 30 June, 1785, Abigail, dau. of 
Ebcnezer Davis of Charlton, she d. 9 Feb.. 1797; m. (2) 11 Aug., 1799, Mary, 
dau. of Marvin Moore, she d. 22 Oct., 1812; ra. (3) 1 Dec, 1814, xMrs. Abigail 
Barker, dau. of Nathan Hall of Ox., he d. 28 March, 1833, she m. (2) Peter 
Butler. He was a leading man of his time, long a magistrate, a thrifty 
fariiHi- ..I" much practical wisdom and sagacity in business matters, much 
looked np to by his townsmen, largely engaged in public affairs, representa- 
tive many years, chairman of selectmen, captain of militia. . . . Children, 
by first m. : Ahi.iah, 1). and d. 1796; by second m. : Abigail,!). 1801, d. 1803; 
Mary, b. 1 Fel)., 1804, m. 28 Sept., 1823, Col. Reuben Waters of Sutton, 



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representative, postmaster, a leadinsr democrat at Sutton; she d. 20 Oct., 
1870, at Fitchburs:; they had Abigail D., h. 1824; Ahijah D., b. 1826, d. 1848; 
Reuben K., b. 1828; Tamar S., b. 1830; iVanj E., b. 1831; Benton, b. 1835; 
Edna A., b. 1837; Ellen C, b. 1842; Loring D., b. 1844; Abijah, b. 8 Aug., 
1806, m. 6 Feb., 1839, Sarah Faulkner, no ch., he d. 18 April, 1875, she d., 
aged 67, 7 March. 1868; Erastus, b. 18 April, 1808, m. 15 March, 1836, Han- 
nah Bughco, settled at Millbury, no ch., he d. 1 Aug., 1875; Loring, b. 25 
April, 1810, d. 5 Oct., 1842. num. ; by third m. : Abigail, b. 8 Feb., 1816, m. 
Dr. Samuel C. Tainc; Alice F., b. and d. 1820. 

23. THOMAS, .son of Elisha (20), m. 28 March, 1793, Jerusha Pratt, he d. 
16 Ai)ril, 1832, she d. 20 April, 1832, both at Sutton. He settled on the hill 
east of Ox. centre, H. 28, a part of his father's farm, removed 1824 to Sutton. 

. . . Children: Fanny, b. 30 May, 1794, m. Elisha, son of Jeremiah Davis, 
her cousin, no ch. ; Thomas, b. 30 April, 1798, m. 1 Sept., 1818, Eliza Wait, 
removed to Ellisbnrgh, N. Y. ; he d. 5 April, 1842, at Sutton, she d. 16 April, 
1875, at Lansing, Mich. ; they had Caroline E., b. 1820, d. 1852, unm. ; Frank- 
lin E., b. 1822, m. Lovisa W. Daniels, settled at Wacousta, Mich. ; Eli H., b. 
1826; Mary F., b. 1832; Arthur T., b. 1837, settled at Lansing; Helen 31., b. 
1841, m. Luther B. Baker of Lansing, Mich.; Eli, b. 20 Sept., 1804, m. 1 
Sept., 1829, Catherine F. Richardson, settled at Ellisburgh, where he was a 
physician, they had Laura A., b. 1833, m. Jerome Stone; Martha J., b. 1837; 
Kate A., b. 1841 ; Estes, h. 13 Aug., 1807, m. (1) 25 Dec, 1850. Elmira LcAvis, 
settled at Cincinnati, O., she d. 1855; m. (2) 31 March, 1857, Ruth A. Evans, 
he d 10 Dec, 1873, she d. 10 Aug., 1866; they had Estes, b. 1852, d. 1864; 
Leiris, b. 1853; ch. by second m., Elmirn. b. 1858, d. 1861. 

24. NEHEMIAH, son of Elisha (20), m. 22 March, 1801, Hannah, dau. of 
Elijah Davis, he d. 25 Feb., 1821, she d. 9 Aug., 1815, lived upon the home- 
stead, he was an enterprising pul)lic spirited man, selectman and assessor, cap- 
tain of militia, noted fisherman. . . . Children: Daniel, b. 9 Sept., 1801, m. 
18 May, 1830, Phebe, dau. of William Robinson, he d. 17 Oct., 1876, she d. 19 
Dec, 1868, no ch. ; Samuel, b. 17 March, 1806, m. 19 Dec, 1832, Lucinda, 
sister of Mife of his brother Daniel, he d. 26 Jan., 1881, she d. 25 Jan., 1888, 
no ch. ; Nehemiah, b. 17 April, 1809, d. 4 Sept., 1837, unm. 

25. TIMOTHY, son of Elisha (20), m. Sally, dau. of Samuel Davis, resided 
at Oxford and Sutton. He d. 15 Nov., 1821, at Ox., she d. 1 Aug., 1853, in 
Maine. . . . Children: Cynthia, b. 22 March, 1796, atOx.,m. Calvin Comins, 
settled at Eddington, Maine, removed to Passadumkeag, where she d. 24 
Sept., 1865; they had Elmore 1)., b. 15 .July, 1830, m. 1860, Nannie D. Oakes, 
Vesidence, Modesto, Cal. ; Sally, b. 27 Nov., 1797, m. Ezra D. Sparhawk of 
Ox.; Salem, b. 8 Nov., 1800, d. aged 78, 10 Nov., 1878, unm. ; Maky, 1). 26 
Oct., 1803, m. 22 Nov., 1831, Franklin Adams, settled at Eddington, Me., re- 
moved to Bangor, where she d. 21 April, 1871 ; they had Benjamin F,, h. 1833, 
residence, Bangor; Abhi/ A., b. 1839; Davis R, b. 1840; Estes F.,h. 1843; 
Estes H., b. 2 March, 1809, d. 1838, at Ox.; Elsie, b. 30 Dec, 1812, m. (1) 6 
April. 1840, Jairus Sparhawk, no ch., he d. 26 June, 1860; m. (2) 17 July, 1863, 
Maverick Jennison ; Augustus, b. 1815, d. 1833, at Grafton; Freeman, 1). 22 
Nov., 1817, m. 15 Aug., 1858, Catherine Oakes, settled at Eddington, and had 
George E., b. 1861; Catherine E., b. 1863; Charles A., b. 1865, d. 1874. 

26. JOHN, son of Samuel (1), m. (1) 27 Oct., 1757, Deborah Weld of Rox- 
bury, his cousin, who d. 6 Oct., 1777; m. (2) 7 Oct., 1778, Mrs. Susanna Kid- 
der of Dudley; he d. 10 May, 1801, .she d. aged 65, 31 May 1813; settled on 

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474 DAVIS. 

the liomt'Stead, was a good member of society, and deacon of the Church, 
constahk; and assessor. . . . Children : Mary, b. 30 June, 1760, m. 3 .Jan., 
1788, Nathaniel liealy and settled at Dudley, he d. 12 June, 1812, she d. 21 
Dec, 1826; John, b. 1762, d. 1774; Deuorah, b. 1764, d. 1766; Dkbokah, b. 
9 Nov., 1766, d. 1831, unm. ; Sarah, b. 1769. d. 1773; Jksse, b. 17 March, 1771. 
d. 1827, at Livennore, Me., unm. ; Sarah, b. 10 Feb., 1774, m. Peter, son of 
Ebenezer Humphrey ; ch. by second m. : John, b. 14 May, 1779 ; Nathaniki,, b. 
9 June, 1781; Luther, b. 1788, d. 1786; Enoch, h. 178,5, d. 1786; Luther, b. 
29 Sept., 1787, m. (1) 1827, Mrs. Sarah Sa\ cetland, settled at Concord, N. Y., 
she d. 10 Nov., 1833; m. (2) 1842, Mrs. Sarah Rice, hed. 11 Jan., 1864, she d. 
1863; ch. by lirst m., Adeline M., h. 1828, m. 2 June, 1858, Edward G. Gibson; 
Susanna, b. 10 June, 1791, ra. Francis Sibley. 

27. JOHN, son of John (26), m. 2.5 Nov., 1809, Dolly, dau. of Asa Larned, 
settled at Oxford, removed 1811 to Montajj^ue. He d. 7 Feb., 1862, she d. 24 
Oct., 1852, both at Montague. . . . Children: Larned, b. 28 Feb., 1811, m. 
(I) 5 Sept., 1833, Mary A. Parmenter, removed to Mt. Palatine, 111., where .she 
d. 29 July, 1848, m. (2) 5 April, 1849, Keziah J. Laughlin. he d. 14 Dec, 1887; 
ch. by first m., John, b. 25 Sept., 1834, m. in Iowa; Dwight, b. 14 July, 1837, 
m. and settled at Chatsworth, HI. ; Otis B., h. 5 Jan., 1839, ra. and resides in 
Illinois; Everett P., b. 9 Dec, 1841, m. and settled at Mt. Palatine, 111., where 
he d. 28 .Vug., 1875; Philena M., b. 14 April, 1847, m. James 11. Morris and set- 
tled at Ashland, Neb. ; Ellsha, b. 27 Aug., 1813, at Montague, m. 9 May, 1843, 
Mary C, dau. of Daniel Larned of Wealhersiield, Vt., his cousin, he d. 18 
Nov., 1869, at Montague; they had Alma M., b. 1844; Lucy E., b. 1845; Elislta 
E., b. 1857; Susan, b. 1818, Sylvia, b. 1819, both d. young. 

28. NATHANIEL, son of John (26), m. 4 Dec, 1817, Lucy, dau. of John 
Mayo, settled on the homestead, where both d. He d. 28 Oct., 1850, she d. 17 
July, 1870. . . . Children: Lucy, b. 9 Dec, 1818, unm.; John, b. 14 Nov., 
1820, m. 18 April, 1852, Mrs. Marilla Thompson, m. n. Greenman, of Buffalo, 
N. Y., settled at Ox., he d. 19 May, 1880, she d. aged 55, 5 March, 1886; they 
had Nathaniel M., b. 24 Nov., 1853, m. 26 Sept., 1877, Nellie K., dau. of 
George Appleby, residence, Worcester; they had Ida, b. 1878, d. 1879; Charles 
II., h. 12 July, 1881; John F., b. 28 Jan., 1856; Samuel A., b. 30 Nov., 1858, 
unm., d. Sept., 1888, at Worcester; William II., b. 12 Oct., 1801, d. 1890, at 
Worcester; Mart/ Anne, b. 10 March, 1865, m. Elmer E. Ki-ith ; Lucy L., h. 
1868, d. 1881. 

BENJAMIN, son of Benjamin of Dudley [wiio was grandson of William 
and son of lchal)0(l, both of Koxbury, and resided 1750 at Dudley, and known 
as "Retailer Ben"], b. 1710, at Roxbury, came about 1734 from Dudley t(t 
Ox., bought 1740 of Samuel Davis 85 acres Bernon land in east part of the 
town, near Lucien M. Chaffee's, II. 22, house long ago removed, was Lieut, in 
the Frencli war, settled on his return near Nipmuck Pond, on Thompson's 
grant, where, tradition says, he had a contract with heirs of Thompson to 
clear laud for sheep-walks. Later in life he was ejected on a suit at law. Uv 
was a man of integrity and judgment, whose standing is shown from the fact 
that in 1763, when trouble arose in Sutton on the matter of Dr. Hall's salary, 
Mr. Davis, and Josiah Brewer and Rev. Thaddeus Maccarty, both of Worces- 
ter, were chosen a board of referees to settle the case. He was representative 
ill 1749.' lie 111. i;! March, 1734, Sibyl, dau. of Joseph Rockett, lirst female cli. 



1 From Ills liouso a bridle [bridal?] path rau of Steplieu Strecter In Douglas. Three sons o£ 
southeast through the woods to near the house Davis m. three daughters of Streeter. 



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recorded iu Ox., he d. 1787. . . . Children, except last, b. at Ox. : Sibyl, b. 
28 Dec, 173(), in. William Davis; Joseph, b. 1739, d. 1741; Joseph; Ckaft, 
b. 15 April, 1744; Benjamin, b. 5 March, 1747 ; Susanna, b. 1749, m. John 
Bound; James Hovey, b. 27 July, 1751; Ezekiel, b. 17 Jan., 1754; Sarah, 
b. 3 Dec, 1759, m. Francis Blandin, no ch. 

2. JOSEPH, son of Benjamin (I), m. (1) 15 Jan., 1771, Hannah, tlau. of 
William Lamb, m. (2) Jemima, dau. of William Davis, bought in 1790 the 
Thomas Huukins place, H. 34, sold in 1795 and removed to the Silas Fitts 
place, H. 39, and thence in 1807 to the place in the north part of Webster, now 
George Tanner's, where he d. 14 Sept., 1813, teamster to Boston many years, 
known as "Honest Joe." . . . Children: William, b. about 1779; Polly, d. 
unm. ; Lucy, m. John Mayo; Lois, m. William Hui'd, 

3. WILLIAM, son of Joseph (2), m. 6 Sept., 1803, Rachel, dau. of Dea. 
Ebenezer Hnmphrey, lived 8 years at his father's and removed to Dudley, he 
d. 28 Feb., 1848, at Webster, aged 69, she d. 9 March, 1873, at Southbridge. 

. . . Children, first 4 b. at Ox. : Jemima, b. 10 Oct., 1803, m. 7 April, 1828, 
Elliot Mansfield of Dudley, where they settled, he d. 15 May, 1865, had 7 ch., 
all d excepting George E. , living with his mother at West Dudley ; John, b. 9 
March, 1806, m. Adelaide, dau. of Dr. Daniel Tiftany, settled at Webster, where 
he d. 25 July, 1888; they had Emily, d. aged 20; Edwin T., m. Frances Chase 
of Worcester, residence, Webster; John P.; Ebenezer H., b. 4 May, 1808, 
m. Polly Taft of Uxbridge, where they settled, had Bohert H., d. 1868, aged 
31, he d. 12 Jan., 1888, at Webster; Ruth A., b. 9 Dec, 1811, m. Joshua 
Jacobs of Scituate, where they settled, removed to Medford; had Mary E., 
m. Henry Hinckley, residence, Medford; Mary, b. 5 Dec, 1814, m. Homer P. 
Hunt of Douglas, no ch., he d. 5 April, 1883, she d. 24 Sept., 1845, both at 
Providence, R. I. ; Alonzo, b. 3 July, 1816, m. Miranda Jacobs of North- 
bridge, where they settled, removed to Franklin, had ch., residence, 1888, 
East Douglas; William H., b. 1 Feb., 1820, m. Emily M., dau. of Samuel 
Reynolds of Killingly, Conn., settled at Webster, prominent citizen, justice of 
the peace, associate justice of the Court for the Southei'n District of Worces- 
ter, special County Commissioner, he d. 20 Oct., 1882, from the effects of 
a fall in July previous; they had Sarah E., m. William F. Branch of Nor- 
wich, Conn., residence, Webster; Clinton W., residence, Webster; Annie L. 

4. CRAFT, son of Benjamin (1), m. 16 Jan., 1772, Catherine, dau. of 
Stephen Streeter of Douglas, settled in south part of Ox., now Webster, 1 
mile from the east village, noted hunter and fisherman, she is spoken of as 
having been a person of uncommon worth, he d. 5 Dec, 1836, aged 92, she d. 
about 1812. . . . Children: Sarah, b. 26 Sept., 1772, d. young; Benjamin, 
b. 20 Sept., 1774; Sally, b. 5 Dec, 1778, m. (1) Joshua Wetherell, m. (2) 
Rufus Hnmphrey; Ward, b. 1 Dec, 1782; Katie, b. 2 April, 1784, m. 31 
May, 1804, Roger Stevens of North Brookfield, where they settled, 4 ch., she 
d. 19 July, 1870; Craft, b. 18 July, 1780; John, b. 13 Oct., 1788, d. 1803; 
Stephen, b. 22 June, 1791; Sukey, b. 15 Aug., 1794, m. N. Webb Hall; 
James Hovey, b. 7 Nov., 1797; Lucbtta, b. 21 April, 1803, m. Jonathan Har- 
wood. 

5. BENJAMIN, son of Craft (4), m. 3 Oct., 1796, Theodocia Barnes of 
Ware, b. 23 June, 1776, settled and d. at Ware, he d. 19 Sept., 1861, she d. 29 
Jan., 1861. . . . Children: Nancy, b. 17 March, 1800, m. (1) Reuben Sherman, 
m. (2) William Goodwin, residence, Stafford Springs, Conn. ; Elmira, b. 31 
Dec, 1801, m. Calvin Whitaker, residence. Ware; Cynthia, b. 21 Feb., 1804, 



470 DAVIS. 

111. Kliiicr Lnoiiiis, ri-iiliiic.', Wan;; Wii.i.UM I'., 1). C, Sept., 180G, in. 1836, 
Elizabctli liiiUock, was irraduated 183a at Union Collej^e. N. Y., clcrjivnian, 
settled 1835 over Ifefornied Dutch Church at GuilderUind, N. Y., for 35 years, 
rcniosed 1879 to Lawyersville, N. Y., Avherc he was, 1885, the setth'd pastor; 
they had EU-ahi-th J/., b. 1838; Caroline, h. 1842; iVilliam E.,h. 1845, clergy- 
man in high standing at South Branch, N. J. ; Susan J., b. 1848; Manj S., b. 
1851; (Catherine T., b. 1855; Juseph P., b. 185Ii, studying, 1«81, at New 
Brunswick Theological Seminary; Sakah, b. 13 Feb., 1809, ra. James F. 
Brooks, residence, Statlbrd Springs, Conn. ; Bkn.iamin, b. 16 July, 1811, m. 4 
May, 1836, Cordelia Bulllngton of Ashford, resided at Ware and Palmer, a 
leading citizen; they had Benjamin F., b. 1837, prominent at Enfield, repre- 
sentative; George R., h. 3 Jan., 1840, at Palmer, lawyer at Chicago, went to 
tile late war with the nine months men as Captain of Co. II, 8th Ki;gt., Mass. 
Vols., ne.xt enlisted and served to the close of the war as Major of 3d R. I. 
Cavalry, served witli Sheridan in the Indian eainpaign, and later in Quarter- 
master's Department at Chicago, left military life and was general agent of 
Hartford Life and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Companies for the 
Nortliwest, was six years representative in Congress from second district 
of Chicago, next four years County Treasurer of Cook Co., 111., including 
Chicago, his term expiring Dec, 1890, at present, 1891, Director General of 
the World's Columbian Exhibition, Chicago; Henry C, was graduated at Har- 
vard College, successful lawyer at Ware; Willard G., b. 1 March, 1814, 
m. 3 March, 1846, Mary A. Tygert of Dunnsville, X. Y. ; no cli. ; was grad- 
uated at Albany Medical College, physician at 1). for over 40 years; Lucy P., 
d. unni. ; Caroline, m. John Baker of Stafford Springs, Conn., where she 
d. [Seven sons of the daughters of Benjamin (5) served in the late war] 

6. WARD, son of Craft (4), m. Roby Green of Smithfield, R. I., settleil at 
Ox., removed about 1810 to Brookfield and thence to Ware, where he spent 
most of his life, be d. 1863, at Worcester, she d. 1846. . . . Children : Addi- 
son, b. 25 Dec, 1805, d. 1826; Polly Green, b. 20 May, 1807, d. 1826; John, 
b. 29 March, 1809, m. (1) July, 1833, Clementina Buck, 5 ch., m. (2) 3 April, 
1845, Kniily Buck, residence, Geneseo, 111.; Ward, b. 1813, m. 11 Oct., 1836, 
S. E. Wetherell, 8 ch., residence, Geneseo; Catherine, b. 1815, d. 2 July, 
1843; KoBY, b. 1817, in. 10 Sept., 1846, John Speare; F.anny, b. 1819, d. 8 
Oct., 1845; Caleh G., b. 1821, d. 1825; Stephen, b. 1824, d. 1825; Addison, 
1). 1 Aug., 1826, twice m., d. ; Mary G., b. 1830, m. Charles Gage, 3 ch., 
residence, Louisa, Ivy. 

7. CRAFT, son of Craft (4), m. intentions 12 May, 1810, Lucinda, dan. of 
.lames Cudworth, settled in southeast part of 0.\., H. 40, carpenter and 
farmer, he d. 7 April, 1871, she d. aged 88, 22 Sept., 1871. . . . Children: 
Jarkd, 1). 9 Oct., 1811, m. Rosina, dan. of Robert Smith of Webster, settled 
at Ox., removed 18.36 to Concord, N. Y. ; J. Briant, b. 6 Dec, 1812, drowned 
in Dudley, 21 Nov., 1827; Emery, b. 19 Jan., 1814, m. intentions 27 Oct., 
1836, Hnth, dau. of Royal Corbin of Webster, settled at Ox., removed to 
Iowa; had Charles E., resided at Lafayette, Ind. ; George IL, m. Emily, dau. 
of FraukliM F. Ryder; Albert, resided in Iowa; Lexois, resided in Iowa; 
Emery, the father, d. in Iowa; Joseph C, b. 13 May, 1816, m. 19 April, 1840, 
Mary, dau. of David Worseley, lived in Ox. and Webster, now at Eastford, 
Conn. ; they had Elizaheth, m. Whitman Bosworth of Woodstock, Conn. ; 
Augusta, m. Ammi Hull of Woodbury, Conn. ; Levira, m. 13 June, 1847, 
Truman Parsons of Amenia, N. Y., resided in New York city, Penn. and Ox., 



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removed 1883 to Spencer; had Ida, b. 1868, at N. Y. ; Walter, b. 1870, at 
Athens, Pa.; Everett, b. 1872, at Ox.; Mary A., b. 1874; Ella H., 1). 1876; 
Eugene F., b. 1877; Maud, b. 1879; Warren, m. and lives West; Lmnan, 
Welcome, Arthur, John, Xelly, m. John Williams of Eastf ord ; Ckaft, b. 6 
April, 1818; John, b. 1 May, 1821, m. (1) 16 Oct., 1845, Ruth, dan. of Joseph 
Healy, and had Clorinda, resided, 1888, at Providence, R. 1.; Mary, d. 1857; 
Austin, d. 1877, aged 24; she d. 22 Oct., 1855, he removed to 111. and thenco 
to Neb., m. again and d. 1888, at Kearney, Neb. ; Lucinda, b. 17 July, 1823, m. 

30 Ai)ril, 1843, Stephen H. Morse, b. 10 Oct., 1821, at Boston, and had Burrill 
W., b. 23 Dec, 1843, m. Addie E. Jenks ; B. WUislow, b. 12 March, 1845, m. 
Sarah H. Curtis, druggist at Indian Orchard; James B., b. 24 Aug., 1847, m. 
Hannah C. Peck of Seekonk; Jesse C, b. 1 Nov., 1856, at East Thompson, 
Conn., m. Nellie F., dau. of Alouzo H. Dana; Stephen H., b. 21 Aug,, 1862, d. 
young. 

8. CRAFT, son of Craft (7), m. 1 Jan., 1849, Hannah E. White of Monroe, 
Me., settled at Ox., shoe manufacturer and farmer, he d. 25 Dec, 1883. . . . 
Children: Agnes L., b. 24 June, 1861; Waltek, b. 1 May, 1865; Ada L., 1). 

31 Oct., 1870. 

9. STEPHEN, son of Craft (4), m. (1) intentions 22 Jan., 1814, Anna 
Wadsworthof Grafton, settled in Ox., where she d.lOAug., 1857, m. (2)5June, 
1862, Maria Moore, he d. 19 April, 1879, aged 87. . . . Children, all by lirst ra. : 
Reuel S., b. 22 April, 1816, m. EUen Wymau of Vt., Avas graduated at Meadville 
Theological Seminary, Unitarian, preached at Leicester and Sherborn, removed 
to Sycamore, 111., Avhere he was prominent, judge of police court, he d. Aug., 
1887, at Sycamore, had ch. ; Eri B., b. 30 June, 1818, m. Catherine L., dau. 
of Artemas Goddard of Charlton, she d. aged 48, 19 Jan., 1876, at Ox. ; they 
had Anna C, Henry G., both d. young; he removed to 111.; Dexter, b. 1 
Jan., 1821, at Dudley, m. intentions 12 June, 1847, Elvira S., dau. of Rufus 
Hayward, removed to Wis., where she d. 1880, 2 ch. ; Julia Ann, b. 24 Aug., 
1823, at Dudley, m. Spaulding HoAvard of Townsend, settled at Webster, 
where he was killed in 1879 by being thrown from a carriage; they had 
Albert S., b. 21 Nov., 1847. 

10. JAMES IIOVEY, son of Craft (4), m. 3 May, 1821, Lucy, dau. of 
Lemuel Cudworth, settled at the homestead, removed about 1830 to West 
Brooktield. . . . Children: Oliver, b. 10 April, 1822, num., residence, West 
Brookfleld; Turner C, b. 1 June, 1824, m. 8 Sept., 1846, Maria, dau. of Asa 
May of Spencer, and had Alice, b. 29 Nov., 1848; Lucy Ann, b. 26 June, 
1826, m. Japhcth, son of Ozias Cortis, residence, Thompson, Conn., had ch. ; 
James B., b. 4 Oct., 1829, residence, West Brooktield; Mary B., h. 12 Oct., 
1831, at West Brooktield, m. 18 Jan., 1850, Nathaniel Bangs of Prescott, she 
d. 25 May, 1856, at West Brooktield; Azarma A., b. 21 Dec, 1834, m. 10 
April, 1851, Dexter A. Hill of North Brooktield, he d. 9 Feb., 1859; L. 
Chauncey, b. 8 March, 1838, m. 22 June, 1857, Elizabeth Thrasher of New 
Braintree, settled at West Brooktield, had ch. ; Warren A., b. 2 Feb., 1846, 
m. 30 July, 1869, Sarah A. Smith of North Brooktield, residence. West Brook- 
fleld, had ch. 

11. BENJAMIN, son of Benjamin (l),m. intentions 4 Nov., 1780, Hannah, 
dau. of Stephen Streeter of Douglas, b. 30 March, 1763, settled a half mile 
north of East Village, on the west side of the road, now Slater's, where 
he d. 29 June, 1803, she d. 5 March, 1847, at Worcester. . . . Children: 
Hannah, b. 24 Aug., 1782, m. John Chadwick of Worcester, where they 



478 DAVIS. 

settl.il. 111' (I. hrforc 1817, shrd. 18 March, 1847; they had iS^ep/ien, d. unm. ; 
Bktsky, \). 15 April, 1784, in. Josiah Hnnie of Donj^las, lived at various 
factory villages, i)otli d. at Millbury; they had EH.-:<i, in. Francis Collier of 
Worcester, and had William F. ; Adalinc, m. William Hyan of Milll)urj'; 
Lucina, m. Silas Harle of Huljbardston; Mary, ni. Edward Dunham (jf Ox.; 
Mercy, m. Edwin Liverraore of Millbury; Hannah, m. Cyrus Prouty of 
Leice.ster; Benjamin, m. Lucy Gale of Millbury; Julia, m. Joseph Wickham 
of Savannah, O. ; Reuben, m. Delia Bacon of Millbury; Willai-d, m. Mary A. 
Fuller of Milll)ury; Isaac, m. Lydia Fuller of Millbury; Fidelia, m. Edward 
Blodjrett of Holland; Anna, b. 18 May, 1786, m. Ebenezer Foster; Mauy, b. 
11 April, 1788, ni. Luke Kice of Worcester, 4 eh., all d., he d. at Sonthbridge, 
she d. 27 March, 1868, at Worcester; Isaac, b. 4 Oct., 1790, in. Jernsha Nash 
of Ilolden, lived at Ox., Holden and Brookfleld, he d. 1864, at New Hraintree; 
Samuki., i). r, Feb., 179:^, m. Judith Nash, .3 eh., he d. 1826 at Rowe from the 
kick of a horse, she d. 1829, at Holden; Reubkn, b. 28 April, 1795; Olivk, b. 
26 March, 1797, m. 10 Jan., 1815, Daniel Tatman of Worcester, where he d. 
17 Dec, 1865, she d. 23 April, 1884; they had Olive, b. 1816; Daniel D., b. 
1819; Benjamin D.,h. 1822, d. 1839; Stephen, h. and d. 1826; LxUher lJ.,h. 
1831, d. 1832; Bufus D., b. 1834; Prudknck, b. 7 April, 1802, m. 6 Dec, 1821, 
John Tatman, brother of Daniel, settled at Worcester, he d. 8 April, 1M70, 
aged 84, she d. 25 Aug., 1880; they had lAicy, Sarah, Emily, d., Charles, 
Nancy, d., John, Samuel. 

12. REUBEN, son of Benjamin (11), m. (1) 18 Feb., 1819, Charlotte 
Richardson of Boston, b. 1795, at Boston, m. (2) Calista Sargent of Webster, 
he d. 1878, at Thompson, Conn. . . . Children: Thomas R., b. 24 May, 1820, 
m. (1) 1842, Elizabeth McCombas of Pa.; they had at Ox. James A. and 
(ri'orye W. ; ra. (2) Ellen Blazier, b. 1862, at Worcester, and had Beuhen, b. 
1864, in I'a. ; Charlotte M., b. 1866, at Thompson, Conn. ; TJiomas G., b. 1870, 
at Thompson; Thomas, the father, d. 7 March, 1872. at Thompson; Hannah 
S., b. 1 Nov., 1821. m. 30 Oct., 1841, Jacob W. Saunders, and had Ellen, b. 
1851, at Wei)ster; Hannah S., d. in Minn.; Rkubkn A., b. 4 July, 1825, d. 
aged 19, at Ox.; Samukl, b. 16 July, 1828, at Worcester, m. 6 Dec, 1842, 
Maria Byfleld of Thompson, Conn., and had Henry F., b. 1848. at Ox.; 
Samuel A., b. 1851. at Webster; John, b. 13 March, 1830, at Ox., m. 3 Dec, 
1848, Lydia, dan. of Godfrey Morris of Webster; had Angenette, b. 1851, 
at Webster; John, b. 1854, at Webster, residence, Dayville, Conn.; Joskpii 
B., b. k; July, 1832, d. young; BEN.rAMiN, b. 23 Jan., 1837, d. aged 16, at 
Webster. 

13. J.\MES IIOVEV. son of Benjamin (1 ), soldier in the Revolutionary 
war, m. intentions 5 July, 1777, Mary, dan. of Stephen Streeter of Douglas, 
he d. 1803 [James Ilovey Davis, d. 3 Jan., 1797, Ox. Kec], she m. (2) Jacob 
Kingsbury. . . . Children: Ezkkiel, b. 20 June, 1784, num., insane, d. at 
Webster almshouse; Hknky, 1). 27 May, 1786, m. Sally Torrey, removed to 
Maine, where he d., had ch. ; Asa, b. 5 Aug., 1788, lived and d. at Charlton, 
blacksmith; Rkbkcoa, b. 30 April, 1791, ra. Rufus, son of Daniel Kingsbury; 
Syhki.a, I). 4 .March, 1796, m. Rufus Kingsbury, second w. 

14. EZKKIEL, son of Benjamin (1), m. intentions 25 Jan., 1783, Elizabeth, 
(Ian. of Thiiodore Kingsbury, settled near Wel)Ster line, II. 53. he d. 10 April, 
1845, she il. 11 Aug., 1846, aged 83. . . . Children: Alick, b. 27 July, 1783, 
m. Lyman, son of Ebenezer (Jould; Bktsey, b. 19 Dec, 1786, m. Willard 
Young; Joski-h, b. 22 May, 1789, m. (1) intentions 3i> Jan., 1812, Cynthia, 



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Bigelow of Worcester, m. (2) Nancy Stockwell of Thompson, Conn., no ch. ; 
Lucy, h. 3 Nov., 1792, d. 5 Dec, 1867, unm. ; Solomon, I). 25 Jan., 1796, m. 

(1) intentions 16 Dec. 1821, Eliza Nash of Holdeu, resided at Ox., Paxton 
and Holden, tavern keeper, she d. 10 Dec, 1823, m. (2) Tabitha Snow, he d. 
7 Sept., 1867; ch. by first m. Fra7icis N., m. Lucy, dau. of Ebenezer Foster, 
hed. 11 Dec, 1884, at Webster; tliey had William, b. 1852, Charles, b. 1855, 
both Methodist ministers; Lavina, b. 5 March, 1798, m. 5 July, 1820, Capt. 
Solomon Ilarwood, second w., she m. (2) Perry Curtis; Maktiia, b. 24 June, 
1800. m. Francis Nash; Rosalixda, b. 6 May, 1804, m. Amos Sluimway, Jr. 

15. ABEL, grandson of Benjamin (1), m. 9 Dec, 180G, Tryphena, dau. of 
James Hill of Dudley, he d. aged 69, 10 Jan., 1854, she d. aged 78, 16 May, 
1864. . . . Children: Barnabas, d. 18 Aug., 1808; Barnabas, b. 6 Aug., 

1809, m. (1) Lydia Morse of Douglas, where they settled, removed to Ox., m. 

(2) 6 Sept., 1857, Esther E. Cooper of Burrillville, K. I., she d. 6 Aug., 1877, 
m. (3) 9 May, 1878, Sophia Wakefield of Webster; ch. by first m. Martin V. B., 
b. 1834, at Douglas, m. (1) Louisa Sayles of Burrillville, and had at Ox. 
Everett and Evelyn; m. (2) Sarah J., dau. of Barlow Hoyle of Webster and 
had Miriam C, family removed 1879 to Detroit, Minn.; Miriam, m. Charles 
Copeland of Millville, where they settled, and had Ernest; Sally, b. Sept., 

1810, m. Uriah Knight, resided at Waterloo, N. Y., where she d. about 1876, 
no ch. ; Abigail, b. 3 July, 1813, m. (1) George Moore of Stafford, Conn. ; 
had George, d. ; m. [2) 1844, Sylvester Phipps, second av., he d. 13 Sept., 
1879 ; Lament, b. Nov., 1815, m. Adaline Albee of Uxbridge, where they settled, 
2 sons; Abel, b. Aug., 1819, residence, 1890, H. 57, south part of Ox., m. 
CI) 11 May, 1845. Abigail, dau. of William Larned of Ox., she d. 16 Sept., 
1861 ; they had Laura, b. 27 Jan., 1846, m. 30 June, 1867, Emory Humes; Ira 
W., b. 6 Feb., 1852; Henrietta, b. 16 Aug., 1854; Abigail, the mother, d. 
Sept., 1861. m. (2) Jane, dau. of Ethermore Vinton of Charlton, and had 
Luman, b. 27 Jan., 1865; Jane; the mother d., he m. (3) Maria J., dau. of 
Aaron Ingraham of Bolton. Conn., and had Herbert A., b. 22 Feb., 1870; 
Grace A., b. 12 Dec, 1877; Diantiia. b. March, 1822, m. Loreu W., son of 
Elisha Cady of Brooklyn, Conn., settled at SouthI)ridge, removed to Ox., 
where he d. 19 Aug., 1865; they had George D., b. 20 Sept., 1847, d. young; 
William C, b. 29 June, 1851 ; Flora A., b. 18 Aug., 1861 ; J. Milton, b. May, 
1825, m. Roxana, dau. of Ono E. Humphrey; had F7-ed, h. Jan., 1855, ra. 
Minnie Harris; Arthur, b. June, 1861. [George A., son of Abel, aged 23, d. 
26 Aug., 1874.] 

WIJJJAM, son of Joseph of Woodstock, Conn., baptized March, 1743, 
m 5 July, 1764, Sibyl, d.au. of Benjamin Davis (1). His father removed to a 
farm near the southeast corner of Oxford in Douglas.' He made trays, brooms 
and other wood utensils, which he and his son William peddled in the vicinity. 
Hed. not far from 1815. . . . Children: Ruth, num., d. on the homestead; 
Jemima, ra. David Hicks of Sutton, and had Davis, d. joung; Rachel, m. 
Simeon Upham of Dudley ; Chloe, m. Joshua Jenney of Rhode Island, set- 
tled near the homestead, and had Joseph, unm., residence 1890 at the home- 
stead; James; Ben.iamin, m. Anna, dau. of Noah Hill of Douglas, where 
they settled; William, unm., of unsound mind; Lavina, in. Daniel Leonard 
of Taunton, settled at Oxford, and had Z/«n7m, removed to Taunton. He had 
by a former wife Daniel, Jesse, Ruth, and others. 



1 The Court record names him ;is of Woodstock in May, IT^.S, and of Douglas iu Feh., 1747. 



480 DAVIS. 

2. JAMES, son of Williiim (1), ni. 29 March, 1708, Koxana Briggs, settled 
near the homestead, d. air«Ml 76, 12 Dec, 1842 [Ox. Rec.]. . . . Childrpn: 
Jamks, ]). 23 June, 1709, in. Rhoda, dan. of Benj. Pierce of Ludlow. Vt.. res- 
idence, Vermont, had ch. Leander, his son, was in the late war and d. soon 
after his return. James, the father, was killed in a mill wheel in 1840, she d. 
about 1836; Alpiikus, b. 26 July, 1801, m. intentions 7 Nov.. 1826, Dulcena, 
dau. of Nathan White of Sturbridge, b.. 11 Jan., 1806, settled at Ox., removed 
to Charlton; they had Eleanor, Mary Ann, d., Alphens, Dnh-ena, Orison in 
Ox., Jnmcs W., Winthrop, Mary Ann, tinned., Frances, Martha A., d., la.st 5 
b. at Charlton; he d. 30 Oct., 1877, she d. 8 Dec, 1863; BowKRfi. went to 
Vermont, d. Oct., 1836; Reuben, m. 8 Dec, 1833, Jerusha, dau. of Capt. 
Cornelius Putnam of Ox., settled at Ox., he d. aged 58, 12 Nov., 1863; they 
had Olive A., b. 18 March, 1834, m. Levans W. Sibley of Sutton, removed to 
Michigan; Cornelius P., h. 15 April, 1837, unm., soldier in the late war in 
51st Regt. Mass. Vols., d. 1 July, 1863, at New Berne. N. C. ; Boiners, b. 14 
Jan., 1840, m. Sarah J., dau. of Elbridge Wallis of Douglas, residence. West 
Sutton, had ch., was a soldier in the same Company with Cornelius P.; 
Beuhen, b. 21 March, 1842, m. Josephine L. Tiiikham of North Scituate, 
R. I., where they resided; Maria L., b. 15 April, 1844, was a successful 
teacher, m. and resides South; Roxana, m. Edward Putnam of Sntton, where 
they settled, resided at Southbridge and otlier places, she d. in 1883 at Centre 
Harbor, N. II.; they had Daris, went West, Roxana, Andrei'- J., Lydia. the 
two latter reside at Centre Harbor; Winthrop, b. about 1816, d. 1837, aged 
21 ; William J., num., learned the carpenter's trade at Southbridge, became a 
Roman Catholic, studied at the College in Worcester, left for San Francisco, 
entered business and was pecuniarily successful, embarked for the east in the 
'* Golden Gate," and was lost; Jemima, m. Hiram L. Clements of Hampton, 
N. H., Avhere he d. about 1875, no ch. ; Andrew J., left his home in youth 
and not heard from. 

WI LLl AM, son of William of Roxbury, b. 6 June, 1704. [His father was the 
son of John of Roxbury and brother of Dea. Samuel of Oxford.] He bought 
land in Ox., 1724. and probal)ly came here aiiout that time; in 1739, and for 
.several years after, was a licensed innholder; owned the Benjamin ('ham- 
borlain property on the west side of Main Street from Quaboag Lane at the 
Benjamin Paine house, H. 221, northward to the present Mrs. Hyde's i)lace, H. 
240. It is impossible to fix upon his residence. It may have been the Dr. Cush- 
man house or the old tavern stand. He m. 4 Feb., 1742, Elizabeth, dau. of Isaac 
Larned, no ch. He d. 14 Aug., 1775, she d. aged 76, 1 March, 1796. He sold 
in 1760 his estate on the Plain and 1761 bought the house and lot in the fork 
of tlie Sutton road, H. 25, where l)oth d. 

[Extract from his will, " I give to Elizabeth Davis, my wife, one-half of 
all my indoor movables of all sorts and one-third of the income of all my real 
estate, so long as she is my widow but to cease at her marriage. ... I give 
to four children of my brother John Davis of Roxbury, viz: John, Nathaniel, 
Charity Murdock, and Abigail Davis, all my real estate and all the remainder 
of my personal estate." Elisha Davis was executor. The selectmen fearing 
she would become a town charge arranged with these heirs for her suiiport, 
they yielding to her the house and outliuildings antl agreeing to pay not less 
than nine or more than ten pounds per annum towards her supjwrt.] 

EBENEZEH, supposed sou of Josepli and Elizabeth (liane) Davis of Brook- 
line, near l^oxbury, b. 11 Nov., 1717, bought of William Davis, in 1739, fifty 



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acres on Long Hill now Shepardson's ; m. 12 Oct., 1742, Lydia Dana, pei'haps 
sistei' of Phlnehas. He d. May, 1792, she d. before that date. Edward Davis 
of Dudley was his executor. . . . Children: Elizabeth, b. 2 May, 1743, m. 
19 Jan., 1763, Dea. Edward Davis of Dudley, and had Amasa, b. 26 Dec, 1763, 
at Ox. ; Elizabeth, b. 22 Feb., 1766, d. 1775; Edward, b. 5 Jan., 1768 : Tamma, 
b. 25 Nov., 1769; Dolly, b. 18 Feb., 1772; Eden, b. 27 March, 1774, d. 1 Oct., 
1822, num.; shed. 16 Oct., 1776; Ebenezer, b. 4 Oct., 1744, Revolutionary 
soldier, m. (1) intentions 25 April, 1777, Mrs. Sarah Town of Sutton, m. (2) 
10 Jan., 1784, Mary Wakefield of Sutton, m. (3) 20 Oct., 1787, Hannah Gary 
of Ponifret. he d. 13 July, 1794; Lydia, b. 28 Sept., 1746, d. young; Abigail, 
b. 6 Fel)., 1749, m. Jonathan Pratt, Jr.; Jonas, b. 5 May, 1751, d. young; 
Lydia, b. 5 May, 17.")4, m. Ebenezer White of Dudley: Susanna, b. 11 July, 
1757, d. young; Maky, b. 21 Jan., 1760, in. Abncr Allen of Charlton; Susan- 
na, b. 31 Jan., 1762, m. (1) John Carroll of Sutton, they had adau., ni. John 
Howard, John, d. young, Henry, she ni. (2) Dea. Aaron Elliot of Sutton, he 
d., she removed to Ox., where she d. 20 April, 1845, aged 83; Rebecca, b. 8 
March, 1765, m. Joseph Sparhawk, no ch., she d. 1837; Dorcas, b. 24 Feb., 
1769, m. 14 Jan., 1795, Gilbert Crane. 

JOSEPH L., b. 16 July, 1800, at Montville, Conn., son of Micajah and Bet- 
sey (Latimer), came to Oxford in 1838, settled at Texas Village where he lived 
eight years, and bought in 1847 of Reuben Aborn, H. 130, a lot and built the 
house in Avhich he resided until his death; blacksmith. He m. Oct., 1838, 
Finelia, dan. of Nathan Streeter of Southbridge, b. 1811. He d. aged 84. 2 
March, 1885. . . . Children: Joseph L., b. 20 Sept., 1839, m. Sarah F. Put- 
nam of Worcester, where they settled, had ch. ; Elizabeth, b. 9 May, 1842, 
m. 1869, Lemuel W. Harris of Worcester, second wife, and had George W., 
b. March, 1870, residence, Worcester; James E., b. 1 June, 1845, m. Jennie 
Ray of Woonsocket, R. I., merchant at Rochdale, resided in 1888 on the 
homestead. 

GEORGE W., b. 9 Dec, 1827, in Rhode Island, son of Robert, m. 5 Jan., 
1849, Emily A., dau. of Edward II. Shuraway, settled at North Oxford, and 
had Augusta E., b. 3 Aug., 1855, m. 1882, George H. Browning; Mikanda 
S., b. 13 Oct., 1858, m. 1881, William P. Bowditch. 

JONAS, Revolutionary soldier. 

JUDE, his son John, and an infant resided at Oxford 1780. 

EBENEZER, aged 49, d. 13 July, 1794. 

RUTH, w. of Samuel, Jr., d. 28 July, 1797. 

RUTH, widow, aged 96, d. 4 March, 1799, 

HANNAH, w. of Ebenezer, d. 24 Sept., 1802. 

EMILY, dau. of Joseph, d. 26 Feb., 1824. 

NANCY, w. of Joseph, d. 22 Feb., 1826. 

DEBORAH, aged 65, d. 30 April, 1831. 

JAMES, and Abigail Sibley, m. intentions 30 March, 1834. 

WILLARI), aged 46, d. 1 April, 1834. 

HANNAH S., and Jacob W. Saunders of SmithlicUl, R. I., m. int. 2 Oct., 1841. 

ALEXANDER, son of Reuben, aged 19, d. 15 Aug., 1842. 

SARAH J., dau. of Charles, d. 22 Aug., 1844. 

ANN, w. of Eden, aged 48, d. 28 June, 1847. 

SALLY, aged 77. d. 31 Oct., 1848. 

POLLY, aged 76, d. 3 Jan.. 1851. 

LOUISA M., dau. of George, of Burrillvillc, R. I., aged 32, d. 28 July, 1872. 
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482 DAVIS. — DEAN. 

JOSHUA, af,'(fl f;9. d. 17 Jan., 1877. 
ESTHER, in. n. Cooper, d. 6 Aug., 1877. 

DAY, RALPH, Dodliam, 1045, had Ralph, ni. Sarah Fnllor. They had, 
^vith others, Ralph, b. 1683, m. 30 June, 1716, Martlia Battle, and had Ralph, 
b. 1717, and Jonathan, b. 22 Dec, 1719, m. (1) 7 July, 1743, Hannah Battle of 
Dedhani; ra. (2) intentions 7 Aug., 1784, Prudence Whiting of Dedham; 
bought 1783, being then of Needham, the home lot of Joseph Chamberlain, 
Bondet Hill, H. 38, sold one-half 1784 to David his son, and d. there 4 Jan., 
1802. . . . Children: Jonathan, b. 4 May, 1744, m. 21 May, 1767, Mary, dau. 
of John Mayo, settled at Dudley, now Webster, prior to 21 Oct., 1776; he was 
a leading man, able and honorable, colonel of militia, coroner; he d. 10 May, 
1819; ch. : Jonathan, b. 1768, d. young; Mary,h. 1770, d. young; Jahpz,h. 
1772, m. Sally Eddy, settled in Dudley [father of Gen. Jonathan, b. 1779, d. 
1871, at Worcester] ; Jonathan, b. 1774, d. young; Dolly, b. 1776, m. Asa Har- 
ris; Hannah, b. 1778, m. Augustus, brother of Sally Eddy; Behecca, b. 1781, 
m. Parker Palmer; Elizabeth, b. 1784, m. Rufus Larned; John H.,h. 1787, m. 
9 Sept., 1821, Patty Kidder, he d. 1865 [father of Augustus E. of Web.ster] ; 
David, b. about 1759. 

2. DAVID, son of Jonathan (1), m. Mercy, dau. of Nathaniel Fisher of 
Franklin, settled on his father's farm, where he d. aged 33, 17 June, 1792; en- 
sign in militia. His widow m. 29 April, 1798, Ebenezer Howard of Thompson, 
Conn., she d. 3 Aug., 1841, aged 85. . . . Children: Ehexezer, d. young; 
David, 1). 12 April, 1779, m. (1) 30 March, 1808, Sarah Gates of Worcester, 
where they settled, she was long an invalid, d. 7 Oct., 1831, aged 49; m. (2) 7 
April, 1835, Rebecca, dau. of John Mayo, returned to the homestead on Bondet 
Hill, where both d. ; he d. 7 Jan., 1860, she d. aged 90, 11 April, 1876; ch. by 
first m. : Jonathan, b. 9 Jan., 1812, m. 2 Dec, 1834, Elizabeth Hinds, resided 
at Leominster, they had Hannah H., b. 1835, David W., b. 1837, Rebecca 
E., b. 1844; William F., b. 14 Sept., 1814, m. Hannah Colton, and had Julia 
A., d. ; he was a hotel keeper at Fitchburg, where he d. ; Jon.\than, b. 1781, 
m. 3 March, 1805, Elizabeth or Betsey Earle of Leicester, of Quaker parent- 
age, settled in Ox., where he d. 2 June, 1809, she removed to Leicester; they 
had Orrin E., b. 23 Aug., 1806, d., no ch. ; Ebknezkr, b. 7 Oct., 1783, ra. 26 
Jan., 1815, Abigail Nutting; he was of Boston in 1807, and removeil soon to 
Butl'alo, N. Y., where he became wealthy at building and selling houses after 
the great fire; he d. 16 March, 1871; they had Ahigail L., b. 20 Dec, 1816, m. 
William Martin of Buffalo; Mary Ann, b. 5 Sept., 1819, m. E. H. Esterbrook 
of Bull'alo; Ebenezer, b. 21 March, 1822, a physician at Grand Tower, III.; 
DeWitt C, b. 1824, d. young; Hiram C, b. 25 Dec, 1826, lawyer in Buffalo, 
num. ; David F., b. 11 June, 1829, lawyer in Buffalo, representative to State 
legislature; Flsher, b. 18 April, 1787, surgeon in United States army in the 
war of 1812, and d. 1814 in the service. 

REBECCA, and Peleg Corbin of Thompson, m. 26 May, 1789. 

JONATHAN, and Emily Mellen of Westboro', m. intentions 22 May, 1824. 

LEWIS M., son of Nathaniel of Maine, aged 33, d. 22 March, 1827. 

ZEBINA, and Thankful Vinton of Dudley, m. 5 March, 1837. 

THOMAS J., w. Clarissa, had Charlks G., b. 13 June, 1844. 

HIEL, son of Samuel of New Salem, aged 70, d. 19 Jan., 1873. 

DEAN, Rkv. WILLIAM N. T., b. 18 July, 1840, at Fall River, son of 
Nathan D. antl Eliza W. [Durfee] Dean, studied at Bangor, Me., from Oct., 



DEAN. DE WITT. 483 

1868, till his i^raduation in June, 1873; post graduate course at Union Theo- 
logical Seminary, New York, 1873-4; ordained and installed 3 Feb., 1875, at 
Somerset, dismissed 19 June, 1876; acting pastor at Norton, 1 July, 1876, to 
30 Sept., 1881, and at Orange 1 Jan., 1882, to 31 Jan., 1886. Began pi'eaching 
at Oxford 16 Jan., 1887, and installed 16 Nov., 1887. Hem. 1 Aug., 1876, 
Clara F. Copeland of Holden, Me. . . . Children: Nathan J., b. 12 and d. 13 
May, 1877, at Norton; Eveline L., b. 24 Sept., 1878, at Norton; Eliza "W., 
b. 20 Dec, 1882, at Orange. 
DOLLY, of Dudley, and Thomas Larned, m. intentions 29 Jan., 1829. 

DELANY, ESTHER, of Ward, and "William Smith, m. 30 Dec, 1778. 

DELVEE, PETER, m. intentions 7 June, 1766, Lucy Town of Charlton; 
ch., Batiisheba, b. 14 Nov., 1766; LuCY, b. 8 Oct., 1768. 

DEMMONS, PRUDENCE, resided at Oxford, 1780. 

DENEHY, MICHAEL J., aged 23, d. 25 Jan., 1888. 

DENNIS, DAMARIS, of Dudley, and Joseph Clemmons, m. int. May, 1750. 
SALLY, and William Mayo of Dudley, m. intentions 5 June, 1825. 
ERASMUS, and Chloe Taft, m. intentions 26 May, 1827. 
ANNE F. (Irish), aged 22, d. 1 July, 1853. 

DERBY, MARY, aged 78, d. 14 Aug., 1854. 
ORTHIA (Canadian), aged 24, d. 30 June, 1880. 

DE WITT [WITT, name changed al)out 1830 to DoWitt], JOHN, Lynn, 
1650; liad, with otliers, John, also of Lynn, m. Elizal)eth Balier, and had 
John, b. 1G79, ra. Mary Dane, removed about 1707 to Marlboro', and had, with 

others, John, Lieut., m. Sarah , resided 1744 at North Brooklield, one of 

48 constituting the Second Church in Brookfleld, 28 May, 1752, and had, with 
others, Benjamin, b. there 15 Aug., 1750, m. 13 Feb., 1787, being then of New 
Braintree, Olivia, dau. of Duncan Campbell, settled at Oxford, soldier in 
Revolutionary war, removed about 1794 to New Braintree. [There is positive 
evidence that the family resided at Oxford, Dec, 1793.] He d. 17 April, 1818, 
at New Braintree, she m. (2) Daniel Bacon of Charlton, and d. 5 Feb.. 1848, 
at Ox. . . . Children: Steakns, 1). 22 Dec, 1787. [He was named for his 
maternal grandmother Elizabetli Stearns. This name in England has always 
been " Sterne," and Captain DeWitt early discarded the a and Avrote 
" Sterns." We have adhered to the original orthography for the sake of uni- 
formity.] Sophia, b. 22 April, 1789, m. 14 Aug., 1808, William Earle, resided 
at New Braintree, Oxford, Franklin, and Boston, where he d. 27 Aug., 1867, 
she d. 3 Jan., 1885 ; they had Olivia 8. , b. 1812 ; William, b. 1814 ; Samuel H., b. 
1816; Benjamin A., b. 1818; Paul, b. 1821; Henry A.,\i. 1824; 3Iary M.,h. 
1829; Nancy S., b. 1831 ; Polly, b. 22 March, 1791, m. 1810, Amos Thompson; 
HoLLis, b. 22 Dec, 1792; Archibald, b. 27 Oct., 1794, m. Martha, dau. of 
Asa Fisher of Franklin, where they settled; he d. 17 May, 1859; they had 
George, Alexander, William, Martha, Horace; Susan, b. 17 Aug., 1796, m. 
Rufus Harris ; Alexander, b. 2 April, 1798; Nancy, b. 29 March, 1800, m. 
Horace Smith of Leicester, second wife, she d. 24 Sept., 1830; they had b. at 
Leicester, Eliza L., b. 2 May, 1825, m. Dr. William Newton; Horace D. W., 
b. 2 Oct., 1828 (took the name of De Witt), m. 29 March, 1852, Sarah Jane, 
dau. of James Phelps of Sutton, he d. 4 May, 1869 ; they had Alexander, b. 7 



484 DE WITT. 

March, 1854, at Peppori'll, ni. 21 Sc])!., 1880, rarolinc, dan. of Joshua Mur- 
dock of Leicester; banker at Worcester. Tliese children of Nancy were 
brou<j;ht up at Col. Alexander l)e Witt's. Klizabktii, b. 17 Feb., 1803, m. 
Jonas Bacon. 

2. STEAKNS, .son of Benjamin (1), m. 24 Dec, 1815, Hannah, dau. of 
Antliony Butler; saddler, left the occupation 1815 and engaged in trade in 
whicb he prospered, continuing until 1826, when he entered upon and built up 
at Augutteback Village, the most brilliant business enterprise in the history of 
the toAvn. [See Ox. Woolen Mfg. Co.] He continued as agent and manager, 
until he sold his interest in 1836, and was later agent at the North Oxford 
Woolen Mill, Texas Village. He filled well his position as a member of the 
Cliurch and society to which he belonged and as a private citizen, Avas public 
spirited and influential, but did not aspire to public office, was widely known 
as Capt. De Witt. In person he was short and thick-set, with dark com- 
plexion, a pleasing address, entirely devoid of ostentation ; was fond of a 
good horse and drove about town in a sulky in the management of the 
allairs of the manufacturing company. He built the house, now Mary D. 
Hyde's, H. 240, where he d. after a long illness, 29 Nov., 1848 ; she d. 19 Nov., 
1867, at Sutton; Children: Mary B., b. 4 July, 1817, m. 5 March, 1862, Free- 
man Freeland of Sutton, where they settled, he d. 22 Feb., 1875; Elizauktu 
K.. b. 22 May, 1820, d. 27 Sept., 1856, unm. 

3. HOLLIS, son of Benjamin (I), was early in trade with his brother 
Stearus in the north part of the old tavern building, later was a thread manu- 
facturer for a short time and a farmer. He built in 1834-5 the house on the 
west street, now Wellington's, H. 234. In May, 1836, he fell in his barn and 
was so injured he never walked afterward, but was a great sufferer through 
life. He m. (1) Sarah, dau. of Asa Harris, she d. 9 June, 1840; m. (2) 10 
March, 1842, Mary Howes of Dennis. He d. 30 July, 1853. . . . Children : 
Carolink, b. 13 Nov., 1820, m. Charles Fuller; Ben.tamin A., b. 13 Nov., 1822, 
m. 3 Feb., 1848, Lurana J., dau. of Lyman Wetherell, no ch., farmer, settled 
in Ox., removed 1875 to Sutton, where he d. 10 Oct., 1881 ; Willia.m ^L T., b. 
25 Jan., 1825, m. Elsie Childs of Thompson, Conn., removed to Elgin, 111.; 
they had Frank, m. and resides at Rockport, 111. ; Clinton; William, m. ; El- 
inor ; last three reside at Elgin; Mary M., b. 22 Sept., 1827, unm. ; Charles 
11., b. 1831, d. 1832. 

4. ALEXANDER, son of Benjamin (1), was, says Ammidown in his 
Historical Collections, " emphatically what is termed a self-made man. . . . 
Self-reliance was his motto; and from this resource he arose to whatever 
position he sustained in either public or private life." His opportunities for 
I'ducation were small. He went at 15 years of age into the store of the Merino 
Manufacturing Co. of Dudley, remaining four years, travelling a part of the 
time to sell goods, and thence in 1818 to Franklin into cotton thread manu- 
facture in partnership with Dr. Miller, and the next j^ear leased and operated 
a mill at Foxboro', and also opened a country store, himself selling his thread 
from a wagon on the road. After his marriage he manufactured thread at 
Franklin with his father-in-law till 1823, and in 1824 in partnership with his 
three brothers, Stearns, HoUis and Archibald, began the same l)usiuess at the 
present Bull'um Village in Ox. He continued here but a few years, and as his 
means increased ijeeame interested in manufaeturiiig cotton and woolen goods 
in other places, continuing his residence in Oxford during his life with the 



DE WITT. — DIXON. 485 

exception of three years, from 1837 to 1840, when he was a partner in a com- 
mission house in Boston and resided there, and about one year, 1848 to 1849, 
when he resided at Worcester. He was pecuniarily interested in various rail- 
roads, banks and insurance companies, and held ottices in several prominent 
corporations, 26 years director in tlie Worcester Merchants' and Farmers' 
Insurance Co., 27 years in the State Mutual Life Assurance Co., 20 years with 
the Meclianics Saviuirs Bank as president and trustee, 21 years with the 
Mechanics National Bank, nine years as president, five years president of the 
Oxford Bank, three years president of the Worcester and Nashua Railroad, 
17 years director of the Providence and Worcester and 25 years director of 
the Norwich and Worcester Railroads. He was often moderator in town 
meetings, was representative to the General Court for five years, in 1842, 
1844, 1850 and 1851 State Senator, in 1853 member of the convention for 
amending the State constitution. In Dec, 1852, he was elected over the 
Wliig and Democratic nominees as representative to Congress from the ninth 
Mass. district on the Free Soil ticket, was reelected, serving two terms, from 
1853 to 1857. He accumiilated a handsome estate, gave freely of his means 
to charitable objects, and was many j^ears the largest contributor in the town 
to religious institutions. In person he was large, of a florid countenance, 
attractive, and in manner social, free and jovial. Both himself and widow 
left legacies to the Congregational Church, noted under "Ecclesiastical aflairs." 

[An incident of his boyhood gives a hint as to his qualities. He had a con- 
test on a certain occasion with a school-fellow as to the occupation of a favor- 
ite seat in the school-house. The teacher on being appealed to decided that 
the one being first at school the next day should have it. Alexander went 
home, told his mother of the case, got his supper and returning to the school- 
house established himself in the coveted seat and there spent the night. Very 
early in the morning his competitor arrived but only to find himself out- 
witted.] 

He m. 5 June, 1820, Mary, dau. of William Makepeace of Franklin ; he d. 
13 Jan., 1879, she d. aged 89, 6 April, 1887, no ch. 

DIETLER, Mrs. MARY (German), aged 27, d. 15 Oct., 1860. 

DIKE, SARAH, resided at Ox. May, 1759. 
ANTHONY, and Ann Jennison, m. 16 Jan., 1775. 
EBENEZER, and Abigail Call, m. intentions Dec, 1843. 

DIMON, MARTHA G., m. n. Sawyer, dau. of William of Warner, N. H., 
aged 3G, d. 9 Nov., 1872. 

DINSMORE, MELISSA, dau. of John, aged 23, d. 9 March, 1867. 

DISPAU, LOIS, of Ward, and Asa Cheney, m. intentions 22 July, 1815. 

DIXIE, EDMUND F., from Marblehead, came in 1827, was about two years 
bookkeeper of Ox. Woolen Mfg. Co., and 1828 to 1833 trader at centre, a 
good singer, several years chorister at the Congregational Church, removed 
to Worcester, m., no ch. 

Capt. WOLSTAN, brother of Edmund F., resided here one year, and was 
trader at centre 1838. 

DIXON, JOHN, b. 7 April, 1791, at Carlisle, Eng., m. (1) 14 Jan., 1810, 
Sarah Ramsey, b. 20 Aug., 1791, at Carlisle, dyer and bleacher at East Village, 



48f) DIXON. — DORRANCE. 

now Webster, she d. 28 Jan., 1835, at Webster, ni. (2) 12 March, 1836, Mary 
Kutledge, b. at KirkoswaUl, Eni;., he d. 11 May, 1849, at Webster. . . . 
Children: John, b. 8 Jan., 1814, in Eng., ni. 4 July, 1841, Mary A. Ireson of 
Wel)ster, had 5 sons and a dau., he d. in 1872 at Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Georgk, b. 
;} Sept., 1818, in Eng., m. 21 Dec, 1848, Ann Lilley, and had Anne, b. 15 
March, 1858, d. 1884, at Worcester, he d. 6 Nov., 1858, at Webster; Robert, 
b. 25 Dec, 1820, in Eng., m. 12 May, 1852, Louisa B., dau. of Ruel MoHitt, no 
ch., he d. 26 Sept., 1854, at Webster; James P., b. 4 Marcii, 1826, at Ox., 
drowned 21 July, 1833; Joseph, b. 27 Sept., 1827, m. 4 July, 1851, Priscilla 
Hood, he d. 20 Aug., 1878, in Texas; Sarah A. E., b. 28 Jan., 1832, m. 10 
Sr-pt., 1808, Hobort C. Taylor, settled at Qnincy, III., where he d. ; Willia.m 
J., I). 1834, (1. 1841; by .second ra. Charles W., b. 13 Dec, 1830, m. 30 July, 
18G0, Anireline Phipps ; Mary Jane, b. 18:',9, d. 1841 ; Wiu.iam II., b. 2G Oct., 
1842, ni. 20 May, 1872, Kate Young of BrookUeld, Mo., residence, Wy. Ter. 

CURTIS, and Lydia Wight, both of South Gore, m. 4 April, 177G, Revo- 
lutionary soldier. 

DODGE, DAVID, m. intentions 9 Aug., 1823, Lucena Fitts of Charlton; 
they had William F., b. 11 Aug., 1824, she d. same day, aged 22. 

ALGERNON S., son of Abner of Northbridge, removed to Ox. about 1850, 
ra. Julia Ann, dau. of John Gates, he d. aged 71, 13 Sept., 1887. . . . Children : 
George II., b. 11 Dec, 1840, m. 13 May, 1873, Charlotte Wellington, select- 
man, school committee; Charles P., b. 8 Oct., 1842, m. Mary, dau. of 
Ashley Wood of West Boylston, she d. 6 July, 1880; Nelson G., b. 12 July, 
1849. 

NOAH, of Dudley, and Mary Wiley, m. 12 March, 17G1, Revolutionary 
soldier from Ox. 1780. 

ISAAC, of Sutton, and Mrs. Martha Town, m. intentions 9 Dec, 1775. 

DANIEL, of Ward, and Elizabeth Parsons, m. intentions 26 Jan., 1785. 

MARK, of Dudley, and Bethia Hill, m. 19 Nov., 1789. 

DAVID, and Polly Ileyward, both of Charlton, m. 16 Dec, 1794. 

DANIEL, Jr., of Ward, and Meliceut Ileyward, m. 30 Nov., 1817. 

RELIEF, of Ward, and Eli Barton of Leicester, m. 8 May, 1821. 

DAVID, and Ruth Freeman, m. 14 April, 1826. 

Mrs. OLIVE, aged 66, d. 4 March, 1872. 

WILLIAM, aged 77, d. 8 Aug., 1877. 

MARY C, m. u. Wood of Boylston, aged 2!), d. 15 July, 1880. 

DOLLARD, MICHAEL, aged 50, d. 24 Jan., 1854. 

DONLEN, ELLEN, aged 24, d. 2 Feb., 1883. 

DONOHUE, JOHN, aged 48, d. 28 Sept., 1861. 
MARY ANN, aged 20, d. 24 July, 1867. 
Mrs. ANN, aged 50, d. 7 Feb., 1871. 
MICHAEL, aged 64, d. 16 Oct., 1871. 
JOHN, aged 28, d. 21 May, 1872. 

DOOLAN, MARY, widow, aged 80, d. 6 March, 1865. 

DORE, JOHN, sou of James of Newtleld, Me., aged r.O, d. 15 Sept., 1865. 
ELIZABETH, w. of James, aged 20, d. (I Aug., 1852. 

DORRANCE, RC^BERT, came to North Ox. before May, 1827, cotton man- 
ufactuna-, in partnership with William K. Greene in 1832-3. He m. Lucy, 



DORRANCE. — DOWSE. 487 

dan. of Dea. Jcdediah Kimball of Woodstock, Conn., joined Ox. Churcli 19 
April, 1829. 14 June, Edward [Robert?] A. d. young, and Jedediah K. were 
baptized, family removed to Killingly, Conn., before May, 1834, later resided 
at Hampton, Conn., where lie d. 11 Oct., 1861, she removed to Amsterdam, 
N. Y., where she d. April, 1878, aged 83. They were worthy people, active in 
Church aflairs, he was chosen one of the standing committee 1832. Jedediah 
K. m. Jane Spicer of Hampton, had ch. 

DORSEY, Mrs. ELLEN, aged 37, d. 11 Nov., 1870. 
MICHAEL, son of James, aged 19, d. 11 May, 1879. 

DOUGHTY, DANFORTH, and Betsey CudAvorth, m. 11 Dec, 1838. 

SOLOMON [Salmon?], aged 73, d. 25 April, 1877. 

ANNA, widow, m. n. Newell, Barre, aged 74, d. 7 Jan., 1878. 

DOW, DOWE, AMASA, b. 9 March, 1776, at Coventry, Conn., d. 14 Sept., 
1808, in "John Brown's Tract," New York. He m. Anna Marsh of Sutton, b. 15 
Aug., 1780, d. 30 Dec, 1814, at Ward. They had Daniel, b. 31 Aug., 1804, 
d. 5 Nov., 1865, at Auburn; Emeline, b. 17 Oct., 1806, m. 25 Dec, 1825, 
James Patterson of Southbridge, and d. in 1830, at Leicester; Amasa, b. 26 
Oct., 1808. 

2. AMASA, son of Amasa (1), came in childhood with his mother to Ox- 
ford. A few weeks before his birth his father had died in the ^vilds of New 
York State; she was on her journey back to Massachusetts, and at a place 
about 30 miles from Utica Amasa was born. Lived in childhood with David 
Nichols, in youth employed at South Leicester and the Oxford Woolen Mill, 
and in Rhode Island Mills, returned about 1840 to Oxford Woolen Mill, and 
went thence in 1842 into centre tavern as partner with Rice Barton, after six 
mouths, went into the watch and jewelry shop of Daniel R. Dana in Sigouruey's 
building, later burnt, and in 1844 became proprietor, in 1845 removed to Dan- 
ielsonville, Conn., Avhere he has since resided; watchmaker and jeweller. He 
m. 14 May, 1834, Harriet S. Adams, b. 30 March, 1812, at Sturbridge, she 
d. 12 April, 1879, at Danielsonville, . . . Children: Marshall P., b. 20 June, 
1835, at Noi'th Providence, R. I., residence, Danielsonville; Charlotte E., b. 
12 Nov., 1840, at South Leicester, d. 1846, at Danielsonville; Hakriet A., 
1). 28 April, 1843, at Ox. 

BOWLING, Mrs. MARY, aged 64, d. 25 June, 1863. 
WILLIAM (Irish), aged 29, d. 27 July, 1863. 
Mrs. MARGARET, aged 63, d. 3 May, 1869. 

DOWSE, SAMUEL, son of Eleazer of Sherborn, b. 27 June, 1797, came to 
Oxford about 1819, began business in copartnership with Stearns Witt at the 
Col. De Witt homestead, H. 226. In 1824 they built the store opposite, where 
he remained in trade many years. Meantime the Oxford Woolen Co.'s factory 
in which he was interested was Iniilt, in which he was owner until 1841. He 
was also for a time an owner in the thread mill. He was a worthy man, 
active in Church affairs, attractive and social iu manner, and few men in his 
time equalled him iu the management of country trade. He m. 6 June, 1824, 
Cascndiana, dau. of Leavens Shumway. He d. 13 Sept., 1844, at Ox., she d. 

3 Dec, 1860, at Pittsfield Children: Mary B., 1). 1 April, 1825, m. 

Henry G., son of Jona. Davis; Elizabeth D., b. 2 Dec, 1828, m. 2 Nov., 
1853, Jabez L. Peck, leading citizen and woolen manufacturer, Pittsfield; 



488 DOW8E. DRURY. 

they had Thomas, h. 1857; Mary C, b. 1867; and others d. j'oung; Thomas, 
b. 10 May. 1833, ni. G Nov., 1860, A. Fish, residence, Duluth, Minn. ; had Fred, 
b. 1861; Bohert P., b. 1865; Nathalie. B., b. 1870; Maktha, b. 10 May, 1840, 
in. 8 Jan., 1873, Everett II. Converse. Brooklyn, N. Y. 

DRESSER, JOHN, Ju., of Rowley, m. 21 Nov., 1662, Martlia Thorla, and 
had, ^vlth others. Jonathan, b. Jan., 1674, and Richard, b. 29 June, 1079. 
Jonathan bou;;ht land 1717 at Porafret, Conn., Avliere he settled and was 
father of John, who settled in Killinu;ly. In Feb., 1738, Gideon Stevens of 
Gloucester, llshernian, sold to Jacob Dresser of Killinirly 140 acres in Oxford 
township — I'apillon land — and 5 April, 1739, Dresser conveyed the same to 
John Dresser (supposed to have been the above), who removed there, ni. in- 
tentions 2 Feb. 1740, Sarah Scott of Dudley, and d. there; date of order (jf 
appraisal 7 Dec, 178!). . . . Children recorded at Oxford: Sauai, b. 2 Dec, 

1740, m. 22 Feb., 1759, John Coburn ; Hannah, b. 9 Oct., 1742. m. 

Lyon; John, b. 7 Sept., 1744, m. Patience , and had Caleb, Joshua, 

Anna; he d. about 1776; Asa, b. 6 May, 1746, administrator of his father's 
estate; Abigail, b. 3 July, 1748, m. Elisha Thompson; Joseppi, b. 8 July, 
1750; Bkn.iamin, b. 16 Sept., 1753; Pkudknce, b. 13 Auir., 1755, m. Asa 
Chamberlain; David, Isaac, Mary, m. .Varon Dresser, and James are also 
named in settlement of estate. 

RICHARD, son of John of Rowley, bought land in 1706 in Mashamoquet, 
now Pomfret, Conn., settled there, removed soon to Thompson, where he d. 
1728. He had sons Jacob, the first male child b. in Thompson [Miss Lamed], 
and Richard, b. 22 Sept., 1714. Jacob lived at the homestead, Richard hav- 
ing conveyed to him his right. The same date, 8 March, 1736, Jacob con- 
veyed to Richard 100 acres with buildings at Oxford, now Charlton, where he 
settled. He m. 12 Oct., 1741, Dorothy, dau. of Col. Moses Marcy; d. 27, 
Aug., 1797 ; an influential man at Cluirlton, chairman lirst board of selectmen, 
and first town clerk. . . . Children recorded at Ox. : Nancy, b. 18 Sept., 1742; 
Eunice, b. 15 Aug., 1744, d. 6 June, 1773; Reuben, b. 26 Oct., 1746; Doro- 
thy, b. 1748, d. 1751; Richard,!}. 21 April, 1751; Mary, h. 15 May, 1753, 
His son Moses, b. 17 April, 1755, succeeded him as owniT, the father having 
deeded to him on 7 March, 1788 (Moses being then of Goshen), "the farm 
whereon I now live," 200 acres, bounded south on Nathaniel Blood and Richard 
Blood, etc. Moses was to pay said Richard's debts, sundry legacies to chil- 
dren, maintain the mother and the negro man, etc, according to the terms of 
a certain bond. Moses was major of militia, m. Al)igail Blood, and d. here 29 
Nov., 1813, leaving a goodly estate for the times. Harvey, his s(m, b. 5 
Oct., 1788, was the next owner. He was well known in all the region and 
was one of the most competent business men the south part of Worcester 
County has prodnced, prominent Freemason, carried on carriage, harness, 
and furniture manufacturing extensively, and kept a store in addition to the 
cultivation of his large farm. The locality is knoAvn at this day as "Dresser 
Hill." He removed to Southbridge, engaged in cotton manufacture; d. 8 
Fcl)., 1835, aged 46. 

MERCY, of Oxford, and Joseph Knight of Middletowii, Conn., m. 30 May, 
1738, at Thompson. 

AARON P., and Knima Ilobart, m. 1 Oct., 1827. 

DRURY, Dr. BENJAMIN, Francestowii, N. II., and Elizalteth Learned, m. 
intentions 1 Oct., 1781. 



DUDLEY. — DUNBAR. 489 

DUDLEY, Rev. ELI AS, third pastor at Oxford, was 1). 12 Aug., 1761, at 
Saybrook, Conn., son of Daniel and Susanna. The family removed to New- 
port, N. H., where the father d. 1811, aged 92. Elias was graduated, 1788, at 
Dartmouth College, studied theology with Dr. Emmons, ordained to his first 
and only pastorate, at Oxford, 13 April, 1791. He is represented as a man of 
excellent character and a faithful and efficient preacher, much interested 
in the education and moral culture of youth, receiving pupils at his own 
house who later spoke of him with much interest and commendation. He 
was of a melancholic temperament, subject to great depression of spirits, 
and constantly depreciated his own efforts. It is related of him that late in 
his ministry he would prepare for the Sabbath and, as the hour of service 
approached, would become so depressed that he felt oljliged to send word to 
his waiting hearers that he could not appear before them. The esteem in 
which he was held l)y his people is shown by the fact that only after repeated 
requests from him and by the advice of physicians, would they consent to a 
council to consider the subject of his dismission. To a committee of confer- 
ence on the question of his leaving, he wrote in Jan., 1799, " my health is yet 
extremely low, and my state I think precarious. From the nature of my com- 
plaints, being very much upon my lungs, I must freely own I see no probability 
of being able to preach." He removed in 1799 to Newbury port, where he en- 
gaged in business and took short voyages to Labrador for his health. From 
Newburyport he removed about 1805 to Prospect, Me., where he d. 25 Jan., 
1808, aged 47. He m. 22 Oct., 1793, Mary, dau. of John Spring of North- 
bridge, she removed to Uxbridge after his death and died there. . . . Chil- 
dren: Hannah, b. 19 Nov., 1794, m. Luther Bullard of Uxl)ridge, she d. 7 
June, 1845, they had Charles H., once minister at Rockville, Conn. ; Otis, b. 
14 Nov., 1796, residence, Williamsburg, O., had ch. ; John Spring, b. 19 
July, 1798, d. 23 Aug., 1816, at Millbury ; Elias, residence, Cincinnati, O. ; 
Mary, d. 1 Aug., 1837, at Uxbridge, aged 32: two others d. young. [His. 
Mendon Association.] 

SAMUEL, and Abigail Waters, both of Sutton, m. 17 Feb., 1729. 

MARY, and Jabez Tatman. both of Worcester, m. 23 Feb., 1761. 

SAMUEL, of Sutton, and Phebe Putnam, m. 15 Feb., 1795. 

NABBY, of Sutton, and Simon Gould, m. intentions 18 Nov., 1797. 

SALLY, of Sutton, and Dexter Rawson of South Gore, m. intentions 13 
Dec, 1802. » 

PRUDENCE, and Calvin Clemence, both of Sutton, m. 16 March, 1815. 

WILLIAM, 2nd, of Douglas, and Lucy Putnam, Sutton, m. 23 April, 
1826. 

CLARISSA, and William Lesure, m. 9 Nov., 1828. 

BENJAMIN, of Douglas, and Nancy M. Sibley, m. intentions 16 May, 1849. 

CALEB F., and Aurelia A. Hervey, m. 31 Aug., 1850. 

SALLY E., widow, aged 70, d. 18 March, 1872. 

EDWARD A., son of Caleb F., aged 28, d. 27 Dec, 1883. 

DUNBAR, JOSEPH, b. 29 March, 1805, at Elgin, Scotland, m. 18 March, 
1826, Susan Sanderson, b. 19 Sept., 1803, at DuttVies, Scotland, came to 
America about 1833, settled at Leicester and about seven years later came to 
North Ox., he d. 1 April, 1882, at Passaic, N. J., she d. 8 Feb., 1876, at 
Worcester. . . . Children: John, b. 1 March, 1827, at Elgin, Scotland, m. in 
1855, resided in Florida, d. 10 (?) Oct., 1872; Mary, b. 28 Feb., 1829, at Elgin, 
d. 27 Oct., 1844, at Ox. [20 Oct., 1841, Ox. Rec] ; Jaaies, b. 27 Jan., 1831, at 
63 



41)0 DUNBAR. — DDNTON. 

Eluiii, il. 2i; July, 1859, at Ox.; Robert A., }). 1S34, at Leicester, d. 1839; 
William S., h. 31 Oct., 1836, at Leicester, residence, Boston; Hklkn J., b. 6 
Nov., 1838, at Leicester, m. 1 Jan., 18G0, B. F. Evans, she d. 1 May. 187fi, at 
Spencer; Koijina B., 1). 2G Feb., 1841, at Ox., m. 24 Feb., 1863, Joseph Bnr- 
rouf^li, woolen manufacturer, resided at Worcester and Passaic, N. J., where 
he d. 3 Nov., 1885, had ch. ; Maria E., b. 8 Dec, 1843, at Ox. 
JOHN A., aired 46, d. 6 Oct., 1873. 

DUNCAN, WILLIAM, tradition says was from the North of Scotland, im- 
pressed at Edinburgh and brought as a soldier to Quebec, escaped and came to 
Ox., where he began work at his trade, that of a saddler, resided here nearly 
20 years. In 1796 in the sale of estate H. 240, the southeast boundary was at 
"William Duncan's bake shop." There is no record of the family to be 
found. He, lieing then of Ox., m. (1) 22 June, 1779, Sarah, dau. of Daniel 
Day of Sutton, Mary [error for "Sarah"?], \v. of William Duncan, d. 14 
June, 1796 [Ox. Rec], he m. (2) 2 Oct., 1796, Mrs. Lucy Warren of Dudley. 
There is no evidence of his removal to Dudley before his second m. He was 
of Ox. 17 Sept., 1796, d. 1801, will approved 6 Oct. . . . Children, probably 
all b. at Ox. : Sally, b. about 1782, removed to Paxton, where she d. unm. 
30 March, 1847; William, b. 4 June, 1784; Diadama, m. intentions 2 Dec, 
1804, JohnKnowlton of Grafton, settled and d. at Weathersfield, Vt., bought 
land there 1804; they had Elhridge G.,h. 1806; Diadama D., b. 1809; Sally 
D., b. 1811 ; Lxicij A., b. 1815 ; Clark, unm., went to sea and not heard from ; 
Polly, m. intentions 31 Aug., 1805, Nathan Johnson of Grafton; they had 
Mary, Sally, Harriet, Calista, Samuel, Clark, "Little dau. Xabby," named in 
his will. 

2. WILLIAM, son of William (1), m. 3 May, 1808, Annice Morse of Charl- 
ton, b. 30 Jan., 1789, settled at Worcester, saddler, much respected, removed 
1811 to Paxton, where he was a farmer, and 1857 to North Brooktield, resided 
with his son William, d. 13 July, 1857, she d. 15 Nov., 1857. . . . Children: 
William, b. 1810, d. 1811; Charles, b. 1811, m. Tryphosa Lakin of Pax- 
ton, 4 ch. ; Harlan P., hardware merchant of Worcester is a sou; a dau. 
m. Hon. Theodore C Bates ; William, b. 1812; Angelink, 1), 1814; James, 
b. 1818; Almiua, b. 1820; Timothy M., b. 1821; CAROLI^'K, 1). 1824; Emily, 
b. 1827; Annice L., b. 1829; Sarah C, b. 1832; I.eoxakd C, b. 1834. 

JOHN, b. about 1704, several years in tit' French war. 

SARAH, spinster, sold land on Prospect Hill 1766. 

DUNHAM, DANIEL C, b. 21 April, 1806, at St. John, N. B., son of David 
N., a native of Conn., m. (1) 2 June, 1844, Julia A. Chase of Holden, she d. 
aged 29, 27 Sept., 1848, at Ox., m. (2) 2 April, 1849, Bathshcba Walker of 
Worcester, he d. 30 Jan., 1880, at Holden, came to Ox. 1843, bootmaker. . . . 
Children: David N., b. 1845, d. 1846; George W., b. IS May, 1848, d. 29 
April, 1869, at Fitchburg, from injury on the railroad. 

ZILPAH, and James Chadwick, m. intentions 12 Oct., 1827. 

EDWARD, and Mary A. Humes, m. 17 April, 1828. 

DUNN, DAVID, of Norlhhridge, and Louisa P. Slocmn, m. li) Sept., 1830. 
DUNNELL, LUTHER, and Roxana Fuller of Sutton, ni. int. 18 Dec, 1831. 
DUNTON, SILAS, and Olivia L. Guild, m. intentions 16 July, 1846. 



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DURGIN, LEVINA, of Chelmsford, ami Horace Vinton, m. intentions 24 
April, 1841. 

DURNEN, ANDREW (Irish), aged 70, d. 23 Aug., 1880. 

DUSOH, EMMA (Canadian), aged 90, d. 10 Dec, 1887. 

DWINNELL, ELIZA, and William G. Willson, Shoreham, Vt.,ra. 28 Jan., 
1834. 
ALICE, and J, M. Bailey of Ticonderoga, N. Y., m. 15 Jan., 1837. 

EAGER, STEPHEN, of Sutton, soldier from Ox., d. 28 Nov., 1864, at New 
Berne, N. C. 

EAMES, WILLIAM A., of Leicester, and Harriet P. Waite, m. 8 May, 1835. 

EARL, MARTHA, w. of Samuel H., aged 65, d. 10 April, 1886. 

EDDY, Rev. WILLIAM, of Craiubrook, Kent, England, had John and 
Sa.aiuel, came from Boxted, Suffolk, England, to Plymouth, 29 Oct., 1630. 
Samuel settled at Plymouth. John, b. about 1595 (whom Gov. Winthrop 
called a "Godly man"), settled at Watertown. Sajiuel, his son, b. 30 Sept., 
1640, m. Sarah Mead; they had Samtiel, b. 4 June, 1668; Benjamin, b. 16 
Sept., 1673. Samuel, b. 1668, m. 13 Dec, 1693, Elizabeth, Woodward, he d. 
6 Aug., 1746, she d. 7 Aug., 1753. . . . Children: John, b. 6 May, 1696; 
Elizabeth, b. 28 May, 1697, d. young; Saeah, b. 9 May, 1700, m. 1 June, 
1730, Peter Hurd; Samuel, b. 18 Aug., 1701; Elizabeth, b. 29 July, 1703; 
Ebenezer, b. 9 Jan., 1705; Benjamin, b. 30 Nov., 1707, m. 1733, ElizabetlT 
Truesdell, and was a tailor at Winchendon or Royalston, where he d. aged 91. 
Of these ch. John, Sarah, Samuel and Ebenezer came to Ox. 

2. JOHN, son of Samuel (1), bought land 1723 on Brush Hill, H. 166, m. 

(1) Mercy , she d. 23 April, 1747, m. (2) 18 June, 1747, Patience, widow 

of Edmund Town, she d. 1767, will approved 17 Dec, he d. before 20 April, 
1762, at which date his will was approved. . . . Children: John, b. 28 Feb., 
1727, d. 30 Oct., 1749; Josiah, b. 13 Nov., 1728, d. 1738; Benjamin, b. 11 
Feb., 1732, d. 28 April, 1756; Hezekiah, b. 19 Jan., 1733; Mary, b. 7 Aug., 
1735, m. Richard Moore, 3d (?); Hannah, b. 28 March, 1739, m. Thomas, son 
of Ebenezer Eddy ; Esther, b. and d. 1743 ; Esther, b. 21 Nov., 1744 ; Mercy, 
b. and d. 1746; by second m. : Josiah, b. 25 Feb., 1748, m. Sarah Dennis, 
resided at Doerfield, Revolutionary soldier, d. before 6 April, 1824 ; Edmund, 
b. 16 April, 1749, m. 15 Oct., 1772, Phebe Nichols, settled at Charlton, and 
had Edmund, d. young; Phebe, b. 1774; Edmund, b. 1776; Zilpah,h. 1779; 
John, b. 1781; Henry, b. 1785; Samuel, b. 1787; Amos, b. 1790; Polly, b. 
1796; John, b. 1751, d. 1756; Mercy, b. 1754, d. 1756. 

3. HEZEKIAH, son of John (2), soldier in the French war, m. Su.sanna, 
dau. of Oliver Shumway. . . . Children: Jonathan, b. 15 Aug., 1759; Mercy, 
b. 9 April, 17(>I ; Sarah, b. 18 July, 1763. 

4. SAMUEL, son of Samuel (1), m. 30 Jan., 1727, Elizabeth Bellows of 
Marlboro', settled in north part of Ox., now Auburn, where he d. 4 Aug., 
1762. Inventory £578. On 20 May, 1724, Abraham Skinner of Colchester, 
Conn., sold to Samuel Eddy of Watertown, 60 acres on Prospect Hill. . . . 
Children: Elizabeth, b. 24 Nov., 1728; Samuel, b. 1731, d. 1736; Ruth, b. 
23 Oct., 1733, m. intentions 10 July, 1762, .John Hart of Leicester; Jonathan, 
b. 23 Dec, 1735, soldier in the French war, d. at Fort Edward; Samuel, b. 



492 EDDY. 

81 July, 1738; AHKiAii,, b. 5 Doc, 1740, m. 2 Jan., 1759, Joshua Meriam of 
North Gore; Levi, b. 27 April, 1745, m. intentions 28 Juno, 176fi, Sarah Stone 
[Smith?] of Charlton. [Eddy Genealogy gives John, d. in the French and 
Indian war.] 

5. SAMUEL, son of Samuel (4), m. 13 March, 1760, Susanna Meriam of 
North Gore, settled on the homestead, representative, Capt. of militia, he d. 
4 July, 1798, she d. 17 Jan., 1803, aijod GG. . . . Children: Isabki.la, b. 27 
March, I7G1; Samttei., b. 11 July, 1704; John. b. 31 May, 1768; HUFUS, b. 6 
April, 1772; Susanna; Ruth. In his will, dated 5 June, 1793, all these are 
named excepting Isabella. 

6. SAMUEL, .son of Samuel (5), m. Sarah Hart, he d. 11 May, 1813, she d. 
17 Oct., 1838, aged 70. . . . Children: James; Samuel, b. 19 July, 1796, 
settled on the homestead; Lewis, b. 16 Feb., 1801; Leonard; Lydia, m. 
Daniel P., son of Reuben Eddy; Sarah, m. (1) Thomas Baird, m. (2) Swan 
Kuowlton ; Susan ; Mary, m. W. T. Warren, resided at Holden. 

7. LEWIS, son of Samuel (6), m. 14 May, 1823, Almira, dau. of Samuel 
Smith of Ox., settled at AVard, carpenter, he d. 14 June, 1875, she d. 5 June, 
1867, botli at Worcester. . . . Children: Eliza N., b. 16 April, 1824, m. 22 
Dec, 1847, Levi Eddy, settled at Worcester, he d. 5 Dec, 1870, she d. 1888; 
Henry W., b. 17 Oct., 1826, m. (1) 3 Jan., 1850, Julia Foster of Fitchl)urg, 
)ii. (2) Nancy M. Merrill, carpenter and builder at Worcester; A. Amelia, b. 

I April, 1829, m. (1) 10 April, 1849. William H. Richards, m. (2) 24 June, 
1869, David B. Galloupe of Salem, no ch ; Emily S., b. 24 Nov., 1831, m. 11 
Dec, 1856, Charles A. Bowker, she d. 15 Jan., 1852; Lewis M., b. 9 June, 
1834, m. April, 1871, V. Adelaide Libby of Rockland, Me., residence, Boston; 
Mary F., b. 10 Feb., 1836, m. 29 Dec, 1859, John L. Peters of Westboro'. 
residence, Worcester; Samuel S., b. 27 April, 1838, m. (1) 1 Jan.. 1857, 
Susan W. Carry, m. (2) 14 Oct., 1880, Franc O. Webster of Rochester, N. Y. 
He was 2d Lieut., 51st Mass. Regt. in the late war and very efficient, in 1863 
raised in Worcester, Co. F, 42d Regt., of which he was Captain; removed 
18G9 to Rochester, where he was Col. of the 54th Regt. National Guards, State 
of N. Y., manufacturer and trader; Lucian A., b. 5 March, 1842, m. June, 
1863, Caroline A. Haskell of North Brooktleld, residence, Syracuse, N. Y. ; 
Albert M., b. 22 March, 1843, m. Dec, 1869, Caroline M. Hervey, residence, 
St. Louis, Mo.; A. Theodore, b. 28 Feb., 1845, m. 12 July, 1864, Elizabeth 
S. Cnmmings of Nashua, N. H., slie d. 1 April. 1878, he was a soldier in the 
51st and 42d Mass. Regts. ; Herbert, b. 1849, d. 1850. 

8. EP>ENEZER, son of Samuel (1), m. 4 April, 1737, Ruth. dau. of Eleazer 
Ward, settled at the Eliott mill place, soldier in the French war, he d. 15 
Dec, 1768. . . . Children: Sarah, b. 11 June, 1737, m. 20 Dec, 1762, Joseph 
Gleason of Sandislield [1769 Joseph and Sarah Gleason of SandisHeld deeded 
to Thomas Eddy their rights in estate of Elienezcr. their father] ; Thomas, 
b. 15 March, 1739; Abel, b. 19 April, 1741; Tabitha. b. 27 Nov., 1748. m. 
Samuel, son of Samuel Town; Eunice, b. 23 April, 1746, m. 4 March, 1772, 
William Mills, Jr., of Needham ; Enoch, b. 5 Nov., 1748, d. 1768; Jemima, b. 

II July, 1751, m. 20 Aug., 1776, William Talle of Leicester; Ruth, b. 17 
April, 1755. 

9. THOMAS, son of Ebeiie/.er (8), soliller in the French war, m. 10 May, 
1762, HaiuKili, dau. of John Eddy, was owner of the mill a short time after 
his father's (K-atli. . . . Children: Mary, b. 21 May. 1762; John, b. 4 May, 
1764; Lucy, b. 1766, d. 1769; Hannah, b. 12 May, 1768; Ebenezkr, b. 24 
March, 1770; Esther, b. 2 April, 1773. 



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10. BENJAMIN, brother of Samuel (1), b. 1673, m. (1) 1707, Abioail llol- 
den, no ch. ; m. (2) Grace Holden, who d. 1714, leaving a daughter Grace, m. 
Isaac Stockwell; m. (3) 7 Nov., 1716, Elizabeth, dau. of Theophilus Phillips 
of Watortown, and had Jonathan, b. 1717, d. 1730; Elizabeth, b. 1719; 
Jonas, b. 1722, d. 3 June, 1745. In 1725, probably, Benjamin removed to Ox. 
and bought the farm known as the Pope place, H. 132, he d. 19 Dec, 1729, 
she d. aged 77, 25 Sept.. 1759. His son William was born 5 Feb., 1725. 
Lydia, the sister of his wife, m. in 1725, Jonathan Pratt, who lived near the 
same locality. 

11. WILLIAM, son of Benjamin (10) progenitor of most of the Eddy 
families of Ox., Revolutionary soldier, m. Sarah Bellows of Southboro', he 
d. 16 March, 1805, aged 80, she d. 20 Jan., 1808. . . Children: Jonas, b. 10 
Nov., 1747; Silas, b. 1 Sept., 1749; Reuben, b. 20 May, 1751; Persis, b. 18 
Sept., 1753, m. John Barton; Benjamin, b. 1756, d. 1766; Lydia, b. 7 Oct., 
1758, m. 1800, T\g J saac Burnett of Dummerston, Vt., 2 ch. ; William, b. 
1761, d. 1769; P.^RLEYTbTTTirug. , 1763; Sarah, b. 1766, d. 1769; Rachel, b. 
7 Nov., 1769, m. 3 Feb., 1796, Elisha Cummings of Ward, removed to Mout- 
pelier, Vt., prosperous farmer, 9 ch. 

12. JONAS, son of William (11), Revolutionary soldier, m. 26 Dec, 1770, 
Lucy Oakes of Charlton, settled at Ox., kuown as lieutenant, built the large 
house near North Oxford R. R. Station, H. 156, he d. 10 Dec, 1825, she d. 10 
Sept., 1822. . . . Children: Sally, b. May, 1771, m. 9 May, 1800, Stephen 
Stockwell, Jr., of Sutton, where they settled, had ch., Jonas G. was a son; 
William, b. July, 1773, m. Hannah Burnet or Burnap, removed to Dixfleld, 
Me., d. 9 June, 1817, at Orange, O. ; they had Gyrus, b. 1809, residence, 
Orange, two sons; Alpheus, b. Oct., 1775; Jonas, b. June, 1778; Reuben 
and RuFus, b. Oct., 1781; Rufus d. young, Reuben m. and settled in New 
Jersey, had ch. ; Lucy, b. Nov., 1785, m. Thaddeus Hall. 

13. ALPHEUS, son of Jonas (12), m. (1) 10 April, 1806, Susanna, dau. of 
Dr. Daniel Fisk, she d. 2 March, 1829 ; m. (2) intentions 2 July, 1842, Mrs. 
Sophronia Cummings of Douglas; farmer and butcher; he d. 4 July, 1861. 
[Ox. Rec]. . . . Children by lirst m. : Clementina, b. 1S07, d. 1809; Susan 
F., b. 23 Oct., 1809, unm. ; Celia B., b. 21 June, 1811, m. 8 June, 1835, Amasa 
Alton of Thompson, Conn., mason, removed to Cape Girardeau, Mo., and had 
ch., all d. there; Sophia, b. and d. 1813; John F.,b. 1814, d. 1816; James F.,b. 
3 May, 1817, d. 28 June, 1863, unm. ; Daniel F., b. 6 June, 1821, unm., lived in 
New York city, Philadelphia, and other places, was a railroad contractor, em- 
ployed live years on the Erie Railroad. It is said he was drugged in Phila- 
delphia and robbed, and died in a hospital from the poison, 23 July, 1858; 
Sarah, b. , m. William J. Hancock, resided at Rome, N. Y., where she d. 

14. JONAS, son of Jonas (12), in. 8 July, 1819, Betsey, dau. of Phinehas 
Parker; major of militia. He d. 15 June, 1832, at Worcester. . . . Children: 
Elvira, b. 1 Jan., 1821, m. 28 Nov., 1844, James M. Belknap of Sturbridge, 
where they settled, no ch. ; he resided at Southbridge; Jonas, b. June, 1829, 
residence, Oxford ; two others d. young. 

15. SILAS, son of William (11), Revolutionary soldier, m. 29 July, 1773, 
Ruhamah, dau. of Josiah and Prudence Brown, b. 23 March, 1751, settled 
west of and near Howartli's village, II. 81, where he d. 31 Aug., 1807; she d. 

March, 1840. . . . Children: Charlotte, b. 19 April, 1774, m. Taylor; 

Stanton, b. 29 Feb., 1776, settled at Newfane, Vt. ; Sally B., b. 2 Dec, 1777, 
m. 1798, Abner Harwood of Sutton, b. 8 Jan., 1776; he d. 24 July, 1865, she 
d. 8 Sept., 1866, both at Ware; they had Clarissa, b. 1799; Dauphin, b. 



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494 EDDY, 

1802; James S., h. 1804; Tir::ah, h. 1800; Ruhamah, h. 1808; Levi L., b. 1810; 
Mary,h. 1812; Elhridge ir.,h. 1814; Andrew ./., b. 1817; Sarah E.,h. 1819; 
all at Barre; Phudknck P., b. 24 March. 1780, m. 24 March, 1800, Peter 
Ilarwood of Sutton, h. 23 Feb., 1703; he d. 8 April, 1847, she d. 3 June, 1867, 
l)oth at Barre; they had Daniel, b. 1801, residence, Boston; Peter, b. 1804, d. 

1870, at Barre; Harrison, b. 1808. d. 1843, at Barre; Louisa, b. 1816, m. 

Iloufjhton, residence, Peabody; Benjamin, b. 13 April, 1782, m. (1) 8 Nov., 
1819, Sally, widow of John Torrey, she d. 5 Sept., 182;i, aged 43; they had 
Mary, b. about 1821, d. 28 Feb., 1839; m. (2) 12 Sept., 1824, Nancy, widow of 
Alex. Nichols, ni. n. Willard, of Charlton; they had Nanrij, d. young; he d. 
31 Oct., 1826, she m. (3) 10 April, 1831, John Balconi ; William W., b. 23 
July, 1784; Kuhamah, b. 14 April, 1788; Nancy, b. 17 May, 1790, m. Samuel 
S. Gates, settled at Barre, no ch. ; he d. 28 Sept., 1856, she d. 3 Nov., 1864, 
both at Barre; Silas, b. 3 May, 1792; Jotham, b. 5 Jan., 1795. 

16. SILAS, son of Silas (15), m. 4 March, 1815, Elizabeth B. Ward of 
Leicester, settled at Oxford ; the father went late in life to Grafton, and d. 
there. . . . Children: Hakvlin T., b. 24 Oct., 1815, residence, Saundersville, 
Grafton; Delano P., b. 22 July, 1818; Nathaniel L.. b. 20 .July, 1821, 
LoviOA, b. 2 Dec, 1823, m., residence, Grafton. 

17. JOTHAM, son of Silas (15), m. 24 Oct., 1819, Betsey, dau. of Rufus 
Brown of Webster, b. 13 Feb., 1799, resided at Oxford, removed to Webster, 
where he d. 15 Feb., 1873; she d. 22 April, 1861. . . . Children, h. at Ox.: 
Levira, b. 24 Oct., 1820, m. 20 Dec, 1843, James D. Tourtellotte of Webster, 
she d. 19 Aug., 1846; they had llartha J., b. 19 July, 1845, m. 31 Aug., 1884, 
Samuel P. Morris of Webster, second wife; LoRix, b. 28 Dec, 1824, m. 29 
Oct., 1848, Augusta A., dau. of Bezaleel White of Westford, Conn., resi- 
dence, Worcester, no ch. ; Rufus B., b. 30 Dec, 1827, m. 2 June, 1853, Mary 
N., dau. of Joseph H. Perry of Dudley, no ch., prominent citizen of Webster. 

18. REUBEN, son of William (11), Revolutionary soldier, m. (1) 25 Nov., 
1773. Sil)yl, dau. of Collins Moore, she d. 16 Feb., 1783; m. (2) 1784, Mary, 
dau. of Ebenezer Meriam, lived on the homestead. He d. 3 Oct., 1813. Ex- 
ecutor of his father's Avill. . . . Children: Lucretia, b. 27 Jan., 1775, m. 
David C. Parsons, removed to Montpelier, Vt., where he d., 12 ch. ; Lavina, 
b. 3 Feb., 1777, d. 14 Aug.. 1800, unm. ; Betsey, b. 13 April, 1779, m. 1798, 
John Cumraings of Ward, settled at Montpelier, and d. there, had ch. ; ch. by 
second m. : Joel, b. 12 Oct., 178G; Daniel P., b. 17 Aug., 1788, m. Oct., 1815, 
Lydia, dau. of Samuel Eddy of Ward, resided at Ox. until 1826, removed to 
New Salem, thence to Ward, and soon after to Providence, R. I., spent a few 
of his last years at Greenwich, R. I., where he d. 1873, 8 ch., among them 
Charles, Horace, James, John, Alden ; Polly, b. 8 Aug.. 1791, m. Alexander 
C. 'riiurston; Leonard, b. Oct., 1793, unm., d. 1825, found dead in a lield 
near his home; Rachel, b. Dec, 1797, m. Jos. Hudson. 

19. JOEL, son of Reuben (18), m. (1) 10 Oct., 1810, Sally, dau. of Natliau 
Thurston, b. 1790, at Rockingham, Vt., shed. 20 Dec, 1844; ra. (2) March, 

1840, Prudella, dau. of David Larncd, she d. aged 88, 26 Sept., 1875. He d. 21 
April, 1805. . . . Children, all by llrst m. : Reuuen T., b. 7 Dec, 1811, m. (1) 
24 May, 1837, Dulcenia Converse of Spencer, settled at Ox.; had Joel W., b. 

1841, (1. 1849: Sally T., h. 12 Aug., 1844, m. Jotham Fitts; Dulcenia, the 
niotiur, d. 10 March, 1846, aged 28; m. (2) 1851, at Webster, Harriet Foskett, 
and had Annie M., Byron E. ; he d. 3 July, 1876, at Webster; Mary M., b. 8 
April, 1813, m. 18 Nov., 1835, John F. Pond of Providence, R. L, resided at 



EDDY. 495 

Worcester, where he d. 13 Oct., 1876; they had Betsey F., b. 26 Sept., 1836, 
m. Albert W. Curtis, residence, Williamsport, Pa. ; John E., h. 10 July, 1839, 
m. Maria W. Niles, residence, Bridycport, Conn., had ch. ; Daniel E., b. 12 
June, 1841, m. Harriet Pickerini>;, residence, Monticello, la., had ch. ; Emma 
L., b. 22 Feb., 1843, d. 1866, unm. ; Charles W., b. 1845, d. 1851; Isabella M., 
b. 23 Aug., 1847, m. Charles F. Mann, residence, Worcester; Emerson, b. 2 
June, 1815, m. Oct., 1844, E. Maria Whitney of Millbury, she d. aged 56, 14 
Jan., 1875; ch. : Nathaniel H., b. Aug., 1845, m. Jenny Gage of Webster, had 
ch. ; Frank W., b. 23 Dec, 1853, m. Arabella M. Austin of Worcester; Mary 
J/., b. 28 March, 1857; Cora B., b. 5 Nov., 1864; Nathaniel, b. 27 Oct., 1818. 

20. NATHANIEL, son of Joel (19), m. 8 April, 1852, Mary Stevens, b. 
22 Oct., 1820, at Guilford, Vt. He d. 2 April, 1874, she d. aged 64, 13 Feb., 
1885. He was graduated at Amherst, 1838, taught in several places in acade- 
mies and high schools. State Senator in 1861, school committee. . . . 
Children: William II., b. 6 July, 1853, d. 16 Oct., 1874, num.; George S., 
b. 20 July, 1856, m. 24 June, 1879, Louie C, dau. of Edward W. Bardwell, 
constable, collector, farmer; they had Horatio B., b. 28 May, 1880; Florence 
L., b. 21 June, 1882; Charles E., b. 20 Sept., 1857, m. 1882, Anne, dau. of 
Wm. E. Pease, she d. 22 May, 1883, at Kansas City; they had Aime Myrlis, b. 
1882, at Kansas City; Helen L., b. 21 Feb., 1859, m. Nelson H., son of 
Russell A. Davis; M. Estella, b. 9 Sept., 1861, m. 27 Oct., 1887, William R. 
Wood, residence, 1888, at Florence; Nathaniel, d. young. 

21. PARLEY, son of William (11), Revolutionary soldier six months, \\\. (1) 
18 Dec, 1786, Amity, dau. of Phinehas Parker, b. 1762, settled in North Gore, 
H. 105, she d. 19 Sept., 1801, m. (2) 18 June, 1804, Hannah, dau. of Thomas 
Nichols [Thomas was son of Alexander of Ward, and m. intentions 1 April, 
1782. Dorothy Boyden], he d. 10 Dec, 1831, she d. 27 May, 1856. . . , 
Children: Polly, b. 1787, d. 1803; Parley, b. 1790; Rufus, b. 18 March, 
1797; ch. by second m. : Polly, b. 1805, d. 1838, unm. ; Laura, b. 1807, d. 3 
Feb., 1857, unm.; Clarissa, b. 1809, m. Loriston Shumway; Lydia, b. 1810, 
d. 23 May, 1878, unm.; Alexander H., b. 1814, residence, Millbury, d. 1890, 
unm.; Thomas Flint, b. 1817, m. 1852, Susan, dau. of James Phillips, resi- 
dence. Nettle Creek, 111., where she d. 1879, had ch. 

22. PARLEY, son of Parley (21), m. 10 April, 1816, Cclia N., dau. of John 
Merriam, residence. Ox., removed 1829 to Charlton, Avhcre he d. 4 April, 1841, 
she d. 1881. . . . Children: Mary Ann, b. 28 May, 1819, m. 16 Jan., 1839, 
Adams Boyden of Charlton, had ch., d. there; Rufus M., b. 8 Nov., 1820, m. 
Lucinda J. Bolster, and had Celia J., m. Lewis Rheiu. 

23. RUFUS, son of Parley (21), m. (1) 1827, Phebe Merriam, who d. 27 
Oct., 1842, m. (2) intentions 13 Jan., 1844, Clarissa Gage of N. H., he d. 
aged 82, 15 May, 1880, she d. May, 1885, settled on the homestead. . . . 
Children: Henry E., b. 2 Feb., 1833, m. Mary Sprague of Leicester, where 
they settled, she d. 1879, 2 sons; Addison, b. 1840, d. 1843; Rufus, b. and d. 
1842; ch. by second m. : Albert A., b. 9 ,Iune, 1845, m. 25 Nov., 1873, Mary 
Mclntire, had ch. ; Harriet A., b. 31 July, 1847, d. 25 June, 1870, unm. ; 
Addison G., d. unm. 5 Sept., 1882. 

Mrs. ELIZABETH, aged 83, d. 4 Sept., 1803. 

AMOS, of Millbury, and Anna Stone, m. intentions 15 Oct., 1813. 

MARY, d. 25 Feb., 1839. 

EMORY, aged 26, d. 24 Sept., 1848. 

EMERSON, aged 36, d. 10 Oct., 1850. 



496 EDDY. — ELLIOT. 

HANNAH N., a<,'ed 82, d. 21 May, 1856. 

PAMELA, m. n. Hovcy, dau. of Ezekiel, aged 58, d. 12 July, 1863. 

ELIPHALET, af^od 64, son of Jesse of Auburn, d. 6 Dec, 1874. 

EDMUNDS, HANNAH, and Edward Chamberlain, m. int. Nov., 1745. 
Mks. M'CY, of Killingly, Conn., and Jacob Streeter, m. int. 13 Nov., 1784. 

EDSON, SAMTEL, of Salem 1639, removed to Bridgewater, among the 
first settlers, had Joskph, whose son Josiaii was the father of Auikzkr, who 
was thrice m., Mary D. Packard being his third w. and the mother of Rodol- 
rnu8, b. about 1758, m. in 1780, Lydia, dau. of Lemuel Crane of Berkley, 
came to Ox. in 1798, having bought 21 June, 1797, the present Tyler Holinan 
place, H. 158, where he settled. In 1812, being then of Northt)ridge, he sold 
this farm and soon after returned to Ox., and with his sons Epiiraim and 
Bradford G. owned and occupied H. 163, where he d. 5 Oct., 1833, she d. 15 
Jan., 1841, aged 80. . . . Children: Epiiraim, b. '11 May, 1781, lived with his 
father, unm., d. 23 June, 1851 ; Betsey, 1). 20 Jan., 17.S4, m. Ebenezer, son of 
Jolin Pratt; Bradfokd G., b. 21 Sept., 1801, at Ox., unm., owns and occupies 
the homestead ; intelligent thriving farmer. 

EDWARDS, LEMUEL, b. 18 March, 1729, at Littleton, son of John and 
Sarah, in. 25 June, 1751, Prudence Meriam of North Gore. . . . Children: 
Josiaii, 1). 1751, d. 1752; Lucik, b. 4 July, 1753; Robert Meriam, b. 12 Oct., 
1760; Prudence, b. 20 Aug., 1763. 

2. JOHN, supposed brother of Lemuel (1), m. Dorothy, settled on Cox's 
land, now in Charlton. . . . Children: Dorothy, b. 26 Jan., 1745, at Little- 
ton, m. 26 Dec, 1770, Clement Coburn ; John, b. 13 Jan., 1753, at Ox. ; Mary, 
b. 26 March, 1756, m. 2 May, 1776, David Rich; Tho.mas, b. 19 April, 1758, m. 
5 Marcli, 1782, Susanna Towne of Charlton. 

3. JOSEPH, brotlier of Lemuel (I), b. 14 Marcli, 1725, at Littleton, m. 
.[oaiuia, dau. of Hezekiah Meriam, lived in North Gore on a part of the Hart- 
well farm, removed to North Ox., where he was part owner at H. 121. . . . 
Child: Joanna, b. 3 June, 1763. 

EDWARD, m. 21 Dec, 1786, Zilpah Nichols, she d. a widow, 21 Oct.,. 1826, 
[liead.stone]. . . . Children: Ben.jamin, b. 19 Nov., 1788, m. Lucy Parker of 
Douglas, and had Henry, b. 29 Oct., 1816; Peter, b. 4 Oct., 1818; the family 
removed to Douglas, others were b. there; Eleanor, b. 3 June, 1787, m. 
Ebenezer Brown, second w. ; Peter, b. 5 June, 1790, settled in Ncav York 
State. [On a visit home he asked his mother what she would say if she 
knew he was a justice of the peace. She replied " I should say they were 
short of stock for justices in New York"]; Abigail, b. 28 Sept., 1792, in. 
Benjamin Learned; Lavina, b. 1802, d. 1803. 

BENJAMIN, Revolutionary soldier. 

ELEANOR, sister of Edward (?), m. 17 April, 1782, Uufns Bacon of 
Charlton. 

WILLIAM, m. Nancy , and liail Sarah E., b. 10 Sept., 1837, at Worces- 
ter. 

ELLA B., and William 11. Stevens, in. inU'ntions 16 Marcli, 1844. 

LUCY P., and Erastus \Y. Whiting, in. 5 March, 1845. 

ELLIOT, DANIEL, father and son of the same name, Iwo of the 30 
original settlers. Daniel, senior, had lived at Sudbury or Marlboro', and 
came here from Framingliain. He m. 168(i Hannah Cloyes of Framingham 
and had seven sons. He took up the mill lot near H. 135 and in 1716, by 



ELLIOT. — EMMONS. 497 

the town's permission, resigned this to his sons Ebenezer and Jamk.s, and 
went a short distance up the stream and settled at the Pope farm, H. 132. 
Before March, 1720, he had removed to Sutton, and that year sold his home 
lot and half the mill to Richard Moore. Ebeuezer and James remained but a 
short time but gave place to Jonathan Provender (who had bought a fourth 
part of the mill), they removing to Sutton. 

DANIEL, Jr., b. 17 Aug., 1687, m. Sarah, sister of Jonathan and dau. of 
John Provender of Framingham. His home lot was on Town's Plain, east 
side of the eight-rod way, 11. 139, and he was an owner in the mills. He sold 
his whole estate in 1716 and removed to Sutton. 

JOHN, third son of Daniel, senior, was employed by Bernon on his farm 
here before it was sold to Davis, Weld and Mayo. 

EBENEZER, and Margaret Segal of Newtown, m. intentions 15 Oct., 1716. 

CHARLES B., and Sally Marble of Grafton, m. intentions 23 Nov., 1821. 

AARON, 3d, and Maria Putnam of Sutton, m. intentions 15 Nov., 1823. 

SAMUEL D., and Betsey Morse, m. intentions 27 Sept., 1824. 

AARON, came to Ox. before May, 1828, lived on Sutton road, H. 13, killed 
by the bursting of a grindstone in a scythe shop at " Saccarappa," 27 
March, 1833, aged 33. 

MARIA, and William Hilliker, m. 27 March, 1839. 

Mrs. SUSANNA, aged 83, d. 20 April, 1845. 

PATRICK (Irish), aged 46, d. 19 Nov., 1857. 

CLARA M., dau. of Francis G., aged 24, d. 10 April, 1863. 

PATRICK (Irish), a soldier, aged 21, d. 4 Dec, 1863. 

ELLIS, LUCY A., of Douglas, and Jason G. Cummings, m. 20 May, 1847. 
LOUISA, m. n. Leonard, of Douglas, aged 36, d. 26 .Jan., 1870. 
AYRES, son of Jeremiah, West Greenwich, R. I., a. 82, d. 29 Aug., 1878. 
ELIAS B., son of Samuel of Berlin, Conn., aged 35, d. 26 April, 1880. 

ELMER, ELIZA, w. of Joseph, aged 57, d. 4 March, 1846. 

EMERSON, EBENEZER, of Thompson, Conn., and Chloe Brown of 
South Gore, m. intentions 6 Sept., 1802. 
JOHN, 2d, and Anna Corbin, both of South Gore, m. int. 11 Dec, 1814. 
SMITH, of South Gore, and Sarah Howard of Douglas, m. int. 5 Dec, 1815. 
LOIS, and Elliot Fitts, both of South Gore, m. 8 July, 1822. 
JOHN, and Lavinia Brown, both of South Gore, m. 21 Nov., 1826. 
NATHANIEL, of South Gore, and Mary W. Pope, m. 17 June, 1827. 
OLIVER C, of South Gore, and Betsey A. Smith of Douglas, m. intentions 

24 April, 1831. 

JONATHAN, of Haverhill, and Lucy Thomas, m. int. 26 May, 1838. 
Mrs. NATHANIEL, d. 12 Jan., 1841. 

Capt. NATHANIEL, and Abigail Learned, m. 6 Marcli, 1844. 
RHODA B., m. n. Sayles, of Burrlllville, R. I., aged 43, d. 12 'March, 1882. 
LEWIS T., son of Loring. aged 49, d. 23 July, 1886; Emma J., aged 20, 
d. 29 Aug., 1882; Ella M., aged 17, d. 3 Feb., 188^; Carrik M., aged 21, d. 

25 April, 1886 ; all daughters of Lewis T. 
Mrs. MARY, aged 88, d. 2 April, 1887. 

EMMONS, Rkv. AMZI B., b. 9 Nov., 1846, at Chester, N. J., son of 
Jeremiah S., early left an orphan, gained an education by his own efforts, 
was graduated 1870 at Amherst College and in 1873 at Union Theological 
64 



498 EMMONS. FAIRBANKS. 

Seminary, New York, ordained 28 Oct., 1873, served. several months as City 
Missionary in New York, preached one year as supply at Stratton, Vt., 
wlicnce lu! removed to Jamaicaf Vt., where he was settled three yt'ars, and in 
1877 fame to Ox., supplied one year and was installed 1(5 Oct., 1878. " From 
the heginniu^r of his pastorate he gave himsulf unsparingly to his work and 
in his an.xii'ty to fullll his mission exceeded his strength. He preached for 
the last tini(; on the closing Sabbath of 1881. The weary brain yielded, he 
left his work and sought rest and medical aid in his native State, but it was 
too late. 

"He was a thorough student, an earnest pi-eacher, a faithful and sympa- 
thetic pastor, and was esteemed by all classes as a d(;voted, self-denying man 
of God, and was especially Ijeloved by the poor." 

He left home for Morristown, N. J., in the early days of January, 1882, 
continued comfortable for about ten days when congestion of the lungs set in 
and he sank rapidly, and died on the 18tli. At a Church meeting it was 
" Resolved, that we recognize and emulate his wonderful excmplication of 
the spirit of his Master, his faithful and untiring labors, his chet-rful spirit 
of self-sacriflce, his unflinching devotion to i)rinciplt' and his loyalty to duty." 

A memorial service was held on 2 February,. attended l)y a large delegation 
of clergymen of the vicinage and a full congregation of the town's people. 
The exercises were in part the singing of several hymns of his composition. 
A single stanza illustrates his later experience : — 

"Yes, we struggle evermore — 
15ut the struggle will be over at the last; 

We are striving o'er and o'er 
But the bitter, painful strife will soon be past ; 

For our victory draweth nearer 

And the sky is growing clearer 

Day by day — Watch and pray ! " 

lie Ml. 28 May, 1873, Melva Sophie Topping of Chester; they had Mary F., 
b. IG June, 1874; Floy B., b. 4 Nov., 1877, d. 26 May, 1883; Estiikr C, b. 5 
Sept., 1879; MosKS S., b. 19 June, 1881. 

ENGLAND, Miss FLORENCE R., aged 23, d. 22 Aug., 1877. 

ESTEN, NATHAN, aged 68, d. 18 April, 1867. 
CHILD of Nathan, aged 12, d. 27 Nov., 1843. 
RACHEL, widoAV of Nathan, aged 76, d. 21 May, 1879. 

EUSTIS, ABIGAIL, Charlton, and Rol^ert Manning, m. int. 22 June, 1765. 

EVANS, ERASTUS, and Mrs. Naomi Learned, ni. intentions 1 Aug., 1829, 
residence, Charlton; they had Gkokgk, b. 1830 (?), went before I860 to Cali- 
fornia, residence, Marysville ; Joshua, b. I May, 1833, soldier in late war; she 
d. aged 87, 27 Aug., 1888, at Oxford. 

EVERDEN, WILLIAM, aged 88, d. 15 Sept., 1803. 
Mks. Li;CY, and Zebedee Phetteplace, m. 20 April, 1847. 

FAIRBANKS, JOEL, in Ox. 1782, m. Mary, dan. of Ahijah (iale. 
JOTH.AM, w. Beulah, and son Jotham, resided at Ox. March, 1783. 
MAKV ANN, of Ilolden, and Lucius Hoyden, m. intentions 31 May, 1H27. 
ELLIS, of Douglas, and Thankful Putney of Charlton, ui. 13 Jan., 1828. 

LINCOLN, m. Esther ; ch. : Julia Ann, b. 27 March, 1837; a child 

(1. 1841. 



FAIRFIELD. — FISH. 499 

FAIRFIELD, DANIEL, m. 27 Nov., 1746, Mary, dau. of Collins Moore; 
taxed in 1771 ; ch. : Reuben, b. 7 Nov., 1747», 
SARAH, and Israel Rich of Sutton, m. intentions July, 1744. 
JEREMIAH, of Brookfleld, and Adaline Clark of Boston, m. 9 Nov., 1829. 

FARLEY, ESTHER, of Charlton, and Elcazer Gleason, m. intentions .'". 
Nov., 1774. 

FAULKNER, Mrs. SARAH, aged 74, d. 21 Oct., 1849. 
FREDERICK, of Hampton, Conn., aged 83, d. 20 May, 1853. 
MARTHA, aged GO, d. 3 March, 1872. 

FAY, JENNIE B., aged 21, dau. of Dr. Charles M., of Charlton, d. 8 Sept., 
1877. 

FELLOWS, JACOB, of Sutton, weaver, 1743, then sold land on Prospect 
Hill, Ox., to Joseph Gleason; wife Sarah and Hannah Fi-ail signed deed. In 
1764 sold another lot tlicre to the same who mortgaged to Ox. selectmen for 
the support of Fellows, mortgage discharged 13 June, 1777; in 1764, Dr. 
Alex. Campbell was made his guardian as non compos. Soldier in Revolu- 
tionary war. In 1777, Isaac Putnam contracted with the town to support 
him. In 1761, Daniel Dike of Sutton had from Fellows deed of 70 acres and 
buildings in Sutton, and mortgaged the same to selectmen of Ox. for support 
of Fellows and wife. 

FELSH AW, REBECCA, of Killingly, Conn., and Thomas Campl)ell, m. 
intentions 20 Sept., 1783. 

FENNO, ELMIRA, of S. Leicester, and Joseph Carter, Jr., m. 1 Dec, 1829. 

FESSENDEN, JOHN, of Cambridge, removed to Dudley, where he d. ; 
order of appraisal 26 Aug., 1754 ; widow Mercy and a son named in the settle- 
ment. In 1749, he deeded land to Alexander Thompson of Cam1)ridge, the 
husband of his daughter Martha, and also to Daniel Smith, who married his 
daughter Grace. John of Oxford was undoubtedly his son. On 6 June, 1762, 
Mary [Mercy] Fesseuden, widow, of Dudley, and John Fessenden of Oxford, 
sold the Dudley homestead. He was of Ox., May, 1763, and a Revolutionary 

soldier 1775. He m. Rebekah ; they had John, b. 6 April, 1769; Re- 

BEKAH, m. 2 Nov., 1797, Isaac Lamb of Charlton; Sarah, m. 6 June, 1790, 
Nathaniel Woodward of Leicester; Samuel, b. 17 March, 1774; Sophia (?), 
ra. 9 Nov., 1794, David Kidder. John, the father, died before 23 Aug., 1778, 
at which date Re})ekah, his widow, was received to the Church; she m. (2) 
3 May, 1796, Lieut. James Lamb of Cliarlton. 

2. JOHN, son of John (1), m. 21 Feb., 1790, Lucy Mellen of Charlton, set- 
tled at North Oxford, at H. 119, house removed, stood in the fields west of the 
residence of Nathaniel E. Taft. . . Children: Patty, b. 20 Jan., 1793; 
John, b. 7 July, 1796. 

' FIELD, RODNEY A., son of Aaron, Bernardston, aged 74, d. 20 Sept., 1879. 
THEDA P., aged 82, d. 21 July, 1887. 

FIELDING, THOMAS (English), aged 66, d. 10 March, 1868. 

FISH, EBENEZER, son of Ebenezer, who was b. 1693 at Reading, son of 
Stephen (?), came to Oxford from Woburn 1754, resided west of Town's Pond, 



500 FISH. 

II. 142, house long: removed ; shoemaker, many years sealer of leather, highway 
surveyor, Sunday warden. He removed, 1764, to a house north of the pond, 
now removed, became dependent, d. 8 Sept., 1805, a^ed 88, liis wife d. 5 Feb., 
1801. He m. 16 Marcii, 1742, Katharine «al<er of Wol)urn, sister of Mrs. Col. 
Ebenezer Learned. Soldier in French and Revolutionary wars. . . . Children, 
first three b. at Woburn : Thomas, b. 17 July, 1743, m. 25 June, 1767, Naomi 
Mixer of Sutton, and had Buth, b. 5 Dec., 17C8, only ch. ; Olive, b. 1 Feb., 
1747, m. 10 March, 1774, Charles Hart of Worcester; Catherink, b. 3 Jan., 
1750, m. Simon Gleason ; Susanna, b. 23 Nov., 1754, ra. Amasa Allen; 
EsTHKK. b. 1758, d. 1759; Esther, b. 10 Feb., 1761, d. unm. 

Tliomas Fish was a man with a history. He came, when 11 years of ao:e, 
from Wol)urn to Oxford with his fatlier, and like liim was by trade a slioe- 
maker. He liad small opportunity for education yet came up to 1111 Important 
and responsible positions. He had good sense and enterprise, and after en- 
during the hardships of a soldier's lot for several years and also the priva- 
tions of frontier life in the woods of Maine, met a tragic fate there before he 
had completed his two-score years. The first record we find of him in Ox- 
ford is in 1765, when, at 22 years of age, he purchased a building lot from 
the tavern property on the Plain. Here, as is supposed, he erected buildings 
and followed his vocation for about three years and then sold. Later he was 
owner of several lots of land in tlie northerly part of the town, and in Jan., 
1773, sold one-half of 16 acres lying west of the north cemetery near the 
river, eml)racing a brickyard and clay pits. On 11 Jan., 1771, a grant of land 
lying eastward of the Saco River, tlien in Massachusetts, at what is now Liv- 
ermore. Me. , was made by the General Court to certain soldiers, for services in 
the French and Indian war. Among these grantees was Capt. Ebenezer 
Learned, whose wife was Fish's aunt. A leading man' in the enterprise was 
Lieut. Elijah Livermore of Waltham, for whom the town was named. Fish 
became interested in this project, and in the .summer of 1772 went thither as 
assistant to Ebenezer Waters of Sutton on a surveying expedition. In No- 
vember of that year he received a proprietary right in the village and in 1773 
was chosen with Learned and Livermore on a committee to lay out and clear 
roads into the town. He was also appointed to prosecute trespassers. He 
entered this service with energy, and as we learn from his journal, spent 
nearly the whole of the summer of that year in the discharge of his duties, 
and in the spring of 1774 renewed his labors. This journal is an entertaining 
document, and is printed in the history of Livermore, embracing 14 pages. 
We copy its most important portions : — 

Thos. Fish, his Book, price 7s. Od., of Oxford in the County of Worcester, 
New England. 

Jornal from Oxford to Androscoggen River, April 2G, 1773. Left Oxford 
Dinner at Loged at Framinham. 

27 to Boston. Spoak for a passage a Board of Capt John Martin's Sloop. 
Name tlie Salley. Belonging to Falmouth [Portland]. 

28. (iot our Stores aboard waiting for a fare wind . . . 

30. Sailed . . . 

[They arriveil Sunday, May 2d, at Fuhnouth.] 

3d. Traveld Eleven miles and cared our packs very heavey Loged . . . 
at North Casco. 



PISH. 501 

4th. Traveld 4 miles i throw the woods before Breakfast Killed one piggon 
and Eat for Breakfast at Knight at Mr. Stinchfleld . . . met Mr. Livermore's 
Team a going after thee Rest of the Stoars Left Behind. 

6th. . . . traviled to Little Amascoggen 9 mile . . . waided the River 
Willm Foster fell in to the River all over with 3 axes and a grait coat on his 
Shoulders Killed 4 Pigous one patrage campt by great Wilson pond ... In 
wading I wet my watch in the works . . . 

6. Day began to clear our Road Set the woods af fire and l)urnt our gun 
stick Lay very coald for our Blankets is behind with our Stores. 

7th Day. Lieut. Livermore and his hands come to us at Ten of the cloack 
with stores . . . very ranch wet . . . 

8. Still at worck on our Road Kild 2 patriges catch Fish — Encampt Ijy a 
pleasant pond . . . 

9. Sunday morning our pilot Left us he was In our Emplouy 3 Days 
besides Sunday to goe home in . . . 

10. Clearing our Road vai'y much Tormented with the flys— . . , Cleard 
the Road within one mile of 20 mile River bad Logs by the mile to gather to 
cut out of the Road we have Not Eat but 2 meals of Solt provistion Since we 
have been In the woods Fish and patridges plenty Saw whare the thunder 
Struck a tree not far from our camp Last Knight. 

11. Clearing Road — this Knight Phipses Cannaday [Jay] Committees 
campt with us, bound up to theire Towship to Loting out. 

12. ... this Knight Rany. ' 

13. ... crost the Twenty mile River . . . caryd our Bagage over . . . 
Rany Knight. 

14. Rany . . . Encampt on the East side of 20 mile River Fish plenty 
Trouts vary large and plenty . . . 

15. Lieut. Livermoor and I Sett out in order to view the Land for the Rod 
In To our Township about 15 miles the way we went and it Raiud Some when 
we Set out and was as rainy a Day as a most Ever I New and Lieut. Liver- 
moor went to goe Round a Swamp to se if the Land would not beter acoma- 
date for the Road and got Lost from [us] and I flr'd three guns and continued 
hollering for 2 hours and half l)y Times before he came to me and then we 
stitt out towerds and arived at our ground camp at Dusk — but Like to have 
Layd in the wood all Knight without fire but to our grait Jouy Mr. How of 
pond Town was thare a Sleep in my old Saw bunk I had tliare the Last year 
and had a good fire and I puld of my Shirt and Rung it as Dry as I could and 
warmed it and put on again . . . and Lay Down in my wet cloaths and 
Rested as comfortable as I could — we wet our plan and it come into 9 
peces. . . • 

16. Sunday Returned to ... 20 mile River— by the misfortune we had 
Satturday we was ol)lige to Return for want of provistion and I Snapt my 
gun at a Large buck moose well Loaded with a l)all but the powder being wet 

... to my grait S<irow Did not goe off and Retur'd to our peopell and all 
was well with them and found them Eating Som hot patrige Broath whitch 
Did not com a mis to us also for we had not Eat any hot victtuls Since we 
left them. 

17. munday went with Lieut. Livermoore to help him Drive his cattle Into 
Town . . . got within about one mile of camp at Dusk and haveing a grait 
mind to git in to our camp [we] on yoak our oxen and I set my compas and 
it being so Dark that I could not Se the Needle l)ut Tuck East to ))e West and 



502 FISH. 

Sluiinl of iihout f)!i(' iiiil«' and Struck tlie {n^ait meadow and was oblige to Ly 
on an Island in the niadow and aftiT Long Trial wi; got fire but had Noe ax 
with ns Nor provition — Sum Rany but we Canipt Down as well as we cold 
and Starved it out haveing eat Noe hot victtuls Since morning but wished for 
Day Light l)efore it com — arived at our grand camp Eight o'clock morning. 

is. Tusday a Loocking over the Town to find whare will best acomodate 
for till' lload — patridges or pigons almo.st Every Day the Dog came a croast 
a pocapine and filled his nose with Quills. 

19. W<'ns(lay Returned to Silvester to our people . . . 

20. Thursday about the oald Task daring Road . . . Drawing a plan of 
our Town by the oald peacess that was wet and made out So as that it will 
answer our Town at this time. 

21. Set out to goe for Stores ... to Mr. Lanes arived thare Jest before 
Knight . . . 

22 Day. Satturday Set out heavey Load upon our Back But we had one 
cag we cald the Bull which helpt us cary the Rest at Every Spring we Bluded 
the Bull we come Twelve mile and Night com on. 

23. Sunday arived at our camp this morning ... 

24 Day. monday moved forard on our Road about 1 mile anil haf. 

25. Tusday pleasant and cold . . . 

26. Wensday or Election and vary Rany and noe Bread nor meal Some 
croas and crocked . . . arived at the Grand Camp about two o'cloack . . . 
IMiii)ses caunaday men come to .Se us . . . To spend a few Soshable hours 
witli us and thay told us that thay Kild a fat calf the day before to Keep 
Election with ... So after a little past time In Eating Some fresh Veal and 
Drinking Sora W Enda Toddy we parted with our Neabours we went to grind- 
ing our axes for the Next Days Servis. 

27. thusday the hands at work on the Road ... I went up to the mealing 
house Lot and Layd out the Road . . . 

28. the ould Task and thar come a Scout of Gnats Down upon us . . . the 
muscatoes are Vary Numer's a grait many of them will weigh half-pound — 
not a peace tho' . . . 

29. Satturday at Worck at the Road . . . Gloason and I went out to our 
camp In Silvester . . . got to our camp Jest as the Sun Sot . . . 

30. Sunday . . . made a Breakefast of Chocolate and Buter and Chease 
but noe Breail Diner Noe Bread but aboiit 2 o the Cloack we heard a cracking 
in the Brush and I tuck the gun into my hand thinking it to be a moose but 
as son(! as it came in Sight Who Should it be but our Nabour Foster with a 
half a bushel of meal to his Back whitch Rejoyst us as much as the Sight of 
a moose it Semes he thoat marcy was before Sacritlse tlio it was Sunday he 
new we had Noe bread and so come out to us. 

31. Monday [he descrit)('s an accident to Foster by which he was near 
being killed by a falling tree]. 

June 1. Day Tusday. Rany . . . till after Nine — went to worck and 
about three o'cloack Beat of by Rane . . . 

2. Wensday Cloudy Loose Weather . . . worcked all Day on the Road and 
fitting muscatoes till Dusk — about Ten o the cloack a Bare came with in few 
Road of our camp — all a sleep but I, and I let him come prity Near and 
waked the Dog thinking he might Tree him and he Stood and Snuffed a Spell 
and I Tuck the gun in my hand and the Dog Jumpt Into the Bruech about 
three Koad aiul come back frited allmost to Death and yeald with his Brussels 



FISH. 503 

stuck up and he Lararaed all our camp aud I let him out and he folloed him 
of a Spell and com back againe glad he was alive . . . we cleared the Road 
into our Township this day. 

3 Day. Thusday Rauy . . . moved about 2 mile and i mile into our Town. 

4. Friday old worck Broak 1 ax to Day. 

5. Day Sattur Day ... a woolf com aud hould Round our camp and made 
much Rout among us. 

6 Day. Sunday. 

7 Day. mouday . . . Phipses Cannaday men come to us and thay Kooked 
thare Dinner at oure house aud was bound home all harty and after we had 
Drunk a Little Brandy Toddy and Eat Diner to gather we parted. 

8 Day. Tusday this after Noon the Dog Kiled a pocopine and filled his 
moutli full of quiles and caused a good Deal of Truble to get them out of his 
mouth we tied his legs and gaged him and worcked aljout an houre upon 
him and he was vary glad after it was over. 

9. Wensday . . . the wind Blue So that we were afraid to go to Sleep but 
Keept awake all Night amost for feare of being Kild by the Trees. 

10 Day. Thusday Traviled in to Lieut. Livermoores for we was afraid to 
stay in the woods any Longer the Trees fell so. . . . Returned again to camp. 

11. Friday at work on the Road. . . . 

12. Satturday ... at work on the Road. 

13 Day. Sunday Set out to Wiutrup . . . did not git to mr Hows till 
Knight. 

14 Day. monday set out at one of the clock to mark oure Road to poart 
Royal and at Knight campt by grait anderascoggin pond and as we was En 
camping we heard Something growling Like a bare and we went of from our 
camp and we found 2 cubs up ou a Tree and I shot one of them and mr how 
Shoat the other and we had Som for brakefast and had a vary good brake- 
fast. Road finished to Day. 

15 Day. Tusday Set out this morning and Struck the River by fishes Ise- 
land al)out Eleven o the cloack — 1 [o'clock] our hands Washing up for hom. 

16 Day. Wensday after Lieut. Livermoores cattle that was runaway 
Steard of al)out 12 o the cloack Struck thare Tracks and follow of after them 
till Sun Set but could Not over take them our hands cuttiug a Road to the 
falls and campt with out Blanket or Victuals Next Day I got in Next Day. 

17. Thusday at Eleven o the clock 24 hours without any victulcs Except 
one pan cake this afternoon packed up our things for marching home about 
the Sun Set foure miles on our Jorney. . . . 

18. Fryday got into Mr. Laines about the middle of the afternoon and Re- 
freshed ourselves and Rested ourSelves at Little andrew Soggen River. 

19. Saturday crost the River . . . Traveled to Mr. Winslows in North 
Casko and Logcd thare. 

20. Sunday at falinouth afternoon went to church. Quartered at Mr. 
Shattucks. 

[On Monday, 21, they found passage in a vessel for Boston and reached 
Lieut. Livermore's, Walthani, the following Friday evening.] 

26. Satturday vary hot — and Traviled home [to Oxford] — Vary hard 
Days work for me. 

Entries in the journal indicate that he was again surveying at Livermore in 
the spring of 1774. Left Oxford 18 April, from which date a diary was kept 
until 7 May when he says " went up the River and fouud all things well at my 



504 FISH. 

ch(!.st and Deacon Livcriiion' well at his camp." This second jonrnal is less 
circumstantial th.m the (list, and has mainly reference to his surveys. 

In 1775 a i^real chanfju in public affairs occurred and Mr. Fish laid aside his 
compass and took the sword in hand instead. On the Lexington alarm he 
went as second lieutenant of the Oxford company, entering upon a term 
of over four years service in the war. Of the details of his career we have 
little knowledge, but that it was an honorable one his repeated promotions 
attest.' In June, 1779, while encamped at Providence, R. I., a dispute arose 
between Caj)tains Fish and Webb, both of Col. Shepard's Kegimeut, as to 
precedence in rank. Fish felt himself much aggrieved inasmuch as he had 
applied for a board of referees to sit upon the case and had been refused. 
The result was his resignation, which he gave in on the 15th. On the 17th, 
by order of Gen. Gates, It was accepted, and he left the service. 

The following document accompanies the resignation and its acceptance in 
the State Archives : 

"To whom it may concern: This may certify that Capt. Thomas Fish has 
served in the Continental Army of the United States of America four years 
and two months, and has sustained an unspotted character as an ottlcer and 
soldier, both in action, in the field and in (juarters, and has universally had 
the good will of officers and soldiers both in Regiment and Brigade to which 
he belongs, and resigned June 17, 1779, by his own desire. 
" Providence, July 6, 1779. Jno. Glover, Brig. Gen'. 

Wm. Shepard, Col. 

E. Sprout, Lieut. Col. 

L. Ball, Maj. 

Isaac Pope, Capt. 

TiMO BiGELOW, Col. 

Joseph Vorce, Col. 
Elljah Vorce, Lt. Col. 
Robert Elliot, Col. Art. 
Wm. Moore, Capt." 
.\nd 22 other officers." 

On a pay-roll acted upon in the Massachusetts Council 30 March, 1780, ap- 
pears Capt. Thomas Fish, in Nathan Tyler's Regiment, service in Rhode 
Island from Dec. 1, one month, four days, from which we infer that he may 
have entered the service for a short time subsequently to his resignation. The 
history of Livermore says he was a Major in the United States Army. Possi- 
bly he may have received a brevet commission as Major, as did others at the 
close of the war, but in his note of resignation he signed himself Captain. 

His subsequent history is short. Dea. Livermore had in 1779 taken posses- 
sion of his homestead in Maine, and on his return from the Avar Fish, whose 
wife had then deceased, naturally turned toward his old friend, who with 
characteristic generosity kindly received him at his home. The proprietary 
also recognized its early servant and 12 Sept., 1781, appointed him as col- 
league with Mr. Livermore to fix upon a proper location for mills for the 
town. In his journey to Livermore, Fish in passing through Winthrop made 
the ac(iuaiiitaiic,e of Miss Betsey Marrow of that town. Says the history of 



' A notice In the Afassachuselts Sptj, 8 April, puny to appear at the place of rendezvous— 
1777, refiulred all persons enlisted In his com- Westfleld, Hampshire Co. 



FISH. 505 

Livermore : " It was the first or second winter (probably tlic second, for he 
had made his ' pitch,' and built him a log cabin near the upper end of the 
great meadow which still retains the name ' Fish Meadow ') that Major Fish 
took his shoemaker's tools and went to Winthrop to work a few weeks, but 
more particularly to do up a small job of courting the Marrow girl. . . . 
After tarrying at Mr. Marrow's a few weeks he left for Livermore. Unfortu- 
nately a cold northeast snow storm commenced the same day, making it a iiard 
day's work to travel on foot to Dea. Livermore's in one day, and he did not get 
across the river till after dark. When al)out half a mile short of the deacon'.s 
... by mistake he turned out of the road . . . [into] the deep snow [and] 
apparently became exhausted. He hung his pack on the deail limb or knot of a 
spruce tree . . . laid himself doAvn beside a pine tree turned up by the roots, 
and died. He was found three days afterwards . . . His remains were taken to 
Winthrop and buried with military honors." The date of his death is not given, 
but it was in Jan., 1782. A quantity of leather in addition to his tools made 
up his burden which had through the day been an impediment to his progress. 
A poem of 240 lines on the death of Major Fish was written by Mrs. Eliza- 
beth Akers Allen of Portland, for the history of Livermore, a few lines from 
which follow : — 

"But all too soon did the shadows fall 

And the chill gray tAvilight leave the skies, 
And night let down, like a solid wall. 

Its thick black curtain before his eyes. 

Utterly wearied out, at length. 

He paused by the roots of a fallen pine, 
Yet strove with his last remaining strength 

To leave some record, or trace, or sign. 

Powerless longer to strive or shout. 

He dropped on his desolate death bed there ; 
The tinal flicker of hope went out 

And left him alone with his black despair. 

Sweetly a strange delirium stole 

The sense of anguish and pain away ; 
For a merciful moment aci'oss his soul 

A wondrous vision of Summer lay : 
The sunshine warm on the sweet pine woods. 
The murmur of wide green solitudes, 

The glancing leaves by the breezes stirred. 

The gurgle of brook and the song of l)ird ; 
Softly the fluttering pulse grew still, 

As spent waves die on a pleasant shor<- ; 
The wrathful tempest had wrought its will 

And the cold and darkness vexed no more. 

And with prayer and sermon and quaint old hymns, 
Their tttting and simple burial rite. 
They buried him in his sweetheart's sight ; 

With tender reverence they laid him down 

Near her dwelling in Winthrop town. 
His grave was nameless, and none nu\y know 

So many the changing years have been. 
Where the kind earth opened, so long ago, 

Her warm, broAvn bosom, and took liini in." 

PETER, son of Joseph, d. 12 Jan., 1850. 
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50(i FISHEK. — FISK. 

FISHER, OLIVE B., w. of Willard I)., m. ii. Braytou, of Johnston, K. I., 
aged G9, d. 1 April, 1879. 

WILLARD D., son of Joliii of Thompson, Conn., ayed 7G, d. 17 Oct., 1884. 

FINLEY, Mrs. KATE (Irish), aged 71, d. 26 May. 1872. 

FISK, FISKE, NATHAN, of WatertoAvn 1642. had with otliens by w. 
Susanna, Nathaniel, b. 12 July, 16.'>3. ni. 1677, Mary Child, and had with 
others John, b. 17 March, 1683, m. 31 July, 1706, Lydia Adams, in Shcrborn, 
and had with others Isaac, b. 24 Aug., 1714, weaver, m. 11 Nov., 1736, Hannah 
Haven, settled at Worcester, where she was a teacher, removed to Framing- 
ham, where, with others, was b. Danikl, 17r)l(?), physician, settled at Ox., 
studied with Dr. White, a noted man, of 8alem. He probat)ly resided here 
.soon after his marriage in 1772. In 1774 his father bought the estate opposite 
Town's Pond. II. 141, upon which Daniel settled and died. He was a leading 
physician of the town, well known in all the region, had numerous pupils 
(among them Dr. Holbrook of Thompson, Conn., and Dr. BuUard of Sutton), 
was an active Freemason, a Universalist and one of the leading men in the 
formation of the Oxford Society, a stockholder in the "Central Cotton Manu- 
facturing Co.," an adherent of Shays in the famous "Rebellion." He went 
to Cambridge at the time of the siege of Boston, had, it is said, an interview 
with Gen. Washington, and was ottered a surgeon's appointment, which he 
declined, was selectman in 1782, 1783 and 1784; built the house now stand- 
ing in 1791. He d. aged 6.5, 26 Aug., 181.5. At his request Masonic ceremonies 
were dispensed with at his funeral, but it was very largely attended by the 
fraternity from abroad and was a remarkable occasion. 

He m. (1) 10 Nov., 1772, Susanna, dau. of Rev. David Thurston, she d. 
Sept., 1798, m. (2) 1800, Alice, dau. of Eli.sha Davis, she d. aged 83, 28 July, 
1844. . . . Childrenhy first m. : Soprlv, b. 18 Sept., 1773, m. John, son of 
Ephraim Kussell; Sarah, b. 2 Sept., 1776, m. John, son of James Butler; 
William T., b. 6 July, 1778; Abljaii, b. 8 May, 1780, num., soldier in Capt. 
Jones' Co., Miller's Regt., in the War of 1812, d. of camp fever 1813 at Green- 
bush, N. Y. ; Susanna, b. 28 June, 1782, m. .\lphens, son of Jonas Eddy; 
Mauy, b. 13 Feb., 1785, m. Amos Hudson. 

2. WILLIAM T., son of Daniel (1), m. (1) 1 Nov., 1801, Alice, dau. of 
William Hudson, lived near his father, a physician of moderate practice, a 
good citizen and respected, assessor and school committee, kept for several 
years a store near his residence, was a leading man in the Central Manu- 
facturing Co., removed 1820 to Ellisbnrg, N. Y., Alice, his w., d. 1827, m. (2) 
April, 1828, Betsey, her sister, he d. 12 Dec, 1841, at Fulton, N. Y., she d. 6 
Oct., 1860. . . . Children by first ni., b. at Ox. : Daniiu, H , b. 13 Aug., 1802; 
.\iu.iAii, b. and d. 1804; William II., b. 4 Nov., 1805, physician, m. IS.JO, Mary 
Stearns, d. 5 April, 1835, no ch. ; SorniA, b. 13 Jan., 1808, m. 1835, John 
Shaw, merchant, who d. Aug., 1853, at Maquoketa, la., whither they had 
removed in 1840; they had Sophia F., b. 1836, m. 1870, Joseph Kelso, judge 
and banker at Bellevue, la.; Laura, b. 1841, m. 1873, James C. Brooksmit, 
residence. Cedar Rapids, la., railroad accountant; Carrie E., b. 1844, m. 1872, 

Dr. Moore, residence, Essex, la. ; Mary C, b. 1848; Austin F., b. 1850, 

m. 1880, Isadore Kay, was graduated 1875 at Cornell, merchant at Maquoketa, 
la.; Cynthia, b. 6 Dec, 1810, m. 26 Jan.. 1843. Dr. Charles W. Eastman, 
residenct!, Wessington, Dak., he d. 1880; they had WiJJinm F.,h. 1844, was 
graduated 1806 at Union College, editor of the Sterling, 111., Gazette from 



FTSK. — FITTS. 507 

1872 to 1882, m. (1) 1872, Frances Adams, ra. (2) 1880, Myra T. Christopher, 
had eh. ; Lauua, b. 22 July, 1813, m. 9 Nov., 1842, Nathaniel White, he d. 
Oct., 18fi5, at Ellislnirg, N. Y., no ch. ; Austin T., b. 10 Nov., 1818, m. 1853, 
Mary R. Myres, no ch., he was a merchant at Ellisburg, d. ISCS, at Syracuse, 
N. Y. ; ch. by second m.. b. at Ellisl)uri;- : Wilbur, b. 19 July, 1882, m. Oct., 
1855, Myra A. Shaw, was in service in the late war as ward master in tiie 
hospital at Memphis, Tenu.. where he d. 18G3; ch. : Charles ]V., b. 1853, was 
graduated at Madison University, Wis., studying law, 1885, Maquoketa, la. ; 
Ferdik C, b. 1850, was graduated 1879 at Cornell, architect at Minneapolis, 
Minn. 

3. DANIEL H., sou of William T. (2), m. 10 Feb., 1827, Caroline Willard, 
b. at Middletown, Vt., settled at EUisburg, N. Y., removed late in life to 
Ithaca, N. Y., where he d. 3 Feb., 1884. . . . Children b. at EUisburg: A 
DAU., b. 1827. d. 1830; Daniel Willard, b. 11 Nov., 1831, educated at Hamil- 
ton College and Upsal University, Sweden, first asst. librarian at Astor 
Library, New York, from 1852 to 1859, professor of modern languages and 
librarian at Cornell University from 1808 to 1882, m. 14 July, 1880, Jennie 
McGraw, who possessed a large property, she d. 30 Sept., 1881, soon after 
her decease he removed, in somewhat intirra health, to Florence, Italy, where 
he, 1890, resided. In her will she bequeathed to Cornell University property 
estimated at one and a half million dollars. Prof. Fisk with some of her 
relatives brought a suit to have the will set aside. In Nov., 1888, the Court 
of Appeals gave a decision in favor of the contestants on the ground that 
according to the charter of the college it was not competent to receive the 
legacy. The case was appealed to the United States Court. William O., b. 
23 Jan., 1835, m. 24 Dec, 1866, Mary E. McGee, an eminent musician and 
organist, for many years at Syracuse, N. Y. ; they had James W., Willard 0., 
Cai'rie, Flora E., Alice M. 

FITTS, ROBERT, of Salisbury 1640, had Abraham, who m. 16 May, 1055, 
Sarah, dan. of Simon Thompson of Ipswich, where he resided; Abraham, 
son or grandson of Abi*aham, was of Ipswich in 1690; Robert, his sou, was 

b. there 19 July, ; Ben.tamin, son of Robert, b. 1728, removed with his 

father to Sutton, he was twice m. and had 19 ch., removed late in life from 
Douglas to the southeast part of Ox., where he bought land and built a house, 
H. 31, d. 14 Feb., 1803, his widow d. 11 Nov., 1837, aged 95. 

2. DANIEL, son of Benjamin (1), b. 14 April, 1753, m. 9 April, 1778, Ohloe 
White of Charlton, settled l)efore 1790 in the northwest part of Ox., 11. 94, 
where he d. aged 84, 3 Feb., 1837, she d. 22 Jan., 1837, aged 80. . . . Children : 
Sally, b. 18 Dec, 1779, m. Abijah Lamb, second w. ; Chloe, b. 19 April, 
1781, m. Jan., 1799, William Henderson of Oakham, settled at Ox., removed 
to East Greenwich, R. I., Shutesl)ury, Columbus, N. Y., both d. at Buttalo, N. 
Y.,many descendants in New York State; Sophia, b. 10 Nov., 1783, m. inten- 
tions 2 Oct., 1813, Reuben Adams of Ward, second w. ; Daniel, b. Jan., 1785, 
m. intentions 14 Nov., 1807, Lydia Livermore of Ward, where they settled, 
removed to Champion, N. Y., where he d. Dec, 1879, she d. there before 1860, 
had ch. ; A daw. m., resided at Champion; Caroline, b. 4 Aug., 1786, m. 
Joshua Burrill of Thompson, Conn., settled in Ward, removed to Onondaga 
Co., N. Y., thriice to Pembroke, Genesee Co., when; l)oth d., had ch. ; Abljah, 
b. 1 Sept., 1788, d. young; Roxalana, b. 23 June, 1792, m. intentions 26 June, 
1814, John Burrill, Jr., l)rother of Joshua, settled at Thompson, Conn., removed 



508 FITTS. 

if) Williiiuiiitic, Conn., wliere she d., he d. at East Hartford, Conn.. 4 ch. ; 
John, b. 1:5 June, 1794; Auba, b. 14 St-pt., 1796, ra. (1) intentions 26 Sept., 
1816, Polly Osniore (Hosmer?) of Ward, where they settled and had ch., she 
d. in Ward, ni. (2) Julia Wesson, he d. 24 Mareh, 1858; Tik/.ah, b. 1800, d. 
younjj;. 

3. JOHN, sou of Daniel (2), ra. (1) 14 Feb., 1819, Eliza, dau. of Ebenezer 
Green of Tlionipson, Conn., she d. 16 Aug., 1843. at Penibrolie, N. Y., ra. (2) 
12 Sept., 1844, Louisa, Avidow of Benjamin Vasstill, ni. n. Soutliworth, she d. 
8 June, 1870, he d. 3 April, 1884, at Qx., aged 89. He settled on the home- 
stead in tlie northwest part of Ox., took down the old bouse and built the 
present one 1827, lived there about ten years and later spent three and one- 
half years in New York State, returned to Ox. . . . Children: Nancy C, b. 
31 Aug., 1820; Chi.ok W., b. 1823, d. 1825; SusAN H., b. 28 Oct., 1827, m. 
(ieorge Wait; Jui.rus, b. 26 May, 1830, m. (1) Sept., 1855, Sally Ann, dau. 
of Ebenezer B. Walker, settled at Ox., had ch.. removed to West Sterling, 
where she d. March, 1875, m. (2) Elsie M. Pierce of Hubbardston, had ch. 

4. WALTER, son of Benjamin (1), b. 4 April, 17.55, ra. (1) intentions 10 
June, 1778, Sarah, dau. of Ebenezer Merriam, m. (2) Mrs. Blanchard, spent 
most of his life in Ox., he d. 4 March, 1825, aged 70. . . . Children by first m. : 
Miriam, b. 14 Feb., 1779, ra. Nathan Pratt, no ch. ; Betsey, b. 5 Nov., 1780. 
ra. 1801, James Cudworth of Ward, where they settled; Walter, b. 12 Jan., 
1783, m. intentions 6 May, 1809, Mary, dau. of John Cozzens of North Ox., 
had ch.; Syi.vanus, b. and d. 1785; Sarah, b. 15 Sept., 1787 or 8, m. 1819, 
Israel, son of Absalom Stockwell of Thompson, Conn., settled at Ward, had 
ch. ; Jonathan, b. 13 .Aug., 1791, m. Laminda lIol)bs of Charlton, removed to 
Vt. ; Martha, b. 9 June, 1793 or 4, m. 1817, Stephen G., son of Keuben 
Livermore of Sudbury, ten ch., she d. 18 Sept , 1844, at Millbury; Cki.ia. b. 
17 Dec, 1796, d. young; Jotham, b. 1799, d. young; Celia. b. 24 Dec, 1802, 
ra. 20 Jan., 1821, her cousin, Jeremiah Pratt of Charlton, settled at Sturbridge, 
she d. 13 April, 1849, at Greenfield, 10 ch. 

5. ROBERT, .son of Benjamin (1), b. 27 March, 1757, m. 25 Aug., 1778, 
Phebe, dau. of Andrew Patch, lived in Charlton, Ox. and Ward, where he d. 
niu(;h respected 29 Dec, 1831, 9 eh., none of whom settled at Ox., excepting 
Kokkrt, who lived for a time at Nortli Ox., at tlie house he built, II. 124. he 
was a constituent member of the Baptist Church at Nortli Ox., and active, 
removed to Leverett and later to Northampton, d. aljout 1882. 

MARY, dau. of Benjamin (1) by second w., b. lo Marcli, 17(15, ni. David 
Young of Jamaica, Vt. • 

6. DAVID, son of Benjamin (1), b. 3 Oct., 1767, m. 19 Feb., 1795, Lucinda 
Whiting, or Whitou, of Plainfield. lived at Oxford and Charlton, d. at Provi- 
dence, R. I., had 6 ch., none settled at Oxford. 

7. BENJAMIN, son of Benjamin (1), b. 24 July, 1769, m. 28 Sept., 1794, 
Sarah, dau. of Benjamin Rich of Charlton; he d. aged 89, 14 Sept., 1858, she 
d. aged 75,2 Sept.. 1S45, both at Ox. . , . Children: Cynthia, 1). 1795, d. 
young; Samuki., b. 10 June, 1797, d. 3 Sept., 1844, num.; Clark, b. 7 Oct., 
1799, ni. inttintions 25 Nov., 1831, Hannah R., dau. of Calvin Putnam, settled 
at Charlton, had ch. ; Emory C, a son, m. Ann Sophia, dan. of Ira Sibley, 

widow of Johnson; Alvin, b. 29 Aug., 1801, m. 14 Dec, 1843, Lucy, 

dau. of John Stevens of Charlton, he d. 16 June, 1880; they had John S., b. 9 
June 1845, (h'orgc, b. 19 Dec, 1847; Mary L., b. 23 April, 1849; Ann M., b. 
28 Feb., 1854; Sarah J., b. 8 Jan., 1860; he d. 16 June, 1880; David, b. 5 Dec, 



riTTS. 509 

1805, in. 7 Aug., 1832, Chloe, dau. of John P. Nichols, settled in North Gore, 
he d. 4 March, 1881; they had HoUis, b. 1836, d. 1839; Jotham, b. 17 Dec, 
1H40. m. 14 Feb., 1871, Sarah T., dau., of Reuben Eddy, and had Mary D., b. 
1872; Jotham A., b. 1875, residence, Rochdale; Benjamin, h. 31 Oct., 1842, 
resides on tlie homestead in North Gore; GhJue A., b. 5 Dec, 184G, m. 13 May, 

1873, Nathaniel E. Taft, manufacturer at Nortli Ox. ; they had liobert F., I). 

1874, d. 1877; David N., b. 1876; Lewis, b. 10 Dec, 1807, m. intentions G 
April, 1833, Nancy M., dau. of Joseph Jeunison of Auburn; he d. 1853, she d. 
14 March, 1881 ; they had Sarah M., b. 1834, m. David Lilley, d. 1859, no ch. ; 
Albert L., m. Lorinda Brooks of Charlton; she d. 1870, he d. 1878, at North 
Adams ; had one son, Lewis ; Mekcy, m. Ezekiel Hovey. 

8. ANDREW, son of Benjamin (1), b. 15 March, 1773, resided with his 
father in southeast part of Ox., m. (1) intentions 7 Nov., 1814, Ruth, dau. of 
George Pike of Charlton, she d. 27 April, 1833; m. (2) 11 April, 1835, Eleanor 
Pike, sister of Ruth. He d. aged 76, 29 July, 1849, she d. later in New York 
State. . . . Children, all by first m. : Harrison, b. 13 March, 1815, in. Nancy, 
dau. of William Houston of Ontario, N. Y., settled at RoUin, Mich., and had 
Ruth A., Vernelia, Lewis C, Sarah, Charles, William, Mary; resided 1888, at 
Blissfield, millwright; Fanny, b. 6 May, 1816, m. 21 May, 1851, Martin Al- 
drich of Webster, where they settled; he was killed by the railroad cars 12 
Dec, 1879 ; they had Frances I., Lydia I. ; Benjamin, b. 30 May, 1817, m. Au- 
relia Pristol of Palmyra, N. Y., merchant at Toledo, O., had ch. ; George 
P., b. 25 Sept., 1818, d. 9 June, 1855, at Ontario, N. Y., unm. ; Sumner, b. 4 
Jan., 1820, m. (1) Vernelia Whitney of Ontario, one son, residence, Manassas 
Junction, Va. ; m. (2) Mary Wiley of Walworth, N. Y., had ch., present resi- 
dence. Falls Church, Va., carpenter; Emeline, b. 27 Aug., 1821, d. 12 Feb., 
1880, at Rolliu, Mich., unm. ; Lydia Ann, b. 28 May, 1823, m. 18 May, 1845, 
Jeremiah C. Sholes of Sturbridge, settled at Webster, where she d. 9 Oct., 
1851, 2 sons; Elizabeth, b. 9 Dec, 1824, m. 16 Aug., 1847, William C. Hart 
of Pomfret, Vt., residence, Cornish, N. H., had ch. ; Mary Louisa, b. 30 
Sept., 1827, d. 14 Sept., 1846, at Ox. ; Nelson A., b. 9 March, 1829, m. Maria 
Whitney, sister of Vernelia, resided at Lincoln, N. Y., and had Alberto, physi- 
cian, settled in Ohio ; Mary Lo2iisa. 

HANNAH, dau. of Benjamin (1), b. 1780, m. William Whittiam. 

9. SILAS, son of Benjamin (1), b. 14 Feb., 1782, num., farmer in the south 
part of the town, H. 39, where he d. aged 86, 18 Dec, 1867. 

10. EBENEZER, son of Benjamin (1), b. 16 Sept., 1786, m. 29 May, 1808, 
Eliza Coburn of Charlton, lived at Charlton and Oxford, blacksmith. He d. 
18 Aug., 1865, at Ox., she d. 29 Dec, 1880, at Clinton, aged 92 yrs., 8 mos. 

. . . Children: Adaline, b. 3 Feb., 1809, m. her cousin David Young; Silas, 
b. 1811, ra. 16 Aug., 1835, Lucetta B. Larkin, settled in Ox., removed to 
Clinton; had William E., who m., had ch., and d. 18 March, 1865, at Clin- 
ton; soldier in late war; Elizabeth, m. A. B. Newton of Ox., residence, 
Clinton, had. ch. ; David, m. Theresa M. Hodges, had ch. ; Palmer, m. Emily 
L. Jewett, and had William L., d. young; Dacy A., m. ——Wood; Palmer, 
b. 3 Sept., 1813, left home at 23 years of age and not heard from; Linus, b. 
31 Dec, 1817, m. (1) 21 July, 1855, Laura A., dau. of Joseph Hodges of M(jriah, 

N. Y., she d. at Clinton; they had Etta, and others, d. young; m. (2) ; 

Mary E., b. 27 Aug., 1820, m. William A. Ellis of Ox., she d. 16 March, 1867; 
they had Ella A., m. ; Li7ius, d. young; Levi, b. 7 Aug., 1826, m. 24 Sept., 
1848, Prudence Balcom of Douglas; they had Georye E., b. 1850; Ednah J., b. 
1855; Alice A., b. 1857; Willie F., b. 1860; Elmer W., b. 1862. 



510 FITTS. — FORD. 

ABRAHAM, son of Robert and brother of Benjamin (1), b. 6 Sept., 1789, 
Revolutionary soldier, ni. 14 April, 17G7, Mary Holnian of Sutton, came from 
Sutton to Ox., l)et\v('en 1771 and 1777; had four children two having been b. 
at Ox.: Sakah, )>. 1777; Anna, I). 1787; in tiie latter year he removed to 
Dummerston, Vt. 

KOBKKT. son of Robert, b. 24 April, 1742, at Sutton, m. 2 June, 1767, 
liydiu 'I'dwn, his cousin; resided at ()xff)rd, Sutton and Templeton, where he 
d., 7 ch. Taxed in Ox., trader, 1771. 

CALEB, of Dudley, m. 1 Aug., 1780, Rachel, dau. of Andrew Patch of 
Oxford, settled at Cliarlton. Chlok, his daughter, b. 21 March, 1790, m. 
Samuel Mayo; Lucina, b. 19 Oct., 1801, m. Aug., 1823, David Dodge of Ox., 
and d. Aug., 1824. 

KBENKZER, Jr., of Dudley, had Sally, b. 1 May, 1797, m. Caleb Pope, 
came late in life to Ox., resided at 11. 212, where he d. IC Nov., 1880; she d. 
4 May, 1881; they had Emily, m. Lyman Law, and liad Franoelia, wlio m. 
Byron, son of Daniel Rich. 

JOHN, Revolutionary soldier. 

HULDAll and Joel Howe of Jamaica, Vt., m. 15 Feb., 1802. 

ABIGAIL L., m. n., Edwards, aged 71, d. 26 June, 1864. 

LAURINDA O., m. n. Brooks, aged 36, d. 30 Nov., 1870. 

RUTH, m. n. Sibley, aged 69, d. 23 May, 1874. 

CHESTER, aged 73, d. 23 Aug., 1878. 

NANCY, m. n. Jennison, aged 67, d. 14 March, 1881. 

FITZPATRICK, JOHN (Irish), aged 57, d. 11 Jan., 1865. 

FLAGG, JONATHAN, of Worcester, tavern keeper at the Centre, returned 
to Worcester; w. Cynthia, son William, b. 11 July, 1825, at Ox.; their dau. 
Hakkikt M., aged 6, d. 10 May, 1826. 

COMFORT, widow, m. n. Turner, dau. of Jacob, aged 79, d. 9 May, 1879. 

FLANNIGAN, Patrick, aged 54, d. 22 Sept., 1875. 

FLETCHER, Mks. ELSEY, aged 60, d. 5 May, 1846, at Worcester. 

FLING, DAVID, and wife, resided at Ox. Feb., 1754. 

FLOREY, JOHN, 4 years in Revolutionary war in Captain Moore's Co. 

FOLEY, SALLY, w. of Peter, aged 29, d. 14 May, 1828. 

FORBES, WILLIAM, b. al)out 1763, was of Worcester, 1785, m. 15 Nov., 
17«7, at Ox., Al)igail, dau. of Joshua Meriam, tanner, near North Common; 
bought, 1794, the place now Joseph Stevens', II. 176, continued tanning until 
his death, aged 46, 21 May, 1808, no ch. ; she m. (2) John Plummcr. [April, 
1811, Forbes' heirs were James Forbes, Shoreham, Vt. ; Isaac Smith and 
Anne, his wife, Peru; Margaret Hamilton, widow, Ilardwick; Jonas Stevens 
and Sally, his wife. Sullivan, N. H. ; John Forl)es, Clarendon, Vt.] 

PEREZ, of Oakham, and Mrs. Lucy Waterman, m. 2 June, 1831. 

FORBUSH, Mks. RACHEL, of Andover, agi-d 88, d. 2 May, 1853. 
FORD, WILLIAM, of Marshlleld, and Clarissa Packard, m. 31 Oct., 1839. 



FORREST. — FOSTER. 511 

FORREST, WILLIAM S., b. 28 Jan., 1821, at Aberdeen, Scot., .son of 
James and Margaret (Ogilvie), m. 1842, at Brechin, Scot., Margaret Ethring- 
ton, b. 29 Nov., 1824, at Montrose, Scot., emigrated 1851, came to Ox. from 
Roxbury 1855, shoe bottomer, soldier in the late war, he d. 21 Nov., 1889, she 
d. aged 55, 30 April, 1880. . . . Children, first three b. in Scotland : William, 
b. 17 Nov., 1844, m. SO.Sept., 1873, Ella F., dan. of Bradley Reed; had b. at 
Ox. : Mabel IF., b. 1874, d. 1876; Maladm G., b. 1 Sept., 1878; Annie C, b. 4 
Nov., 1880; Margaret E., b. 15 Jan., 1883; removed to North Brookfteld, 
where she d. April, 1889; James G., b. 12 Fel)., 1849, m. Mary E., widow of 
Henry T. Albee, dan. of Pliny M. Moffitt; had RoJtert E., b. 25 Nov., 1882; 
Charles II., b. 23 March, 1885; David, b. 10 Jan., 1850, m. 12 June, 1878, JVtrs. 
Ruth Jones, m. n. White, of Holbrook ; John W., b. 4 May, 1853, m. 31 Dec, 
1874, Ann F., dan. of Benajah Gates; had b. at Ox. Frank B., b. 24 July, 
187G; Robert W., b. 22 Dec, 1878; Christina C, b. 14 Jan., 1855, at Rox- 
bury, m. Walter D. Tyler; Annie E., b. 5 Nov., 1857; Margaret, b. 22 Nov., 
1859, ra. Franklin W. Carson [See Pope] ; George L., b. 17 June, 1862; Alice 
J., I). 7 Aug., 1867, m. 4 Sept., 1884, Byron J. Vinton; had Cora W., b. 1885, 
d. 1888. 

FORSYTH, JESSE, 46 months in the Revolutionary army, Capt. Wiley. 

FORTIN, DELIA (Canadian), aged 29, d. 30 Oct., 1876. 
JOSEPH (Canadian), aged 39, d. 29 March, 1879. 
GEORGE C. (Canadian), aged 41, d. 29 Oct., 1883. 

FOSKETT, Mrs. MARY S., aged 44, d. 8 Oct., 1858. 

FOSTER, TIMOTHY, of Walpolc, cordwainer, bought laud 1748 in the 
southeast part of Dudley, m. (1) Molly May, m. (2) Keziah Lyon, ra. (3) 
Mary Payson, had 16 ch., numerous descendants; Joseph, youngest son, 
resided at Windham, Conn., d. 27 Nov., 1845, aged 83, on his gravestone is 
the following : " He enlisted in the army of the Revolution at 13 years of age 
and was one of 13 brothers, who, together with their father, served in the 
war in the aggregate over 60 yeafs." [^Worcester Spy, 23 Oct., 1861.] 
Ebenezer, the eldest, was a teacher, both of common and singing schools. 
He ra. Mary Jenkins of Scituate, settled at Dudley, removed to Ox., resided 
here several years, and removed to Union, Conn., where they d. . . . Children: 
Mary, b. 28 July, 1770, m. 4 Nov., 1793, Joseph Davis of Dudley, and had 
James, b. 1795, unm. ; Hannah, b. 1797, d. 1803; Sallii, b. 1798, m. Adam 
Hubbard, she d. 1862; Polly, b. 1801, ra. Elijah Pratt; Joseph, b. 1803, num.; 
Hannah, b. 1806, unm., d. 1847; Zenas, b. 1808, m. Juliet, dau. of Elijah 
Pratt; Ebenezer, b. 1811, prominent at Dudley, State Senator; Ebenezer, b. 
13 June, 1773; Peleg, b. 13 Oct., 1775; Hannah, ra. Isaac, son of Jeremiah 
AmidoAvn, and had Bufus, Samuel, d. young; Calvin, Anna, m. Joseph Stone 
of Pomfret and Dayville ; Luth,er. 

2. EBENEZER. son of Ebenezer (1), m. 25 Aug., 1805, Anna, dau. of 
Benjamin Davis, resided at Dudley and Thompson, Conn., and later settled on 
her father's homestead in the south part of Ox., now Webster, removed to 
Union. Conn., and Worcester, resided later in life at Webster, where he d. 14 
Nov., 1863, she d. 29 Dec, 1859. . . . Children: Davis, b. 11 March, 1807, at 
Dudley, m. Lois Knapp of Sutton, settled at Wel)ster, had cli., d. 16 Feb., 
1890, at Worcester; Reuben, b. 21 Feb., 1809, at Thompson, Conn., m. Nancy 
Murdock, settled at Webster, where he d. 24 June, 1875; Charles, his son, 



512 FOSTER. 

was a soldier in tlic late war, killcci at Antictam; Otis, b. 26 Aug., 1814, at 
Ox., in. Susan, dau. of William Iloyh; of Thompson, Conn., settled at Ox., 
he d. aged 71, HO March, ISSfi, she d. aged 56, 5 Feb., 1876; had Olin O., h. 25 
Sept., 1850, ni. 21 June, 1876, Jane S., dau. of Lyman A. Wetherell, merchant 
at Ox. several years, residence, 1890, West Medford; Ella S., b. 31 Dec. 
1861, m. 11 Dec. 1881, Fred O., son of Daniel R. Cortis of Ox. ; RuFUS, b. 15 
March, 1818, m. Sarah, dau. of SamueV Amidown, settled at Webster, had ch. ; 
Lucy, b. 28 Oct., 1820, at Union, Conn., m. Francis N., son of Solomon 
Davis; Cahoi.ink, b. 18 July, 1823, at Union, m. 12 March. 1845, Barlow, son 
of William lloyle of Thompson, Conn., settled at Webster, removed to 
Detroit, Minn., where he d. 7 Feb., 1878; they hail Sarak J., b. 1848. m. 
Martin V. B., son of Barnabas Davis, second w. ; Emma A., b. 1852; Helen 
C, b. 18.55, m. John D. Connelly, residence, Oak Lake, Minn. ; Albert B., h. 4 
June, 1868, residence, Minn. ; William, b. 30 Aug., 1831, at Worcester, m. 
20 April, 1856, Martha A., dau. of Lewis Shuraway, settled at Ox., and had 
Frank, b. 31 Oct., 1863; Amos L., b. 7 Aug., 1865; Ayina F., b. 18 Dec, 1867; 
Marij E., b. 17 July, 1872. 

3. PELEG, son of Ebenezer (1), m. 14 Oct., 1805, Mary, dau. of Jonathan 
Harris, settled at Ox., clothier and dyer, built in 1808 the house at the south 
end of the Plain, If. 210, he d. aged 90, 10 Nov., 1865, at Ox., she d. 1 May, 
1865, at Fall River. . . . Children: Betsky, b. 23 Sept., 1806, m. 28 Nov., 
1839, Joel Jennison of Newton, no ch., she d. 2 Sept., 1841 ; Louisa, b. 6 Oct., 
1808, d. young; Alfred and Ali-heus, b. 21 Dec, 1812, at Dudley, now 
Webster; Alfred, farmer, m. 2 May, 1842, Susan West of Plaintield, Conn., 
where they settled, removed 1874 to Putnam, Conn., where he d. 20 Sept., 
1890; had at F\-a.in{ield Edward N., b. 25 Oct., 1843, m. Helen E. Westgate, 
residence, Putnam, marketman; they had Herbert W., b. 1869, Edith G., b. 
1871, Helen E., b. 1873, Henry A., b. 1881; EmmaJ^ b. 1 April, 1853, m. 1872, 
Alfi-ed N. Law, residence, Putnam; they had Lewis E., b. 1874, William F., 
b. 1877; Alplicus, twin brother of Alfred, dyer, m. Aug., 1842, Mary M. 
Lathrop of Plaintield, Conn., and had Mary E., b. 22 June, 1844, m. Nov., 
1874, J. Arthur lOmlott of Thompson, Conn. ; Louisa, b. 19 July, 1847, m. 
Nov., 1865, William Ellis of Chelmsford, residence, Worcester, and had 
Emma, b. 1866, F. Jennie, b. 1873, Mabel F., b. 1883; Annie Jane, h. 20 
March, 1855; George A., b. 1858, d. young; Jonathan H., b. 21 July, 1821, 
m. 1 Nov., 1852, Philena S., dau. of Dea. Moses Shcpardson, she d. 25 Nov., 
1874, at Fall River, he was a dyer many years at Fall River and Rockville, 
Conn. ; they had Ellen E., b. 1 Feb., 1855, m. 11 Oct., 1877, James II. Miniken, 
siittled at Fall River, removed to S. Manchester, Conn., had ch. ; Churhs /•'. , 
b. 26 Sept., 1860, m. 5 Aug., 1879, Martha J. Parkinson of Fall River, dyer, 
settled at Rockville, Conn., had ch. ; Jessie L., b. 30 May, 1867. 

4. C.VLVIN, son of Ebenezer (1), m. Lucy Dickinson of Lancaster, settled 
at Hubbardston, removed to Worcestei". . . . Children: Susanna C, m. Rev. 
Abial Fisher; Lucy. d. unm. ; Calvin, m. (1) Martha P., dau. of Col. Moses 
N. Childs, 2 eh., both d. young, m. (2) Caroline Cutler of Amherst, no ch., ra. 
(3) Anna L. Gage of Watorford, Me., 2 daughters; well known and successful 
hardware merchant of Worcester, president of the City National Bank; 
FitAN'cis, m. Susan Packard of Oakham, d. at Keene, N. H ; Caroline, m. 

Arnold of Providence, K. I., she d. in New York State; Maky .Ann, m. 

Forrester Rice of Barre, slie d. at Sterling; Adalixe AV., m. William Meriara 
of Sterling; Julia A., m. John E. Grey of Swaiizey, he d. at Sterling. 



FOSTER. — FRAIK. 513 

5. LUTHEK, son of Ebenezcr (1), m. 7 June, 1818, Mrs. Patty or Polly 
Stiles, m. n. Briggs, resided at Ox. and Dudley, he d. a few years after mar- 
riage, no ch. 

WILLIAM, and Hannah Richards of Sutton, in. 3 Dec., 1704, soldier in 
Capt. Town's Co., marched on Lexington alarm, served three years in Capt. 
Moore's Co. 

JOSEPH, a " foreigner," d. 15 June, 1848. 

EDWARD, aged 21, d. 27 Oct., 1879. 

CHARLES C, son of Stephen, aged 24, d. 14 June, 1882. 

MARIA E., aged 26, d. 3 Jan., 1886. 

FRAIL, HANNAH, from Salem, d. at Daniel Mclntire's, 1749. [See 
Fellows]. 

FRANCY, CORNELIA, m. n. Acker, aged 23, d. 17 April, 1860. 

FREELAND, JAMES, uncle of Dr. James of Sutton. The emigrant, 
James, came from Ireland to Lexington, whence he removed about 1740 to 
Hopkinton, where his son James m. 1741, Sarah Watson of Leicester.' James 
Freelaud was administrator of the estate of Oliver Watson of Leicester, 
account dated 10 July, 1747. How long he was in Hopkinton is uncertain, but 
in Jan., 1751, being then of Brimlield, a trader, he l)ought land in H. In 
May, 1754, James Freeland, trader, of Norwich, had suits in court at Worces- 
ter against people in Western and Brookfleld. His av. Sarah d. at Brimfleld, 
17 May, 1760, and on 5 Sept., 1765, being of that place, he m. Mrs. Elizabeth, 
widow of John Thomas of Worcester, dau. of Joseph Wiley of Ox. He 
removed to Ox. (his w. being the owner of land at North Ox.), on 11 March, 
1766, bought land at the fork of the Worcester and Leicester roads, H. 131, 
and proijably built the first house standing on that spot. Here he was a 
trader and here his second w. d. He m. (3) 20 Nov., 1770, Mrs. Martlia 
Smith of Springfield. On 21 July, 1778, he with w. Martha deeded this estate 
to Silas Rice of Lancaster and left town. The following occurs in the 
Church record: "1771, Aug. 28. Baptized John, son of Aaron Parker, and 
Abigail, his wife, at his house. Col. Learned and wife, Mr. James Freelaud 
and others present." Parker lived on the Worcester I'oad a short distance 
north of Freelaud's. In court at Worcester, March term, 1790, a trustee pro- 
cess was brought vs. Daniel Fisk, M.D., of Ox., on account of James Free- 
land of Westfield, trader. . . . Child by first m. : Mary, baptized 1742, m. 
intentions 12 Sept., 1772, Gideon Smith of Springfield. 

FREEMAN, RUTH, and David Dodge, m. 14 April, 1826. 
NANCY, and Hiram H. Phillips of Sutton, m. 6 May, 1830. 
DOLLY, and Josiah F. Taylor, m. intentions 26 Aug., 1828. 
GEORGE of Dudley (brotlier of Ruth, Nancy, Dolly), and Adaline Town 
of Dudley, m. intentions 10 Nov., 1832. 

LUCY S., of Mendon, and Noali P. Lovewell, m. intentions 3 Nov., 1836. 

FRENCH, AARON, chosen sexton or grave-digger Sept., 1768; taxed, 1771. 
WILLIAM, and Betsey Warren, m. intentions 16 Sept., 1848. 

FRENEY, JOHN, and Ellen Hogan of Dudley, m. intentions 21 June, 1845. 

FRAIR, ROBERT, and Betsey Gibbs, m. 28 April, 1831. 

1 Letter of John A. FUch, Esq., of Hopkinton. 

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514 TKISSELL. FULLER. 

FRISSELL, ABIGAIL, rosidod at Ox., March, 1783. 

FROST, NICHOLAS, b. aboul 1595, at Tivcrtf)ii, Devon, Eiiirlaiul, came 
pr<)hal)ly before 16:52 and settled at Kittery, Me. ; lie had Ciiari.ks, whose son 
John was an early settler at Newcastle, N. H. A descendant was Thomas B. 
who was a sea captain. He had John S. who m. Sarah R. Chesley. and their 
son GKOK(fK B. was b. 2 Oct., 1854, studied at Worcester Academy, and with 
Rev. Leonard Z. Ferris then of Chelsea, entered at Andover 1879, was f:;radu- 
ated 1882, took the post-graduate course, finishing his studies in 1883, and 
came directly to the Oxford pastorate. He was esteemed as a pastor and 
labored with earnestness. His health was precarious and having a press- 
ing invitation to remove to a We.stern field, and hoping a change would 
be beneficial, he removed to Coopcrstown, North DaivOta, Oct., 1886, re- 
mained one year and left on account of ill health, returning East; installed 
at Littleton, 2 Oct. 1890. He m. 10 April, 1881, Amelia A., dau. of Elliot 
B. Betts of Chelsea, a native of Wallis, N. S., soldier in the late war, 
died in the service. His widow (m. n. Laviuia Akcrly of Wallis) came to 
Ox. with her daughter and d. here 5 Nov., 1885. . . . Child: Elliot Park, b. 
9 Jan., 1884. 

RUTH, widow, resided at Ox., Nov., 1762. 

FULLER, JONATHAN, blacksmith, was of Ox. in 1749, when he bought 
the " Sigourney Corner," H. 192, and there settled, sold in 1766, d. 26 Jan., 
1769; he m. 5 Oct., 17.50, Mary Whipple. . . . Children: Willlvm, b. 30 Jan., 
1751, d. 1768; Jonathan, b. 11 Aug., 1753, Revolutionary soldier (?) ; Mehet-- 
aulk, b. and d. 1755; Mehetable, b. 4 Jan., 1757, d. 1759; Mary, 1). 1760, d. 
1768; Daniel, 1). 22 Nov., 1762; Hannah, b. 1765, d. 176t<; Lyiha, b. 17 Aug., 
1768. 

2. DANIEL, son of Jonathan (1) (?), m. Sarah . . . . Children: 

Lewis, b. 16 May, 1789; Adolphus, b. 31 Dec, 1790; Clarissa, b. 22 April, 
1793; PiiiLO, b. 27 Oct., 1795; Daniel, b. 28 Dec, 1797; Sally, b. 18 Sept., 
1799; family removed from town. 

DANIEL T., b. 22 Sept., 1811, son of Obed, of Foster, R. I., came to Ox. 
from KiUingly,Conn., 1851, bought H. 179, near North Common; m. (1) 1829, 
Betsey Arnold of Scituate, R. I.; had Harriet A., m. Alpheus Shippy of 
Foster, R. I. ; Sarah A., m. James Tucker of Woodstock, Conn., she d. May, 
1883; Danikl H. ; Matilda; Daniel W. ; last 3 d. young; m. (2) Miraiuhi 
Davis of (Irafton, no ch. ; m. (3) 31 Jan., 1847, Matilda Lumbard; they had 
Daniel W. ; Frank A. ; Cosmer A. ; b. at Ox., all d. young; Costello E., b. 
27 Feb., 1855, m. 9 July, 1885, Olive A. White of Uaverlock, N. B. 

CHARLES, b. 22 Dec, 1822, son of John L. of Dover, carpenter; an enter- 
prising and energetic business man, built many houses in Worcester, Oxford 
and vicinity; m. 28 Nov., 1844, Caroline, dau. of Hollis De Witt. He d. 
13 July, 1883. . . . Children: Charles, b. 7 Feb., 1857, m. 1880, Clara, dau. 
of Richard L. Dodge, and had Frank D. W., b. 8 Feb., 1881; Caroline, 
b. 7 March, 1864, d. 20 Jan., 1891 ; others d. young. 

SIMEON, and Mary Ilarwood, both of Sutton, m. 10 May, 1784. 

Mrs. SARAH, and David Land), Jr., of Charlton, m. int. 11 May, 1826. 

ROXANA, of Sutton, and Luther Duiiiiell, m. intentions 18 Dec, 1831. 

MARTHA E., and Augustus A. Branch, both of Worcester, m. 7 Feb., 1839. 

ELEANOR, widow of John L., aged 79, d. 11 Nov., 1874. 



GABRIEL. — OALE. 515 

GABRIEL, JOSEPH W., and Mrs. Liicretia Cook, both of South Gove, m. 
intentions 10 Sept., 1791. 

JOSEPH W., and Susanna Wakefield, both of South Gore, ra. intentions 18 
Aug., 1792. 

GAGE, RUTH, wid., ra. n. Stowe, of Orford, N. H., a. 73, d. 4 Auk., 1804. 
MOSES, resided in Ox., Aug., 1766. 

GALE, RICHARD, of Watertown 1640, had, with others, Abkaiiam, ra. 
1673, Sarah Fiske, and had 16 ch., amoni>- them Ebenezer, b. 30 April, 1686, 
came to Ox. before May, 1733, l^onght land in northeast part, H. 173, 27 Fel)., 
1734 ; one of the earliest soldiers to enlist frora Ox. in the Canadian expeditions, 
going in 1740 at 60 years of age. There are indications in the records that 
his family afl'airs and his estate were in an unsettled condition. He had mort- 
gaged his farm and was assisted in redeeming it by his son-in-law Jonathan 
Kenney, who took possession, and in Dec., 1744, bound himself to support 
Mr. Gale and wife during their natural lives. This arrangement did not con- 
tinue. On 28 April, 1740, Kenney assigned and made over to Mr. Gale the 
farm, which he immediately sold and enlisted in the army. On 10 Sept., 1746, 
Kenney executed the following : " I hereby give my mother-in-law, Elizabeth 
Gale, free liberty of living in the east room of ray house in Oxford during 
the absence of ray father-in-law in the expedition against Canada in which he 
is now enlisted, and on his return he also to have the sarae liberty till he can 
have a reasonable time to build himself a house." He deeded Sept., 1746, to 
Ebenezer Gale 16 acres at the north end of Long Hill, bought of Joseph Pratt; 
on this estate it is supposed Gale built a house after his return from the war, 
and in 1755 deeded it, with the house, to his son Ebenezer of Sutton, H. 148. 
On 29 March, 1748, Ebenezer and Elizabeth Gale signed a release to Kenney 
frora his obligation to support them. Kenney removed to Sutton. Ebenezer, 
m. 27 Dec, 1709, Elizabeth Green; they had at Watertown, Elizabeth, b. 
1712, m. Isaac Whitney; Grace, b. 1713; Hannah, b. 1715, m. Eleazer Good- 
ale of Sutton; Prudence, b. 1717, m. Jonathan Kenney of Sutton; Jonas, b. 
1719; Ebenezer, l)aptized 24 Feb., 1724; Lydia, b. 1727, m. David Bates; 
Abijah, b. about 1728; Abigail, b. 1730; and h. at Ox., David, 1). 6 May, 
1733, baptized at Watertown. 

Mary, sister of Ebenezer, baptized 1689, m. Micah Pratt. 

2. EBENEZER, son of Ebenezer (1), soldier in Capt. EdAvard Davis' com- 
pany in French war, m. June, 1742, Elizabeth Kenney of Sutton. In 1755, his 
father deeded to hini the estate in Ox., H. 148. . . . Children: Hannah, b. 22 
Dec, 1742; Jonathan, b. 12 July, 1744, m. 21 April, 1708, Violetta Kenney of 
Sutton; Lydia, b. 20 May, 1746; Sarah, b. 16 April, 1748; Asa, 1). 16 March, 
1751; Susanna, b. 15 March, 1753; Lucy, b. 25 Feb., 1755; Molly, b. 6 
March, 1708. 

3. ABIJAH, son of Ebenezer (I), soldier in French war, re-enlisting till 
its close in 1763, drum-major, known as " Major Gale," settled in northwest 
part of Ox. H. 100; spent his later days with his son Levi at Hadley, where 
he d. about 1800. He ra. Mary Gregory. . . . Children: Abi.iah, Revolution- 
ary soldier, marched on Lexington alarm, was in Brewer's Regiment and d. in 
service, date unknown; Jesse, also in the service and killed 24 March, 1780; 
Abraham, d. aged 16; Levi, b. 1765, m. Hannah Dickinson of Hadley, where 
they settled, 10 ch. ; Enoch, 1). 1 Sept., 1775; Mary, lu. Joel Fairbanks; 
Lucretia, d. aged 71, num. 



510 OALE. OARFIELD. 

4. ENOCH, son of Abijah (3), m. (1) 21 Jan., 1802, Jerusha Scott of 
Ward, she d. 30 Au<?., 1805, m. (2) 19 March, l.s07, Susanna, dau. of John 
Nichols, settled and d. 14 Jan., 1850, at her father's homestead in Charlton, 

near Ox. . . . Child by lirst in. : Fkankmx, b. 2.j Auf^., , at Ox., resided 

at Ox., Charlton, Worcester, Amherst and nei^libcjrinir towns until 1821. By 
liis own exertions obtained a classical education, and was proticient in the 
lan;u:uages, removed in 1833 to Ohio, where he practiced law, and filled posi- 
tions of trust, m. 1 Aug., 1839, Mary Jane Cleveland, in 1848 established a 
local newspaper, which was soon removed to Columbus, and later merged in 
the Ohio Statesman, of which he was editor until his decease. He con- 
tinued law practice and was also active in political and other public affairs 
of the day and was much in contact with the leading men of the State. In 
1867 he became official reporter of the Ohio Senate, which position he 
continued to fill during his life. He d. 20 April, 1874; ch. Sylvester W., 
b. 1841, m. 1869, Charlotte Chambers, associate editor and publisher of 
the Colurnhus Herald; had Charles F., b. 1874, Ruthella, 1). 1876, Irene 
C, b. 1878, Sylvester W., b. 1882; Ella A., b. 1844, John T., b. 1846, m. 

1868, Sarah Jones, Probate Judge of Franklin Co., O. ; ch. Franklin A., b. 

1869, Cora C, b. 1871, Carl S., b. 1874; Mary E., b. 1849, m. 1884, Alexander 
Clute of Chicago, 111., where they settled; Annie S., b. 1852; by second m. : 
Mary, b. 1804, d. 1805; Jerusha, b. 24 Nov., 1810, m. ^ept., 1835, Aaron 
Fuller of Springfield; they had Xorman L., Herbert JV., soldier, d. at Ander- 
sonville, Ga. ; Sylvester F., also a soldier in the late war; Isabel A. ; William, 
b. 4 May, 1813, m. 2 Dec, 1832, Emeline Dodge of Charlton, where they settled, 
farmer, she d. 1 April, 1887; they had Helen A., b. 5 Oct., 1833, m. George E. 
Vinton, residence, Dudley, no ch. ; William F., h. 30 July, 1837, m. Mrs. 
Augusta A. Kemp, m. n. Iloyle, of Thompson, Conn., tobacconist at Webster; 
they had William M., Ralph C, Lorinda A.; Susan E., b. 6 Oct., 1844, m. 
Henry E. Ball, residence, Webster; they had George E. ; Lorinda A., b. 14 
May, 1847, d. unm. ; Mary E., b. 1852, d. 1854; Emogene, b. 29 April, 1856, ra. 
George H. Richardson of Charlton, 3 sons; Irene, b. 6 Nov., 1815, m. 12 
Oct., 1843, Horace Lamsou of Charlton, where they settled; they had Amy 
Jane, Irene, Horace L. ; Susan, b. 13 June, 1818, resided at the homestead, 
unm. ; Sylvester, b. 20 June, 1823, owns and occupies the homestead, unm. ; 
Makv J., b. 11 Jan., 1826, m. Charles Green, residence. North Cambridge 
toljacconist in Boston; Ellen A., b. 1828, d. 1832. 

6. DAVID, son of Ebenezcr (1), m. 9 March, 1756, Elizabeth Kenney, 
settled at Sutton. . . . Children: John, b. 28 Aug., 1757, d. 1776, at War- 
wick; Huldah, b. 10 Feb., 1760, m. 18 Dec, 1777, Ephraim Town of 
Warwick; Judith, b. 30 Dec, 1761, m. Asa Gould; Olive, b. 17 Jan., 1764, 
m. Josiah Conant; Mary, b. 28 Feb., 1766, m. Benjamin Conant; David, b. 
2:5 March, 1768, m. Mary Eddy; family removed l)etweon 17(;i and 17G4 to 
Warwick. 

REBECCA, dau. of Samuel, of Waltham, and Edward llolman of Sutton, 
m. 7 April, 1754, and had Lucy, b. 3 Feb., 1761, d. soon. 

HENRY. In 1787 the town petitioned the General Court in his behalf. 

GAMAGE, HICIIARD, and Lucinda Brown of Dudley, m. int. 26 Dec, 1846. 

GANNETT, BURT L., b. 1815, at Dorchester, m. Abby L. Austin; had 
Walter F., b. 15 March, 1847. 

GARFIELD or GAFFEL, MOSES, taxes sunk 1767. 



GARY. — GILL. 517 

GARY, MICHAEL, and Mary Spencer, m. intentions Oct., 1751. 

GATES, JOHN, b. 9 Ang., 1791, at West Greenwich, R. I., son of Israel 
and Rnth, tailor at Burrillville, R. I., i-emoved to Douglas, Wilkinsouville and 
Northbridije, whence he came to Ox. 1847, settled in the west part, H. 79, 
owned and operated a grist-mill; much respected, m. March, 1814, Anna, 
dan. of Richard Holster of Douglas, wlicre they settled, removed to Bur- 
rillville, he d. aged 79, 9 June, 1870, she d. aged 83, 10 Aug., 1873. . . . 
Children, excepting the first, b. at Burrillville; Julia Ann, b. 27 Feb., 1815, 
m. A. Sidney Dodge; Benaj.vh, b. 15 March, 1818, m. 27 June, 1845, Isabel 
R. Cheney, and had Israel, b. 18 Nov., 1846; Clovis, b. 26 Dec, 1851 ; Ann F., 
b. 30 May, 1853, ra. John W. Forrest; Herbert B., b. 17 Aug., 1859; Katy, b. 
8 April, 1864; Clovis M., b. Sept., 1819, d. 11 Aug., 1863; Ruth M., b. 9 Nov., 
1822, ra. Luke White; Dennis S. B., b. 29 Nov., 1825, in. Mary H. Howland 
of Douglas, she d. aged 40, 2 Jan., 1877, he d. 14 Jan., 1888, at Webster; they 
had Arthur, b. 11 March, 1859. 

FRANCIS, aged 12, d. 7 Dec, 1850. 

GAUGHAN, Mrs. MARGARET E., aged 80, d. 17 Sept., 1885. 

GAY, THADDEUS T., of Randolph, son of Martin, came to Ox. before 
May, 1846, shoe manufacturer, removed to Webster, ra. (1) 26 April, 1848, 
Martha A., dan. of Amos Thompson, she d. 31 Aug., 1850, m. (2) 26 Sept., 
1851, Sophia E. Stockwell, she d. 3 Aug., 1876, at Webster. . . . Children by 
first m. : Martha A., b. 16 Aug., 1850; by second ra. Chaklks L., b. 20 
June, 1853, m. Mrs. Scott; Alice, b. 16 July, 1857; Nellie A.,b. Aug., 1859; 
Celia L., b. 22 April, 1861, d. young. 

GELENAS, Mrs. EMILY (Canadian), aged 27, d. 11 June, 1882. 

GENDRON, PHILOMENE (Canadian), aged 20. d. 15 Jan., 1870. 

GETTY, JOHN, aged 62, d. 27 June, 1842. 

Mrs. LYDIA, and Robert Reany, m. 23 March, 1845. 

GIBBS, JOSIAH, of Preston, Conn. Oct., 1735, at that tirae bought the 
estate in the North Gore, later Uriah Stone's, H. 108, where he was innholder, 
sold in 1748 [Feb., 1752, Josiah Gibbs of Coventry, R. I., had a case in 

Worcester court], m. Mary , and had Abkl, b. 7 April, 1735; Josiah, 

b. 8 Aug., 1737. ' 

GEORGE, and Katherine Papillon, ni. 4 July, 1734, at Boston. [Worcester 
Registry of Deeds, XXXV., 479.] 

SABINA C, of Dana, and William E. Stebbins, m. intentions 8 March, 1827. 

BETSEY, and Robert Frair, ra. 28 April, 1831. 

GIBSON, Mrs. JEMIMA, aged 29, d. IG July, 1848. 
CORNELIUS, Jr., and Mary C. Boyden of Douglas, m. 31 Dec, 1848. 
CORNELIUS, aged 76, d. 26 May, 1856. 

Mrs. SARAH, dan. of Joseph Smith of Scituate, R. I., aged m, d. 20 May, 
1876. 
WILLIAM, aged 74, d. 19 Feb., 1882. 

GILBERT, Mrs. MARY, aged 40, d. 25 Feb., 1866. 

JOSEPH, sou of Benjamin, of Brooklyn, Conn., aged 81, d. 13 Feb., 1882. 

GILL, JAMES, and Rachel^. Wood, m. intentions 29 Sept., 1849. 



518 GILMORE. — GLEASON. 

GILMORE, SANFolM), I), at Fninklin, son of Nathan, came to Ox. in 
yoiiiiij iiiaiiliood ami was for several years partner in cliaise and harness 
nuikinj^ at tjje sontli end of the Plain with Seth Daniels, later both 
chanjjed to slioe mannfacture. In the sprini; of 1846 removed to Boston, 
entert^d the wholesale shoe trade in partnership llrst with Daniel Harwood 
and Benjamin K. Campbell, both of Ox., and later alone and with other 
I)artners, nntil 1875 or 1876, when he retired with a competency. lie m. 
intentions 15 May, 1836, Eliza Whittemore of Leicester, and had Gkok(;k S., 
b. 1837, d. yonn.u:; he d. 21 Jan., 1877, at Boston. 

GLAZIER, JOHN, and Klizabeth, had John, b. 17 iMay, 1734. 
FRKKMAN, and Sally A., had Lekov, b. 5 Feb., 1844. 
S()1'1IIv(JNIA, and Stillman Dane, m. intentions 5 Oct., 1844. 

GLEASON, THOMAS, freeman, 1652, at Watertown, was in 1062 of 

Charlestown ; ra. Susanna , and had Thomas, Avho lived at Sudbury 1C65, 

received at Sherboru 1G78, was father of Thomas who came to Oxford, and 
who m. (1) 6 Dec, 1695, Mary Mellen of Sherborn, now Fraraingham, she d. 
13 March, 1727; m. (,2) 10 June, 1729, at Ox., Mercy Ilovey. He d. 11 Jan., 
1732. His widow m. 19 Dec, 1749, John Wait of Sutton, and d. Dec, 1767. 
He was a man of means — took up the lot on the southeast corner of Main 
Street and Sutton road, H. 194, boujiht in 1722 the house lot and water-privi- 
lei^e of Abraham Skinner at An,<;uttel)ack Falls, sellinji: in 1723 his lot on the 
Plain to his son Thomas, built the first mill at this place; d. in 1732. . . . 
Children., b. at Sherborn: Thomas, 1). 26 Feb., 1697; Richard, b. 31 Jan., 
1699; Jonas, b. 6 Nov., 1700, in Cape Breton expedition, 1745; Elltah, b. 18 
Oct., 1702; Moses, b. 22 Dec, 1704; Uriah, b. 28 Dec, 1706; Mary, b. 19 
Feb., 1709, d. 26 May, 1736, at Ox. ; and at Framinghara, Esther, b. 6 April, 
1711, m. Ebenezer Merriam of North Gore; Si.mon, b. 26 July, 1713; Jamks, b. 
1715, d. 1722, at Franiingham; Elizabeth, b. 28 May, 1718, m. 9 Feb., 1744, 
Daniel Mclutire ; Aaron, 1). 26 April, 1720; Joseph, b. 5 May, 1722; Josiah ; 
ch. by second m. : Daniel, b. 2 March, 1730; Pkiscilla, b. 10 May, 1731, m. 
Levi, son of Oliver Shumway. 

2. THOMAS, son of Thomas (1), m. 12 Jan., 1715, Susanna Haven, she d. 
30 June, 1763; m. (2) 29 March, 1764, Mrs. Hannah Walker of Sutton; 
lieutenant. He lived to old age and died at the house of liis son-in-law Joshua 
Merriam in North Gore. . . . Children: Susanna, b. 3 Jan., 1716 (?), ni. 
Joshua Merriam; Mercy, b. 28 Feb., 1719, m. Joseph Streeter; Thomas, b. 
27 March, 1721; J.vmes, b. 10 Sept., 1723; Ruth, b. 12 Sept., 1725, m. inten- 
tions .Vprll, 1745, Benjamin Haven of Framingham ; Elizabeth, b. 1 Jan., 
1728, m. John Streeter; Experience, b. 21 March, 1730, m. (1) 2 Feb., 1748, 
lehabod Stockwell of Sutton, m. (2) Joseph Aldrich, she d. before Sept., 1771 ; 
Nathaniel, b. 6 April, 1732; Comkort, b. 21 Sei)t., 1734; Esther, b. 20 Sept., 

1736; Elijah, b. 9 Feb., 1738; and probably Elisha. b. , m. intentions 

23 April, 1763, Elizabeth Parkis of Pomfrct, Conn. In 1779 he sold laud in 
Ward to Andrew Patch " being the place where Joseph Streeter is now living." 
Elisha was at Pomfret in 1774 and 1779. 

3. THOM.IS, son of Thomas (2), m. 12 March, 1746, Susanna Putnam of 
Sutton. Ill- d. 18 Oct., 1756. Supposed to have lived in north part of Ox. 

. . . Children: David, b. 26 Dec, 1746; Ezra, b. 22 Nov., 1748, m. (1) 12 
March, 1801, Eunice, dan. of James Merriam; m. (2) 29 May, 1806, Mary 
Merriam, he d. at Ward; Isaac, t). 17 Fel)., 1751; Mary, b. 6 May, 1753; 



GLEASON. 519 

Ruth, b. 22 Jan., 1756, m. (1) 30 April, 1775, Ephraim, son of Ebenezer Mer- 
riam, ho d. about 1776 in North Gore; m. (2) Sampson Marvin of New Salem. 

4. DAVID, son of Thonnis (3), m. 17 March, 1768, Lydia, dan. of Lieut. 
Josliu;i Meriam, settled in North Gore, later Ward. In 1774, Elijah Gleason 
sold him land in nox'th part of Ox., " reserving one-half of the house during 
the natural life of Thomas Gleason," their father. He d. 23 April, 1833, she 
d. 27 Nov., 1838. . . . Children, first two recorded at Ox. ; Susanna, b. 30 
Sept., 1768; David, b. 24 April ( ?), 1770, d. 19 Dec, 1816, m. and had David, 
ra. China Corastock of Leicester, and had Clarissa, d. 1816, aged 25; and re- 
corded in Ward : Mary, b. 2 June, 1772; Miriam, b. 31 July, 1774, m. 21 May, 
1795, Edward Kice; Ezra, b. 30 Oct., 1777; Asa, b. 24 March, 1780; LucRK- 
TiA, b. 4 Feb., 1783; Cynthia, b. 6 April, 1785. 

5. JAMES, son of Thomas (2), first known as physician at Thompson 
parish, Conn.' In 1765, he in partnership with Levi Wight bought the Camp- 
bell grant of 400 acres in South Gore, removed thither and there spent his 
subsequent years, died at the George Ide place on the hill — brick house. 
In 1791, he sold his farm to his sons Jacob ar«i Jesse. He was of somewhat 
eccentric mind, a preacher as well as doctor, and a Universal ist. In 1798, he 
published a religious doctrinal treatise of 190 pages, entitled : 

" An Exposition of the three first chapters of Genesis, Explained 
and Improved, wherein the four Dispensations contained in the 
Scriptures from age to age are revealed. Comprising the travel of 
Mystical and politic Babylon and the destruction thereof. Or the 
Gospel Glass, or trial of Zion's Church in the World, until the open- 
ing of the last great and Seventh Seal, when the mystery of God is 
finished : and the Jubilee Trump proclaims Allelulia and Salvation. 
By Dr. James Gleason of Connecticut. 
NORWICH. 
Printed by John Trumbull. 
M.DCC.XC.VII." 
He m. 7 Feb., 1751, Elizabeth Atwell. He d. aged 80, 9 Oct., 1803, she d. 
aged 66, 5 Jan., 1796. . . . Children: James, b. 12 Nov., 1751 ; Nathan, b. 8 
April, 1753, m. 11 Jan., 1776, Rachel Nichols, settled and d. at Thompson; 
they had Thomas; Betsey, m. 31 Oct., 1785, Abraham Mason of Thompson; 
Lydia, m. Daniel Woodward; John; John, b. 11 July, 1756, m. and settled at 
Thompson, had Abel; Jesse, b. 23 May, 1758, m. intentions 10 May, 1796, 
Fanny Saunders of Hopkinton, removed to Sand Lake, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., 
where he d., they had two sons, both d. unm. ; Lucrktia, b. 2(j June, 1760, d. 
2 May, 17^2; a son, b. and d. 1763; Elizabeth, b. 6 May, 17(;4, d. 27 May, 
1790; Jacob W., b. 23 July, 1768. 

6. JAMES, son of James (5), m. 28 May, 1772, Huldah, dan. of Levi 
Wight, resided in South Gore. . . . Children: James, b. 3 Nov., 1772, m. (I) 
intentions 24 Nov., 1802, E.sther Hoyle, ra. (2) Roxy Cutler; Abigail, b. 13 
April, 1775, m. intentions 25 April, 1802, Samuel Marsh of Newfane, Vt. ; 
Hannah, b. 6 July, 1777, ra. Benjamin, son of Aaron Wakefield; Silas, b. 27 
Jan., 1780, unra., settled in Maine; Levina, b. 3 Jan., 1783, ra. 22 Nov., 1796 (?), 
Liberty Ide; Uzziel, b. 16 Aug., 1785, m. intentions 13 Sept.. 1815, Lydia 
Steere of Burrillville, R. I., was in South Gore, 1835, removed to Brooklyn, 
Conn., where he d. 20 Jan., 1880; Abiel, b. 20 Nov., 1790, m. Nabl)v Ilain- 



1 In tlie settlement of tlie estate of Jolin Gleason of KUliugly. Worcester I'rolj. Ucc. 
Streeter 1757, appears payment to Dr. Jauies 



520 GLEASON. 

mond of Foster, K. I., settled in South Gore, d. 14 Aug., 1871, she d. 27 Dec, 
1875, aj[,'ed 79; LucHKTiA, 1). 5 Sept., 1792, in. 21 Nov., 1813, George Idc of 
South (iore. 

7. JACOB W., .son of James (5), m. (1) IJaehel, dan. of Rev. Thoina.s 
Barnes, and had Sylv'anu.s, m. (2) 16 Jan., 1797, Mchetable Ilud.son of Ox., 
removed to Greenhush, N. Y., resided there Dec., 1805, removed to Fredonia, 
Cliautau<|ua Co., N. Y., where both d., he d. 12 Oct., 1843, she d. 9 Fel)., 1841. 

. . . (Jhildrcn: Betsky, b. 5 Sept., 1797, m. 5 Feb., 1824, Josiah Richardson; 
William li., b. 11 March, 1799, m. 21 Oct., 1821, Polly Smith of Claverack, 
N. v., had ch., he d. 29 April, 1870; Mkhetablk, b. 3 Nov., 1800, m. about 
1821, Crocker Richardson; Mklinda, b. and d. 1802; Mary, b. 2 May, 1804, 
m. 1824, John Blinebry; Claki.ssa, b. 29 Sept., 180G, m. 5 Feb., 1832, Allen 
Freeman; Ikkna, b. 10 Nov., 1811, m. 1838, Philip Ilanna, settled at Mar- 
seilles, O. ; Emily, b. 181:'., d. 1816. 

8. NATHANIEL, .son of Thomas (2), m. 2 Jan., 1755, Susanna Strceter, 
he d. 18 Nov., 1758, they had Mkrcy, b. 18 Feb., 1756; she m. (2) Peter 
Phillips. 

9. ELIJAH, son of Thomas (2), m. 9 Oct., 1760, Elizal)eth, dan. of Nathaniel 
Wyman of Hopkinton, he d. at Ward, order for appraisal 7 May, 1776, in settle- 
ment of estate appears a bill of Dr. James Gleason, his brother, for professional 
services. . . . Children: Expeuience, b. 14 Oct., 1761; Susanna, b. 4 Oct., 
1763; Elizabeth, b. 27 Sept., 1767; Eli.iah, h. 15 July, 1769; Thomas, b. 6 
May, 1771; Polly, b. 17 March, 1773; Comfout, b. 6 Feb., 1775. 

10. ISAAC, son of Thomas (3), m. Abigail, dau. of David Dudley (?) 
of Sutton, settled at Worcester, where he d. Dec, 1778, blacksmith and 
known as Isaac Gleason, 2nd. He had Isaac, the only child at the date of 
his will, in which he mentions his sisters Ruth Mcrriam and Mary Gleason, 
and brothers David Gleason and Abel Dudley, Avho were his executors. 

11. RICHARD, son of Thomas (1), m. (1) 1725, Mary Bellows of Marl- 
boro, she d. 3 Dec, 1731, at Ox., ra. (2) 21 Aug., 1732. Mary Southgate of 
Leicester. . . . Children by second ra. : Maky, b. 19 Aug., 1733, d. 1747; 
Keziaii, b. 1736, d. 17;}8; RicuAun, b. 1 March, 1738;, Sauau, b. 5 Jan., 1740; 
Patience, b. 10 April, 1746; Richard, the father, removed about 1750 to 
Leicester, and m. (3) Beulah . 

12. MOSES, son of Thomas (1), m. (1) 2 July, 1738, Deborah Whittemore 
of Maiden, she d. 10 Feb., 1741, m. (2) Experience, dau. of William Ulea.-^on 
of Brookline, the sister of Rev. Charles Gleason of Dudley [In 1744 they 
with William, Samuel, Benjamin and Thankful, also ch. of William, Senior, 
deeded to their brother Joseph of Middletown, Conn., all their rights inherited 
from their father, deceased, in land in Township No. 2 in Narragansett 
in Worcester County (Westminster), granted to him for service in the Narra- 
gansett war. Worcester Records, XIX., 340], she d. 2 March, 1751, m. (3) 
intentions March, 1752, Mrs. Deborah Brlgham of Westboro'(?). He was 
proprietor of the Augutteback mills 12 years. On 16 April, 1768, he bought a 
large lot of land in Douglas and with his son Moses removed thither. . . . 
Child by first m. : Moses, b. 23 Jan., 1739. 

13. MOSES, son of Moses (12), m. 23 May, 1760, Beulah Haven, removed 
with his f.'ither to Douglas 1768, dismissed to Douglas Church, 2 Oct. . . . 
Children b. at Ox. : John, b. 22 Feb., 1761 ; Moses, b. 12 July, 1762; Deborah, 
b. 5 Aug., 1764; Mary, b. 1 Aug., 1766; Abigail, b. 20 March, 1768. 

14. URIAH, son of Thomas (1), m. (!) Tiiaiikful , m. (2) intentions 



GLEASON. 521 

June, 1751, Abigail Tufts of Ashford, Conn., removed to Charlton; on 2 July, 

1769, "Uriah Gleason, formerly of Oxford," dismissed to the Church at 
Charlton. He d. 1776 at Charlton. . . . Children by lirst m. : John, b. 10 
Dec, 1739; LuciK, b. 27 Feb., 1742, m. 22 Jan., 1767, _WiIliam Burn et ; ch. by 
second m. : Peteu, b. 27 Aug., 1754; Uriah, Abkjail. 

15. SIMON, son of Thomas (1), m. 27 May, 1747, Cliarity Bellows of 
Westboro', resided first in the north part of Ox. In 1764 he with Joshua 
Bellows deeded land and house, H. 93, " on Cox's land," which he had occupied 
and where he found materials for barrels, etc., he being a cooper. He d. 3 
March, 1793, she d. 7 Oct., 1801. . . . Children : Simon, b. 18 June, 1747, Revo- 
lutionary soldier, m. 27 Nov., 1772, Catharine, dau. of Ebenezer Fish, and had 
'lliomas Fish, b. 12 July, 1775; Ehener^er, b. 21 Jan., 1778; Bezaleel, b. 9 
June, 1749, m. 1 Nov., 1779, Sarah, dau. of John King of Sutton; Phinehas, 
b. 30 June, 1751 ; Eleazer, b. 1 June, 1754, m. intentions 5 Nov., 1774, Esther 
Farley of Chai-lton, and had Sarah, b. 20 Dec, 1776, m. 6 Dec, 1796, Amasa 
Shumway of Whitingham, Vt. (?); Sarah, b. 6 Nov., 1756; Adonmah, b. 6 
Feb., 1761, 40 months in the Revolutionary army under Capt. William Moore. 

16. AARON, son of Thomas (1), m. 11 Dec, 1744, Eunice Keuney, proba- 
bly dau. of Daniel of Sutton. . . . Children : Aaron, b. 25 April, 1745 ; 
Reuben, b. 5 Sept., 1746; Jonas, b. 15 July, 1748;' Henry, b. 26 Feb., 1750; 
Eunice, b. 9 Feb., 1752; Amos, b. 10 Dec, 1754. 

17. JOSEPH, son of Thomas (1), m. intentions Nov., 1743*, Lydia Tarbox, 
bought land on Prospect Hill 1743 and 1764, sold in 1777, was of Ox. 1753 and 
Leicester in 1764, later again of Ox. . . . Children: Joseph, b. 22 Aug., 1744, 
m. 10 Feb., 1769, Mercy Streeter, settled in the north part of Ox. [later 
Ward], bought land there in 1768, no record of chil. appears on Ox. books, 
these in Ward, Mercy, b. 24 March, 1771; Nathaniel, b. 1 Nov., 1773; Anna, 
b. 13 July, 1776; John, b. 13 Oct., 1779; Abner, b. 6 Dec, 1746, m. 18 Jan., 

1770, Abigail Rich ; he was of Charlton in 1784. 

18. DANIEL, son of Thomas (1), m. 26 April, 1753, Martha Bartlett, 
resided in the east part of Ox., formerly Benjamin Davis', H. 23, house 
removed, shoemaker, he d. 8 Dec, 1794, she d. 7 Dec, 1809, aged 81. His 
son Josiah succeeded him as owner. . . . Children: Daniel, b. 21 Jan., 1754, 

settled in western Massachusetts; Martha, b. 30 Dec, 1755, m. Capt. 

Lamb of Charlton; Jamks, b. 29 May, 1758; Stephen, b. 29 July, 1760, 
settled in western Massachusetts; Josiah, b. 28 Dec, 1762; Sarah, b. 21 
April, 1765; Abijah, b. 18 May, 1768; Hannah, b. 31 Oct., 1770, m. Dr. Asa 
Burdon of Scituate, R. I. 

19. JAMES, son of Daniel (18), m. 20 June, 1781, Hannah Bartlett of 
Sutton, teamster to Boston, resided at the Nathaniel Chamberlain place, H. 
240. He d. 18 Aug., 1834, she d. 3 April, 1840. . . . Children: Ruth, b. 22 
Dec, 1783, m. Andrew Smith; Clarissa, b. 13 Jan., 1785, d. 1795; Hannah, 
b. 26 June, 1789, m. 31 Dec, 1810, Harvey B. Scott; James, b. 1791, d. 1795; 
Richard, b. 2 Oct., 1792; Clarissa, b. 30 Nov., 1790, m. 20 April, 1817, 
William Hagar and setthul at Brookfield, had ch. 

20. RICHARD, son of James (19), m. 3 April, 1819, Ruth, dau. of Amos 
Shumway, removed 1827 to Bellows Falls, Vt., thence in 1837 to Waltham, 
where bothd. He d. Dec, 1872, she d. 3 April, 1884. . . . Children : Winthrop, 
b. 19 April, 1820, d. 1821; Mary W., b. 4 Jan., 1822, m. 1848, Augustus 
Gilbert; Elizabeth, b. 1824, m. 1847, John Harris of Waltham, where they 



1 A Jonas Gleason was prominent at " MyrlfielU," Mass., in 178.5. 

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522 GLEA80N. — GOOGLNS. 

settled; Sakah C, b. 1826, m. 1853, Moses E. Osgood, residence, Waltham ; 
Martha M., b. 1829, at Bellows Falls, Vt. 

21. JOSIAII, son of Daniel (18), m. 2 Miinli, 1702, Lydia, daii. i)f Levi 
Lamb, settled on the homestead, where he d. aged 54, 30 April, 1817, she d. 
aged 76, 30 March, 1846. . . . Children: Josiah, h. 15 Aug., 1793; Lydia, b. 
28 Sept., 17'.»5, m. Joseph Brown; Aui.taii, b. 8 Fel)., 1804, m. intentions 12 
April, 1825, Huldah Coit of Norwich, Conn., settled at Millbury. 

22. JOSIAII, .son of Josiah (21), m. 21 Dec, 1817, Roxana, dau. of Samuel 
Torrey of Sutton, removed to Dixfleld, Me. . . . Children : Iua Tokukv, 
b. 1 April, 1819; Elijah D., b. 14 Oct., 1821, residence, Douglas; Charlbs 
S., b. 1823, d. 1826; Georgk, b. 10 Dec, 1824; Olivk, b. about 1826, blind, 
and has been for many years an inmate of the Ox. almshouse. 

ALPHKUS, of South Gore, m. intentions 20 Feb., 1818, Sally Williams. 
. . . Children: Sarah, b. 17 Feb., 1819; Nancy, b. 7 Feb., 1821, d. 1823; 
William, b. 1822. 

EZEKIEL, of North Ox. [later Ward], m. 5 Oct., 1773, Esther Streeter. 
. . . Children: Elizabeth J. and Ruth, b. 2 March, 1774; Ezekiel. b. 8 
Nov., 1776; Lydia, b. 13 Nov., 1779. 

MOSES, and Abigail Brown of Cambridge, m. intentions Nov., 1752. 

JESSE, Revolutionary soldier, son of James(?). 

LUCRETIA, of South Gore, and Asahel Cook, m. intentions 4 Aug., 1775. 

SOPHIA, dau. of James, d. 17 April, 1781. 

SARAH, and Aaron Sibley, both of Ward, m. 14 April, 1822. 

EUNICE, of Ward, and Cyril Meriam, m. Intentions 19 Dec, 1822. 

NANCY, and Emerson Rich of Milll)ury, m. 14 Sept., 1823. 

HALL C, and Hannah Kemp of Dudley, m. 26 Dec, 1824. 

NAOMI, aged 20, d. 12 March, 1828. 

Mrs. sally, and Joseph Carter, m. 25 March, 1834. 

JASON, and Harriet Phillips, m. intentions 1 March, 1838. 

ROXANA, and Jonas White, m. intentions 29 March, 1838. 

MARY, aged 22, d. 17 Nov., 1872. 

Mrs. ELLEN (IrLsh), aged 48, d. 8 Dec, 1874. 

MARIA, widow of John F., aged 76, d. 24 June, 1889. 

GLISPIN, MICHAEL, and Eliza W. Young of Millbury, m. intentions 30 
Jan., 184(5. 

GLYNN, Sekgt. JOHN, and Mary C. Osmns, m. 16 June, 1800. 

GODDARD, CAROLINE M., and Chauneey Nichols, m. int. 28 Dec, 1848. 

GOODELL, ABIGAIL, and Sanniel Mozer. m. 3 June, 1800. 

GOODRICH, JENNIE B., m. n. Long, aged 22, d. 27 Aug., 1881. 

GOOGINS, GOGGIN, GUGGINS, WILLIAM, probal)ly descended from 
Patrick from Irelanil, settled at Old Orchard, Me. There is a grouj) of dan- 
gerous rocks called the " Googins' rocks," near that place, and in this 
vicinity William, son of William, was born about 1768, went in young man- 
hood to Nantucket, where he m. 28 July, 1791, Elizabeth Dow and was thirty- 
two years a sailor, whaleman and later in the merchant service. He pros- 
pered and came to be quarter owner and captain of a vessel. In the war of 
1812 his vessel with a valuable cargo, of which he was also part owner, were 
captured by French privateers, and he was taken to France. Soon after his 



GOOGINS. — GOULD. 523 

return he removed to East Village, Webster, his children working in the mill; 
1818 came to Ox., settling near the river, west from North Common, H. 84, 
where he d. 7 June, 1832, aged (54. His widow d. 28 Aug., 1832, aged 62. 
. . . Children, b. at Nantucket : Reuben, sailor, unm., d. at Boston; Lydia 
F., m. intentions 2 Aug., 1816, George W. Arraington of Thompson, Conn., 
she d. at Pawtucket, K. I. ; Eliza, m. (1) 8 June, 1823, Stephen Tuttle of See- 
konk, R. I. ; m. (2) 4 July, 1833, George W. Armington, formerly the husband 
of her sister Lydia F., she d. at Pawtucket, R. I. ; Mary, m. (1) 13 May, 1827, 
Smith Johnson of Ox., where he d. ; ra. (2) Alvan Stone, resided, 1885. at 
Glover, Vt. ; Abigail, m. 1 Jan., 1835, Jeremiah Moftitt, no ch. ; William H., 
b. 22 June, 1810, m. May, 1833, Matilda, dan. of Willis Wood, residence, 
Webster, where she d. 29 Sept., 1884, he d. two or three years later; they had 
Elizabeth, b. 20 April, 1835, at Bellingham, m. Frank Mixer, 3 sons; Betsey 
31., h. 8 Aug., 1837, residence, Webster; William H., b. 10 March, 1839, d. 23 
Oct., 1851, at Webster; Amasa E., b. 27 March, 1841, ra. Martha Sears, resi- 
dence. Providence, R. I. ; George S., b. 5 Jan., 1843, m. Anna Rafus of Nova 
Scotia, she d., he resides in Webster; Charles E., b. I Aug., 1845, at Worces- 
ter, m. Etta Burton, had 1 son; Caroline, b. 12 April, 1852, at Worcester, m. 
(1) Charles Whitney, m. (2) James Smith; George W., b. 1812, m. (1) 24 
March, 1843, Abigail Wight of Bellingham, where they settled, she d. 1 Sept., 
1860; they had Ahbij E., b. 18 Aug., 1844, m. 31 Oct., 1876, G. Edward O'Con- 
nor of Galveston, Tex. ; m. (2) 25 Jan., 1865, Marian Jilson of Bellingham. 

JOSEPH, " servant " to William Hudson, soldier in French war, 1758-1761, 
became of age, 1761. 

" Oxford march 30th, 1761, 

"Then Rec'd three Dollars of my master Wm. Hudson it being by me 
Rec'd in full Satisfaction on account of what my said master was (Obliged by 
Indenture to do for me in Clothing and Learning, or whatsoever Else, and in 
full of all Dues, Damages or whatsoever Else from the beginning of the 
world to this Day, I say Rec'd by me. 

Test Jacob Shumway J. G. 

John Hudson. 

" Note well that I Joseph Goggin the Signer of the above Recpt, was in the 
Country Service under Capt. White in the Year 1758 & had all my wages for 
that Campain and my S'd Master had Nothing, and am now Inlisted in the 
Kiugs Service on the 17th or their abouts of Feb. Last, and the wages on the 
present Service to be my Own, and I Desire that the Honorable Overseers of 
Boston Poor will Deliver up my Indenture Dated Feb. 29th, 1743, to my said 
Master Wm. Hudson. 

attest Jacob Shumaway. J. G. 

John Hudson. 

A Coppy." 

GOSHLAW, DAVID (Canadian), aged 56, d. 9 May, 1865. 
ANGELINE, aged 30, d. 27 March, 1871. 
JULIA, widow, aged 67, d. 17 Oct., 1879. 

GOULD, EBENEZER, resided in South Gore, at present Lemuel Cudworth 
place, H. 48, which he sold in 1794, but continued there several years later. 

Hem. (1) , dau. of Jacob Shumway. He m. (2) 27 Oct., 1790, Mrs. 

Hannah Robinson. The Probate records give the inventory of estate of 
Ebenezer Gould, of Douglas, May, 1812, wife Anna, Administratrix. . . . 
Children, by first m. : Lyman, m. 12 Nov., 1805, Alice, dau. of Ezekiel Davis, 
was of Ox., blacksmith, in 1807, later resided at Leicester; they had Davis, 
Louisa, Mary Ann, Ehenezer, Alice, James; by second m. : Hannah, b. 10 
Nov., 1791, m. 26 April, 1816, Sylvanus Brown of South Gore. 



524 GOULD. — GREEN. 

SUSANNA, and Robert Smith of Leominster, m. 28 Feb., 1744. 
EBEXEZKU, and Abigail Carroll, both of Sutton, m. 2 Sept., 1744. 
AlJKiAIL, of Sntton, and Thomas McKiiight, m. intentions 11 Feb., 1764. 
BETTY, and Daniel Carroll of Sutton, ni. 3 Dec, 1778. 
SIMON, and Nabby Dudley of Sutton, m. 3 Dec, 1797. 
ALMA, and .John W. Bates, m. 27 Feb., 182G. 
GKUK(;E, and Sophia O. Thurlow, in. 29 March, 1831. 

WILLARD, m. Joanna II. , and had Maky E., b. 27 Sept., 1838. 

EMMA A., of Douglas, and Esek Luther, m. intentions 8 Oct., 1839. 
Mk8. JOANNA, aged 36, d. 23 March, 1844. 
HARVEY, son of Lawson, d. aged 18, 2 July, 1847. 
CORDELIA v., w. of Sylvanus, aged 42, d. 26 April, 1869. 
LAWSON, aged 75, d. 27 Jan., 1876. 

GOULDING, Mks. , aged 80, d. 10 Aug., 1839. 

GRANGER, JUSTIN, of Chester, aged 42, d. 7 April. 1803. 
OLIVE C, m. n. Alger, wid. of Justin, d. 17 May, 1865. 

GRAVEL, JOHN, and Maria Lavette, m. intentions 20 Oct., 1849. 

GRAVES, MARY A., and Nathaniel S. Priest, in. 30 April. 1834. 

GRAY, James, and Molly Lamson of North Gore, m. 34 Jan., 1765. 

GREEN, GREENE, WELCOME, came in youth to South Oxford, learned 
tilt' art of dyeing of John Tyson, was employed there after Mr. Tyson's 
death, removed about 1824 to the south end of the Plain, and was dyer at the 
mill there, removed soon to Noi'thbridge, Holbrook's, and thence to Jewett 
City, Conn., where he d. He m. (1) 16 March, 1819, Hannah, dau. of John 
Crane, who also d. at Jewett City ; he m. (2) Livonia, dau. of John Crane, Jr., 
niece of first wife, 1 ch. . . . Children, by first m. : Eliza A., b. 1820, d. 1822 ; 
Nathaniki- a., b. 12 Nov., 1822; Eliza A., b. 1824. d 1825; John. 

WILLIAM K., cotton manufacturer at North Oxford, with Robert D. Dor- 
ranee 1832-3, b. 9 Jan., 1790, at Leicester, son of Samuel and Hannah, m. 10 
Dec, 1812, Betsey, dau. of Dea. Jedediah Kimball of Woodstock, Conn., 
sister of Mrs. Dorrance; removed in a few years after leaving Ox. to Am- 
sterdam. N. Y., where he was a manufacturer. He d. 12 Oct., 1804, .she d. 10 
June, 1862. A large manufactory of knit goods Avas establi-shed there by his 
son William K. and grandsons who succceiU'd hiiu. They had, before coming 
to Ox., Almkkia, b. 1813, ni. 1839, Lyman Bennett; William K., b. 1816, m. 
1838, Jane M. Priest, and d. 1870, at Rome, Italy; Hakkiet N., b. 1818, m. 
1849, Nicholas A. Weraple; Samuel D., b. 1822, in. 1846, Marietta Willough- 
by, he d. 6 Jan., 1866; Henky E., b. 1827, unm., residence, California; An- 
drew H., b. 1829, m. 1849, Mary E. Davis, he d. 21 Dec, 1850. 

A.VME, and Ebenezer Lamb, m. 21 May, 1730. 

SAR.VH, of Leicester, and Joshua Barnard, m. intentions 28 (Vt., 1780. 

WILLARD, and Roxalinda Weaver of Dudley, m. intentions 1 Jan., 1814. 

JABEZ, and Nancy Brown, m. intentions 19 Dec, 1814. 

ALDRICII, Dudley, and Polly Rawson of S. Gore, ni. int. 28 Aug., 1820. 

ANN, and Jos(j)li Harrington, m. 8 June, 1828. 

SARAH A., and William II. Wardwell, m. intentions 1 Feb., 1845. 



GREEN. GROGNAN. 525 

M. ELIZABETH, and Joseph Hilton, m. 15 Nov.. 1847. 
FREELOVE, and William H. Masters of Providence, R. I., m. 21 March, 
1848. 
CHARLES, of Auburn, aged 61. d. 10 Jan., 18t)3. 
JOHN P., his son, d. aged. 18, 11 March. 1855. 

HANNAH C. m. n. Chenej% of Princeton, aged 4G, d. 20 Jan., 1805. 
AM AT A T., wid, of Charles, aged fiS, d. 25 Aug., 18G5. 
JAMES M., son of Russell, of Thompson, Conn., aged 52, d. .31 Jan., 1875. 

GREENOUGH, LYDIA, aged 80, widow of Rev. , of Newton, d. 19 

Dec, 1843. 

GREENWOOD, LUCY, w. of Daniel, aged 63, d. 19 June, 1829. 

GRIFFIN, Capt. JAMES ("Lieut, in Gen. Shipley's Reg."), came to Ox. 
1756, at 45 years of age, having bought the Josiah Russell place, H. 185, w. 
Prudence; no children are mentioned. He appears to have l)een a man of 
leisure, of a social turn. It is related that a gentleman who was often at his 
house was one day giving his son advice as to manners, etc., when the son sud- 
denly closed the talk by saying he did not think a man who spent his Sunday 
noons with Capt. Griffin could with grace give others advice as to manners. 
His inventory does not show a style of living above the ordinary, excepting 
that there were embraced in it " nine pictures framed " which at that day was 
not common. A few books were also appraised. There is a tradition that he 
was a sea captain from Boston, which seems probable from his will, in which 
the heirs of William Fairfield of Boston are mentioned. He also gave his large 
Bible to Samuel, son of Samuel Doghed of Boston, to Dennis Heflron of Oak- 
ham, £10 and his wearing apparel. He also mentioned his nephew William 
McKinstry of Taunton, ph3^sician. Joseph, son of Rev. Joseph Bowman, and 
Caleb, son of Rev. Caleb Curtis of Charlton, and Sarah, dau. of William 
Campbell, to whom he gave each five pounds. He d. 17 Nov., 17G9, aged 68. 
He seems *^o have been friendly with the Rev. John Campl)ell family and 
was made in the will of Mrs. Campbell her executor, l)ut did not live to fulfil 
the trust. 

GRIFFITH, DAVID, of Freetown; bought land in Douglas 11 Nov., 1760, 
remained until 19 March, 1768, when he bought 60 acres and buildings on Pros- 
pect Hill, later Ward. Soldier in Revolutionary war, in Capt. Curtis' Co. 1775, 

with Stephen Griffith. Hem. Mary . . . . Children: Ni,rAH,b. 28 May, 

1768; Calkb, b. 30 May, 1769; Jonathax, b. 26 May, 1771 ; Mary, b. 13 Feb., 
1774; Stephkn, b. 2 Oct., 1775; Eleanor, 1). 16 Oct., 1776; Dan, b. 3 Jan., 
1779 ; the last recorded at Ward. 

REBECCA, and Joshua Rawson of Upton, m. 23 Oct., 1776. 

STEPHEN, corporal in Capt. Curtis' Co., d. in army near Boston, 31 July, 
1775. 

GRIMLEY, PETER, and Ann McLaughlin, ra. intentions 3 June, 1848. 
JOHN, aged 45, d. 23 Jan., 1859. 

GROGAN, PATRICK (Irish), aged 48, d. 8 April, 1876. 
Mrs. CATHARINE, ra. n. Owen, aged 46, d. 28 April, 1889. 

GROGNAN, CAMILLO (Canadian), aged 30, drowned 16 July, 1883. 



.')2() GROVER. — GURTIN. 

GROVER, ZINA, of Mansfield, m. (1) 26 May, 1808, Ruth Wakefield of 
Soutli Gore, wiiere tiiey settled, in. (2) intentions 12 July, 1828, Mrs. Mary 
Stewart. . . . Children by (Ir.st m. : Zina, residence, Charlton; Ei.iz.abktii, 
m. James M. Harnaby, Baptist minister at Harwich, where they settled, she 
d. at Worcester; IIosk.v B., b. 11 Feb., 181.5; Lowkli. H., resided at Day- 

ville. Conn., d. 1891 ; Klvida, in. Payson of Dennis, where he d., she 

resided at Chatham. 

2. IIOSK.V B., son of Zina (1), m. (1) 15 Dec, 1838, Sarah S. Lyon of 
Woodstock, Conn., she d. aged 45, 24 Nov., 1861, at Ox., m. (2) 23 May, 1805, 
Mrs. Sarah P. Sweet, m. n. Hawson, of Thompson, Conn., she d. aged 61, 15 
June, 1886. . . . Children by first m. : Mauy J., 1). 1847, d. 184S, at Charlton; 
Emma A., b. 8 Nov., 1851, at Charlton; Sahah L., b. 1861, d. 1802, at Ox. 

GROSS, NANCY M., and Samuel Bickneil, m. intentions 10 March, 1842. 

GROW, GROO, JOHN, in 174!t received a portion of undivided lands in 
Ox. as a proprietor, bought land 21 Nov., 1745, in the northeast part of Ox., 
was then of Sutton. This he sold in 1758, sold land in 1705, when he Avas of 

Ox. lie m. Mary -r-. . . . . Children : Jonathan, b. L'5 June, 1749, resided 

at Dudley, m. intentions 20 Feb., 1773, Mary Brown of Killingly, Conn.; 
ivKiJKCOA, b. li) Nov., 1751, m. 1769, Isaac Shumway, she was then of Douglas; 
Mauy, b. 7 Sept., 1753; Sahah, 1). 1 March, 1756; Samuel, b. 21 Feb., 1758; 
I'HKUK, b. 20 Sept., 1769; David, b. 30 Sept., 1701 ; Pkter, b. 30 April, 1703; 
Jacob and Hannah, b. 17 April, 1765. 

2. KDWAllI), m. 15 Nov., 1774, Joanna Nichols, taxed in Ox. 1771, 
removed to Dudley, returned to Ox., was a member of the Univcrsalist society 
here live years from 1785 to 1789 inclusive. . . . Children: Edward, b. 18 
Aug., 1775; Isaac, b. 27 July, 1777, at Dudley. 

ELIZABETH, and Jonathan Stone of Dudley, m. 29 Nov., 1768. 

NATHANIEL, and Betty Cady of Killingly, Conn., m. intentions 23 Sept., 
1709, resided at Killingly, 1770 to 1788, had ch. 

GUILD, EBENEZEK, sou of Ebenezer and Lydia, b. 23 Jan., 1786, at 
Franklin, m. 3 Sept., Ibll, Hepsibah, dau. of Thomas Ivussell, settled at 
Wrentham, came to Ox. in 1819, employed at hatting by James and Peter 
Butler, removed in 1824 to Worcester, later resided at Leicester, Webster 
(from 1835 to 1839 where he was deacon of the Congregational Church), and 
Mendou, returned in 1840 to Ox., where he carried on hatting at the corner 
opposite the brick store, continuing until near his death. He d. at the home 
of his dau. Emily A., at Milford, 27 Nov., 1865. His widow d. at Milford, 18 
March, 1876. He was a (juiet man, of exemplary christian character, an 
excellent singer. . . . Children, first three b. at Wrentham : Emily A., b. 28 
July, 1812, m. Alvan G. Underwood; Francis R., b. 24 Nov., 1814, d. 19 Feb., 
1824, at Ox.; Oscak N., b. 6 Oct.. 1817, d. 27 June, 1838, at Geneva, N. Y. ; 
Harlow Moran, b. 25 Oct., 1820, at Ox., m. (1) intentions 16 Nov., 1840, 
Hannah Leavens, in. (2) 1853, Mrs. Lucy, widow of Merrick Martin of Wood- 
stock, Conn. ; Lieut, in the 12th Penn. Cav. in the late war, promoted to Capt., 
served through the war, d. 19 Feb., 1884, in Florida; ch. by llrst m. Oscar L., 
1). 21 Fel)., 1842, drummer iu Co. E, 15th Kegt. in the late war. 

OLIVIA L., and Silas Dunton, m. intentions 15 July, 1846. 

Mrs. ELIZAB1<:TH J., dau. of Japheth O. Cortis, aged 23, d. 10 Dec, 1884. 

GURTIN, Mrs. JULIA (Canadian), aged 44, d. 28 Feb., 1864. 



HAGAK. HALL. 527 

HAGAR, POLLY, and David Waters of Sutton, m. 22 Jan., 1806. 

HAGBURN, SAMUEL, an aged and yet active man in tlic very early history 
of the town, and one of whom we wn)uld be glad to Ivnow more than is possi- 
ble ; b. 20 Jan., 1638, son of Samuel of Roxbury, a wealthy and honored man, 
wlu) d. 24 Jan., 1G43, his widow m. (2) Gov. Thomas Dudley, shera. (3) Nov., 
16r)3, Kcv. John Allin of Dedham. At his father's decease Samuel received a 
handsome estate, and in 1660, soon after his coming of age, we And him in 
trade at New London, Conn. Savage says he filled in 1664 an office of trust 
and remained there until 1668 at least. Miss Caulkins in the History of New 
London says, *' Another person who was at this time [1661-2] a resident 
trader . . . was Samuel Hackburn or Hagborn from the Bay Colony." He 
was received as an inha))itant, but meeting with reverses soon left the town. 
The records give no facts as to his family. We find him in 1709 at Oxford, 
four years before the permanent settlement, looking after the interests of his 
half-brother. Gov. Joseph Dudley. It seems proljable from his relation to 
Dudley that he had much to do witli the planning of the new settlement, the 
arrangements for beginning its corporate existence, the soliciting of settlers, 
laying out of public ways, etc. He was the first In the list of the grantees 
and selected one of the best lots in the village on the east side of the main 
street, extending to and embracing the meadows on Mill Brook, and quite a 
quantity of the lands improved by the Huguenots, with two houses at least, 
one of which he no doubt kept up and occupied as a dwelling. But his stay 
was short after the settlement by the English. In Aug., 1714, he sold and 
removed. We find him living in Taunton in 1722, and in the latter part of 
1725 he d. there. His will and inventory indicate that his means had become 
reduced, the total footing being l)ut £220. [See page 52.] 

HALEY, THOMAS (Irish), aged 43, d. 29 July, 1883. 
Mrs. ELLEN, aged 52, d. 31 Aug., 1885. 

HALL, EDWARD, the emigrant, freeman in 1636 at Salisbury, lived at 
Duxbury, Braintree and Taunton. Had land set to him at Rehoboth in 1645 
to which he removed from Braintree in 1655. He had Andrew, b. 10 May, 
1665, at Rehoboth, who had at Newton, John, b. 11 Jan., 1695, who was 
father of Nehemiah, b. 29 March, 1725, probal)ly at Rehol)oth, and removed 
before 1750 to Uxbridge, where -was b. 26 Aug., 1753, his son Nathan, who 
came to Ox. He was a plain, l)lnnt man, of good principles, and influential, 
a thriving farmer, somewhat in public life and generally respected; m. 
Keziah, dau. of Moses Richardson of Medway, bought 1797 the John Camp- 
bell farm, H. 187. He d. 13 March, 1835, aged 81, she d. 13 Sept.. 1833, aged 
77. . . . Children, all excepting the last b. at Uxbridge: Abigail, b. 9 Jan., 
1781, m. (1) Francis Barker, Lieut, in "Adams' Army," had one son, d. young, 
m. (2) Abijah Davis, m. (3) Peter Butler; John, b. 26 May, 1782, m. Eunice 
Putnam of Sutton, settled in Holden, he d. 7 Dec, 1857, she d. 5 Dec, 1845, 
aged 65; they had Almira, b. 11 May, 1806; Nathan, b. 29 June, 1808; 
Stephen, h. 18 March, 1810; Elcy, b. 9 April, 1812; liichardson, b. 18 Feb., 
1814; Danford, b. 15 Jan., 1816; Sally, b. 1817, d. 1818; Eunice, h. 9 Dec, 
1819; MosKS, b. 14 April, 1785, m. Alice Wells, and settled at Brookfleld, 
where he d. 1847; they had Francis, b. 15 Jan., 1811 ; Willis, b. 1 Sept., 1812; 
Painelia, b. 21 July, 1814, d. young; Marcia, b. 15 April, 1816; Ruth, b. 1 
May, 1818; Eugenia, b. 16 Feb., 1820; John C, b. 15 Feb., 1823; Mary, b. 28 
Feb., 1825; Abigail, b. 23 Oct., 1826; Charlotte, b. 25 Sept., 1828; Sarah J., 



528 HALL. 

1). 20 Fl'I)., 1829; Pamelia, b. 26 April, 1833; Kkziah, b. 17 Aw^., 1787, d. 
yoiinij; LuTiiKK, b. 25 Jan., 1790, m. (1) Hannali Hcers of Spencer, settled in 
Sutton, she d. 30 May, 1851, m. (2) 18 Feb., 1852, Mary Robinson: deacon of 
the Con<rre^atiunal Church at Sutton, he d. 20 .Jan., 1858; ch. David -V., 
was graduated at Yale College, settled in Mississippi, lawyer, removed to 
St. Louis, Mo., where he was prominent, d. aged 33; Franklin, residence, 
Philadelphia. I'a. ; Lydia, Anna N. ; Calvin, b. 13 Sept., 1791; Nathan 
Wkhb, b. Ill June, 1794; David, b. 11 Jan., 1801, at Ux. 

2. CALVIN, son of Nathan (1), m. IG Feb., 1825, Kebecca, dau. of David 
Prince, resided at the homestead, he d. 18 Dec, 1870, she d. 28 July, 1883. 

. . . Children: Georck, b. 7 Jan., 1826, d. 1828; Nathan Sumner, b. 20 
Aug., 1827, d. 18 Jan., 1882, num.; L. Makia, b. 31 Dec, 1828; George C, 
1). 12 Sei)t., 1830, m. Louisa Bacon of Charlton, residence, Bufl'alo, N. Y., had 
ch. ; Austin, b. 26 Feb., 1832, d. 1833; Austin, b. 1 May, 1835, m. 7 Sept., 
1867, Theresa A. Holt of Chenango, N. Y., residence, near Binghamton, N. 
Y. ; had Mildred A , Nettie M., Nathan S. ; Jane, b. 8 Oct., 1837, m. Lester 
H. Cudworth. 

3. NATHAN WEBB, son of Nathan (I), m. intentions 1 Dec, 1817, Susan, 
dau. of Craft Davis, settled at Ox., removed to Webster and 1853 to South- 
bridge. He d. 2 xVug., 1855, she d. 12 Feb., 1880, l)oth at Southbridge. . . . 
Children: Keziah, b. 9 Aug., 1818, m. Augustus E., son of Calvin Randall of 
Thompson, Conn., Avho d. 14 Jan., 1879, had ch. ; Sarah, b. 2 Jan., 1821, m. 
George W., son of Roswell Hare of Woodstock, Conn.; Susan, b. 28 Nov., 
1822, m. Benjamin Watkius of Webster, removed 1880 to Vineland, N. J. ; 
Moses, b. 18 June, 1824, d. 7 March, 18G3, unm. ; Andrew, b. 22 Sept., 1834; 
William, b. 15 May, 1838, m. 26 Nov., 18G3, Nancy Powers, he d. 18 Sept., 
1879 ; they had 3Iiranda, Minnie, Moses, Andreio, Edith L. 

4. DAVID, .son of Nathan (1), m. 27 May, 1827, Almira Prince, sister of 
Rebecca, settled at Ox., he d. 5 April, 1847, she m. (2) Jeremiah BroAvn. . . . 
Children: Julia E., b. 19 Jan., 1828, ra. 14 Sept., 1847, William Hills of 
Worcester, she d. 10 Sept., 1849; Ann J., b. 21 Sept., 1832, d. j'oung; Judson 
W., b. 21 Sept., 1838, m. 27 June, 1872, Elizabeth St. John, residence, Worces- 
ter, and had (leorge N, b. 19 March, 1873; she d. 1883; Ann J., b. 18 May, 
1845, m. 2 Jan., 1865, Ozro J. Livermore, settled at Worcester; had Charles 
D., b. 1870; Arthur C, b. 1874, removed 1881 to Holyoke. 

THADDEUS, son of John of Sutton, descended from John of Concord, b. 
28 March, 1780 [Hall Gen.], was of Ox. 1804, m. 14 July, 1814, Lucy, dau. of 
Jonas Eddy, settled at her father's, H. 156, which estate he sold 1837, and re- 
moved to Millbury ; blacksmith and scythe maker at old Eliott mill site. He 
d. 1855, at Millbury. Only child Orson E., b. 13 Jan. 1815, m. (1) 27 May, 
1836, Tirzali, dau. of Israel Sibley, residence, Detroit, Mich., dry goods mer- 
chant; she d. 7 Dec, 1835, at Detroit. [Ox. Rec] He removed to New Or- 
leans, La., m. (2) 24 June, 1844. Emily 1). Mudge, b. 30 Sept., 1827, at Port- 
land, Me. He continued trade at New Orleans, and d. there 25 Oct., 1871. 
Nine children, all by second marriage. 

BENAIAH, w. and children, resided at C)x. May, 1752. 

NOAH, of Killingly, Conn., and Lydia Brown, m. 24 April, 1759. 

JOHN C, nf Milll)ury, and Hannah Smilh, m. 3 Nov., 1824. 

WILLIAM II., son of same, aged 2, d. 12 May, 18;5(). 

DOLLY, widow, aged 71, d. 1 Jan., 1827. 

PARIS, d. 16 Oct., 1832. 



HALL. HAMLIN. 529 

SARAH, of Smithfleld, R. I., and Daniel Angell, m. int., 28 July, 1839. 
NANCY C, and Loring D. Chartee, of Thompson, Conn., m. 2 Jan., 1845. 
HARRIET, widow, aged 71, dan. of Simeon Jones, d. i May, 1876. 
CHARLES A., son of John P. and Harriet, aged 35, d. 16 May, 1876. 
URIEL, aged 82, d. 24 Sept., 1886. 

HAMLIN, NATHANIEL, descendant of James, who came from London 
and settled at Barnstable 1639. They were of French descent, one Hamklin 
having passed in 1066 from Normandy to England with William the Con- 
queror. Jamks had 7 children, the oldest being James, who had 14 children, 
the eighth being Ebenezer, b. 1674. He had 7 children, the youngest being 
Lewis, b. 1719, at Barnstable, m. 1739, removed, about 1740, to Lebanon, 
Conn., where his second child Nathaniel was b. 29 Nov., 1741. Lewis, the 
father, returned to Barnstable where he d. 1755. In 1759, Nathani^ assisted 
in l)uilding boats at Albany, and perhaps at Lakes George and Champlaiii for 
General Amherst's expedition of that year. From May 2, 1760, to Jan. 15, 
1761, still a minor, he served in Nova Scotia in the company of Capl. Bassett 
of Chilmark. He was of a company which, under sappers and miners from 
England, blew up the fortifications at Louisburg. In 1763 he removed from 
Barnstable to Wellfleet, where he was a boatl)uilder. He m. 5 Dec, 1763, Sally 
Baker of Wellfleet and removed 1772 to Shrewsbury, and thence April, 1778, to 
Ox., settling at the Nathaniel Chamberlain place, H. 240. This estate he 
owned until 1796 ; in 1780 marched in Capt. Humphrey's company to R. I. 
on the alarm; in 1783-84 was collector of taxes. In the latter year, he 
and his son Theophilus were carpenters at Hallowell and Vassalboro, Me., 
Theophilus settled at Fort Village, later Augusta, the father i-eturned 
after two or three years to Ox. The sons and daughter one after another 
removed to Hallowell, Me., and in 1795 the parents with Lot, the youngest, 
followed. Theophilus and Lewis became prominent citizens and business 
men of Augusta. After his removal to Augusta, Nathaniel made clocks, 
spinning-wheels and sleighs. In 1798, he bought the house in Augusta built 
by his son-in-law Isaac Carter, which he sold in 1829 to the County of Ken- 
nebec as a site for the present Court House. Throughout his long life he 
was highly respected for integrity and manliness. He d. 19 Jan., 1834, aged 
92. His wife d. 4 July, 1830, aged 87. . . . Children: Theophilus, b. 6 
Dec, 1765, at Wellfleet, merchant, m. (1) 30 June, 1788, Sarah Rockwood of 
Ox., she d. 6 Dec, 1826; m. (2) Mrs. Jane Carter of Portland, he d. 5 April, 
1842, at Augusta, 10 ch. ; Maky, b. 10 April, 1768, at Wellfleet, m. 25 June, 
1789, at Ox., Joseph Burton of Augusta, she d. 24 May, 1848, at Augusta; 
Olive, b. 2 Nov., 1770, at Wellfleet, m. 28 Nov., 1793, Elias Craig of Augusta, 
she d. 25 Sept., 1848, at Fayette, Me.; Lewis, b. 24 March, 1773, at Shrews- 
bury, m. 4 Sept., 1797, Eleanor Craig of Wrentham, farmer, selectman twelve 
years; hed. 20 April, 1824, at Augusta, 8 ch. ; Sarah, b. 19 Aug., 1775, m. 15 
May, 1796, Isaac Carter of Augusta, she d. 25 May, 1839, at Augusta; 
Perez, b. 1 Oct., 1777, m. (1) Jan., 1799, Anna Prescott of Readlield, Me., 
carpenter, removed to Sidney; she d. 8 June, 1807; m. (2) Sarah Kendall; 
10 ch. ; hed. 7 Sept., 1860, at Augusta; Nathaniel, b. and d. 1780, at Ox. ; Lot, 
b. 3 May, 1782, at Ox., m. 9 Oct., 1806, Sarah Craig of Wrentliam; clerk in a 
store at Augusta, later painter and glazier; noted for his integrity, for numy 
years surveyor of lumber. He d. 24 Feb., 18(!!), at Augusta, 5 ch. Tlie late 
Prof. Charles E. Hamlin of Cambridge, sliortly before his death furnished the 
main facts here given. 
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530 HAMMOND. HARBOTTLE. 

HAMMOND, ELIJAH, sou of Aaron, of Charlton, a. C8, cl. 17 Jnnu, 1875. 
« 

HANCOCK, Capt. WILLIAM, .son of Anthony and Ruth, of Wrentham, 
formerly of Dorchester, b. 1 Marcli, 1703, was of Wrentham in 1754, and cap- 
tain of militia; came to Ox., probably before 1760, as tenant of the heirs of 
Dudley upon entailed lands in the south part of the town, the residence being 
below the t)ri(li,'e on the Webster road, H. 58, house removed. There is a tra- 
dition that he had been in the West India trade and by a storm at sea had 
lost a valual)le c.ari^o which reduced his means. He had more than ordinary 
ability and stood hii^h with his townsmen. In 1777, a period in which wis- 
dom, tirmness, and patriotism were demanded, being then seventy-four years 
of age, he was chosen Representative and was re-elected ; was also chairman 

of selectmen. He m. Hannah . He d. aged 87, 8 March, 1789, she d. 

28 Dec, .1791, aged 78. . . . Children, b. at Wrentham: Ruth, b. 6 June, 
1734, m. 7 Oct., 1752, Jeremiah Clark of Medfleld; Enoch, b. 13 Feb., 1736; 
David, b. 26 Feb., 1740; Mary, b. 1742, d. 174G; Bktty, b. 19 May, 1745, m. 
9 Jan., 1760, Lewis Whiting; Paul, b. 5 Jan., 1748; Sauah, b. 8 Aug., 1750, 
ni. intentions 29 March, 1775, at Ox., Solomon Cook; Ai.lkn, b. 5 April, 1754, 
at Wrentham, m. 1 Jan., 1789, Lucy, widow of Samuel Corbin, of Thompson, 
Conn., dau. of William Earned of Dudley, settled at Ox., removed about 1800 
to Dudley where both died. He d. 11 Oct.. 1848, she d. 12 March, 1836. He 
was in Capt. John Town's company and marched on Lexington alann, — captain 
of militia at Ox., and for eight years, betAveen 1787 and 1797, assessor, one of 
the administrators of estate of Josiah Wolcott, and was much esteemed ; they 
had at Ox. Hannah, b. 28 Sept., 1789, m. William Earned of Dudley; William, 
b. 28 June, 1792, colonel of militia and a leading citizen at Dudley for many 
years; Elizabeth D., b. 13 Oct., 1794, m. Elisha Knight; Allen, b. 25 June, 1798, 
m. Zenucia Day, colonel of militia, an independent farmer of Dudley; he d. 
23 Sept., 1882; Ciii.OK, b. 16 Dec, 175(!, m. Jacob Shumway. 

GEORGE, and Mary Plunkett, m. intentions 13 Dec, 1835. 

HANDY, ASA, of Burrillvillc, R. I., and Esther Corbin of South Gore, m. 
12 July, 1818. 

HANNAWAY, PETER (Irish), aged 90, d. 19 March, 1884. 

HANSON, CLARISSA J., m. n. White, of Charlton, a. 43, d. 22 June, 1862. 

HARBACK, HENRY, of Sutton, and Mrs. Sarah Prince, m. 20 July, 1780. 
PALMER, son of Daniel, of Sutton, aged 78, d. 30 Oct., 1884. 

HARBOTTLE, JAMES, son of James, b. 6 Jan., 1803. at Trowbridge, 
Eng.,camc 1827 to America, in 1832 to Ox., and was employed at Ox. Woolen 
Co.'s mill, removed 1846 to Ware; m. (1) in England, Eliza Sims ; m. (2) 1829, 
at Fishkill, N. Y., Mary Buckley, shed. May, 1858, at Ware. Hed. Aug., 1864, 
at Little Falls, N. Y., while on a visit. He was a man of ready wit. It is 
related tliat one morning as he was entering the mill at Ox. a little late, the 
agent Capt. DeVVitt, met him and noting his tardiness, in his quiet, pleasant 
manner, remarked, "Mr. Harliottle, that bell when it rings is a call to rtZZ." 
"Yes," rei)lied Hai'bottle, " and so you know Jesus Christ died for all, but 
they don't all rnuie, do (hey. Captain?" This was l)efore DeWitt had united 
with the Church. He was greatly amused al- the retnrt, ami the eonversation 
was dropped. . . . Children, by first m. born in England : Haukikt, b. June, 
1823, m. Isaac Viles, residence, Dover, N. II. ; Tho.mas, b. 1826, m. Helen 



HARBOTTLE. — HARRIS. f)81 

Mcintosh, rosidcMice, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; by second m. : William, b. 30 June, 
1831, at Fishkill, N. Y., d. Juno, 185(5. at Ware; James, b. 13 June, 1833, and 
all younjjer, at Ox., m. Helen S. Tracy, resided at Ware, changed his family 
name to Edmonds; they had Fred C, b. 29 March, 1863, residence, Brooklyn, 
N. Y., machinist; Albert W., b. 23 March, 18G6; Mary F., b. 9 March, 1870; 
John, b. 4 July, 1835, d. March, 1857, at Ware; Philip, b. and d. 1837; 
Mary, b. Jan., 1840, d. Dec, 1857, at Ware; Rose A., b. and d. 1844. 

HARDING, AMOS, b. about 1768, came from Franklin to Ox. 1797, settled 
on Loni; Hill, at the Dagsfett place, H. 159, d. there; he m. 13 Oct., 1789, Han- 
nah Baker of Franklin. He d. 21 Sept., 1840, she d. 19 Sept., 1838, a.ged 72. 
. . . Children: Lucy, b. at Franklin, d. unm. 22 Aug., I860, aged 70: 
Samuel, b. about 1791, m. Catherine Cummings of Ward; he d. 3 March, 
1856; she m. (2) Benjamin Putnam, she d. 3 July, 1870; ch., Elisha, b. 1840, 
at Auburn, d. 25 Feb., 1852; Amos, settled at Alstead, N. H. ; Hannah, d. 
aged 59, 31 Oct., 1858, unm.; Mary B., m, 1 Dec, 1830, James G., son of 
George Bacon. 

CHARLES L., relative of Amos (1), b. May, 1814, at Franklin, son of 
Lewis and Irene (Hartshorn) and grandson of Elisha of Franklin, who m. Ruth 
Haven of Sharon. Three sons, Charles L., William C, and George W., came 
to Ox. from Blackstone in 1847, Charles L. having bought the thread factory 
property. He learned wool manufacturing at South Walpole, and soon after 
his majority became part owner of a mill at Millville where he remained 
about seven years, coming thence to Ox. In 1862 he sold to Col. Buffum, and 
removed to Winooski, Vt., purchasing a large mill of fifteen sets which 
he operated ten years successfully, becoming wealthy; removed 1862 to Cam- 
bridge and in 186G began trade as a commission merchant in Boston, in which 
he prospered, he being the head of the house, and his son Edgar a part- 
ner. His brothers removed with him to Vermont, and later were manufac- 
turers at Ludlow, Vt. , wool merchants in Boston, and afterward were in 
trade in New York. He m. 1840, Julia A. Bowen; he d. April, 1891; 
their only surviving child Edgar, was b. 1844, in partnership with his father 
in Boston. 

EDWIN D., son of George W., aged 5, d. 15 July, 1851. 

HARKINS, NOAH, Revolutionary soldier. 

HARRINGTON, SARAH D., m. n. Congdon, of Newport, aged 78, d. 4 
July, 1878. 

HARRIS, ROBERT, of Roxbury 1643, m. 24 Jan., , Elizabeth Boffee 

or Boughey, had with others Daniel, b. 14 May, 1652, m. 14 June, 1682, 
Joanna Brown, resided at Brookline ; had with others Timothy, b. 20 June, 
1696, m. Mary, dan. of Samuel Stearns of Dedham [he first met her, on a' 
summer noon, asleep, leaning upon his anvil, he being a blacksmith], resided 
at Watcrtown, removed 1733 to Ox., having bought the old mill at the south 
end of the Plain ; had a shop many years on Main Street near the road to 
Fort Hill. He d. aged 80. 25 Feb., 1777, she d. aged 86, 3 Feb., 1785. . . . 
Children, first four b. at WatertoAvn : Samuel, b. 14 Sept., 1725; Maky, b. 
25 Aug., 1727, m. Elisha Davis; Anna, b. 4 Feb., 1729, m. intentions Nov., 
1751, Jonathan Woodward of Plainfield, Conn.; Abi.iah, b. 25 Nov., 1732; 
Mehetable, b. 3 Aug., 1735, at Ox., m. Stephen Jewett; Elizabeth, 1). 1741, 



i')'^2 HARRIS. 

d. 174'2; as l)eli('Vi'il, another dau., not racordcd, m. Ingoldshy of New 

York State. 

2. SAMlEr.. son of Timothy (1), in. 27 Anj;., 1752, Marj^caret Uobbins, b. 
1731 ; town clerk from 177G to 1798, .several years selectman and assessor, and 
12 years town treasurer, deacon of the Church from 1771 to his death, j^uardian 
of the Dudley Indians 1778, lived on the homestead, an honored and useful 
man ; d. 28 Aug., 1798, she d. aged 76, 23 Dec, 1807. . . . Children : Elizabkth, 
b. 1753, d. 1754; JONATHAN, b. 1754, d. 1758; Asa, b. 1756, d. 1769; Moses, b. 
1758, (1. 1769; JONATHAN, b. 13 May, 1760; Abi.jah, b. 1762, d. 1769; Timothy, 
1). 1764, tl. 1769; Mary, b. 1766, d. 1769; Anna, b. 14 Aug., 1768; m. David 
Nichols (two ch. only lived to maturity). 

3. AHIJAII, son of Timothy (1), m. 18 Dec, 1760, Sarah, dau. of Abial 
Lamb, lived for a time at the south end of the Plain, 30 rods Avest of the 
main street, in the rear of H. 214, house removed. In 1774 he bought and 
occupied the present almshouse farm; an indu.strious farmer, a leading Uni- 
versalist; on a certain day seeing a shower coming, he, it is said, touched fire 
to a lot of hay he was harvesting that it might not be wet for the third time; 
Revolutionary soldier, marched on Lexington alarm, Lieut, of militia. He d. 
14 Nov., 1810, she d. aged 81, 28 March, 1824. . . . Chlhlren: Elizabkth, b. 
1762, d. young: Sarah, b. 1768, d. young; Asa, b. 1 June. 1771; Sauaii, b. 
1776, d. 1785. 

4. ASA, son of Abijah (3), m. (1) 7 Nov., 1793, Sarah, dau. of John Mayo, 
settled on the homestead, she d. 24 Feb., 1794, m. (2) intentions 8 Jan., 1795, 
Dolly, dau. of Jonathan Day of Dudley, she d. 29 April, 1817, aged 41, m. (3) 
10 Aug., 1817, Hopestill. widow of Moses Phipps. He d. (throwing himself 
into his well in a fit of insanity), 23 July, 1819. Capt. of cavalry. . . . 
Children, all by second m. : Sarah, b. 11 Dec, 1796, m. Hollis DeWitt; Day, 
b. 23 July, 1809, ra. 14 April. 1845, Susan I)., dau. of Asa Cutler, settled at 
Ox., removed 1847 to Webster, thence to Putnam, Conn., where he d. 12 Jan., 
1881; they had Frank C, dealer in ship stores, New York; Elizaukth, b. 24 
Jan., 1813, d. 22 Oct., 1830; Lucian, b. 14 July, 1815, m. 21 March, 1842, 
Mary Ann, dau. of Dr. Charles Negus of Webster, where they settled, and 
had fJliza M., b. 16 Feb., 1844, d. 12 Feb., 1862; Charles L., b. 18 Jan., 1852, 
m. 3 Nov., 1880, Addie M., dau. of William Bobbins of Charlton, and had 
Florence A., b. 12 Feb., 1883, resided with his father at Webster. 

5. JONATHAN, son of Samuel (2), Revolutionary soldier, m. 14 Juno, 
1781, Huklali, dau. of Isaac Town, settled on the homestead, was consi(lcral)ly 
in public life, town clerk from 1708 to 1812. collector of State taxes, and for 
many years from June, 1797, coroner. He had a discriminating mind, and 
fre(iuently acted as advocate in justice's court. He d. 24 Jan.. 1830, she d. 
28 Sept., 1834. . . . Children: Samukl, b. 28 June, 1782; Mary, b. 7 Feb., 
1784, ra. Peleg Foster; Sarah, b. 17 March, 1786, m. Charles Town; Isaac, 
b. 24 May, 1788; Elizabeth, b. 1790, d. 1792; Rukus, b. 12 .\pril, 1792; 
Lucy, b. 24 July, 1794, d. 10 Aug., 1813 ; Sylvanus, b. 27 July, 1796 ; Huldah, 
b. 1 Aug.. 1798, m. Seth Daniels; Jonathan, b. 1801, d. 1803; Nancy, b. 20 
Nov., 1803, m. Davie B. Kingsbury. 

6. SAMUEL, son of Jonathan (5), m. 6 Aug., 1820. Elizabeth, dau. of 
Sylvanus Town ; carpenter, a man of good judgment, a leading Freemason, 
musician, resided in several places in Ox. and vicinity, si)ent his later years 
on a farm in Holland, d. 1 March, 1851, she d. at tlie home of her son Samuel 
v., at. Trcmixalcau, Wis., 7 Oet., 1866. . . . Children: Samuel F., b. 5 June, 



HARRIS. 533 

1821, removed about 1843 to Wisconsin, m. 2 Aug., 1846, Adaline F., dau. of 
Philander Hall of Pittstown," N. Y., miller at Wauwatosa, Wis., until 1858, 
removed to Trempealeau, Wis., was a merchant and steamboat agent three 
years, removed 1861 to Galesville, Wis., owned a mill, and was County 
treasurer. On 23 June, 1866, he lost his property by a flood, and removed 
for a short time to a farm but returned to Trempealeau in 1869 and began 
trade in agricultural tools, which lie continued to his decease, 4 Feb., 1882. 
He was a Avorthy man, active in Church all'airs and an efficient worlier in the 
temperance cause; William H., b. 1 March, 1823, m. 26 Aug., 1849, Helen A. 
Wallace of Holland, where they settled, deacon of the Congregational Church, 
supt. of Sunday-scliool, and for many years school couimittee, she d. in the 
spring of 1888, m. (2) Mrs. Rosetta [Back] Plimpton of Florence, tlieir present 
residence; ch. by first m. Adella E., b. 18 Nov., ISaO, m. 1869, Newton Wallace, 
and had ch. ; Sylvanus J., b. 27 Oct., 1824, m. 30 April, 1848, Sarah J. Bond of 
Holland, removed about 1854 to Wisconsin, he d. 1884, at Galesville, Wis., 
l)lacksmith, soldier in the late war in a Wis. Regt. ; they had Sarah J., b. 28 
April, 1849, at Holland; Caroline F., b. 23 March, 1851, at Warren, m. 17 April, 
1873, Orin F. Mclntire, she d. 15 June, 1874, at Southbridge ; Samuel F., b. 22 
Feb., 1853, at Charlton; Adaline, b. 1856, d. 1867; Charles H., b. 22 Dec, 1858, 
at Galesville, Wis.; William IF., b. 18 Jan., 1866; Caroline E., b. 15 Sept., 
1827; Darius, b. 1 Sept., 1832, m. 16 May, 1858, Susan C. Lawton of Chaplin, 
Conn., settled at Shelburne Falls, removed to Sturbridge, foreman in an 
auger and bit factory at Fiskdale, Sturbridge; they had Kate E., b. 16 Feb., 
1859, m. Aug., 1879, Charles E. Bird; Alice L., b. 8 April, 1863, m. 1886, 
Eaton S. Hitchcock; Madella, b. 6 Dec, 1867, m. June, 1887, Henry L. 
Wheelock of Brookfield, she d. early in 1889; Oorabell, b. 24 Dec, 1869; 
Lura M., b. 2 April, 1881. 

7. ISAAC, son of Jonathan (5), m. (1) 26 March, 1809, Phebe Marsh of 
Dudley, settled at Ox., removed about 1815 to Bethel, Me., thence soon 
to Milan, N. H., and when considerably in yeai's to Huutingtou, Vt., 
she d. 12 April, 1821, at Milan, m. (2) 27 Aug., 1821, Esther Bickford; 
farmer. He d. at Huntington, 13 April, 1876. . . . Children by first m., first 
three b. at Ox. : Mary, b. 17 Feb., 1810, m. William Fogg of Milan, N. H. ; 
Amos, b. and d. 1812; Lucy, b. 27 March, 1814, m. Oilman Twichell of Milan; 
Celia, b. Dec, 1816, at Bethel, Me., m. (1) Rufus Stockwell of Millbury, m, 
(2) Hiram Willis, removed to Indiana, where she d. Dec, 1848; Isaac, b. 
1820, d. 1821; ch. by second m. : Phebe, b. Aug., 1822, m. William Cockle of 
Huntington, Vt., had ch. ; Rufus, m. Hannah A. Wheeler, had ch. ; Esther, 
b. May, 1828, m. Willis Welles of Richmond, Vt., had ch. ; Cyrus, b. Dec, 
1830, ra. Lucinda Wood, had ch. ; Huldah, b. May, 1833, m. Reuna Wood, 
had ch. ; Isaac, b. Aug., 1837. 

8. RUFUS, son of Jonathan (5), m. (1) April, 1818, Susan, dau. of Benja- 
min Witt of New Braintree, she d. aged 34, 24 Jan., 1831, m. (2) 11 July, 1832, 
Mary, sister of Rev. Ebenezer Newhall, he d. 16 March, 1833, she m. (2) 
Peter Shuraway; farmer, built the house at the lower end of the Plain, II. 
213, removed to take charge of the weaving-room at the Oxford Woolen 
Company's factory, continuing until his death. . . . Children : Archibald 
C, b. 16 Dec, 1819, m. (1) 22 Aug., 1843, Mary L., dau. of Phindias T. 
Bartlett, resided at North Ox. and DutUey, removed to Vermont, carried on 
many years a large stock farm at Shoreham, where he was partner of Benja- 
min E. Bates of Boston, removed thence to Crown Point, N. Y., and later to 



534 HARRIS. HaRTWELL. 

Fraiiiiiif^hain and Worcester; his \v. d. Fet)., 1883, at Toledo, 0.,at her sister's 
residence, he m. (2) 28 April, 1884, Jane, wid. of E. P. Lindsey, ni. n. Ware, 
of Worcester", where they reside; ch. by lirst m. : Edirard S., d. young; 
Charles F., h. 1852, at Dudley, d. 22 Aug., 1873, at Rockville, Conn.; Susan 
L., b. 29 Jan., 18';i, at Shorchani, Vt., m. Charles, son of Lewis W. Spauld- 
ing, her second cousin; Lucy Ann, b. 3 July, 1821, d. 2G Aug., 1841, at 
Spriiiglhld: Sterns D. W., b. 15 Oct., 1823, m. 30 July, 1846, Lucy G., dau. 
of Joseph Davis of Tenipleton, no ch., he d. 4 or 5 Aug., 1874, at Fabyan's, 
White Mountains, N. H., she d. 4 March, 1881, at Winchendon. He was of 
sterling character and good Ijusiness ability, for a time in shoe manufacturing 
at Ox. and several years agent of the Rock Co.'s Woolen Mill at Rockville, 
Conn., went thence to a farm in the western part of Framinghani, and d. 
while on a tour in New Hampshire. 

D. SYLVANUS, son of Jonathan (5), m. 28 Jan., 182G, Lucretia Under- 
wood of Pomfret, Conn., resided at H. 213, the home of his brother Rufns; 
cabinet-maker and carriage-maker, considerably in public life, selectman, 
representative, justice of the peace, town clerk. He d. 14 Sept., 1879, she d. 
12 Aug., 1884, aged 80. , . . Children: Edwin, b. and d. 1828; .John L., b. 
11 Nov., 1829, m. 1 July, 1853, Mary A. Logan, settled at Webster, where he 
d. 25 Sept., 1888; they had Fred J., b. 5 Sept., 1864; David Nel.son, b. 15 
Oct., 1832, m. 7 March, 1854, Martha M. Thayer, no ch., soldier in the late 
war, he. d. 26 Nov., 1887; Jank, b. and d. 1836. 

WILLIAM, " a .stranger," killed on the railroad, 8 June, 1847. 

MARIA P., dau. of Ebenezer Brown, aged 39, d. 19 April, 1853. 

HART, JAMES, Ji<., Worcester, and Lydia Bellows, m. int. Mar. 16, 1765. 
JOHN, of Leicester, and Sarah Singletary, m. 26 Oct., 1775. 
MICHAEL, of Dudley, and Mary A. Noon, m. intentions 30 March, 1835. 
MARTHA, and John D. W. Moore, m. 26 Aug., 1849. 

HARTWELL, WILLIAM, of Concord 1636, quartermaster, b. in Kent 
Co., England; had, with others, Samuel, b. 26 March, 1645, m. 26 Oct., 1665, 
Ruth Wheeler, and had Samuel, b. 6 Oct., 1666, m. 23 Nov., 1692, Abigail 
Stearns. They had Isaac, b. 22 Nov., 1703, at Concord, removed to Bedford, 
and thence in 1734 to Ox., North Gore, whei'e he b(Might 100 acres and three 
acres ailditional on which stood the •' Livermore" house, named from Daniel, 
grantee of land from the State. Samuel, a brother of Isaac, resided at 
Stoughton in 1732, and with his son Jonas died there, 1760, of small-pox. 
Isaac was a man of energy and ability and was captain of a military company 
of nine men in the Gore, denominated the " nine pins," was a soldier in the 
French war, an ardent patriot in the Revolution, but l)eing seventy years of 
age could not do military duty.' He, however, showed his spirit by one day 
taking down, from its perch in the old kitchen, his flint-lock musket, which 
was in need of repair, and mounting his horse and riding to the shop of the 



1 The following Is e.xtiint:— On l-'i Aug., General (.'curt had passed a re- 

"To .Sergl. .James Merhiiu, your Corlh with solve making it lilnding on all males over IC 

Kci|iilr.'d to notify and warne Ca|)t. Isaac liort- years of age if reiiiihud, to do military duty or 

ufll to Saive in tin- Contaneulal army, Kiglit send a substitute, or pay £!."> tine, drafts to be 

.Moutlis or get Sum (iood abeie Bodied man In made from "Iraineil l)auds, alarm lists and a// 

his l{ooni & Stld, or pay KItleen Pounds in others." .See Harlwell receipts under " Revolu- 

twenty-four ours by Spchal orders from Corte. tlouury war." 
Oxford, Sepl. Mie 2-2: 1777. 

John Town, Oapt." 



HARTWELL. 535 

noted gunsmith Thomas Earle of Cherry Valley and waiting through the day 
without dinner for it to be put in order. He was a firm friend of Gen. Learned 
and two days after his march to Cambridge, April, 1775, sent (as his account 
book records) 2()i pounds of salt beef and 15 pounds of cheese to the 
army.' 

He was a successful farmer, a leading article of production l)eing cider. 
He owned three hundred acres of land and large orchards. He m. (I) Abigail, 
widow of Benjamin Bacon of Bedford, in whose employ he had been before 
coming to Ox. ; m. (2) 20 Jan., 1737, widow Mary Cowdry of Concord, she d. 
aged 69, 14 Oct., 1772.^ He m. (3) 14 July, 1773, Mrs. Phebe Brewer, had no 
children to live to manhood. He d. 6 Dec, 178G, and Avas buried in the ceme- 
tery near his residence. 

2. SAMUEL, b. 1755, son of Jonas of Bridgewater, and grand-nephew of 
Isaac (1), m. Susanna Burr at West Bridgewater, removed to Ox. about 
1783, settled on the homestead. He was of good abilities, active in toAvn and 
Church affairs, highly esteemed, and captain of militia, and for sixteen years 
before his death justice of the peace and during that time married thirty- 
three couples. At the organization of the Episcopal Churcli at South Leices- 
ter in 1824, he left the Oxford Church and joined there, on account of the 
distance to Ox. He d. aged 70, 10 June, 1826, she d. 2(1 Dec, 1833. . . . Chil- 
dren: Cyrus, b. 8 Nov., 1783, was graduated 1806, Dartmouth College, 
studied medicine, settled at Persippany, N. J., where he m. Catherine Riter, 
no ch. ; he d. 1816, aged 32; Jonas, b. 2 Jan., 1786, m. (1) about 1817, Mary 
Sumner of Spencer, removed to Providence, R. I., Avhei'e he was a trader; m. 
(2) Tiiankful Briggs ; had two children by tirst ra., both d. at Providence; 
he d. about 1870, at Providence, aged 84 ; Senath, b. 5 Dec, 1788, m. (1) Rich- 
ard Moore, m. (2) Samuel Smith; Irena, b. 22 Dec, 1790, ra. Charles P. 
Nichols; Samuel, b. 30 Aug., 1793, m. Lydia, dau. of Calvin Amidown, set- 
tled at Southbridge, where he d. Aug., 1875, she d. 3 Sept., 1848. He went 
1814 to New Jersey and began the study of medicine with his brother Cyrus, 
finished his course at New York medical school, began practice 1817 at 
Southbridge, continuing with remarkable success till his death. He was 
prominent as a citizen and a manufacturer. They had Samue.l Cyrus, b. 28 
March, 1820, m. 1844, Ellen M., dau. of Moses Plimpton. He Avas a physician 
and succeeded to his father's business at Southbridge where he d. 1885 ; 2 dau. ; 
Isaac, b. 16 Nov., 1795, d. 1796; Seth, b. 25 Oct., 1797, went in youth to the 
mills at South Ox., m. (1) 8 Sept., 1823, Isabella Henderson, resided at North 
Gore and Millbury, where she d. ; m. (2) Dorothy Hammond of Charlton, re- 
moved to Rochdale; m. (3) Clarissa Fish of Worcester, removed to Wilkinsou- 
ville, where he was agent of the mill, and later to Oxford Plain, Avhere he d. 
27 Dec, 1870; George W., b. 4 Marcli, 1800; Susan, b. 7 June, 1802, m. in- 



iTliis was not a "charge," but a memorandum hereof, as you would prevent further trouble to 

and probably a gratuity. yourself & me. The Inclosed accompt will 

- She was a person of considerable properly, inform you what the whole comes to. Your 

but remiss in business matters. The following is humble servant, 

a copy of a note sent to her which explains It- John Bat." 

self: " Reading, Oct. ye 20, 1743. Mrs. Hartwcll, Cajit. Isa.ac HartwcU was a man of original 

with my service to you A yours, tliesc an; to ideas in some directions as shown by his orthog- 

mind you that you have not paid me for your raphy in his account book, where lie charges 

husband and children's graves, though 'tis long some of Ills neighltors for "hogues" and "pigues," 

since I dig'd them as allso 3 days works tliat 1 and credits a friend with a " cague of li gals, of 

did for you. I am In want of the money & prav Rhum." His first "Nues paper" was taken of 

you not to fail of sendiug It by the bearer Joslah Town, June, 1774. 



53f> HAUTWELL. HARWOOD. 

tentions 16 Aug., 1822, Eleazer Bemis of Spencer, where they settled, she d. 
at Spencer and the family removed to Alabama, N. Y., where he d. ; they 
had Jane., d. younj;; George W., went to Alabama, N. Y., and thence to 
Independence, la., where he was a merchant, and later to Des Moines, 

la., stood hifih as a citizen, State Treasurer; Susan, m. Towne, 

residence, Alabama, N. Y. ; Isaac B., b. 4 Oct., 1804, m. (1) 15 Dec, 1829, 
Sally, dau. of Lntlier Stone, she died 16 May, 1852, at the Brattleboro' insane 
asylnm ; they had 2 sons, both d. youn;;; settled in New York State, removed 
1836 to Northfleld, Vt., thence to Woodstock, Vt., where he m. (2) Sally C. 
Scott, no ch., lived at Woodstock, Vt., till 1858, and removed to Wilkinson- 
ville, his present residence ; farmer, justice of the peace, an esteemed citizen. 
3. GEORGE W., son of Samuel (2), m. 19 Aug., 1827, Lucetta Haven of 
Leicester, removed 1833 to Northfleld, Vt. , superintendent of a mill, returned 
1840 to Ox., bought the rights of the other heirs and owned and culti- 
vated the homestead. He was esteemed as a citizen, intelligent and 
social, selectman and representative; furnished much valuable information 
for this work. He d. aged 87, 30 June, 1887, she d. aged 75, 13 April, 1878. 
. . . Children: Mary E., b. 1 July, 1828; Gkorge H. b. 10 June, 1830, m. 
4 June, 1866, Ellen M. Green, apothecary at Southbridge, where he d. 13 
March, 1881 ; they had Charles S., b. 15 Sept., 1858, d. 1859; Caty Fay, b. 16 
June, 1860, m. 19 Dec, 1881, Gardner O. Benson; George H., b. 27 Jnly, 1863; 
Caroline P., b. 14 July, 1834, at Northfleld, Vt., m. 2 Feb , 1869, Francis 
Stiles, Jr., of Leicester, who d. 30 May, 1880; Isaac B., b. 11 March, 1837, at 
Northfleld, Vt.. m. 1 June, 1859, Emclinc E. Hull, b. 30 July, 1840, at Burling- 
ton, Conn., settled on the homestead; they had Samuel E., b. 3 April, 1860; 
Susan R., b. 30 Jan., 1863; Elizabeth, b. andd. 1866; Edioard E., b. 28 June, 
1869; Grace L., b. 20 July, 1878; Charles H., b. 1 Dec, 1842. 

HARVEY, JOHN, Revolutionary soldier. 

HARWOOD, DAVID, b. 3 Jan., 1732, at Salem, son of David and Marga- 
ret, in. ;!0 April, 1752, Rel)ecca, dau. of Jonathan and Abigail Twiss, b. 9 
April, 172!), at Salem, then of Ox., settled at Sutton, liousewright ; lived on 
the farm adjoining on the south the Sutton poor farm, deacon of tlie Baptist 
Clinreh, removed 1788, to the south part of Ox., H. 40, where he d. aged 77, 
28 Sept., 1808; she d. aged 79, 8 Oct., 1808. . . . Children: b. at Sutton, 
Jonathan, b. 1753, m. 23 March, 1784, Apphya Woodbury, settled at Charlton, 
where he d. 23 Feb., 1816; they had Prudence, b. 1785; Mary, b. 1786; Phebe, 
b. 1789; Rebecca, b. 1756, m. James Melendy, lived in east jSart of Ox., H. 1, 
removed to Charlt(jn ; hud Jacob, David; David, b. 1759, m. 29 April. 1792, 
Mary, dau. of Jeremiah Kingsbury, d. aged 72, 31 Dec, 1831, shed, aged 86. 1 
July, 1854, settled near his father, II. 41 ; had David, b. 25 Oct., 1796, lived on 
the homestead, d. 30 March, 1853. unm. ; Margaret, b. 1761, m. 21 Jan., 1784, 
Ebenezer Allen of Sutton, removed to Unadilla, N. Y., had ch. ; Elihu, b. 
1763; AniGAiL, b. 1765. m. John Kingsbury; Rachel, b. 1767, m. Asa Put- 
naiM of Sutton, liad eh.; Solomon, b. 1770. 

2. ELIHU, son of David (1), m. 18 .Vpril, 1795, Molly, dau. of Jeremiah 
Amidown; the same year bought the farm at the foot of Bondet Hill, H. 34, 
resided tlicre till near his death, 27 Dec, 1815, she d. aged h.s. 17 Sept., 1861. 
. . . Children: Emhu, b. 3 Jan., 1796; Jonathan, b. 28 Feb., 1800; Polly, 
b. 12 April, 1804, ra. Joseph llealy. 



HARWOOD. 537 

3. ELIHU, son of Elihu (2), m. 17 May, 1820, Hannah, dau. of Asa Beals, 
b. 6 June, 1798, at Milford, settled at south end of the Tlain, H. 209, was 
pioneer of the shoe manufacture in Ox., Capt. of militia, well known for his 
wit and humor, he d. 11 June, 1865, she d. 17 Dec., 1865, ai,'ed 67. . . . 
Children: Daniel, b. 21 July, 1821, m. 4 May, 1843, Sophia Wardwell of 
Hudson, N. Y., settled at Ox., removed to Boston, where he was a whole- 
sale shoe merchant, president of the Shoe and Leather Bank; they had 
Charles E., Sergt. in the 44th Mass. Regt. in the late war, d. 1863 at New 
Berne, N. C. ; Albert C, d., Edioard E., Lizzie G., Frank S.,Mary S. ; Emory 
E., b. 12 March, 1826, m. 24 May, 1863, Lucy F. Clark of Audover, shoe 
manufacturer, selectman 1861-64, removed to Spencer, where he resided 1891 ; 
they had Julia, h. 3 Jan., 1857, m. April, 1884, Samuel A. Melcher, 1890 
teacher at Whitinsville, had ch. ; Clark, h. 20 April, 1860; Hannah A., b. 
1833, d. 1839; Eliza M., b. 25 July, 1836, m. 13 May, 1858, John Anderson, 
residence, Binghamton, N. Y., where he is president of the Electric Light Co. ; 
Waity M., b. 24 April, 1839, m. George W. Oluey. 

4. JONATHAN, son of Elihu (2), m. 13 Nov., 1823, Lucetta, dau. of Craft 
Davis, he d. 19 Dec, 1841, she d. 12 Nov., 1877. . . . Children: Julia A., b. 
9 Oct., 1824, m. (1) Ezra Davis, m. (2) April, 1873, Henry M. Ingraham; 
Catherine, b. Feb., 1827, m. William Prince of Dudley, removed to New 
Boston, Conn., had ch. ; Sarah E., b. 16 June, 1838, ra. 28 Jan., 1863, Henry 
M. Ingraham of Coventry, R. I., settled at Ox., and had Lewis H., b. 17 Sept,, 
1863; Walter H., b. 15 July, 1865; she d. 7 Sept., 1865. 

5. SOLOMON, son of David (1), Capt. of cavalry, m. (1) 8 Nov., 1792, 
Abigail Battles of Dedham, she d. 15 July, 1817, aged 42, m. (2) 5 July, 1820, 
Lavina, dau. of Ezekiel Davis, he d. 24 Sept., 1826, she m- (2) Perry Curtis. 

. . . Children : Prudence, b. 27 July, 1793, m. Amos, son of Gideon Sibley ; 
Reuben, b. 13 Sept., 1798; Rhoda, b. 10 April, 1807, m. 13 April, 1828, Luke 
Bowker of Troy, N. H., she d. soon after, no ch. 

6. REUBEN, son of Solomon (5), m. 19 July, 1818, Hannah, dau. of 
William Hurd, he d. 28 Sept., 1838, she d. 9 April, 1866. . . . Children: 
LuciAN, b. 27 Dec, 1818, m. Susan J. Merritt of Warren, where he settled, 
watclamaker and jeweller, he d. 1883; had JP;•an^• L., b. 16 Sept., 1847, at War- 
ren, m. Sarah Louise Badger; Harriet E., b. Dec, 1849; Willard, b. 5 April, 
1821, drowned at Augutteback village, 12 Feb., 1835 ; George, b. 25 Aug., 1823, 
m. Alice Cleveland of Stallbrd Springs, Conn., he d. 13 March, 1864, at West- 
ford, Conn., she d. 10 March, 1879, at Stattbrd, Conn. ; had Hannah E., Orange 
C, Charles W., all d. young; John, b. 5 March, 1826, m. 28 Aug., 1848, Amy 
Morse of Charlton, she d. aged 39, 29 Dec, 1867, m. (2) 24 Dec, 1868, 
Margaret Walley of Boston; ch. by first m. : Reuben, b. 3 April, 1849, m. 
(1) Elizabeth White of Charlton, m. (2) Agnes Latlin of West Boylstou ; 
Maria E., b. 1850, d. 1851; Maria E., b. 13 Aug., 1852, m. 3 Sept., 1871, 
Edelbert Dugar of Charlton; ch. by second m. : William W., and Wilbur J., 
b. 9 Sept., 1869, both d. 1870; Carrie L., b. 13 July, 1871, at Somerville, d. 
1871; Florence J., b. 23 March, 1874; John, b. 25 Nov., 1876; Mary E., b. 20 
Jan., 1879; Charles, b. 23 July, 1828, m. 21 Nov., 1857, Mary E. Howard of 
Medfield, and had Elizabeth M., b. 1859, d. 1862; Anne M.,h. 15 Nov., 1863, 
at Boston; George W., b. 1867, d. 1873; Hannah E., b. and d. 1831; P. 
Merrick, b. 27 Nov., 1832, m. 27 Nov., 1859, Louisa C. Pope, she d. 8 Jan., 
1876; ch. : Minnie L., b. 14 April, 1861, at Ox. ; Jennie E., b. 29 May, 1866, at 
Somerville; Irving L., b. 1869, d. 1870; Horace T., b. 10 Feb., 1871 ; Willard, 

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538 HAUWOOD. — HATHAWAY. 

b. 10 Jan., 1836, m. .'50 April, 1863, Mary P.. Haniant of Mcdfield; ch. b. at 
Boston: Charlen If., h. 28 March, 18C4; Fred E., b. 8 June, 1868; Harry A., 
b. 11 March, 1870; Edith, b. 14 Au^., 187!l. Charles and Willard have for 
many years been partners in .successful business as watch and jeweh'y dealers 
in Boston. 

STEPHEN, ancestors came to Sutton from Rak;m 1719, relatives of David 
(1), m. Abiirail, resided at Ox. 1793, d. here 21 Aug., 1804. . . • Children: 
Stkpiikn, Polly, Hannah, Abigail, Jonathan, Huluah, David, Phkbe,*" 
Hkhkkah. 

SOLOMON, and Sarah Taylor, m. 4 Dec, 1752, and had Kkuben, b. 23 
July, 1753. [Solomon Ilanvood and Ebenezer Twiss, both of Salem, and 
James Twiss of Billerica, bought land in Ox., now Charlton, which was 
divided in 1742.] 

REBECCA, and Joseph Mclntire, m. 3 Sept., 1752. 

JOHN, w. and family resided at Ox. 1766, bought land 1771 on Prospect 
Hill, now Auburn, taxed 1771, had a case in court 1773. 

JOHN. Jk., of Sutton, and Lydia Sibley, m. 28 Aug., 1777. 

MARY, and Simeon Fuller of Sutton, m. 10 May, 1784. 

HASKELL, JOHN, sou of John of Dudley, b. there 24 June, 1784, m. 20 
July, 1806, Dolly, dau. of John Hall of Sutton, sister of Thaddeus of Ox. 
. . . Children b. at Sutton: John S., b. 26 Jan., 1807; Adalink M., b. 11 
July, 1808; and b. at Ox., near the lake in the south part of the town: 
Eliza A. D., 1). 27 May, 1810, m. Elisha Walker of Ox. ; Caroline M., b. 11 
Feb., 1813, at Dudley; Clementine, b. 15 March, 1817, at Dudley; John, the 
father, removed about 1816 to Montville, N. Y., where his w. d. about 1818. 
He soon Avent further west. 

Mr.s. lydia, m. n. Robinson, and George B. Slater, m. int. 19 April, 1825. 

AURELIA, w. of Joseph E., aged 29, d. 26 Jan., 1858. 

THANKFUL, widow, m. n. Demond, aged 78, d. 20 Jan., 1875. 

MARY J., aged 22, d. 11 April, 1876. 

JOSEPH E., aged 53, d. 10 Feb., 1880. 

HASTINGS, DANIEL, b. 3 Feb., 1677 (grandson of John of Braintree), 
removed from Cambridge to Marlboro' before 6 June, 1722, was of Sudl)ury in 
1727, of Ox. in 1732, of Shi'ewsbury in 1735, and later with his son Walter re- 
moved to Hardwick, where he d. 25 Jan., 1755, stjded "blacksmith" and 
"mason," no record of family in Ox. He m. Abigail Cooksey and had with 
others Walter, b. 24 March, 1704, resided at Ox., farmer, m. (1) Lydia 

, and had at Framingham, Abigail, b. 23 April. 1727; at Sudbury, 

Keziah, b. 29 April, 1729; came to Ox., m. (2) 1 Nov., 1733, Mary Thompson, 
removed before 21 June, 1743, to Hardwick, where he d. 6 July, 1792; they 
had at Ox.: Daniel, h. 23 .Vug., 1734, ni. Submit Jordan at Rutland; Jacob, 
b. 9 Aug., 1737, m. Mary Bangs; Lydia, b. 31 July, 1739, d. 1757; Martha, b. 
19 Sept., 1741, d. young; and at Hardwick: John, 1). Sept., 1743; Martha, b. 
9 Dec, 1746, m. Ebenezer Cobb; Elizabeth, b. 11 Aug., 1748, m. Samuel 
Hopkins; Joseph, b. 1751, d. 1753; Jonathan, b. 23 Oct., 1752; Joseph, b. 1755, 
d. 1756. 

SARAH, dau. of Daniel, and .lolm AinKlnwii of llanlwick, ni. 14 July. 1787. 

ELSIK, of Worcester, and Timothy Worseley, m. intentions 2 April, 1831. 

HATHAWAY, SETII, w. and sons Seth and William and daughters 
Abigail and Ruth, aud an infant child, resided at Ox., March, 1783. 



HAVEN. — HAY^VARD. 539 

HAVEN, JOANNA, and Daniel Weld of North Gore, m. 3 April, 1744. 
EBENEZER, and wife, resided at Ox., Aug., 1759. 

HAWES, ASIIBEL M., son of Robert, of Wrenthara and Rutland, whore 
Ashbel M. was b. 8 Dec, 1783, m. 9 Sept., 1810, Polly, dan. of David and 
Judith (Fitts) Lamb of Charlton, lived on the Plain, kept a shoe shop on the 
corner of the common, removed 1810 to the present home of his daughters, 
H. 136, where he many years was a trader. He d. aged 76, 30 July, 1860, she 
d. aged 87, 21 May, 1876. . . . Children: Increase S., b. 10 June, 1812, m. 
intentions 11 Jan., 1837, Abigail, dau. of John Derby of Leominster, settled 
at Ox., removed to Cambridgeport. returned to Ox. and continued trade, he 
d. 22 May, 1867; they had Charles 0., Ellen, both d. soon; George S., b. 1842, 
d. 1 Dec., 1859; Nelson, b. 24 Oct., 1813, went to New York State, there in. 
Catherine Lanning, removed to 111. and to Minn., eight ch., ho was drowned 
28 June, 1868, on his own farm at Orinoco, Minn.; Zuuilla, b. 20 Fob., 
1815, m. Jeremiah Stone; Mary, b. 4 April, 1817, m. 20 Feb., 1845, Cyrus 
B. Stockwell of Sutton, where they settled, removed to Webster, thence 
to Ashland, one dau.; Luana, b. 18 May, 1819, m. 22 Feb., 1842, Josiah S. 
Prentiss of Auburn; had Mary E.,6.. 1867; Eldora E.,m. Charles Kendall; 
Frank E., m. Mary McClathery; Caroline, m. Frank Richardson; Evelyn, b. 
8 June, 1821; Samuel E., b. 1823, d. soon; Alfred, b. 1824, d. 1827; Alma, 
b. 20 Feb., 1827; Caroline, b. 21 Jan., 1830, d. 8 Nov., 1850; Emily, b. 20 
Dec, 1832, d. 3 Aug., 1868, unm. 

HAWKES, RUSSELL N., w. Lamira, had Ellen F., b. 15 Jan., 1844. 

HAYDEN, Mrs. CYNTHIA, aged 29, d. 14 Oct., 1849. 
ARTEMAS a., aged 79, d. 20 Oct.(y), 1859. 
MARY. m. n. DivoU, aged 71, d. 9 ,Lan., 1866. 
SYLVIA E., m. n. Edson, aged 44, d. 5 Sept., 1876. 

HAYES, STEPHEN, and Maria Hoyt, of Princeton, m. int. 11 Nov., 1829. 

HAYNES, JOHN, an early settler in town, taxed in 1717. 

HAYWARD, HEYWARD, ASAIIEL, of Charlton, m. intentions 26 Aug., 
1785, Elizabeth, dau. of Isaac Moffitt, settled in west part of Ox., II. 68, 
where he d. She m. (2) 15 June, 1826, Eliphalet Taylor, a Revolutionary pen- 
sioner, lived and both died at the same place. . . . Children, lirst two 1). at 
Charlton: Artemas, d. aged 19, 8 April, 1805; Larned, b. 30 Jan., 1790, d. 2 
Feb., 1822, unm. ; Billings, b. 27 Dec, 1791 ; Simeon, b. 24 Jan., 1794, m. 18 
Aug., 1823, Lucy, dau. of Francis Blandin, no ch., he d. 5 May, 1827; she m. 
(2) Calel), son of Salem Larned; Clarissa, b. 13 Aug., 1796, m. intentions 20 
Jan., 1816, John Brown of Dudley, and had Artemas H., b. 16 Sept., 1817, at 
Ox., went to sea in boyhood, engaged in wrecking, raising sunken vessels, 
etc., on the Texas coast, became wealthy, d. 22 Feb., 1872, at Brownsville, 
Tex., in consequence of injury received from machinory on his steamboat; 
Mahala H., b. 1820, d. num., March, 1835, at Milford ; Elizabeth II., b. 12 
Sept., 1824, m. Evelyn E. French; John Brown d. about 1824, she ni. (2) John 
Morey, m. (3) 1835, Joseph Wheeler, she d. Jan., 1861, at Ilopkinton; RiFUs, 
b. 17 Nov., 1799. 

2. BILLINGS, son of Asahel (1), m. 10 Nov., 1816, Pamela, dau. of Calvin 
Aldrich. He d. 27 Sept., 1826, she ra. {2) Noah Shumway. . . . Children, by 



540 HAYWARD. — HERVEY. 

lirst 111. : Cai.vin, h. 20 Nov., 1817, m., had ch., rcsidod at Buffalo, N. Y. and 
Cliicaijo, 111.; AsAiiKL, h. 19 Oct., 1819, m. Maria Bemis ("?), no ch., d. about 
1870, at Ox. ; IIoi.i.is, 1). IC Dec, 1821, unm., was repair master on the railroad 
between Bo.stou and Sprinjdleld, and killed by cars, 30 May, 1857; Mary Ann, 
b. IG June, 1824, m. Charles Moran of Worcester, she d. 

.'}. KUFUS, son of Asahel (1), ni. intentions 9 March, 1822, Samantha 
Shaw of Monson, b. .3 May, 1799. He d. aged 72, 19 Sept., 1873, she removed 
to Minnesota. . . . Children: Sophronia L., b. 6 Sept., 1823, m. 28 June, 
1847, Erastus BoUes, removed 185G to Minnesota, he d. 1881; Elvira S., b. G 
Marcli, 1829, m. 28 June, 1847, Dexter, son of Stephen Davis, settled at Ox., 
had ch., removed 1877 to Minnesota, and 1879 to Wisconsin, where she d. 2 
Aug., 1880. 

POLLY, and David Dodge, both of Charlton, m. IG Dec, 1794. 

CYNTHIA, of Charlton, and Levi Whitney, of Hopkinton, m. 24 May, 1812. 

MELICENT, and Daniel Dodge, Jr., of Ward, m. 30 Nov., 1817. 

HEALY, JOSEPH, of Dudley, b. 1754, m. 21 Jan., 1790, Ruth, widow of 
Dr. Ezra Conant, dau. of Samuel Davis, settled on Sutton road, H. 26, where 
both d. ; he d. aged 42, 4 Dec, 179G, she d. aged 70, 1 April, 1823. . . . Chil- 
dren, b. at Ox. : .Joseph, b. 9 April, 1791 ; Ruth, b. 3 Aug., 1794, m. Lewis 
Lilley. 

2. JOSEPH, son of Joseph (1), m. 30 Dec, 1823, Polly, dau. of Elihu Har- 
wood, settled in Ox., where both d. ; she d. aged 52, 23 April, 1857. . . . 
Children: Ruth, b. 14 June, 1824, m. John, son of Craft Davis; Mary, b. 6 
June, 1827, d. 2 May, 1843, unm. ; Eoza, b. 28 Sept., 1828, d. 1836; Aaron J., 
b. 29 Sept., 1832, d. unm., 1 May, 1859. 

NATHANIEL, of Dudley, and Mary, dau. of John Davis, m. intentions 
16 Nov., 1787. 

HEFFERON, DENNIS, resided in Ox. 1776. 

HEMENWAY, WILLIAM, and Sarah A. Tryon, m. iul. 9 March, 1834. 

HENRY, WILLIAM A., of Princeton, aged 34, d. 20 July, 1870. 
Mrs. MARY (Irish), aged 33, d. 5 Sept., 1868. 

HERRING, Mrs. MARY J., of Waterville, Vt., aged 27, d. 18 Dec, 1858. 

HERVEY, JAMES F., son of James F. (who d. aged 69, 5 March, 1851), 
1). 23 Sci)t., 1818, at Leicester, came to Ox. 1844, removed to Worcester 1869, 
boot and shoemaker; m. (1) at llolden, Caroline Carter, she d. 11 Dec, 1880, 
aged 65, at Worcester; m. (2) Emma Willow. . . . Children, all by first m. : J. 
Frank, b. 23 Sept., 1836, at llolden, d. 15 July, 1871, at Worcester, num.; 
William F., b. 24 Feb., 1838, at Ware Village, unm., musician in late war; 
C. Mklvina, b. 16 Aug., 1845, at Sturbridge, m. Albert Eddy of Worcester; 
Albkkt O., b. Dec, 1847, d. Jan., 1848; LucY A., b. 7 Dec, 1848, at Oxford, 
m. Charles I. Rawson. 

2. GEORGE M., b. 4 March, 1827, brother of James F., m. 10 Dec, 1848, 
Philadelphia 1)., dau. of Russell White, he d. 14 March, 1857; they had HoR- 
ACK F., b. 25 ,Ian., 1850, m. 7 Feb., 1888, Bertha M. Beh ; Joskphink D., b. 8 
April, 1852, m. 16 Oct., 1869, Marvin A. Gleason of Binghamton, N. Y. ; 
Ella E., b. 1854, d. young; Gkorgk M., b. 22 Aug., 1855, m. 21 Jan., 1879, at 
Binghamton. The mother m. (2) Joseph C. Bradbury. [See Russell White.] 



HICKS. TTTLL. 541 

HICKS, MARY, wid., and children, resided in Ox., May, 1760. 
Alias COOK, MINDWELL, and children, Elizabeth and Sali.y, resided in 
Ox., Feb. 1792. 
JOSHUA, and Charlotte Twiss, m. 27 Oct., 1793. 

HILDRETH, SOLOMON, d. 25 Aug., 1835, nnm. 

HILL, Rkv. ABRAHAM, b. 1717, at Cainbridgc, was gradnated 1737 at Har- 
vard University, taught at Weston in 1738; ni. (1) Thankful, dan. of Ebenezer 

Allen of Watertown; m. (2) Naomi , named in his will, which also 

mentions his sister. Prudence Clark of Boston ; settled as pastor of a Church 
formed the same day at Road Town, mnv Shutesbury, 27 Oct., 1742, was a roy- 
alist in the Revolutionary war, which caused a quarrel In his Church. He 
became alienated from the majority of the people with whom he contended 
bitterly, sued for his salary and won his suit. After this he did not preach 
for two years and on 27 Feb., 1778, was dismissed. He became an active tory, 
assuming authority and using all endeavors to defeat the measures for pub- 
lic safety, until the people in their wrath impounded him, and threw smoked 
herrings to him for food, l)nt allowed him to return to his home at night. By 
a vote of the town he was forbidden to leave his house and authority was 
given to any person Avho saw him out to shoot him. In Jan., 1780, he 
changed his place of abode to the northerly part of Ox., purchasing for 
£10,000 the Gen. Ebenezer Learned house, H. 12G, which he sold in 1787 
to his son Aaron, who in his turn sold in 1790. He preached occasionally 
after residing here, in Mr. Bowman's absence, and presented a bill to the 
town for the same, 1782, which the town refused to pay. He d. 8 June, 
1788, but " the place of his sepulchre no man knoweth." He had three 
children, one d. at Shutesbury, another, Naomi, m. Dec, 1773, Rev. Ebenezer 
Sparliawk of Templeton, second wife, and was the mother of eight children. 
She received from her father's estate three lots of laud in Shutesbury, a 
chaise, and a pair of steers. Aakon, his son, was graduated at Harvard Uni- 
versity, physician, came to Ox. with his father, resided at the homestead, had 

a very limited practice ; removed to Maine, where he d. He m. Abigail , 

who united with the Oxford Church, 4 Feb., 1781. . . . Children: Aaron, b. 
8 Feb., 1781; Betsey, b. 2 Nov., 1782; Abraham, b. 28 May, 1784; William, 
b. 6 March, 1786; Nabby, b. 22 Jan., 1788; Francis, b. 4 March, 1790; 
Henry, b. 5 June, 1793; Christopher, b. 30 Jan., 1796; Leonard, b. 4 Nov., 
1797; Prudy, b. 13 March, 1800; George W., b. 28 Oct., 1801; all supposed 
to have gone to Maine. 

JAMES, of Douglas, b. 22 Sept., 1744, son of Calel), m. 16 Feb., 1769, 
Dorothy, dau. of Gen. Ebenezer Learned, settled at Douglas, removed about 
1774 to Dudley, near Wel)ster North Village. . . . Children : Bethiah, m. 19 
Nov., 1789, Mark Dodge of Dudley; Ebenezer, m. Betsey Whittemore; 
Jerusha, m. 29 July, 1790, Anthony Butler of Hardwick; Deborah, m. 20 
Feb., 1797, Anthony Butler, who was then of Rutland, Vt., second w. ; 
Dorothy, m. David Freeman of Webster, and had Ruth, Nancy, Joseph, 
Dorothy, Tamar, David, Oliver, Jerusha; James, m. 29 April, 1810, Betsey, 
dau. of Daniel Kingsl)ury, settled at Ox., she d. aged 78, 8 Feb., 1867; they 
had Polly Olive, b. 15 Sept., 1812, m. Joseph BuUard of Sutton; Eliza, b. 28 
Oct., 1816, m. 25 March, 1850, Ira T. Sibley; Marcus; family removed to Sut- 
ton; Ruth, ra. 27 March, 1805, Esek Chase of Douglas; Tryphena, m. Abel 
Davis; Barnabas, m. 16 Nov., 1808, Nabljy, dau. of Daniel Kingsbury, and 



542 HILL. — HOLBROOK. 

had Daniel A'., h. 1 April, 1809, ra., and had at Webster, George K. ; Bufus, b. 
15 March, 1811, at Dudley, settled at Webster; Abigail, b. 18 June, 1814, at 
Dudley; Lucy, b. 10 Dec, 1818. 

JKSSE, Revolutionary soldier. 

LYDIA, and Elias I'ratt, in. intentions 18 July, 1707. 

LUCY, and Abraiiani Bri.i,'<rs, Jr., ra. intentions 7 Oct., 1797. 

JAMES, son of James, d. aged 77, 8 June, 1857. 

ANGELINE, w. of Paul D., dau. of Alex, Rice, aged 54, d. 3 March, 1877. 

PAUL D., aged 74, d, 19 Oct., 1888. 

HILLIARD, EDWARD, was of Charlton 1754. 
SARAH, and Obadiah Mclntire, m. 9 Dec, 1756, 

HILLIKER, WILLIAM, and Maria Elliot, ra. 27 March, 1839, 

HILTON, JOSEPH, and M. Elizabeth Green, m. 15 Nov., 1847. He d. aged 
29, 28 April, 1856, she ra. (2j William Mayo. 
EDWARD, aged 68, d. 2 April, 1879. 
ELIZABETH (Scotch), widow, aged 77, d. 7 May, 1882. 
ZACH., aged 42, d. 16 Aug., 1883. 

HINCHLIFFE, JOSHUA, son of Joshua, of Watertown, aged 44, d. 6 
Aug., 1879. 
CHARLES H., son of George, aged 22, d. 26 Aug., 1884. 

HODGES, GEORGE, b. 14 Feb., 1822, at Salem, sou of Hon. George and 
Elizabeth (Welcome), descended from John, who came to Salem as early as 
1642, George reraoved with his parents in 1828 to North Andover, where his 
father began the manufacture of flannels, attended the Franklin Academy 
under Simeon Putnam, in young manhood learned manufacturing in his 
father's mill, later leased in partnership with Henry H. Stevens the Abbott 
Mill at Andover, continuing there until 1 Jan., 1846, when he bought the Ox. 
Woolen Co.'s mill and removed thither, continuing flannel manufacture suc- 
cessfully till his decease. He was an able and energetic business man, public 
spirited and liberal ; in his later years considerably in public life, representative, 
selectman and moderator; in 1864 Democratic candidate for representative to 
Congress, and delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Chicago for 
nomination of a presidential candidate. The beautiful Episcopal Church edi- 
tice was built under his supervision and mainly at his expense. He bought 
the house, then recently built, next south of the church, where he resided 
until his removal to the new house at his factory village, Jan., 1862. He 
m. (I) 29 Jan., 1846, Sarah Elizabeth, dau. of Hon, Hobart and Elizabeth 
(Farewell) Clark of Andover, b. 11 Dec, 1825, she d. aged 46, 23 Oct., 1872; 
m. (2) Delia McLaughlin. He d. aged 59, 6 Nov., 1881. . . . Children, by 
first m. : Katharine Cradoc, b. 12 Jan., 1847, m, 1 March, 1866, William S, 
Slater of Webster, she d. 22 April, 1880; they bad Ruth, b. 16 Jan., 1867; 
Georgia, b. 8 Sept., 1868; Lydia Eobinson, h. 12 July, 1871; Katharine, h. 2 
Oct., 1873; Hope, b. 29 Dec, 1875; James Howe, b, 11 Feb., 1878; A lick Wel- 
come, b. 4 May, 1849, d. 16 Dec, 1857. 

HOLBROOK, 1)R, HORATIO, of Wrentham, resided at Ox. about 1807 for 
about two years, taught school at the centre, studied medicine with Dr. Daniel 
Fisk, settled at Thompson, Conn., of high repute. 



HOLBROOK. HOLMAN. 543 

JONATHAN, of Shrewsbury, and Polly Rawson [Brown?] of South Gore, 
m. intentions 12 Oct., 1816. 

THOMAS, and Sarah Blood, m. !) Nov., 1736. 

CHLOE, and Preserved Pierce of Brooklyn, Conn., m. 9 Sept., 1821. 

LEWIS, w. Caroline, had Lewis, b. 1828; Sakah Ann, b. 1829, both d. 
young; Lewis, the father, d. 1 Jan., 1830. 

ASA, sou of Amaziah, of Bellingham, aged 82, d. 9 Sept., 1874. 

ANNA, widow, of Medtield, aged 69, d. 19 Oct., 1874. 

HOLDEN, Dr. JABEZ, bought 1752 the first Meeting-house lot, north end 
of the Phiin, H. 244, sold 1755, remained in town, was of Ox. June, 1760. He 
ra. 3 Oct., 1751, Rebecca, dau. of Eleazer Ward. . . . Children: Elizabeth, 
b. 14 March, 1753; Samuel, b. 10 Aug., 1755; William, b. 10 June, 1757. 

EBENEZER, resided at Ox. Feb., 1755. 

HOLLEY, JOSEPH or ICHABOD, d. 9 March, 1849, aged 98, supposed 
from R. I., lived about 1800 at the Samuel Rawson place in South Gore, and 
dug iron ore from the hill near for smelting works at the P'ast village ; the 
following eh. are on Ox. records: Perry, m. intentions 7 Feb., 1800, Selah 
Bliss of South Gore; Penelope, m. intentions 8 Feb , 1800, Benjamin Smith 
of South Gore; Polly, of Burrillville, R. I., m. (1) intentions 20 Aug., 1807, 
Benjamin Pratt, Jr., m. (2) Nehemiah Collier; Ichabod, m. intentions 10 
Sept., 1816, Mrs. Polly Weld, m. n. Mellen, whose husband Weld had d. at 

Hatfield; Richmond, m. Mary , and had Delilah, b. 2 May, 1818; 

Perry, b. 4 Feb., 1820. 

HOLLINGSWORTH, dau. of James M., aged 3, d. 17 Aug., 1845. 
MARY, w. of James M., aged 39, d. at Templeton, 11 Dec, 1848. 

HOLMAN, Dr. DAVID, descendant of Solomon of Newbury 1693 or 1694, 
who came from Wales, the line being Thomas, Thomas, Abraham, who was 
b. 30 July, 1776, at Sutton [History of Sutton], m. Polly Converse, b. 9 Sept., 
1777, at Providence, R. I. ; David, their son, was b. 24 Jan., 1803, at Union, 
Conn., where Abraham then resided, studied at the medical institute at Pitts- 
field, was graduated at an early age, began practice with Dr. Charles Negus 
of Dudley, now Webster, continuing about ten years, in 1831 settled at Ox., 
where he continued for upwards of 50 years. He ra. 4 July, 1830, Almira, dau. 
of Rufus and Huldah (Bates) Brown of Thompson, Conn., b. 20 Aug., 1809; 
bought 1841 the estate south of the North Common, H. 181, and d. there, aged 
78, 13 March, 1881, she d. aged 74 at the same place, 31 March, 1884. . . . 
Children: George W., b. 25 Dec, 1834, m. 13 Aug., 1862, Sarah, adopted 
dau. of Al)ijah Davis; had Grant D., h. 14 Feb., 1867; Justin B., b. 12 June, 
1837, m. 20 Aug., 1862, Laura, dau. of Hiram Allen of Webster, railroad con- 
ductor between Saybrook and Hartford, Conn.; they had Mabel C, b. April, 
1866; Rufus B., b. 9 Aug., 1840, m. Aug., 1862, Addie Cutter of Medford, 
druggist; xMartha A., b. 30 March, 1842, m. 6 March, 1862, Stephen F. Marsh 
of Sutton; had jhina K., b. June, 1863; George, b. 8 March, 1871; Mary A., 
b. 13 March, 1874; P^.m.ma J., b. 9 Nov., 1844, m. 30 Oct., 1867, Otis D. Cooper 
of Auburn; had Varnum 0., b. 13 May, 1871; William F., b. 8 March, 1847, 
m. 9 Nov., 1879, Martha W., dau. of Andrew Gardner of Nantucket. 

TYLER, b. 3 Jan., 1830, son of Aaron of Millbury, m. May, 1856, Mary 
Barnard of Auburn, came to Ox. in 1858, having bought land in the northeast 



544 nOLMAN. — HOPKINS. 

part of the town, II. 158. . . . Children: Sitsan M., b. 21 June, 1857; Laura 
L., b. 2 April, 1859; M. Stklla, b. 14 Sept., 1801. 

SOLOMON, and Mercy Water.';, botli of Sutton, m. 28 Aug., 172!>. 

EDWARD, of Sutton, and Kebekali Gale, m. 7 May, 1754; she resided at 
Ox. May, 1705, "late wife of Edward Ilolraan." 

ABEL, residence. Ox., 1782. 

STEPHEN, residence, Ox., March, 1783. 

SIMEON, of Ward, and Sally Rich of Sutton, m. 3 May, 1812. 

JACOH, and Hannah Parker, both of Ward, m. 4 July, 1819. 

OLIVE, and Joshua Sliunnvay, both of Ward, m. 4 Oct., 1820. 

SOLOMON, and Miranda Clark of Millbury, m. 11 Jan., 1821. 

SIMEON, ai?ed 42, d. 1 Sept., 1829. 

SIMEON D., of Auburn, and Nancy Lawrence, ni. 27 May, 1846, she d. aged 
29, 4 May, 1855. 

MOSES D., d. 9 Nov., 1850. 

JOHN E., son of Moses, aged 70, d. 17 March, 1872. 

HOLMES, JOHN, of Roxbury, son of David of Dorchester, m. 9 April, 
1690, Hannah Newell, was among the first settlers at Woodstock, Conn., 
where he was owner of the first mills. He had David, who succeeded him 
at the mills and was a clothier, and had a son David, b. U Aug., 1721, 
wdio was a physician and settled at Ox., m. (1) intentions April, 1743, 
M('h('tal)le, dau. of Ephraim Mayo, m. (2) 12 Nov., 1761, Temperance Bishop; 
the second child by the second m. was Abial Holmes, D.D., the historian, 
and the father of Dr. O. W. Holmes. Dr. David was of Ox. in 1742, bought 
the estate on the main street next north of the hotel property, H. 240, where 
he settled. They had David, b. 17 April, 1744. In Oct., 1746, he sold and 
returned to Woodstock. The occasion of his removal appears to have been 
the death of his father, 22 May, 1745. In July, 1746, it was represented to 
the court that the estate could not be divided Avithout detriment, upon which 
it was ordered that the widow's thirds be set off and the balance be assigned 
and conlirmed to David, the eldest son, he to pay his three brothers. Josiah, 
Moses and Stephen, each the sum of £54. 6s. 9d. [Moses Holmes, 19 years 
of age, son of David Holmes of Woodstock, 20 Aug., 1746, chose as his guar- 
dian Jonathan Pratt, Jr., of Oxford. Probate Record.] In 1763 Dr. David 
Holmes was dismissed from Ox. Church and recommended to Woodstock. 

Thus Oxford lost one of its most valual)le citizens. He took a stand among 
the foremost men of Woodstock, and in the Revolutionary struggle was very 
active. He was Captain in the French and Indian war, and in the Revolution 
offered his valuable services as surgeon; at the battle of Brooklyn in Sept., 
1776, was taken prisoner; in the campaign of 1777 was surgeon in Col. 
Chandler's Kegt., and in Sept. of that year retired from the service on 
account of ill health. [Miss Lamed, History of Windham County.] He d. 
19 March, 1779. 

MOSKS, and Iveziah Pratt, both of Ox., m. 25 Dec, 1746. 

Kkv. JOHN (English), aged 77, d. 5 Jan., 1888. 

HOLWAY, NATHAN, and Mrs. Sarah Ciiainl)erlain, in. int. 19 Jan., 1785. 

HOOD, DANIEL, residence. Ox., May, 17(>r.. 

HOPKINS, FKNNER S., of Southbridgc, and Altiiea Bruce, in. intentions 
24 Aug., 1834. 



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HOSMER, MANASSEH, of Thompson, Conn., bought land 1729 at Ox., 
now Charlton, where he resided 1735, removed to Dudley. 

HOUGHTALING, DANIEL, and Mary A., had Edwin L., b. 12 April, 1845. 

HOUGHTON, NAHUM, and Deborah Campbell of Rutland, m. intentions 
Jan., 1770, he was of Ox. 1768, then bought H. 188, taxed 1771. 

RODERICK, of Petersham, and Polly Clark, m. intentions 16 Aug., 1800. 

HOURIGAN, JAMES, aged 22, d. 21 March, 1865. 

HOUSTON, MARGARET, of Bedford, N. H., and Christopher P. Sanborn, 
m. 23 Sept., 1845. 

HOVEY, DANIEL, of Ipswich, b. 24 Juno, 16G5, son of Daniel, bought 
1722 the farm, H. 162, on Long Hill on which he and his descendants lived 
more than 100 years, and also in 1724 the estate at the northeast corner of 
Main Street and the Sutton road. With hira came his w. Molly or Mercy, his 
sons Daniel and James, and dau. Mercy, who m. (1) Thomas Gleason, 
Sen., second w., she m. (2) John Wait of Sutton and d. 1767. There are 
also named in the records Priscilla, who m. David Town, and Rebecca, who 
m. William Lamb, who may, have been his daughters. He was deacon in 1729, 
then 64 years of age, carpenter, occupied his homestead on the Plain until 
his death. In 1735 he deeded one-half his homestead to his son James. After 
his death his pi-esumed son-in-law, David ToAvn, became an owner. He d. 
7 March, 1742, she d. 30 March, 1743. 

2. DANIEL, son of Daniel (1), m. 24 Nov., 1726, Mehetable Bridges of 
Framingham, settled on the farm on the hill, d. 3 April, 1758, she d. 6 Aug., 
1785, aged 78. . . . Children: Tabitha, b. 1728, d. 1731; Benjamin, b. 1731, 
d. 1741; Daniel, b. 1733, d. 1741; Mehetable, b. 28 Jan., 1735, d. 21 Oct., 
1803, unm.(?) ; Tabitha, b. 15 April, 1737, ra. 16 July, 1760, Zebulon Streeter 
of Douglas; Mercy, b. 1739, d. 1741; Daniel, b. 20 Dec, 1741; Mercy, 
mentioned in his will, m. Ambrose Stone; Sarah, b. 12 Sept., 1747, m. 23 
April, 1767, Daniel Hood. 

3. JAMES, son of Daniel (1), m. 1 April, 1740, Rebecca Rockctt, no ch. 
mentioned in his will; he d. 1 May, 1751(?). [Will approved 1 July, 1761.] 

4. DANIEL, son of Daniel (2), m. (1) 31 Dec, 1759, Content Ramsdell of 
Abington, was only son, received his father's farm and personal estate, was 
required to pay legacies to his sisters. Lieutenant in Capt. Town's company 
and marched on the Lexington alarm. He d. 1776, date of appraisal 6 Nov., 
Gideon and five other children named in settlement of estate. He with Lieut. 
Ebenezer Shumway owned at the time of his death the brick-yard lying north- 
Avest of Town's Pond. In 1795, Molly deeded one-seventh of the fann and 
brick-yard to her brother Gideon. His widow m. intentions 6 May, 1782, 
Charles Cudworth of Freetown. . . . Children: Sarah, b. 23 Dec, 1760, m. 
19 Aug., 1779, Moses Nelson; Gideon, b. 22 Nov., 1762; Lydia, b. 6 April, 
1765, living 1792, at Putney, Vt., num.; Daniel, b. 7 May, 1767, d. 1768; 
Miriam, b. 30 Aug., 1769, m. Amos Shumway; Content, b. 10 March. 1772, 
m. Obadiah Joy of Putney, Vt. ; Mary, b. 6 Dec, 1774, living 1795, at Put- 
ney, num. 

5. GIDEON, son of Daniel (4), Revolutionary soldier, m. (1) intentions 1 
May, 1784, Hannah Crane, she d. 5 April, 1785; m. (2) 17 March, 1789, Polly 
Crane, sister of first wife. He d. 11 Aug., 1801, she m. (2) Jeremiah Dana. 

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546 HOVEY. 

He was an only son; owned and occupied the homestead. . . . Children, by 
second m. : Hannah, b. 15 Nov., 1780, d. at Bristol, 111., unm. ; Danikl, b. 26 
May, 1793, m. Heliance Smith, removed to Brist(jl, wliere he d. ; they had 
George Daniel, d. 1860; Mary Crane, residence, Bristol; Perkz G., b. 26 
Sept., 1795. 

6. PEREZ G., son of Gideon (5), m. 4 Dec, 1821, Hannah J., dan. of 
Mayo Packard, b. 2 Dec, 1803, settled on homestead, removed to Charlton 
about 1827, returned to Ox., removed about 1840 to Illinois. He d. 26 July, 
1851, at Bunker Hill, 111. . . . Children, b. at Ox. : Cai-purnia, b. 17 June, 
1822, d. 1831, at Charlton ; Milo. b. 6 Oct., 1824, m. Sarah Goodwin of Bunker 
Hill, he d. 27 July, 1881, six ch. ; Lucius, b. and d. 1826; Marcia Ann, 
b. 24 Dec, 1826, d. July, 1848, at Bunker Hill; Calista, b. 12 March, 1827, 
at Charlton, m. David Cavendcr, of Bunker Hill, she d. 1846, no ch. ; 
LuRA, b. 4 April, 1828, d. 23 July, 1851, at Bunker Hill; Daniel W., b. 
Oct., 1829, ra. Rebecca A. Barnes, residence. Forest City, HI., three ch. : 
Gii>EON, ra. Kate Herder of Bunker Hill, three ch. ; Mary G., b. 28 Sept., 
1834, m. William Lancaster, seven ch. ; Clarissa H., m. George E. Barnes, 
five ch. ; James H., b. 23 July, 1837, m. Mary A. Grimn of Salem, 111., no ch. ; 
Eliza J., b. 8 June, 1839, at Ox., ra. John M. Ness, six ch. ; Olive J., b. 15 
March, 1841, at Troy, Madison Co., 111., m. James M. Wilson of Bethalto, IlL, 
he d. 8 Dec, 1872, no ch. ; Sarah H., b. 28 Jan., 1844. at Bunker Hill, m. 
John L. Manley, three ch. 

DANIEL, of Sutton, b. about 1717, son of Luke and Susanna (Pillsbury) of 
Boxford. [Luke Hovey of Boxford sold land on Prospect Hill to Thomas 
Gleason 25 Feb., 1734.] He ra. 31 March, 1742, Ruth, dau. of John and Anne 
(Messenger) Tyler of Boxford, baptized 30 June, 1728, settled in Sutton in 
1754, bought the farm in the northwest part of that town, now in Ox., H. 160. 
They had Moses, b. 28 Oct., 1748, and Ben.jamin, b. 12 March, 1758, who both 
owned estates and resided in Ox. Benjamin was Revolutionary soldier, 
bought rirst the farm now or late of George W. Gil)son, H. 148, and later the 
Dr. Learned place at North Ox., H. 131, which he sold in 1785. He was from 
1783 to 1787 deputy sheriff for Worcester County. A little before 1790 both 
removed to central New York, among the pioneers in Otsego and Chenango 
Counties, Moses going to IJnadilla, Otsego, and Benjamin to Oxford, Chenan- 
go. A well attested tradition has it that Moses while living in Ox. became 
involved in debt, and imprisonment awaited him unless he made his escape. 
He, therefore, one night dei)osited his clothing on the bank of Town's Pond 
to give the impression he had drowned himself and left town. Travelling 
Avestward he came after a few days to a large place, perhaps Hudson, N. Y., 
where thert^ was going on a public sale of wild lands in New York State. 
Although he had not five dollars in his pocket he ventured to make a bid on a 
large tract when to his surprise it was struck off to him. He obtained a few 
hours grace for payment and put up at a neighboring tavern (Foster's). In 
the night he was awakened by two men clamoring outside and demanding 
adinittancc. He was alarmed and thinking some of bis creditors were in hot 
pursuit, dressed in haste and was on the point of making his escape when 
the landlord met him and informed him that two men had arrived who in- 
tended to have l)een at the sale but were detained, and they wished to see him 
to know if he would sell his land. He replied that he might be induced to sell, 
but would want a good bonus for his bargain. The business was closed in the 
morning, he sold for hundreds of dollars above the price he paid and reserved 



HOVEY. 547 

for himself, as the story ,^oes, a good farm at Unadilla, on -svhich he settled 
and spent his subsequent life. He m. 1777, Phebe Tenney, he d. 29 Oct., 1813, 
she d. 25 April, 1813. 

Benjamin's history is remarkable. Samuel M. Hopkins, Esq., once an 
eminent lawyer of Oxford, N. Y., wrote as follows: " One hundred and ten 
miles west from Catskill . . . brought me to the village of Oxford, and 
to the house of Benjamin Hovey the founder of it, who eighteen months be- 
fore had cut the first tree to clear the ground where the village stood. Here 
I took up my residence. Hovey was a man of very strong natural sense and 
vigor of action, but of limited education. He started for New York, laid 
open the plans for the settlement to the proprietors, built Oxford on his own 
lands, and became the leading man of a very growing countrj'." 

A recent letter from Oxford, N. Y., says : " Gen. Hovey, who gave our vil- 
lage its name, was admirably fitted for the task of settlement, by early ha])lts, 
and was blessed with rare personal qualities for the arduous labors and hard- 
ships of pioneer life. In the year 1790 he came and built a log house on the 
site of Fort Hill, named thus from an old Indian fort which overlooked the 
river. To this house he removed his family the following year." 

A granddaughter, recently living at Syracuse, N. Y., wrote: "they chose 
with taste, as the Chenango river passes through the town. Grandfather's 
log luit was directly on its banks. There they fought the Indians, went forty 
miles to mill in a canoe and to Onondaga County for salt, and had a pioneer 
life, but men were men in those days, true to their time and need." 

The first frame building erected in the village was the academy, an in- 
stitution very early organized, with Hovey's name at the head of the list of 
trustees, which position he occupied during his residence in the town, a 
period of about ten years only. This institution held a festival on 2 Aug., 
1854, at which an address was delivered by W. H. Hyde, Esq., from which 
we quote : " The shades of evening are gathering; what a sea of gorgeous- 
ness on the Autumn forest! "We hear the light dip of paddles in the river 
and a canoe darts toward the landing on the shore. What strange beings 
are these? They seem regardless of the ruin that is gradually gathering over 
their race. Can it be that they do not think of the oncoming destruction 
that awaits them, while they see the little academy on the Common, the occa- 
sional dwelling, and hear the woodman's axe whose strokes for them ' Like 
muffled drums are beating funeral marches to the grave? ' That tall man with 
whom they are talking, bartering with at the log house, is Benjamin Hovey, 
the senior trustee of the academy. . . . 

'♦Few men have passed a more eventful life. Having seen the fruition of 
his labors, and the harvest of his early toil and suttering, in the nourishing 
village around him, rapidly increasing in population and wealth, he looked for 
new projects with an ambition fed by its own innate energy and a spirit of 
enterprise faltering at no point l)eyond which were seen new fields open for its 
gratification. We next find him among the active co-workers with Burr and 
Wilkinson in a project for canalling the Ohio near Louisville. The wild and 
restless ambition of Aaron Burr, however, led him to seek new objects on the 
lower Mississipi and amid the untold wealth and romance of Mexico, and the 
project in which Hovey had embarked with such ardor was suflered to dwin- 
dle in neglect." He having expended much of his private fortune in the en- 
terprise " retired at last in disgust ... to find a grave on the shores of Lake 
Erie remote from tlie village he had founded and the friends of his numliood. 
A life of more romantic reality seldom occurs iu the history of man." 



548 HOVEY. — HOWARD. 

{]H\:i, Vcb. 10, Moses Hovey and wifr I'hc-ljc of Unadilla, N. Y., with othi-r 
heirs of thrir father Daniel, deed to Daniel of Sntton, trad<'r, llie homestead.] 

EZHKIEL, of Stnrhrldiie, w. Mercy, dan. of Henjaniin Fitts, residence, 
Brinidcld, lari,'!' family. . . . Children: Eliza, m. 14 May, 1845, Joshua Wood 

of 'reniplet(»ii ; UiRAM, ni. Streeter of Southbridge, long resided at 

North Ox., d. 17 June, 1860, aged 49; Louisa, d. 8 Feb., 1843, aged 19. 
Mercy, the mother, d. 7 Nov., 1854, aged 78. 

JOHN, and Deborah Hoyle, both of South Gore, m. int. 24 May, 1801. 

HOWARD, Capt. JOHN, b. about 1740, was of Ox. 1785, soldier in French 
and Indian war and also " an officer in the Revolutionary army" [Headstone, 
West Sutton], an intelligent, worthy and influential man, a Baptist, and con- 
stunt Church goer at Sutton ; by trade a shoemaker ; one of the parties who pur- 
chased Dudley's farm north of the Sutton road, and settled at H. 10, where life 
d. 28 Sept., 1814, aged 74. He m. Huldah, dau. of .lonathan Sibley of Sutton, 
sister of Gideon Sibley, shem. (2) intentions 15 Feb., 1816, Daniel Harwood of 
Barre, no ch. . . . Children: John, b. 22 May, 1766, m. 31 Oct., 1793, Hannah 
Carroll, resided with his father until 1814, removed to Orange ; they had at 
Ox.. John, b. 1794, d. 1796; Tamar, h. 10 June, 1797; Hannah, b. 6 Sept., 
1799; Sally, b. 22 Aug., 1801; Huldah,):). 23 March, 1803; Salmon, b. 26 Feb., 
1805; Cynthia, b. 2 May, 1810; he d. 15 July, 1857, aged 91, she d. 8 March, 
1850, aged 82, both at Orange; Huldah, b. 23 June, 1768, m. 25 Nov., 1790, 
Joiin Waters, Jr., of Sutton, where she d. 26 Sept., 1795; they had Anne, b. 
1791; Ubcy, b. 1792; Lydia, b. 1793; Huldah, b. 24 Sept., 1795, m. Jesse Bige- 
low of Ox.; Sn;pnEN, b. 8 Aug., 1770, m. 23 Dec", 1790, Betsey Cummings, 
settled at Sutton and had Parley, b. 1794; Jonathan, b. 1796; Stephen, b. 1798; 
Betsey, b. 1800; Silence, h. 1803; removed to Orange; Ruth, b. 14 March, 1772, 
m. Samuel Robinson (?); Simeon, b. 7 May, 1775, m. Lucy. dau. of Barthol- 
omew Putnam of Sutton, b. 18 July, 1779, settled at Sutton, and had Simeon, 
Mary, Ruth, Artemas, Sumner, Lucy Ann, Cynthia, Miranda, Stillman, all these 
excepting Sumner and Lucy Ann settled at Athol; Lucy Ann m. at Orange, 
went West; Hannah, b. 24 Aug., 1778; Abuaiiam and Sarah, b. 15 Dec, 
1781; Abraham, m. 3 April, 1811, Sally, dau. of Moses Putnam of Sutton, 
and had Leonard; his w. d. hem. (2) Aug., 1815, Hannah, dau. of Ebenezer 
Davis, Jr., of Ox. and had child, removed to Orange, where he d. ; Sarah, 
m. 11 Nov., 1824, Isaac King of Sntton, and d. 13 Jau , 1836, at Sutton, no 
ch. ; Lydia, b. 8 March, 1783, m. (1) May, 1803, Edward Putnam of Sutton, 
and had Edward; she ra. (2) Capt. Elijah Bigelow of Douglas, and hail eh., 
both d. at Douglas; Lucy, b. 27 May, 1786, m. Ebenezer Robbins, settled and 
d. at Ox., no ch. 

2. SUMNER, son of Simeon, and grandson of John (1), ni. 11 Nov., 1829, 
Adaline, dau. of Prentiss Billings, settled at Sutton, removed to Ox., where 
he d. . . . Children: Emeline, b. 20 Dec, 1831, m. Ivers A., son of Learned 
Davis; Simeon, b. 11 May, 1835, m. Emeline Chase of Webster, d. Feb., 1878, 
at Lonsdale, li. L, had ch. ; Susan, b. 22 July, 1837, m. James Lovett; 
Franklin, b. 13 March, 1840, m. Emily, dau. of Leander Putnam of Sutton, 
settled at Lonsdale, removed 1885 to Ox., H. 30, had ch. ; Lucy S., b. 2 March, 
1843, m. (1) George DeWolf of Cumberland, R. I.; had (ieorge; she m. (2) 
Charles Mathewson of Cumberland, resided at East Greenwich, R. I., had 
ch. ; Maria, b. 22 Feb., 1845, m. John W., son of William Robinson; Sarah 
E., b. 1847, d. 1851 ; Celia E., b. at Ox., 1850, d. 1858; Em.ma, b. 1 June, 1853, 
d. 23 July, 1870; Henky J., b. 29 Oct., 1855, at Ox. 



ttOWARD. HUDSON. 549 

DOROTHY, of Killingly, Couu., and Solomon Sliumway, m. intentions 17 
Sept., 1768. 

RUTH, and Samuel Robinson, ra. intentions 6 April, 1793. 

DAVID, of Charlton, and Priscilla Shehy (or Town), ni. 2G Nov., 1794. 

MOSES, and Phebe Clark, m. 28 Dec, 1794. 

TAMAR, and Daniel Wakefield, m. intentions 22 Oct., 1814. 

SARAH, of Doniclas, and Smith Emerson of Sonth Gore, m. intentions 5 
Dec, 1815. 

Mas. EMMA G., aged 30, d. 1 Sept., 1886. 

HOWARTH, ANDREW, son of Charles, of Rochdale, Eng., b. 1820, came 
with his parents when six years old to Andover, where his father and uncles 
James and Isaac began the first making of fine flannels by machinery in 
America. He was thoroughly educated in the business; in 1844 went to 
Keeseville, N. Y., in charge of weaving, in 1S46 to Waterbury, Vt., thence in 
1847 to Belli ngham, and in ."Vug. to Richmond, Va., where he was superin- 
tendent, remaining until 1854, when the mill burned, and he returned north, 
and was overseer of weaving at Hodges' mill in Ox. Four months later he 
removed to Little Falls, N. Y., where he was overseer until 1859, when he 
took the agency and managed successfully 13 years. In 1872 he bought a 
two-set flannel mill at Northfield, Vt., and was prospered for ten years. In 
1882 he bought his present mill at Ox. and began business, having two mills 
on hand until 1884, when he sold at Vt. Francis A., his son, is partner. 
Mr. H. is of good business capacity, closely following the detail of his 
operations, liberal in public matters and has the respect of his townsmen. 
He m. 26 Sept., 1846, Martha Moorcroft, who d. April, 1877, at Northfield. 
Vt. They had Francis A., b. 1849, at Richmond, Va., was graduated 1872 
at Brown University, m. Bertha A. Husy of Hoboken, N. J. ; had Andreui P., 
b. 1874, at Northfield, Vt. 

ANNE., and James Cropper, ra intentions 31 July, 1847. 

HOWE, HOW, LUCY, and Abner Shumway of Sutton, m. 19 April, 1770. 
ABEL, of Worcester, and Jerusha Williams, ra. intentions 3 March, 1796. 
JOEL, of Jamaica, Vt., and Huldah Fitts, m. 15 Feb., 1802. 
LOUISA, of Worcester, and Abner Alley, m. intentions 11 Jan., 1827. 
CALEB, and Ann Buck of Killingly, Conn., ra. intentions 13 Sept., 1827. 
LYMAN, and Mary Sweetser, ra. intentions 31 Jan., 1829. 
ELBRIDGE, of Auburn, and Eleanor Newton, m. intentions 18 March, 1839. 
ELBRIDGE, aged 37, d. 21 Nov., 1860. 

HOWELL, SUSAN, w. of William, d. aged 45, 29 Oct., 1855. 

HOWLAND, SARAH C, widow, ra. n. Mathewson, a. 55, d. 21 March, 1882. 

ENOCH, son of James, of Douglas(?), aged 83, d. 1 Nov., 1888. 

E. HARRIS, b. 8 Feb., 1846, at Brookfield, son of Abner and Martha A., 
came to Ox. July, 1866, representative 1872, removed April, 1876, to Spen(;er, 
where he, 1891, resided. 

HOYLE, WILLIAM, d. 4 Dec, 1827. 
ARTEMAS, aged 25, d. 24 Jan., 1859. 

HUBBARD, DANIEL, son of William, of Brighton, a. 75, d. 13 Feb., 1880. 

HUDSON, DANIEL, came to America 1639, brick maker at Watertown in 
1640, removed to Lancaster 1664, with six ch. ; William, the seventh, was b. 



550 HUDSON. 

then; 12 Juiir, 10t;i, and hiU:r four others. Ou 11 Sept., 1C97, Daniel, with 
liis w. Jojuina, t\vi> daiij^liters and two ch. of his son Nathaniel, were killed 
by tlie Indians. [Bond. Worcester Historical Magazine, II., 2'Jt;.] William, 
son or urandson of Daniel, cauie to Ox. as one of the 30 settlers, lived 
at tile northeast part, II. 168, farm still in the possession of his descendants. 
H(! ni. 17 May, 1721, Mary Farrins^tou of Boston, who d. 28 March, 1769, 
aged 66. . . . Children: John, h. 1 Jan., 1722; Elizabeth, b. 28 Feb., 1723, d. 
1741; Joseph, b. 23 Sept., 1725; Benjamin, b. 22 March, 1727; Mary, b. 
172», d. 1740; Mercy, b. 1730, d. 1741; Sarah, b. 1733, d. 1741; Samuel, b. 
1735, d. 1740; Ebenkzer, b. 1737, d. 1741; lIosKA, b. 1740, d. 1741; Samuel, 

b. 19 Feb., 1742; a i>au. m. Boyce of Mendon. [Of 12 ch. seven d. 

within 17 days.] 

2. JOHN, son of William (1), m. 25 Nov., 1745, Tliamazin Ellis of Med- 
way, settled on the hill south of liis fatlier and d. 12 Nov., 17G5, she m. (2) 
intentions 27 Auii., 1768, Isaiali Blood of (.'liarlton. . . . Children: Mary, b. 
16 May, 1746, ni. Joseph Pratt, 3d; Ezekiel, b. 1749, d. 1751; William, b. 2 
F'eb., 1751; Thamazin, b. 2 March, 1753, m. 17 Feb., 1774, Jonathan Under- 
wood ; Elizabeth, b. 1755, d. 1756 ; Elizabeth, b. 25 June, 1757 ; Bathsheba, 
b. 18 Aug., 1759, m. Jolui Mayo; Dorcas, b. 1762, d. 1767; Puebe, b. 1764, d. 
1768. 

3. WILLIAM, son of John (2), ra. 28 June, 1775, Kuth, dau. of Amos 
Sliuniway, settled on the homestead, removed about 1823 to Ellisburg, N. Y. 
The liouse went to decay and about 1865 was removed. Revolutionary 
soldier. Lieut, of militia. . . . Children: Alice, b. 11 Sept., 1776, in. Dr. 
William T. Fislc; Kuth, b. 20 Fel)., 1779, m. 13 May, 1798, John Wait of 
Sutton, removed to EUisburg; Amos, b. 22 June, 1781; Bradkoru, b. 11 
March, 1784; Lucina, b. 12 May, 1787, d. unra. at EUisburg; Betsey, b. 27 
Marcli, 1791, m. Dr. William T. Fisk, second w. ; William F., b. 16 Oct., 1801, 
went to EUisburg, m. and d. there. 

4. AMOS, son of William (3), ni. 12 Nov., 1809, Mary, dau. of Dr. Daniel 
Fisk, settled near her father, removed June, 1820, to EUisburg, N. Y., where 
he l)uilt a scythe factory, he d. 20 Feb., 1830. . . . Children: Lucian F., b. 
14 Dec, 1810, scythe maker, ra. 2 March, 1835, Adaline Stearns, and had 
George S.,h. 1835, Mary A., b. 1838, Ezra IL, b. 1840, Alice S., b. 1842, Lucian 
F., b. 1846, Louise, b. 1850, Frederick E., b. 1853; resided 1885 at EUisburg; 
Amos B., b. 1812, d. 1813; Mary L., b. 26 July, 1814, d. 14 Feb., 1845; San- 
EoRU Amos, b. 16 May, 1817, resided at Fargo, N. D., where he was judge of 
tlie supreme court, had Francis L., Theron C, Episcopal clergyman at Man- 
kato, Minn., Harriet I., Sanford, resided at Benson, Minn., Sarah C. ; Abljah 
T. and Abisha S., b. 1 May, 1819, both practicing physicians at Stockton, 
Cal. ; Abijah T., m. Dec, 1848, J. M. Luff, and had Suave T., b. 1849, d. 
young; Fausta, b. 1852, d. young; Gertrude M., b. 7 Feb., 1855, d. young; 
Henry T., b. 11 Aug., 1858(?) ; Augusta M., b. 29 Aug., 1850, m. 1 May, 1881, 

James S. Reamey, attorney at law; Mrs. J. M., the mother, d. 28 Dec, ; 

Abisha S. m. 2 May, 1853, Rose EUiot of Mt. Vernon, 0., and had Lyell E., h. 
18 May, 1855, physician, d. 6 Jan., 1879; Florence, h. and d. 1857; Celia M., 
b. 16 Nov., 1821, at liUisburg, m. 26 July, 1848. Rev. Oscar Park, she d. 9 
July, 1862, had three sons and three daughters; Daniel F., b. 1824, d. 1825; 
Daniel F., 1). 1826, d. 1846. 

f). BRADFORD, sou of William (3), m. (1) 19 June, 1814, Lucy, dau. of 
Jotiiam Mcrriani, removed to EUisburg, N. Y., slie d. 16 Feb., 1817, m. (2) 



HUDSON. 551 

at EUisburg, Mrs. Bonner. . . . Child by first ra. : Loring B., b. 17 May, 
1815, d. 1816; ch. by second m. : A. Bradford, b. 4 June, 1826, at Ellisbnrg, 
came to Ox. and m. (1) 1 Sept., 1849, Caroline P., dau. of Dea. John Hurd, 
she d. 2 March, 1860, they had Oliver B., b. 16 June, 1852, William W., b. 2 
April, 1854, who, 1890, reside at Grafton; he m. (2) 15 June, 1867, Mrs. 
Cordelia Sumner, m. n. Davis; soldier in the late war; William, m. and 
settled in Oregon, had ch. 

6. JOSEPH, son of William (1), m. 11 Jan., 1759, Mehetable Thompson of 
Charlton, settled on the homestead, where he d. aliout 1780, she d. 2 Aug., 
1821, aged 88. . . . Children: Jo.seph, b. 1760, d. 1768; Mercy, b. 1761, d. 
1768; David, b. 1763, d. 1768; John, b. 1765, d. 1768; John, b. 1 July, 1768; 
Mehetable, b. 11 July, 1770, m. 16 Jan., 1797, Jacob, sou of Dr. James 
Gleason of South Gore. 

7. JOHN, son of Joseph (6), m. 24 April, 1794, Deborah, dau. of Lemuel 
Crane, settled on the homestead. He d. 19 Aug', 1849, she d. aged 49, 12 
Nov., 1823. . . . Children: Polly, b. 23 Feb., 1795, d. unm. 10 March, 1818; 
Joseph, b. 15 Nov., 1796; Olive, b. 5 Feb., 1799, d. 8 Oct., 1855, unra. ; 
Hannah, b. 10 Jan., 1802, m. 20 Aug., 1833, Stephen Brown of Thompson, 
Conn., no ch., she d. a widow 7 March, 1876; Derby Ann, b. 14 Dec, 1803, 
teacher, d. 27 May, 1822; John P., b. 30 Dec, 1805; Laura, b. 26 Feb., 1812, 
m. Lewis Stockwell. 

8. JOSEPH, son of John (7), m. 21 April, 1824, Kachel, dau. of Reuben 
Eddy, settled on the homestead, where both d., she d. aged 90, 14 Dec, 1887, 
he d. aged 91, 6 June, 1888. . . . Children: Henry S., b. 13 May, 1825, m. 25 
Nov., 1858, Hannah E. Dayhaft" of Fremont, 0., resided 1888 at Bristol, 111., 
was graduated at Amherst College 1849, lawyer in good standing, judge; had 
Elizabeth H., Joseph E. ; Reuben E., b. and d. 1828; John D., b. 5 Oct., 1833, 
m. 3 July, 1866, R. Angelia, dau. of Moses K. Shepardson, settled on the 
homestead, d. 17 Oct., 1887; they had Dayton, b. 28 March, 1870; Daniel C, 
b. 1835, d. young. 

9. JOHN P., son of John (7), m. 10 April, 1833, Abigail, dau. of Samuel 
Harrington of Paxton, b. 7 July, 1811, resided at Newton, removed to 111. He 
d. 30 June, 1889, she d. 14 June, 1889, both at Mason City, 111. . . . Children: 
Martha H., b. 18 March, 1835, at Newton, m. 17 Jan., 1865. R. J. Onstott of 
Salem, 111.; they had Emma, b. 15 Oct., 1865, at Pekin, 111.; John D., 1). 23 
Jan., 1841, at Scottville, Macoupin Co., 111., m. 16 Dec, 1866, Eliza A. Davis, 
b. 21 Dec, 1847, at Paxton, residence. Mason City, la. ; they had Walter D., b. 

1875, Sarah E., b. and d. 1880; William P., b. 1882; Preston C, b. 20 Aug., 
1844, at Milton, 111., was graduated at Ann Arbor, Mich., lawyer, m. 28 June, 

1876, Florence A. Hamilton, b. 29 June, 1852, at Ann Arbor; they had Henry 
A., 1). 18 May, 1879; Florence A., the mother, d. 30 May, 1884, m. (2), and 

1891, is in law practice at Toledo, O. ; Olive A., b. 8 Sept., 1852. at Havana, 
III., teacher at Bloomington, 111., m. 1889, Frank Y. Hamilton of B., Avhere 
they reside and he is in law praetici'. 

10. BENJAMIN, son of William (1), \n. 16 March, 1756, Sarah Holman of 
Sutton, resided from 1750 to 1773 in the south part of Ox., at H. 40, removed 
1773 to Chesterfield. N. H., whicli place he left about 1797. . . . Children: 
Sarah, b. 7 Feb., 1757, ra. 1780, Benjamin Streeter, d. 15 Oct., 1842; Mercy, b. 
1760, d. 1768, at Ox.; Hannah, b. 1762, d. 1768; Ben.iamin, b. 1764, d. 1768; 
Molly, b. 3 May, 1767; Lucy, b. 23 Oct., 1769; Solomon, b. 17 Nov., 1771; 
Betty, b. 1774; Rhoda, b. 1778; Hannah E., b. 1781. 



552 HUDSON. HUMPHREY. 

.JOHN, said tn liavo 1)i(mi from Loxinijton, h. May, 1757, in. 12 Feb., 1784, 
Hannah Nolson of Sutton Four 3'ears in Capl. Moore's Co., soldier in the 
Kcvolntionary army, marched in Capt. Town's Co. on Lexington alarm. 

HANNAH, aped 11 or 12, resided at Ox. May, 17G5, also JOHN, supposed 
same as above named, aged 6 or 7. 

OTIS, was a hatter in Ox. June, 1809. [Court llecords.] 

HUME, MARY ANN, and Edward Dunham, m. 17 A[>ril, 1828. 

HUMPHREY, ARTHUR, one of the settlers of Woodstock 1686, m. 
Raclii'l, liad (second son) Ebbnezkr, b. 22 Aua;., Ifi92, at Woodstock, kept 
jiarrison at the French fort [See note under Joseph Rockett], one of the 30 
l)roprietors of Ox., constable 172,3, several years selectman. He m. 21 April, 
1732, Sarah, widow of Joseph Head, he d. 19 May, 17(51, she d. 12 March. 
1784, a.Ljed 83. . . . Children: Rachel, b. 24 Nov., 1732, m. Jonathan, son of 
Joseph Phillips; Akthto, b. 9 June, 1735; Sarah, b. 28 Aug., 1738, d. 
young(?) ; Mary, b. 2 June, 1740, d. youn,in;(?) ; Ebenezer, b. 22 June, 1741 ; 
Hannah, b. 28 Aug., 1743, ra. John Dana; Abigail, b. 4 Sept., 1745, d. 
young(?). 

2. ARTHUR, son of Ebenezer (1), soldier in the French war, Corp. in 
Capt. Town's Co. and marched on Lexington alarm, enlLsted in the Continental 
army, m. intentions 14 July, 1758, Mary, dan. of Josiah Kingsbury, resided on 
part of the homestead, removed to Charlton, and about 1781 to Goshen, N. 
H., among the first settlers there, owned a large tract of land and was one of 
the solid men of the toAvn. He and w. both d. on the land he took up. He 

d. about 1812. . . . Children b. at Ox. : Nabby, b. 25 Oct., 1758, m. 

Merrill, no ch. ; John, b. 16 June, 1760, d. 1769; Jemima, b. 22 March, 1762, 
d. 1769; Ebexezeu, b. 8 May, 1764, Revolutionary soldier, settled in Ohio or 
Ind. ; BprniiA, b. 27 March, 1766; Josiah and Thomas, b. 3 May, 1768, both 
settled in Vt. ; Arthur, b. 17 June, 1770, went west witli Ebenezer; Molly, 

b. 9 Sept., 1772, m. Butterfleld, residence, Charlestown. N. H., had a 

large family; Samuel, b. 18 Oct., 1774, m. lived on the homestead, and cared 
for his parents, removed to Unity, N. H., and late in life to New York city to 
live with daughters, he d. in New Jersey, had no ra. sons; Katy, b. 17 Dec, 

1777, m. (1) Howard, 2 ch., m. (2) Holden, both resided at 

Charlestown, N. H. ; Alexander, b. 8 Aug., 1780, at Charlton; GEORnE, b. 
at Goshen, N.H.,d. there unm. aged 40; Sarah, b. at G. , m. Zachariah Jones 
of G., had 7 ch. b. at G., removed to Sunapee, N. H., later to Claromont, 
N. H., where he d., she d. at Goshen. 

3. ERKNEZER, son of Ebenezer (1). 

The following from the pen of Judge Barton appeared in tlie Worcester Spy 
soon after his death : — 

" He was born, lived and died upon the 40 acre lot originally assigned to his 
father, who was one of the 30 English settlers. ... At the commencement 
of the Revolution Capt. IIumj)hrey was in the vigor of his manhood and early 
participated in the |)rivations and perils of the Avar. He Avas out as First 
Lieut, at New York in 1776, at the taking of Rurgoyne in 1777, and after- 
Avards commanded a company stationed near Rhode Island to guard the shores. 
But during the Avar his services at home Avere little less valuable than in the 
field. It is a singular fact but it must l)e an acknoAvledged one tliat the Avar 
of the Ivevoliition originated in the spirit of our toAvns, and Avas prosecuted 
by their means. . . . Capt. Humpiirey shared largely in the administration of 
these municipal affairs, and notAvithstanding his means Avere limited he con- 
tril)uted Avh.at Avould be e(|uivalent to one-third of the supjiort of one soldier 
during the Avar. Under the pension hiAv of 1832 he received a partial return 



HUMPHREY. 553 

for the great sacrifice he had made in the service of his country. He always 
spoke with much feeling of the distresses of the people after the war, groAv- 
ing out of a depreciated currency, coupled with enormous taxation. It Anally 
led to Shays' Rebellion. But although Oxford was a Shays town Capt. Hum- 
phrey stood firmly on the side of the government and the laws ; and when he 
found great numbers of his friends embodied and about to rush into civil war 
he coolly advised them that they 'had better go home.' He was a patriot in 
the true and best sense of the tenn. His patriotism was based on a sense of 
civil and religious duty and not on a miserable selfishness that seeks nothing 
l)ut popular favor. He was long one of the deacons of the Congregational 
Church in Oxford. His character was not less remarkable for liis piety than 
his patriotism : and he will long ])e remembered as a sample of those men of 
another age who not only had the valor to achieve, but the virtue to perpetuate 
our national independence." 

He was in 1777 chosen selectman and later from 1785 to 1802 was every 
year re-elected and from 1795 was chairman. From 1796 onward for six 
years he was each year moderator of the annual town meeting. He was a 
man of more than ordinary physical strength, and was of a commanding 
aspect; in temperament genial and inclined to humor, by trade a mason, in- 
dustrious and exemplary. He m. (1) 9 April (March?), 17fil, Ruth, dan. of 
John Shumway, settled on the homestead; she d. 11 Aug., 1803, m. (2) 20 
March, 1804, Abigail, widow of Lot Marsh of Dudley, who d. aged 66, 1 Sept. 
1820, m. (3) intentions 30 March, 1832, Elizabeth, wid. of Elijah Batcheller 
of Sturbridge, mother of Rev. David Batcheller; he d. 20 June, 1836, aged 94 
years, 11 months. . . . Children: Peter, b. 3 Jan., 1762, d. 1769; Maky, b. 
26 May, 1763, d. 1769; Ruth, b. 14 March, 1765, m. John, son of Lemuel 
Crane; Stephen, b. 13 May, 1767, m. 13 April, 1786. Molly Robbins of 
Douglas, lived near his father; they had David A., d. about 1814, at Dudley, 
unm. ; Daniel H., m. Mehetable Elliott, and had Ouo E., Daniel H. ; Stephen 
F., m. Roxana, dau. of Charles Brown of Dudley, and had Fidelia, b. 1812; 
Adaline D. A., b. 1 July, 1814, m. Pliny Moffltt; Julia, b. 1818; JohnW., m. 
Mary, dan. of William C. Brown, resided at Dudley; Stephen, the father, d., 
she m. (2) Nathan Upham of Dudley, 7 ch., all her ch., excepting Stephen F. 
(who lived with his grandfather at Ox.), lived with Mr. Upham; Mauy, b. 
31 July, 1769, m. 3 May, 1791, Rufus, son of Gen. Ebenezer Learned; Sarah, 
b. 30 Oct., 1771, m. 19 Feb., 1795, Jesse, son of David Kidder of Dudley; 
Petek, b. 2 Oct., 1773, m. 11 Feb., 1802, Sarah, dau. of Dea. John Davis, 
residence, Livermore, Me. ; had a son John, who was killed there about 1828 
by a •falling tree; Rufus, b. 2 Sept., 1775; Rachel, b. 23 Dec, 1777, m. 
William, son of Joseph Davis; Ebenezer, b. 1 Nov., 1780, m. and settled at 
Jay, Me. ; John, b. 23 May, 1784, d. 1788; Lucy, b. 7 July, 1787, m. Samuel, 
son of Jeremiah Araidown. 

4. RUFUS,sonof Ebenezer (3), m. (1)27 Oct.. 1800, Sally, dau. of Jeremiah 
Amidown, settled on the homestead, she d. aged 34, 10 Sept., 1811 ; m. (2) 14 
April, 1812, Sally, widow of Joshua Wetherell of Dudley, dau. of Craft Davis, 
shed. 5 Nov., 1844, aged 66; hed. 4 Nov., 1851. . . . Children: Laura, b. 1801, 
d. 1803; Rufus, b. 1803, d. 1805; Sophia, b. 3 July, 1805, d. 9 April, 1865, unm. ; 
AzuBAH, b. 27 July, 1807, m. 25 Nov., 1841, Alfred Howe of Auburn; they had 
Ansel L., b. March, 1844, soldier in the late war in Co. I, 39th Regt. Mass. 
Vols., killed in battle on the Weldon R. R., Va., 18 Aug., 1864; he d. aged 73, 
23 July, 1883, she d. 13 Feb., 1875, both at Ox.; Lawson. b. 3 Feb., 1810, m. 
30 Nov., 1837, Jemima, dau. of Ozias Cortis, he d. 23 June, 1865, she d. aged 
71, 2 Jan., 1883; they had human TF., b. 29 June, 1851, m. 9 May, 1874, Clara 
M., dau. of Benjamin Statlbrd, she d. 29 May, 1882; they had Law.son A., b. 
71 



554 JIU.MI'IIIJKV. IIUKD. 

andd. 1875; Myrtie M., b. 187G, d. 1678; William N., b. 1 Oct., 1879; cli. by 
second ni. ; Sarah, b. 1812, d. young; Catukiunk, b. and d. 1815; Wilms 
II., b. 10 April, 1817, niilhvright, m. 12 March, 1843, Lydia Emerson of East 
Thompson, Conn., whore they resided, she d. IH'JO; he d. 1891 ; they hud Mary 
./., I). 13 Ang., 1844, ni. Kufus A., sou of Lewis Shuinway; Sarah, b. 25 Jan., 
1856, ni. Engeno Joslin of East Thompson, Conn.; Ebknkzkk. b. 23 Dec, 
1819, ni. 3 Sept., 1849, Ehxiina Howe of Auburn, sister of Alfred, settled on the 
homestead, noch. ; RuFus, b. 20 May, 1821, m. Eve Schatt"(fit;nTian), settled at 
Ox., removed about 1854 to Guthrie Co., la., where he d. 7 Feb., 1865, family 
returned East; they had b. at Ox., Maria Louisa, b. 28 Oct., 1851, m. 28 Feb., 
1879, William Bates, residence, Sutton; they had George, b. 1880; Cora F., b. 
27 Jan., 1861, m. 25 Dec, 1881, Joseph H. Mansfield, residence, Worcester, and 
had Florence L., b. 30 Jan., 1883; Eve, the mother, m. (2) Joseph Bancroft 
of Millbury, who d. at Worcester, March, 1883. 

5. ONO E., son of Daniel H., grandson of Stephen and great-grand- 
son of Ebenezer (1), b. 15 Oct., 1810, at Boylston, ra. 4 Nov., 1833, Nancy, 
dau. of John Earned, settled in west part of Ox., carpenter; he d. 4 Sept., 
1878. . . Children: Rosanna, b. 27 Oct., 1835, m. J. Milton Davis; John 
W., 1). 6 Oct. 1843, soldier in late war; Chaules, b. 24 Jan., 1846, m. 17 Aug., 
18G4, Josephine, dau. of Joseph Moore of Worcester, b. 1847, settled at Ox., 
and had Charles II., b. 1 April, 1868; Percival 0., b. 31 Aug., 1870; LuellaM., 
h. 10 June, 1873, d. 1882; Olin E., b. 19 Sept., 1878; William, b. 21 May, 1881. 

C. DANIEL II., b. April, 1813, son of Daniel H., ra. Phebe G. Benthall of 
Rhode Island, settled in Avest part of Ox., carpenter, no cli. He d. aged5G, 
8 Feb., 1870, she d. aged 70, 2 Feb., 1871. 

HUNKINS, THOMAS, and his sister Elizabeth, who m. Nathaniel Cham- 
berlain, were from Boxford, Avhere they being then adult, were baptized 24 

Feb , 1706. He was one of the thirty proprietors, and m. Lydia . His 

home lot was the Deacon liurd farm, in part at least, H. 42. In 1718, he 
bought the rights of Daniel Pearson, H. 34, w'here he lived about forty years. 
He d. 1762, and the name became extinct in Ox. [On 27 Dec, 1761, Thomas 
Town, son of John, Jr., was appointed guardian of Thomas Hunkins, he 
being in feeble health. His will, approved 15 April, 1762, names Avife Rachel 
(second w. ?), daughters Lydia, Elizabeth, Mary, and granddaughters Mary 
and Sarah Pratt, daughters of Sarah, then deceased, and grandson John 
Campbell, son of his daughter Mary Bogle]. . . . Children: Lydia, b. 31 
Aug., 1711, at Topsfleld, m. John ToAvn, Jr. ; Emzauetii, m. Roger .\midown; 
Sakah, 1). 23 March, 1719, at Ox., m. Joseph Pratt; Maijv, b. 4 Sept., 1725, 
in. John Bogle. 

HUNT, ELIZABETH, resided at Ox., Aug., 1705. 

M.VRY, and Jonathan Baldwin of Spencer, m. 28 Oct., 1766. 

OTIS W., of Douglas, and Submit Cummings, m. 27 March, 1823. 

HUNTING, HENRY F., and Irena Kice of Marlboro', m. int. 1 June, 1831. 

HUNTRESS, JOHN, from Boston, a baker emph)ye(l l)y Root ami .Moore. 
w. Ann. . . . Children: John W., d. 13 Nov., Willia.m .\., d. 16 Nov., 
Chaklks M , d. 21 Nov., 1831, all of Scarlatina 

HURD, PETER, of Cambridge, bought in 1733 the rnnn in the south part 
of Ox., 11.42. He m. 11 June, 1730. Sarah, dau. of Samuel Eddy. lied. 



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1750, she d. 14 Oct., 1779. The oriijinal dwelling stood in the (ield 60 rods or 
more northerly of the present honse which was erected by Dea. John Hnrd, 
and occnpies the site of one built l>y him about 1805. , . . Children: Peter. 
b. 2 May, 1735; William, b. and d. 1737; Joseph, b. 19 June, 1738; Sarah, 
b. 30 April, 1740, d. 7 May, 1S16, unm. ; Mary, b. 28 Jan.. 1745. 

2. JOSEPH, son of Peter (1). Revolutionary soldier in Crafts' Cavalry 
Co., marched on Lexiuijton alarm, and was in Saratoira battles, a good citizen 
of full average mental ability, collector of taxes ; m. 15 Dec, 1763, Mary, dau. 
of John Livermore. once of Weston, then of Framingham, resided at the 
homestead, where he d. 3 Jan., 1820, she d. aged 82, 31 July, 1827. . . Chil- 
dren: Mary, b. 16 Sept., 1765. ra. David, son of Gen. Ebenezer Learned ; 
William, 1). 13 May, 1767; Elizabeth, b. 6 May, 1770, d. 16 April, 1802, 
unm.; Joseph, b. 26 March, 1773, d. 2 Nov., 1787: Abigail, b. 8 Feb., 1777, 
m. Capt., Jonathan Morse of Livermore, Me., second wife; John, b. 20 May, 
1779; Patty, b. 23 July, 1781, m. intentions 3 June, 1803, David Brackett of 
Dudley, eight ch. ; Samuel, b. 24 July, 1785, d. 14 Jan.. 1796. 

3. WILLIAM, son of Joseph (2), ra. Sept., 1793, Lois, dau. of Joseph 
Davis, residence, Livermore, Me., where all his ch. were b., returned to Ox. 
about 1809, settled west of the river in the south part of the town, H. 60; d. 
there 4 April, 1841, she d. 3 July, 1843. He was one of the first Methodists 
in Ox., an upright man; teamster, land surveyor. . . Children: Polly, m. 
intentions 14 Aug., 1814, Amos Upham of Dudley, where they settled ; Joseph, 
b. 2 Feb., 1796, d. 7 May, 1883, num. ; H.\nnah and Elizabeth, b. 1798, Han- 
nah m. Reuben Harwood ; Elizabeth m. 29 March, 1827, David Melendy of 
Charlton, where they settled; John, b. 1802 (?), d. 12 Sept., 1819; Lois, b. 
1806 (?), d. 19 Dec, 1831, aged 25 

4. JOHN, son of Jo«epli (2), m. (1) int(!ntions 31 Aug., 1805, Mary Stone 
of Greenwich, dau. of Dr. William of Enfield, she d. 21 May, 1824, aged 44; 
m. (2) intentions 26 March, 1825, Mary Brigham of Grafton. He d. 30 April, 
1866, she d aged 79, 11 Oct., 1866. Resided at homestead, captain of militia, 
a worthy man, many years deacon of Congregational Church. . . . Children : 
Eliza, b. 21 June, 1807, d. 4 Nov., 1833, unm. ; William S., b. 24 Dec, 1808, 
m. 1835, Nancy Hungerford of Harwinton, Conn., b. 1809, at Deerfleld, entered 
the store of Witt & Dowse in his youth ; went south and began trade in 
Georgia in partnership with his brother-in-law, was successful until the war 
broke out when he returned North and resided at New Haven, Coini., removed 
to Hartford, Conn., where he d. 30 July, 1876. He was a true gentleman, a 
man of solid worth and highly esteemed; ch. : Maria J., b. 1837. at Monti- 
cello. Ga., d. 1848, at Spriunfleld, while at school; Eleanor S., b. 1845, m. 
1871. George Talcott of Hartford. Conn., he d. thirteen days after marriage 
at Niagara Falls. N. Y. ; she m. (2) Henry Hillyer. Esq., of Atlanta, Ga. ; 
John C, b. 3 Sept., 1810, m. (1) 21 Oct., 1840, Mary H., dau. of Peter Shum- 
way, studied at Bangor. Me., for the ministry, preached at Beaver Dam, Wis., 
where she d. 16 May. 1854; he m. (2) in 1855, at Beaver Dam, Mary B. Cros- 
by, returned East and resided at Bnckland. where he d. 23 Aug., 1882; ch. by 
first m : Sara S., b. 16 April. 1843, m 17 Nov., 1879, Henry Downing of Glen 
Head, Long Island, had Benjamin W., b. 5 Oct., 1871; Grace L , b. 14 Aug., 
1873, d. 1874; George H., b. 25 March, 1878; William S.,h. 8 June, 1846, 
at Beaver Dam, residence, Quincy; Nelson S., h. 26 Feb., 1850, at Beaver 
Dam, m. 3 Sept., 1875, Elizal)eth Eraser, residence, Framingham; ch. by 
second ra. : Charles C, Mary A. ; Wintiiiiop, 1). 22 Jan., 1812, d. 28 Oct., 



550 HURD. — HUTCHINSON. 

18G1, num.; Hiuam, h. 21 Aiii,'., 1814, iii. (1) 1841, JaiK; E. Powers of Enfield, 
she d. 1854; m. (2) in 1856, Mrs. Hannah M. Morse of Chicai^o. bed. 27 Feb., 
1872, at Pittsfleld, where she resided 1890; Maky Anx, b. 20 Jan., 1816, m. 31 
Oct., 1842, Rev. John P. Foster, settled at Fowlersvillje, N. Y., removed to 
Oconomowoc, Wis., as a home missionary, his healtli failing he returned to 
Ox.; after three years settled May, 1847, at Sweden, Me., d. 27 April, 1851, 
aged 44; slie was many years matron at Mt. IIf>lyoke Female Seminary : they 
had Harriet E. ; Maria J., ra. David P. Wells of Wliately ; Samuel N , b. 16 
Sc])1. , 1817, went Soutli in young manliood, d. 20 Jan., 1868, at Cuthbert, Ga., 
uiim. ; Sahah S., b. 13 July, 1820, d. 30 July, 184) ; ch. by second m. : Caro- 
line P., b. 10 Sept., 1827, m. A. Bradford Hudson. 

HURST, Miss EMMA E., aged 19, d. 15 Oct., 1885. 

HUSE, B.MIZILLAI B., and Abigail Cady, m. int. 19 Aug., 1811. 
(;K()K(;E W., and Almira Stone of Douglas, m. int. 8 Marcli, 1845. 

HUTCHINSON, EDWARD, Esq., grandson of Elisha of Boston, who was a 
leading citizen. Colonel, counsellor and reprcsentativf;. His son Edwakd was 
a nierclumt, ra. 170(), Lydia Foster, and had with others Edwakd, b. 8 Dec, 
1729, was graduated 1748, at Harvard, came to Ox. late in life having l)een 
for many years an invalid, remained several years residing with Mr. John 
Pratt, and later with Mr. i:iias Pratt at H. 153, where he d. 8 May, 180G, aged 
7G. He was a man of good abilities, and cultivated tastes, a lover of nature 
as well as books, and spent his time largely in the pleasant season in riding in 
his carriage, and had his room adorned with flowers, butterflies and other 
beautiful natural objects. Several old volumes bearing his name are extant 
in town, one being .Addison's works and bearing dates 1748 and 1794 and on 
several l)lank pages hymns copied from Doddridge, Watts and others, and 
extracts from Pope indicating his fondness for poetry on moral and religious 
themes. A volume bears his presentation to John Wolcott, Sept. 6, 1787. 
His sister Elizabeth m. Rev. Nathaniel K()l)bins of Milton, whose son Edward 
H. w^as Speaker of the House of Kepresentatives and Lieut. -Governor. 

STEPHEN, son of Jesse, b. at Smithfleld, R. I., m. (I) Sally Angell, they 
had Eliza, m. 2 Sept., 1835, Chandler Stockwell Jr. of Douglas; m. (2) 
Eveline Jenks of Smithfleld, and removed to Sutton, and thence in 1835 
to Ox., settling at 11. 10, Avhere he d. IS Feb., 1851, aged 59, she d. 1 June, 
1880, at Pawtucket, R. I. . . . Children by second m. : Stephen, b. 8 Aug., 
1824, residence, San Francisco, Cal., uiun. ; Sauah .\., b. 10 Nov., 1825, m. 
Charles A. Sigourney ; AVilliam G., 1). 27 June, 1827, m. (1) and resided 
at Worcester, where she d., m. (2) Mrs. Whipple, had cli. ; Mary E., 1). 16 
July, 1829, m. Julius E. Bacon of Sutton, removed to Worcester, freight 
agent at P. & W. R. R. offlce ; they had Georgie, m. William, son of Col. J. 
Pickett of Worcester; Emily M., b. 19 Feb., 1831, m. 10 Aug., 1851, Sanford 
Jones, who d. 1862, at New Orleans, La. [A relative of Jones says he was in 
the Confederate army against his wishes, and while returning from an out- 
station near New Orleans with his comrades in a hand car was challenged by 
U. S. soldiers, and not hearing the call did not stop, were (Ired upon and flve 
of the siiuad of 14 men were shot, Jones among them, who d. flve days later, 

believed to have })een 29 April, 18G2.] She m. (2) Glidden, and resided 

.at San Francisco, Cal., no ch. ; Jesse, b. 22 Jan., 1833. m. Martha Bodw^ell 
of Wf>rcester, where she d., he d. later at Boston, no ch. ; Daniel, b. 14 



HUTCHINSON. INGRAHAM. 557 

Nov., 1834, m. Emma Greenwood of Hubbardston, and had Ralph E. ; John 
G., b. 29 Sept., 1836, at Ox., d. nnm. ; Abby A., b. 23 Aug., 1838, m. (1) 
Simeon, son of Charles Tourtelotte, m. (2) Frank Wood of Grafton, removed 
to Vt., no ch. ; Samuel P., b. 12 Sept., 1840, d. unm. ; Louise E., b. fi Oct., 
1844, m. Melville Walker of West Boylston, Capt. in the late war, resided 1885 
at Los Angeles, Cal. ; had Lnleta. 

CLAKISSA, and Henry C. Spauldlng, ni J) Nov., 1845. 

HYDE, FREDERIC G., son of Col. Augustus and Fidelia W., of Norwich. 
Conn., b. 11 May, 1847; entered in his boyhood the U. S. Naval School at 
Newport, R. L, whence he went to Annapolis, Md., where he was graduated 
10 June, 1867. He immediately sailed on the Minnesota and afterward on the 
Dacotah, serving on the latter from Jan., 1868, to May, 1870, and was in com- 
mand of the vessel several months in 1869 at Mare Island, Cal., Navy Yard. 
In March, 1871, he was commissioned Lieutenant. In Feb., 1874, having been 
in service on the Kansas, he was detached on sick leave, but in the latter part 
of 1875 was again in service and was ordered to the West Indies station on 
the Ossipee and later to Brazil on the frigate Hartford, going out of com- 
mission in her Dec, 1879. Soon after he was appointed instructor at Annap- 
olis, and in 1882 commanded the Mayflower in a cruise with cadets. He next 
served at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., and thence sent his resigna- 
tion to the government to take etlect 24 June, 1883. 

His family came to Oxford in 1873, and after his resignation he continued 
to reside here until his removal 1888 to Woodstock, Conn. He was naturally 
of a retiring disposition, never self asserting, but always ready to meet any 
reasonable demand upon his time and attention, and was punctilious in the 
performance of every task he undertook, whether of a public or private 
nature. He was of a genial temperament, much beloved by his associates of 
the G. A. R. and was a generous benefactor to that organization. Having 
inherited from his uncle, Hon. Lafayette S. Foster of Norwich, a con- 
siderable fortune he was able to give substantial aid to the needy, and 
his frequent quiet and unostentatious acts of this nature will cause him to be 
long and tenderly remembered by many in Oxford. Here as well as in Wood- 
stock he was in full sympathy with Cliurch work, and took upon himself 
freely his share of its responsibilties, however much of time or money might 
be iavolved. In Woodstock especially he won a large circle of friends, and 
the expressions of esteem in the large gathering at his funeral (which was 
under the supervision of the Oxford G. A. R. Post) were profound and 
general. 

He m. 2 June, 1870, at Vallejo, Cal., Mary H. Dunster, b. 16 March, 1850, at 
Poutiac, Mich ; they had Fkkd. D., b. 23 May, 1871; m. (2) 15 June, 1887, 
Alice M., dau. of Marvin W. Robinson; they had Marvin F., b. 11 July, 1888; 
Eugene S., b. and d. 1890; he d. 10 Sept., 1890, at Woodstock. Conn. 

IDE, NATHAN, and Vida Wakefield, both of South Gore, ra. intentions 22 
April, 1797. 

POLLY, and Bezaleel Wakelleld, both of South Gore, m. int. 14 Oct., 1797. 

LIBERTY, of South Gore, and Lucy A. Pollock of Thompson, Conn., m. 
intentions U Feb., 1829. 

ESTHER, and Corliss Barrett, m. intentions 22 Nov., 1829. 

INGRAHAM, SARAH E., aged 27, d. 8 Sept., 1865. 



558 INMAX. — .lENNTSON. 

INMAN, SAN'FolM) A., b. 20 .Tunc, 1822, son of Edward, of Burrlllville, 
R. I., caini! to (Jx. 1.S45, settled in the east part, H. 9, farmer. He ni. (1) 28 
Nov., 184:i, Marion 8. Severy of Auburn, who d. aged 36, 7 Jan., 1859, m. (2) 
JO May, iHfJO. Sojihia \ , widow of Elcazer Kelley, dau. of .Vuios Bii^elow of 
Sutton. . . . Children by tlrst m. : Henry A., b. 28 Oct., 1844, m. 1 Dec, 
1867, Marion, dau. of Natlian Waters of Sutton, business in Boston, no ch. ; 
Fkkdkkick a., b. 18 May, 1846, m. 4 Feb., 1874, Annie P. Wiggin of Bo.ston, 
business in Boston; they had George S., b. 25 Nov., 1874; Harry B., b. 6 
Marcii, 1876; Frank A., b. 16 May, 1878; Carolink V., b. 2 Dec, 1848, m. 2 
Dec, 1866, Lewis T. Carpenter, residence, Rochester, Minn. ; they had Minnie 
M., 1). 25 Nov., 1867; Sophia B., b. 16 March, 1869; Carrie M.,b. 28 Oct., 
187;^; Mahd F., b. 6 Dec, 1874; Nklsox S., b. 16 Dec, 1856, m. 5 Aug., 1879. 
Flora Marcy ; they had Marion F..h. 8 July, 1880; Grace B., b. 11 Dec, 1882; 
Mary M., b. 20 Dec, 1884: Xelson M.. b. 21 July, 1887; Eugene L., b. 24 Jan.. 
1889. 

THOMAS L., of Sutton, and Rlioda Burton, m. intentions 18 Aug., 1844. 

IVES, JOHN, taxed 1771, m. 1 Dec, 1772, Eunice CoUer. . . . Children: 
John, b. 4 June, 1775; Susanna, b. ^0 Aug., 1778; Sakau, b. 14 Dec, 1781. 

JACKSON, CALVIN, aged 74, d. 17 March, 1855. 

JEFFORD, JOHN, w. Mary, had Alphkus, b. 5 Feb., 1774. 

JENKINS, GEORGE H., aged 32, d. 9 Feb., 1869. 

JENKS, SABRA B., m. n. Whiting, of Douglas, aged 58, d. 14 Feb., 1885. 

JENNISON, ROBERT, of Watertown 1637, had Samuel, b. 1642, in. 
Judith Macombe; had with others Robkkt, b. 1684, ra. Dorothy Whitte- 
niore. removed about 1727 to Sutton; they had with others Joskph, m. 
Martha Twiss of Salem, was of Ox. June, 1771 [Court Records] ; ]:)aniel. 
b. 1 Sept., 1757, m. 29 Jan., 1778, Molly Putnam of Sutton, resided on 
Prospect Hill, now Auburn. . . . Children: Mavkrick, m. 25 May, 1802, 
Elizabeth, dau. of Benjamin Learned, removed to Binghamton, N. Y., d. 13 
April, I.S48. she d. 2 Sept., 1849, at Union, N. Y. ; they had (lirst four b. at 
Ox.) Luther, b. 1803, m. Maria L. Putnam, residence, Binghamton; Learned, 
b. 1804, m. (1) Prudence Davis, in. (2) Lucy Patrick; Betsey. h. 1806, d..l875, 
at Binghamton; Mary. b. ISOS, d. 1877, at Natick, unm. ; Daniel, b. 1811, m. 
Joanna P. Taylor; Lydia, b. 1813, m. Stephen B. Fairchild of Great Barring- 
ton; Ehenezer, b. 1815, m. Margarette Kirby, he d. 1867, at Chatham; John, 
b. 1817, m. Lydia A. Van Allen; Lewis, b. 1824, m. Hannah Q. Allen, residence, 
Binghamton; (tauunkr, settled and d. at Biddeford, Me., Nathaniki,, m. 30 
Nov., 1797, Catharine Sibley, settled and d. agi-d 88, at Orange; Joskph, m. 
(1) Hannah Ryan, m. (2) Hannah Twiss, settled and d. at Auburn; ch. by 
tlrst m. : Saviuel, m. intentions 23 March, 1834, Roxana, dau. of Ambrose 
Stone, resided on the Daniel Jennison homestead, he d 1 Jan., she d. 3 Jan., 
1887; they had Sophia, b. 10 Nov., 1835, m. 19 June, 1859, Emory, son of 
Moses Ingraham of Coventry, R. I., residence. Ox. (had Harry B., b. 13 Nov., 
1864); Emily A., b. 23 April, 1838; Daniel A., b. 5 June, 1840, residence, 
Missouri, had ch. ; Boardman R., b. 1842, soldier, d. in a southern prison; 
Elmer R.,b. 1844, m. Marietta, dau. of Lafayette Battey, resided at the home- 
stead, had ch. ; Lucina, m. Leonard Richardson of Auburn, removed to New- 
port, N. 11., had ch. ; Maverick, b. 17 May, 1811, m. (I) 19 April, 1838. Hannah, 



JENNISON. 559 

clan, of Ebcnezer Newtou, b. 20 March, 1810, at Ox., she d. 10 Jan., I860, m. 
(2) Elsie, wulow of Jairus Sparhawk, he d. 30 July, 1872; ch. by first m. : 
Frances A., b. 20 Oct., 1841; Anna M., b. 2 Jan., IH'lo, m. Fred llutchins, 
second \v., residence, Thompson, Conn.; Ilobart N., b. 15 Nov., 1849, ni. 27 
Nov., 1874, Heurietta Milliken of Biddcford, Me., residence, Worcester; 
Xancy, Minerva, m. Lewis Fitts; Daniel, m. 21 Feb., 18:58, Julia A. Leach, 
shoe manufacturer at Ox., removed to Fitchburg, had ch. ; Joseph, ni. 24 
March, 1847, Henrietta S. Tittauy of Douglas, soldier, killed at Ball's Blutl"; 

Mtirii A., m. Sumner Sparhawk; by second m. : Chloe, m. Ackley; 

Leicis, m. Clara Winch, residence. Auburn; John, d. young. 

SAMUEL, two of this name, both men of some note, have resided at Ox., 
descended from Kobkht of Watertown. The line was Kobeut, Samuel, 
Samuel, Willlui, b. 1707, at Watertown, was graduated 1724 at Harvard, 
College, settled at Salem 1728, dismissed 173G, preached as supply, and Avas 
teacher at Westboro', and later at Worcester and Holden, returned to Water- 
town, d. 1 April, 1750. His sou Samuel, of Ox., b. 1733, was in the French and 
Indian war, and Lieut. 18 Feb., 1756. About 1765 he was merchant at New 
London. Conn., and made voyages to the West Indies, rera«)VL'd to Douglas, 
m. (1) Naomi Everdcn, was in 1774 a prominent member of an assembly at 
Worcester to discuss public policy, member of the Provincial Congress 1774 
from Douglas, made an ettbrt to change the name of the town to his own, re- 
fused 11 Feb., 1771. [Douglas History.] In 1785 had come into I'educed cir- 
cumstances, removed not far from 1784 to Ox., where he had the confidence of 
the people and was a useful citizen. [The following is from Bentley MSS., 
American Antiquarian Society : " 1790, Jan. 2, letters are received from a 
Samuel Jennison of Oxford . . . begging charitable relief. He was a son of 
Kev. Jennison, formerly of this parish."] 

The following document from his pen is in the town archives and needs no 
explanation. It Avas written at a time of discouragement and perplexity as 
to the means of supporting religious institutions in Oxford : — 

" Whereas the Glory of the Supreme Being, the Honour of the Christian 
Religion and the best Interest of Societies is greatly promoted by the Estab- 
lishment of an Orthodox ministry and as the Town of Oxford is Destitute 
by the Removall of the Revd. Mr. Bowman and as it appears to be the 
desire of a number that the Town should as soon as may be unite in the Call 
and Settlement of some Gentleman whose Erudition and sentiment in Religious 
Matters should Recommend him to their Aftection and Esteem. But as the 
Town is under some Embarassment Occasioned by their rroportion of the 
Charges arrising on the prosecution of the late war; and other Incumbrances 
— They are not determined what method it would be mo.-.t proper to persue 
for Effecting the same. But as we understand that a number of Towns in 
this and a Neighboring State have Devised Ways and means for Establishing 
a perpetual Fund for the Support of the Gospell with them without having 
Recourse to Taxation or the more uncertain dependence on a Free Contribu- 
tion for that purpose. 

It is Therefore moved that a Coramitte be Chosen . . . whose business it 
shall be to go to some of the Towns before referred to and Enciuire what 
mode they Respectively persued an^l how they Effected their plans, and make 
Report to the Town at some future meeting and also that the same Committee 
l)e desired in the mean time to provide preaching' as they shall Judge proper 
Considering the present Inclement Season and the Difficulty that attends a 
considerable number's waiting on Divine Service on account thereof. 
Oxford Dec. 22. 1784."' 

" To be Communicated to the Town at their meeting if thought proper." 

Endorsed " Mr. Jennison's Draught." 



5 60 J ENNISOiN . — J i: W KIT . 

He d. IH Nov., 1790, no cli. His widow in. Josiaii Wolcott. The oldest son 
of Hev. William, was Doctor William, 1). 19 March, 1732, in. Marj' Staples of 
Mcndon, i)ractice(l mcdicinf there and in I)oni;las, East Sudbury (where he 
was in 1783), and Brooklleld, when; he d. 8 May, 1798. His son Samukl was 
the lawyer of Oxford, b. 26 May, 1759, at Milford, was {graduated at Harvard 
College 1774, at fifteen years of age, taught school at Westboro' the next win- 
ter. In the winter of 1776-7 he was at his father's house in Douglas and was 
offered a commission in the army by an officer who chanced to meet him there ; 
(intercd the I'liited States service as a Lieutenant in June, 1777, and was at 
the talking of Burgoyne having at that time been promoted to Quartermaster 
in Nixon's Regiment. He served until July, 1779, Avhen he was honorably dis- 
cliarged. In 1781, he engaged in trade in Broo]<field, but was unsuccessful, 
and sf)on began the study of the law, and was duly admitted to the Worcester 
bar and began practice at Oxford, l)ut remained here for a short time only, 
returning to Brookfield and later removed to Thomaston, Me., where he d. 1 
Sept., 1826. He m. 1781, Sally, dau. of Rev. Nathan Fiske of Brookfield, and 
had Nathan F., b. 1783, unm. ; Sally, b. 1785, unm. ; Samukl, b. 1788; 
William, b. 1790; the two latter were prominent and highly esteemed busi- 
ness men of Worcester. 

ELIAS, and Hannah Twiss, both of Sutton, in. IG June, 1748. 

ANN, and Anthony Dike, m. 16 Jan., 1775. 

MEHETABLE, Charlton, and Jonathan Chase, Sutton, m. 22 Jan., 1797. 

TWISS, of Charlton, and Lydia Prince, m. 30 Nov., 1797. 

OLIVE, dau. of Elias, of Millbury, and Ezra Lo veil, Jr., m. int. 7 Oct., 1815. 

Mrs. HANNAH N., aged 50, d. 10 Jan., 1861. 

ABIGAIL H., m. n. Pcnniman, aged 77, d. 29 June, 1863. 

JEPHERSON, JEPHSON, rillLA, of South Gore, and Walter Brown of 
Uxbritlge, m. intentions 26 Jan., 1811. 
WILLIS, of South Gore, and Amy Jepherson of Douglas, m. int. 5 June, 1813. 
REUBEN, and Mary Kelley, both of South Gore, m. int. 14 Feb., 1821. 

JEWELL, JOHN M., b. 24 Sept., 1739, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth, of 
Dudley, Revolutionary soldier, m. intentions 18 Aug., 1764, Sarah, dau. of 
Jonas Pratt (?), settled on a 100-acre lot, part in Ox., part in Charlton, being 
Cox's, resided there nearly twenty years; in 1771 the town sunk taxes because 
of "loss of his house and efi'eets " [by fire ?], On 1 May, 1784, he Quit- 
claimed 71 acres to Cox's agent, "being their property l)y right." In Dec, 
1786, a suit for ejectment was brought and won. In Dec, 1792, he was of 
Ox. at which time there was a suit in court against him. 

JEWETT, STEPHEN, b. 15 Oct., 1735, m. (1) 3 March, 1757, Meli<t.ahle, 
dau. of Timothy Harris, removed to Lanesboro', where she d. 25 Oct., 1772; 
m. (2) 15 Dec. 1774, Sarah Hatch, they had at Lanesboro' ten ch. . . 
Children, by first m. : David, b. 30 June, 1758; Emzabeth, b. 11 Fel).. 1761 ; 
Timothy, b. 5 March, 1763; Silkm-.k. b. 27 Feb., 1765, brought up at 
Elislia Davis', in. 5 April, 1787, Samuel, son of Joseph Davis of Dudliy, 
wh(!re they settled, and had yanoj, b. 1788, d. 1791; Samuel, h. 1790, m. 
Jane Benscni, and removed to Ohio; Nnnctj, b. 1792, d. 183.'>, unm.; Aaron, b. 
1794, m. Electa Mumford, settled and d. at Eastford, Conn.; Joanna J., b. 
1796, d. 1867, num.; Mehe.tahle II., b. 1798, d. 1815: Brlsr;/, b. 1801, m Levi 
Uphara of Dudley; Elsie, b. 1803, m. Ziba White, removed to Mendou, Mich., 



JEWETT. JOHNSON. 561 

where she d. 1871; Joanna, b. 31 Dec, 1766; Ezkkikl, b. 18 Feb., 1769; 
Roger, b. 5 Sept., 1771. 

2. ROGER, son of Stephen (1), was brought to Oxford in infancy from 
Lanesboro', and lived in the family of his uncle Dea. Samuel Harris ; wheel- 
wright; m, 28 June, 1795, Mary, dan. of Joseph Davis of Dudley, settled at 
Dudley; removed Nov., 1819, to Bondet Hill, H. 38, and in old age to Wood- 
stock, Conn., where he d. 2 Feb., 1852; she d. aged 68, 6 July, 1844, at 
Ox. . . . Children, b. at Dudley: Sylvia, b. 14 Aug., 1796, m. 1821, John 
M. Pratt; Polly, b. 9 Sept. 1798, m. 1819, Stephen R. Tenney of Hubbards- 
ton; John. b. 2 Nov., 1800, m. (1) Esther C. Bates, ra. (2) Mrs. Alice Conant 
of Dudley: woolen cloth manufacturer at Dudley many years with Aaron 
Tufts and later alone, from 1849 to 1857 president of the Oxford Bank, 
a successful business man; he d. 8 March, 1868, at Dudley; Joseph, b. 29 
Jan., 1802, resided at Meredith, N. Y., and Florence, Mich., m. and had 
four daughters but no son to mature; he d. 27 July, 1876, at Florence; 
Sarah D., b. 26 Dec, 1804, m. Hiram Wakeman at Mendon, Mich., where 
they settled, no ch. ; Sophia, b. 28 Aug., 1808, unm. ; Azuba, b. 28 Sept., 1811, 
m. 1837, Henry H. Ball, resided at Dudley and Charlton, soldier in the late 
war; he d. 21 April, 1879, she d. 27 April, 1879, both at We))ster; they had 
Henry J., b. 1840, m. Susan Gale; Agnes E., b. 1844, m. Dresser T. Bates; 
Eugene A., b. 1848; Eliza, b. 2 June, 1815, disappeared in 1863, not heard 
from. 

DAVID, of Thompson, Conn., and Sarah Stevens of Dudley, m. 9 Oct., 1734. 

SUSANNA, and Joseph Upham of Dudley, m. 15 April, 1791. 

JEDEDIAH, a physician, and w. resided at Ox., Feb., 1792. 

SAMUEL, resided at Ox., Dec, 1793, clothier at south end of the Plain, w. 
Patty; ch. : Samuel and Royal. Ox. records give a dau., b. 16 Oct., 1794; 
Sally, d. 13 March, 1795; son, b. 22 July, 179G. 

JOHNSON, SMITH, perhaps son of Smith, and grandson of Smith of 
Woodstock, Conn., b. 3 Dec, 1736, tanner; no record of estate in Ox., lived 
here at least from Nov., 1774, to Nov., 1778. Jonathan Gould of Woodstock, 
Conn., then owned the tannery near the North Common and he may have been 
tenant. In 1776, the town voted to build a workhouse " opposite Smith John- 
son's." In Nov., 1778, he bought 70 acres and a tan-yard on the west side of 
the " Great Pond" in Dudley, sold in 1783 to John Bates of Killingly, Conn., 
and later owned the tannery at Dudley Centre. He m. Sarah; had a dau. 
b. 5 Nov., 1774, the mother d. ; m. (2) 5 Nov., 1776, Mrs. Abigail Amidown. 

SMITH, m. 13 May, 1827, Mary, dau. of William Googins, and had William 
S., b. 21 Jan., 1831; Smith, the father, d. at Ox., she m. (2) Alvan Stone. 

LEWIS A., b. 6 Jan., 1813, at present Webster, son of Arnold of Thompson, 
Conn., m. 6 Jnly, 1836, Lucy A. Earned of Northbridgc. . . . Children: 
George E., b. 10 May, 1837, at Northbridge, unm. ; Ann Augusta, b. 14 
April, 1839, at Northbridge, m. (1) W. Freeman, son of Walter L. Rosebrook, 
m. (2) Samuel, son of John Brown of Ox. ; William O., b. 27 July, 1841, at 
Worcester, d. 16 June, 1865- Albert E., b. 11 May, 1843, at Webster, m. 
16 Oct., 1873, S. Luella, dau. of Fred. Hutcliins of Thompson, Conn., and 
had Cora, b. 1874; Mary L., b. and d. 1844; Fred. F., b. 16 Sept., 1846, at 
Webster, soldier in the late war, d. 4 Dec, 1870, at Ox ; Ithikl T., b. 26 
July, 1849, at Douglas, Methodist preacher; m. 24 June, 1891, Mary H. Law- 
rence of Charlestown; Charles W., b. 5 Sept., 1854, at Ox. 
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5(;2 JOHNSON. — JORDAN. 

AMOS, of HoUiston, m. Aug., 1786, hoinir tlu-n of Sonthboro', Elizabeth, 
dau. of .Josiah Childs of Framincrhani, b. 30 April. neC; Amos, their son, 
wa.s b. 1792, ra. 27 Nov., 181fi, Eunice Brintnell. b. 1 Jan., 1790. ft. 29 Sept., 
1876. He was a miller, and carae frono Saxonville to Ox. early in 1828 to 
take charge of the Oxford Woolen Company's grist-mill, remaining eight 
years, and removing 1836 to Boston to take charge of the Mill-dam mills, 
removing from Boston to Foxboro' 1851, resided there till 1882, when he went 
to New Haven, Conn., to live with his only surviving child, Ani.'eline, wife of 
Fitz Henry Weld, m. 2 Oct., 1831. He was an exemplary man and much re- 
spected, selectman from 1833 to 1835. . . . Childrrn: Evici.ink and Angklixk, 
b. 2 Oct., 1817, at Hopkinton; Mary .Tank, b. 13 March. 1819, at Hopkinton; 

Elizabrth. b. 2 April, 1820, at Southboro'; Amos A., b. 21 July, , at 

Hopkinton ; Jank E., b. 21 Dec, 1827, at Framingham, d. 1834, all except the 
first two d. young. 

MOSES S., b. 17 Dec, 1826, at Douglas, son of Pliny and Sophia (Albee), 
came to Ox. 1 April, 1859, shoe cutter, representative 1863, removed Oct., 
1865, to Worcester, where he d. 17 April, 1883. 

ALFRED, and Calista Wood, m. 8 Dec, 1828. 

AMOS D., and Theodocia D. Walker, m. 10 Oct., 1830. 

SILAS, aged over 30, d. 28 Sept., 1818. 

MARY ANN, dau. of Benjamin, aged 14, d. 19 Feb., 1849. 

Mrs. MARY J., aged 27, d. 7 Sept., 1874. 

JONES, JOSEPH B., m. intentions 21 May. 1784, Hannah, dau. of Peter 
Phillips. . . . Children: Polly, b. 26 June, 1784, m. Simeon Smith; Joseph, 
b. 27 Nov., 1785, resided at Charlton. 

JOHN, of Bellingham, and Mary Rockett, m. 17 Oct , 1751. 

PHINEHAS, Revolutionary soldier. 

BETSEY, of Paxton, and Stephen Streeter, m. intentions 12 P'cb., 1826. 

JESSE, tanner, bought a pew in the Mccting-housc 1781, in 1786 the town 
voted not to sink his tax. 

SOPHIA, m. n. May. of Woodstock, Conn., w. of Dexter W., agetl 81, 
d. 29 April, 1880. 

ELNATHAN, aged 76, d. 9 June, 1866. 

JOP, JOHN, m. 7 April, 1763, Hannah Heiishaw of Leicester, and had at 
Ox. John, b. 14 Feb., 1764, occupied before May, 1766, a lot of a half-acre 
and a house on the main street, nearly opposite the town hall, joined the 
Church in 1764, lived in town at least five years, being here in Dec, 1768. 
He probably returned to Leicester. In 1794, being then of Winchester, Litch- 
lield Co., Conn., he brought a suit in court at Worcester for services rendered 
at Leicester. [Court Record. There is no record of his purchase or sale of 
land. The next known owner of the before named estate was Al)ner Mellen, 
from whom it passed by mortgage to Andrew Sigourney. There appears 
no record of Mellen's purchase. There is a tradition that a man of eccentric 
habits lived at this place, who left town putting the estate into Mellen's 
possession to be cared for until his return. He never appeared and Mellen 
thus became the presumed owner. The fact that theri' are no records of 
purchase or sale would give strength to the assertion.] 

JORDAN, JOURDAN, WILLIAM, 3 years in the Revolutionary war, Capt. 

Moore's Co. 
MARTIN, w. Calheriue, resided at Ox. Dec, 1793. 



JORDAN. KEMP. 503 

CATHERINE, aged 67, d. 2 March, 1814. 

WILLIAM (Irish), aged 61, d. 8 April, 1861. 

RLIZA B., m. n. Hart, of Aul)iirn, aged 63, d. 6 March, 1869. 

JOSLIN, ISRAEL, — perhaps a descendant of Egidius Josseljn, who, 
accoriling to Burke, was a nol)leuian of Brittany, and emigrated to Enghmd 
in the time of Edward the Confessor, — came to America about 1718, m. Ruth 
Bayley, and settled at or near Hingham, and removed not far from 1725 to' 
Thompson, Conn., where lie d. 1761. He had a son Israel, b. 30 Sept., 1719, 
m. Sarah (or Mary) Brown, and d. 24 Dec, 1800. Their fourth child was 
Edward, b. 4 Dec, 1746, and d. 20 Feb., 1822, he m. Elizabeth Alton, settled 
at Tliompson, Conn., and was a sergeant in the Revolutionary war. His sou 
Jksse, b. 18 March, 1780, m. Sibyl Bates, and d. 7 Aug., 1848. They had 
with others Elliot, b. 30 March, 1807, m. 30 March, 1830, Almira Davis, b. 9. 
Jan., 1811. He d. 27 Jan., 1876. Shed. 17 Jan., 1890, at Ox. Tliey had at 
Thompson, Conn.: Orkin F., b. 14 Dec, 1831, m. 9 Aug., 1853, Helen E. 
Field, settled at Ox., successful shoe manufacturer, active in church affairs ; 
Allen L.. b. 30 Aug., 1833; Abner D., b. 29 Nov., 1837, prominent teacher 
in public schools at Jersey City, N. J.; Etha E., and another, twins, b. 
1844, d. 1845; Howard P., b. 5 April, 1852. 

2. ALLEN L., sou of Elliot (1), came to Ox. at 17 years of age to learu 
the shoe business, ten years partner with L. B. Corbiu, and later head of the 
firm A. L. Joslin & Co. and doing a large and profitable business, president 
of Oxford National Baulc, justice of the peace. State Senator in 1886, m. (1) 
15 Sept., 1857, Lucretia M., dau. of Loriston Shumway, she d. 8 Jan., 1863,'> 
m. (2) 24 Oct., 1867, Sarah A. E., dau. of Abel Proctor of Peabody. . . . 
Children by first m. : Ada L., b. 26 Oct., 1858; Homer S., b. 14 Dec, 1862, 
m. 13 May, 1885, Lillian May, dau. of Samuel C. Willis, Jr., settled at Ox., 
partner in shoe manufacture with his father; ch. : Philip ]V., b. 18 May, 
1890; by second m. : Elliot P., b.6 June, 1869, was graduated 1890 at Yale, 
studying for a physician; Abel Proctor, "b. 7 Oct., 1875, d. 15 Aug., 1876. 

Mrs. MARY, aged 40, d. 9 July, 1875. 

ESEK. b. 14 Jan., 1822, son of Sylvanus of Douglas, m. 1843, Huldah E. 
Hunt of Sutton, came to Ox., 1849, bought 1850 lot half a mile north of 
Centre, built his present residence ; carpenter. . . . Children: Jason W., b. 
17 July, 1847, residence, California; Julia M., b. 20 Aug., 1849, m. Nov., 
1866, George Benway, residence, Waupun, Wis., had ch. ; Sylvanus, b. 9 
Sept., 1851, m. Oct., 1880, Mary E. Esten of Millville, residence, Detroit, 
Minn. 

JOYCE, PETER, w. Sabrina, had Henry C, b. 6 June, 1836. 

KATHAN, ANNA, and Robert Tweed, m. intentions 1743. 

KEACH, Dr. BENJAMIN, resided here with family. May, 1766, taxed 1769. 

KEEFE, Mhs. MARGARET, aged 31, d. 22 Dec, 1860. 

KEITH, CHARLES E., son of Royal, of Grafton, aged 66, d. 3 Nov., 1881. 

KELLEY, ORRIN A., and Maria Laflin, m. intentions 29 Sept., 1833. 

MERRICK I., aged 35, d. n Jan., 1858. 

HARRIET A., m. n. Thayer, of Hardwick, aged 37, d. 14 Dec, 1859. 

KEMP, HANNAH, of Dudley, and Hall C. Gleason, m. 26 Dec, 1824. 



5f)4 KENDALL. 

KENDALL, Hkv. THOMAS, Chapman in " Sketches of Dartinonth College 
Alumni," says, was from Fraraingham and d. at New Lebanon, N. Y., Dec, 
183G, aged 9L Barry gives " Thomas, son of Thomas and Mary of Hopkin- 
ton, b. 1745." His mother was Mary Curtis. He was graduated at Dart- 
mouth 1774, studied with Rev. Daniel Emerson at HoUis in 1775, went ou a 
missiou with others to the Caghnawaga Indians, settled at Foxborough 25 
May, 1780, dismissed 5 Feb., 1800, installed at Kingston, R. I., 2'J Sept., 1802, 
dismissed 3 Nov., 1818, his last settlement; 29 Aug., 1800, bought the John 
Kidder farm, in the southwest corner of Millbury adjoining Ux., where his 
family resided while he preached at Kingston. He was chaplain in the war of 
1812, and was granted land at Sharon, Vt., went there to possess it, found his 
title defective and got nothing. He went with his son to New Lebanon, N. Y., 
in 1820, where he spent his last years. He ra. Uuth, dau. of Richard Waters 
of Sutton. 

THOMAS, son of Thomas (1), b. 3 Aug., 1786, at Foxborough, m. (1) 7 
April, 1808, Olive Crane of Ox., who d. 30 June, 1818; m. (2) Martha, dau. of 
Timothy Sparhuwk of Ox. He d. 10 Dec, 1831. He was a well-read man and 
had remarkable inventive genius the widest known productiou of which is the 
ordinary thermometer, which from its cheapness and excellence for many 
years superseded largely other instruments of the kind in the country. He first 
learned the trade of blacksmith and later that of a machinist. He was also 
a millwright and at the erection of the Merino factory at Dudley planned and 
helped to construct the first water wheel, and set up and put in operation the 
machinery, and when the Ox. Central Manufacturing Company was organ- 
ized, in which he was a proprietor, he there did the same. The failure of this 
company brought him loss and discouragement, and he went in precarious 
health to the farm on the hill for recuperation. While here his fertile mind 
conceived the idea of making a cheap thernionicter. The thought seemed com- 
pletely to possess him and no hindrances changed his purpose. A visit to an 
English maker in Bo.stou gave him no encouragement, but with full faith in his 
final success he obtained a quantity of glass tubing which he took home and 
experimented upon until he had obtained his purpose, and was able to make 
an instrument of good quality at a low cost. The imperfection of all ther- 
mometers, not severally tested, arose from an unavoidable variation in tht- 
size of the tubes, and to meet this dirticulty Mr. Kendall invented a machine 
which graeluated the scale of each instrument exactly to match its calibre, 
and thus secured a uniformity which it was impossible to ol)tain in the 
old method. By actual tests the best of English instruments hung beside 
them were found inferior. At the time of his decease foreign manufactures 
were almost entirely out of the market. This graduating machine was kept 
unpatented but secretly until his son David exposed it at Rochester. An in- 
ventor at Champaign, 111., made slight improvements upon it, and it is now 
in use by all the makers in the country. 

There is reason to believe that Thomas Blanehard was indebted to Mr. Ken- 
dall for some of the most valuable parts of his machine for turning irregular 
forms. Uncpiestionable authority asserts that Asa Kenney of Sutton, now 
Millbury, clock maker, who had a government contract for stocking mus- 
kets was the first man to project a machine of this kind, and that Blanehard 
adopting his ideas constructed another which failed, as did Kenney's. He 
tiu'U consulLeti Kendall, told him he thougiit a machine for trrning irregular 
Tonus niigiit, lie iiuule, and asked il' one constructed so and so (describing his 



KENDALL. KENNEY. 565 

own), would uot do it; to which Kendall after some thought, replied, no. 
After further consideration he gave his ideas of what would make the ma- 
chines a success, upon which Blanchard made a model, tested it and had it 
patented. 

Mr. Kendall trausacteil a large business at New Lebanon, N. Y.. until his 
decease, when his sons, who were all employed at the trade, succeeded him. 
John, who was for several years in business in the West, was, 1888, owner 
and operator of the factory at New Lebanon, and making more instru- 
ments than ever before. . . . Children by first m. : Ruth W., b. 9 March, 
1809. m. 1 Oct., 1834. George W. Spencer, she d. 22 Oct., 1878, he d. 22 Aug., 
137(); they had Georgette W., b. 1835, d. 1855; John, b. 21 July, 1810, m. 24 
July, 1832, Deborah Avery, and had at New Lebanon, N. Y., Mary Curtis, b. 
5 Feb., 1834, m. 1 Jan., 1866, Edward C. Clark of Piorniont, N. Y., one dan. ; 
Ellen C, b. 10 Oct., 1837, at Galesburg, 111.; Jane C, b. 1840, d. 1841; Sarah 
W.,h. 15 Jan., 1842, at Galesburg, m. 6 Sept., 1870, Henry L. Brown, four 
ch. ; Edwin, b. 11 March, 1812, m (1) Jane Smith of Dalton, and had ch. ; 
ra. (2) Mrs. Danby, m. n. Hand, of Albany, N. Y., no ch. ; he d. 30 Jan., 1882; 
Adonikam, b. 17 Dec, 1813, inherited much of his father's inventive talent, 
m. (1) Mary Mead of Pittsfleld, and had Mary, m. Clinton of Roches- 
ter, N. Y. ; James, machinist, residence, Detroit, Mich. ; m. (2) and had Louise, 

ra. Smalley of Rochester, N. Y. ; Charles, residence, Fort Benton, 

Montana; Thomas and David, b. 24 Jan., 1816; Thomas, m. Nancy Smith of 
Dalton, and had James, Mary J., Charles, Lucy, Bnsa ; David, m. Ann Wolcot, 
he d. 6 July, 1862, family removed West ; they had Olive, David, Jefferson D. ; 
Daniel, b. 1817, d. 1818; and by second m. : Ouve, b. 1819, m. 1835, Fred- 
erick X Ticknor, and had Albert K., b. 1836 (only surviving child), m. 1877, 
Mary E. Goddard of Millbury, granddaughter of Rev. Joseph Goffe; he was 
barometer maker and superintendent in a medical laboratory at New Lebanon, 
N. Y., in 1885 assistant supervisor in a watch-case factory at Rockford, 111. ; 
Ei.viKA C, b. 1824, d. 1826; Charlks S., b. 1826, was graduated at Middle- 
town Semimiry, d. 1853, was at his decease partner of John in making ther- 
mometers at New Lebanon, N. Y. 

KENNEY, NATHAN, was very early in Ox., m. 23 Feb., 1719, at Wood- 
stock, Conn., Rebekah Chamberlain of Ox., and had Nathan, b. 6 July, 1719, 
no record of estate. He was probably a relative of the Sutton families who 
came from Salem a few years later, Jonathan l)eing there in 1723, and Henry 
having bought land there in 1725. [The will of Jonathan Kenney was proved 
10 Aug., 1731, w. Rebekah, sons Thomas, Nathan, Samuel, Henry, daughters 
Rebekah, Eunice, Elizabeth, Mary, all minors. The will of Henry Kenney 
was proved 10 Aug., 1731, same date as Jonathan's; w. Mary, son Theophilus, 
daughters Jemima, Priscilla, Dinah; son William Fisk and dau. Mehetable.] 

Nov., 1746, Joseph Rockett of Ox. was administrator of estate of Nathan 
Kenney, late of Woodstock, Conn. 

JONATHAN, of Sutton, m. 3 March, 1735, Prudence, dau. of Ebenezer 
Gale of Ox., settled on Long Hill, removed to Sutton; they had Pkudenck, 
b. 1737; Nathan, b. 1741; Violetta, b. 1744, m. Jonathan, son of Ebenezer 
Gale, no ch., shed, soon; Rebekah, b. 1746; Lucy, b. 1750. 

3. JESSE, son of Asa of Sutton, b 31 Dec, 1783, ra. 18 May, 1809, Polly 
Sibley of Sutton, and had in Ox., Sumner, b. 12 Nov., 1814, m. intentions 1 
March, 1841, Nancy Carpenter of Charlton, settled at Sutton; had children. 



>nn KENNEY. KIDDER. 

ELIZABETH, of Siittoti, m. Jum-, 1742, Khenezer Gale. 
EUNICE, and Aaron (Jlcason, in. 11 Dec, 1744. 

HENRY, .son of Thoophilus, of Sutton, and Abis^ail Truosdell, m. 24 Oct., 
17(J5. 
AS.V, s((ii of .Vsa, of Sutton, and Sophia Snow of Sutton, ui. 17 April. 1800. 
JOHN, (1.5 Oct., 1H19. 
PKL'DKNCE S., dan. of Perlcy of Sutton and Thomas Kich, m. 7 .Jan., 1830. 

KENT, THOM.AS, of Leicester, and Catharine McCanna, ni. 13 Jan., 1828. 

KEREVAN, ELIZA, aj^ed 21), d. 28 Nov., 1873. 

KIDDER, JAMES, son of James, h. about 1626, at East Grinstead, Sussex. 
Eng., of Cambridge 1649, removed to Billerica, where Enoch was b. 16 
Sept., 1664. Francis, son of Enoch, settled before 1732 at Sutton, near Ox. 
line. 3 April, 1724, Enoch bought land in Sutton. The estate of Francis was 
divided between his sons Francis, Jonathan and .John. Inventory £984, heirs 
named, Francis, Jonathan, John, Elizabeth, Mary. The fanns of Jonathan 
and Francis, H. 160, 161, were set to C)x. 1793, that of John was later owned 
by Thomas Kendall. Francis, son of Enoch, m. 24 Feb., 1731, Elizabeth Hill 
of Billerica. He d. 20 Oct., 1763, she d. aged 94, 31 Jan., 1805. They had 
Elizabeth, b. 27 March, 1732; Mary, b. 1734, d. 1737; Enoch, b. 1736, d. 
1737; Francis, b. 1738, d. 1742; Abigau., b. and d. 1741; Francis, b. 6 Feb., 
1743; Jonathan, b. 6 July, 1744; Mary, b. 3 April, 1746, d. num. 14 March, 
1817; John. b. 5 July, 1749. 

2. JONATHAN, son of Francis (1), m. 30 Nov., 1769, Susanna Dwinndl ; 
he d. 16 July, 1816, she d. aged 72, 2 April, 1819. . . . Children: .Jonathan, 
b. 21 Nov., 1770, m. 12 April. 1795, Polly Severy of Sutton, removed to Maine; 
Francis, 1). 13 Aug., 1773, m., settled in Vermont, one son; Susanna, b. 21 
March, 1774, m. Daniel Nichols of Ox.; Jacob, b. 29 Jan., 1776; Mehetable, 
b. 18 March, 1778, ra. John Waters of Sutton, third w. ; Nahum, b. 20 April, 
1779; Peter, b. 18 Sept., 1781; Ruth, b. 13 Oct., 1783, d. unm. ; Solomon, b. 
11 .Tan., 1786; Danikl, b. 31 May, 1788, m. and settled at Braintree, Vt. 

3. PETER, son of Jonathan (2), m. intentions 26 Oct., 1813. Sophia, dau. 
of Amos Shumway, settled on the homestead; sold in 1821 and removed to 
farm on Worcester road, H. 133, where he d. 10 Dec, 1835; shed. 16 March, 
IS.'iO. . . . Children; Cyrus, b. 10 Nov., 1814, m. 9 Nov., 1851, Mary Con- 
verse, owns the homestead, no ch. ; Irena, b. 24 March, 1816, m. William 
Wellington; Pliny, b. 12 Dec, 1817, d. unm. 9 Oct., 1860, at Ox., was a rjiil- 
road contractor in the West; Amos, b. 1819, d. 1821; Adalinb, b. 1822, d. 
1823; Emeline, b. 5 Oct., 1823, m. Jeremiah L. Stone; Susan, b. 16 Aug., 
1825, m. 14 Nov., 1850, Joseph B. Moore of Lancaster, h&A Angeline ; Sophia, 
b. 1 Nov., 1827, m. 29 Oct., 1850, Franklin T., son of Lawson Snow, removed 
to Roxborough, Vt., where she d. 1876, had ch. ; Peter, b. 7 Dec, 1829. 

4. PETER, son of Peter (3), m. 30 Nov., 1859, Frances L.. dau. of Amos 
Ball of Princeton, residence, Binghamton, N. Y., merchant; 1890, farmer 
and auctioneer at Ox. . . . Children: Pliny E., b. 25 Jan., 1861, m. 17 July, 
1886, Mary L., dau. of William H. Marble, had ch. ; Forrkster L., b. 27 
Sept., 1863; PHLATIAH li., h 1H67, d. 1868; Valentink A.. I). 11 Feb., 1869. 

5. JACOB, son of Jonathan (2), m. Esther . lie lived on the hill 

near his father, to whom he sold in 1802 one-fourth of the liomestead which 
his father liad before deeded to him, removed about 1803 to Maine; they had 
in Ox., Fanny, 1). 27 April, 1801 ; Lydia, b. 31 Oct., 1802. 



KIDDER. KIMBALL. 567 

■RICHARD, b. 10 May, 1705, son of P^phraira who was brother of Enoch of 
Billerica, boujjht 1727 a 40-acre home lot in the south part of Ox., H. 42, the 
Dea. Hnrd farm. He m. 24 Dec, 1728, Hannah Rich of Sutton [Sec William 
Davidson], and in the spring of 1729 bought of the heirs of Joseph Dudley 
loO acres then in Ox., later Dudley, bounded on the south line of Ox. 
townsliip, in the Upham neighl)orhood near the road from Ox. to Dudley, 
where he settled and d. They had Rachkl, b. 8 Oct., 1729, m. 19 May, 1751, 
Jesse Diraraock of Manstield; Hannah, b. 8 Nov., I7iil; Samuel, b. 8 Feb., 
1734, m. Sarah , settled in Dudley, and had Sarah, b. 1759, m. 1778, Ste- 
phen Edmunds; Bebecca, b. 1761, m. 1779, Josiah Barnes; Samuel, b. 1763, 
m. 1787, Zilpah Bacon ; Nathaniel, b. 1765, m. 1792, Polly Eddy ; Jedcdiah, b. 
1767, m. 1789, Chloe Foster; Bichard, b. 1769,; Ezhai, b. 1772; Eunice, b. 7 
Dec, 1735, m. 16 April, 1765, Joseph Upham, Jr.; Richard, b. 9 May, 1738; 
DAvan, b. 28 June, 1740; Benjamin, b. 27 Sept., 1743, in. 9 Nov., 1777, Phebe 
Sabin; Nathaniel, b. 1746, d. 1756; Thomas, b. 21 Aug., 1750. 

2. DAVID, of Dudley, son of Richard (1), m. 23 Feb., 1768, Susanna Up- 
ham. He d. before Oct., 1778, she m. (2) Dea. John Davis of Ox. . . . Chil- 
dren, b. at Dudley: David, b. 16 Oct., 1768; Jonathan', b. 10 March, 1770; 
Jesse. 

3. DAVID, son of David (2), ra. 9 Nov., 1794, Sophia Fessenden, and had 
at Ox., Hannah; David, b. 11 May, 1797; Ben.tamin, b. 30 Jan., 1800; re- 
moved to Townsend, thence to Fletcher, Vt. ; had other children. 

4. JONATHAN, son of David (2), m. (1) Polly Severy of Ward, settled at 
Wendell, where she d. 1811 ; m. (2) 1811, Patience Potter, and removed to Sher- 
man, N. Y., where both d. He d. 18 May, 1863, aged 93, she d. 8 Feb., 1872, 
aged 93. . . . Children, by hrst m. : Jonathan ; by second ni. : Mary, b. 
1812; John, b. 1814; Jesse, b. 1815; Samuel, b. 1817; Jane P., b. 1819; 
Luther R., b. 1829. 

5. JESSE, son of David (2), m. 19 Fel)., 1795, Sarah, dau. of Dea. Eben- 
ezer Humphrey; removed in 1802 to Livermore, Me., where he was a farmer, 
much respected. He d. Aug., 1857, she d. 24 Oct., 1874, aged 102 years, 
11 months, 24 days, no ch. [On 14 April, 1791, John and Susanna Davis 
of Ox. deeded to David Kidder of Ox., Jonathan Kidder of Dudley, and 
Jesse Kidder of Ox., a minor, heirs of David Kidder late of Dudley, their 
rights in the estate of said David.] 

HIRAM, son of Benjamin, of Windsor, Vt., aged 26, d. 25 Aug., 1862. 

KILBORN, KILBURN, Mrs. CLARINA, aged 70, d. 3 July, 1883. 
JOHN, son of John, aged 77, d. 29 April, 1888. 

KILLEY, SAMUEL, Revolutionary soldier. 

KIMBALL, SAMUEL, b. 5 June, 1750, son of Phinehas of Hopkinton (?), 
bought Nov., 1771, forty acres in the easterly part of Dudley, on the shore of 
Chaubunagungamaug Lake, where he settled, removed to the farm of his 
father-in-law Isaac Burrill on Five-Mile River, in Quaddic Valley, East 
Thompson, Conn., before June, 1775 (at which date he sold his estate in Dud- 
ley), d. there 14 Nov., 1835. He m. (1) about 1771, Phebe Burrill. b. Nov., 
1751, she d. 9 July, 1815; ra. (2) intentions 30 Nov., 1816, Mrs. Mary Jephson 
of Ox., South Gore. Of the nine children by ttr.st marriage, the eighth, 
William, was b. 10 March, 1790, m. (1) 1 Dec, 1814, Patience Newell of 
Rehoboth (?), b. 21 Sept., 1793. He was a skillful mechanic, ten years super- 
intendent of Slater's Mill at South Ox. His wife Patience d. 21 March, 1824; 



568 KIM HALL. — RFNGRBURY. 

m. (2) 3 Oct., 1827, Mrs. Mary, ni. ii. liol.insoii, widow of Rev. L.'wi.s T. 
Scaiiiaii, Baptist, rcinovi-d 1836 to Ox., where he was a carpenter, farmer 
and nierchnnt, a substantial and much respected citizen, d. 20 Jan., 1876, 
she d. 5 Fel).. 1889. . . . Children, by first m. : Mauy, 1). 2s May. 1816, m. 
.iO Marcli, 1834, Elisha .Vrnold, resided in New Jersey and Hartford, Conn., 
where she d. 15 Jan., 1852, he d. 1 June, 1885, at Tolland, Conn.; they 
had Mary A. P., b. June, 1840, m. Howard P. Reynolds of Concord, resided 
at Plaindeld, N. J.; William N., b. 8 March, 1819, ra. Mary Ann Archer 
of \Vel)ster, wliere they settled, he d. 27 March, 1851; they had Harriet .V., 
b. 1843, d. younir; Sarah J., b. 27 Nov., 1844, m. Albert M. Harrington, set- 
tled in Millbury, removed to Iloraor, Nel). ; William A., b. 25 June. I84(!, in. 
Lura Loper. had ch., resided at Severance, Kan. ; ch. by second m. : Gkokgk 
K., b. 1 July, 1828, at South Ox., ser<;cant in Co. G, 16th Re,trt. Conn. Vol.s. in 
late war, enlisted July, 1862, twice wounded at battle of Antietam, on recov- 
ery assigned to Vet. Res. Corps, continuing to his discharge July, 1865; he m. 
(1) 28 July, 1851, Hannah M. Phillips, no ch. ; m. (2) Mary E. Bailey of Gor- 
ham, Me., settled at Lewiston, where he was watchmaker and jeweler, 
removed 1888 to Ox.; they had George E., b. 17 Aug., 1880; Harrikt S., b. 
1831, d. 1839; JounE., b. 18 July, 1833, was graduated 1858 at Yale College, 
taught in Kentucky and Chicago a year each and in St. Louis from 1862 to 
1880, the last fourteen years in the high school, later was local superintendent 
of schools at Hartford, Conn., and superintendent at Newton, returned 1884 
to Ox., where he was selectman, school committee, deacon, moderator in town 
meeting, one of the most competent in this position in the later history of the 
town ; specially efficient in the management of the Free Public Library ; 
justice of the peace, authorized to issue warrants and take bail. TncMAS 
D., b. 20 Dec, 1838, studied one year, 1859, at Yale College, later at 
College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, enlisted 1862 in the late war, 
Captain of Company G, 51st Mass. Regt., transferred to the 2nd Heavy Artil- 
lery, served through the war, brevetted Major; m. 1869, P. Arabella, dau. of 
Dr. James C. Campbell of St. Louis; has been many years (General Agent 
of Washington Life Insurance Company at St. Louis, residence, Kirkwood, 
Mo. ; ch. : Clinton and Clarence, b. 6 May, 1870; Artfnir C, b. 10 June, 1879. 
PHINEHAS, of Killingly, Conu., perhaps son of Phinehas, m. 9 Oct., 1781, 
Rebecca Marvin. [Ox. Rec] 

KING, JOHN, of Sutton, and Elizabeth Town, m. 10 Jan., 1758. 
DANIEL, of Ludlow, and Esther Stockwell, m. 28 May, 1818. 
ISAAC, and Sally Howard, m. intentions 20 Oct., 1824. 
PAMELIA, and Martin Bemis of Spencer, m. int. 26 Jan., 1834. 
ANN M., dau. of Salem Mclntire, aged 38, d. 14 June, 1854. 
THOMAS, of Boylston, aged 42, d. 9 June, 1874. 
NICHOLAS (Irish), aged 61, d. 11 May, 1888. 

KINGSBURY, JOSEPH, settled at Dedham about 16.i7, freeman 1641, and 
had Ei.KA/.KH, b. 1645, m. 30 Oct., 1676, Esther Judson, was of Dedham in 
1677. Tliey had Josiah, b. 26 Dec., 1677, at Dedham, who Avas an early set- 
tler at Needham, and lived on what is known as the "town farm," licensed 
innholdcr in 1719, selectman and representative. He m. 16 Jan., 1705, Susanna 
Morey of Koxl)ury; ht; d. 20 April, 1739. They had witii others younger, 
.lo.siAU, b. 15 Nov., 1705; Tiikoookk, b. 17 Dec, 1707; l)Oth settled near the 
north end of Chaubunagungamaug Lake on the " Hobart grant." 



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2. JOSIAH, son of Josiah (1), m. Mary Smith of Needham. [Ncodham 
records eive "Joseph of Oxford," an error.] He d. 15 April, 1774, she d. 22 
Dec, 1776. He received from liis father 3.50 acres taking in "the brook 
which runneth out of the Chaubunagungamaug Pond," and settled at the site 
of Webster Almshouse. . . . Children: Josiah, b. 31 Dec, 1732, d. in service 
as soldier in French war 13 Aug., 1756; Danikl, d. 1740; Jeremiah, b. about 
1735; Amasa, b. about 1738; Mary, m. Arthur Humphrey; Jemima, m. Elijah 
Moore. 

3. JEREMIAH, son of Josiah (2), Capt. in the Revolution, m. 31 May, 1758, 
Ruth, dan. of Jonathan Ballard, settled on the homestead, she had uncommon 
strength of character, attended her father's grist-mill in girlhood; he d. aged 
81, 23 April, 1816, she d. 16 April, 1827, aged 94. . . . Children: Josiah, b. 30 
June, 1759; John, b. 30 May, 1761; Jeremiah, h. 21 Aug., 1763; Jonathan, 
b. 12 Feb., 1766, tanner in Ox. 1791, m. 4 Aug., 1791, Elizabeth, dan. of Peter 
Shumway ; they had Btith B., who m. Rufus Earned ; Elizabeth m. (2) Samuel 
Coburn; Jonathan went to Owasco, N. Y., remarried, removed about 1816 to 
Peru, O., a dau. m., remained in N. Y., a dau. d. July, 1819, a son in Sept., 
1819, and the father Aug., 1819, all d. at Peru; Jeremiah R., a son, wrote from 
Peru to his friends in Ox., Sept., 1822, mentioning others of the family then 
living, small ch. ; Mary, b. 21 Aug., 1768, m. David Harwood. 

4. JOSIAH, son of Jeremiah (3), at 16 joined the Revolutionary army, serv- 
ing through the war, after his return learned the clothier's trade and began 
business at the outlet of the great pond. South Ox., continuing until his sale 
to Samuel Slater in 1812, removed April, 1816, to Spencer. His dau. writes: 
"He was at West Point under Benedict Arnold, acting quartermaster when he 
turned traitor, and was an Ensign when discharged." He ra. 15 Dec, 1795, 
Esther Craig of Leicester, he d. 2 July, 1819, she d. 10 Sept., 1836. . . . 
Children: Thomas G., b. 7 Jan., 1797, m. 13 April, 18.36, Harriet Huntington, 
settled on the homestead in Spencer, where he d. 9 Oct., 1883 : they had Henry 
H., h. 15 Feb., 1837, resided on the homestead; Azel A., h. 23 April, 1838, 
soldier in the late war, d. 19 Dec, 1864, in Libby prison; Edwin H., b. 24 
Dec, 1840; Olive, b. 2 Sept., 1798, m. 12 Nov., 1822, Francis T. Allen of 
Sturbridge, she d. 22 Sept., 1871 ; they had Clarinda, others who d. ; Josiah, 
b. 14 Sept., 1800, m. Lucinda Adams, he d. 30 Nov., 1840; they had Oliver, 
John, Sophia, all d. ; Mary, b. 21 March, 1840, lives on the homestead ; 
Hadassah, b. 10 Sept., 1802, m. Asa McCoUura, residence, Sextonville, Wis. ; 
had Lucy, Lorraine, Van Buren, Curtis, J. Leiioy, Lewis Cass; Elmiua, b. 22 
Aug., 1804, m. (1) William Bullock of Sturl)ridge, and had iVilliam IL, ra. 
(2) Calvin Kent of Grafton, and had Joh)i., b. 1832, Marcus, b. 1834, (ienrge 
W., b. 1838, d. 21 Nov., 1874; the mother d. 16 May, 1839, at Grafton; 
Jonathan, b. 1806, d. 1808; Mary S., b. 16 Sept., 1808, m. Stephen Drai)er, 
no ch., she d. 12 Aug., 1837; Ruth, b. 18 Jan., 1811, m. Henry DeWolfe of 
Uxbridge, and had Henry, b. 1865; he d., she resides at Spencer. 

5. JOHN, son of Jeremiah (3), m. 20 Sept., 1792, Abigail, dau. of Dea. 
David Harwood, settled one-third of a mile north of the East village, east of 
the Ox. road. He d. 27 Jan., 1830, she d. 10 Dec, 1829, both at Dudley. . . . 
Child: Stephen, b. 9 Feb., 1793, m. Lucinda Ilowlett of Thompson, Conn., 
settled at the homestead, removed to Dudley, where he d. about 1868, no ch. 

6. JEREMIAH, .son of Jeremiah (3), an active and energetic man of much 
native sagacity, farmer. In 1788-9 manufacturer of potash, and his account 
book shows business transactions with many people in his vicinity. In 

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cxchan<^L' for ashes he sohl molasses, suyar, nun, lish, tea, salt, sole-leather, 
etc., became wealthy, was considerably in public life and in positicjiis of trust, 
Capt. of cavalry; April, 1805, Lieut.-Col. of cavalry, resiii;ned Feb., 1808, 
removed late in life to Dudley, where he d. 8 Feb., 1842. He m. (1) 1 Sept., 
1793, Betsey, dau. of James Butler, she d. 30 Aug., 1830, m. (2) 1832, Sally, 
sister of his first w., she d. 6 Feb., 1861. . . . Children by first m. : Davie 
B., b. 19 June, 1795. Hannah, b. 9 Feb , 1797, m. intentions 29 Dec, 1821, 
Andrew W. Porter, b. 2 March, 1795, at Middleboro', came to Ox with Samuel 
Slater and was for six years one of his most efficient associates, removed to 
Monson, l)ecame wealthy at manufacturiui^, was distinguished for business 
ability and for his liberality and devotion to religious and l)enevoleut causes, 
deacon; they had 1 dau. d. young; she d. 16 Dec, 1869, ni. (2) 17 Jan., 1872, 
Mary, widow of Samuel Stafford, dau. of Peter Butler of Ox. [See Butler.] 
Petek, 1). 5 Nov., 1798, d. young; Laura, b. 21 Feb., 1807, m. Elijah Lyon 
of Woodstock, Conn., resided at New Boston, Worcester and Araenia. N Y., 
where he d. Dec, 1844, she d. 20 Sept., 1868, at Providence, R. I.; they 
had Charles H., Elijah J., b. at Worcester, re.sidence. Providence; Elizabeth 
P., b. at Amenia, m. Franklin Church, resided at Providence; rem. to N. 
Y. city. 

7. DAVIE B., son of Jeremiah (6j m. (1) 18 May, 1825, Nancy, dau. of 
Jonathan Harris, she d. 18 Jan., 1835, m. (2) Betsey, dau. of Asa Kobin.son 
of Dudley, she d. 8 Oct., 1839, m. (3) 5 May, 1842, Mrs. Louisa B. Lee, she 
d. 28 Dec, 1873, farmer in Dudley, of remarkable sincerity of life and char- 
acter, removed late in life to Webster, where he d. 28 Nov., 1882. . . . 
Children by first m. : Jeremiah D., b. 15 Aug., 1827, m. 22 Oct., 1850, Sarah 
E. Judson of Uxbridge, resided at Stattbrd Springs, Conn., and Dudley, 
removed to Webster, where he was marketman, she d. 9 Sept.. 1870, m. (2) 
27 Nov., 1873, Phebe P. Palmer; child by first m., Mary, m. Charles H. 
Palmer, 1890 resided at Chicago, III. ; 2 ch. by second m. ; he lost his life 
in his burning l)arn 4 Feb., 1884, at Webster; Elizabeth, b. 18 June, 1833, 
m. 23 April, 1855, Rev. Henry Pratt, pastor of the Congregational Church at 
Dudley, he d. 1880, at Topsfield ; ch., Henry K.,h. 19 Oct., 1856, m. Jenny Childs 
of Woodstock, Conn., had chil. ; D. Butler, b. 28 Sept., 1861, was graduated 
1883 at Williams College, 1884 assistant in the Observatory at Harvard Uni- 
versity, Cambridge, studied divinity at Andover, settled 1889 pastor of the 
Union Congregational Church, Powell Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; child by 
tiiini m., Louisa P., b. 18 April, 1849, m. 4 March, 1880, Edward Day of 
Webster, studied for the ministry at .Vndover, settled pastor at Ludlow, 
removed 1890 to Lenox, where he is pastor; one dau. 

8. AMASA, son of Josiah (2), m. 16 Jan., 1760, Elizabeth, dau. of Jeremiah 
Shumway, settled west of the river, H. 74, she d. 18 Oct.. 1793, m. (2) 4 Oct., 
1795, Martha Shumway, dau. of Peter and niece of his first w., he d. 26 Oct., 
1809, she d. 31 March, 1826, farmer, Capt. of militia. . . . Children: Daniel, 
b. 16 Aug., 1760; SiMEON, b. 6 April, 1762; by second m. : Betsey, b. 30 
Dec, 1796, m. 20 Jime, 1821, Joab Maynard; Twi.vs, b. 1801, d. 1803. 

9. DANIEL, son of Amasa (8), ra. 8 Sept., 1785, Abigail Barnard of 
Sutton, settled in the south part of Ox., now Webster, house removed many 
years, he d. aged 49, 28 Feb., 1809. . . . Children: Rufus, b. 9 March, 1786; 
Bictsey, I). 20 Sept., 1788, m. 29 April, 1810, James Hill of Dudley; Abioail, 
b. 16 Nov., 1791, m. 16 Nov., 1808, Barual)as Hill of Dudley; LiiCY, b. 14 
Fel)., 1794, m. Stei)hen Webster of Thompson, Conn. ; Polly, b. 4 June, 1796, 



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d. young; Olive, b. 17 Aug., 1709, d. young; Mary Olive, b. 8 July, 1804, 
m. 24 Aug., 1828, Daniel Marcy, .Jr., of Dudley. 

10. KUFUS, son of ])aniel (9), m. (1) 29 April. 1810, Rebecca, dau. of 
Hovey Davis, she d. 27 April, 1817, m. (2) 1 May, 1820, Sybela, sister of his 
first w., resided on the homestead, removed late in life to the east part of Ox., 
where he d. 27 Jan., 1846, she d. 10 Sept., 1863. . . .Children: Jamks H., b. 
12 Jan., 1812, m. 1842, Louisa, dau. of Mark Elwell of Dudley, 2 sons, he d. 

29 Jan., 1858, at Dudley; Maky E., b. 1 Aug., 1815, m. 1839, William Cutler 
of Thompson, Conn., second av., 1 son; Lucius W., b. 18 Aug., 1820, m. (1) 
1S45, Eunice E. Earle of Worcester, no ch. , m. (2) 1847, Jane McFarland of 
Boston, had ch., residence, Fitchburg; George B. , b. 24 Aug., 1822, d. 18.S5; 
Martha R., b. 1 Nov., 182(), m. 1849, Charles Perry of Dudley, where they 
settled, he d. (thrown from a sleigh) 29 Jan., 1868, had ch. ; Stephen W., b. 
11 Feb., 1832, m. 1852, Mary E. Johnson of Worcester, where they settled, no 
ch.. he d. 1859, at Worcester, she d. 1875, at Ashland; Jane. b. 3 Feb., 1837, 
m. 1861, Frank W. Emerson, settled at Worcester; they had Byron, b. 16 
Dec, 1862. 

11. SIMEON, son of Amasa (8), m. 9 April, 1800, Nancy Morse of Stur- 
bridge, physician of moderate practice, lived at the Israel Sibley place, H. 206, 
d. aged 44, 29 Nov., 1806. . . . Children: Daniel M., b. 1803, Adaline, b. 
1805, both d. 1807; she m. (2) Calvin Perry. 

12. THEODORE, son of Josiah (1), m. 31 Jan., 1731-2, Mary, dau. of 
Israel Town, had from his father 250 acres near Sucker Brook, settled near 
his brother Josiah, he d. 11 Feb., 1787, she d. Jan., 1810, aged 100 years and 3 
mouths. . . . Children: Abi.tah, Revolutionary soldier(?), m. 23 Sept., 1756, 
Mary Chamberlin, he lived "near Ox. in no town," H. 47, lying in Nipmnck, 
east of Josiah Kingsbury, sold in 1768 to Ichabod Chamberlain, and later 
removed to Holland Purchase, N. Y. ; they had Buth, b. 25 April, 1757; 
Elisha, b. 16 May. 1759; Philip, b. 10 July, 1761; Abijah, b. 19 July. 1763; 
Benjamin, b. 15 Oct., 1765: Amaziah, b. 6 Feb., 1769; Molly, b. 6 .Vug., 1771; 
Joseph, b. 6 Sept., 1734; Susanna, b. 19 Dec, 1736, m. 12 Jan., 1763. 
Ebenezer Robbins of Douglas; Rachel, b. 29 Jan., 1739, m. Elijah Earned; 
Ruth, b. 1741, d. 1742; Jacob, b. 16 May, 1743; Esther, b. 2 July, 1745, m. 4 
May, 1772, Douglas Robbins of Dudley; Elijah, b. 3 May, 1747, was in the 
Revolutionary army, m. intentions 18 April, 1768, Lois Leonard of Douglas, 
removed to Holland Purchase, N. Y. ; ch. Leonard, b. 4 May, 1769; Ellas, b. 

30 Sept., 1770, m. intentions 18 June, 1791, Lavinia Phillips of Gloucester, R. 
I., removed to New York State; Israel, b. 29 July, 1772; Elijah, b. 6 Aug., 
1775; John, b. 21 May, 1777. 30 Sept., 1810, Lois, w - of Abijah Kingsbury, 
dismissed from the Church in Ox. and recommended to that in Booneville, 
N. Y. [Church Records.] "^ ~^ 

13. JOSEPH, son of Theodore (12), Revolutionary soldier, m. 16 Jan.., 1760, 
Elizabeth, dan. of Roger .\midown, she d. aged 82, 16 April, 1816. . . . 
Children: Samuel, b. 18 Nov., 1760; Elizabeth, b. 3 Sept., 1763; m. Ezekiel, 
son of Benj. Davis; Mary and Martha, b. 30 Oct., 1764; Mary, m. 20 Jan., 
1795, Phiuehas Sargent of Leicester, removed west; Martha, m. Calyin Far- 
num of Connecticut, removed west; Lucy, b. 5 June, 1767, m. intentions 19 
April, 1795, David Cudworth of Freetown, son of Charles and Mary; Joseph 
and Jemima, b. 21 May, 1769; Joseph, m. Martha, dau. of James Wallis of 
Douglas; Jemima, m. 25 Nov., 1790, Sylvester May of Gloucester, removed 
to Cazeuovia, N. Y. ; Sarah, b. 21 Oct., 1772, m. intentions 23 Dec, 1797, 
Archelaus, sou of Jacob Kiugsl)ury. 



572 KINGSBURY. 

14. SAMIKL, son of Joseph (13), in. 29 Dec, 1700, Sophia, dau. of Col- 
lins Moore; Ucvoliitioiiary soldier in Green's Co.. 177.5, said to have been in 
the Saratojra battles. He d. 29 Jan., 1823, lived near John Larned on the road 
to North Village, Wel)ster. . . . Children: S.vmukl, b. 12 Aujj., 1791, m. in- 
tentions 9 Nov., 1818, Lncy Ann Plninnier. of Killin.i;ly, Conn.; had Emeline 
F., b. 4 Aujy:., 1819: Nancy, 1). 21 March, 1794, m. 1 May. 1814, James Wallis, 
Jr., resided and d. at West Brooklield ; Sylvia, b. 6 April, 1798, d. young; 
Sylvia, b. 10 Nov., 1803, m. Joseph Beaumont, settled and d. in Dudley; 
Matilda S., b. 26 Oct., 1810. m. Asa Bartlett of Webster, where they re- 
sided ; had Edwin, manufacturer at North Ox. ; Amos, Captain in the late 
war in the loth Mass. Itegt. ; Harriet M.. m. A. J. Bates: Sarah, b. 8 Nov., 
18ir,, d. 21 Dec. 1831. 

15. .lOSKPH, son of Joseph (13), m. 27 June, 1822, Martha, dau. of James 
Wallis of Douglas, lived on the homestead. . . . Childrpn : Lucy, b. 3 March, 
1825, d. num. ; D.wiD, 1). 22 Oct., 182(1, in. (1) Statira Hawson, shed. 21 Nov., 
1807; he removed to Chicago. 111., m. (2) 2fi April. 1868. Ellen Kearns; 
JosiU'H, b. 13 April, 1834, m. .30 Aug., 1871., Mrs. Almira Grout of Ox., no ch., 
she d 16 Nov., 1879. He resided on the homestead. 

\i\. JACOB, son of Theodore (12), m. (1) 10 March, 17r,G, Hannah Parker 
of Douglas, settled on a part of his father's farm north of the homestead, she 
d. 25 Feb., 1803; m. (2) intentions 28 April, 1804, Mary, widow of James 
llovcy Davis. He d. aged 93, 3 Nov., 1836. .she d. 30 Nov., 1829. . . . Chil- 
dran: Kebecca, b. 28 Nov., 1766, m. intentions 19 March. 1789, Nathan Raw- 
son; Susannah, b. 16 Aug., 1768; Ephraim. b. 27 June. 1770; Archklaus, 
b. 23 Feb., 1772, m. Sarah, dau. of Joseph Kingsbury, removed to Booneville, 
N. Y., d. there, four ch. ; Hannah, b. 1 July, 1774, d. 1 April, 1859, unm. ; 
HuTH, b. 1776. d. 1779; Lois, b. .30 Sept., 1778, m. Jonathan Mayo; Lydl\, b. 
28 Feb., 1781, m. 21 Sept., 1806, Josiah, son of Elijah Moore of Brookfield. 
N. Y. ; Jacob, b. 30 Nov., 1784 (?) d. aged 38, 6 April, 1823, unm. 

17. EPIIRAIM, son of Jacob (16), m. (1) 15 Nov., 1797, Rachel, dau. of 
Reuben Rot)insou, shed. 1 Feb., 1810; m. (2) intentions 26 June, 1814, Abigail 
Taft of Uxbridgo. He d. 17 April. 1823; lived at or near the homestead. 
. . . Children: Polly, b. C Nov.. 1799. m. AlansonTaft; Alfkkd, b. 1801, 
d. 180:{; Elisha, b. 7 Sept., 1803; Alkred, b. 1 Aug.. 1805; Ephraim, b. 1 
Dec, 1807, m. (1) Melita, dau. of Japheth Cortis, no ch., in. (2) Nancy, dau. 
of Dr. Tilfany of Webster, no ch., resided and d. at Thompson, Conn.; 
LvDiA, b 9 June, 1809, m. 14 Feb., 1827, Evander Taft of Uxbridge, had ch. 

is. KLISHA, son of Ephraim (17), m. 15 Fel)., 1824, Lucy Pierce of Hoi- 
den ; lived near the mill on Sucker Brook. . . . Childrpn : Rachel, b. 1828. d. 
1832; Darius, h. 5 Sept., 1830, unm., residence, Victoria, B. C. ; Laura, b. 7 
Oct., 1833, m. William Carpenter of Thompson, Conn, she d. 15 Feb., 1883, 
no ch. j James, b. 24 May, 1835. m. Jan., 1858. Fanny Kcnney of Thompson, 
prominent at Thompson, town clerk, justice of the peace, po.stm;ister, trader; 
George, b. 29 Oct., 1838, m. 31 Oct., 1857, Harriet S. Hall of Dudley, lived on 
the homestead, had Evima A., b. 28 June, 1858; Mabel, b. 25 Dec. 1863. 

19. .U.FHEl), .son of Ephraim (17), m. 7 March, 1826, Sophia, dau. of Dr. 
Jonathan 11. Learned; an ingenious mechanic overseer of weaving at Ox. 
Woolen Co.'s and other^ mills, lived at Augutteback Village in his later years, 
d. there 12 Oct., 1872; she d. 28 Oct., 1881. . . . Children: Alfred II., b. 
.".0 April. 1827, m. 13 April, 1851, Harriet N., dau. of Lemuel Bingham of 
(iilsum, N. 11. : Albert L., b. 16 Dec, 1828, m. .30 Dec, 18.55. Ann M. Stod- 



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KINGSBURY. — LAMB. 573 

dart of Cohasset, many years policoman in Boston, one dan., b. 1804, d. young; 
Annts S., b. 3 July, 1831, d. 28 Aiiij., 18fil ; Amklia M., I). 1 Sept., 1837, d. 22 
Jnly, 1868. 

MARY, and Phinehas Sarsj:eut of Leicester, m. 20 Jan., 179.5. 

KINSLEY, JAMES H., and Alice, had Mary A., b. 21 Fel)., 1842. 

KIRBY, Mks. JANE, aged 19, d. 5 Oct., 1865. 
MARY R., widow, aged 68, d. 10 Nov., 1885. 

KNEELAND, NEALAND, BENJAMIN, one of tlie thirty Englisli settlers, 
came from Franiingham, w. Abigail; had in F., John, b. 18 June, 1710, and at 
Ox., Joseph, b. 8 May, 1714. His home lot was <m the south side of the mill 
brook, adjoining the Humphrey farm on the east; not now a homestead. He 
sold 29 Jan., 1717, having then removed to Hebron, Conn. On 9 June, 1725, 
the Connecticut assembly granted to Benjamin Kneelaud and others of Hebron 
an abatement of taxes. [Conn. Rec] 

KNIGHT, ELISHA, and Mary Carter, m. intentions 4 Oct., 1800. 

KNOWLAND, POLLY, and Amos Wakefield, both of South Gore, m. int. 
23 Aug., 1783. 
MOSES, Revolutionary soldier, 45 months in Capt. Moore's company. 

KNOWLTON, ASAHEL, and Sophronia, had Sarah S., b. 19 Sept., 1830. 

LACKEY, WILLIAM, from Waltham, w. and child, "sojourned at 
William Brown's" April, 1753, in Ox. Aug., 1756, and 1764, sergeant in French 
war. had land granted him. [See Blaney.] 

RACHEL, and two children, in Ox. 1757. 

KAHUM. of Sutton, and Mary Lucy Sibley, m. 31 May, 1812. 

Albert, son of Samuel of Westboro', d. aged 65, 5 Jan., 1871. 

LADD, ELIZABETH, m. n. Worseley, d. 16 March, 1860. 

LAFLIN, JOSEPH, m. (1) 12 July, 1753, Phebe Wilson, settled in west part 
of Ox., now Charlton; had James, b. 1753, d. 1754; she d. 7 Dec, 1753; m. 
(2) 21 Nov., 1754, Martha Comins, and had Phebr, b. 16 Nov., 1765; Joseph, 
b. 8 Oct., 1758; Solomon Comins, b. 28 April, 1761. 

LEONARD, of Charlton, b. about 1806, prol)ably descendant of Joseph (1), 

m. Patience , blacksmith at Ox.. H. 193 in 1832; removed 1837 to Long 

Hill, H. 172, d. 25 Feb., 1844. . . . Children: Sarah D., b. 12 Sept., 1831, at 
Weston; Dorothy A., b. 5 March, 1837; P.vtience L., 1). 8 June, 1840; 
Salem, b. 15 Feb., 1842. 

MARIA, and Orrin A. Kelley, m. intentions 29 Sept., 1833. 

LAMB, THOMAS, came with Winthrop in 16.30 to Boston, removed soon 

to Roxbury, m. (1) Elizabeth , who, with a child, d. in 1639, m. (2) 16 

July, 1640. Dorothy Harbittle ; had with others Joshua, baptized 28 Nov., 
1642, and Abial, l)aptized 2 Aug., 1646. [" Abial, son of Thomas, who was 
not long before deceased and left his childnMi to y Lord y' he might be theire 
fathr." Joshua, the son of Joshua, baptized March, 1-675, was a colonel and 
a leading man at Leicester.] Thomas, the father, d. 28 March, 1646. 



574 LAMB. 

2. AHIAL.soii of 'I'lif)iiias (1), m. Elizabeth . " Was in brave Capt. 

.Tolinson's coinpiuiy" in the Narra^ansett war. [Savage.] Removed 1694 
from Ii<jxl)(iry to Frainiiiiiliain, where he was constable in 1700 and selectman 
in 1701. and probably d. there before 1710. . . . Children: Hakbittlk, bap- 
tized 28 Fel)., 1675; Abial, b. 23 Dec, 1679; Jonathan, b. II Nov., 1682, 
resided at Leicester; Samuel, baptized 12 April, 1685. 

3. ABLVL, son of Abial (2), joined Framingham Church 1710, was one of 
the 30 settlers of Ox., constable in 1722, m. 4 Dec, 1699, Hannah Taylor of 
Marll)oro'. He d. before 1771, she d. 1771, aged 94. [The Essex Gazette 
(Salem) of 23 Jnly, 1771, has the following: " Died at Oxford, Hannah Lamb, 
widoAV of the late Abial Lamb, aged 94 years. vShe was the mother of the 
(Irst EnLjlish child born in that town," referring probably to Lydia, b. 3 
April, 1713.] . . . Children: Saraii, b. 6 April, 1701, m. Samuel Town; 

Calkb, b. 30 Oct., 1704, m (1) Elizabeth , m. (2) 14 Sept., 1733, Lydia 

Gary of Pomfret, where they settled, he d. 8 Feb., 1802; ch. by first m. : 
Caleb, m. 29 Aug., 1746, Susanna Haskell, and had John, b. 23 Dec, 174G; 
Mary, b. 5 March, 1748; John, d. 25 Sept., 1746; ch. by second m. : Samuel, 
b. 17 Aug., 1734; Lydia, b. 14 Oct.,' 1736, d. 12 March, 1767; Josiah, b. 27 
Feb., 1738; Mary, b. 1 June, 1746, d. 30 Nov., 1756; John, b. 26 Sept., 1749 
[Fomfret Records]; Ebenezer, b. 19 Oct., 1706; Abial, b. 21 Jan., 1709; 
Lydia, b. 3 April, 1713, at Ox.; Elizabeth, b. 21 July, 1716, m. 6 Nov., 
1743(?), Andrew Phillips of Killingly, Conn.; William, b. 7 April, 1720; 
Samuel(';'). 

4. EUKNEZP:R, son of Abial (3), m. 21 May, 1730, Ame Green of Leices- 
ter. [Prof. S. S. Greene in his Genealogy of the Greene Family gives this 
name as "Anne" In Samuel Green's will the name occurs twice, and is 
spelled flrst "Any" and second "Ame." The name on the Ox. Records is 
" Ame." The fact that Amy was later a name often in the family has signfi- 
cance in this connection. In the Registry of Deeds, B. VII., pp. 414, 415, 
are two deeds to Ebenezer Lamb entered the same day, the flrst from Samuel 
Green of Leicester of 70 acres hear said Samuel's house, the second from 
Abial Lamb, who for love, etc., gives to his son Ebenezer a lot in Oxford.] 
Of his ch. b. before Abijah iu 1739 there is no known record. They had, 
however, ch. b. in Leicester, one l)eing Ebenezer, m. Mary White of Water- 
town, settled at Charlton, farmer, d. 1818; had Ebenezer, settled at Charlton; 

William, a prominent citizen and physician at Grafton; Dan, studied medi- 
cin(! with his brother William, and was long in practice at Charlton; Aaron, 

farmer at Calais, Vt., m. Tucker of Charlton ; Jacob, settled at Cherry 

Valley, N. Y., farmer; they had also four daughters, one m. Eli Jones of 

Spencer, another Parker of Leicester, the other two m. each a Mr. 

Stone and resided at or near Cherry Valley, N. Y. ; James, of Charlton, m. 16 
June, 1757, Hannah Rich, and had David, who settled at Ox.; Samuel; 
Abi.jah, b. 14 Sept., 1739, at Ox., Capt. of an Ox. Company in the Revolu- 
tionary war, d. at Charlton, at the Charles Converse place; Reuben, b. 14 
Sept., 1742; RiCHARi>, b. 15 March, 1745. [These sons of Ebenezer were all 
powerful men, and it Avas a saying that together they "could raise a 40-foot 
barn"]; Martha, b. 25 Feb., 1747; Lucy, b. 15 Aug., 1750. 

5. ARIAL, son of Abial (3), m. 9 April, 1740, Abigail, dau. of Collins 
Moore. He d. aged 94, 12 Feb., 1803, she d. 26 Oct., 1801. In 1749 his 
l)rother-in-law, Natlian> Moore, deeded to him 218 acres in the south part of 
the town, the present ahnshouse site, where he resided about, 25 years, and as 



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tradition runs became embarrassed tinancially l)y endorsing for a friend and 
was obliored to sell his farm. [An Abiel Lamb lived in 1773 at "Merrifield 
adjoinins' Charlcmont," and then had a case iu Worcester court]. . . .Children: 
DoHOTiiY, b. G March, 1741, m. (I) intentions 10 Dec, 17G3, Andrew White 
of Dudley, second w., he d. 30 March, 1770; they had Dolly, b. 1768, Perley, 
h. 1770; she m. (2) 29 Aui?., 1774, Lieut. Mark Elwell of Killingly, Conn., 
settled at Dudley, and had Mark, Abial, Benjamin; Sakah, b. 21 March, 1743, 
ra. Abijah Harris; Collins, b. 10 Feb., 1745, d. 175G; Abigail, b. 1747, d. 
1748; Lkvi, b. 18 April, 1749; Abigail, b. 19 May, 1751; Jonathan, b. 30 
May, 1753; Zerviah, b. 1755, d. 1756; Collins, b. 30 June, 1757, d. 1776; 
Abial, b. 1759, d. 1769; Edmund, b. 1761, d. 17G9; Lydia, b. 17G4, d. 1769; 
Zekviah, b. 1769, d. 1770. 

6. WILLIAM, son of Abial (3), soldier in the French war, m. (1) 21 Nov., 
1743, Lois, dau. of Isaac Larned, she d. 10 July, 1752, m. (2) 12 Feb., 1753, 
Rebecca Hovey, she d. 30 Sept., 1791, m. (3) Mrs. Hannah Rockwood, he d. 
aged 83, 24 Aug., 1803. In March, 1783, William Larnl), w. Rebecca and 
grandson Larned resided at Ox. William Lamb, shoe m.iker, lived late in 
the last century in the east part of Ox., one-third of a mile northeast of 
Chaflec's, H. 22, house long ago removed, no road. . . . Children, all by first 
m. : Hannah, b. 27 Aug., 1745, m. Joseph, son of Benjamin Davis: Mary, b. 
20 March, 1747; Lois, b. 12 Feb., 1749; William, b. 30 Oct., 1751, Revolu- 
tionary soldier(?). 

7. SAMUEL, son of Ebenezer (4), m. 5 April, 1753, Sarah Dana, shoe 
maker, lived at the centre, next north of H. 191, from 1753 to 1764, removed 
to Dudley and thence in 1767 to Charlton, settled at the Jonas Bemis place, 
was dismissed from Ox. to Charlton Church, 2 Feb., 1772. [A Samuel Lamb, 
w. Asenath, d. at Charlton 1798.]. . . . Children: Mary, b. 29 July, 1754, m. 
Josiah, son of James Blanchard, settled and d. at Charlton, 3 ch. ; Peter, b. 
4 Feb., 1757, m. 1780, Elizabeth Weld and had ch.,-»NAHUM, b. 13 July, 1759, 
m. 1781, Lydia, dau. of Thomas Daggett, settled and d. at Charlton, 9 ch. ; 
Samuel, b. 25 July, 17G1, m. 1796, Celia Richardson of Brookfield, she d. 
1857; Esther, b. 14 Nov., 1763, m. 1783, Ebenezer, son of Nehemiah Stone, 
d. 12 May, 1849, at Charlton; Jairtts, b. 17 Jan., 1766, m. (1) 1791, Mehetable 
Jenks, m. (2) Lucy, sister of his first w. ; Sarah, b. IG Aug., 1767, m. 
Thomas Henshaw of Brookfield, where they settled, she d. 30 Sept., 1834, had 
ch. ; Charles, b. 10 July, 1769; Ame, b. 14 Jan., 1771, m. 1789, Elias Hamil- 
ton of Brookfield, removed to New York State, d. there, had ch. ; Bette, b. 
11 Nov., 1774, d. about 1792; Silas, b. 27 May, 1778, m. hucena, dau. of 
Joseph Pratt of Charlton, removed to New York State, had ch. 

8. REUBEN, son of Ebenezer (4), m. 4 April, 17G5, Rebecca, dau. of 
Alexander Nichols of AVard, he was then of Leicester, removed 1769 to Ox., 
bought the grist-mill later owned by Cyrus Lamb, H. 121. He was a 
man of influence and much decision of character, chairman of the committee 
of inspection and correspondence for Ox. in the Revolution, active in " Shays 
Rebellion," was known throughout the region as Miller Lamb, d. 12 Nov., 
1819, she d. 30 Jan., 1838, aged 94. . . . Children: Amy, b. 1766, at Leicester, 
d. 17G9; Abi.iah, b. 2 March, 1768; Alexander, b. 13 Aug., 1770, at Ox., m. 
(1) and had Amitij, m. Stephen Atwood; removed to Salisbury, Conn., m. (2) 
and had ch. ; Reuben, b. 7 Feb., 1774, m. 16 Sept., 1795, Nancy [Anna], dau. 
of Ephraim Russell, had Rebecca, n\. Richard Stone, settled and l)oth d. at 
New Boston, Conn., she d. 26 March, 1869; Charles, m. at Barre, removed to 



57<i LAMB. 

N<-vv BostDii, AvliiTf he m. (2) Enieline Elwdl, ami d. a^ed 85, 9 Jan., 1882, at 
Dudley; the father, Reuben, removed to Coliiiiibns, O., physi(;ian, his w. 
^vent to her father's and later m. (2) Dr. John Tucker, settled and both d. at 
New Boston, he d. 2!» July, 1824, aged 54, she d. 5 March, 184G; Alvan, b. 27 
May, 1777, settled at Columbus, N. Y., where he d. 1807; had Reuben li., b. 
1798, Minerva, b. 1803. Galen G.,h. 1805, Hannibal, h. 1806; Joshua, b. 12 
Feb., 1780, resided at Columbus, ra. (1) 26 Feb., 1808, Sarah Gennan, 
shed. 8 Nov., 1819, m. (2) 20 March, 1820, Iluldah White, she d 21 Sept., 
1875, he d. fi Jan., 1864, both at Columbus, he was 40 years hotel keeper, 20 
years postmaster, six years county judge of Chenango Co., wealthy and 
inlhieiitial; he had by first m. Benben, b. 1808, d. 1810; Tnixton G., b. 1811, 
d. 1880; Lewis G., b. 1813, d. 1833; Ambrosia, b. 1816, d. 1863; Angeline, b. 
1819, d. 1823; by second m. liarhm R., b. 1821, Edwin II., b. 1823, Reuben L., 
b. 1825, Loring C, b. 1831, d. 1835; Joskph, b. 31 Jan., 1785, m. {I) intentions 
16 Aug., 1806, Sally, dau. of Reuben Barton of Sutton, she d. 25 Oct., 1816, 
aged 28, m. (2) intentions 13 Sept., 1817, Martha Abbott of Paxton, succeeded 
his father at the mill and farm at North Ox., and later was innkeeper, was 
drafted and went as musician in the war of 1812; m. (3) Mrs Ames, removed 
late in life to Charlton and Fitch])urg, where he d. 27 Aug., 1866; Eslus, his 
son, was a millwright and later a manufacturer and a leading railroad man at 
Providence, R. 1., a man of wealth and high standing, m. (1) Sarah Buttrick, 
no ch., m. (2) the widow of Darius Farnum, m. n. Thayer; they had Augustus, 
b. 1844, m. Frcelove D. Baker, resided at Providence; Estus, the father, d. 
9 March, 1887, at Providence ; Edwin, m. and settled at Lunenburg, d. there, 
had. ch. ; by second m. Charles, m. and resided at Fitchburg; Daniel, b. 24 
April, 1787, m. and settled at Hubbardston, and had Albert, settled at Leomin- 
ster, d. about 1884; Carter, d. in Illinois; Adaline, reskKn] at Hubbardston; 
Charles, d. at Hul)bardston. 

9. LEVI, son of Abial (5), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Josiah and Prudence 
Brown, b. 25 May, 1749, settled on the hill east of North Common, H. 172. 
He (1. 17 Oct., 1803, she d. as late as 1830. . . . Children: Lydia, 1). 28 Nov., 
1769, m. Josiah Gleason: Ruiiamah, b. 13 Aug., 1771, m. Ezra I'arker ; Bkt- 
SKY, b. 30 May, 1773, m. Samuel Smith, Sr., of New Marlboro', second w., d. 
at N. M. ; Edmund, b. 23 April, 1775, m. 15 June, 1800, Hannah Harwood of 

Barre; he m. (2) and d. in 1873, at Boylston, aged 98; Collins, b. 3 

Dec, 1776, d. young; Polly, b. 12 Sept., 1780, d. young; Nancy, b. 30 Nov., 
1783, m. Samuel Smith of Ox.; J. Prkntick, b. 18 June, 1789, unm., soldier 
in war of 1K12, d. in the service. [See Abijali Fisk.] Ei.iimiaz, b. 27 April, 
1792, (1. young. 

10. DAVID, son of James of Charlton and grandson of Kbenezer (4), b. 
5 Oct., 1758. [He had brothers James, Asa, b. 1765, settled In Vermont, and 

a sister Al)igall who m. Herrick.] Revolutionary soldier; m. (I) 12 

March, 1778, Judith, dau. of Ebenezer Fitts of Charlton, b. 30 July. 1757. at 
Sutton, she d. 20 March, 1827; m. (2) 23 Sept., 1827, Sylvania Williams, dau. 
of the second wife of Timothy Sparhawk, b. 6 July, 1798, at Johnston. R. I., 
she d. 3 Jan., 1878, at Pulaski, N. Y. ; removed about 1800 to Ox.; d. 21 
March, 1847 [aged 87, 20 March, 1846, Ox. Rec.]. . . . Children: Amy, b. 12 
Jan., 1779, m. Stephen Roberts, settled at Chelsea, Vt. ; Ebkniczkk, b. 20 
March, 1780, num., settled in Vermont, d. 27 Dec, 1801; David, b. 23 Nov., 
1781, m. (1) Rachel Stevens, settled at Charlton, d. .luly, 1867; they had 
Alma, Ebenezer, Ziba, Mart/, Lonisa, Otis, Rachel ; m. (2) Sarah Starr, no ch. ; 



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Eleanor, b. 29 Au^r., 1784, m. Martin Twitcliell of Milford, removed to Brook- 
field; they had Emmons; Otis, d. 31 Ana;., 1874; JYejm/ M., d. 24 April, 1872; 
Julia, b. 1 May, 1786, in. John Lilley of Barre; John, their son, resided 1883 at 
Milford; Polly, b. 20 June, 1789, m. AshbelM. Hawes; Sally, b. 18 Feb., 1792, 
ra. Oliver Shumway; Jesse, b. 24 Feb., 1794, m. Mary, dau. of Peter Stevens 
of Charlton, b. 6 May, 1796, sister of David's wife, he d. 1858, at Charlton; 
they had Diantha, b. 12 May, 1819, m. Lnke A. Merriam of Woonsocket, R. I., 
where she d. Aujj;., 1869; Emonj, b. 28 Feb., 1821, m. Phebe A. Richmond of 
Uxbridge, settled at Charlton, where he d. about 1869; John, b. 5 Nov., 1822, 
went to Sudbury, Vt., m. Lucinda Goodnow, no ch. ; Bufus, b. 24 Aug., 1824, 
m. Hannah Battles of Westmoreland, N. H., residence, Uxbridse ; Diana, b. 
26 March, 1826, m. Baxter Shove of Blackstoue; Mary, b. 25 March, 1828, d. 
1833; Lydia, b. 28 March, 1830, m. Thomas, son of Samuel Merriam, he d. 
1880, she d. 1865; Jane, b. 5 July, 1831, resided 1883 at Chicago, unm. ; Albert, 
b. 1 June, 1833, m. (1) Nancy Kingsbury of Leicester,'m. (2) Sophia Kings- 
bury, m. (3) Rebecca, dau. of Artemas Merriam; William, b. 11 July, 1835, 
m. Elizabeth Lamb, settled at Charlton; Mary, b. 18 July, 1838, m. David 
Merriam of North Ox. ; ch. by second m. : Thomas, b. 23 Sept., 1827, m. (1) 
9 May, 1848, Louisa C., dau. of Hiram Mofflt, then of Pulaski, N. Y., one ch., 
d. young; m. (2) and had ch., residence, Pulaski; Sylvania, b. 1829, d. 
1832;, James, b. 1833, d. 1842; John, b. 1835, d. 1840; Rufus, b. 11 Feb., 1838, 
m. Nov., 1865, Ellen, dau. of Jerome Bennett of Woodstock, Conn., resi- 
dence, Webster, carpenter; had Charles F., b. 1867; Willis J., b. 18C8 ; Nellie 
B., b. 1869; Fred, b. 1871, d. young; Emma L., b. 1872; Bernard L., b. 1874; 
George A., b. 1876; Fred, b. 1880. 

11. ABIJAH, son of Reuben (8), m. (1) 16 Aug., 1789, Lydia, dau. of Thomas 
Clark, b. 12 April, 1768, she d. 19 March, 1801 ; m. (2) 6 March, 1803, Sally, 
dau. of Daniel Fitts, b. 18 Dec, 1779, d. 12 April, 1847; residence. Ox. and 
Charlton, removed to New York State, d. 10 May, 1856, at Griffinsville. . . . 
Children: Cyrus, b. 30 Nov., 1789, assessor, an ingenious mechanic, land 
surveyor, millwright, musician, good citizen, m. 10 Sept., 1810, Betsey, dau. 
of Capt. Samuel Lamb of Charlton, b. 18 April, 1788, d. aged 76, 13 Sept., 1864, 
he d. 19 April, 1863 ; had Selana, b. 20 Jan., 1812, m. Jan., 1835, Jonas Tolinan ; 
Harvey, b. 8 April, 1792, m. Esther, dau. of Aaron Hammond of Charlton, 
removed to Hartlaud, Vt., farmer, d. 7 Dec, 1869; had Julius, m. and settled 
at Hartlaud ; Harriet; John, d. ; Clara, who resides with her sister Harriet at 
the homestead; ch. by second m. : Amy, b. 29 June, 1810, d. 1812; Perky, b. 
28 April, 1814, m. Ruth, dau. of John Stevens of Charlton, removed to New 
York State and thence to Iowa, d. 1883, had ch. ; Sally, b. 24 May, 1819, m. 
Albiu Munyan, residence, Thompson, Conn.; had Ida E., b. 26 Aug., 1856, 
m. 1882, Irving Johnson of Thompson. 

12. CHARLES, son of Samuel (7), m. 1792 Lucy Hooker of Sturbridgc ; 
settled at Charlton. . . . Children: Augusta, b. 20 March, 1793, m. Harvey 
Stetson, settled at Charlton, removed to Woodstock, Conn., where both d. ; 

had ch. ; Diana, b. 24 March, 1795, m. (1) Farnum of Charlton, had 

ch. ; m. (2j William Pierce of Rochester, N. Y., had ch. ; she d. at Charlton. 
Grosvenor, b. 10 Dec, 1797, m. Fanny Walker of Brooktleld, settled at 
Charlton, removed to Sturbridge and Brookfield where he d. ; she d. at Stur- 
bridge, had ch. ; Charles, b. 11 April, 1800, d. young; Sarah Dana, b. 10 
May, 1802, m. Otis Newell of Spencer, resided at Charlton and Si)encer; 
she d. at Southbridge, had ch. ; Maky Lucy, b. 13 May, 1804, m. William 

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578 LAMB. — LAMSON. 

Bcmis of Spencer where they settled, he d., she resides, 1891, at S., had 
chil. ; Ememne, b. 17 Sept., 1806, m. John Smith of Sturbridgc where they 
settled and both d., liad ch. ; Sabuina, b. 3 March, 1809, m. Jonathan H. 
Learned of Ox.; they had Charles 6?., resided at Stoneboro', Pa., where the 
mother d. ; Ciiaklotte (m. Freeman Prince), and Charles, b. 13 Sept., 1811 ; 
Samuel H., b. 3 Oct., 1813, d. young; Betsey, b. 14 Feb., 181G, d. young; 
Soi'HRONiA, b. 19 Dec, 1818, m. John Carney of Webster where they settled, 
he d., she resided 1891 at W. 

13. CHARLES, son of Charles (12), m. 21 Sept., 1835, Laura, dau. of Ly- 
man Wctherell, residence. Ox., carpenter. She d. 18 May, 1890. . . . Chil- 
dren: Charles H., b. 18 Feb., 1837, m. Ruth E. Bemis of Spencer, soldier 
in the late war; he d. 7 Oct., 1880, at Ox.; they had Martha J., b. 4 Aug., 
1858, at Charlton; William B., b. 3 March, 1861, resided 1891 at Bingham- 
ton, N. Y. ; aeorge H., b. 17 Aug., 1868; Mahel, b. 1870, d. soon; Emma, 
b. 6Jan., 1841, m. Issachar Shumway ; George L., b. 12 March, 1842, m. 
1866, Anne P. Watson of Binghamton, N. Y., where they settled, had ch. ; 
Ella J., b. 1850, d. 1851. 

14. EBENEZER, of Charlton, son of Ebenezer and grandson of Ebeuezer 
(4), b. 21 July, 1774, m. (1) 21 Feb., 1802, Rachel Wheelock, settled at Charl- 
ton, she d. 1813; m. (2) 15 June, 1814, Vashtia Clark, b. 16 July, 1778, d. 23 
Aug., 1858. He d. 24 July, 1836. . . . Children, by first m. : Slmeon, b. 23 
Oct., 1803, d. 1883; Calvin, b. 5 July, 1805, residence 1883 at Charlton; 
Cyrus, b. 1807, d. 1815; Francis, b. 5 Sept., 1809, d. 24 Jan., 1882; Aaron, 
b. 1 April, 1813; by second m. : Pamelia D., b. 3 April, 1815, m. 4 May, 1834, 
Henry Clark, she d. 26 July, 1876; Cyrus, b. 2 Nov., 1818, d. 12 April, 1882. 

LIBERTY, b. 7 April, 1799, son of Josiah Q. of Leicester, m. intentions 5 
Oct., 1822, Harriet A., dau. of Samuel Stone, residence, Leicester, removed 
1834 to the Stone homestead, H. 102; d. 1 April, 1876, she d. 11 Feb., 1871; 
millwright, farmer, selectman. . . . Children, b. at Leicester: Josiah Q., b. 
9 May, 1823, m. 29 Aug., 1848, Emily, dau. of Dwight Biscoe of Leicester, 
residence, Webster; had Clara A., m. William Morris, had ch. ; Buth A., 
m. Charles Klebart, had ch. ; Charles C, b. 22 Jan., 1825, residence, Roch- 
dale, lumber dealer, unm. ; Liberty, b. 6 Dec, 1826, m. 20 June, 1849, Diana 
E. Arnold of Douglas; ch. : Lilian, b. 13 Jan., 1854, m. 22 Feb., 1881, Asa J. 
Tuck, residence, Lake Village, N. H., had ch. ; Henry, b. 8 Aug., 1828, m. 19 
Feb., 1850, Mary Rockwood of Leicester, residence. Ox., he d. 19 Feb., 1888, 
at Rochdale; ch. Elizabeth, b. 1 April, 1852, m. 22 Dec, 1870, William J. 
Lamb., who d. Sept., 1883; had Harriet, b. Aug., 1872; Etta, b. 12 May, 1859. 
ra. 17 May, 1877, William L. Lamb, residence, Auburn; Elbridge G., b. 25 
May, 1830, m. May, 1852, Maria Converse of Leicester, residence, Webster, 
he d. 11 Feb., 1882; ch. Flora A., m. Owen Bigclow; Ida Ma;/, m. Leon Jill- 
.son; Ellen J., b. 27 Nov., 1831, m. 1 Jan., 1866, Eratus Biirlinghani, Metho- 
dist minister; John, b. 1833, d. 1834; John, b. 7 Oct., 1834, at Ox., m. Mrs. 
Alice Morrison, m. n. Washburn, of Worcester, no ch., he d. 3 May, 1884, at 
the homestead, selectman; Frances Ann, b. 1836, d. 1838; Frances Ann, b. 
25 Sept., 1838, m. 15 Jan., 1861, Frederick A. Lyon of Leicester; ch. Hannah 
J., b. 15 Nov., 1865; George F., b. 21 Oct., 1868. 

WIDOW, aged 85, d. 1 June, 1834. 

WIDOW, aged 93, d. 28 Jan., 1838. 

LAMSON, EBENEZER, son of Timothy, of Concord, b. 13 April, 1741, 
truilition says the emigrant ancestor was from Ireland; being a relative. 



LAMSON. — LANAHAN. 579 

Capt. Isaac Ilartwell of North Gore became his guardian ; lived with him in 
his youth, and had only a common school education. He m. 28 April, 1763, 
Ruth, dan. of Joseph Phillips of Prospect Hill, attended " meeting" at Charl- 
ton, Baptist, and under Elder Green's preaching he and his wife were con- 
verted. He soon began preacliing; in 1778 was at Ashford, Conn., and soon 
after at Sutton. The Lamson genealogy says he preached as a Baptist 
22 years. He afterward was a Universalist. Spent his later years at 
Mt. Washington, where his son Isaac resided. In 1824 there was a great 
4th of July celebration on Mt. Everett, the highest point in southern 
Berkshire, at which Mr. Lamson gave the principal address, recited 
many Revolutionary anecdotes and sang patriotic songs, greatly to the 
delight of the audience. He d. 4 July, 1834, at Mt. Washington, . . . Chil- 
dren, b. at Charlton: Isaac, b. 19 Feb., 1764, m. (1) 1784, Keziah Sharp of 
Ashford, settled at Charlton, eight ch. ; m. (2) 1805, Deborah Pray of Ox., 
four ch. ; m. (3) 1814, Mrs. Waitstill Patterson, four ch. ; he d. 24 Jan., 
1844; Mary, b. 2 Sept., 1765, m. 1780, Thomas Smith of Sutton, four ch. ; 
William, b. 21 Aug., 1767, m. 1 Jan., 1793, Hannah Tucker of Charlton, 
and liad Harvey, b. 29 April, 1794; William, b. 20 May, 1798; the mother d. 
22 Aug., 1803; merchant in Ox. several years, removed to New Bo.ston, 
Conn., where he continued trade, m. (2) Susan Goodell, and d. there; 
Ebenezer, b. 5 Aug., 1770, m. (1) 5 May, 1798, Huldah Gould of Sutton; they 
had Lyric, b. 25 March, 1799, m. 2 May, 1824, Caroline Howe; Lovisa, b. 25 
March, 1801; Huldah, the mother, d. 21 July, 1801; m. (2) 28 Aug., 1802, 
Elizabeth Rich of Charlton; they had Tirzah, b. 15 Feb., 1804, at Ox., m. 
Capt. Thomas Nichols; David R., b. 6 June, 1806, at Charlton, lost a leg in a 
woolen mill at Woon.socket, K. I., later Unitarian minister at Berlin, m. Mary 
Smith of West Boylstou, had three daughters; d. 2 July, 1886, at Oakdale; 
Mai-y E., b. 15 May, 1808, m. Joseph Woodbury of Charlton, eight ch. ; James 
M., b. 9 Oct., 1810, m. intentions 24 Dec, 1847, Luann Darling, no ch. ; Horace, 
b. 13 April, 1813, m. Irene Gale of Charlton, three ch., he d. aged 78, 7 June, 
1886; Huldah G., b. 16 Oct., 1815, m. Gilbert Rich of Charlton, three ch. ; Lu- 
cien B. and Lucinda, b. 21 June, 1818, at Ox.; Lucinda m. Estes Darling; 
Susan B., b. 13 Feb., 1831, m. Samuel R. Leland of Charlton, two daughters; 
Timothy, b. 10 March, 1774, m. 29 May, 1798, Betsey Boyce of Sutton; coroner 
in 1805, trader in 1806 in Sutton, removed before March, 1808, to Ox., land sur- 
veyor and good school teacher ; removed after three or four years to Thomp- 
son, Conn, where he was an innkeeper; d. 4 March, 1814, at Thompson ; family 

removed to Providence, R. I. His eldest daughter Mary m. Elliot, 

steward at Brown University; their other children were Ebenezer, Matilda, 
Miranda. Ruth, 1). 6 Nov., 1775, m. March, 1797, Samuel Davis, Jr., of Ox., 
no ch. ; Tirzah, b. 28 Oct., 1779, m. Jonathan Sibley, no ch. ; Horace, b. 
24 Aug., 1782, m. 1 Jan., 1810, Anna Maun of Orrington, Me., removed to Can- 
andaigua, N. Y., and d. 1 Aug., 1821, leaving one son. 

2. LUCIEN B., son of Ebenezer, m. 10 Dec, 1845, Mary Ann E. Taft; he 
d. 29 Aug., 1852, at Ox. ; they had Lucien B., b. 31 Oct., 1846; Harry, b. 17 
Nov., 1851 ; all reside at Providence, R. I. 

MOLLY, of North Gore, and James Gray, m. 24 Jan., 1765. 

SYLVANUS II., aged 23, d. 8 Sept., 1844. 

LANAHAN, WILLIAM, aged 59, d. 31 May, 1874. 
BRIDGET, aged 49, d. 30 Sept., 1874. 



r)80 LANDRAOAN. LARNED. 

LANDRAGAN, PETEK, and Margaret Wilkinson, ra. int. 7 Nov., 1836. 

LANGDON, ANN (Irish), aged 36, d. 10 Oct., 1868. 

LARKIN, WILLIAM, b. 28 Dec, 1791, :it Hoylstoii (?), son of Edmund of 
Woodstock, Conn., came from Lancaster to Ox. in 1840, m. (I) Mehetable, 
widow (jf Daniel II. Humphrey, m. n. Elliott, of Dudley, she d. 22 Sept., 1824, 
at Lancaster, m. (2) Mary W. Ball of Northboro', he d. aged 70, 2 Aug., 1868. 
. . . Children by first m. : W. Sa.mpson, b. 17 Jan., 18 IG, at Berlin, residence, 
Hackney Grove, la., where he had eh. and d. ; Lucetta B., b. 11 Oct., 1818, 
at Lancaster, ra. Silas, son of Ebenezer Fitts; Mkhrtable H., b. 26 Nov.. 
1820, at Lancaster, m. Charles R. Carlton; ch. by second ra. : Francis E., b. 
20 Dec, 1828, m. 25 Nov., 1852, Ellen S., dau. of Levi Butler, he d. 26 June, 
1882; they had Levi F., b. and d. 1855; E. Inez, b. 13 Nov., 1856; Elmer H., 
b. 2!) Aug., 1859, m. 29 Nov., 1883, Eva A., dau. of Sumner Sparhawk, and 
had Lida F., b. 26 Feb., 1885; Mary S., b. 21 Feb., 1830, ra. Jaraes H. 
Rohbiiis of Thompson, Conn. [See Robbins.] 

LARNED, LEARNED. The emigrant ancestor of the Ox. families was 
WILLIAM, from Bermoudsey parish, Surrey, England, of Charlestown in 
1632, freeman in 1634, selectman in 1636, removed in 1641 to Wo))urn, where 
he was selectman; Isaac, his son, b. in England, probably came with his 
father, was freeman 1647, m. 9 July, 1646, Mary Stearns, lived at Woburn 
and Chelmsford, had a son Isaac, who was in the Narragansett war 19 Dec, 
1675, in Capt. Davenport's company, wounded, m. 23 July, 1000, Sarah, dau. 
of John Bigelow, settled at Framingham and had 11 ch. ; among them Isaac, 
b. 10 May, 1680, one of the 30 English settlers at Ox. ; William, b. 12 Feb., 
1088, settled at Thompson, Conn.; Ebenezer, b. 31 Aug., 1090, came with 
his brother Isaac to Ox. [Isaac and William and their descendants wrote 
Lamed, Ebenezer and family wrote Learned.'] 

ISAAC, son of Isaac, m. 19 Nov., 1706, at Framingham, Sarah, dau. of 
John How, b. 24 Dec, 1686. He was a worthy, substantial, useful citizen, 
Lieut., land surveyor, considerably in public life, constituent member of the 
Church, between 1717 and 1743 14 years selectman, six years town clerk, 
resided on Johnson's Plain, H. 64, d. 20 May, 1753. . . . Children: Josiah, 
b. 1 Dec, 1707, at Framingham, m. 31 Jan., 1732, Catherine Rice of Ox., 
removed to New Salem, he d. 20 Fel)., 1784, she d. 28 Jan., 1793; had 
Catherine, h. 18 Feb., 1733, m. 29 June, 1761, Reuben Barton; Josiah, b. 12 
Sept., 1735; Samuel, b. 18 May, 1738, soldier in the French and Revolutionary 
wars, m. 12 June, 1760, Mehetable Town, settled at Ox., in 1781 resided at 
Ashfoi-d, Conn., said to have been over 100 years old at her death; they had 
Ruth, b. 1761, d. 1768; Samuel, b. 1764, d. 1769; Susannah, b. 1766, d. 1768; 
Mara, b. 8 Nov., 1768; Samuel, b. 8 May, 1771; Moses, b. 29 Aug., 1740, m. at 
New Salem, removed to Orford, N. II., where he d. 1823; Xehemiah, b. 28 
March, 1743; HYWiajJi, b. 26 Sept., 1740; JE-.-fiXfe/, b. 18 March, 1749 ; Sarah, 
b. 5 April, 1753; Isaac, b. 2 Oct., 1709, at Framingham; Experience, 1). 29 
July, 1711, at Framingham, m. Jeremiah Shumway; John, b. about 1714, at 
Ox. ; Mary, b. 4 May, 1716Ci'), m. John Mayo; Sarah, b. 8 June, 1718, m. 19 
Feb., 1735, Samuel Shumway, and settled at Sturbridge; Elizabeth, b. 13 
May, 1720, m. William Davis; Samuel, b. 1722, d. 1741; Joseph, b. 27 Nov., 
1724, ra. intentions Dec, 1746, Hannah Jones of Hopkinton [Joseph Larued 
and Hannah Chcever, ra. intentions Jan., 1748. Learned Genealogy says he 



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removed to Andover, Conn.], he was of Lebanon, Conn., in 1753; Lols, b. 1 
Dec, 1726, m. William Laml) ; Hannah, b. 12 July, 1730, m. 25 Aug., 1748, 
Samuel Robinson of Dudley. 

2. ISAAC, son of Isaac (1), m. (1) 1 Jan., 1736, Elizabeth Jones of Hop- 
kinton, she d. 4 Dec, 1752, m. (2) Mrs. Mary Leavens, she d. 16 May, 1789, 
he d. aged 90, 15 Aug., 1799, Lieut, of militia. . . Children: Jean, b. 29 

Nov., 1736, m. (1) Guild, m. (2) Newton, .she d. March, 1814; 

Isaac, b. 23 Jan , 1738, d. 24 Oct., 1756, at Albany, N. Y., soldier in the French 
war; Hezekiah, b. 21 Oct., 1739, Revolutionary soldier from Upton, m. Lydia 
Pelham of Upton, settled at Upton, removed to Douglas, was harmlessly 
insane, as were some of his ch., he d. Jan., 1821; they had Hezekiah, num., 
Isaac, num., Benjamin, 1). 27 Feb., 1776, m. 23 July, 1796, Mary March of 
Douglas, resided at Readsboro' and Whitingham, Vt., Douglas and Ox., and 
had Sibyl, b. 1798, at Douglas, James, b. 1800, Roxana, b. 1802, Ebenezer, b. 
1804. Merrick, b. 1806, Mary, b. 1809, Dulcenia, b. 1811, Alonzo, b. 1813, Lucy 
A., b. 9 Feb., 1817, m. Lewis A. Johnson of Ox., Benjamin (?); Lavina, m. 
Ebenezer Cook of Douglas, had a large family, the eldest, Ira, lived in Ox. ; 
Lydia, d. unm. at Douglas; John, b. 30 Oct., 1741; Elizabeth, b. 26 Feb., 
1744, m. 1 Nov., 1771, Moses Fay of New Rutland; Maky, b. 4 Feb., 1746, m. 

(1) Stowell, m. (2) Beldiug; Abigail and Martha, b. 16 Jan., 

1748, Abigail, d. 1767, Martha, d. 1749; Asa, b. 17 Feb., 1750; Simpson, b. 
1752, d. 1756; Hannah, b. 1754, d. 1756; Hannah, b. 9 Feb., 17.-)7, m. Joseph 
Reed of Ox. ; Isaac, b. 5 Feb., 1760, m. (1) Rachel Phillips of Sturbridge, m. 
(2) Mary Austin, removed to Vermont, 8 ch., d. 19 June, 1827, soldier in the 
Revolutionary war and in Saratoga battles [The rolls give both Isaac" and 
Isaac, Jr., one was bombardier in 8th Co., Artillery, Capt. Todd] ; Lois, b. 25 
April, 1762, m. 17 Dec, 1779, Scth Tucker of Charlton. 

3. JOHN, son of Isaac (2), Revolutionary .soldier, m. Abigail, dan. of 
Joseph Davis, she d. aged 72, 1 June, 1812, he d 23 Feb., 1830, resided in the 
south part of Ox., now Webster. . . . Children: Simpson, b. 13 Oct., 1769, 
m. (1) May, 1797, Sally, dau. of Collins Moore, no ch., m. (2) 1846, Polly 
Hewett, farmer, settled on Prospect Hill, removed 1806 to Dudley, d. 12 May, 
1859; Davis, b. 20 May, 1772, m. (1) Nov., 1802, Betsey Upham of Dudley, 
m. (2) intentions 3 Nov., 1810, Mary, dau. of Ambrose Stone of Ox., lived 
with Simpson at Nf)rth Ox. and later near him in Dudley ; ch. : Sally, b. 1803, 
Elizabeth, b. 1804, Hannah, b. 1806, d. 1835; Betsey U., b. 1809, d. 1835; 
Davis, h. 1812, m. Ruth, his cousin, dau. of John Larned of Ox., d. 1860; 
Andrew, d. young, John A., b. 1816, Mary S., b. 1818, d. 1874; Abel, b. 1774, 
d. 1776; John, b. 18 Jan., 1776; Abigail, b. 8 Feb., 1778, d. unm. 4 Nov., 
1822; Ruth, b. 19 Aug., 1780, d. unm. 3 Jan., 1809. 

4. JOHN, sou of John (3), m. (1) 15 Dec, 1802, Susanna, dau. of Collins 
Moore, she d. 2 June, 1811, m. (2) 17 Aug., 1812, Susanna, dau. of Rev. Isaac 
Stone of Douglas, resided on the homestead, d. 16 June, 1861. . . . Children: 
Abigail, b. 15 Nov., 1803, d. unm. 7 Fel)., 1870; Abel, b. 11 June, 1805, m. 
28 Oct., 183fH Sarah, dau. of Josiah Corbin of Dudley, he d. Oct., 1862; had 
Susanna, b *^832, d. unm. ; S. Jane, b. 1834, m. Hamilton Ballard, residence, 
Indianapol ' ^ Ind. ; H. Elizabeth, b. 1835, d. num.; A. Frances, b. 1837; 
George C..'^^^^I840, Hezekiah C, b. 1844, both reside at Worcester, machinists; 
Simpson, >'• «06, d. 1813; Susanna, b. 30 March, 1808, m. 14 Nov., 1834, 
Rev. Geo. ''^ Champion of Colchester, Conn., went as missionaries to the 
Zulu coun"''itO|go„th Africa, he d. 17 Dec, 1841, at Santa Cruz, W. I., she 



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d. 8 July, 184(1, at Boston, had 4 cli., all d. younnc, exceptina: Henry, b. 8 
Nov., 1838, liraduated at Yale, ni. at New Haven, Conn., went to Minnesota 
for his health, d. there in young manhood; eh. by second m. : Ruth, b. I 
.June, 1813, m. 18 Nov., 18-2, Davis Larned of Dudley, her cousin; Mosks, 
1). 11 Dec, 1814, resided on the homestead, m. (1) 11 Feb., 1841, Dolly White 
of Wi-st Boylston, and had Aufjusta, h. 8 June, 1847, m. 1870, Augustus C. 
Lapham of Mlllbury; m. (2) 24 Nov., 1863, Martha E., dau. of Jeremiah 
Eddy of Webster; Si.mpson, b. 2 Nov., 1817, left home in young manhood, 
not heard from. 

5. ASA, son of Lsaac (2), m. 7 May, 1770, Mary Child, he d. 31 July, 1813, 
she d. 1822, lived in the south part of Ox., now Webster, H. 49. . . .Cliihlren : 
Dolly, b. '> March, 1777, m. 25 Nov., 1810, John, son of Dea. John Davis, 
she d. 24 Oct., 1852, at Montague, he d. 7 Feb., 1862; they had Larned, b. 
1811, at Montague, residence, Mt. Palatine, 111. ; Elisha, b. 1813, m. Mary C, 
his cousin, dau. of Daniel Larned; Susan, b. 1818, d. 1823; Sylvia, b. 1819, d. 
1823; Jonas, b. 2 June, 1778; Rurus, b. 10 Feb., 1780; Asa, b. 27 April, 1782, 
m. (1) March, 1806, Anna Sherman, .she d. 30 June, 1820, m. (2) 1822, Mrs. 
Mercy Taft, m. n. Slockwell, of Sutton, she d. 19 Dec, 1860, at Prescott, he 
d. 5 Sept., 1849, resided at Langdon, N. H., and Shutesbury, 6 ch., of wliom 
Bitfus, b. 1 May, 1811, now living in Shutesbury or Leverett, m., has ch. ; 
LcAcis T., 1). 25 April, 1824, at Shutesbury, m., residence, Chatsworth, 111. ; 
Danikl, b. 23 March, 1784, m. 1806, Martha Miller of Grafton, settled at 
Weachersfield, Vt., where she d. 15 April, 1821 ; had Lucy P., b. 1806, m. Peter 
Spaulding of Montague, 5 ch. ; James M., b. 1809, resided at Orford, N. H., 
auctioneer, lumber merchant, Capt. of militia, 9 ch. ; Jonas G., b. 1811; 
Franklin, b. 1814, residence, Newbury, Vt., had ch. ; Mary C, b. 1817, m. 
Elisha Davis, residence, Montague; Daniel, the father, m. (2) 1824, Ruth 
Ball of Springfield, Vt., no ch., she d. 1835, m. (3) 1S36, Persis Rice, removed 
1846 to Montague, where he d. 20 March, 1855; Samuel, b. 30 July, 1786, m. 
Tammy Stone of Wendell, he d. Sept., 1824; had iJiram, b. 1813, m. .Vbiiy 
Pennhnan at Warwick, R. I., removed to Illinois, 4 ch. ; Samuel, b. 1815, d. 
unm. 1844; Harvey, h. 1817, d. 1845, num.; Simon, b. 1819, d. 1847, unm. ; 
Asa, b. 1821, ra. at Mt. Palatine, 111., and soon after d.' \ 

6. JONAS, son of Asa (5), m. 29 April, 1817, Clarissa^obinson of Weath- 
erstield, Vt., b. 9 Feb., 1790, settled on Johnson's Plain, }H. 62, many years 
constable and collector, selectman and treasurer, a thrifty farmer, much 
respected, he d. 21 Nov., 1862, she d. 4 May, 1869, at Dudley. . . . Children: 
CiiLOK D., b. and d. 1818; Geokgk R., b. 19 Oct., 1819, m. 1 Oct., 1851, Sarah 
D. Gilbert of Catskill, N. Y., b. 26 July, 1826; had Charles U., b. 29 July, 
1852; Hmry A., b. 4 Oct., 1859; Amos, b. 23 Fel)., 1823, m. 16 Dec, 1850. 
Mrs. Harriet A. Gabriel of Hartford, Conn., settled at Hartford, in shoe trade; 
they had Clara; Charles, b. 4 May, 1825, residence, Boston, a successful 
business man, general jobbing and commission, later operator in real estate, 
furnished gratuitously for four years beginning 1884 a course of free public 
lectures in Memorial Hall, Ox.; J. Robinson, b. 10 Dec, \f^ig,f "^- E^'ther 
Bushnell, no ch., he d. Jan., 1890, at Griswold, Conn. . ^^\^ 

7. RUFUS, son of Asa (5), m. (1) 23 Nov., 1812, Ruth B. J^*"' ne/iry, she d. 
28 Jan., 1819; m. (2) 29 Oct., 1819, Elizabeth Day of Dudley^ ^- izab^I--*^'*! ^3, 7 
Aug., 1877; \\v d. 20 Aug., 1869; farmer, selectman, assess^^' ^^^^ iChildren: 

^fy, -^^^^ 

1 Perilous or this ncoril of family of Asa aud of some otliurs, are from I ' •nealc-'enealogy. 



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SoPHRONiA, 1). 10 Aug., 1813, m. 9 April, 1839, Sullivan Spencer of Sturbridge, 
removed to Diullcy; had Joseph 8., b. 1840; Mary S., b. 1841; Edwin Bufus, 
b. 1843; Amos L., b. 1852; Betsey S., b. 3 March, 1817, m. Edmund Miller; 
Sali>y C, b. 6 Jan., 1819, in. 20 June, 1838, Lewis W. Beckwith of Sarato,i,'a, 
N. Y., resided at LeRo}', Genesee Co., N. Y., farmer; had liufus H., h. 1839; 
Albert L., h. 1840; Edmund 31., b. 1842; Frad. J5., b. 1845, d. 1847; William 
I.,h. 1848; RuFus D., b. 1820, d. 1825; Hannah E., b. 31 July, 1824; Rebecca 
I)., b. 16 March, 1830. 

8. JOHN, son of Isaac (1), m. (1) 13 Sept., 1737, Hephsibah Smith, she 
d. 18 July, 1747; ni. (2) 31 Jan., 1751, Miriam Smith, shed. 2 Feb., 1803; he 
d. 8 April, 179G. He l)ought land and settled west of the river opposite his 
father's farm, and lived near the river, southeast from the Iiouse now owned 
by Orlin AUard, H. 71. His first house was ])urncd 1780; Jacob, his son, re- 
built on the same spot, and there the father died. He was captain of 
an Oxford company in the French and Indian war. His commission as 
lieutenant in John Foy's Company, 1st Regt. "Worcester Co. Militia, was dated 
24 Sept., 1756, in 1757 he was promoted to captain, in 1751, was con- 
stable and collector of the State tax. A descendant relates an incident of Capt. 
John's experience, showing the strifes in early times as to land titles. He bar- 
gained for a lot of land, which included H. 69, near his own, but before the pur- 
chase was completed learned that there was another claimant to the premises. 
The seller informed him that the pretended owner would perhaps try to get pos- 
session and desired he would prevent it if possible. As was predicted the claim- 
ant appeared and cut down and hauled together a quantity of logs for a house. 
As soon as he left, Earned sent his son John to the spot with orders to split 
every log into fence rails, which was done after a very hard day's worli. Soon 
thereafter, the claimant, who was in fact the owner, came upon the ground with 
two teams, one loaded with materials for a shanty, and the other with house- 
hold goods ; the shanty was erected, the goods set up and full possession of the 
property established. Earned thought he had run a narrow chance of losing 
his money, but as it was Continental currency his saving in that case did not 
avail him much. . . . Children: Sarah, b. 14 April, 1738, m. Nov., 1761, Isaac 
Moffltt; Eli.iah, b. 14 Nov., 1739; Hephsibah, b. 8 Feb., 1752, m. 31 Dec, 
1778, Benjamin Upham of Dudley, she d. 29 June, 1814; they had Benjamin, 
d. in Dudley, unm., an enthusiast on the subject of perpetual motion; Jlosea, 
m. Anna, dan. of Eot Marsh, and had Hosea, d. unm. in Dudley, shoe manu- 
facturer; Evelina; Samantha; Pliny, m. Catharine Schimmell of New York 
State, resided in west part of Ox., no ch. ; Harvey, m. 1839, Mary, dan. of 
Maj. Elijah Pratt, he d. 28 Nov., 1852; (had Mary A., b. 1842, m. AUiert Jacobs 
and d. 1866) ; Amos, m. (1) Polly, dau. of William Hurd of Ox., and had Will- 
iam who m. Mary, dau. of Davis Earned of Dudley, and had two sons ; m. (2) 
Lorana Robinson of Weathersfleld, Vt. ; Elihu, b. 1754, d. 1758; Jacob, b. 
1756, d. 1758; John, b. 20 June 1758; Jacob, b. 31 July, 1760; Miriam, b. 8 
March, 1764, m. 22 June, 1785, Simeon Upham of Dudley; had Martha, m. 
Briggs of Dudley; Elihu, m. Barbara Dalrympleof Dudley, large fam- 
ily; Ferley, d. num. at Dudley; Jemima, b. 6 Dec, 17G6, m. Joseph Brown of 
Thompson, Conn., later of Ox. ; Ruth, b. 7 Aug., 1769, m. Jacob Smitli. 

9. ELIJAH, son of John (8), m. 1 April, 1762, Rachel, dau. of Theodore 
Kingsbury. He d. 2 Sept., 1819, she d. 25 Feb., 1813. Settled on 75 acres 
west part of his father's farm, H. 65 ; soldier in French war and in Revolu- 
tion at Saratoga battles. . . . Children: Edward, 1). 23 July, 1762, d. num.; 



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Jonathan, b. 18 April, 1704; 1)A^^D, b. 8 Sept., 17G6; Lucy, b. 8 July, 1768, 
ni. intentions 12 April, 1791, Benjamin Cox of Barnard, Vt. ; Simon, b. 3 
July, 1770; Pf)i.LY, b. 14 July. 1772, ni. 6 April, 1790, Joseph Coburn of Charl- 
ton (?); Salkm. b. 9 Dec, 1775. 

10. DAVID, son of Elijah (9), ra. Betty, dan. of Jeremiah Araidown, 
settled near his father, was an ingenious mechanic, but crippled. Lived the 
latter part of his life in the woods on a part of his father's farm, framed a 
house, laid the sills, but not being able to raise the frame roofed it in and 
lived in it many years. She d. aged 84, 19 Jan., 1853, he d. 10 Feb., 1843. 

. . . (Jhildren: Puudella, b. 19 Sept., 1788, in Dudley, m. Joel Eddy, .sec- 
ond w., no ch. ; Jonathan, b. 18 March, 1790, in Charlton, m. and lived, and 
d. in Sturbridge; Mills, b. 1793, d. 1794; Sally, b. 27 July, 1794, d. unm. at 
Ox.; SiMKON, b. 1795, d. 1798; Bkt.sky, b. 29 Dec, 1796, m. 12 April, 1820, 
Thurlo Stimpson, removed to Ward; they had Lnvett; Erelina ; John L. ; Ed- 
loin; George; Loren E. ; Lavina, b. 1 June, 1799, m., residence, Westboro', 
d. soon; David, b. 1800, d. 1803; Alice, b. 7 June, 1805, m. 3 Nov., 1825, Ed- 
win Joslin of Thompson, Conn. ; Huldah, b. 23 Sept., 1808, m. 20 June, 1830, 
Albro Joslin of Thompson, where they d. ; they had Emily ; ElUn; Elizabeth; 
Sylvanus, b. 4 April, 1811, m. 4 Aug., 1835, Lucretia P. Wellington, he d. 3 
Jan., 1850, at Newport, N. H. ; they had Sarah A.,h. 29 June, 1830, at Mill- 
bury, m. II. I. Joslin of Webster; Clara, b. 25 April, 1838, at Waterville, 
Me. ; Jlem-y S., b. 19 Nov., 1840, at Newport, N. II., d. 10 June, 1864, at Web- 
ster; Albert, b. 1843, d. 1845, at Newport; Charles D., b. 24 Nov., 1845, at 
Newport, d. 8 July. 1872, at Webster; Edward, b. 1848, d. 1849, at Newport; 
Lucretia, the mother, m. (2) 17 Nov., 1859, Ezbon White of Webster, she d. 8 
Sept., 1885. 

11. SALEM, son of Elijah (9), m. intentions 26 Dec, 1802, Huldah, dau. 
of Daniel Harwood of Barre, b. 22 Jan., 1778(?), at Sutton, she d. 24 Sept., 
1849; m. (2) Lydia, widow of William Wellington, she d. aged 71, 25 Jan., 
1860. . . . Children: Olive, b. 13 Feb., 1803, d. unm. 10 Feb., 1877, at Ox.; 
Calkb, b. 17 April, 1806, m. intentions 19 Oct., 1827, Mrs. Lucy Hayward, he 
d. 1857, at Ox., no ch. ; Phebk, b. 27 Sept., 1808, m. 2 Dec, 1831, Harvey 
Stearns of Douglas, settled at Ox. ; had Oscar, Daniel, and another; Simeon, 
b. 1811, d. 1812; Cyrene, b. 16 July, 1813, m. (1) Nathan Trask, and had 
Charles, b. 3 July, 1836, soldier in late war, Co. G, 34th Mass. Regt. ; m. (2) 
Luther Stone of Co. E, 15th Mass. Kegt. in late war, residence, Vermont, she 
d. 5 April, 1867, no ch. ; Elias, b. 29 April, 1816, m. (1) Ursula, dau. of Jacob 
Melendy of Charlton, removed West, had ch. ; he m. (2) and resided at Edgar, 
Clay Co., Neb. ; Willakd, b. 11 July, 1818, went about 1848 to California, re- 
sided 1885 at Scott River, Siskiyou Co., unm.; Daniel A. , b. 6 Nov., 1820, 
went in 1840 to California, m. 1 June, 1860, Gennis D. Hall of Chester Co., 
Pa., residence, Stockton; had Ella 11. , Willard S., Ada S., Horace, Clara D. ; 
Sylvia, b. 7 Oct., 1823, m. 5 July, 1846, Leander C. Patch of Worcester, she 
d. 1845, no ch. 

12. JOHN, son of John (8), m. (1) 6 Dec, 1781, Martha Wakefield of 
Dudley, b. 30 March, 1760, d. 26 May, 1794; m. (2) 6 Nov., 1794, Al)igail, 
widow of Tubal Wakefield, m. n. Marsh, sister of Lot [Wakeiield was brother 
of his first w. Martha], b. 20 Sept., 1772, d. 5 March, 1841. Hod. 8 Dec, 
1844. He settled on 80 acres of the central part of his father's farm, Imilt 
the house now standing, II. 71. Was a prominent Baptist. . . . Children: 
Daniel, b. I'.t July, 1782, m. intentions 20 July, 1807, Hannah Palmer of 



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Dudley, removed to Kirby. Vt. ; he d. 23 May, 1861, at Lyndon, she d. about 
1850, at West Fairlee, Vt. , no ch. ; Abia, b. 19 Nov., 1784, in. Jesse Robinson 
of Dudley, second w., tanner, removed to Hartwick, N. Y., where she d. 21 
March, 1866, had ch. ; Theoda, b. 14 July, 1786, m. 6 Oct., 1805, Solomon, 
brother of Jesse Robinson, b. 6 June, 1786, d. 1865, at Webster, resided at 
Hartwick, where she d. 25 May, 1859, had ch. ; Martha, b. 4 Oct., 1788, 
m. 2 April, 1809, Enoch Marsh of Dudley [See Marsh], she d. 6 Oct., 18G4; 
La VINA, b. 13 July, 1793, m. Truman Head of Hartwick, deputy slierifl', had 
ch. ; William, b. 25 Oct., 1795; Ruth, b. 17 March. 1797, m. Capt. Ebenezer 
Gregory of New Lisbon. N. Y., resided, 1883, at Hartwick, one son; Lucy, b. 
13 April, 1799, d. 29 Sept., 1847, umu. ; Polly, b. 12 June, 1801, d. 22 Nov., 
1847, unm. ; SmoN, b. 22 May, 1803; Betsey, b. 28 Feb., 1806, m. 1 March, 
1836, Josiah Upham of Dudley, second w., she d. 1 Dec, 1884, at Ox. ; they 
had Andreto L., d. unm. 1879; Henry, m. Imogene Lyon of Woodstock, set- 
tled in Dudley and removed to south part of Ox. ; 1890, station agent at Ox. ; 
had Eva A., b. 13 Sept., 1873, at Dudley; George H., b. 7 May, 1879, at Ox. ; 
Nelson, m. Harriet Smith of Webster, 1883 resided in Chicago, no ch. ; 
Thomas, b. 28 Feb., 1808, m. Dolly Dean of Webster, removed to Sutton, Vt., 
where she d. ; he returned to Ox., where he d. 9 July, 1835. aged 27, one son, 
Thomas, d. in young manhood; Zknas M., b. 21 Feb., 1811; Nancy, b. 19 
Nov., 1812, m. Ono E. Humphrey; Samuel, b. 20 July, 1815, m. 20 Dec, 1837, 
Nancy M. Wakefield of Dudley, removed 1862 to Ox. and resided at the Will- 
iam Hurd place, H. 60; ch. : John E., b. 27 Feb., 1842, at Dudley ; Cyrus, b. 24 
July, 1844, at Dudley, soldier in the late war, d. 1 Sept., 1862, at Washington, 
D. C. ; George A., b. 3 March, 1855, at Dudley. 

13. WILLIAM, son of John (12), m. intentions 7 Nov., 1818, Henrietta 
Adams of Dudley, settled in Ox., removed to Barton, Vt., returned 1841 to 
Ox. and went, 1862, with his son William Merrick, to Cassville, Wis., where 
he was killed by railroad cars 6 May, 1887; she d. about 1873. . . . Children: 
Adaline, b. 21 July, 1820, at Ox., m. 15 April, 1841, Osborn Ward, settled at 
Danville, Vt., residence, 1883, St. Johnsbury, no ch. ; Wh^liam Merrick, )>. 
13 June, 1824, at Dudley, m. (1) 9 April, 1848, Lucy Melendy of Charlton, re- 
moved 1862 to Wisconsin, Avhere she d. ; m. (2) Emily Coburn ; Abigail, b. 
24 Sept., 1828, at Ox., m. 11 May, 1845, Abel Davis of Ox. ; Chester A., b. 
19 Feb., 1830, at Barton, Vt., m. 24 Sept., 1863, Selina Sherburn, at Wheelock, 
Vt., removed West, d. 7 Sept., 1865; Hannah T., b. 2 Nov., 1832, at Barton, 
m. 1 Jan., 1865, Horace Bradley, residence, Wheelock, Vt., had ch. ; George, 
b. 27 March, 1836, at Barton, m. 1 April, 1857, Elsie, dau. of Luther Spar- 
hawk, settled at Ox., he d. 29 June, 1864; they had Lillian A., b. 5 Jan., 1858 ; 
Georgianna M., b. 17 Jan., 18(>5; she m. (2) Joel, son of Simon Larned, cousin 
of George; C Lorana, b. 28 March, 1838, at Barton, m. 16 Oct., 1858, Harri- 
son Thompson, removed to Racine, Wis., and to Rockford, 111., thence to 
Oswego, Kan. 

14. SIMON, son of John (12), m. 22 Oct., 1832, Louisa Whittemore of 
Dudley, b. 26 July, 1805, settled in the southwest part of Ox., he d. 31 July, 
1879, she d. 25 March, 1885, aged 79. . . . Children: Abigail M., b. 9 Sept., 
1833, m. 28 Aug., 1852, William Kilgore, removed to New York State, thence 
to Michigan, no ch. ; James N., b. 20 Aug., 1835, m. 7 Aug., 1855, Delia 
Mosely, removed to Blughamton, N. Y. ; Louisa J., b. 1837, d. 1840; Joel 
W., b. 6 Aug., 1840, m. (1) 28 Oct., 1858, Sarah J. Bradford, she d. aged 36, 
3 Dec, 1871, m. (2) Elsie, widow of George Larned, his cousin; ch. by first 

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586 LAKNED. — LEARNED. 

III.: William n.,h. 8 Oct., 18G3; Leon A., b. 18 Oct., 1866, others d. young; 
Sakaii E., b. 1 June, 1842, m. Almon E. Phipps; Jane M., b. 18 July, IS'l-i, m. 
13 May, 1860, George Hinchliffe; had Charles H., b. 27 July. 1862, d. 25 Aug., 
1884; Lena J., b. 16 Dec, 1865; E.mily M., b. 23 Aug., 1847, m. II Sept., 
1872, Isaac Babson of Dedham, residence, Whitinsville, no ch. 

15. ZEN AS, son of John (12), m. (1) 31 Dec, 1834, Lucinda W. Whitucy 
of Millbury, .she d. aged 41, 28 July, 1851, lived 18 years on the homestead, 
removed to Charlton, m. (2) 31 March, 1852, Mrs. Harriet Kowe of West- 
min.ster. . . . Children by first m. : Geohgk H., b. 1836, d. 184(J; Daniel W., 
b. 12 March, 1837, removed to Indiana, m. Ilattie Black at Evansville, Ind., 
residence, St. Louis, Mo., was an officer in the late war; John F., b. 1842, d. 
1843; John II., b. 31 July, 1847, m. 2 Jan., 1871. Selina Smith of Woousocket, 
II. I., where they settled, lumber dealer, removed 1882 to Pomfret, near Put- 
nam, Conn., farmer; had Henry D., b. 1873, John W., b. 1878, Charles E., b. 
1880. 

16. JACOB, son of John (8), Revolutionary soldier, was sergt. in Capt. 
Allen Hancock's Co. 1789, m. 8 Jan., 1784, Elizabeth Atwood of Dudley, she d. 
April, 1839, he" d. Dec, 1830, both at Barnard, Vt., whither they had removed 
about 1808. He lived on the homestead, had the care of his parents in their 
old age, removed to Vt. after their death. . , . Children: Ethan, b. 22 Aug., 
1784, m. 11 July, 1803, Orinda Curtis of Thompson, Conn., and had Peter, b. 
1803, Henry, b. 1806; Lucinda, b. 25 Oct., 1786; Betsey, b. 1790, d. 1798; 
Miriam, b. 20 Sept., 1794; Lewis, b. 4 March, 1798, had a son killed at 
Gettysburg. 

HULDAH, aged 69, d. 14 Dec, 1853. 

DANIEL, and Haimah Palmer of Dudley, m. intentions 20 July, 1807. 

LEARNED, EBKNEZER, brother of Isaac, one of the 30 proprietors, 
settled at " upper falls," then the extreme north part, II. 130. In choosing this 
isolated locality he showed an independence characteristic of hini. Ills dis- 
cerning eye saw in the water-power a desirable acquisition, and building a 
house with a palisade about it for protection and a saw-mill at the falls he lived 
and died here. His dwelling, considerably enlarged since first built, is still 
standing and is among the oldest houses iu the town. Of his military history 
we have no record, he was, hoAvever, an ofi^icer in the militui from 1718 to 1750, 
and was known in all the region iu his later life as "Colonel Learned." He 
was active in public allairs, a constituent member of the Church, and on the 
completion of the second Meeting-house at the north common 17 Nov., 1752, 
perhaps as donor of the building spot, had the first choice of the pews. He 
and his son-in-law, Edward Davis, were owners of large tracts of land in the 
northerly part of Oxford and Charlton. He also owned land in the North 
Gore and on Prospect Hill. Between 1717 [then aged 27] and 1756 he was 32 
yeai's selectman, many years the chairman, and between 1726 and 1762, 15 
years moderator at the annual meeting; in 1718 Ensign, iu 1726 Captain, in 
1744 Major, and in 1747 Colonel; in 1731 and 1751 he was representative; 
justice of the peace. In 1749 a controversy arose in Brooktleld involving the 
location of a Meeting-house. The matter was referred to three " uninterested 
worthy g(mtleinen;" of this committee Col. Learned was chairman. In his 
Avill he becpieathed more than 1000 acres of land to his sons Ebi iiezer and 
Jeremiah, and the homestead, which was a very large tract, to Jeremiah, on 
condition that he maintain his mother and the black servant Mingo, he 



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LEARNED. 587 

" findin,i>- everything necessary and convenient for his mother according to 
her rank and circumstance." 

He ra. 14 Oct., 1714, Deborah Haynes, dan. of John and Ruth, b. 30 Jan., 
1690, at Sudbury, she d. 21 Aug., 1777, he d. 15 March, 1772. . . . Children: 
Dorothy, b. 28 July, 1715, m. Elijah Moore; IIuth, b. 5 April, 1717, ni. 
Samuel Davis; Abigail, b. 7 April, 1719, m. Edward Davis; Dkbokaii, b. G 
July, 1721, d. 21 Aug., 1736; Mautha, b. 1724, d. 1729; Mauy, b. 10 Feb., 
1726, m. llichard Moore, Jr.; Ebenezkr, b. 18 April, 1728; Comfout, b. 11 
July, \1?,0, m. 18 May, 1749, Capt. Samuel Mower of Worcester, she d. 11 
May, 1765; Jeremiah, b. 12 Jan., 1733. 

2. EBENEZER, son of Ebenezer (1), 
inherited military tastes and became in 
those matters by far the most noted man 
^777 of the town. He was early in the Oxford 
Company under Capt. Edward Davis, and when the French and Indian war 
came on was very influential in enlisting men, and at 28 years of age took 
command of a company raised for the service. Of his early life little is 
known, but there is evidence that he gave very little attention to study. On 
27 Nov., 1750, his father deeded to him 200 acres of land on Prospect Hill, 
where he soon built the house now standing, H. 126. 

While preparations for the northern expedition were in progress Col. Chand- 
ler wrote to the authorities at Boston as follows : — 

"Worcester, J^pr. 22, 1756". 
''The bearer, Capt. Ebenezer Learned, is to haA^e command of a company 
of men in Col. Ruggles' Regiment, and as guns and stores will be wanted for 
his company he will engage to bring them up if you please. . . . "What 
Learned engages to do will be faithfully done." [Mass. Archives, LXXV., 
536.] 

During the summer of 1756 he enlisted, equipped and drilled his company, 
with the valuable aid, as tradition informs us, of Rev. John Campbell, who 
was skilled in military tactics, and on the ninth of September we And him at 
the head of 51 men, at Lake George, whither he had marclied from Oxford. 
Of tlie details of his services here we have very little. Mr. Jennison in his 
papers, now in the archives of the American Antiquarian Society of Worces- 
ter, says he served from 1756 to 1763, and was at Fort Edward when Fort 
William Henry was beleaguered and marched witliout orders to its relief. 
There is reason, however, to believe that he returned home as early as 1758 
as he was elected selectman in that year and each year following to 1764. 

In Mass. Archives, B. LXXVIII., p. 242, appears a petition to tlie authori- 
ties setting forth that when he was in his Majesty's service in 1757, he " was 
taken bad with the small pox," and was put into the hospital at Fort Edward 
and continued there 28 days at a large expense to himself, asking remunera- 
tion, wliich was voted. 

From tlie northern campaigns he returned to his farm where he for Ave 
years kept a public house, and as a town odicer entered considerably into 
public business. The trouliles with the mother country began soon, and in 
the excitement which foUoweil he took a decided stand with the patriots and 
otiicially was active in influencing the doings of the town in that period of 
doubt and perplexity. In 1773 he was appointed agent of the town to sue 
for and collect the stock of ammunition yet outstanding, which service he 
did. When hostilities began he entered heartily into the contest, doing 



588 LKARNED. 

efricifiil sf-rvice, of wliich some account may bo foiinrl under Revolutionary 
History. 

His patrif)tism has lujvcr been questioned. He was unwaverinir in liis 
devotion to his country, standing almost alone in his family and among the 
people of his neighborhood in his loyalty, and at the time of the Shays 
rebellion was almost the only man in his section of the town who adhered to 
the government. He was a marked man in this controversy and, as related, 
the Shays men decided on a certain night to pay him a visit. Having heard 
of their plan he toolv down a favorite gun, which he had carried in his 
Revolutionary campaigns, and procuring a musket for his son-in-law, .Vdjutant 
Pray, put them in order and loaded them with powder and ball, making no 
secret of what he had done. The visit was indefinitely postponed. 

Gen. Learned was prominent in civil affairs, 25 years between 1758 and 1794 
selectman, moderator several years, 1772 one of a committee of three to make 
answer to the petition of the inhabitants of the northeasterly part of the 
town, who, with parts of Worcester, Leicester and Sutton, asked to be set off 
as an independent corporation, later Ward; in 1778 he was chosen one of the 
first board of assessors, the selectmen having previously acted in that capaci- 
ty, in 1779 delegate to the convention at Caml)ridge for forming a State gov- 
ernment, and in 1783 representative. In Aug., 1776, the Court of Sessions at 
Worcester appointed him one of a committee to superintend the inoculating 
hosi)itals in Worcester County. He was a justice of the peace and ollicially 
presi'ut at the terms of court at Worcester for 1776, 1778, 1780 and 1783, and 
every year from 1787 to 1795. 

He was one of the original proprietors of the town of Livcrmore, Me., 
which Avas granted to soldiers in the French war, and aided in dividing the 
lands to the settlers. A pension was granted to him for disability "com- 
mencing from 1793 and continuing until his death, 1801." 

He received from his father the laud on which the village known as 
"Texas" stands. Selling his farm on the hill he removed soon after his 
return from the war to a house, now taken away, Avhich stood on a small rise 
of ground near the river a short distance north of the present Texas Village, 
and lived there until he had ])uilt the mansion known as the " Learned House," 
now standing, H. 117. In person he is said to have been above the average 
in size, erect, and in manner sedate and dignified. He was esteemed as a 
townsman and as a neighbor, was an efficient member of the Church, a con- 
.stant attendant on public worship and for many years active in ecclesiastical 
affairs. The late George W. Ilartwell, speaking of him said: "My 
father" (Samuel Ilartwell, Es(i., a uuiu of ability and intelligence, and inti- 
nuitely ac(|uainted with the General), " uniforndy spoke of liim with the 
greatest respect, and as I know held liim in tlu' higliest esteem." He also 
n^niarki'd that Samuel Stone, Commissary under Leanu^d, had a like regard 
for the old soldier. General Learned possessed the prereciuisites of a great 
soldier, and so far as he had opportunity developed those qualities, and 
although hampered by a lack of early educational advantages, and in later 
yc^ars l)y ill health which cut short his service, he was al)le to establish for 
himself a woi'thy military reputation. Whatever his faults may have been 
no liiiit of tiiem appears in the records. We may point with pride to the 
aeliievements of tliose two autumnal days in 1777 and say that in those 
terril)le conflicts, when as it were the fate of our country was trembling in 
the balance, hi' did in his spiiere invalual)le service, and there earnt^d for 
himself the gratitude ami honorable rememl)rance of succeeding generations. 



LEARNED. 589 

He m. (1) 5 Oct., 1749, Jorusha Baker, b. a])ont 1732, she d. aged 67, 22 
Feb., 1799; ra. (2) 23 May, 1800, Eliphal Putnam of Worcester. He d. 1 
April, 1801. . . . Children: Ehenkzer, 1). 3 July, 1750, lost at sea, aged about 
21 years; Dorothv, b. 24 Oct., 1751, m. James Hill of I)ou<?las; Debokah, 
b 28 March, 1755, m. (1) 7 Feb., 1775, George Rol)inson of Dudley; she m. (2) 
Ebenezer Pray; IIaynmos, 1). '.'O Sept., 1757, m. intentions 6 Sept., 1777, his 
cousin Mary, dau. of Edward Davis of Ox., lived in Ward, removed 1788 to 
Livermore, Me., soldier in Revolutionary war, marched on Lexington alarm; 
he d. 1818, says Learned Genealogy, at St. Mary's, Ga., where he had been in 
Government employ ; she d. April, 1815; they had Abigail, b. 1779; Ehenezer, 
b. 1780; Mary, b. 1782; Haynes, b. 1784; Joel, b. 1786; Sally, b. 1788; Edward, 
b. 1792, d. 1795; Jacob, b. 1795; Edward D., b. 1800; Sylvanus, b. 30 May, 
1760; .Joel, b. 3 April, 1762. d. unm. ; Abisha, b. 4 Feb., 1705, d. unm. ; David, 
b. 14 Feb., 1767, Brig. -General of Militia, removed to Maine about 1790; he 
was efficient in building up the uew settlements in the western part of the 
State, among which were Bethel, Jay and Livennore, at which place he was 
a large land owner, a leading citizen, town officer, and the first trader; in 1800 
and 1801 representative. When the county was formed he was granted the 
privilege of naming it, and called it Oxford, in honor of his native place, and 
was chosen its first sheriff. Hem. 16 March, 1788, Mary, dau. of Joseph Hurd. 
He d. 11 May, 1811, while on a voyage from New Orleans, she d. 14 Jan., 1863, 
at Livermore, aged 97. They had David H., b. 1792. d. 1802; Samuel, b. 1796, 
d. at the South, unm.; Charles D., b. 1798, lawyer in Mississippi; Maria, b. 
1799, m. Publius R. R. Pray who, with his l)rothers Ephraim and Otis, re- 
moved from Ox. to Livermore about 1810; he studied law with Judge Nelson 
in New York, settled in practice at Pearlington, Miss., and was eminent, and 
became judge; he d. 1840; Eliza, b. 1801, d. 1803; Eliza, b. 1805, d. 1870, 
num., at Livermore; Jerusha, b. 3 July, 1769, d. unm.; Rupits, b. 10 June, 
1772, m. 3 May, 1791, Mary, dau. of Ebenezer Humphrey, settled on his 
father's farm and d. 17 Jan., 1803; she m. (2) Sylvanus, brother of her first 
husband; he had by w. Mary, Ruth, b. 12 Oct., 1793, m. George Alverson; 
Ebenezer, b. 1802, d. 1806. 

3. SYLVANUS, son of Ebenezer (2), ra. (1) 9 April, 1784, Martha Davis, 
sister of w. of his brother Haynes, she d. 3 Oct., 1805; he m. (2) 26 June, 
1806, Mrs. Mary, widow of his brother Rufus, resided in a house now re- 
moved, which stood east of the river near the saw-mill, later at his father's 
mansion ; soldier in Revolutionary war, served till the close, colonel of militia, 
well versed in military tactics, of more than ordinary ability, and large in- 
formation, the best draughtsman and surveyor in the town, of fine deportment 
and pleasant address. He d. 28 May, 1826, she d. 12 Sept., 1819. . . . Chil- 
dren: LuciXDA, b. 3 Feb., 1785, m. 16 Feb., 1805, William, son of Samuel 
Campbell; Abisha, b. 5 Sept., 1786; Sylvanus, b. 21 June, 1788, ra. (1) 22 
Sept., 1816, Mary Woodbury, residence, Sutton, removed to Peruville, N. Y., 
prominent citizen, teacher, school commissioner, shed. 12 Dec, 1829; m. (2) 
2 June, 1830, at Charlton, Silence King, she d. 10 Sept., 1867, he d. 2 June, 
1870, at Lansing, Mich. ; ch. : William L., b. 1817; Edward D., b. 1821; Mar- 
tha R., b. 1825; Martha, b. 4 April, 1790, m. 22 Nov.. 1810, Charles Hooper, 
residence, Middleborough. removed to N. Rochester, he d. 14 Feb., 1867, she 
d. 24 Jan., 1858, at N. Rochester; they had Martha L., b. 1815; Charles E., 
b. 1817; Abigail D., b. 29 June, 1792, m. 25 Nov., 1813, Joshua, son of Sam- 
uel Lamb, settled at Leicester, where she d. 6 June, 1821, he d. 14 Oct., 1868, 



5110 LEARNED. 

no ch. ; DiADAMA, 1). 10. Jan., 17!»4. in. 23 Oct., 1811, Aaron Mowry of Charl- 
ton, .she d. 9 Aiiir.. IHlfi. at Ward; ch. : Learnpjl D., b. 1812; BrUjhnm IF., b. 
1813; Dinna. b. 181."); Edward D., b. 20 Sept., 179.5, d. 1796; Jekusiia, b. fi 
May, 1798, d 1 June, 1827, unm. ; LuCY, b. 23 Aug., 1800, m. 1 Nov., 1819, Asa 
McFarland, resided at Shrewsbury, where he d. 19 May, 1830, she d. 30 Sept., 
1H35, at Newton; they had Lncy ^f.. b. 1820; James II., b. 1821 ; Sarah E., b. 
1823; Asa L., b. 1825; Mary C, b. 182C; Edrmmd S., b. 1828. 

4. AHISIIA, son of Sylvanus (3), m. 23 Feb., 1816, Betsey Rand of Shrews- 
bury, 1). 21 Oct., 1789, resided at North Ox. A man of strong mind and sound 
sense, public spirited, school committee, assessor, and many years justice of 
the peace, active in Cliurch matters, owned and operated a saw-mill, and dealt 
largely in lumber. He d. 19 March, 18.54, she d. aged 91, 16 April, 1881. . . . 
Children: Cornelia M., b. 4 Dec, 1816, m. 2 Sept.. 1833, Edward Denny of 
Leicester, she d. 9 March, 1846; they had Fred L., Louisa, Sarah E., one of 
these daughters m. John C, the son of the historian Bancroft; Eliz.4Betii 
R., b. 2 Aug., 1820, d. 18 May, 1880, at Ox., unm. [See " Learned Relief 
Fund"]; Abisha S., b. 1823, d. 1825; Ellen L., b. 1831. d. 1833. 

5. JEREMIAH, son of Ebenezer (1). was prominent in public atljiirs, went 
with his brother on the expedition to Fort Edward, as ensign of Ox. company, 
promoted 1761 to captain. He was a royalist in the Revolutionary war, say- 
ing to a committee chosen to confer with him that he held several commis- 
sions under the King and could not violate his oaths of office. He was repre- 
sentative both before and after the war. State assessor in 1771, justice of the 
peace, in 1763 and for several years deputy sherifl'. in 1788 delegate to Constitu- 
tional Convention, a supporter of the Universalist Society. He m. (1) 21 
Dec, 1756, Elizabeth Hunt of Littleton, b. 3 April, 1735, d. 10 May, 1784; m. 
(2) intentions 13 July, 1785, Mrs. Mary Green of Thompson, Conn., who d. 2 
Sept., 1793, no ch. ; m. (3) 7 Oct., 1793, Dolly Barton, she d. 14 July, 1799; 
ra. (4) 3 Dec, 1799, Mrs. Esther Weaver, of Thompson, .'ihe d. Sept., 1811; 
he d. 14 June, 1812. . . . Children: Jeremiah, b. 29 Oct., 1757, physician at 
Leicester, where he d. I April, 1783, unm. ; Ben.tamin, b. 6 Oct., 1759; Eliza- 
beth, b. 14 June, 1762, ra. intentions 1 Oct., 1781, Benjamin Drury of Fran- 
cestown. N H., physician, resided at Spencer, she d. 5 July, 1820, he d. 1843, 
both at Spencer; they had Jeremiah, b. 1783; Benjamin, b. 1786; Elizabeth, b. 
1789; Mary, b. 1791; Buth, b. 1793; Varney, b. 1797; Luke, b. 1800; Mar- 
tha, b. 13 Aug., 1764, d. 24 Oct., 1786, unm. ; Jonathan H., b. 9 Nov., 1766; 
EBENKZEii, b. andd. 1769; Mary, b. 24 Dec, 1770, m. Joseph .\twood; cli. by 
tliird w. : Martha, b. 28 April, 1793, m. 18 April, 1813. Joseph Stone; Jere- 
miah, b. 10 April. 1795; Ebenkzek, b. 17 Jan.. 1797. m. 12 Nov., 1826, Naomi 
Slmmway, he d. 7 Oct., 1828. no ch., she m. (2) Erastus Evans; Steimien, b. 
28 June, 1799, d. 31 July, 1827, unm. 

6; BENJAMIN, sou of Jeremiah (5), m. intentions 7 Dec, 1781, Lydia 
Pitts of Ward, b 24 Oct., 1759, d. 9 Aug.. 1839. He d. 26 Oct., 1811. . . . 
Children: Elizabeth, b. 1 July, 1783, ni. 25 May, 1802, Maverick Jenuison of 
Ward; Jeremiah, b. 22 May, 1786, m. Sarah Aldrich of Uxbridge, she d. 13 
Sept., 1822, at Millbury, m. (2) 18 June, 1823, Charlotte T. Andrews of Green- 
wich, R. I., he d. 8 May, 1860; they had Pitts A., b. 1811 ; Sarah B., b. 1814; 
Jane M., b. 1819; Louisa, b. 1821; Charlotte C, b. 1824; Jeremiah D., b. 1825; 
Harriet W.,h. 1827; Benjamin F.,h. 1828; Emma E.,h. \mO; Prudetice C.,h. 
1832; Frances A. T., b. 1834; Marion I., b. 1836; liizpah L. A., b. 1841; Ed- 
niih v., b. 1848; Hkn.iamin, b. 16 Aug., 1788; Mary and Ebenezer, b. 25 



LEARNED. 501 

Sept., 1790; Mary, ni. 31 Auij., 1854, George Scagraves, she d. 2 July, 1878 
[town rec], no ch. ; Ebcnezer. m. 1 Oct., 1816, Mrs. Cynthia, widow of Rnfus 
Sil)ley, m. n. Wood, he d. 14 June, 1845, in Pennsylvania, she d. 187G, at Au- 
burn; they had Bufus D., b. 1817; Lucian W., b. 1819; Benjamin F., b. 1821, 
d. ; Lewis M., b. 1823; Cynthia E., b. 1826; Benjamin F., b. 1828; Mary L.,h. 
1830; Ansel 8., b. 1832; Fred H.,\>. 1837; Abi.jah, b. 18 April, 1793; Lydia, 
b. 16 Dec, 1794, d. 1796; Lydia, b. 15 June, 1797, ui. 2 May, 1827, Solomon 
Woodward of Millbury, whore she d. 1877, five ch. ; Lkwis, b. 27 July, 1799 ; 
Pkudence, b. 7 Dec, 1802. m. 19 Nov., 1823, Oliver Clapp of Millbury, Avherc 
she d. 11 Jan., 1832, four ch. 

7. BENJAMIN, sou of Benjamin (6), m. 26 Sept., 1813, Abigail Edwards, 
lie d. 29 May. 1828, she d. 26 June, 1864. . . . Children : Ebenezkk, b. 4 
April, 1814. m. 1851, Mary Smith; James, b. 20 Nov., 1815, d. 23 Sept., 1845, 
unm ; Abijah, b. 27 Feb., 1817, d. at Auburn, N. Y., 11 July, 1853, num.; 
Jekkmiah N., b. 3 April. 1819, d. 21 Aug., 1843; Otis, b. 18 Feb., 1821, d. 
1823; Abigail, b. 17 June, 1823, m. Nathaniel Emerson, third w., two ch. ; 
Otis, b. 16 Aug., 1825, ra. 13 May 1849, Roxauna Jordan of Thompson, Conn. ; 
had Emma, b. 9 June, 1851, m. 1 July, 1867, Thomas J. Greenwood of East 
Templeton; Edna E.J:). 1 April, 1856, m. 19 Aug., 1877. Alonzo J. Gale of East 
Templeton; the father m. (2) 7 Dec, 1867, Augusta Rosebrook of Ox. He 
d. 1884. 

8. JONATHAN H., son of Jeremiah (5), m. 26 April, 1787, Annis, dau. of 
Dr. Alexander Camp])ell, removed about 1788 to Winchester, N. H., where all 
his children except the first were born, returned to Ox. before Sept., 1792, 
settled in the house now standing, built by his father for him, at the junction 
of the Leicester and Worcester roads. He was a successful practitioner, a 
leading Freemason. He d. 5 June, 1810, she d. 16 June, 1830, at Albion, N. Y. 

. . . Children: Martha, b. 1787, d. 1788; Charles H., b. 1 Aug., 1789, m. 
(1) 7 April, 1811, Mary Stockwell of Ox., she d. 17 Jan., 1816; m. (2) 9 Dec, 
1822, Sabrina Wheeler of Williamstown, N. Y., he d. 30 May, 1869, at Oak 
Creek, Wis. ; they had Jonathan H., b. 24 June, 1812, at Ox., m. intentions 2 
March, 1834, Sabrina Lamb of Charlton; Lucian S. C, b. 9 Dec, 1813, at Ox., 
m. 1839, Lucy S. Lang, paper dealer in New York; ch. ))y second m. : Stephen 
H., b. 19 Nov., 1823, at Albion, N. Y. ; Samuel C, h. 12 Sept.. 1825; Harriet 
M., b. 24 June, 1827, d. 1830; Charles H., b. 16 April, 1830; Asahel C, b. 15 
March, 1834, at Brooklyn, O. ; DeWitt C, b. 23 April, 1836, at Brooklyn; 
Henry Green, b. 17 Jan., 1791; Jonathan J. DEC.,b. 2 Sept.. 1792, m. 12 
March, 1817, Clarissa C. Clark of Ward, settled at Albion. N. Y., where she d. 
20 March, 1821, lied. 10 Sept., 1822; they had Jonathan, h. 1817; Lucian C, 
b. 1819; Stephen H., b. 31 Aug., 1795; Sophia, b. 12 June, 1798, m. Alfred 
Kingsbury. 

9. HENRY G., .son of Jonathan H. (8), m. 26 March, 1816, Rliebc Pratt, b. 
23 April, 179-, he d. 7 May, 18G0, she d. 23 March, 1871, both at Shrewsbury. 

. . . Children: Henry, b. 4 Nov., 1822, ni. 28 March, 1828, H. Maria 
Wheeler of Worcester, residence. Shrewsbury; Puebe Luprela, b. 10 Sept., 
1825, m. 19 Feb., 1846, Edward B. Knight of Worcester, she d. 17 Nov., 1846; 
Sophia L., b. 27 Aug., 1827, at Leicester, m. 11 Dec, 1862, John B. Harring- 
ton of Shrewsbury; Julius, 1). 9 Dec, 1831, at Charlton, m. 2 April, 1859, 
Sarah A. Hayes of Cambridge, he d. 11 July, 1869. at Shrewsbury, 1 dan.; 
Cornelia, b. 30 Aug., 1834, at Ox., m. 28 Nov., 1867, Charles T. Barker of 
Pittstield, had ch. 



592 LEARNED. LEE. 

10. .JKKKMIAU, son <,{ JcriTiiiali (o), m. 15 April, 1818, Susannah Stock- 
well, Capt. of militia, resided at the Col. Ebenezer Learned homestead, last of 
the name who occupied it, d. 10 July, 1829, she d. 19 Oct., 1873. . . .Children: 
LoRiNG, b. 9 Nov., 1819, d. 9 Jan., 18fi2, in California, unm. ; Jerkmiah, b. 23 
April, 1821, m. 27 Dec, 1839, Jennie E. Warren of Worcester, wholesale 
grocer at Worcester, wealthy and hij;hly esteemed, d. 1889; Clarissa S., b. 6 
July, 1823, 111. Hufus G. Alverson; Susan, b. 7 Sept., 1825, ra. 14 March, 1857, 
Josepli Kcllcy of Crafton, 3 ch., he d. 18G6. 

LUCY, (lau. of William and Elizabctli, d. 29 Sept., 1757. 

EBENKZEK, son of Jeremiah and Klizabeth, d. 16 Dec. 1769. 

LUCY, and Henjamin Cox of Barnard, Vt., ni. 27 Jan., 1792. 

Widow SARAH, ae:ed 81, d. 30 Oct., 1822. 

SYLVESTER, of Ward, and Calista Sly of Wel)ster, m. 24 April, 1834. 

WILLARD, and Harriet E. Stockbridgc of Troy, N. Y., m. int. 25 Dec, 1847. 

LYDIA. ra. n. Pierce, aged 71, d. 25 Jan., 1860. 

Mrs. SARAH J., d. 3 Dec, 1871. 

LAROAM, THOMAS, son of Michael, d. 24 Aug., 1837. 

LARONY, ELLEN (Canadian), aged 44, d. 9 Oct., 1877. 

LAW, LYMAN, 1). 2 May, 1822, at Killingly, Conn., son of William, came 
to Ox. 1S43, shoe cutter, m. 14 Oct., 1845, Emily S., dan. of Caleb Pope. . . . 
Child: Francelia, 1). 5 April, 1847, m. Byron C, son of Daniel Rich. 

LAWRENCE, JOSEPH, m. intentions 23 Ai)ril, 1825, Betsey S. Putnam. 
. . . Children: Lydia N., 1). 3 May, 1826, at Ward; Sarah E., b. 2 Oct., 1827; 
Lucy C, b. 7 Sept., 1830, at Leicester. 

Wife of CHENEY A., d. aged 31, 18 July, 1835. 

ANGELINE p., and Addison Bailey, m. 5 March, 184(;. 

NANCY, dan. of Joseph, and Simeon D. Holman of Autiuni, ni. 27 .May, 1846. 

JOSEPH, son of William, drowned 20 April, 1847. 

LA VINA M., aged 12, d. 23 Aug., 1848. 

OLIVER A., son of Joseph, and Jane A. Parks, m. 3 July, 1849. 

ALMOND, aged 59, d. 2 Fel)., 1854. 

ELMIRA, aged 37, d. 14 Aug., 1860. 

JOSEPH, aged 74, son of Levi, of Auhurn, d. IS Sept., 1876. 

LEACH, MARY ANN, and Daniel R. Streeter, m. 15 Dec, 1830. 

LEAVENS, ABEL, and Estlier Muncil, m. 28 Aug., 1760. He was "ser- 
vant" to Elisha Davis and a soldier in the French war, b. about 1741. 
ElvIJAH, taxed 1771, was later of Charlton. 

LeCLAIR, FRANCIS, and Olive Bates, m. 2 March, 1835. 

LeDOUX, GABKIKI. (Canadian), aged 71, d. 25 Jan., 1882. 

LEE, MORRIS, blacksmith, came to Ox. 1823 from Douglas with James 
Farwell, who employed him, active in Church affairs, one of the early 
workers in the Oxford Sunday-school, removed to Sutton, where he resided, 
10 April, 1825. He m. intentions 13 March, 1823, Sarah T. Huse. 

THOMAS (Kngli.sh), aged 37, d. 5 Oct., 1861. 

MARIA B., widow, dau. of Nathan Bond of Wayland, a. 84, d. 2 Dec, 1882. 



LEMONT. LILLEY. 593 

LEMONT, PETER (Canadian), aged 37, d. 31 May, 1866. 

LEONARD, JESSE, and Martha Nobcry of Taunton, m. int. 7 April, 1823. 

LESURE, NEWELL G. M., and Almira Darling, Dudley, m. int. 7 Aug., 
1824. 
WILLLVM, and Clarissa Dudley, m. 9 Nov., 1828. 

LEVERETT, JAMES W., of Fitchburg, and Sarah W., dau. of Rev. Amos 
Walton, m. 8 April, 1847. 

LEWIS, JABEZ, of Spencer, ni. 29 Jan., 1703, Rachel Wallis: ch. : Submit, 
b. 14 July, 1763. 

JOHN, taxes sunk 1767. 

WILLIAM, Revolutionary soldier. 

Mrs. RACHEL, and William Smith, m. 11 Oct., 1781. 

EMELINE, of Grafton, and Abner Smith, m. tntcntions 22 March, 1S37. 

BETSEY, and Samuel Vicars, m. intentions 12 Nov., 1837. 

LILLEY, LILLIE, DAVID, of Sutton, m. 25 May, 1736, Anna Cliase; had 
with others David, b. 24 April, 1739, m. 23 Sept., 1762, Elizabeth Gibbs; 
their fourth child was David, b. 17 Oct., 1773, m. 10 June, 1795, Polly StocU- 
well, settled in the east part of Ox., H. 17, in 1801, his father, then of Athol, 
buying the estate and making it over to his son David in consideration of a 
support during life. Here they built a trip-hammer shop and began the busi- 
ness of making scythes, hoes and other utensils at what is known as the 
'"Bug" privilege, and here father and son both d., the former soon after 
settling. Elizabeth, his widow, d. at a very advanced age at Wilkinsonville. 
David, Jr., d. 10 Jan., 1815, aged 41. His Avidow d. 9 Sept., 1862, aged 84, 
at Boston. . . . Children: John, b. 28 Oct., 1795; Lewis, b. 4 April, 1797, m. 
(1) 19 April, 1819, Ruth, dau. of Joseph Healy, she d. 25 June, 1822, aged 27, 
m. (2) intentions 8 March, 1853, Hannah Albee of Dudley, had Enth, b. 25 
April, 1825, m. Hon. Clark Jillson of Worcester; the mother m. (2) Smith 
Taft, later of Charlton, she m. (3) Rev. Moses Plarrington, Baptist, of Sutton, 
she d. a widow at the residence of Mr. Jillson in Worcester, 29 June, 1807, 
aged 64; David, b. 9 May, 1800, m. Phebe M., dau. of Caleb Davis, residence, 
Eddington, Me., d. 20 May, 1849, no ch. ; Gibbs, b. 7 May, 1804, m. 11 Nov., 
1833, Susan E., dau. of John and Mary Griggs of Sutton, merchant at Sutton, 
removed to Michigan City, Mich., thence to San Francisco, Cal., where he d. 
16 June, 1853; they had Susan, b. 3 Oct., 1834, m. 27 Aug., 1850, Edward 
Dewey of Montpelier, Vt. ; his widow in. 9 March, 1855, Dr. Julius Y. Dewey 
of Montpelier; Mary, b. 17 April, 1808, m. 27 Sept., 1831, Benjamin F., son 
of Maj. Archibald Campbell; George, d. 9 Aug., 1813, aged 3 years. 

2. JOHN, son of David (1), m. 21 May, 1818 [Ox. Records], Clementina, 
dau. of Leavens Shumway, resided at Sutton and in New York State, returned 
to Ox., where he d. 14 April, 1834, aged 39, she d. 15 Dec, 1855. . . .Children: 
.\NN, b. 13 Nov., 1819, m. George Dixon of Webster; David, b. 14 July, 1821, 
m. (1) Sarah M., dau. of Lewis Fitts, she d. 25 April, 1859, m. (2) 17 June, 
1800, Sarah J., dau. of Joshua Davis, and had Sar'ah M., b. May, 1861 ; Sarah 
J., the mother, d. 27 April, 1864, aged 25, m. (3) Marion E., m. n. Whiting, 
widow of Sumner Morse of Douglas, no ch.. d. 27 June, 1871 ; Jank, b. 12 
Oct., 1824, at Sutton, in. 11 March, 1847, Joseph Ireson, Jr., shoe merchant 
of Boston, where he d. 12 April, 1875; had Joseph B., b. 1848, d. 1864; 
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594 LILLEY. LITCHFIELD. 

Charles L., \). 15 April, 1850; Jane E., b. 30 Jan., 1852, reside at Boston; 
John Leavkns, b. 16 Sept., 1828, at Aurclius, N. Y., ra. 25 June, 1856, Caroline 
W., (lau. of Henry Auams, bought the Peter Shumway farm, II. 64, removed 
1870 to Worcester, marketman, d. 13 Feb., 1884; they had Caroline, b. 30 
Oct., 1857; George L., b. 3 Aug., 1859; Mary C, b. 1862. d. 1867; John A., b. 
5 Fel)., 1868. 

THEOPHILUS, merchant of Bo.ston, bought in 1770 the Moore estate, for- 
merly Hagburn's, on the east side of the main street, H. 205, including the 
Elijah Moore tavern stand, where he was a trader, exceptionally entitled 
"Mr." on the tax list, sold in 1772, soon returned to Boston. In 1774 he 
bought a farm in Brookfield. In court at Worcester, Sept., 1781, a complaint 
was made against him as an "absentee," that he had fled to Halifax and 
adiicred to the King of Great Britain, etc., and the fact stated that he had d. 
at Halifax on the previous first day of Jan., owning said farm at Brookfield 
and shop for merchandise. .The charges were sustained and said property 
confiscated to the State. August term of court, 1790, at Worcester, John 
Lillie of Boston, administrator of estate of Theophilus, late of Boston, had 
a case. In Dec, 1790, his widow Anne, of Halifax, executrix of his will, 
had also a case in court. 

Dr. EBENEZER, son of John and Abigail, of Dudley, b. 25 Aug., 1734, 
studied with Dr. Alexander Campbell. [In Nov., 1767, Dr. Campbell brought 
a suit against him, he being then of Dudley, declaring that " for three years 
previous to 1 April, last, he boarded the defendant and taught him the pro- 
fession, art and practice of medicine," etc.] He m. (1) 12 Nov., 1762, Abigail 
Morris of Dudley, resided at Woodstock in 1784 and 1790, came when past 
middle age to Ox., having bought in 1799 the house near the North Common, 
noAV Willard H. Eager's, H. 181. She d. 9 Dec, 1806, at Ox., he m. (2) 
intentions 17 April, 1807, Polly, dau. of Peter Bonsey. He had a small prac- 
tice, but was a good physician, removed 1807 to reside with Philip Brown in 
the South Gore and d. there before 16 March, 1812, at which date the Ox. 
selectmen petitioned the Probate Court for a guardian for liis Avidow, who, 
as represented, was sfjuandering his estate, valued at ••$1,657. 

BETTY, and Abner Sil)ley, both of Sutton, m. 28 May, 1766. 

Mrs. ELIZABETH, and Aaron Parker, m. 15 Jan.. 1804. 

POLLY, and Lyman Kockwood, m. 4 Oct., 1805. 

FANNY, and David Wait, m. 3 Aug., 1806. 

JONATHAN, of Barre, and Mary Ann Lamb, m. intentions 15 March, 1811. 

Mrs. POLLY, and John Blanchard, m. intentions 25 Sept., 1813. 

Mrs. MARY, widow of Dr. Ebenezer(?), and Asahel Bolster, both of South 
Gore, m. intentions 17 June, 1815. 

LINCOLN, APOLLOS, and Phebe M. Kathl)one of Warwick, K. I., m. 14 
Jan., 1851. He d. aged 28, 28 June, 1852. 
ISABEL, aged 18, d. 21 March, 1860. 
LUTHEK, aged 73, d. 6 Sei)t., 1866. 

LINDLEY, AUGUSTA, aged 23, d. 4 Fel>., 1827. 

LITCHFIELD, LIBERTY, son of Capt. Coinins Litchfield of Charlton, m. 
24 April, 1826, Catherine, dau. of Nathan Thurston, settled at Millbury, ma- 
chinist, resided at Charlton and Ox., in his later years shuttle maker at South- 
bridge, where he d. 23 March, 1878. . . . Children: Puny T., b. 16 Nov., 



LITCHFIELD. LOCKE. 595 

1827, at Millbnry, ni. Maria Sykes of Snftield, Conn, residence, Sonthbridge, 
had ch. ; George A., b. 24 Jan., 1829, at Charlton, d. 4 June, 1847, at South- 
bridge; Sarah B., b. 18 Jan., 1831, at Charlton, m. Henry C. Curtis, resi- 
dence, Marll)oro', had ch. ; Mary T., b. 22 Feb., 1833, at Ox., m. Henry C. 
Aroidown of Southl)ridge, where he d. ; they had Katie, m. Dr. Henry Leon- 
ard of Boston; Martha, b. 17 Oct., 1836, recorded at Ox., m. John M. Cheney 
of Southbridge; had George M. ; John C, d. j-^oung; DA\^D T., b. 29 Nov., 
1842, recorded at Ox., sqldier three years in 36th Mass. Eegt., d. 4 Jan., 18G9, 
at Southbridge. 

SALLY, of Charlton, sister of Liberty, antl Schuyler Whitney, m. inten- 
tions 7 Sept., 1828. 

MARY, and Josiah Towne of Sutton, m. 11 Oct., 1831. 

LIVERMORE, ELISHA, b. 1751, son of Jonas of Leicester, Revolution- 
ary soldier; after his return built a house on the 50-acre lot ])ought of Micah, 
his In'other, in 1773, east of the river at N. Ox., H. 110; m. Ruth Eddy, 
who d. 30 Jan., 1838. . . . Children: Ruth, b. 12 May, 1776, m. her cousin 
Salem, son of Jonas Livermore of Leicester, where he d. 20 April, 1858, she 
d. aged 90, 2 Nov., 1866, at Ox., no ch. ; Betsey, b. 25 Aug., 1778, m. 11 April, 
1802, Leavens, son of Abel Sibley of Sutton; had Leavens and Eliza, b. 17 
Nov., 1804, Leavens d., Eliza m. Olney Bolster; Silas, b. 28 March, 1781, m. 
Martha, dau. of Amos Putnam of Sutton, b. 25 Oct., 1781, settled at Leices- 
ter, card maker, removed to Lisle, N. Y., d. about 1820, she d. 3 Oct., 1852, at 
Worcester; they had Silas, Elsie, Sarah, Elisha, Julia; Paul, b 28 June, 
1783, m, Sally Snow of Leicester, settled on the homestead, where he built a 
new house 1812, removed to Lisle, N. Y., thence to Millbnry, and to Provi- 
dence, R. I., where he d., nine ch. ; Lydia, b. 2 Feb., 1786, m. Daniel Fitts, 
Jr. ; Ellsha, b. 26 July, 1788, fell dead in the highway in 1814 ; Levina, m. 
Moses, son of Moses Putnam of Sutton, removed to Hermon, N. Y., had ch. ; 
Paris, b. 10 March, 1794, m. Elijah Putnam, brother of Moses, removed to 
Hermon, four ch. ; Sylvanus, b. 16 Sept., 1796, m. Maria Rice of Millbnry, 
resided at homestead, and Worcester, removed to Norwich, where he d. ; they 
had Augusta, Eliza; she removed West; Elsie, d. young; Lucy, b. 15 Sept., 
1802, m. Calvin Stockwell. 

ABNER, taxed 1771. 

LOCKE, EBENEZER, son of Ebenezer (b. 1676, lived on the homestead at 
Wobnrn, where his father William, b. 1G28, in London, settled), b. 28 April, 
1699, m. Mary, dau. of Thomas Merriam of Lexington, removed to Ilopkin- 
ton, admitted to the Church 1725, dismissed to Ox., 3 Sept., 1738. The date 
of his purchase here is uncertain. It was however before 4 June, 1738, in 
which year he was recorded as of Westboro', and at that date deeded the 
farm with a mansion house in Ox. to Amos Merriam of Lexington, brother of 
Ebenezer and Joshua of Ox. In 1744 Merriam reconveyed the same to Locke. 
His brother Samuel was once president of Harvard College. He is repre- 
sented as having been rigid and severe in his religious belief. When the Bap- 
tist Chnrch at Greenville was organized he was urged to attend service there, 
as the distance to Ox. was so much greater, but flatly refused, saying, 
"when you once get on the devil's ground it is hard to get oil"." lie con- 
tracted in 1753 to build a mill for the proprietors at Warwick, which work 
was completed after several years. He d. al tlie house of his son-in-law 
Nehemiah Stone of Charlton, 12 Jan., 1775. . . . Children: Lydia, baptized 



590 LOCKE. — LOVETT. 

1 Nov., 1724, at Ilopkinton, m. 23 June, 1743. p:iijah Town; Hannah, b. 10 
Doc, 1725, m. 1 Dec, 1748, Nehemiali Stone of Charlton; Susanna, m. 17 
Jan., 1745, Silas Town. 

EBENEZER, b. 5 Aug., 1737, son of Joshua and Hannah of Woburn, three 
years in French war, m. 13 Oct., 1759, Phebe, dau. of Collins Moore of Ox., 
settled at Ox., removed before 1762 to Erving, thence about 1770 to Kindge, 
N. H., and later to Rockingham, Vt., and Peterboro', N. H., and linally to 
Schuyler, N. Y., where he d. 24 Sept., 1812; she d. 12 May, 1820, at Rocking- 
ham. . . . Children: Cyrus, b. 16 April, 1760, at Ox., d. young; Mary; 
Ebkne/ek; Lucy; Sampson; Allis; Collins; Phebe; Rufus; Nathan; 
Edwakd J. 

Mks. SUSAN, aged 60, d. 3 Nov., 187G. 

LONG, ALFRED W., b. 19 Feb., 1833, son of Rev. Frederick, of Manning- 
trei;, Essex Co., Eng., who emigrated in 1834, settled at Aurora, N. Y., and 
1884 preached at East Ashford, N. Y. Alfred W., m. (1) 6 Jan., 1861, 
Alma O., dau. of Ebeuezer D. Rich, she d. 14 Aug., 1874; ra. (2) 5 Dec, 1875, 
Arvilla E., dau. of Chandler Stockwell of Sutton; came to Ox. in boyhood, 
entered a shoe factory as employe, later was partner with L. B. Corbin for 
several years, and after the death of Mr. Corbin began business at Worcester 
with James F. Davenport, residing at Ox. ; removed 1888 to Spenger, where 
he was foreman in a shoe factory ; several years town clerk and selectman at 

Ox Children, by first m. : Harriet R., b. 8 April, 1862, m. May, 1881, 

Frank O. Wallis, had ch. ; Luman B., b. 14 April, 1865; Sarah O., b. 18 
Dec, 1866, m. 6 Sept., 1887, Charles R. Vinton; Annie W., b. 18 April. 1874. 

LORD, Dr. JOSEPH, w. Lucy, kept the centre tavern 1783. ]/ 

LOVE, THOMAS, and family, resided at Ox. May, 1763. 

LOVELL, EZRA, Jr., of Millbury, and Olive Jenuison, m. int. 7 Oct., 1815. 
ELIZA D., w. of Ezra, aged 26, d. 26 May, 1834. 

LOVETT, PHINEHAS, b. 18 Aug., 1776, at Meudon, son of James and Bet- 
sey (Davenport), m. 13 March, 1800, Polly Wheelock. b. 11 March. 1779, at 
Uxbridge, bought land in the east part of Oxford, II. 17, in 1827; thrifty 
farmer; d. 5 July, 1858, she d. 10 Nov., 1849, aged 70. . . . Children, first 
seven b. at Mendon : FIarriet D., b. 27 June, 1801, m. 5 May, 1825, Alonzo 
Taft of Mendon; they had PhUn C, h. 6 Jan., 1826,; EUzaheth, b. 23 Dec, 
1829; John II. , b. 11 Aug., 1839; she d. 1 July, 1858; Ciiari.es W., b. 17 March, 
1804, num., resided at homestead, d. 8 Feb., 1888; Elizabeth D., b. 7 April, 
1807, d. 27 May, 1834, unm. ; Moses, b. 1809, d. young; George L., 1). 24 May, 
1810, m. 16 Nov., 1846, Eliza J. Conant, residence, Fitchburg. wagon maker 
and millwright; had Charles, Caroline; Charlotte M., b. 21 Sept., 1813, m. 
15 April, 1840, Harvey W. Wilson, resided at Leicester, where both d. ; they 
had Emily F., b. 27 Aug., 1844; Isabel M., b. 31 July, 1846; Charles A., b. 26 
April, 1848; Daniel S., b. 19 March, 1856; James A., b. 10 July, 1816, m. 23 
Jan., 1856, Susan S., dau. of Sumner Howard, resided on the farm with 
Cliarles W. ; had Herbert E., b. 1 July, 1856, m. 11 Oct., 1887, Minnie A. Rich- 
ards, hail eh.; Amelia E., b. 1859, d. 1867; Walter A., b. 16 Nov., 1869; 
Silas W., b. 12 May, 1819, at Northt)ridge, m. 23 Sept., 1846, Lucy A. Wood 
of Orange, lie d. 25 Aug., 1851; they had a son, b. 1850, d. 1853; Caro- 
line A., b. 9 May, 1823, at Sutton, m. 23 Aug., 1847, William F. Collier of 



LOVETT. — LUTHER. 597 

Worcester, she d. 7 Dec, 1848; Maky Ann, b. 11 May, 1827, at Ox., m. 6 
Oct., 1858, Lucas P. Bean, he d. 15 July, 1859, a.ijcd 34. 

LOVEWELL, NOAH P., and Lucy S. Freeman of Me^idon, m. 30 Nov., 
183G; had Hester A., b. 1839. 

LOW, LOWE, LY.MAN P., I), about 1808, son of Stephen, who m. Mrs. 
Ruth Green, m. n. Holden, of Warwick, K. L, came to Ox., 1844, bought the 
mill at south end of the Plain and was successful in makins; satinets ; an hon- 
orable, cners;etic man, m. (1) Margaret R. Brown; m. (2) Harriet Hunt. He 
d. 17 April, 1849, aged 41 ; . . . Children, by first m. Margaret R., m. 
William W. Pendleton, d. in R. I., had ch. ; by second m. : Stephen E., b. 
4 Aug., 1840, m. 15 May, 1865, Mary E. Peaslee, residence, St. Louis, State 
Agent Continental Ins. Co., New York; ch. : Gilbert P., b. 1867; Stephen E., 
b. 1871; Montrose II., b. 1874; Moses H., b. 26 March, 1842, teller Mechanics 
National Bank, Worcester; Harriet A., b. 27 Sept., 1848, at Ox., m. Fred A. 
Chase, residence, Providence, R. I., had ch. 

Mrs. ruth, mother of Lyman P., aged 78, d. 4 July, 1848, at Ox. 

LUDDEN, SILAS, of Braiutree, came to Ox. about 1812, m. 9 Nov., 1806, 
Mehetable, dau. of Nathaniel and Dorcas Thayer of Braiutree, sister of Rev. 
Josiah Moulton's w., and of Gen. Sylvanus Thayer, commander at West Point 
and later engineer of the fortifications in Boston harbor. He was a scythe- 
malver, chorister in the Congregational Church, she d. 11 Nov., 1833, at Ox. he 
d. April, 1852, at Detroit, Mich. . . . Children : Nathaniel T., b. 1809, m. 1835, 
Cornelia Jolms, residence, Detroit, cattle dealer and successful business man, 
highly respected, d. 1846; Dorcas M., b. 1811, at Easthampton, m. intentions 
26 .Tan., 1834, Christopher C Hewett, residence, Sutton, where he d., she 
removed to Ann Arbor, Mich., d. 1862; Silas S., b. 1817, d. 1818; Silas S., 
1). 1819, d. 1822; L. AL\aRA, b. 2 July, 1821, m. 1845, John M. Chase, resided 
at Ann Arbor, removed to Denver. Col.; Minerva R., b. 1827, m. William 
Walker, residence, Springport, Mich. 

LUMBARD, WILLIAM, of Brimfield, m. Desire, dau. of Simeon Allen of 
Sturl)ridge, Avhcre they settled. . . Children: Elmeda, b. 1799, m. Albigence 
Newell; Washburn, b. May, 1801, m. intentions 10 Nov., 1830, Betsey W. 
Robinson of Brimfield, no ch., he came in young manhood to Ox., opened a 
tailor's shop, succeeding his brother Sumner, and for many years was the 
leading man in the trade in the town. He was of decided character, quiet 
and retiring, active in Church aft'airs, and deacon from 1835 for many years. 
He d. aged 71, 10 Nov., 1872. she d. 31 Aug., 1879. aged 78, no ch. ; Sumner, 
1). 1803, m. 11 Feb., 1827, Bathsheba, dau. of Jeremiali Metcalf, tailor, resided 
at Ox. several years, removed to Worcester, where both d., she d. 19 Dec, 
1863, had a son, d. young, and Mary Elizabeth, m. Alexis C. Soley at Worces- 
ter, removed to Truro, N. S., had ch. ; Aurea, b. 1805; Nelson, 1). 1807; 
Augusta, b. 30 Oct., 1809, m. Jasper Brown; Matilda, 1). 20 Sept., 1811, m. 
Daniel T. Fuller; FiTZ Henry, b. 1815, d. at Worcester; Ann Maria, b. 20 
March, 1820, m. James B. Walker of Ox. 

LUTHER, JEREMIAH B., and Relief M. Balcom of Douglas, m. inten- 
tions 30 May, 1830. 

ESEK, and Emma A. Gould of Douglas, m. intentions 3 Oct., 1839. 
Mrs. JOSEPH A., aged 69, d. 12 Nov., 1839. 



598 LYNDE. MANNING. 

LYNDE, GEORGE II., airod 23, d. 10 July, 1859. 

LYON, Kkv. a. smith, m. inti-ntions 7 April, 1838, Caroline Phillips of 
Sturbridge. . . . Child: Mahy A., b. 3 Dec, 1841. 
SAMUEL, aged CO, d. 18 Feb., 1850. 

MACKILWAIN, JAMES, and Eleanor, had Fkaxcis, b. 20 March, 1727, 4 
year-s later -was of Kinifsfleld, Hampshire Co., once called " The Elbows," 
trader, and 11 Auir., 1731, boui,'ht land in Worcester, which he mortgaged to 
George Bethune of Boston, who in 1734 took possession, representing that 
Mackilwain, late of Kingsfield, had "gone out of the Province." 

MAGINN, Mus. MINNIE F., d. 31 July, 1879. 

MAGNAR, MARGARET, aged 23, d. 16 Jan., 1879. 
THOMAS, aged 89, d. 21 April, 1889. 

MAHA, JOHANNA, aged 32, w. of Michael, d. 12 March, isr.l. 

MAHONY, CORNELIUS, aged 52, d. 6 Aug., 1863. 
Mrs. MARGARET, aged 45, d. 9 June, 1871. 

MAKEPEACE, WILLIAM, of Franklin, aged 92, d. 23 March, 1855. 

MALONE, MARY, Avidow, aged 57, d. 10 June, 1882. 

MALONY, PATRICK, aged 82, d. 21 April, 1881. 

MANN, THOMAS, of Rutland, and Elizabeth Parraenter, m. 31 March, 1774. 
Mrs. EMILY M., aged 20, d. 3 Sept., 1878. 
SAMUEL, aged 45, d. 8 Dec, 1863. 

MANNING, SAMUEL, b. 19 June, 1698, at Salem, son of Jacob and Sarah 
(Stone), descended from Richard of Ipswich. Samuel was a gunsmith, came 
to 0.x. 1748, having bought the estate next north of the hotel property, H. 240. 
Selectman in 1756, moderator 1759, 1761, 1762. He d. 1774, will approved 10 
Oct. In it he names his sisters Katharine, Sarah and Mary of Salem, grand- 
dau. widow Hannah Weld of Salem, granddaughters Sarah and Elizabeth 
Manning of Salem, great-grandchildren Samuel, Mathew and Robert Martin, 
and grandsons Samuel and Robert Manning, who lived with him here, and 
were his residuary legatees and executors and who were to provide for his 
support. 

2. SAMUEL, grandson of Samuel (1), ra. 22 April. 1759, Sarah, dau. of 
Joseph Pratt, removed to New Salem, soldier in the French Avar, and sergt. 
in John Town's Co. 1775, marched on Lexington alarm. 

4. ROBERT, grandson of Samuel (1), m. 11 July, 1765, Abigail, dau. of 
Nathaniel Eustis of Charlton. In 1776 her father d. leaving her in his will an 
estate of 38 acres and buildings, to which they removed from Ox. He d. 
there before 6 March, 1781, at which date she Avas appointed guardian of her 
ch. Revolutionary soldier, marched on Lexington alarm in Toavu's Co. . . . 
Children, tlrst four b. at Ox. : Jacob, b. 26 Aug., 1767, m. 29 June, 1790, 
Abigail Morey, resided at Charlton; Nathaniel, b. 27 Sept., 1769, m. 12 Feb., 
1792, Anna White of Charlton, he was then of Rensselaer, Albany Co., N. Y. ; 
John, b. 6 Aug., 1772; Samuel, b. 22 Dec, 1774; Abigail, b. about 1777; 
Elizabeth, b. about 1779. 

DAVID, Revolutionary soldier. 



MANNmO. — MARBLE. 599 

MARGARET, of Woodstock, Conn., and David Town, m. inten. Oct., 1742. 
Mks. anna, aged 42 (Irish), d. 25 May, 1878. 

MANSFIELD, DANIEL, b. 8 Oct., 1740, at Walthani, son of Sanuiel and 
Elizabeth, m. 2 July, 1761, Eunice, dau. of Tlioiuas and Mary Fisko, settled 
at Shrewsbury, cordwainer, removed about 17G2 to Ox., remaining until 1766 
at least. He owned no laud here. In 1784, then of Killingly, Conn., he 
bought a farm in Dudley and removed thither. . . . Children: Elizabeth, 
baptized 16 Jan., 1763, at Shrewsbury, d. young; b. at Ox. : Elizabeth, b. 6 
Jan., 1764; Mary, b. 12 Feb., 1766; Jacob, baptized at Walthani, 14 Nov.,, 
1773 ; Daniel. '' 

MARA, DANIEL (Irish), aged 24, d. 25 Aug., 1863. 
MARY, aged 22, d. 20 Feb., I8C0. 
PHILIP, aged 24, d. 29 April, 1872. 

MARBLE, LUTHER, descended from Frcegrace of Sutton, one of the first 
settlers, who was son of Samuel and Rebecca of Andov(>r, he had Enoch, b. 
1726, m. 1750, Abigail Holland, and had Aaron, who n\. h'ebekah Putnam, 
and removed from Sutton to Charlton, where they d. ; Luthku, tli'^ir sou, was 
b. 8 March, 1793, at Charlton, m. Sophia, dau. of Nehemiah Stone, b. 1 July, 
1795, settled at Charlton, removed to Sutton, thence to Ox., and later to the 
John Pratt place in the border of Auburn, H. 147, where he d. 3 April, 1883, 
she d. aged 82, 5 March, 1878. . . . Children, first four b. at Charlton, second 
four at Sutton, third four at Ox. : Lucy, b. 3 Oct., 1814, m. Sept., 1840, Alljert 
Sherman, mason, removed to Uxbridge, he d. 1 Nov., 1857, she d. 26 Sept., 
1857, 7 ch. ; Jacob, b. 25 Jan., 1816, m. (1) 1 Sept., 1840, Lucy W. Alverson, 
and had Truman, soldier in the late war in the 36th Regt. Mass. Vols., d. in 
the service; Agnes; the mother d. 24 March, 1857; m. (2) 30 June, 1859, 
Elizabeth Parker, no ch. ; Palmer, b. 7 Aug., 1817, d. unm. 4 Oct., 1847; 
Liberty B., b. 31 March, 1819, m. 1 Jan., 1846, Elizabeth W., dau. of Solomon 
Woodward of Millbury, removed to Woodstock, Vt., miller; they had Anna, 
George, Loidse, John, artist in New York city, Edward, musician, 3Iary, 
Walter, farmer in Illinois, Grace, Lillie ; Lydia, b. 4 Nov., 1820, m. 21 
May, 1846, Russell B., son of Ezra Lovell of Millbury; had Luther, clerk 
in Savings Bank at Worcester, Fanny, m. at Millbury, William, d. 1884, 
Mary E., resides at Millbury, Charles, clerk in Providence & Worcester Rail- 
road oflice, Nelly ; Fanny, b. 5 Aug., 1822, m. intentions 14 Dec, 1843, Fenton 
Barnes of Millbury, 2 daughters, he d. 18 April, 1854, she d. 4 Nov., 1854; 
Luther, b. 27 July, 1824, m. Oct., 1853, Mary A., dau. of Dexter Bugbee, he 
d. 18 Jan., 1859, she d. 26 April, 1856, had Myron ; William H., b. 28 May, 1826, 
m. 4 Nov., 1854, Elizabeth Beveridge, dau. of John of Glasgow, Scotland, 
mason at Ox. ; they had Alice E., b. 12 June, 1857, m. 29 Sept., 1876, Solon, 
son of George Gibson, had Agnes, b. 12 Dec, 1878, Robert; Calista, b. 14 
Sept., 1858, m. July, 1883, William R. Blanchard; Mary L., b. 14 Oct., 1863; 
m. Pliny E. Kidder; Flora M., b. 31 Dec, 1868; Sophia S., b. 8 May, 1828, at 
Ox., d. 1848; Cali.sta A., b. 14 Oct., 1830, d. 26 Dec, 1853; IIor.\ce A., 1). 29 
July, 1833, m. 27 Nov., 1855, Mary A. Applel)y, he d. 24 May, 1876; they had 
William H., b. 17 Aug., 1856, Methodist minister, m. April, 1881, Mrs. Sarah, 
widow of Albert Bolton of Temi)leton; Frank L., b. 26 Jan., 1858; Harry, 
h. 1 May, 1865; Walter, b. 5 March, 1867; Emma F., b. 19 Oct., 1868; Mary 
E.,h. 17 Dec, 1869; Francis, b. 13 July, 1835, d. 27 April, 1862, unm. at 
New York. 



800 MARBLK. MAIJSH, 

SALLY, of Oraftoii, :uh1 Cliiirles B. Elliot, ni. int. 23 Nov., 182L 

WiKK OK HUFUS, (1. 12 April, 1829. 

SIMEON H., and Caroline Brown, ra. 29 May, 1844. 

MARCO, SALEM (Canadian), aged 24, d. 29 Sept., 1869. 
LOi:iS, aK«-d 27, d. 17 Jan., 1870. 
THOMAS, aiied 2.3, d. 8 Nov., 1871. 
ELIZA, aged 54, d. 11 Feb., 1875. 

MARCY, MOSES, b. 18 April, 1702, at Woodstock, Conn., .son of John and 
Sarah, ni. rrudencc Morris, settled at Woodstock, -where his eldest five chil- 
dren were born, removed 1732 to the vicinity of the falls on Quinebaug River, 
now South])ridge, having bought 2 Aug. of Capt. Peter Papillon 200 acres in 
Ox. township, including the water-power. Here he built a saw-mill. He 
joined the compact formed for the settlement of Sturbridge and in Nov., 
1733, was voted a gratuity of 50 acres of land on condition of building a 
grist-mill, which he did. He became a leading citizen, filled all the principal 
town offices and was very efficient in raising and fitting out soldiers in the 
French war. He d. 9 Oct., 1777, his widow d. 28 March, 1779, both at Stur- 
bridge. . . . Children, b. at Woodstock : Douotuy, b. 18 Nov., 1723; Jede- 
DiAii, b. 1 Sept., 1725 ; Martha, b. 1 July, 1727, d. 1736 ; Moses, b. 1 July. 1730 ; 
Eli.iah. b. 1 July, 1732, and recorded at Ox.: Prudence, b. 9 Sept., 1734; 
Maky, 1). 23 Aug., 1736; recorded at Sturbridge: Daniel, b. 14 June, 1739; 
Martha, b. 27 Aug., 1741; Miriam, b. 20 Nov., 1743; Mehktable, b. 17 
Aug., 1745. 

MARSDEN, JOHN W., and Mary II. Schollcld of Dudley, m. intentions 21 
Sept., 1844. 

MARSH, LOT, b. 7 Oct., 1747, at Sutton, son of Benjamin and Rebekah 
(Carroll), ni. Abigail Blanchard, settled at Sutton, removed 1778 to Dudley 
near Ox. line, where he d. 26 Nov., 1798; she m. (2) Dea. Ebenezer Hum- 
phrey. . . . Children, first three b. at Sutton : Abigail, b. 1772, m. John 
Earned of Ox.; Meiietabi.k, b. 1774, m. Joel Wakefield of Ox., removed to 
"Holland Purchase," N. Y. ; Lot, b. 11 Oct., 1776, m. 16 March, 1800, 
Eleanor Coburn, no ch., he d. 9 Feb., 1845, she d. aged 69, 3 Sept., 
1849; ch. b. at Dudley: Joseph, b. 8 Feb., 1779; Enoch, b. 25 March, 1781, 
m. 2 April, 1809, Martha, dau. of John Lamed, settled on a part of the 
homestead, where he d. ; they had Lydia, b. 2 Feb., 1810, m. Russell White; 
Daniel L., b. 24 March, 1812, m. Sarah M., dau. of James Cudworth; Emc- 
line, b. 17 July, 1814, m. Samuel, son of Daniel Nichols, she d. 27 March, 
1850, noch. ; John, b. 15 Sept., 1816, m. (1) 25 Nov., 1840, Sophia, dan. of 
Edward H. Shumway, no ch., m. (2) Mary Haven of Dudley, hadch. ; Lovisa, 
b. 29 Sept., 1819, m. Danforth Burgess of Thompson, Conn., she d. 1885; 
.Phebe, b. 17 Feb., 1822, m. Alauson Bixby of Webster; Truman H., b. 14 
Jan., 1827, m. 16 June, 1852, Sarah M., dau. of Lewis Shumway, settled on 
the homestead in Dudley, where he d. 23 Feb., 1881, she d. 15 Aug., 1888; 
they had Owen A., b. 15 Nov., 1854, d. 9 Jan., 1870; Elmer T., b. 23 Jan., 
1858; Clement L., b. 18 Sept., 1860; Mabel L., b. 9 Nov., 1868, d. 25 Nov., 
1884; Murllta, b. 22 Jan., 1829, m. (1) Marcus VValdron of Dudley, m. (2) 
Samuel D. Smith of Charlton; Anne, b. 9 April, 1783, d. 30 May, 1848, m. 
Ilosea Ui)lKun of Dudley. [Sec Earned— 8. John.] Thomas, 1). 23 Nov., 



MARSH. (501 

1786, m. 4 Feb., 1816, Abigail, daii. of Jonathan Nichols, owned and d. upon 
the Lot Marsh homestead in Dndley 4 Oct., 1864, she d. 27 April, 1876; they 
had Abigail, b. 16 Aug., 1816, m. Samuel Aldrich; Lydia M., b. 11 Sept., 1818, 
m. Thomas Miles, and d. 29 Sept., 1847, no oh.; Nancy, b. 12 Feb., 1821, 
num., d. 18 Oct.. 1841; Eliza, b. 15 Aug., 1824, m. Charles C. Woodbury of 
Charlton, where he d. Sept., 1881 ; she d. July, 1891 ; Thomas, b. 13 July, 182(;, 
m. 4 Fel)., 1861, Isabella McRoberts, settled on the homestead in Dudley; they 
had Sarah L., b. 2 Jan., 1862, m. 21 Dec, 1880, Jerry N. Durkee of Worces- 
ter, carpenter; Henry L., b. 1 July, 1863; Alice L., b. 12 July, 1865, d. 20 
March, 1877; Ella L., b. 9 'Nov., 1866; Martha L., b. 2 Sept., 1868; Abigail 
L., b. 2 June, 1871; Emily, b. 5 May, 1829, d. 22 Aug., 1844; Mary M., b. 18 
Jan., 1831, d. 24 Sept., 1847; Arma A., b. 27 Jan., 1834, d. 11 Sept., 1847; 
Phebe, b. 7 April, 1788, m. Isaac, son of Jonathan Harris; Mary, 1). 13 
Dec, 1794, d. young; Elizabeth, b. 1 April, 1799, d. young. 

2. JOSEPH, son of Lot (1), m. 28 March, 1802, Bathsheba, dau. of Rich- 
ard Coburn and settled on the homestead in Dudley, where he d. 15 Aug., 
1812, she d. 26 Oct., 1832. . . . Children: Samuel C, b. 3 March, 1803, at 
Dudley, m. 13 May, 1828, Eunice A. Knight, b. 1 June, 1806, at Worcester, he 
d. 22 Aug., 1847, she d. 15 Dec, 1883, both at Worcester; they had Anna 3L, 
b. 15 Feb., 1830, at Millbury ; Jernsha, b. 3 Nov., 1832, at Mill])ury, d. 29 Nov., 
1873, at Worcester; Emma J., b. 29 April, 1838, at Worcester, d. 13 Aug., 
1864, at Worcester; Samuel C, b. 1840, d. 1842; Eunice A., b. 18 Aug., 1843, 
at Worcester; Charlotte E., b. 16 Jan., 1847, at Worcester; Betsey, b. 26 
Oct., 1804, m. 9 Dec, 1832, Daniel B. Smith; Elliot, b. 13 April, 1806; 
Darius, b. 8 Feb., 1808, m. (1) 16 March, 1828, Prudence Lindley, who d. aged 
38, .30 Aug., 1845; they had Jane, Gilbert L.. Caroline F., all d. young; m. (2) 
1 Jan., 1846, Clarissa Bartlctt, b. at Holden, and had Emma F., b. 7 Oct., 
1846, at Palmer, teacher 1885 at Charleston, S. C, for American Missionary 
Association, later teacher in Va., where she d. ; he d. 6 Jan., 1851, at Ox., 
she d. 1871, aged 58, at Worcester. 

3. ELLIOT, son of Joseph (2), ni. 30 March, 1834, Mary Stockwell; cabi- 
netmaker and sexton. He d. 23 March, 1847, shed. 26 Dec, 1851. . . . Chil- 
dren: Alexander D. W., b. 19 Nov., 1835, m. E. Ann, dau. of Olney Bolster, 
he d. soon after marriage; Samuel C, b. and d. 1837; Alfred A., b. 12 
Sept., 1841, d. 1849. 

BENJAMIN, and Mehetable King, both of Sutton, m. 3. JaiL, 1729. 

ELIZABETH, and Ezra Mclntire, both of Ciiarlton, m. 20 July, 1756. 

JONATHAN, of South Gore (?), Revolutionary soldier 1775 near Boston. 

HANNAH, and Samuel Brown, both of Sutton, m. 2 ,Lan., 1782. 

TYLER, and Sally Sibley, m. 7 Feb., 1793. 

JOSHUA, w. Abigail, ch., Sally, Bktsey, Joshua, resided at Ox. Dec, 
1793. 

SAMUEL, of Newfane, Vt., ra. 25 April, 1802, Abigail Glcason of South 
Gore, and had Laura, b. 24 Sept., 1803; Royal, b. 15 Sept., 1805. 

MOSES, and Lois Wakefield of South Gore, m. 15 Dec, 1821. 

LAURA, of South Gore, and Peter Sherman of Bnrrillville, R. I. (no date), 
m. about 1824. 

GEORGE, son of Willard, d. 30 May, 1831. 

HANNAH M., and Tarrant S. Sherman, ni. 6 Feb., 1837. 

LYDIA, of Dudley, and Thomas M. Mayuard of Southbridge, m. 11 Sept., 
1838. 

77 



602 MARSH. — MAYKAKD. 

MARY, aged 46, d. 2G Doc, 1851. 

MARSHALL, Mns. ELLEN W. (English), aged 26, d. 4 Dec. 1884. 

MARTIN, JOSEPH, son of Abel of Sutton, b. 13 April, 1788, at Hehoboth, 
came in 1815 to Ox., settled at Timothy Aldrich place, H. 58, removed to 
Woodstock, Conn., and Charlton near Ox. line, his home at his decease, which 
occurred at Cornish, N. H., 25 Nov., 1838. He m. Mary D. Prentiss of 
NorUil)ri(lge, b. 7 Dec, 1790, d. aged 91, 19 Aug., 1882, at Ox. . . . Children: 
LUTUKK P., b. 4 Oct., 1810, at Northbridge, m. Angeline Bates, he d. 17 Feb., 
1884, at Worcester, had ch. ; Mary A. A., b. 1812, d. 12 Sept., 1830; Joskph, 
b. 1 Aug., 1814, at Woodstock, m. Huldah Ware, who d. aged 58, 31 Aug., 
1873; had Austin W., soldier in late war; Ellen; Huldah ./., d. aged 19, 20 
Feb., 1864; Joseph B. ; Abhy ; Sarah D., b. 13 Feb., 1816, at Ox., ra. John 
Schair (German) ; they had two daughters, both d. ; Elvira E., b. 21 Feb., 
1821, d. young; Levi P., b. 31 Aug., 1818, at Charlton, m. 25 Nov., 1839, .Jane 
Taylor of Ashby, who d. 21 Jan., 1879, at Worcester, he d. Jan., 1888, at 
Worcester; had Savalla, b. 1845, d. 1884; Elsie A., b. 25 Oct., 1851; Emily 
and Emeky, b. 27 Sept., 1826; Kmily, m. Martin Hubbard of Worcester, three 
ch. ; Emery, m. Sarah Atwood, residence, Worcester, two cli. ; Mary A., b. 12 
Sept., 1830, m. George W. Rockwood of Worcester, he d. al)out 1880; one 
daughter. 

CHARLES, and Naomi Shumway, m. int. 27 April, 1823. 

CELINDA, and Alden Bisco of Leicester, m. 10 Sept., 1833. 

PETER, and Bridget Slattery, m. int. 3 Jan., 1839. 

MERRICK, of Woodstock, aged 42, d. 7 June, 1852. 

Miss SARAH M., d. 13 Feb., 1860. 

Mrs. ELLEN A., aged 28, d. 2 March, 1874. 

MARVIN, JOHN, probably from Connecticut, m. 23 Oct., 1755. Rebokah, 
dau. of Jonathan Ballard, bought 1765 of Ephraim Ballard, his brother-in-law, 
the farm half a mile north of Augutteback, H. 84. proljably built the house 
l)urned in 1879, resided there till 1777, left town after Feb., 17si'. . . . Chil- 
dren: Sampson, b. 16 March, 1756, Revolutionary soldier, ni. 16 March, 1779, 
Mrs. Ruth (Glcason) Merriam, widow of Ephraim, resided at New Salem; 
Rkbkkaii, b. 30 April, 1758, recorded at Charlton, m. 9 Oct., 1781, Phinehas 
Kiml)all of Killingly, Conn,; Mary, b. 16 May. 1760; Hanxau, b. 29 Oct., 
1763, m. intentions 14 Oct., 1786, Edward Barton; Rum, b. 17 Jan., 1766; 
John, b. 7 -Ian., 1769; Tryphena, b. 11 Aug., 1771. 

MASON, ADDIE, widow (Canadian), aged 85, d. 7 May, 1885. 
Mrs. rose E., aged 30, d. 4 Dec, 1885. 

MASTERS, WILLIAM, of Providence, R. I., m. 21 March, 1848, Freelovc 
H. Green. He d. 29 Oct., 1873, aged 83, she d. 14 May, 1866, aged 66. 

MATHER, HIRAM B. of Leicester, and Louisa Turner, m. It May, 1824. 

MAXWELL, JAMES, au'ed about 23, d. 22 Feb., 1820. 

MAYNARD, WINSLOW, of Westboro', m. 24 Fel).. 1785, Rachel Parham 
of Upton ; their son JoAB,b. 17 Oct., 1789, came to Ox in 1813; in 1817 partner 
in trade at centre tavern store with Stearns Witt; 1818 trader near Town's 
Pond, later scythe nuiker, and paper manufacturer; removed about 1830 to 
Hamdeii, Conn., where he was partner with Francis Sibley of Ox., resided 



MAYNAKD. — MAYO. ()03 

later two years at Cheshire, Conn., and removed thence to Dudley, where he 
d. 31 Aug., 1840; a competent business man, but suffered from physical inlirm- 
ity, selectman 182f)-7 and from 1828 to 1830 assessor; resided on the Plain at 
H. 240. He m. 20 June, 1821, Betsey, dau. of Amasa Kingsbury, she d. 17 
Oct., 1868, at Dudley. . . . Children: Martha M., b. 19 Dec, 1821, m. 13 
May, 1845, Samuel D., son of Dr. Samuel P. Knight of Dudley, shoe mer- 
chant in Boston; they had Eva E., Jennie E. ; George, b. 2 Nov., 1823, mer- 
chant at Freeport, 111. ; Clarendon, b. 1825, d. 1826; Clarendon, b. 7 April, 
1827, m. Ellen Ames of Salem, dry goods merchant in Boston, d. 26 March, 
1873. at Cambridge; Effingham, b. 1 July, 1829, m. 25 April, 1865, Helen M. 
HoUister of Ni'w York city, publisher, of the Arm of Clark and Maynard, 
school l)ooks; they had Mar>/ II., b. 1868; Walter E., b. 1872; Helen L., b. 
1875; E(H)igham, b. 1879; Emeline; Jerome, m. Lizzie Taylor, she d., he re- 
sided at Freeport, 111., partner in trade with liis brother George, one ch. 

THOMAS M. of Southbridge, and Lydia Marsh of Dudley, m. 11 Sept., 
1838. 

MAYO, JOHN, of Roxbury. Elliot in record of Roxbury Church says ; 
" Roljert Gamlin, Jr., he arrived at N. E. on the 20th of the 3d month [1632] 
he brought only one child w'' was the sone of his wife by a former husband, 

his name is John Mayo, he was but a child." John m. Hannah , had 

with others Thomas. 

2. THOMAS, son of John (1), baptized 16 Nov., 1673, m. 4 May, 1699, at 
Roxbury, Elizabeth Davis (sister of Dea. Samuel), b. 18 April, 1678. He d. 
26 May, 1750. He l^onght in partnership with Weld and Samuel Davis the 
Bernon land in Ox., but did not settle here. . . Children: Hannah, I). 4 

April, 1700('O, m. Richards; Maky, b. 22 May, 1702, d. 1718; Sarah, 

b. 30 May, 1705, m. Scarborough; Elizabeth, b. 22 Sept., 1707, m. 

Bridge; John, b. 17 Sept., 1709; Thomas, b. 23 Sept , 1713; Abigail, 

b. Sept., 1715, m. Wilson; Joseph, b. and d. 1717; Mary, b. 20 Feb., 

1719, m. Griggs; Joseph, b. 28 Feb., 1721; Mehetable, b. 12 April, 

1724.' 

3. JOHN, son of Thomas (2), m. (1) 15 Feb., 1733, Mary, dau. of Isaac 
Larned, she d. 26 Sept., 1742, m. (2) 9 Nov., 1743, Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel 
Davis, he d. 27 July, 1752 [she m. (2) 12 Dec, 1754, Maj. William Larned of 
KiUingly, Conn.], she d. 26 Feb., 1810. He was the first of the name to settle 
in Ox., resided on Bernon land, near the fort, Lieut. . . . Children : Mary, b. 
7 March, 1734, d. 1742; Thomas, b. 1735, d. 1736; Thomas, b. 1737, d. 1742; 
Elizabeth, b. 1738, d. 1740; John, b. .and d. 1740; Thomas, b. 15 April, 
1742; by second m. : Mary, b. 10 Oct., 1744, ra. Jonathan Day of Needham ; 
John, b. 16 Dec, 1746; Elizabeth, b. 14 Sept., 1748, m. 11 July, 1771, Salem 
Towne of Charlton, no ch. ; Sarah, b. 12 Nov., 1750, m. 19 May, 1777, Joseph 
Keith of Dudley, she d. 11 Oct., 1811, 5 ch. ; Hannah, b. 7 Dec, 1752, m. 18 
Dec, 1777, William Carter of Dudley, she d. 26 July, 1820, 8 ch. 

4. JOHN, son of John (3), m. (1) 25 April, 1771, Sarah Day of Needham, 
she d. 29 Oct., 1803, m. (2) 23 Aug., 1807, Bathsheba, dau. of John Hudson, 
she d. 18 Aug., 1855, aged 96, he d. aged 87, 26 Oct., 1834, resided at the 
homestead. . . . Children: Elizabeth, b. 29 Feb., 1772, m. Elijah Pratt; 
Sarah, b. 7 Nov., 1773, m. Asa Harris; John, b. 1 Sept., 1775; Jon.vthan, b. 



' It is very easy to bt-lieve from circumstances Holmes, ami that tlie statement tliat he niarrieil 
that this Mehetable became Ihe wife of Dr.* David tlie daiisliter of lOphniim Mayo is an error. 



(;04 MAYO. — MrCLENNAN. 

24 Feb., 1778; PoLi.Y, b. 9 Oct., 1779, d. 2 Sept., 1863, nnni. ; Hannah, b. 1 
March, 1781, m. 17 Jan., 1804, Peter, son of Gideon Sibley; Hkbkcca, b. 14 
July, 1785, ni. David Day, no ch. ; Lucy, b. 24 Dec, 1787, m. Nathaniel Davis; 
Samuel, b. 2 July, 1791. 

5. JOHN, .son of John (4), m. 2 June, 1799, Lucy, dau. of Joseph Davis, 
settled on Bondet Hill, H. 38.' He d. 27 Oct., 1859, she d. 13 Dec, 1856. aged 

-80. .^.^<7)hildren : Sally, b. 23 Oct., 1800. m. Cyrus Truosdell. second w., 
UA^lL, she d.ll Feb., 1875; Jei>, b. 31 Dec, 1804, ra. (1) 2G April, 1836, Sophro- 

"nia Barnett of Walpole, N. H., she d. 20 July, 1839, m. (2) 1842. Mrs. 
Rebecca Searl, ni. n. Wright, of Westford, he resided at Fitchburg 1835, re- 
moved 1849 to Ashby and thence 1879 to Montague, where he resided 1883 ; ch. : 
Mari/ Jane, h. 6 May, 1844; John, b. 8 June, 1845, d. 29 Oct., 1863; Emily L., 
b. 1846, d. 1847; Levi \V., b. 28 May, 1848; Elliot, b. 2 Sept., 1849, d. 24 Ai)ril, 
1875; Cynthia, b. 24 Nov., 1806, m. Oct., 1828, Ziba Davis, she d. 12 March. 
1846, he d 13 April, 1872, at Dudley; they had John M., b. 1829, Sarah M., b. 
1831, Charh's T., b. 1833, Mary Ann, b. 1840, Lucy Jane, b. 1842. 

6. JONATHAN, son of John (4), m. (1) 17 Oct., 1804, Lois, dau. of .Lacob 
King.s1)ury, settled in the south part of Ox., H. 57, removed Oct., 1816, to 
Concord, Erie Co., N. Y., where she d. 2 Jan., 1852, m. (2) 1854, Mrs. Mary 
W. Drake; he d. 14 June, 1859. . . . Children, excepting the last two, b. at 
Ox. : Jonathan, b. 4 July, 1805, killed 1824 by a falling tree; Hiram, b. 3 
Feb., 1807. m. Oct., 1830, Sally Woodcock, he d. 25 Oct., 1871; Erastus, b. 7 
Feb., 1808, ni. 13 Oct., 1831, Nancy Curtis of Skaneateles, N. Y.. residence, 
Springville, N. Y. ; Harrikt, b. 4 Nov., 1809. m. 12 March, 1826, Calvin 
Smith; Sandford, b. 11 April, 1812, m. 7 Nov., 1839, Lucy Stanbro, he was 
killed by railroad cars 1 Oct., 1883; Nancy, b. 25 Jan., 1814, m. 1841. Giftbrd 
Pierce, she d. 21 April, 1846; Lucy, b. 17 April, 1815, m. Nov., 1839, Origen 
Curtis; Orrin, b. 25 Sept., 1818, at Concord. N. Y., d. 16 April, 1870, unm. ; 
Gkorgk, b. 15 Aug., 1822, m. 2 Dec, 1845, Minerva Miner, he d. 17 Sept., 
I8o0, sherill'of Erie County, N. Y., in 1859, served three terms. 

7. S.\MUEL, son of John (4), m. (1) 2 Dec, 1819, Celia Stone, she d. 
aged 24, 19 June, 1820. m. (2) intentions 7 Feb., 1825, Chloe Fitts of Charlton, 
she d. 13 Oct., 1864, m. (3) 18 Feb., 1865, Mrs. Lorinda C. Morse, m. n. 
Corbin, of Douglas, she d. aged 67, 23 June, 1867, m. (4) 11 Oct., 1867, Mrs. 
Julia Hilton, she d. aged 83, 8 Oct., 1875 [Ox. Records], he d. 14 March, 1874, 
had no ch. 

PETER [descent given in History of HardwicU], son of Nathan, of Har- 
wich, m. Hethia, dau. of John Smith, resided at Harwich until'after 1810, 
r(Mnoved to Wrentham and thence in 1821 to Slater's Village, South Ox., had 
12 ch., some employed in the factory, removed to Hardwick, and d. 1857. 
Tlieir second child was Peter, b. 24 May, 1802, 6ame young to Ox., and was 
in the employ of Elihu Harwood as shoe bottomer.- He m. (1) Pamela Twiss, 
and had Willvun and three tlaughters. He removed to Barre and m. a 
second w., enlisted in the late war and d. in the service at Fort Adams, R. I. 
William, his son, m. Elizabeth, widow of Joseph Hilton, and resided 1888 at 
Wel)ster, no ch. 

SARAH, dau. of John, d. 9 Sept., 1797. 

McCABE, Mrs. MARIA, ageil 53, d. 14 Feb., 1879. 
McCLENNAN, JOHN, aged 30, d. 9 Sept., 1885. 



McCOON. — MoINTIRE. G05 

McCOON, JOHN (Irish), a,c;ed 57, d. 1 Oct., 18(54. 

McFARLAND, JOSIAH M., of Charlton, m. (1) 10 April, 1794, Hephsibah, 
dau. of Isaac Moflitt, she d. 4 Sept., 1803, m. (2) intentions 5 .Tuly, 1804, 
Hannah Smith of Charlton, removed to Maine (was of Augusta in 1806), 
where he brought up a family, cordwainer. . . . Children by first m. : Jona- 
than, b. 3 Aug., 1794, lived at David Nichols', m. 13 Oct., 1816, Rhoda 
Arnold of 'Pliompson, Conn., where they settled; Josiah, b. 27 March, 1796, 
liveil at David Nichols'; Polly, m. Larabee Wetherell of Pomfret, Conn.; 
Hkpusihah, m. William A. Jordan and settled at New Boston, Conn. ; Jaked, 
d. young. 

2. JOSIAH, sou of Josiah M. (1), ra. (1) 15 Feb., 1818, Betsey, dau. of 
Amos Shumway, she d. 21 Aug., 1846, at Webster, m. (2) 18 Oct., 1847, Mrs. 
liuth W. Graves, blacksmith, lived at several places in Ox., last at the Ox. 
Woolen Co. village, whence he removed in 1842 to Webster, resided there till 
1857, and removed to Winona, Minn., d. 12 Oct., 1859. He was many years 
chorister at the Ox. Congregational Church ; a worthy man. . . . Children : 
Laura E., b. 3 Oct., 1819, m. 6 Oct., 1840, William Wood of Dudley, resided 
at Dayville, where both d., he d. 1889, she d. 1890, two ch. ; David M., b. 2 
June, 1821, m. 17 Sept., 1849, Ann Powers of Vt., resided at Jewett City, 
Conn., miller, removed to Putnam, Conn., d. 10 Aug., 1868; had Ann, m. 
Vernon Woodward, residence, Hudson; Henry, m., residence, Southbridge, 
tAvo ell.; Charles, residence, 1888, Gale's Ferry, Conn.; Frank, residence. 
Ox. ; John, b. 19 April, 182;?, ra. 6 Oct., 1848, Nancy A. Black at Brattleboro', 
Vt., resided at Greenfield, where he d. about 1887, had ch. ; Mary M., b. 1 
Jan., 1827, m. 11 Sept., 1850, John E. Buckman of Woodstock, Conn., no sur- 
viving ch., she d. 24 Oct., 1889, from an accident while at Webster; Emily, 
b. 8 .July, 1829, m. 26 Nov., 1851, J. C Davis of Woodstock, soldier in the 
late war in the 18th Kegt. Conn. Vols., and a prisoner at Andersonville, Ga., 
where he d., had ch., she resided at Crete, Neb. ; Julia, b. 16 May, 1831, ra. 
Sept., 1855, Daniel L. Palmer of Goshen, Conn., no ch. ; Lucy A., b. 5 July, 
1833; Celia J., b. 23 May, 1836, m. 1 May, 1856, Henry C. Torrey of Charlton, 
carriage maker at Central Village, Conn., two daughters, both m. ; Henry, b. 
29 April, 1838, m. 15 March, 1868, Harriet Lindley of Princeton, 111., harness 
maker at Leland, 111., d. about 1886, had ch. 

McGILL, THEODORE, aged 26, d. 6 Nov., 1864. 

McGRATH, Mrs. MARY (Irish), aged 39, d. 30 Dec, 1862. 

PHILIP, aged 48, d. 5 April, 1886. 

NELLIE, dau. of Philip, aged 20, d, 22 Dec, 1888. 

McINTIRE. A memorandum at the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society 
Rooms, Boston, copied from the Bible of Dea. Jereraiah Mclntire, Sept., 
1848, says the family was Scotch, that prisoners of the name under Cromwell 
were banished to New England, and came anil made a home at York, North 
Parish, Me., about 1649 or 1650. They there built a garrison house thirty feet 
square, two stories, the second projecting over the first. Six generations had 
then been born in the house, and it was still occupied, and had always been a 
place of free resort to the numerous descendants. The family became 
wealthy and large landholders. * 

MICUM, had sons John, Daniel, Ale.vander. 



fi06 MMNTIRE. — Mf KNIOTIT. 

JOHN, m. Grace, and had at Ox., ELiZABKxri, b. 15 Oct., 1724; Martha, b. 
6 Aug., 1720. 

EBENEZER, was of Lynn 7 Oct., 17:33, and then bou<rht 100 acres in Ox. 
[No record of family.] 

OBADIAir. was of Ox. 13 Oct., 173.3, and then l)ought 100 acres in Ox. 
[No record of family.] 

THOMAS, was of Ox. in 1734, anci bought land here of Abel Mclntire of 
Salem. 

NATHAN, of Ox. 1735. 
^__J)ANIEL, was of Ox. 12 June, 1734, and then liought 100 acres in " Oxford 
Farms." [This term was applied to the territory lying between the west 
Village line and Charlton.] He m. [second w. ?] 9 Feb., 1734, Elizabeth Glea- 
son ; had sons Daniel and Job, probably by former wife. 

DANIEL, son of Daniel, m. Eliza'beth, and had Phkbe, b. 10 March, 1746; 
Asa, b. 12 Sept., 1748; Danikl, b. 18 Sept., 1750; Elizabeth, b. 2 May, 
1754 ; received before 1750 a farm from his father in " Oxford Fanns." 

JOB, son of Daniel, m. 29 May 1750, Abigail Mclntire, and had Job, 1). 20 
June, 1751; and recorded at Cliarlton, Daniel, b. 5 June, 1768; received, 
1750, 52 acres from his father at " Oxford Farms"; 6 Aug., 1777, Job Mclntire 
was administrator of estate of Job Mclntire. [The " Mclntire road " led 
w^est from Rockdale Village, North Ox.] 

JOSEPH, m. 7 Sept., 1752. Rebecca Harwood, and had Jemima, b. 15 Oct., 
1753; and recorded at Charlton, Jerusha, b. 28 Jan., 1757; Eunice, b. 29 July, 
1763; Darius, b. 3 May, 1766; Eli, b. 13 Nov., 1777. 

SYLVESTER, of Charlton, lived in his youth at Stephen Prince's; m. 13 
April, 1820, Clarissa Stockwell, resided at Ox., no ch. ; hotel keeper, land 
surveyor; he d. 11 Nov., 1843. aged 53, she d. 22 Nov., 1882, aged 89. 

AARON, was in 1805 trader at tlie centre tavern store. In 1806 he was of 
Charlton. 

MOSES W., son of Elkanah, b. 11 Sept., 1832, at Charlton; shoemaker; 
representative from Ox. 1870; d. aged 42, 7 July, 1875, at Springfield. 

EZRA, and Elizabeth Marsli, both of Charlton, m. 20 July, 1756. 

OBADIAH, Jr., and Sarah Hilliard, both of Charlton, m. 9 Dec, 1756. 

ZEBULON, and Hannah Mclntire, both of Charlton, m. 19 May, 1757. 

NOAH, sol. in Fr. war, and Elizalieth Hill, both of Charlton, m. 2 Feb., 1758. 

ELEAZER, Jr., and Elizabeth Mclntire, both of Charlton, ra. 3 May, 1759. 

ELIJAH, and Hannah Wilson, both of Charlton, m. 6 June, 1782. 

HANNAH, and Nathan Dennis, both of Charlton, m. 30 July, 1793. 

AMOS, of Charlton, and Sarah Billings Hayward, m. 23 Feb., 1796. 

ROBERT, of Charlton, and Mrs. Esther Todd, m. int. 27 April, 1799. 

NATHAN, of Charlton, and Sally Carey, m. int. 3 March, 1803. 

HULDAII. of Charlton, and Samuel Amidown, m. int. 11 Feb., 1804. 

MIRIAM, of Charlton, and Jabcz Corbin of S. Gore, m. int. 18 May, 1818. 

S.VLLY C, and John W. Woodward of Ward, m. 31 July, 1825. 

McKAY, ALEXANDER, of Oxford, tailor; had a case in court Aug., 1734; 
was soon after of Brooktleld. 

McKINLEY, ARCHIBAI/D (Scotch), aged 67, d. June, 1875. 

Mcknight, THOMAS, was of Ox. 1732, m. Susanna , and had 

Jambs, b. 15 Nov., 1732; Elizabeth, b. 10 March, 1734; Susanna, b. 10 May, 



Mcknight. — mkllen. 807 

1736, m. 3 Oct., 1759, William Simpsou; Thomas, b. 24 May, 1738, Kuvolu- 
tioiiary soldier, in. 1 March, 1764, Abigail Gould of Sutton, and had Sarah, 
b. 22 May, 1764, m. 29 May, 1792, Jonathan Pray; James, b. 11 March, 1766, 
was of Douglas, m. 12 June, 1788, Sarah Farnura; John, b. 13 March, 1768. 

The McKnights lived in what is now Douglas near Manchaug Pond, on 
the farm originally of Oliver CoUer. On 1 March, 1739, Isaac, son of Oliver 
Coller, deedeil to Thomas McKnight of Stow, the improvements he and his 
father had made on the lot of Province land they had occupied. On 14 Dec, 
1744, a Committee of the Province for the purpose deeded to Joseph Gould 
then living on said land, 160 acres and improvements, bouftded north by Man- 
chaug farm; 17 May, 1745, Gould sold to Thomas McKnight, then living on 
the premises, a part of the same; 30 Jan., 1769, McKnight, sold to Stephen 
BuUen. On 29 Nov., 1757, Thomas, Jr., bought 30 acres in Douglas near 
Manchaug Pond, which he sold in 1797 to James, perhaps his son. 

LEMUEL, of Sutton, and Ann Putnam, m. 15 Feb., 1795. 

ELISHA, and Martha Carter, m. 4 July, 1801. 

McLANE, Mrs. KATE (Irish), aged 32, d. 21 Nov., 186'J. 

McMAHON, Mrs. ELIZA, aged 30, d. 5 Oct., 1877. 

McNISH, ROBERT, and Jane Simpson of Leicester, ni. int. 17 Sept., 1837. 

MELENDY, JAMES, of Charlton, and Mrs. Abigail, widow of Daniel(?) 
Kingsbury, m. 26 Sept,. 1826. 

MELLEN, SIMON, of Framingham, son of Simon, grandson of Simon, 
m. 1711, at Framingham, Esther, dau. of John Town, and had with others 
David, b. 10 March, 1722, m. 20 June, 1744, Mary Maverick of Sudbury. He 
d. aged 80, 10 Oct., 1801, at Ox. Taxed 1771; chosen grave-digger in 1776, 
continued until 1782, at least; they had Ann, b. 8 Feb. 1745, at Framingham, 
family removed to Ox. -^vherc they had John, b. 10 Aug., 1750, Revolutionary 
soldier; Mary, b. 19 March, 1753; Lncy, b. 1756; David, b. 14 May, 1759. 
Esther and Israel, b. 22 March, 1725, Esther, m. int. Sept., 1751, James 
Shafter. [Simon of Framingham m. there 11 Oct., 1744, Susanna Haven, 
bought 1751 H. 188, at the north end of the Plain, and probably'occupied it, 
sold in 1756 to his brother David. In Oct., 1795, Susanna, widow of Simon, 
was living with Nathaniel Pike, Ilopkinton. On 5 Jan., 1796, he gave a bond 
to Ox. selectmen to support her through life, indicating her former residence 
at Ox. Barry thought her a second w.] 

2. D.WID, son of David (1). m. Grace Stoddard of Hingham, resided at 
Oakham, North Brooktield and Ox. ; d. about 1830, at Charlestown. . . . 
Children: Samuel; Arel; Adeline; Ira, b. 1799; David, b. 1804, d. 1835, at 
Charlestown; Thomas S., b. 1807; George W. ; andb. at Ox. : Catherine, )>. 
15 July, 1812, d. about 1829 ; b. at North Brookfleld : Mary M., b. 6 Aug.. 1814, 
m. John Chamberlain of Charlestown, and d. there about 1836; James, b. 1 
Nov., 1816, m. 1837, Sarah A., widow of his brother David. He d. 1876, at 
Cambridge. [See North Brooktield History.] 

.\BNEH, son of James of Framingham (?), m. 15 May, 1771, Mary Merritt 
(or Marish) of Charlton, where they resided from 1773 to 1787 at least, re- 
moved to Ox. where they lived early in the present centurj' nearly opposite 
the town hall, H. 192. He d. 7 April, 1821, she d. 25 Dec, 1819, aged 73; was 
sexton from 1793 to 1819. [Abner Mellen was ill at a time when dysentery 



608 MKLLKN. MKLLISH. 

was very fatal among tlic children of Ox. and bewailed his misfortune in con- 
sequence, saying it was "just his luck — dish bottom side up when it rained 
porridge."] . . . Children, b. at Charlton: Lucy, I). 31 Dec, 1773, m. John 
Fessendcn; David, b. 4 Aug., 1775; Abnkr, b. 29 Jan., 1781, sailor, m. in- 
tentions 4 Aug., 1800, Asenath Seaver of Shrewsbury; Mary, b. 5 Sept., 1783, 

m. (1) Weld, m. (2) Ichabod Holley; Lkwis, b. 9 Oct., 1787, m. 11 

Jan., 1808, Rachel Cook, settled in Rhode Island; George. 

JOSHUA, brother of Aimer (?), m. 1771, Rebecca II. Mellen [Jones?], at 
Hopkiuton, came late in life with three daughters to Ox. ; was decrepit and 
aided by the town? He d. 30 Jan., 1828, aged 79, she d. 19 July, 1837, aged 
88. . . . Children: Polly, d. unm. 31 May, 1839; Rebecca II.. m. James 
Collier, IK) ch. ; Sarah P., d. unm. 30 Oct., 1847, aged 5.5. 

JOSHUA, and Nancy Morgan, ra. int. 13 July, 1800. 

POLLY, and Moses Weld (or Wells), m. 31 Jan., 1811. 

WILLIAM, and Persis Smith, m. int. 22 Aug., 1829. 

HENRY, of Grafton, and Lydia Stafford, ra. 24 Oct., 1841. 

REBECCA, aged 63, d. 10 Aug., 1847. 

MELLISH, SAMUEL, b. 1729, at Boston, resided at Dorchester, had John, 
b. 1758, live years flfer in tlie Revolutionary army; had John, b. 4 Feb., 1801, 
carriage maker 1820 at Walpole, came to Ox. 1821, began business with Seth 
Daniels, built 1825, the house, II. 204, later a teacher, eflicient in educational 
affairs, removed 1831 to Millbury, and 1839 to Auburn, 35 years justice of peace, 
prominent democrat. He ra. 16 Oct., 1823, Cyrene, dau. of Peter Smith of 
Walpole, d. 4 Sept., 1875, at Auburn, she d. 29 Dec, 1867, at Southbridge. 
. . . Children: John IL, b. 30 Aug., 1824, was graduated 1851 at Amherst, 
and 1854 at Andover, settled 14 Feb., 1855, at Kingston, N. H., dismissed 
June, 1867, acting pastor at Dayville, Conn., from Jan., 1868, to April, 1871, 
at North Scituate, R. I., from June, 1871, to June, 1880, removed to West 
Tisbury ; he m. 1 Jan., 1856, Sarah A., dau. of David W. Lane of North Brook- 
field, and had Florence, b. 5 Dec. 1856, at Kingston; Bertha L , b. 1 Jan., 
1877, at North Scituate, R. I.; Henry C, b. 28 Jan., 1826, num., d. 7 Feb., 
1858, near Decatur, Neb. ; Cyrene A., b. and d. 1828; William H.. b. and <\. 
1829; David B., b. 2 Jan., 1831. From childhood he had a great love of 
knowledge and read much. He in youth committed to memory a large amoiuit 
of poetry and was the life and soul of a club of lads which he led in meetings 
for declamation, etc He studied at Leicester and Warren Academies, was 
several years apprentice in the Spy printing office, Worcester, in 1849 in the 
Cambridge Chronicle office, in 1850 with the National Intelligencer. Washing- 
ton, and thereafter in various printing offices in Boston, Philadelphia, New 
York and other places, teaching school in each winter until the winter of 
1855-6 when he became shorthand amanuensis for C. Edwards Lester of 
New York. In Oct., 1856, he engaged with O. S. Fowler went West on a 
lecture tour witii him, and thereafter relin(|uished printing and continued in 
Fowler's publishing department, and as his business agent on his tours, writ- 
ing for the eastern press as opportunity offered. In 1860 he joined the staff 
of the New York Tribune as shorthand and general news reporter, (Joing a 
large amount of service for several years. Not far from 1860 he was 
appointed Stenographer for the Police Department, New York, at the same 
time serving in the same capacity the Board of Health, and in the meantime 
keeping up his writing for the press, and receiving private pupils in Sten- 
ography. 



MELLISH. 609 

During the first years of the Rcbollion ho furnished such accurate reports 
of events and speeches in the city and vicinity that some of them have 
become acknowledjied authority in historical works. As he was known as an 
accomplished reporter the publishers of Appleton's Cyclopedia employed him 
to write an article on the subject for the edition which they began to pub- 
lish about 1861. Later he was invited to write a similar article for a revised 
edition, hut was obliged to decline on account of other engagements- 
In 1872 he furnished leading political articles for the New York Times. 

His brother to whom we are indebted for the principal facts of this sketch, 
writes "I cannot fix the time when he lost his position as Stenographer 
to the Police Department. His singular capacity and faithfulness in long 
service were not questioned. His ofl'ence was a most emphatic, determined 
and efl'ective' opposition to Tammany Kcpublicanisra. It was essential that 
Tammany for their greatest success should oAvn men and their influence, pro- 
vided with the fattest oftices receiving large additional pay on account of 
their oftlcial connection with certain city boards, men who were ostensibly 
Republicans but working in the interests of Tammany. The political trickery 
of certain Kepublicaus thus playing into the hands of Tammany was the 
cause of his dismission from his office." 

Very shortly after the action of the Police Commissioners in removing him 
he was made appointment clerk in the U. S. Collector's Office at New York 
with a salary of $1,800. In May following he resigned the office to take the 
appointment of Assistant Appraiser with a salary of §3,000. This office he 
resigned 1 March, 1873. 

His nomination to represent the 9th New York District in the 39th Congress 
was in the fall of 1872. At the time of his dismissal from the service in the 
Police Department he held the appointment of Chief Supervisor of Elections 
for the assembly district. In the discharge of the duties of this office he 
gained a repiitation for honesty and efficiency among those outside his own 
party. One of the main rallying points of his supporters for Congress was 
"Honest elections." His eflbrts and those of his friends in the conduct 
of this canvass were amazing. Printed documents, personal appeals and 
large public gatherings were the means used, and an enthusiastic support was 
accorded him. Many Democrats voted for him because they liked the man. 
The result was his election. He ought now to have allowed himself rest. 
But believing that the question of finance would become prominent in national 
legislation he gave himself zealously to its study and consideration. He took 
his seat in March, 1873, and being accustomed to thoroughness in all his 
duties, applied himself to his labors on the several committees to Avhich he 
belonged with his habitual ardor. Soon it became study and writing day and 
night, and the strain was beyond mortal endurance. The last of his speaking 
in Congress showed that the balance of his mind was lost. Acute mania set 
in and he was taken from his residence to the government hospital for the 
insane 12 May, 1874, and died 11 days later. 

Thus passed away at 43 years of age one of the most remarkable young 
men Oxford has produced. Soon after his death his widow was appointed 
to a clerkshii) which she held until near her decease in 1880. 

He m. 3 March, 1862, Lucy M., dan. of Newton Fitch, b. 4 April, 1887, at 
Amherst; they had (all b. in New York city), Alice M., h. 8 May, 1863, 
Udicin A., b. 12 May, 1866, William C, b. 11 Oct., 1870; .she d. 2 May, 1880, 
at "Washington, D. C ; Ann Maria, b. and d. 1835, at Millbury; Caroline 

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("lilt Mr.lJJSH. -MKKKIAM. 

K., I). 8 Sept,., 18:i6, :iL Millbury, in. 21 Nov., Ib61, Charles A. (Juslimau, 
resided at Dayton, O. ; had Augusta, b. 1862; IVed. M., h. 186r>, Itohei-ta, b. 
1875; fiKoKCK n., b. 5 Feb., 1840, at Auburn, ni. 12 Dec, 186.5, Einelinc L., 
dan. of Abraiii Fhiyj:, printer and stenographer, reporter for Police Depai-t- 
nietit in New York city; Mahy L., b. 11 Jan., 1842, at .\ub>irn, m. 10 July, 
1865. Kev. Franklin C Flint of Slirewsbiiry, -who d. 21} Mareh, 187(;, at 
Shrewsbury, sin- d. 26 March, 1881, at Worcester; they had Gyrene L., b. 
18«;7, at ("hatluun ; (ienevieve S., h. 1870, at Southbridge ; Marion i.. 1). 1875, 
at Westboro'. 

MERRIAM, MERIAM, MIRIAM, WILLIAM, of Iladlow, Kent Co.. Eng., 
(1. al Uiat place 23 .Sept., 1(;35. He had sons Jo.skph. Gkohgt, and Robkrt, who 
canu- to America, resided at Concord. The male line in the families of the two 
latter became extinct, and from Joseph descended all of the name in the 
country, so far as know^n, excepting those who have assumed it. Joskph, 
son of Joseph, b. in Eng., about 1630, came with his father, m. 12 July, 1653, 
Sarah, dau. of Gregory Stone of Cambridge, and had 11 ch., among them 
TiujMAS, b. 1672 [who m. Mary Harvvood and had with others Mary, who m. 
El)enezer Locke of the North Gore], Ixobkut, b. 1667 [who m. Abigail Hay- 
ward and had with others Jonathan and Hkzkkiah, who came to the Gore 
in 172'J], and John, b. 30 May, 1662, m. 1688, Mary Wheeler, deacon and 
prominent at Cambridge Farms. John and Mary had with others Ebknkzer, 
b. 4 March, 1706, at Lexington, and Joshu.v, baptized 22 Feb., 1708. These 
two with their cousins Jonathan and Hezekiah, above named, bought 400 
acres in the Gore in 1729. Jonathan remained here until 1734, Avhen he 
sold to Isaac Hartwell and returned to Lexington. The others settled here. 
[Sec Homesteads 103, 104.] 

2. HEZEKIAH, son of Kobert, b. 30 May, 1707, at Lexington, m. 1725, 

I'rndence , resided in the Gore, 11. 103, sold his farm in 1765 and in 

1770 bought H. 114 and removed thither, physician, removed after 171)2 to 
Ward, where he d. 24 Oct., 1803, aged 97. . . . Children: Pkudk.nck, b. 14 
Aug., 1731, m. Lemuel Edwards; IIk/kkiah, b. 15 June, 1734; Hobkut, b. 24 
Aug., 1735, soldier in the F^rench war, d. 7 Oct., 1758; Sakah, b. 3(t Sept., 
1737, d. 2 Sept., 1759; Joanna, b. March, 1740, m. Joseph Edwards; Abigail, 
b. 21 March, 1742, m. 18 June, 1761, Jacob Pierce; Hannah, b. 19 April, 1744, 
m. intentions 11 June, 1763, Joseph Muzzy, Jr., of Shrewsbury; Lucy, b. 18 
May, 1746, m. 15 April, 1767, Benjamin Kcyes of Shrewsbury; Pkksis, b. 16 
Aug., 1751, m. 29 June, 1791, Abner Clallin of Sandistleld(?V, Sauah. b. 1753, 
d. 1759; Jonathan, b. 1756, d. 1759. 

3. HEZEKIAH, sou of Hezekiah (2), m. 3 April, 1755, Sarah Clallin, physi- 
cian, settled in the Gore, d. 2 Sept., 1759, she m. (2) 13 Jan., 17(>3, John 
Crowd of Leicester. . . . Children of Hezekiah and Sarah: Ei.kanok, 1). 14 
Feb., 1756; Pkki.ky, b. 13 Dec, 1757; Hiczkkiah, b. C Fel)., 1760. 

4. EMENEZEK, son of John and .Vhigail (Wheeler), ni. (1) E.sther, dau. 
of Thomas Gleason, she d. 8 Dec, 174n; m. (2) 17 Sept., 1747, lilizabeth, dau. 
of Ebenezer Locke; he d. 20 Aug., ITf'd, she d 1 May, 1797, aged 77; resided 
at the late Jothain Meriam place, II lo,".. . . Children by first ni. : Eben- 
KZK.K, b. 2S March, 1734; Maky, 1). 11 Sept., 1735, d. 30 Oct., 1749; William, 
b. 17:?7, d. 173.S; Esthkk, b. 11 April, 1739, m. 15 Oct., 1767, l)j:^iji:uic Burnet 
of Warwick, and Dummerston, Vt. ; ch. by second m. : ELi/.ABi.rii, h. 1 June, 
174H, m. :'.() May, 1770, Benjamin TeAvell of Warwick, resided at Wcathers- 
lleld, VU, he d. 8 July, 1819, she d. 21 June, 1790, at Warwick; Jotham, b. 15 



MERRIAM. Oil 

Aui;., 1749; Phkbe, b. 21 Jan., 1751, m. 20 Nov., 1772, Stephen Pratt; Mary, 
d. 30 Oct., 174'J; Jonathan, b. and d. 1753; Epukaim, 1). 8 July, 1755, m. 10 
April, 1775, Ruth Gleason; had Zeruiah, b. 26 May, 1776; resided in the Gore, 
where he d. 1776 or 1777, she m. (2) Sampson Marvin of New Salem ; Sarah, 
b. 3 Feb., 1760, m. Walter Fitts. 

6. EBENEZEK, son of Ebene/.er (4), m. intentions April, 1752, I'lulx; 
Locke, sister of Elizabeth, his father's second w., resided on homestead l)rick 
maker. He d. 16 July, 1795, she d. 27 Oct., 1802, aged 71. . . . Children: 
Mary, b. 5 Oct., 1753, m. Reuben Eddy; Jessk, I). 4 June, 1755, Revolution- 
ary soldier (?), ra. 3 Nov. 1779, Deborah Pratt, resided at New Salem, where 
he d. 31 Oct., 1838, she d. 1836, 4 ch. ; Phebk, b. 11 Sept., 1759, m. Jonathan 
Pratt, 4 ch. ; Rachel, b. 7 March, 1762, m. Joel Clark, resided at Shelburue, 
where she d., 2 ch. ; Ebenezer, b. 4 Dec, 1764; Esther, b. 10 May, 1767, d. 
24 Nov., 1790; William, b. 7 April, 1769, m. (1) 27 Aug., 1795, Ruth Eddy of 
Ward, 5 ch. ; m. (2) Lucy Hatstat, dau. of a Hessian soldier, resided at New 
Salem; Rhoda, b. 19 May, 1771, d. 5 Oct., 1795, at Dumraerston, Vt. ; Joel, 
b. 9 April, 1775 ; Abigail, b. 1 April, 1777, m. Wilkins, son of Dr . Isaac Burnet, 
settled and d. at Dummerston, no ch. ■ " '^- ■'■■ " ■ 

6. EBENEZER, son of Ebeuezer (5), m. 29 Nov., 1789, Phebe Stockwell of 
Sutton, resided on a part of the homestead ; an enterprising man. Captain of 
militia, brick maker; he d. 29 March, 1820, shem. (2) 20 Feb., 1823, Andrew Par- 
sons of Vernon, Vt. . . . Children: Amos, b. 1 May, 1790, m. 13 March, 1818, 
Lueiua King of Sutton; had Bufus K., Luctj E. ; Artemas, b. 7 Nov., 1791; 
Amasa, b. 14 March, 1793, m. his cousin Philena Case of Millbury, where they 
settled, 6 ch., all d. young except one ; Parley, b. 14 Feb., 1795 ; Ebenezer, b. 
1796, drowned 1797, at his father's brick-yard; Cyril, b. 7 Feb., 1798, m. inten- 
tions 19 Dec, 1822, Eunice Gleason of Ward, d. 13 April, 1838, 5 ch. ; Luther, 
b. 30 Oct., 1799; Ebenezer, b. 5 May, 1801, m. 24 Feb., 1831, Clarissa Cum- 
mings of Montpelier, Vt., resided there thi-ee years, returned to Massachusetts 
and resided at Auburn, he d. 1891, at Auburn, 2 ch. ; Phebk, b. 7 Oct., 1805, 
m. Rufus Eddy; Ira, b. 15 Oct., 1808; Diantha, b. 15 Dec, 1810, m. Itha- 
mar Stow of Millbury; Wright S., b. 16 Dec, 1814. 

7. JOEL, son of Ebenezer (5), m. (1) 7 Dec, 1800, Sarah, dau. of Jotham 
Meriam, resided in the Gore, removed after July, 1818, to New Salem, she 
d. 24 Dec, 1822; m. (2) 1833, Phebe, dau. of Stephen Pratt He d. 4 Jan., 
1846. . . . Children, all b. at Oxford: Eliza, b. 18 Nov., 1802, d. 1820; Almi- 
RA, b. 28 Sept., 1804, ra. Obed Taylor, residence, Dexter, Mich.; Erastus, b. 
17 July, 1800, residence, Boston; Sarah B., b. 13 June, 1809, m. (1) Peleg 

Adams, she m. (2) ; Joel W., b. 25 Jan., 1811, m. Freedom Holtou; 

Jotham A., b. 25 Feb., 1813, m. Charlotte Ilarwood; Lysanuer, b. 18 March, 
1816, resided at Greenfield; Lucy Anna, b. 27 July, 1818, m. David S. Hast- 
ings, residence, Shelburue Falls. 

8. ARTEMAS, sou of Ebenezer (6), m. intentions 3 June, 1821, Jerusha, 
dau. of John Stevens of Charlton, resided on the homestead, d. 7 May, 1864, 
she d. aged 59, 12 Aug., 1856. . . . Children: John S., b. 1822, d. 1825; Jk- 
rusha N., b. 3 Aug., 1824, m. 5 May, 1848, Charles Woodbury of Sutton; 
Clarissa, h. 4 Nov., 1827 (?), m. Jonathan Hapgood, residence, Worcester: 
David, I). 12 Dec, 1830; John E., b. 1832, d. 1836; Rebecca, b. 13 Sept., 
1834. 

9. DAVID, son of Artemas (8), m. Mary, dan., of Jesse Lamb, resided on 
the homestead, several years selectman. . . . Children: Alice, 1). 2 Sept., 
1860; Jane A., b. 20 April, 1864, d. 10 May, 1885. 




fil2 MKItlllAM. 

10. I'AI{LKV, soil of Rhoiu'zor (G), in. intontions 27 Dec, 1821, Lucy 
Brown of TlHnn|)son, Conn., removed about 1832 to Hiitternuts, N. Y., and 
thence, 1849, to Wisconsin. He d. 24 Aug., 1883, at Waupun, she d. 24 Sept., 
1878. . , . Children: Lucy, b. 24 Jan., 1822 (?), d. 1823; Sarah, b. 8 June, 
1824. at Ox., ni. Darius L. Bancroft, removed to Chester. Wis.; Ika, b. 22 
Au^'., I82f). at Ox. ; Nki.son, b. 2u May, 18:52, settled at Butternuts. 

11. Ll'TIIKK, son of Ehcnezer (0), m. 20 Nov.. 1823. Susan G., dau. of 
John Marsiiof Sutton, resided at Ox., removed 1838 to .Auburn. He d. July, 
18HG, she d. 29 March, 1878, both at Auburn. . . Children: Susan L., b. 26 
June, 1825, at Milll)ury, in. 20 Dec, 1843, Warren Sibley of Auburn, she d. 7 
Aujr., 1882; William N., b. 1828, d. 1832; Diantha, b. 2 July, 1833, m. 9 Dec, 
1852, Alvin Howe, residence. Auburn; Jane A., b. 13 Sept., 1837, ra. 23 Nov., 
1859, Joseph S. Clark, residence, Worcester; John F., b. 23 July, 1840, d. 
unra. 11 Jan., 1881, at Auburn. 

12. IRA, son of Ebenezer (0), m. (1) 2fi March, 1834, Nancy, dau. of 
Willard Converse of Spencer, she d. ai,'ed 4f;, 20 July. 1856; m. (2) 24 May, 
1859, Mrs. Persis M. Bellows, m. n. Myriclv. she d. aged 71, 7 Feb., 1882; 
representative and selectman. . . . Children, by tlrst m. : Ika N., b. 2 Oct., 
183G, d. 21 Oct., 1861; Aluekt E., b. 20 Sept., 1843, in. (1) 20 Sept , 18G9. 
Abljie A., dau. of Loriston Shuinway, she d. 7 Aug., 1870; they had Robert 
C, b. 30 June, 1870; m. (2) Minnie, dau. of Daniel Warner. 

13. WRIGHT S., son of Ebenezer (6), ra. 4 Dec, 1850, Eliza, dau. of Jesse 
Eddy of Auburn, resided on a part of the homestead, d. 10 Sept., 1887, she d. 
aged 70, 11 Feb., 1886. . . . Children: Jessk Irvinij, b. 29 Sept.. 1852, m. 30 
Sept., 1873, Ednah E. Clark, resided on the homestead; they had Harry IF., 
b. 27 Feb., 1875; Arthur I., b. 5 Feb., 1877; Walter E., b. 30 Sept., 1878; 
Flossie L., h. and d. 1880; Frank E., b. 11 Feb., 1858, resides on II. 105. 

14. JOTHAM, son of Ebenezer (4), m. 8 July, 1777, Sarah, dau. of Eben- 
ezer Biirnap, resided on the homestead, he d. 22 Aug., 1798; .she ra. (2) Col. 
Samuel Denny of Leicester. . . . Children of Jothara and Sarah : Sarah, b. 
16 June, 1778, m. 7 Dec, 1800, her cousin, Joel, son of Ebenezer Meriam ; 
Ephraim, b. 12 March, 1780, d. 3 July, 1818, num., at Mercer, Me.; Anna, b. 
23 Jan., 1782, ra. 27 May, 1801, James Meriara, Jr., of Ward; Jotham, b. 9 
April, 1784; Rkuhkn, b. 31 Dec, 1785, ra. 1 Nov., 1821, Elizabeth, dau. of 
David Taintor of Sutton, resided at Leicester, card-maker, d. 27 April, 1874, 
shed. 26 Dec, 1872, one son d. num.; Lucy, b. 15 Jan., 1788, ra. Bradford 
Hudson; Abi.iah, b. 25 March, 1790, d. 3Feb., 181(!, num., at Spencer; Silas, 
1). 5 Feb., 1792, m. (1) Mary J. Forbes of Westboro', m. (2) Elizabeth T. 
Bacheller, m. (8) Harriet P., dau. of Col. Samuel Watson of Leicester; he d. 
Jan., 1855; resided in Sutton, and later in Uxbridge and Leicester; had 
iieorge D., resided at Worcester, d. 1862; Silas A., painter at Brooklyn, N. Y. 

15. JOTHAM, son of Jotham (14), ra. 8 Oct.. 1820, Sophia, widow of John 
P. Nichols, ra. n. Shumway, resided on the homestead, No. 103, a very esti- 
mable mail, justice of the peace. She d. 3 Oct., 1844, at Monson, he d. 27 
Ai)ril, 1874, at Rochdale. . . . Children : Eliza Ann, b. 28 Oct., 1822, d. 7 May, 
1M41 ; .loTiiAM A., b. 8 June, 1824, d. 9 Sept., 1850; Sarah S., 1). 7 Jan., 1827, 
111. Stephni Moulton, of Cuba, N. Y., no ch. ; Emklink S., b. 28 Oct., 1828, d. 

16. .J( iSHUA, son of John and Mary [Wheeler], m. 12 Nov., 1733, Susanna, 
dau. of Thomas (Jleason, Jr., niece of his brother Ebenezer's tlrst w. He was 
Captain of the North Gore Militia Co., marched with his command Aug., 1757, 
on the ahum to relieve Fort William Henry, went to Sheflield and returned. He 



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d. 7 June, 1784, she d. 1 Oct., 1788. . . . Children: Joshua. 1). 18 Aug., 1734; 
Susanna, b. 23 Oct., 1736, in. Samuel Eddy, Jr., of Ward, d. 1803; Ruth, b. 
4 Feb., 1739, m. 26 March, 1765, Henry Burnet, residence, Warwick; John, )). 
31 March, 1741, d. 28 Nov., 1761; MercyTTT^ July, 1743, d. 1799, at War- 
wick; Lydia, b. 26 July, 1745, in. David Gleason ; James, b. 30 Nov., 1747; 
Mary, b. 2 March, 1750, d. 24 Nov.. 1768; Martha, b. 30 June, 1752, m. 25 
Nov., 1769, Asa Conant. resided at Warwick, she tl. 12 March, 1812; Asa, b. 
21 Oct., 1754, Revolutionary soldier 1775, m. intentions 18 April, 1778, Mary, 
dau. of Luke Lincoln of Leicester, physician at New Salem, where he d. 7 
May, 1795, had several dauij:hters aud one son, Joshua, b. 6 April, 1783, who 
m. Lucy (Hatstat), widow of William Merriam. 

17. JOSHUA, son of Josliua (16), m. (1)2 .Jan., 1759, Abigail, dau. of 
Samuel Eddy, she d. 28 Nov., 1768, aged 27; m. (2) 14 Nov., 1769, Mrs. Han- 
nah Lovell, she d. 10 Oct., 1799, aged 71; ra. (3) 1802, Nancy, dau. of Na- 
thaniel Stockwell of Sutton. He d. about 1809. . . . Children, by first m. : 
Jonathan, b. 4 March, 1760, Revolutionary soldier(?), said to liave resided in 
New York State; Abigail, b. 18 July, 1762, m. (1) William Forbes, m. (2) 
John Plummer of Thompson, Conn.; John, b. 6 Nov., 1768; Lydia, b. 15 
Fel)., 1765, m. Jonathan Nichols. 

18. JOHN, son of Joshua (17), brought up at his uncle James' in North 
Gore, m. 30 March, 1791, Hannah, dau. of John Nichols [See Homestead 79]. 
resided at H. 79 -until about 1819, removed to Charlton, where he d. 22 Oct., 
1840, slie d. II May, 1856. . . . Children: Celia N., b. 27 Dec, 1791, ra. 10 
April, 1816, Parley Eddy, Jr. ; Sophia, b. 16 Feb., 1793, m. 6 Jan., 1813, Tim- 
othy Morse, Jr., of Charlton; a dau., N^. Augusta, m. Rufus B. Dodge, Escj.; 
William, b. 1796, d. 1802; Rufus, b. 1800, d. 1803; Syrena, b. 1807, d. 1813. 

19. JAMES, son of Joshua (16), sent a substitute in Revolutionai'y war, 
m. 25 May, 1774, Eunice, dau. of Thomas Lovell of Sutton, now Millbury, 
settled on the homestead. He seems to have been prominent; clerk of the 
second militia company in Oxford in 1779. He d. 7 Feb.. 1804, she d. 14 July, 
1830, aged 78. . . . Children: James, b. 15 Feb., 1775, m. (1) intentions 14 
March, 1801, Anna, dau. of Jotham Meriam, she d. aged 22, 28 Nov., 1802, at 
Milford, N. Y. ; m. (2) 1805, Zeruiah Rich of Milford, removed to Fort 
Wayne, Ind., where he d. ; Mary, b. 20 July, 1776, d. 12 Oct., 1793; Eunice, 
b. 23 Dec, 1780, m. 12 March, 1801, her cousin Ezra Gleason of Ward, wiiere 
she d. 1805; Mkkcy, b. 11 March, 1783, m. 29 May, 1806, Ezra Gleason, shed. 
1808, at Ward; Thomas, b. 21 March, 1785, Major of militia, representative, 
m. Lucy, dau. of Isaac Stone of Ward, she d. 1861, at Holden; they had 
Isaac S , b. 15 Nov., 1814, at Ox., m. 1840, Josephine B. Beard of Hillsboro", 
Ga., resided at Macon, removed before 1845 to Auburn, 9 eh.; town clerk, 
representative, 20 years justice of the peace at Auburn [See His. N. Brook- 
field] ; Susanna, b. 2 .Jan., 1787, d. 1811, num.; Samuel, b. 5 Aug., 1789; 
Nancy, b. 30 Dec, 1791, d. 5 Nov., 1822, unm. ; of lovely character and un- 
usual mental endowments. 

20. SAMUEL, son of James (19), m. 2 April, 1817. Nancy T., dau. of John 
Nichols, resided on the homestead (103), where he d. 8 April, 1871, she d. 21 
Jan., 1881, at Worcester. . . . Children : Rufus N., b. 14 Jan., 1818, was grad- 
uated 1844 at Dartmouth College, machinist at Worcester, m. (1) intentions 
24 Marcli, 1849, Emily Tatman of Worcester, slie d. 1863, m. (2) 1865, Mrs. 
Sarah T. Sullivan, no surviving cli. ; Lucketia P., b. 8 Sept., 1820, d. 3 Aug., 
1878, unra. ; James L., b. 11 Aug., 1822, lu. intentions 10 Nov., 1845", Angeline 



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614 MERRIAM. — MILLER. 

Ho(k-\voo(l of Leicester, resiclt-d .at Princeton, 111., removed to Chicago; they 
had at Princeton : Jumes C. Arthur L., Alice L., d. 1 Dec, 1884; Samuel T., 
b. 29 Aug., 1824, ni. 1848, Ann J. Brown of Troy, N. Y., resided at Warren, 
Northbridge and Princeton, 111., 8 ch. ; Thomas S., b. 23 Dec, 1826, m. 1852, 
Lydiji A. I.anib of Charlton, he d. 4 May, 1880, at Ox., she d. aged 35, 21 
April, 18«5; they hud Anyelinf, N., b. 1854, d. 187U; Nancy A., b. 20 Feb., 
1K29, 111. 13 Nov., 184i>, John Vj. Putnam of Sutton, removed to Big Lake, 
Minn., '.• ch. ; Chaki.ks H., b. 23 March, 1831, m. 18.'>6, Clarissa Huntington of 
Leicester, and had Alhert. 

PHKBK, III. 20 Fcij., 1785, Andn-w Parsons of Vernon, Vt. 

LVD! A .\., III. II. Stevens, aged 35, d. 21 April, 1865. 

MERRIFIELD, ABRAHAM, taxed 1771, Revolutionary soldier, marched 
in Ciipt. Town's Co. on Lexington alarm. 

METCALF, JEREMIAH, of Franklin, b. 16 Dec, 1770, ra. 25 Sept., 1794, 
Bathsheba, dau. of Lemuel Crane, settled at Franklin, spent his last days at 
Ox., where he d. 20 Dec, 1834, she d. 25 Feb., 1848. . . . Children: Abksail 
II., b. 9 Dec, 1795, d. unra. 19 April, 1863; Artemas G., b. 8 Aug., 1798; 
Bathshkha C, b. 11 Nov., 1799, m. Sumner Lumbard ; Maky R., b. 25 Dec, 
1802, m. Alfred Harris of Worcester, he d., she removed to Truro, N. S., d. 
there 4 Dec, 1884, no ch. ; Joseph H., b. 25 Nov., 1804, m. Eliza Harrington 
of Paxton, he and 2 sons d. at Mempiiis, Tenn., of yellow fever, she d. of the 
same in 111.; Alkked E., b. 25 Jan., 1808, m. Dorinda Phelps of West Boyl- 
ston, resided at Worcester, where both d., he d. 12 Sept., 1863; 3 daughters. 

2. ARTEMAS G., son of Jeremiah (1), ra. 3 Dec, 1826, Ruth, dau. of 
Charles Town, she d. 8 March, 1847, he d. 8 Dec, 1855, at Worcester. . . . 
(Jhildren: Sarah T., b. 31 July, 1830, m. Henry Bancroft, settled at Worces- 
ter, she d. 5 May, 1855; Aktemas IL, b. 8 Nov., 1832, unm., d. 1 April, 1855, 
at Cleveland, O. ; Serena N., b. 26 Jan., 1835, m. (1) Josepii Fiske of Upton, 
removed to Leominster, where he d. 15 June, 1869, 2 sons; m. (2) Isaac Cow- 
drey, resided at North Leominster. 

Rev. DAVID, b. 27 Nov., 1795, at Lebanon, Conn., son of David and 
Anna (Champion), was graduated at Middlebury College, studied at Audover 
and New Haven, Conn., settled 1829 at North Madison, Conn., and later at 
othi!r places and in 1841 on account of health left the ministry, settling on a 
farm adjoining the common at Ox. He had then been m. but had no ch. He 
was a man of discerning mind, a strong rea.soner and given to metaphysical 
study, wrote and published a work on Moral Obligation, a good man at heart 
with an indomitable will; m. (2) intentions 8 March, 1843, L. Ann Jones 
of Spencer. He d. 25 Sept., 1884, at Auburn, where he had resided about ten 
years. She d. 23 Feb., 1885, at Auburn. . . . Children: David C, b. 21 
Oct., 1845, d. 1846; Margaret, d. unm. 31 May, 1869; Maria, b. 12 Nov.. 
1849, d. unm. at Worcester; Charlotte X., b. 16 Dec, 1851, resided at 
Auburn, removed to Worcester, where she was killed by railroad cars 10 Feb., 
1887. 

JUNIA, <)|" l'"r;iiiklin (^.Viijiletoii, Me.), ami Mi'Iiiula Phillips of Ward, m. 
5 Sei)t.. 1821. 

EMMA F., dau. of John M., aged 3, d. Dec, 1859. 

MILLARD, i;.Mi;!.lNi;, 111. n. Smith, aged 48, d. 28 Dec, 1864. 

MILLER. (illoiKii:, 1). 28 Feb., 1806, at Chester, son of Ephraim, formerly 
of Worctster, came to Ox. Woolen Co.'s mill 1828, removed 1836 to Middle- 



MILLER. MOFFITT. 615 

field, thence 1838 to Aurora, N. Y., returned 1848 to Ox. He m. (1)7 Nov., 
1833, Lucretia, dau. of Leavens Shumway, she d. 6 Dec., 1859, m. (2) 14 Nov., 
1866, Mary (Pratt), widow of Harvey Upham of Dudley, she d. 1890. . . . 
Children by first m. : Gfx)RGe Henry, b. 4 April, 18H5. m. (1) 18 Nov., 1858, 
Maria E. Anthony, b. 3 Nov., 1836, d. 28 Oct., 1877, at Worcester, m. (2) March, 
1879, Mrs. Mary Penniraan of Sutton, dau. of Dea. E. H. Hutchinson; coal 
dealer at Worcester; ch. by first m. : Henry L., b. 22 June. 1860, at Sutton, 
m. 1 Oct., 1883, Nettie M., dau. of Dexter F. Parker; Charles A., h. 30 March, 
1862, d. 13 July, 1883; Oeorge E., b. 10 April, 1869, at Worcester; Walter E., 
b. and d. 1871 ; Emily M., h. 1873, d. 1877; Martha E., b. 24 April, 1838, m. 
31 Oct., 1866, Seth Wetherbee of Warren; had ilai/ E., h. 1 May, 1879; 
Emily L., b. 16 March, 1841, ni. (1) 7 Oct., 1858, H. Eugene Bacon, settled at 
Pawtucket, R. I., she m. (2) 4 June, 1882, Joshua Lothrop, jeweler; ch. by 
first m. : Lillian 37., b. 14 June, 1860; Walter E., b. 1862, d. 18G4; Mary E., 
b. 1 June, 1866; Danforth L., b. 4 Nov., 1843, m. 22 Sept., 1869, Irene 
Elizabeth, dau. of William Stone, settled at Philadelphia, Pa., removed about 
1882 to Worcester, where he d. 21 March, 1886, insurance agent; ch. : William 
S., h. 5 June, 1873; Albert E., b. 7 June, 1876. 

EDMUND, brother of George (1), b. at Chester, in. 3 April, 18;',!), Betsey 
S., dau. of Rufus Lamed. He d. 27 April, 1888, at Greenfield, aged 74. . . . 
Child: Edgar, b. 9 March, 1847, m. Oct., 1869, Julia Snell. 

JAMES F., relative of George (1), b. 28 July, 1798, at Chester, learned 
cloth dressing at Middlefield, came early in 1828 from Bellingham to Ox. 
Woolen Co.'s mill as finisher, continuing until 1836, when he removed to 
Vermont and in 1840 to Hinsdale, where he resided until the death of his w., 
removed to Chicago, 111., where he d. 31 March, 1880. He m. 18 May, 1824, 
Lucy Starr of Lanesboro', she d. 11 March, 1875, at Hinsdale. . . . Children: 
James F., b. 30 July, 1825, at Middlefield; Lucv A., b. 5 July, 1827, at 
Bellingham, d. 1828, at Ox.; and at Ox.: Eliza Ann, b. 28 Jan., 1829, in. 
Sumner U. Church of Middlefield; Emily A., b. 29 May, 1832; Ellen M., b. 8 
Aug., 1833. 

Mrs. SARAH, and Jedediah Barton, ni. intentions 9 July, 1778. 

OBED E. res. 1840-42 at Augutteback Village, carpenter; his son Joseph 
H. aged 8, d. 8 Sept., 1840, his w. Sarah, aged 35, d. 9 Sept., 1840, his son 
Warren C, aged 2, d. 26 Sept., 1840. He m. (2) 13 Sept., 1842, Hannah 
Twiss, removed to Templeton or vicinity. 

PATIENCE, widow, aged 90, d. 10 Feb., 1885. 

MITCHELL, THOMAS K., and Sibyl Davis, m. intentions 25 Feb., 1814. 

MOFFITT, WILLIAM, of Salem, an original proprietor at Killingly, Conn. 
Enoch, supposed to have been his son, bought land there in 1729, m. (1) 

Elizabeth , and had at Killingly : Mehetablk, b. 3 May, 1733; Lemuel, 

b. 25 June, 1736; Isaac, b. 4 Sept., 1739; Alathea, b. 19 Feb., 1742; 

Bezaleel and Abigail, b. 17 July, 1745; and by second w. Hannah : 

Enoch, b. 7 May, 1755 Enoch, the father, probably removed to Gloucester, 
R. I. 

2. ISAA(;, son of Enoch (1), m. 23 Sept.(?), 1761, Sarah, dau. of Capt. 
John Larneil, was in 1766 of South (iore, and later settled on a part of her 
father's farm in the west part of Ox., living for a number of years in the 
cleft of a rock roofed in, later built a house near the rock, afterward owned 
by Jesse Bigelow, H. 70. He d. aged 72, 26 Aug., 1812, she d. aged 84, 23 



filfi MOFFITT. 

Sept., 1822.. . .Children: Lkmukl; Elihu; Jp;kkmiah ; KuFis, m. and 
settled in Sutton, was in 1806 of Ox., cabinet maker, removed about 1807 to 
New York city, bad rh. ; Hannah, m. 29 Nov., 1798. David Dacgett. resided 
at Calais, Vt., liad eh. ; Sam.y, m. 1802, William Brown of Dudley, settled in 
Vt., had ch., he in IHOC, sued the town of Ox. for the support of Polly, dau. 
of .losiah M. McFariaiHl, niece of his w., gained his suit, the town appealed, 
and in thr S. J. Court irained the case; Hkphsibah, m. Josiah M. McFarland ; 
Ei.i/AHKTU, m. Asalnl llayward. 

'.i. I.F/MIJEL, son i>f Isaac (2), ra. Lucy, dau. of Jeremiah Amidown, 
resided in the west i)arl of Ox. He d. aged 72, 14 June, 18130, she d. 19 Nov., 
1841. . . . Children : Bktsky, b. 12 May, 1793, m. intentions 25 Sept., 1814, 
Edward, son of Joshua Wetherell of Dudley, and had Amasa S-, Edirnrd xV., 
lictseij Miranda, family removed to Mich.; Isaac, b. 1794, d. 1795; Hiram, b. 
22 Aug., 1798; Lucy, 1). 1800, d. 1S0.3; Hannah, b. and d. 1803; Horack, b. 
19 July, 1804, m. 3 March, 182(;, Phebe Merriam, removed to Kochi^ster, N. Y., 
had a son, resided in Mich., and 2 daughters, went to Cal. and is supposed to 
have been killed in the Mountain Meadow massacre; Otis, b. 21 July, 1806, 
m. 30 Sept., 1833, Louisa, dau. of Alexander Campbell, he d. 24 July, 1848; 
they had Aaron H., b. 1 Aug., 1836, d. 1849; Albion 0., b. 22 Dec, 1838, m. 
Nellie L. V. Daniels of Worcester, no ch., removed to Marlboro', was a capable 
business man and had charge of a shoe factory, d. May, 1878; Alexander C, 
b. 30 Aug., 1841, shoe cutter at Marlboro'; Orrin, b. 28 Feb., 1809, 
went to Orleans Co., N. Y., m. (1) 1829, Abigail Keyes, and had Orrin, b. 
1833, soldier iii the late war in the 28th Wis. Eegt., d. 30 Aug., 1864, at 
Pine Blufl"; ReviUa, b. 3 June, 1836; family removed in 1838, Abigail, the 
mother, d. lH Dec, 1838, at Cincinnati, O., m. (2) 20 May, 1840, Mercy S. 
Heed, and had 5 ch., 4 have d., he resided 1885 at Blue Earth, Minn., il. 20 
Oct., 1889. 

4. ELIHU, son of Isaac (2), m. Lydia Conant of Dudley. He d. by his 
own hand 3 June, 1819, she d. 17 April, 1842, aged 76, at Dudley. . . . 
Children: Reuel, b. 28 April, 1796, m. 14 June, 1825, Mrs. Lucinda Wake- 
field, m. n. Brown, dau. of William C, and had Louisa, b. 5 April, 1826, m. 

(1) Robert Dixon, m. (2) Dwight of Dudley; Cyrkne, Pliny, Patty, 

last 3d. 1803 of (ly.scntery; Jo.siah, I). 11 Feb., 1803. m. in New York State, 
had ch., returned to Dudley, where he d., Christopher, his son, resided at 
Webster; Samiikl, b. 28 Jan., 1805, d. young. 

5. JEHEMI.MI, son of Isaac (2), m. Salome, dau. of John Burdon of Sut- 
ton 1). 9 May, 1777 ; carpenti-r, owned and operated the saw-mill at the south 
end of the Plain many years; of strong physiciue, walked to Boston in a day 
with a pack of carpenter's tools on his back. He d. 28 Dec, 1824, she d. aged 
78, 4 Aug., 1855. . . . Children: Nancy, b. 9 Nov., 1796, drowned near her 
father's mill 28 Dec, 1807; Salome, b. 1798, d. 1799; Svkey, b. 19 Jan., 1800, 
(1. 24 May, 1824 ; Jkreiviiah, b. 9 April, 1802, m. (1) Jan., 1835, Abigail Goog- 
ins, no ch., she d. 22 Dec, 1838; m. (2) 17 Oct., 1839, Mrs. Lucretia Waldo of 
Sonlliliridge ; millwright, d. 27 Aug., 1848; Sumxkr, b. 14 May, 1804; Kitfus, 
I). 18 June, 1806, m. 1 April, 1829, Hannah, dau. of Joshua Wetherell of Dudley, 
millwright, d. .1 Oct., I860; they had SiLsan E., b. 3 Oct., 1843, m. Oct., 1863, 
Leonard E. Thayer, no ch. ; Decatur, b. 10 F'eb., 1860, m. March, 1876, Matilda 
A., dau. of David H. Collier; they liad Ada E., b. 5. Feb., 1877; Florence L., 
b. 28 April, 1879; Edna J., b. 16 Oct., 1884; Pliny M., b. 15 Jan., 1812; Cyn- 
thia W., b. 26 Aug., 1815, m. 6 April, 1837, Samuel A. Hough of Grafton, 



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Who d. 18 April, 1838, aged 31 ; she m. (2) Elijah Taft of South Milford, she 
d. 26 Dec, 1881, at Worcester. 

6. HIEAM, son of Lemuel (3), in. (1) 2(5 Jan., 1826, Khoda Perkins, sister 
of Paul, resided at Ox., removed 1873 to Webster, and thence late in life to 
the West, she d. aged 35, 16 July, 1842; m. (2) 24 Nov., 1842, Mary, widow 
of Willard Underwood, sister of his first w., no ch. ; m. (3) Mrs. Lucinda 
Studley, resided at or near Beloit, Wis., where he d. 19 Oct., 1881. He was a 
good man, of strong emotional nature, and a leading Methodist. . . . Children, 
all by first m., b. at Ox. : Harriet A., b. 10 June, 1827, ni. 3 April, 1845, Jede- 
diah Ellis of Woodstock, Conn., resided 1882 at Kichland, N. Y., she d. April, 
1864, seven ch. ; Mary Lucy, b. 13 April, 1829, m. 9 Sept., 1847, Reuben 
Williams from Vermont, he d., she with two children reside at Dubu<|ue, la. ; 
Louisa C, b. 2 Feb., 1831, m. 9 May, 1848, Thomas Lamb, resided at Richland, 
she d. Feb., 1851, one ch. ; and b. at Webster: Hiram, b. April, 1833, resi- 
dence, Beloit; Horace, b. 1834, d. 1851; Otis, b. 1838, resides in Wisconsin; 

Charles O., b. Feb., 1841, residence, Beloit. 

7. SUMNER, son of Jeremiah (5), m. 3 April, 1833, Delia, dan. of Jona- 
than Bridges of Warren; millwright, d. 18 May, 1871. . . . Children: Delia 
A., b. 6 May, 1834, m. 1 Oct., 1857, Hiram S., son of Sibley Converse of 
Leicester, and had Myra E., b. 25 Jan., I8C0, m. 23 Feb., 1882, Joseph H. 
Willard, residence, Worcester; Lena A., b. 16 Aug., 1868, m. 9 Sept., 1886, 
Edward H. Parker of Worcester; Lester S., b. 9 Aug., 1874; Hann.\h E., b. 
26 Feb., 1839, m. 1 Oct., 1857, Thomas M., son of James Bullock of Taunton, 
settled in Ox., she d. 30 May, 1883; they had Stella, b. 26 Aug., 1858, d. 20 
Jan., 1885; Addie M., b. 7 Dec, 1863, d. num. ; Albert S., b. 25 Dec, 1840, 
soldier in late war, d. 1 1 April, 1864, at Ox. ; Mary A., b. 10 Oct., 1842, m. 20 
Feb., 1861, William Y. Woodbury, residence, Charlton; had Eva, b. 18 March, 
1868; Ernest, b. 18 April, 1872; Henry A., b. 3 July, 1844, postmaster 1885 to 
1889, m. 1 -Jan., 1867, Ellen, dau. of George Morris, and had Nellie, b. 19 Oct., 
1867; Alfred, b. 21 Sept., 1871; Nancy S., b. 2 Jan., 1848, m. 6 June, 1866, 
Joseph L., brother of William Y. Woodbury, and had Grace, b. 1 March, 1869; 
Jessie, b. 16 July, 1870; Katie, b. 23 Nov., 1873; A. Isabel, b. 22 July, 1861, 
m. Cornelius, son of Joseph Putnam, she d. 14 March, 1884 : had ch. 

8. PLINY M., son of Jeremiah (5), m. 4 April, 1833, Adeline D. A., dau. of 
Stephen Humphrey, millwright and carpenter. . . . Children: Horatio, b. 17 
Sept., 1834, m. 23 Feb., 1858, at Waterbury, Vt., Jane Bulin of Norway, Me., 
resided at Waterbury, Vt., Springfield, 111., Brooklyn, N. Y., and Minneapolis, 
Minn., where he d. 4 Oct., 1886, no ch. ; P. Merrick, b. 22 March, J 840, m. 
18 May, 1869, Sophronia, dau. of Dyer Freeman of Webster, where they set- 
tled, soldier in the late Avar, no ch. ; EuwiN S., b. 1845, d. young; Marv E., 
b. 8 March, 1848, m. (1) 13 July, 1871, Henry T. Albeeof Webster, he d. March, 
1880; they had Edwin, b. Feb., 1879; she m. (2) James G., sou of William 
S. Forrest; Jeremiah, b. 8 Sept., 1851, m. 9 Jan., 1875, Emma, dau. of Ed- 
mund Chamberlain of Ox., residence, Southbridge; Olive Jane, b. 13 July, 
1854, m. 1870, F. F. Barnard of Ox., stable keeper, and had Frank P., b. 8 
Aug., 1871. 

Miss LAURA A., aged 16, d. 3 Dec, 1865. 

MOIES, HERBERT C, son of Thomas, aged 1, d. 18 Nov., 1851. 

MONKS, JULIA (English), aged 33, d. 22 April, 1866. 

MONNING, MICHAEL, aged 70, d. 14 June, 1873. 
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fi18 MONTAINi:. — Mooui:. 

MONTAINE, Miss MAKY (Canadian;, aged I'J, d. 8 July, 1878. 

MOOKTEE, I), in IJoiabuy, d<jniustic in family of Hiv. Iloralio Bardwell, 
D.l)., d. aged 53, 15 Sept., 1864. 

MOORE, HICHAKI), was among the leading men of Oxford in its early 
history. He liad ample means, and was long the largest landholder in the 
sonth part of the town; the first justice of the peace in thr- vicinity and 
transa/'ted a large part of tlie conveyancing, probate and otlier ollicial busi- 
ness during the early years; was the second licensed Innholder in the 
town, beginning in 1715 and continuing many years; fifteen years select- 
man between 1715 and 1741, most of the time chairman; fifteen years, be- 
tween 171."» and 1734, town clerk; the first representative from the English 
settlement in 1721; treasurer in 1721 and 1729; several years moderator in 
town meeting. He had force of character and great tenacity of purpose, and 
early had a controversy with the Oxford Church, the exact nature of which is 
not apparent, but yielded at last. He sold, 6 June, 1714, his farm of 260 acres 
in the south part of Needham, bounding on Natick. and bought Aug., 1714, of 
Samuel Hagburn his house and lands in Oxford, II. 205, occupying soon 
thereafter. He descended from John and Elizabktii, who were in 1643 of 
Sudbury. Their son Jacob, b. 28 Nov., 1645, m. 29 May, 1667. Elizabeth 
Locker, and had with others Kicuakd, 1). 12 Sept , 1671, m. Mary, dan. of 
Samuel and Mary Collins of Middletown, Conn, (granddaughter of Dea. Ed- 
ward of Cambridge), b. 16 June, 1672. He d. aged »6, 19 Nov., 1767, she d. 
12 July, 1760. . . . Children: Sybilla, b. 2 Sept., 1694, m. Ebenezer Chamber- 
lain; Abigail, b. 23 May, 1696; Collins, b. 7 Oct., 1698; Isaac, b. 11 June, 
1700, settled at Worcester; Eu.jah, b. 14 March, 1702; Susanna, b. 26 Dec, 
1704; Abi.jaii, b. 22 Dec, 1705; Uicuakd, b. 10 Jan., 1708; Maby, b. 15 May, 
1710. 

2. COLLINS, son of Richard (1), weaver, m. 2 May, 1722, Bathshcba, dau. 
of Nathaniel Wood of Groton, resided at Worcester on a farm of 100 acres 
on Tatnuck Hill, which he sold in 1730 and soon removed to Ox., bought of 
Simon Chamberlain 40 acres, and a larger tract of Benjamin Chamberlain near 
the site of the present almshouse, where he settled. In 1737 his father, " for 
love," etc , deeded him 100 acres adjoining this. He d. before 22 Feb., 1743; 
she m. (2; Samuel Town, m. (3) Joseph Phillips. Nathan, his son, was admin- 
istrator of his estate upon whom the Court settled the property, the widow hav- 
ing her thirds set oft". . . . Children: .Abigail, b. 17 Feb., 1723, m. Ahial Lamb; 
Lkvi, b. 17 Dec, 1724(?), d. 2 Aug., 1745, in his will he gave two-thirds of his 
estate to his l)rother Nathan, and one-third to Richard; Nathan, b. 15 April, 
1726; Elijah, b. 10 Aug., 1727; Susanna, b. 25 Jan., 1729, m. Silas Kobinson 
of Dudley; Mauy, b. 25 Sept., 1730, m. Daniel Fairfield; and 1) at Oxfcjrd: 
Bathshkba, b. 10 Feb., 1732, m. Benjamin Wilson, resided 1754 at Townscnd ; 
Alick, b. 26 Dec, 1733, m. Jonathan Ballard; Jbrusha, b. 5 April, 1735, m. 
John Nichols; IIiciiakd, b. 14 Oct., 1736, soldier in French war, m. 19 Aug., 
1761, Mary Kddy, resided at Ervingshire; they had John, h 8 Dec, 1761, at 
Ox.; Phkhk. b. :\ Sept., 1738, m. Ebenezer Locke. 

3. ELIJAH, son of Richard (I), m 19 July, 1733, Dorothy, dau. of El)en- 
e/er Learned; prominent in Ox., for more than 25 years innkeeper at the old 
stand rear of tlie Israel Sibley house, II. 205, Captain of militia, constable in 
1730, selei-tinan seven years between 1742 and 1756, appointed 21 Aug., 1747, 
giKirdiaa of his nephew Daniel, son of Ephraim Roper of Worcester. He d. 



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17 Nov., 1781, inventory £28, she d. 4 Dec, 1787. . . . Chiklren : Martha, b. 
9 Feb., 1735, m. Ephraim Ballard; Lucy, b. 25 July, 1737; Jonathax, b. 7 
July, 1739; Abigail, b. 7 May, 1741, ra. Jeremiah Shumway; Collins, b. 17 
April, 1743; Elijah, b. 5 May, 1745; Dorothy, b. 12 April, 1747, m. Dr. 
^Stephen Barton; Sahah, b. 26 April, 1749, m. her cousin, Reuben Davis of 
Charlton; Euenezer, b. 7 Sept., 1751; Deborah, b. 27 July, 1753, ni. her 
cousin, Levi Davis, l)rother of Keuben. The descendants of Elijali and Doro- 
thy [Learned] Moore were numerous, and uiany were of more tlian ordinary 
ability. 

4. ABLIAH, son of Kichard (1), was graduated 1726 at Yale, " so far as 
known the only resident of Central Massacliusetts to receive a degree here 
under the first charter," physician at Middletown, Conn. He ra. 9 Oct., 1729, 
his cousin, Anna, dau. of William Ward of Middletown. He d. at Middle- 
town, 18 Dec, 1759, of small-pox, she d. 29 Nov., 1755, 12 ch. He m. (2) 9 
March, 1756, Mrs. Abigail Goodwin, she d. 18 July, 1774, aged 63. [Kichard 
and Mary Moore of Ox., heirs of Samuel Collins of Middletown, 20 Aug., 
1731, deeded land in Middletown to their son Elijah. Mid. Kec] . . . Chil- 
dren, b. at Middletown : Marcy, b. 29 March, 1731; Reynold Marvin, b. 7 
July, 1732; William, b. 10 Dec, 1733; Abijah, b. 11 March, 1735; Abig.ul, 
b. 5 Aug., 1736; Martha, b. 18 July, 1738, d. 1740; Anna and Martha, b. 27 
April, 1740; Ruth, b. 1 Jan., 1742; Samuel, b. 2 Sept., 1743; Sibyl, b. 5 
Sept., 1747; Sarah, b. 9 Sept., 1749. 

5. RICHARD, son of Richard (1), m. 18 June, 1741, Mary, dau. of Eben- 
ezer Learned, owned the Hagburn estate in partnership with his brother 
Elijah 19 years, sold to him in 1760, removed to his fatlier's house on the west 
side of the street at the old oak, H. 216 ; had the care of his parents when 
aged, owned the homstead after their decease, d. there 3 Dec, 1782; she d. 7 
Sept., 1792. He was deputy sheriflT several years in 1753 and afterward. . . . 
Children: Samuel C, b. and d. 1742; Samuel, b. 18 May, 1744, m. 16 Dec, 
1762, Zeviah Leavens, and liad Joseph, b. 16 Fel)., 1763; Abijah, b. 17 Sept., 
1764; Marvin, b. 12 April, 1740; Ruth, b. 12 March, 1750, m. 11 April, 1774, 
Salem Towne of Charlton ; William, b. 16 June, 1752 ; Nehemiah, b. 80 March, 
1754; Mary, b. 17 Feb., 1756; John, b. 28 June, 1758; Edward, b. I* May, 
1760; Richard, b. 29 June, 1762; RuFUS, b. 30 Muy, 1764; Ebknezer, b. 25 
March, 1767. 

6. ISAAC, son of Richard (1), ra. Hannah . . . . Children, h. at 

Worcester: Hannah, b. 1725; Thomas, b. 1727; David, b. 1729; Jonathan, 
b. 1732; Samuel and Phebe, b. 1736; John, b. 1738; Isaac, h. 1741; Maky, 
b. 1743, Sarah, b. 1745; Susanna, b. 1749. 

SAMUEL. probal)ly son of Isaac (6), m. Grace , and had 7 ch. b. at 

Worcester; came to Ox. and in 1768 bought the old tavern estate, 11. 205. sold 
in about two years; was living here Oct. and Dec, 1768; two chiklren, Lucy, 
aged 1 year, and Samuel, aged 7 years, d. here. In Jan., 1769, being then of 
Ox. he had a case in Court. [Ct. Rec] In 1773 he was innholder at 
Worcester. 

7. NATHAN, son of Collins (2), ra. 18 Feb., 1747, Sarah Town, lived at 
the homestead until 1749, sold to his brother-in-law Abial Lamb, and about 
1764 removed to Vassalboro', Me., soldier in the Frencli war. . . . Children 
b. at Ox. : Hannah, b. 12 Dec, 1747; Collins, b. 31 May, 1749; Reibkn, b. 
12 May, 1751, m. 17 Oct., 1776, his cousin Elsie, dan. of John Nichols: pioneer 
at Gardiner or Hallowell, Me., and a merchant, 13 ch., he d. after 1800; Levi, 



020 MOO HE. 

I). 27 (Jet., 1753; Nathan, 1). fi Feb., 1755; Sakau, h. G Dl-c, 175G, in. Eheiiezer, 
son of Klijah Moore; Jamks, b. 6 Sept., 1758; Bathsiikba, b. 15 April, 1761; 
Zkrviaii, b. 17 Auj;., 17(53, all went to Me. ; and b. at Vassalboro' : William, 
1). 5 Sept., 17(55; Hkukcca, b. 27 June, 1767; Hichakd, b. 28 May, 17(39; Ruth, 
b. 31 Oct., 1771. 

8. .JONATHAN, .son of Elijah (3), clorgyniaii, was graduated 17r.l at Har- 
vard, aftir wiiicli lie was for two years librarian tliere and a teacher of Greek 
and Ilfbnw, unitetl with Ox. Church 20 May, 1764, ordained 7 Sept., 17C8, 
settled as pastor at, Rochester, now Marion, continuing until 1792, when on 
account of his liberal theological views he was dismissed, but continued to 
reside there until his decease, 20 April, 1814, aged 75. A number of his parish- 
ioners adhered to him and held religious services for several years at his house. 
He was of a social temperament and jocose in manner.' He ra. (1) 13 Oct., 
17(58, Susanna Parkman ; they had Susanna, Jonathan, Anna; m. (2) Anna 
Hammond of Newport, R. I., and had William, Sakau. 

9. COLLINS, son of Elijah (3), m. 26 March, 1770. Hannah Town, settled 
in the south part of Ox., west of the river. She d. aged 37, 7 April, 1782, m. 
(2) 1 July, 1787, Elizabeth Chamberlain of Dudley. He d. aged 82, 24 Nov., 
182.">. She removed with the younger ch. to Cuba, N. Y. . . . Children : 
Sylvia, 1). 6 June, 1770, m. intentions 24 Nov., 1788, Joseph Rawson of 
Dudley(?j; SoPHiA, b. 18 March, 1772, ra. Samuel Kingsbury; Sally, b. 3 
Jau., 1774, m. 8 May, 1797, Simpson Earned of Dudley, no ch. ; Susanna, b. 
29 Oct., 1775, ra. 15 Dec, 1802, John Earned, 3d [A letter of Oct., 1822, from 
Otselic, N. Y., says "tell Mrs. John Earned her uncle and aunt Nye died, he 
3 .June, 1817, she, Sept., 1818. Elijah Moore."] ; Collins, b. 11 Oct., 1776, m. 
iuti-ntions 18 Sept., 1802, Sibyl Wood of Dudley, and had Sally, b. 27 Aug., 
1804; liufus, b. 13 Feb., 1806, father of Salem of Ox.; Collins, b. 12 Feb., 
1808; Merrick, b. 2 Aug., 1810, d. 12 Nov., 1826; Marvin, b. 4 April, 1814; 
Susan, b. 26 Oct., 1817, d. 1822; Jernmiah, b. 5 .Tan., 1820; Samukl, b. 11 
Oct., 1778; .Jonathan, b. 26 March, 1788, d. 1796; Simon C, b. 7 Aug., 1791; 
Hannah T., b. 28 Feb., 1793; Betsky, b. 7 Nov., 1794; Lucy, b. 16 .Jan., 
1797; Jonathan, b. 6 Jan., 1799; Lua, b. 20 Dec, 1800. d. 1803: Alfred, b. 
6 April, 1802, d. 1803; Lua, b. 27 Dec, 1804. 

10. EELIAH, son of Elijah (3), ra. 29 Oct., 1767, Jemima, dau. of .losiah 
Kingsbury, removed about 1770 to Douglas, where he was active in Revolu- 
tionary all'airs, chairman of the (Irsl school committee, and lluMu-e late in life 
to (Jneida Co., N. Y., where several of his eh. had settled. Wrote home 1822 
from Otselic of his ch., grandch. and great-graiuleh. . . . Chihlre.n : Lucy, 
b. 5 April, 1768, at Ox. ; Jacob, b. 2 April, 1770, resided in Oneida Co., N. Y., 

m. and had ch. ; and b. after leaving Ox. : Sophia, m. Lee, resided at 

Wiiitestown, N. Y., and had ch. ; .Josiah, m. 21 Sept., 1806, Lydia, dau. of 
Jacob Kingsbury, resided at Brookfleld, N. Y., had ch. ; Rukus, m. and had 4 
ch., d. before 1817; Seha.stian; Dolly, d. 6 Oct., 1821, in New York State; 
Elliah. m. and had ch., all lived in Oneida Co., N. Y. 

11. EHENEZER, son of Elijah (3), ni. Sarah, dau. of Nathan Moore, 
settled about 1774 at Brown's Corners, Vassalboro', Me., was a large land 
owner, and bailitr or steward for Gov. Bowdoin, many years prominent in 
town atlairs. He d. 10 April, 1817, she d. 24 Nov., 1834. . . . Children: 
Sylvkstkk, t>. (5 .lune, 1776, lost at sea; Ebbnekbr, b. 7 Oct., 1777, m. 17 



' a foiully luouioranduiu siiys James Moore Baptist nilnLster ou Huz/arJ'.s Bay.' 
Ilk 1808 "vlbttuil lils^ iiuclu, Ucv. Jouullmn, a 



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Jan., 1808, Lucj' Smith of Wiscasset, Me., 8 ch. ; Martha, b. 22 Jan., 1780, 
ra. Rufus Ballard; Em.jah, h. 9 Nov., 1782, m. 26 Doc, 1802, Sally Cobb; 
Sally, b. 28 Sept., 1783, ra. Benjamin Joiinson ; Eliza, b. 19 Dec, 1787, m. 2 
July, 1816. Samuel Webb; Shekkbiah, b. 6 Oct., 1785; Ardiven, b. 20 April, 
1790; James, b. 1 July, 1791. m. Sarah Plummer; Joh.n, }>. 19 Aug., 1794, ni. 
15 March, 1825, Charity Plaisted ; Hkrbert (or Henry), b. 17 Jan., 1797, m. 
Mary T. Pierce; A son, b. H June, 1799. 

12. MAHVIN. son of Richard (5), m. 22 March, 1772, Lucy, dan. of 
Thomas Davis, lived on the homestead, d. 15 Nov., 1813, in consequence of 
falling on the ice and a cart wheel passing over him. She d. 10 Dec, 1832. 

. . . Children: John, b. 30 Aug., 1773, m. May, 1796, Esther Stimers of 
Milan, N. Y., he was teacher by profession in New York State, 10 ch., he d. 
May, 1836, she d. 2 April, 1866; Mary, b. 7 Dec. 1774, ra. Abijah Davis; 
Rufus, b. 17 July, 1776; Sarah, b. 26 July, 1778, d. young; William, b. 6 
June, 1780; Lucy, b. 28 June, 1782, d. young; Rebecca, b. 4 Sept., 1784, 
d. young; Richard, b. 31 May, 1786; Lucy, b. 19 May, 1788, d. young; 
Ruth, b. 19 Jan., 1791, d. unm. ; Betsey, b. 7 May, 1793, d. young. 

13. WILLIAM, son of Richard (5), marched in Capt. Crafts' Cavalry 
Co. on Lexington alarm, was later Capt. in the U. S. army, much absent 
from his family, which removed from Ox. to New Braintree; m. intentions 
10 June, 1784, Patty, dau. of Duncan Campbell. He d. 6 Aug., 1819, at 
Ox. . . . Children: Sophia, b. 29 March, 1796, m. Rufus, son of Ephraim 
Russell; Elizabeth Stearns, b. 8 May, 1787; Clarissa H., b. 11 Nov., 1791 ; 
Tyler, b. 3 May, 1795. 

14. RUFUS, son of Marvin (12), m. 2 Oct., 1803, Betsey, dau. of Elijah 
Davis, an active man of business, nail-maker in tlie east part of the town, 
Capt. of cavalry, auctioneer. He d. 26 Jan., 1846, she d. 1 Dec, 1848, both 
at Ox. . . . Children b. at Ox. : E.mory, b. 1804, d. 1805; Rufus, b. 1806, d. 
1807; Abigail, b. 1808, d. 1816; Betsey, b. and d. 1809; Rufus D., b. 18 
Aug., 1818, unm., d. 30 March, 1862. 

1.-). WILLIAM, son of Marvin (12), m. 11 May, 1807, Alice, dau. of 
Jeremiah Davis, farmer. Major of militia, settled east, near the Samuel Davis 
homestead, H. 30, d. 6 March, 1857, she d. aged 73, 6 Sept., 1856. . . . 
Children: Eliza, b. 20 Nov., 1808, num., .d. 22 Jan., 1874; William, b. 21 
Sept., 1810, m. (1) 25 May, 1836, Alraira Ryder, resided at Chicopee, where 
she d. 30 July, 1843, m. (2) 18 May, 1851, at Chicopee, Marion Smith, she d. 
13 Aug., 1875, millwright; ch. by first m. : Henry W., b. 1837, d. 1842; 
Charles E., b. 18 March, 1840, at East Windsor, m. 20 Jan., 1869, Leonora 
Wilson, who d. 21 Aug., 1873; Lelon, b. and d. 1812; Mary, b. 1814, d. 1815; 
Jeremiah D., b. 10 April, 1816, num., d. 24 June, 1889, at Bo.ston; Marvin, 
b. 23 July, 1818, m. 23 Nov., 1844, Olive Austin of Agawani, settled at Spring- 
field, where he d. 17 Nov., 1881, long an employe in the U. S. armory; had 
Martha 0., b. Oct., 1846, m.^ 23 May, 1866, Frank Root, resided at West 
Suffleld, Conn. ; Henry A., b. 2 Sept., 1848, m. 4 May, 187(;, Julia M. Fuller of 
Springfield; Eliza A., b. 10 March, 1851; Lavinia A., h. 11 May, 1852; Salkm 
T., b. 20 Feb., 1820, unm., d. 4. Sept., 1884; Amon, b. 11 Jan., 1822, m. 4 
May, 1851, Rosina R. Houghton of Putney, Vt., settled at Springfield, mill- 
wright, no ch. 

16. RICHARD, son of Marvin (12), m. 31 May, 1812, Senath, dau. of 
Samuel Hartwell, trader, Capt. of militia, d. 8 Nov., 1819, she m. (2) Samuel 
Smith. . . . Children: S.\muel H., b. 18 April, 1813; John, b. 2 Sept., 1815; 
EvuxiNA, b. 13 Oct., 1817, m. John O. Burleigh. 



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17. .SAMl'KL H., .son of Richard (10) lived in boyhood with his grand- 
father Hartrwell, was employed in the mill at Rochdale, where he became 
snp('rlnten<li'nt, later reraoved to Worcester and travelled buying wool for the 
Rochdale mills. He m. 11 Nov., 1833, Lucretia D. Parish, b. 30 May, 1815, at 
(iri>\vold. Conn., he d. 16 Feb., 1802, she d. 16 Oct., 1883, both at Worcester. 
. . . ('hiltlren : John R., b. 1 March, 1841, at Leicester, ra. 1 March, 1»63, 
Dclxirah (.'. Davie, he d. 26 Dec, 1872, at Worcester; Euz.vbkth A., b. 12 
May. 1H40, at Leicester, m. 12 Oct., 1865, Luther Goddard of Worcester; 
M.\KV F., 1). 184'J, d. 1850; Geohgk II., b. 11 .July, 1852, at Leicester, account- 
ant at Boston. 

17. JOHN, son of Richard (16), m. (1), 1 March, 1841, Mary L. Crutchfleld 
of Chattiinooga, Tenn. At about 18 years of age went South and spent about 
a year in Tennessee, removed to Alabama, studied medicine and practiced at 
Talladega, erected iron works at Rob Roy in which he was a heavy loser, 
engaged later in trade, afterward reraoved to Texas, his health failed and he 
gave up business several years before liis death, d. 30 Oct., 1879, at Austin. 
. . . Children: Thomas O., b. 15 April, 1842, at Alexandria, Ala., m. 18G7, 
resided at Dublin, Tex.; Mary E., b. 12 April. 1844, at Cherokee, Ala., m. 
Tlieodore E. Davis, resided at New Orleans, La., he is connected with the 
press, she has had a wide reputation South as a poetess, under the name of 
" Molly Moore," and some of her productions were popular in the southern 
army as war songs; John H., b. 9 Nov., 1846, at Talladega, m., resided at 
Dublin, Tex. ; Oeouge A., b. 17 April, 1849, at Talladega, d. young; S.vmuei. 
IL, b. 16 May, 1851, at Talladega, resided at Proctor, Tex.; Charles R., b. 
7 July, 1854, d. 14 Feb., 1878, at Galveston, Tex.; Wiluam H., b. 22 Jan., 
1860, at Texas, resided at Galveston; Pkkcy D., b. 8 Jan., 1864, resided at 
New Orleans. 

RICHARD, m. Margaret , who d. 6 July, 1821, lived at H. 125, North 

Ox. She was an eccentric character, widely known as Peggy Dick, had had 
her feet frozen and was lame, a fortune-teller and feared by the young people 
as a witch. In Jan., 1794, he was placed under the guardianship of Abijah 
Davis, E.sq., as non compos; among his eft'ects was a IT. S. pension of £18 
a year. He d. 25 April, 1799. Sylvanus Learned was then his guardian and 
in liis account charges for a journey to Western to bring his dan. Betsey. 
On 6 Feb., 1800, liis home, 16 acres and house, 2i miles nortli of the north 
conmion, was advertised to be sold at auction. Richard Moore, probably the 
same, was 44 months in the Revolutionary army nndi'r Capt. William Moore. 
. . . Children: Lyi>iA Read, b. 4 April, 1778, m. 29 June, 1791, Asa Conaut, 
Jr. ; BET.SEY, b. 31 Aug., 1775. 

ISRAEL, a descendant of John of Sudbury, the line being Jacob, Daniel, 
Israel, b. 1725, soldier in Revolutionary war, with his six sons was in the 
l)atUe (jf Bunker Hill; Jonas, b. 6 July, 1765, d. 1847, at Greenfield, with 
eight otlu'rs first settled Wilmington, Vt. Israel, his son, b. 1 Aug., 1793, at 
Sudbury, went about 1812 to Douglas, m. 3 Dec, 1816, Sul)mit Balcom, and 
came al)out 1822 to Ox. witli William Farwell for whom he wrought at scythe- 
iiuiking at the i)reseiit Bulluiu Village, removed .\pril. 1824, to 11. 184, where 
he d. IK29. He was an excellent nuiu and much respected. . . . Childrm : 
Ki>wiN. 1>. 19 Oct., 1820, at Douglas, m. 30 Sept., 1841, Eliza P. Palmer at 
Belfast, Me., among the leading citizens of East Douglas and many years 
agent of tlu' Axe Company, had ch. ; Julla, b. 2 Jan., 1823, at Ox., m. 15 
June, 1842, Brigham Balcom of Douglas, she d. 17 May, 1855, at Worcester. 



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JOSIAH, brother of Israel (1), b. 20 Feb., 1804, at Wilmington, Vt., m. 25 
Feb., 1827, Lovisa, dan. of David Nichols, she d. 26 Feb., 1850. He resided 
here from 1825 to 1830, was partner with Justin Root in baking, removed 
West, and d. April, 1882, at Waukesha, Wis. . . . Children: Jerusiia, b. 11 
Jan., 1828, m. 11 Dec, 1856, Edward Dennis of Grafton, where both d. ; they 
had David N., b. 24 Dec, 1858, physician and successful oculist at Erie, Pa. 

ANSON, m. (1) Sally , was a contractor on the N. & W. Railroad and 

came here about 1838, removed from town soon, she d. 8 Oct., 1830, aged 26; 

ra. (2) Olive H. , who d. 22 Oct., 1840, aged 32, at Ox. ; m. (3) 28 Feb., 

1843, Esther Carpenter. . . Children, recorded at Ox. : Sarah J., b. 12 
Dec, 1828, at Worcester; by second m. : Josephine, b. 10 July, 1832, at Rox- 
bury; Samuel, b. 1 Feb., 183G, at Westbury (?), d. 21 June, 1841, at Ox. 
from eating a poisonous plant; Jonathan, b. 18 May, 1838, at Ox. ; William 
H., b. 7 Aug., 1840; by third m. : Olive J., b. 12 Nov., 1844. 

SAMUEL, of Worcester, and Comfort Learned, m. 18 May, 1749. 

BATHSIIEBA, and Ephraira Wood of Woodstock, Conn., ra. int. Feb., 1751. 

JOSIAH, of Brookfleld, N. Y., and Lydia Kingsbury, m 21 Sept., 1806. 

SUSAN, sister of Israel and Josiah, m. int. 10 Jan., 182'J, Justin Root. 

BETSEY M., dau. of Alfred, aged 13, d. 27 Aug., 1843. 

STEPHEN, aged 58, d. 28 June, 1844. 

JOHN D. W., and .Martha R. Hart, m. 26 Aug., 1849. 

ALMIRA, dau. of Salem, aged 18, d. 12 Sept., 1873. 

MORAN, TIMOTHY (Irish), aged 28, d. 8 Dec, 1859, " homicide." 
MOREY, see MOWRY. 

MORGAN, HENRY B., b. 1774 (?), came from Wliitestown, N. Y., to Ox., 
was in 1800 partner in trade with Samuel Campbell; is said to have later 
been proprietor and driver of a stage coach between Ox. and Worcester; ra. 
8 June, 1801, Isabel, dau. of Israel and Isabella (Town) Holten of Charlton, 
b. 22 March, 1781. He d. 18 Jan.. 1827, she d. aged 78, 2 Feb., 1860. . . . 
Children: Susanna, b. 16 Jan., 1802, ra. Martin Sigourney; Mary Eliza, b. 
19 .June, 1803, m. William Sigourney. 

WILLIAM F., b. 6 Oct., 1800, at Northampton, son of Festus and Submit 
(French), m. 1799, descended from Miles Morgan of Springfield, the line 
being Nathaniel, b. 1671; Joseph, b. 1702; .JuDAH,b. 1749; Festus. b. 1776. 
Miles Morgan, b. 1615, at Llandaft", Wales, was a pioneer in 1630 at Springfield 
with William Pynchon. A statue of him in bronze now stands iu Court Square 
in that city. William F. learned the trade of a cloth finisher with Thadileus 
Clapp, East Hampton, began business as a woolen manufacturer near South 
Milford, in Bellingham, where he resided at the formation of the Ox. Woolen 
Company, and came here in the autumn of 1826, assisted in setting up and 
starting the machinery of the mill, being the only man in the concern capable 
of directing in each department. In April, 1827, he became an owner. The 
remarkable success of the company was due largely to his practical man- 
agement. He retained his interest at Bellingham, and in 1832 while the Ox- 
ford company was in the full tide of prosperity returned thither, conducting 
the business successfully until the failure of his health a year or two pre- 
vious to his decease. He ra. 17 April, 1832, Eliza M., dau. of Rufus Russell 
of New Braintree. [See Ephraim Russell.] They had Julius, b. and d. 
1834; WiLLi.\M II., b. 1836, d. 1839; William F., b. 2 Jan., 1839, was iu 



624 MOliOAN. — MOUSE. 

ynniifr manliond in a shoe store al rrovidencc, R. I., removed 1861 U) Lynn, 
wliere lie -was for Jiiany yt-ars among the large and prosperous shoe niaiuifac- 
tiirers; esteemed as a citizen; he m. 2 June, 186:^, Emoline B. Nichols of 
I'rovidi-nce; they had WiUiniu F., was graduated 1888 at Trinity College, 
Hartford, Conn. ; Alirr L. 

NATHAN, b. 20 May, 17!t2, at Spencer, son of AndrcAv, ni. Eliza Cogswell, 
resided at Kutland. rame to Ox. 1830, bought 1834 the house near the north 
coinmon, II. 17'J, which he owned until his decease; boot-maker; d. 30 Sept., 
IS.'iO, sin- d. 2.'i June, 1879, aged HO. . . . Children: Lorknzo, b. 14 May, 
181!), m. 17 April, 184'J, Sarah C, dau. of Lawson Snow of Ox., removed 
ISfio to Worcester, where he d. 1890; they had S. Jennie, b. 28 May, 1853, at 
Union, Conn., d. 9 June, 1878, at Worcester; Ellen E., b. 1857, at Ox., d. 
1859; Ellen E., b. 8 Jan., 1861, at Ox.; Su.san, b. May, 1827, d. 11 April, 1849. 

TATIUCK, aged 34, d. 11 Feb., 1878. 

MORRIS, GODFREY, m. 4 April. 1830, Lucy, dau. of Daniel Rawson. 
. . . Children : Lydia, m. John, son of Reuben Davis ; Augustus, went to 
California, drowned in Sacramento river. 
PARACLETE, and Polly Brown of South Gore, m. int. .30 March, 1811. 
J.\MES, and Nancy Tourtellotte of Thompson, m. int. 27 Sept., 1818. 
Mk.s. BETSEY, aged 62, d. 15 March, 1858. 
HENRY F., son of George II., aged 23, d. 12 Dec, 18G0. 
GEORGE H., aged 55, d. 14 June, 1862. 
ELIZA P., his widow, aged 63, d. 24 Feb., 1872. 
OSCAR F., son of Edward, aged 38, d. 4 July, 1865. 

MORSE, JEREMIAH, b. 31 Oct., 1()79, son of Jeremiah of Medrteld and 
grandson of Joseph of Dedhara (son of Samuel, b. 1585 in Eng.), came to 
Ox. 1717, having been in Jan. of that year voted an inhabitant on the rights 
of Daniel Pearson who had removed ; d. 10 Oct. of the same year, his death 
being the first recorded on the town books. He m. 19 Nov., 1700, Mehetable 
Cheney, who d. 4 Oct., l727, settled at Medfleld, removed to Med way and 
thence to Ox. Josiah, his eldests on, was administrator of his estate, which 
was not settled for several years after his decease. lu 1727, Josiah deeded 
the liome lot to Richard Kidder. In 1730, Jeremiah of Walpole and Uriah 
of Medfleld sold a 60-acre lot on Prospect Hill. . . . Children: Josiaii. b. 1 
July, 1701, wheelwright at Walpole; Ukiaii, b. 1702, d. 1704, at Medfleld; 
Mkuktahi-k, 1). 1704, m. Sanuiel Shears of Walpole; Jehkmiau, b. and d. 

1706; Jkkkmiam, b. 19 .Vug., 1707, m. Eli/ubeth , and settled at Walpole, 

Avas in the Louisburg expedition and was killed by the bursting of a cannon; 
UniAii, m. Elizabeth Metcalf, settled at Medway; Thomas, b. 17 Oct., 1711, 
at Medfleld; Maky, b. 18 Sept., 1713, at Medway; Nathanikl, b. 30 Oct., 
1715, at Medway; Abigail, b. 30 Dec, 1717, at Ox. two months after her 
father's decease. 

BENAIAH of Douglas, came wiUi family to (»x. about 18ti;, resided at II. 
23(1, where his w. d. 2 Dec, 1847, he d. a. 64, 25 Aug., 1854; his dau. Sakah 
M. a. 18, d. 10 June, 1860; Jank F. a. 53, d. 7 Nov., 1869. 

D.WII). nf Charlton, and Naomi Prince, m. 16 Jan., 1803. 

'IMMo'i'llV, Ju., and Sophia Merriam, m. 6 Jan., 1818. 

SIMEON, and Sally Culler of Ward, m. int. 20 April, 1816. 

ADOLPIIUS, and Lavina Hol)bins, m. int. 28 April, 1832. 

CII.VKLKS E.. of CMiarUoM, and Esther B. Ilolman, m. 28 July, 1S40. 

BRIDGET (Irish), aged 20, d. 11 April, 1876. 



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MOULTON, JAMES, son of Nathaniel and Anna (Kimball) of Hopkinton, 
b. 5 May, 1771, m. Thahc Bowman of Hopkinton, b. 13 March, 1775, came to 
Ox., 1805, settled at II. 181, adjoinin^^ north common, where he d. aged 45, 5 
May, 1816, she d. 2 April, 1840. . . . Children: Lowkll, b. 1 Jan., 1801, d. 11 
April, 1815; Mary, b. 30 Jnne, 1804, m. Alpheus Prince; Ben.iamin K., b. 22 
March, 1806, m. Almira Walker of Framingliam, resided in Dudley, tanner 
and currier, removed to Grafton, d. 31 Jan.; 1882; they had Frank, Emily; 
Daniel, b. 1 July, 1808, l)utcher, m. (1) 30 June, 1831, Mary, dau. of Daniel 
Nichols, and had Lowell N., b. 10 Jan., 1832, d. unm. June, 1884; she d. 16 
Jan., 1832; m. (2) intentions 24 Nov., 1833, Elizabeth Currier of Canterbury, 
N. H. ; they had Josiah, Mary, James, Daniel, Fred; removed to Worcester, 
where he d. 13 Jan., 1857; Olive, b. 6 Jan., 1812, d. young; Nancy, b. 28 
Oct., 1813, m. 30 April, 1846, John M. Twitchell of Fitchburg; had Edgar B., 
b. 2 March, 1847, m. and resided at Fitchburg; she d. 6 June, 1881 at Fitch- 
burg; Phebe B., b. 21 June, 1815, m. 8 April, 1841, Andrew J. Twitchell of 
Fitchburg, she d. 2 May, 1848; had Emily P., m. William F. Buttrick of 
Fitchburg; had Frank; Theodore, d. young; Mary P., d. young. 

Rev. JOSIAH, brother of James (1), fourth pastor at Ox., b. 27 Dec, 1773, 
at Hopkinton, apprenticed to learn the trade of a cooper, continued only a 
short time, early began the study of the languages, keeping his l)ooks on his 
work-bench, and thus fitting himself for college, where he paid his expenses 
by manual labor and teaching, was graduated at Dartmouth in 1802, studied 
theology, resided at Upton, whence he came to Ox., 26 March, 1805. 
Although circumstances were somewhat discouraging there was a revival 
during his ministry and a considerable accession to the Church. He was dis- 
missed 6 April, 1813, removing to Hamilton, N. Y., preaching until 1819, 
when on account of ill health he went to Union, Broome Co., and later to 
Wilkesbarre, Pa., hoping to continue in his profession, but failed. He then 
removed to Whitesboro', near Utica, N. Y., remaining there until 1825, when 
he bought of the Holland Purchase Co. a large tract of land at Ashford, 
which he occupied, clearing about 50 acres which he cultivated until near his 
death. He was a devoted Christian man, of fair ability, somewhat moderate 
in manner. In his feebleness he often called together his neighbors in his 
log cabin on Sunday to speak on gospel themes, and at times was induced to 
hold meetings in school-houses distant from his home, and was much beloved 
by the people among whom he lived. At Ox. he began the building of the 
large house by the north common, now J. B. Campbell's, H. 180, finishing 
only a part which he occupied. He m. 26 Sept., 1805, Dorcas, dau. of Nathaniel 
and Dorcas Thayer of Braintree, b. 2 April, 1778. He d. Aug., 1827, at Ash- 
ford, N. Y., she d. April, 1844. at Homer, N. Y. . . . Children, first three 
b. at Ox.: Melona D., b. 14 Oct., 180G, m. 1837, at Homer, N. Y., Moses 
B. Butterfield, a lawyer; she was scholarly and an efticient teacher in the 
Homer Academy from 1823 to 1837, he d. 1872, in Mich., she d. 1854, at 
Racine, Wis. : they had Emily, b. 1838. music teaclicr at Omalia, Neb. ; 
Frances, b. 1844; Melona M., b. 1853, both teachers in Neb.; Jonathan B., 
b. 26 July, 1810, m. 1843, Jane E. Smith of Evansville, Ind., civil engineer 
from 1833 to 1883, several years city engineer at St. Louis, Mo., was 
extensively engaged in the construction of canals, railroads, reservoirs, 
etc., at the West, retired in 1883 and resided at St. Louis; they had at St. 
Louis: Julius, b. 1844, m. 1871, Marion P. Nelson, in 1883 assi.stant sewer 
commissioner at St. Louis; Sylvanus T., b. 11 Feb., 1854, ni. 1874, A. L. 
80 



f;2t> MOULTON. MUZZHV. 

llardiiii,', had cli., iiiiploycd in the Internal Reveniu; Odke at St. Louis; 
Mdona 7'., b. 1860, rn. 1878, Dr. W. C. Greene of St. Louis, had eh. ; Ahioail 
F., b. 1812, d. 181.5. at Hamilton, N. Y., from scalds; LuE Marfa, b. 1814, d. 
1815; Abicail F., b. April, 1810, at Hamilton, m. 1837, Sylvester Nash, who 
d. 1883, she d. 18.'i0, at Cazcnovia, N. Y. ; they had Jfeury, b. 1838, dentist in 
New York city; d'eorge, h. 1840, m. and resided in Texas, had ch. ; Charles, 

1). 1842, dentist in New York city; 3Iar>j, b. 1843, m. Card, resided at 

Syracuse, N. Y. ; Spencer, b. 1845, dentist in New York city; Melona, b. 1848; 
Ehcnezer, b. 1852; Kate, b. 1854; Prances, b. 1856, last four resided at Caze- 
novia; Frank, b. 1859, resided in Texas; Natiianikl T., b. 1820, at Union, 
Broome Co., N. Y., m. 1846, Charity McKee of Candor, N. Y., and had Prank, 
b. 1848, m. and resided at Winona, 111., had ch. ; Hamj, b. 1862, m. and 
resided at Sandwich, 111., had ch. ; George, m. and resided in Texas; Charity, 
th(! mother, d., he m. (2) her younger si-ster, and had Jennie, Laura, Benjamin, 
Paul, all livintj 1883 at Winona, 111. 

MA]{Iv D., of Dudley, and Kliza P. Pond, ni. intentions 8 Nov., 1833. 

JOHN H., and Mary V. Reynolds, m. intentions 16 Sept., 1838. 

P:LIZABETH, w. of Ilev. Horace, aged 35, d. 1 June, 1843. 

SUSAN H., dau. of Josiah, and Henry D. West, m. 2 May, 1850. 

JOSIAH, aged 83, d. at Stalford, 29 July, 1861. 

DAVID D., son of Josiah of Stafford, aged 37, d. 8 June, 1803. 

SUSANNA, widow, m. n. Dodge, aged 74, d. 19 June, 1865. 

MOWRY, AARON^^d Hannah Sibley, ni. 25 Nov., 1818. . . . Children: 
Orky, Nancy, Ruth, all d. young. 

JOHN, aged 72, d. 20 June, 1832. 

RICHARD 1)., and Lucy M. Albee, ra. 13 Sept., 1838. 
. RUTH, w. of Daniel, aged 53, d. 1844. 

FRANCIS L., son of Brigham W., aged 8, drowned 11 Aug., 1859. 

MOZER, SAMUEL, and Abigail Goodell, ni. 3 June, 1800. 

MULLIKEN, AMOS, of Bradford, bought land in Sutton near Ox. 1777, 
sold in 1779, when he was of Ox., and was on a committee to enforce the 
resolutions of the Concord convention. 

MUNROE, RHODA, aged 66, d. 25 March, 1849. 

MUNSELL, ESTHER, and Abel Leavens, ra. 28 Aug., 1760. 
MARY, widow, resided in Ox. 1771, d. 20 July, 1789. 

MUNYAN, DANIEL, of Dudley, and Eliza Carroll, m. 10 June, IS'Jn;. 
(iEOROE, m. 8 March, 1827, Sally Wheat of Woodstock, Conn., and liad 
Sarah, b. 25 Dec, 1827, many years miller at North Village, Webster. 

MURPHY, ANASTASIA, and Stephen Collins, m. int. 29 March, 1835. 
MARY, widow (Irish), aged 79, d. 4 Aug., 188."). 

MUZZEY, NATHANIEL, removed 1761 from Sudbury to Rutland, in 1768 
to Ox., having bought the Edson farm, H. 163, where he lived until 1774. sold 
and removed to Winchendon, where he resided 1784. He ni. Jane, dau. of 
Thomas Bogl(>. and had at Ox. Mary, 1). 9 June, 1769. 

ELISHA, of Oxford, Me., m. 30 March, 1828, Relief, dau. of Ebenezcr 
Clark, he d. aged 58, at Worcester, 10 Aug., 1858, she d. at Ox., 10 Feb., 1835, 



MUZZEY. — NEWHALL. (527 

aged 32, they had Meletiah M. (dau.), b. 9 Nov., 1829; Hammond C, b. 9 
March, 1834. 

JOSEPH, Jr., of Shrewsbury, aud Hannah Merriam of North Gore, m. 
intentions 11 June, 1763. In 1738 Joseph Muzzy was of Lexington. [See H. 
105.] 

NASH, FRANCIS, of Holden, son of Samuel, formerly of Scituatc, m. 13 
April, 1820, Martha, dau. of Ezekiel Davis, settled at Holden, removed to Ox. 
to her father's homestead, H. .53, where he d. aged 79, 28 Feb., 1879. she d. 12 
Nov., 1878. . . . Children: Elizabeth K., b. 15 June, 1833, m. 15 Feb., 1860, 
Daniel P., son of Josiah Upham of Dudley; he was U. S. marshal of west 
district of Arkansas from 1876 to 1880, later merchant at Little Hock, d. 18 
Nov., 1882, at Dudley; Mary L., b. 20 Nov., 1835, m. 10 Nov., 185G, Benjamin 
C, son of George Bartlett of Webster, had FvpaI E., b. 16 Nov., 1857 ; Martha 
L., b. 15 June, 1841, m. (1) 27 Sept., 1858, Alfred Tourtelotte, soldier in the 
late war, d. 18 Oct., 1862, at Antietam, m. (2) 22 Nov., 1870, Rufns G. L. 
Tilton, son of Oliver, of Raymond, N. H., settled at Tilton, N. H., had Gertie 
E., b. 18 May, 1874. 

NEWCOMB, DAVID, son of Capt. Ebenezer, of Wellfleet, descended 
from Andrew, of Isle of Shoals, N. II., who came perhaps as early as 1630, 
sea captain, had 13 ch., of whom Thomas, the fourth, b. 1668, m. Elizabeth 
Cook at Eastham, had 9 ch., the eighth, Ebenezer, b. 1712, at Eastham, m. 
Thankful Freeman, mariner, removed from the part of Eastham now Well- 
fleet to Ox., with his son David in 1773, settled near the common, later Jason 
Coller's, H. 188, removed 1782 to Greenwich, where the father d. 11 Oct., 
1782. David was b. 1739, m. 10 July, 1759, Elizabeth Gross, was on a com- 
mittee to care for soldiers' families at Ox. in the Revolutionary war, carpenter, 
built the Congregational Church building at Greenwich, had a case in court at 
Worcester in 1786, he d. about 1825, aged 86, she d. 1813. . . . Children b. at 
Wellfleet: Ruth, b. 6 Aug., 1760, m. intentions 8 Nov., 1781, Dr. Thomas 
Baker, both d. at Newfane, Vt., he d. Dec, 1805, she d. 1825, 8 ch. ; 
Nehemiah, b. 17 Nov., 1762, m. Hannah Foster, he d. 1852, 7 ch. ; Elisha, b. 
15 Jan., 1765, m. Rachel Collins, he d. 19 Dec, 1840, at Greenwich; Hezekiah, 
b. 24 Jan., 1767, settled at Henrietta, N. Y., 9 ch. ; David, b. 7 Sept., 1769, 
settled in New York State, 7 ch., Salome, b. 12 Feb., 1772, m. and settled in 
Genesee, N. Y., 2 ch. ; ch. b. at Ox.: Isaiah, b. 19 May, 1774, settled at 
Cooperstown, N. Y., where he d. 1835, 5 ch. ; Ebenezer, b. 26 July, 1779, d. 
young; Barzillai, b. 23 April, 1781, removed 1824 to Middlefleld, N. Y., he 
d. 1855, at Delta, N. Y., 2 ch. 

NEWELL, EPHRAIM, and Miriam Campbell, m. intentions 11 May, 1793. 
AMOS H., aged 76, d. 5 May, 1886. 

NEWHALL, Rev. EBENEZER, b. 1789, at New Ipswich, N. H., son of 
Onesimus and Sarah, and grandson of Ebenezer, of Lynnfleld, was graduated 
1818 at Harvard, studied at Andover, preached for a time at Phillips Academy 
and at other places 1)efore coming to Ox. He was ordained and installed 17 
Dec, 1823, this being his first settlement. He was a thoroughly good man, 
of average ability and much moral courage, displayed in the firm stand 
he took on the temperance question, first agitated here during iiis min- 
istry. He was a good pastor, but undemonstrative as a preacher, precise 
and finished in manner. He was dismissed 19 June, 1832, and 16 Jan., 1833, 



f)28 NKw iiAi.r.. — Nirnoi.s. 

iiistallid al Lincoln, removed thence 12 April, 1847, 1o Willshoro', N. Y., con- 
tinuinfj until 1854, and 27 Sept., was installed at Litchfield, N. H., where he 
preached ciijht years, closinj; his life work 29 Oct., 1862; soon removed to 
Canit)ridi;ep<)rt, thence 187(; to Carabridjfe, where he d. 10 Aui;., 1879, his w. 
d. 1877. He ni. intentions 31 July, 1824, Sarah B. Clark at Danbury, Conn. 
. . . Children: Sakah, b. March, 1827; Charles H., b. 24 Oct., 1828, cdu- 
ciited at Merrimack, N. II., Institute and Lakin School of .Xmlovcr, studied 
meilicinc in Boston, surjieon in the late war. 

NEWTON, AMOS P., grandson of Tyrus of Upton and son of Ebenezer 
Cwho m. Eli/abeth, dau. of Amos Putnam of Worcester, son of Elisha of Sut- 
ton), removed soon after m. to Hawlcy, tlience to Leicester and Ox. where he 
resided !il)out ten years and removed to Ward where he d. about 1827. Amos 
P. was b. 30 Oct., 1805, at Ilawley, ni. 20 April, 1831, Mary, dau. of Reuben 
Adams of Ward, where they settled, removed about 1842 to Ox. where she d. 
aged 42, 27 July, 1859; ra. (2) Rhoda, widow of Willard Severy. He d. aged 
84, 14 Feb., 1888. . . . Children, h. at Auburn : Maky Jank, b. 29 Dec, 1833, 
m. Abel M. Cliaffee ; Alfred B., b. 25 Aug., 1835, m. Elizabeth, dan. of 
Silas Fitts, 3 ch. ; Skreno, b. 12 May, 1837, m. Emma J. Wiswell of Ox., 1 
ch. ; Ellkn S., b. 10 Aug., 1838, d. 3 March, 1850; John P., b. 14 Aug., 1841, 
m. Emily E., dau. of Nathaniel Noluu of Ox., 2 ch. b. at Ox. ; Amos P., b. 18 
June, 1843, soldier in the late war, killed 27 May, 1804: Elmira, 1). 22 Jan., 
1845, d. 9 Oct., 1866; Tyrus, b. 1847, d. 1849; Milton II., b. and d. 18.50; 
Ellkn E., b. 27 July, 1859, m. Fred., son of Christopher Statlbrd. 

WILLIAM, son of Windsor, grandson of Silas, all of Paxton, b. 2 May, 
1820, at Paxton, dentist, in which profession he took a high rank at Worces- 
ter, a prominent Baptist, preached occasionally, m. 30 July, 1845, Eliza L., 
dau., of Horace and Nancy (DeWitt) Smith, settled at Worcester, removed 
18.-,3 to Ox., resided 1888 at H. 226. He d. 24 Sept., 1889. . . . Children: 
Maky E., b. 1 July, 1857; William H., b. 22 March. 1862. 

CIIAIU.ES P., son of Ebenezer, aged 3, d. 30 June, 1823. 

ELE.VNOR, and Elbridge Howe of Auburn, m. int. 18 March, 1839. 

NICHOLAS, ANSON, son of David, Cranston, R. L, a. 80, d. 16 June, 1888. 
EMORY A., his son, aged 20, d. 15 Oct., 1860. 

NICHOLS, JOHN, WILLIAM, ALEXANDER, lirothors, tradition says from 
Ireland. J<mi.\ was 17 years of age Avhen he left, and worked his passage; 
lived in Roxbury, came 1734 to Oxrt as tenant of heirs of (Jov. Dudley on en- 
tailetl lands in south part of Ox., built as supposed the house, H. 58, which 
was removed 1S.S7, late Timothy .Vldricli, on Webster road; chosen 1742 to 
prosecute deer hunters; Lieut, in the French and Indian war; resided after 
in west part of Ox., H. 77. He m. Hannah Tucker of Roxbury; he d. aged 
91. 10 Jan., 1801. They had John, b. 1734; Hannah, m. 23 Aug., 1766, Peter 
Phillips of Charlton, settled al)out a mile southwest of Buttum's, on land from 
her father, old house now standing, untenantable, once owned by Joseph Mar- 
tin and Zebedee Phelteplace ; they had Hannah, b. 18 Sept., 1767, m. 

Jones, and had Joseph, m. Nelly Wheelock; Polly, m. Simeon Smith; Edward, 
b. 10 Jan., 1772, m. Atwood, resided at homestead, had William. 

2. JOHN, son of John (1). m. 15 May, 1755, Jerusha, dau. of Collins 
Moore, settled in west part of Ox., was a large land owner and innkeeper. 
His sons had farms from his estate as follows: Ale.vander and Jonathan in 
common his homestead, being the Barnabas Rich farm and Capt. Thomas 



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Nichols farm in Charlton and Ox.; John, the Enoch Gale farm in Charlton; 
David, the mill and the land about it, now Howarth's; and Jeremiah, the 
Reuben Morton farm in tin; border of Charlton. He was Captain in the 
Revolutionary war; joined the array near New Yoi'k in 1777, but his term of 
service was shoi't. When he left home his son Jonathan, then thirteen years 
of age, in company with David Laml), a soldier, drove the transportation 
wagon with four horses to New Haven, and with the team returned alone. 
In 1779 he bought Augutteback Mill property and removed thither, leav- 
ing his twin sons upon the farm. They continued to cultivate it, married and 
managed attairs after the manner of Dickens' " Cheerable Brothers." In 
1805, several years after his marriage, Jonathan built the house now standing 
in Ox. near Charlton line, and soon after Alexander removed the old house 
and built, modelled after Jonathan's, the present house at the homestead, late 
Jonathan A. Rich's. They continued to cultivate the farm in common until 
1822, and they were 58 years of age when they agreed to separate. Gen. Salem 
Towne of Charlton, Nathan Hall and James Farwell of Ox., were chosen as 
referees and the property, excepting the mills and water-power, was divided. 
Alexander remained upon the western portion and Jonathan took the east. 
After the death of Alexander in 1823, the mill property was sold to Stearns 
Witt. The farm of Alexander remained in possession of his heirs, the chil- 
dren of Barnabas Rich, till 1888. Capt. Thomas Nichols owned and lived 
for many years upon that of Jonathan. Capt. John Nichols d. 31 May, 
1812; Jerusha, his widow, d. 11 May, 1830, aged 95. . . . Children: Ruth, 
b. 7 June, 1756, m. Samuel Campbell; Bathsheba, b. 2 Feb., 1758, m. (1) 
29 Nov., 1775, Abijah Conant; he went as servant to her father in the 
Revolutionary war and d. in the service ; she m. (2) Ebenezer Brown ; Jeru- 
sha, b. 28 Dec, 1759, m. 23 Nov., 1775, John Stevens of Charlton, large family, 
she d. aged 92, 31 Aug., 1852, at Ox.; Elsey, b. 26 Nov., 1761, m. 17 Oct., 
1776, Reuben Moore; Alexander and Jonathan, b. 25 Nov., 1763; John, 
b. 16 July, 1765; David, b. 2 -Jan., 1767; Dolly, b. 8 March, 1769, m. 
intentions 16 Feb., 1787, Peter, son of Jacob Shumway, removed to New York 
State; Zilpah, b. 6 May, 1770, m. Edward Edwards; Jeremiah, b. 31 July, 
1772; Hannah, b. 26 Feb., 1776, ni. John Merrlam. 

3. ALEXANDER, son of John (2), m. 3 May, 1787, Lucy, dau. of William 
Nichols, lived on the homestead. He d. 12 April, 1823, she d. 19 Sept., 1820. 
Children: Alexander, b. 23 Feb., 1788, ra. Nancy Willard of Charlton, no 
ch., he d. 28 May, 1824; m. (2) 12 Sept.. 1824, Benjamin Eddy, m. (3) 10 April, 
1831, John Balcom; Lois, b. 21 May, 1790, m. John Stevens of Charlton, where 
they settled, 6 ch. ; Ruth, b. Nov., 1793, m. Paul Rich of Charlton, she d. soon, 
no ch. ; Lucy, b. 17 May, 1796, m. 31 March, 1816, Barnabas Rich, brother of 
Paul, settled on the homestead, he d. 21 April, 1856, she d. 20 Feb., 1868; they 
had Lois N., b. 25 Oct., 1816, m. 20 May, 1841, Fred Davis of Dudley (who d. 
12 Feb., 1847, father of Van A.); Celia, b. 11 April, 1819, d. 4 Sept., 1868, 
unm. ; Jonathan A., b. 9 Feb., 1822, resided at homestead, d. unm. 1887; Liicy 
M., b. 14 Oct., 1826, m. (1) 27 Dec, 1847, Warren R. linxton of Charlton, he 
d. 16 Feb., 1876, 3 ch. ; m. (2) 2 May, 1878, Washington W. White; Clarinda, 
b. 19 April, 1830, m. 10 Oct., 1864, Lucian D. Putnam of Charlton, 3 ch. ; 
RuFUS, b. 28 Feb., 1805, m. (1) 10 Oct., 1830, Lorinda, dau. of Araasa Mcln- 
tire, resided east part of Charlton, she d. aged 25, 1 July 1838; they had 
Franklin A., b. 9 May, 1833, m. 31 March, 1858, Julia A. Allen, residence. 
Auburn; they had Arthur R., b. 10 May, 1859; Alice L., b. 20 Feb., 1863; 



^30 NICHOLS. 

Lilli.- A., I). 1 July, 18B'.»; Kiifus, the fathor, m. (2) 19 Jan., 1842, Esther, dan. 
of Isaac Lamson, no ch. ; she d. 2 Dec, 1803, aged 59, he d. II April, 1861. 

4. JONATHAN, son of .John (2), ra. 15 May, 1791, Lydia, dau. of John 
MerriaiM. Ih- d. aged 77, 22 June, 1841, she d. 15 Aug., 1836. . . . Children: 
AHKiAii., I). 'J .March, 1792, m. 4 Feb., 1816, Tliomas Marsh of Dudley; Lydia, 
aged L', (1. Srpt., 1803; Tho.mas, b. 81 July, 1803; tw(^ others d. young. 

5. TIIO.M.AS, son of Jonathiui (4;, ni. 6 June, 1825, Tirzah, dau. of Eben- 
ezer Lamson, itdieritcd and occupied his father's farm, removed late in life to 
the IMaiii, wlierc lie d. aged 82, 2 June, 1886. . . . Children : Jonathan, b. 27 
May. 1H26, studied medicine at Albany, N. Y., Mith Prof. Thomas Hun; 
diploma Feb., 1846, from Albany Medical College, attended lectures at Har- 
vanl Medical School, practiced one year at Troy, N. Y. ; came 1848 to Ox., 
continued until 1 July, 1856; removed to Beetown, Wis., thence, in 1870, to 
Atlantic, la. He m. 8 May, 1851, Mary M., dau. of George Makepeace of 
Franklin; they had b. at Ox.: William J/., b. 21 Sept., 1852; Edith, b. 15 
Fel).. 1855; Frank, b. 15 Dec, 1865, at Beetown. Lydia, b. 28 July, 1828, m. 
6 June, 1849, Amos L. Scoville; had DeWitt C, b. 16 June, 1850, m. (1) Myra 
Haliion of Ox., she d. Feb., 1876, m. (2; Harriet Emery of Centreville, Dak., 
■where he witli his mother 1888 resided; George Herbert, b. 7 Feb., 1852; 
Gkokck, b. 24 July, 1830, m. 25 Nov., 1856, Martha A. Swain of Worcester, re- 
moved to riiihidelpliia, had ch., he d. 13 March, 1881, at Germantown, Pa.; 
Maky a., 1). 30 March, 1833, m. 24 Dec, 1868, Lafayette M. Ilervey, residence. 
Auburn, no ch. ; Thomas V., b. 13 July, 1835, m. 23 April, 1861, Amelia S. 
Trask of Grafton, removed to Worcester, thence to Auburn ; they had Jessie 
M., b. 6 Feb., 1862; Alice M., b. 2 Feb., 1864; Anna P., b. 26 June. 1866; 
TiuzAii S., 1). 16 Sept., 1837, many years an efficient teacher in Worcester 
Public Schoijls; Cauomne E., b. 3 July, 1840, unm. ; J. Edward, b. 23 Feb., 
1843, m. 23 Oct.. 1867, Emily M., dau. of Jasper Brown, settled at Ox.; 
they had Fannie A., b. 3 Aug., 1871; Ruth, b. 1 June, 1877, d. 4 Nov., 1885; 
AuuiN B., h. 10 Nov., 1845, m. 5 June, 1869, Mary Thompson of Pennsyl- 
vania, settled at Philadelphia, and had ch. 

6. JOHN, son of John (2), m. 20 May, 1785, Lncretia, dau. of Amos Put- 
nam, settled at the Enoch Gale place, Charlton, near Ox. line. He d. aged 83, 
13 Oct., 1848, she d. aged 87, 28 Jan., 1852. . . . Children: Susanna, 1). 2 
Nov., 1785, m. Enoch Gale; John P., b. 1 June, 1789, m. 17 May, 1808, Sophia, 
dau. of Jacob Shumway, settled at (.)x., he d. 7 Feb., 1817; m. (2) Jotham 
Mcrriam and d. 3 Oct., 1844; cli. of John P. and Sophia: Caroline, b. 6 May, 
1809, brouglit up at Jonathan Davis, Jr.'s, m. (1) Aaron Stone of Woodstock, 
Conn.(?), m. (2) Steplien Moulton of West Clarksville, N. Y., where she d. 12 
Oct., 18H0; Itufus, b. 1 March, 1811, m. (1) Marietl DeWitt of Conway, m. (2) 
Arzelia Wells of same place, he d. 12 March, 1887, at W. Clarksville; Chloe, 
b. 8 Feb., 1818, m. David Fitts; Mary, b. 5 Sept., 1815, m. Emerson Rutter of 
Vermont, resided 1889 at Hopkinton, la.; Charles P., b. 5 April, 1792; 
Nancy T., b. 80 Aug., 1795, m. Samuel Merriam; Eliphal, m. intentions 6 
Feb., 1839, Jerenuali Upham of Dudley; Sophia, d. 1803; Sophia, m. Amasa 
Coburn; Clari.ssa, m. 14 March, 1830, Ivufus Conant of Charlton, and had 
children. 

7. CHAKLKS 1'., son of John (G), m. 6 April, 1814, Irena, dau. of Samuel 
Hartwell of North Gore, si-ttled at Ox., cabinet maker, built for himself at 
least four houses in the town, was later a wagon maker and house painter, 
renioveil 1831! to Worcester where he was a house painter, and where both d. 



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He d. 24 May, 1869, she d. 20 May, 1876. . . . Children: Mauy Ann, b. 14 
June, 1815, m. 26 Feb., 1831, Lorenzo D. Gorton, removed to Philadelphia, 
Pa., railroad car builder, had ch. ; Cyrus H., b. 10 Dec, 1817, m. 1844, at 
Springfield, Eliza Hannum, one of the first locomotive engineers on the 
Western Railroad, removed to BulTalo, N. Y., a superior mechanic, the 
inventor of the locomotive cab for the protection of the engineer from the 
weather, and several other useful appliances now in extensive use in railroad- 
ing, he d. 19 Jan., 1888, at Buffalo, had ch. ; Susan C, b. 27 May, 1820, m. 8 
Jan., 1850, Samuel S. Sweetser of Worcester, where they settled, had ch. ; 
Charles Pouter, b. 20 July, 1822, m. 1853, at Springfield, Mary Ann Sullivan, 
long in the employ of the B. & A. R. R., at Springfield; John D., b. 23 Aug., 
1824, d. 1826 ; John B., b. 15 Nov., 1827, left home about 1841, was for a num- 
ber of months employed at the Astor House, New York, in 1842 went to New 
Orleans, La., where he entered the employ of the largest dry goods house in 
the city. In 1847 he went to Jackson, Miss., into a branch house of the same 
firm ; in 1849 started overland for California with a party, the most of whom 
died on the way or were killed by the Indians ; was left on the route to die, 
but managed to reach Fort Laramie, then only an Indian trading post guarded 
by U. S. troops. He soon began trade with the Indians, was a favorite with 
them and became wealthy. In 1854 he came east, but soon returned as far as 
Missouri. In 18.58 he was connected with the Overland Mail Company and 
went through with the first mail via Santa F6. He later removed to Texas, 
enlisted in the Confederate army, in which he was a captain, and was killed at 
Gettysburg, 3 July, 1863; Sumner B., b. 21 June, 1830, m. Nov., 1853, at 
Copenhagen, N. Y., Caroline Adams, settled at Worcester, tobacconist, had 
ch., she d. 1 March, 1884, he d..2 Feb., 1888, both at Worcester; Samuel H., 
b. 19 Jan., 1833, locomotive engineer, killed on the N. Y. Central Railroad at 
Oneida, N. Y., 19 March, 1853. 

8. DAVID, son of John (2), succeeded his father as owner of the Augutte- 
back Mill, and operated a grist-mill, wool-carding and saw-mill many years, 
sold in 1826 to the Oxford Woolen Company, m. 12 March, 1789, Anna, dau. 
of Dea. Samuel Harris, he d. 1 Jan., 1842, she d. 13 April, 1845, at Grafton. 

. . . Children: Anna, b. 13 May, 1792, m. Dr. Delano Pierce; a dau., b. 
1794: A SON, b. 1796; A dau., b. 1798; a dau., b. 1800; a dau., b. 1802, all d. 
young of dysentery; Lovisa, b. 29 April, 1804, m. 25 Feb., 1827, Josiah 
Moore; Betsey, b. 1806, d. 1811; John, b. 1808, d. 1810. 

9. JEREMIAH, son of John (2), m. 22 March, 1796, Dorothy Coburn of 
Charlton, settled in the east part of Charlton on land given him by his father. 
He d. 25 July, 1813, she d. aged 72, 8 Oct., 1849. , . . Children: Abijah, b. 
27 June. 1797; Elsh!, b. 10 Nov., 1804, m. 15 Nov., 1824, Lawson Gould, lived 
at Jonathan Sibley's, removed 1840 to Charlton near Ox. ; they had Sylvamis, 

b. 12 Jan., 1827, m. Cordelia V. , who d. 26 April, 1869; Harvey, b. 6 

March, 1830, d. unm. ; Franklin, b. 5 Oct., 1832, m. Julia, dau. of Hiram 
Corbin of Webster, where they settled, had ch. ; Hollia, b. 19 Sept., 1837, m., 
removed to Douglas, where he d. ; .hilia Ann, b. 15 Jan., 1839, d. unm.; 
Hanson, b. 23 Nov., 1842, soldier in the late war, d. 18 June, 1863, at New 
Berne, N. C. ; Tirzah, b. 1 Oct., 1844, m. Alonzo Vinton, resided at Minnesota; 
Nancy, b. 13 Dec, 1849, m. Andrew E. Bennett; Lavina, b. 12 July, ISOC, m. 
10 June, 1827. Fitz Alvan Barnes of Dudley; had Lucian, m. Alniira Prince; 

Francis, m. Mansfield, has been an ofiicer in State Prison, Sing Sing, 

N. Y. ; Harvey, 1). 3 July, 1808, ra. Clarentine, dau. of Thomas Towne of 



f)32 NiriiOLS. 

CMiiirltoii, wliori; tliry .scLtl. il, lie d. 1881, had ch. ; rKiKU E., b. 10 Sept., 1810, 
m. (1) 31 March, 1834, Millia Stockwell of Ox., she d. 15 Nov., 1878, at Provi- 
dence', U. I., 111. (2) 28 Jiuie, 1879, Mary F. Brackett of Webster, resided at 
Providence and Harvard, where he d. 15 March, 1885; had Lizzie, b. 19 Feb., 
18:{5, at Poiiifret, Conn., d. 1 Auij., 1853; Dki.ano P., 1). 7 Feb., 1813, m. 
1832, at Millbiiry, Nancy II. Hastings, and had Sarah A., b. 23 Sept., 1835, ni. 
Fel)., 1853, Leonard C Clark, resided at Hyde Park; Delano P., d. 1 May, 
1873, his widow d. 26 Ai)ril, 1883, both at Hyde Park; 3 others d. 1803. 

10. AMIJ.MI, son of Jeremiah (9), m. 15 Sept., 1819, Susan Underwood of 
I'oinfnl, (Junn., settled at 11. 218, cabinet maker, later lived at Webster, 
Stoneville and Lancaster, removed 1845 to Worcester, where he d. 18 April, 
1877, she d. a.ifcd 67, 4 July, 1864, at Worcester. . . . Children b. at Ox. : 
Maky Eliza, b. 2 Nov., 1820, m. 9 Sept., 1846, Jarvis Howe, resided in several 
towns, indicated by l)irth of ch., lie d. 13 Aug., 1879, at North Brookfield ; 
they had Mary E., h. 21 June, 1847, at Worcester; Oliver I., b. 25 Aug., 1849, 
at Tolland, Conn.; Edwin J., b. 20 June, 1851, at Spencer; Rosdle /., b. 16 
Dec, 1854, at Stallbrd, Conn.; another b. and d. 1857, at North Brookfield; 
Jkkkmiaii, b. 9 Jan., 1823, m. Jenny E. Stratton, resided at Worcester, 
accountant, he d. 20 July, 1880; Lavinia E., b. 25 April. 1825, m. 1 Jan., 1850, 
Georfre Earle of Paxton, settled at Worcester, where he d. 11 Jan., 1863; they 
had Susan E., d. aged 26, 29 Feb., 1880; George S., resided with his mother 
at Worcester; Susan M., b. 16 Nov., 1833; Willard, d. young. 

11. WILLIAM, brother of John (1). The lirst we learn of him is in his 
land i)urchase in 1743 of Ebenezer Humphrey at the south end of the Plain, 
II. 209. He doubtless built the house long occupied by Elihu Harwood, Jr.; 
Iiattrr. ill! in. 3 Oct., 1745, Mary, dau. of Dca. John Willson. He d. aged 
72, 18 Aug., 1794, suddenly while plowing in his field. She d. about 1810. 

. . . Children: Mauy, b. 24 April, 1746, m. 19 Nov., 1783, Ebenezer Twiss 
of Cliarlton, had ch. ; William, b. 27 Jan., 1748, Kevolutionary soldier, (?) 
\n. 5 May, 1774, Lydia, dau. of John Town, settled at Charlton and had ch. ; 
PijKHK, \). 11 Sept., 1750, m. Edmund, son of John Eddy; Rachkl, I). 13 
March, 1763, m. Elijah Ward, settled at Charlton and had ch. ; Danikl, b. 8 
April, 1755, d. 1761; Samukl, b. 11 Nov., 1757, d. 1768; Sauah, b. 19 Aug., 
1760, m. 18 Jan., 1781, Moses Twiss of Charlton, where they settled, had ch. ; 
Lois, b. 11 June, 1764, m. intentions 24 July, 1786, Al)ijah Wheelock of Charl- 
ton; Lucv, h. 29 April, 1767, m. her cousin, Alexander Nichols; Danikl, b. 
26 May, 1770. 

12. DANIEL, son of William (11), m. 30 Nov., 1797, Susan, dau. of 
JonatJian Kidder, resided at the homestead, where he d. 9 March, 1825, she d. 
10 March, 1816. . . . Children: Joshua, d. 1802; Sophia, b. 1799, d. 1802; 
Susanna, d. 1802; William, b. 3 Aug., 1803, ni. intentions 8 March, 1836, 
Azubah H. Gibbs, resided at Dudley, where he d. 1878, carpenter, had cji. ; 
Sa:mikl, 1). 13 Aug., 1806, m. (1) Emeline. dan. of Enoch Marsh, she d. aged 
33, 27 May, 1850, no ch., m. (2) Mary B., dau. of David Wait, he d. 7 Oct., 
1870, she d. 22 .April, 1871 ; ch. by second m. Georgiana, m. Amos Allen. 

1.3. ALE.XANDEU, brotlicr of Jolin (1), came from Koxbury as early as 
1738, lived for a time at Dudley, m. 26 Feb., 1739, Margaret, dau. of Joseph 
Wiifv, si'tMcd in the extreme north part of Ox., adjoining Worcester on the 
" Kldi.'f road." In 1744 Joseph llockett sold him 60 acres, third lot from 
Worcester corner, westward. . . . Children: Kachkl, b. 2 July, 1743, m. 
Daniel Phillips; Ukbecca, b. 6 Nov., 1744; Thomas, father of Hannah, w. of 



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Parley Eddy, removed to Marietta, O. ; and others not recorded. Ward was 
made a poll parish in 1773. At the first choice of officers Alexander Nichols 
was chosen one of the precinct committee and assessors, and also one of the 
parish committee. He was dismissed from Ox. Church to that in Ward 1776. 
He d. aged 83, 18 Aug., 1799, at Ward. 

HENRY, son of Isaac of Sutton, m. Elizabeth Town, sold land near Man- 
chaug Pond in Sutton 1762, was of Ox. 1765 to 1771 at least, taxed in 1771 
here, but as a tenant perhaps, removed to Koyalston as early as 1776, was 
constable and collector there 1779. 

ALEXANDER, and Jean Hart of Leicester, m. 30 Oct., 1751 . 

ALEXANDER, and Mrs. Deborah Clark of Brookline, m. int. "> Oct., 1765. 

JACOB, Revolutionary soldier. 

JONATHAN, and Josephine M. Clark, m. 26 Feb., 1838. 

CHAUNCEY, and CaroUne M. Goddard, m. 28 Dec, 1848. 

NILES, EPHRAIM, and Fanny Colton of Medway, m. int. 23 April, 1825. 

NOLEN. There is a tradition that the first of this family in America was 
a master shipbuilder sent by the King of England to Montreal. His son 
Thomas, who came to the vicinity of Boston, was b. 1734, and d. 10 .Jan., 
1785, at Roxbury. He ra. in Boston 21 Feb., 1762, Elizabeth Blaney, dau. of 
Ambrose, b. 7 April, 1707, at Lynn; in 1776 removed to Roxbury. George, 
their son, Avas b. 9 March, 1767, m. 1793, Esther Langley, b. 19 Jan., 1772, 
dau. of Samuel of RoxUury, where they settled, removed 1803 to Thompson, 
Conn., and two or three years later to Ox., residing here till 1810; removed 
to Whitinsville, learned somewhat of cotton spinning; in about two years 
removed to Hopkintou and thence soon to Ashland where he engaged in cot- 
ton spinning, continuing iintil 1824, returned to Ox., where he resided till his 
death. He was by trade a carpenter. In his later years was, from 1824 to 
1838, carrier of the Worcester newspapers on a route through Ox., Webster 
and Dudley. He d. 25 July, 1840, at Ox., she d. 13 Dec, 1846, at Woonsocket, 
R. I. . . . Children, fir-st four b. at Roxbury : Lavina, b. 30 May, 1794, m. 
Rev. Elias McGregor, Baptist, for a time preacher at Ward, removed to Old- 
town, Me., she d. at Colchester, Vt. ; Betsey L., b. 29 Oct., 1796, m. Amos 
Aldrich, resided in Adrian, Mich.; George B., b. 16 March, 1799, m. (1) 29 
Nov., 1826, Olive C. Grossman of Sutton, she d. 25 June, 1850; m. (2) 9 June, 
1852, Clarissa Kingsbury of Sutton, where they settled, removed to Brook- 
field and 1882 to Ox., where he d. 9 Sept., 1885; oh., all excepting the last, b. 
at Sutton: Horace W., b. 26 Sept., 1827, m. 2 Oct., 1856, Caroline Siler of 
Franklin, N. C, where they settled, had ch., he d. there 13 Oct., 1863; George 
A., b. 9 .Jan., 1831, m. 5 Oct., 1869, Melvina M. Patton of El Paso, 111., was 
graduated at Yale 1857, among the highest of the class, tutor in 1860, and in 
1865 accepted a position in the Patent Office at Washington, D. C, and was 
17 Aug., 1875, the date of his death, Examiner-in-chief; a man of ability, 
courtesy and integrity; Sabra A., b. 18 Feb., 1833, m. 15 Nov., 1854, Joseph 
E. Waite of West Brookfield, wliere they settled; OUvia R., b. 6 Oct., 1837, 
m. 4 Jan.. 1865, George W. Sargent of North Brookfield; Alfred E., b. 25 
Dec, 1845, at Leicester, graduated at Yale 1867, teacher at Norwich, Vt., 
Wethersfield, Conn., Winchendon, North Brookfield and Fitchburg, where 
he 1890 continues; Nathaniel, b. 27 Oct., 1801; Nancy, b. 3 March, 1806, at 
Thompson, Conn., m. James Verry, resided at Woonsocket, R. I., where she d. 
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«;;i4 NDLKN. — OLNEY. 

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13 .liinc, 1HH2; VVir.i.iAM B., b. (> April, 1816, at Whitinsville, m. Sally Verry, 
physician at Wooiisricket, K. I., and Franklin, his present residence. 

2. NATIIANIKL, son of George (1), ra. 3 Sept., 1842, Harriet Scvery. 
He il. 7 .Fiinr, 1H75. . . . Children: EMn.Y, b. 19 May, 1844, d. yonnj;; Gkokge, 
b. 22 .liiii., IKH); Jamks, t). 27 May, 1849; Emii.y, b. 3u April, 1851. 

NYE, .lo.NATH.VN, of South Gore, and Betty Alton of Thonii)S(jn, Conn., 
ni. int. 22 Dec, 1794. 

O'BRIEN, JAMES (Irish), aged 32, d. 14 July, 1859. 
ALICE, aii.d 50, d. 6 Oct., 1865.(?) 
MA.N.VAII, aired 32, d. 22 Aug., 1877. 

O'CONNELL, SUSAN, widow, aged 57, d. fi Nov., 1870. 

OLNEY, KICIIARD, b. in 1770, at Smithlield, R. I., descended from 
Tiiomas, who carac from St. Albans, Hertfordshire, Eng., in 1635, settled at 
Salcin, and was in June, 1637, of Providence, contemporary with Roger 
Williams, having been excommunicated from the Salem Church for espous- 
ing his cause, and was in 1638 one of 13 corporate members of the town, and 
aided in fonnrling the lirst Baptist Church in America. Richard was in young 
manhood a thriving merchant at Providence, in the West India trade, and an 
owner in a packet vessel, the Huntress, which plied betAveen Providence, New 
York and Savannah, carrying passengers and freight, mainly cotton, and 
which was lost at sea. He was among the pioneers in the cotton manufacture 
of this region, which interest in 1810 centered in and near Providence. 
Samuel Slater was successfully prosecuting the business at Pawtucket and 
casting about in this vicinity for an opportunity to enlarge his operations by 
estai)lisliing mills for spinning, where facilities for weaving were found in 
tile farmi-rs' families. Almost simultaneously Mr. Olney with two associates, 
merchants of Providence, engaged in a like project, and on 5 Nov., 1811, 
previous to the purchase of Mr. Slater at Webster, received from Ezekiel 
Preston, a deed of three-fourths of a tract of land on the Mumford river, at 
East Douglas, with water-power and rights for mills, machine sliop and other 
buildings. A company was organized, buildings erected and a successful 
business was estal)lished under the style of Richard Olncy & Co., later the 
Douglas Cotton Manufacturing Company. In 1817 Mr. Olney removed to 
Douglas, where he appears to have continued the business with partners until 
his coming to O.vford in the spring of 1819. He retained his interest at 
Douglas until 1822, when he sold -'/y of the property to Ziba Angell, and jS to 
Jonathan .Vdams and Adams Koster, l)otii of Providence, having l)eeii, as thus 
appears, about two-thirds owner. 

In .\pril, 1819, he bought tlic Campbell tavern property at Oxford Centre, 
and was there innkeeper and trader until the spring of 1823, when he removed 
to tlie house then standing on the site of the Episcopal Church. In 1826 he 
bought the farm west of the river, II. 74, at present Woodbury's, where he 
resided until 1833, wiien he bought the estate on the Plain, H. 226, and re- 
moved thither. Tins place he sold in 1837, and later lived at the house then 
standing on the site of tlie Methodist Church, whence he removed after two 
or three years to Bnrrillville, which was his home at his decease. He held 
from th(! tlrst a largi- interest in the Oxford Woolen Company, and in 1836 
becanje chief proprietor. He was in precarious health several years l)efore 
his decease, and in the autumn of 1841 went to Saratoga for recuperation. 



OLNEY. ()35 

Finding little benefit he returned as far as Oxford, stopped with his old 
f i-iend Alexander C. Thurston, near Town's Pond, H. HI, continued to decline 
and d. there 22 Oct., 1841, aged 71. [Headstone.] He had native force of 
character, sagacity and business ability ; was an original proprietor in Oxford 
Bank, the second on its lirst board of directors, and from 1833 to 183C its 
president, member of Constitutional Convention in 1820, town agent five years 
between 1824 and 1836, in 1821 and 1828 selectman and in 1826 and 182!) repre- 
sentative, an officer in the Restorationist Church under liev. Seth Chandler, 
and afterward a supporter of the Methodist Society. He m. 3 April, 1795, 
at Cumberland, R. I., Abigail Wilson, she d. 16 Aug., 1855, aged 79. . , . 
Children: Lucina, b. 31 March, 1796, at North Providence, m. Cromwell 
Moulton, nine sons; Cynthia, b. 12 April, 1797, at North Providence, m. at 
Douglas, John White, four sons and five daughters ; Hannah, b. 27 Api-il, 
1799, at Providence, m. 15 July, 1819, Simon Wheeler of Seekonk, six sons 
and three daughters; Wilson, b. 10 Jan., 1802, at Providence; Lucinda, b. 22 
Oct., 1803, m. Charles J. Stratford; Simon L., b. 3 Aug., 1805, left home in 
young manhood aud not heard from ; Amy, b. 29 June, 1807, at Providence, 
m. Samuel C, son of Peter Butler; Elisha, b. 7 Aug., 1809, at Providence, m. 
aud resided West, had one dan., Hannah, m. Thomas Hardy and had Harry, 
b. about 1876; Elisha, the father, d. in Iowa; Moses, b. 1814, d. 1820, at Ox., 
drowned; Abigail, b. 20 Nov., 1817, at Douglas, m. 3 Dec, 1836, William 
Knight of Leicester, six sons and three daughters; William B., b. 31 July, 
1819, at Ox., m. Lavina Morey, resided at Burrillville, removed to Upton, 
where he resides 1891; oh. b. at Burrillville: William M.,h. 13 Sept., 1842; 
Amij, b. 21 March, 1844; Oscar V., b. 13 April, 1845. 

2. WILSON, son of Richard (1), taught school at Douglas at 17 years of 
age, was clerk in his father's store at Ox., 1819 to 1823, and at Providence, 
Hj'de Park, N. Y., and Little Falls, N. J., until 1829, wlien he began as ac- 
countant at Ox. Woolen Co. Mill, continuing to 1831; thereafter a merchant 
on the Plain till 1836, when he removed to Louisville, Ky., and continued in 
the same line till 1842, when he returned to Ox., I'cmaiuiug at the Ox. Woolen 
Co. Village caring for the affairs of his father's estate, being an executor, until 
1846, when he became interested with George Hodges in llannel manufacture, 
continuing until 1853, when he removed to the Plain. In 1855 he was elected 
cashier of the Oxford Bank, which office he efficiently filled until his resigna- 
tion shortly before his decease. He was a man of scrupulous integrity, of a 
kindly aud generous nature, a sincere and earnest Christian, and commanded 
the respect and esteem of all who knew him. He m. 26 March, 1832, Eliza L., 
dau. of Peter Butler. He d. 24 Feb., 1874, she d. 2 May, 1874. . . . Children: 
RrcHAUD, b. 15 Sept., 1835, graduated, 1856, at Brown, and later at Harvard 
Law School; entered, 1859, the law office of Judge Benjamin F. Thomas of 
Boston, advanced rapidly and, 1890, ranks among the foremost lawyers of that 
city. He has taken some part in public aflairs having served one term as 
representative and has been the candidate of his parly for State Senator and 
Attorney General of the State; he m. 6 March, 1861, Agnes P., dau. of Judge 
Thomas; they had Agnes, b. Dec, 1861; Mary T., b. Aug., 1865; Gkokge 
W., b. 27 Aug., 1840, at Louisville, Ky., learned fiannel manufacturing with 
George Hodges; agent at Milton Mills, N. IL, from April, 1868, to 1874, wlien 
he bought, Aug. 1, mills at Cherry Valley, Leicester (containing 7 sets), 
where he has since resided; owns a controlling interest in a mill of 8 sets at 
Lisbon, Me.; has large business capacity, is active in public allairs, and a 



63fi 0LM:V. TACK AIM). 

populiir uiul n-spt'cted citi/.on ; In- in. 18 Nov., 18G2, Waity M., dau. of Elihu 
Hiirwofxl; they hud Thomas \V., h. 9 June, 1864; Robert S., h. 26 Aug., 1868; 
Jiirharcl, I). 5 Jan., 1871 ; (ieonjp. //.. b. 8 Aut;., 1872; Catharim, b. 16 Dec, 
1.S81 ; Pktkk n., b. 21 July. 1843, at Ox., ifradnated 1804 at Harvard, and Har- 
vard Law Sciiool IKfJC, stndifd law witli William M. Kvarts of New York. 
be;ian practice in that city 1868, has become prominent in iiis profession and 
active in public atlairs; was in the movement resulting in the overthrow of 
the Tweed ring in 1871-2, in 1879 one of three commissioners to compile and 
later tr) revise the State laws att'ecting the interests of New York city ; 
a|)pointed 188:^, by Gov. Cleveland, district attorney for the City and County 
of New York, acting until the expiration of his term, 1 Jan., 1885; he m. 12 
Nov., 1879, Mary Slgourney, dau. of Peter Butler of Boston; had Peter B., b. 
9 April. 1881; Richard, b. 24 Feb., 1883; Wilson, b. 13 Aug., 1885, at Cedar- 
liiirsi, Ht-mpstcad, L. I.; Sifjourney Biitler, b. 22 Feb., 1888; all except the 
tliini h. in New York; Fkkdkkick A., b. 11 Jan., 1846, at Ox., m. 21 May, 
1879, Kllie L. Chapin, settled at Worcester, resided 1885 at Kingston, N. Y., 
hardware merchant; ch. : Ruth L.,h. 11 April, 1880, at Worcester; Persis C, 
i). 17 .March, 1883. at New Haven, Conn.; Christine, b. 1885, d. March, 1889, 
at Kingston; Gkutkude G., b. 10 May, 1850, at Ox., m. 6 Sept., 1872, Eben 
Sutton Stevens, son of Henry H. Stevens, late of Dudley, and grandson of the 
late Capt. Nathaniel Stevens, prominent at North Andover; successful man- 
ul'a'-turer at Quinebaug, where he is proprietor of the mill property and other 
ailjoining estate, a highly respected and influential citizen; elected State 
Senator 1891; they had lierlrude 0., b. 15 Nov., 1873. 

O'NEIL, WILLIA.VI, aged 40, d. 6 Nov., 1870. 

ONLEY [OLNEY ?], NANCY, w. of Daniel, aged 51, l)urned, d. 17 April, 
ls-,6. 

ORMSBEE, KBKNEZKR, of Sutton, 1784, when he sold his estate and 
bought of Moses Hovey 75 acres, part in Ox. and part in Ward, H. 149. This 
he sold in 1788, removed to Reading, Vt. The land is not now a homestead. 
It lies west of the John Pratt place (now Marble's), about a mile and a half 

north of the railroad station at North Oxford He ra. Abigail . . . . 

(Jhildren: Ebknk/kii, b. 20 May, 1786; Abicvil, b. 2 Sept., 1789, at Reading, 
VI. 

Eli.ASTUS, b. 30 June, 1804, near New Boston, Conn., son of Jesse, also b. 
ill 'I'hompson, m. 1833. Celia A., dau. of Saiiuul Barnes, rented in 1840 the 
(tciitre tavern, continuing one year, later was trader until Oct., 1858, selectman 
1M( t-45, 1848 and 1851, assessor 1849-50 and 1855, removed 1862, later lived at 
Diiilley, Pascoag and Blackstone, where he kept a tavern, d. 1881, at Quine- 
baug. Conn., she d. a few years later at Quinebaug, no ch. 

AMY, .and Wright Stockwcll. m. l:', Feb., 1803. 

O'SHEA, MICHAEL, aged 67, d. 12 Aug., 1874. 

OWEN, JOSIAll, tenant on Beruon land prior to 1720. 
(M)UNELirs (Irish), .aged 75, d. 23 Jan., 1862. 
Mils HANNAH (Irish), aged 65, d. 29 Oct., 1862. 
.Mks. CATHARINE (Irish), aged 80, d. 21 March, 1885. 
OWEN (Irish), aged 90, d. 12 Feb., 1887. 

PACKARD, , son of Mayo, aged 15, d. 18 Oct., 182C. 



PAINE. PARKER. 637 

PAINE, STEPHEN, of Hingham, 1638, came that year from Great EUing- 
ham, uear Attleburgh, Norfolk Co., Eng., w. Rose, removed 1645 to Reliohoth, 
where lie was influential, long representative. Ilis son Stephen, probably b. 
in Eng., had at Rehoboth, Samuel, b. 1662, m. Abigail Frizzell; their eldest 
child was Samuel, b. 1686, settled 1706 at Pomfret, Conn., m. Ruth Perrin of 
Rehoboth(?) ; they had Daniel, b. 1739, m. Elizabeth Williams of Marlboro', 
settled at West Woodstock, Conn., d. 19 April, 1777; John, their youngest, 
b. 4 Dec, 1776, m. (1) 1 Nov., 1805, Betsey Smith, who d. 1826, m. (2) 24 
Jan., 1828, Lucy, sister of his first w., 8 ch., all by first m. ; Samuel-C, the 
eldest, b. 21 Feb., 1807, was graduated 1828 at Yale College, studied medicine, 
began practice at Ox. 1831, and was for 50 years the principal physician of 
the place, president of Ox. Nat'l Bank, representative, selectman, a superior 
presiding ofticer and moderator often in town meetings, active in Church and 
benevolent etforts, of superior mental ability, very decided moral convictions, 
early an anti-slavery voter, very social in manner and influential in the com- 
munity, highly esteemed by all classes. He had a slight stroke of paralysis 
I Dec, 1887, was in fair health until a second attack in March following, 
which terminated his life on 1 April, 1888. He m. 18 June, 1834, Abigail, dau. 
of Abijah Davis, she d. 28 Dec, 1886. . . . Children: Elizabeth, b. 5 Jan., 
1837, m. Charles E. Daniels; Lucy Anna, b. 1845, d. 1848; Ellen A., b. 22 
Oct., 1849, m. 8 May, 1889, James N. Gilchrist of McGregor, La. 

BENJAMIN, b. 15 Sept., 1793, at Gloucester, R. I., son of Moab and Pru- 
dence, and grandson of Nathan of Smithfield, R. I., began his life work as a 
Methodist preacher in 1820 on the Ashburnham circuit, extending into Vt. 
and N. H., later located at Athens and Rochester, Vt., Canaan, N. H., Cum- 
berland, R. I., Ashford and Plainfleld in Conu., Pawtucket, R. I., and Farnums- 
ville before coming to Ox. He preached here in 1835 and 1836, and later two 
years each at Princeton and Leominster, when he was placed upon the super- 
annuated list, making a home in Ox., where his dau. had previously settled. 
In 1843 he l)ought his late residence, 11. 221, engaged in shoe manufacture for 
a few years. He m. 6 Nov., 1814, Lilies Owen of Gloucester, K. 1., she d. 
aged 78, 17 Feb., 1870, he d. aged 90, 31 Oct., 1883, both at Ox. Although 
uneducated he was an able and successful preacher. . . . Child: Diana, b. 21 
July, 1817, m. Andrew S., son of John Wetherell. 

PALMER, HARRIS, of Dudley, and Amelia A. Stall, m. 14 March. 1830. 
HANNAH, of Dudley, and Daniel Larned, m. intentions 20 July, 1807. 

PARISH, CHARLES T., b. 1802, at Griswold, Conn., son of Roswell, came 
to Ox. before May, 1825, blacksmith, m. 5 March, 1826, Mary Wood of Charl- 
ton, settled in the west part, removed to the Plain to the north side of Sutton 
road, H. 193, thence to Mendon and Cumberland, R. I., returned to Ox., d. 
3 Oct., 1833, she m. (2) Rice Barton. Margaret, only ch., b. at Cumberland, 
m. 1849, Schuyler Corbin, d. same year, no ch. 

PARKER, WILLIAM, sergt. in Capt. Samuel Davis' Co. which marched to 
Sheffield in the French war. In 1745 bought 27 acres in the east part of Ox.. 
south end of Long Hill, and 1759 land at North Ox. In Dec, 1775, was one 
of five heads of families dismissed from Ox. Church to form a ucav Church 

at Ward; m. Elizabeth . . . . Children: Elizabeth, b. 27 Feb., 1745; 

Zedekiah, b. 1747, d. 1766; Reuben, b. 1750, d. 1756; Hannah, b. 1752, d, 
1756; William, b. 1754, d. 1756; Hannah, b. 31 March, 1757; William, b. 9 
Sept., 1761. 



63H PARKER. 

AAlJdN, m. iiitfiitions June, 17r)2, Al)i<::iil Covel, l)ou<;ht 1788 H. 129, north, 
now Wellinj?ton's, h.- il. .Inly, 1801. . . . ('hildrtn : Thomas, b. 18 Nov., 
IT'.IJ; Sarah, b. 4 Dt-c, 1755, ni. Intentions 16 Dec, 1775, Ephraira Cady of 
Athol; AiiiCAii.. 1). 7 Feb.. 1758, m. 5 July, 1781, Amos Parsons of Ward; 
Aakon, h. 7 April, 17(;(J. Uevohitionary soldier, m. 9 Nov., 1782, Judith Chase 
of Sutton, resided 1784 at Ciiarlton. where he d. 1822. son Silas, only heir; 
AMirv, 1). 12 June, 17«2, rn. Parley Kdtly ; Phinkhas, b. 4 April, 17G6; Ezra, 
b. 11 Aui;., 17<;h. ni. 1 .April, 1790, Uuliamah, dan. of Levi Lamb, resided 15 
years at Livermore, Me., removed to Thompson, Conn., she d. 6 Jan., 1845, at 
Montrose, Pa.; they had Lw-jj, liiihamnh, and others; John, b. 1 July, 1771; 
Hannah, b. IC Sept., 1774. 

2. THOM.VS, son of Aaron (1), Revolutionary soldier, m. intentions 1 
Feb., 1777, Abigail, dau. of John Shumway, owned the saw-mill at the brick 
store villai,'e, North Ox., lived in the Phillips house, removed about 1810 to 
Calais, Vt. . . . Childrenh. at Ox,: Thomas, b. 16 Aug., 1778, m. intentions 
12 Sei)t., 180r>. Anna Cutler of Spencer, removed to Montpelier, Vt., or vicini- 
ty; AiucAir., b. :J April, 1781; John, b. 25 Sept., 1784, d. youuii;: Samuel, b. 
2<; Nov., 1785, was a Baptist preacher, changed to llestorationist ; Sakah, b. 
17 Jan., 1789; Pktkk, b. 7 March, 1791 ; John, b. 11 Aug., 1793 ; Josiah, b. 
3 Feb., 179«; Polly, b. 21 Oct., 1799; all removed to Vt. 

3. PHINEIIAS, son of Aaron (1), m. 20 Nov., 1788, Abigail Cutler of 
Ward, settled on the homestead, sold in 1823 to Wellington. . . . Children : 
Molly, b. 10 Sept., 1789, ra. Joseph, son of Joseph Brown; Bktsky, b. 1791, 
d. 1793; Bktsky and Hannah, b. 16 Sept., 1793, Betsey m. Maj. Jonas Eddy, 
Hannah \n. 4 July, 1819, Jacob Holman of Ward; Phinehas, b. 19 April. 1796; 
Alick. 1). 24 July, 1799; Jkssk, b. 7 May, 1804, preacher, uneducated, resided 
in New York State, returned to Ox., d. 30 Jan., 1863; Joel, 1). 4 Dec, 1807, 
resided at Charlestown, N. H., toll-gatherer on Coim. river bridge. 

4. iMllNl<:ilAS, son of Phinelias (3), m. 15 Oct., 1816, Lydia, dau. of Ezra 
Sparliauk, removed al)oul 1830 to Charlton, thence to Worcester and otiier 
towns near. He d. 24 Jan., 1854, she d. 3 Aug., 1888, at East Princeton. . . . 

Children h. at Ox.: Abigail C, b. 1 Nov., 1817, m. Stratton, d. 17 

July, 1852; LuciAN, b. 1820, d. 1823; Betsey, b. 9 July, 1822, m. Con- 
verse, d. 1 Dec, 1846; Mary, b. 20 June, 1824, d. 1 April, 1844; Luciax, b. 
28 Oct., 1826, d. 12 Sept., 1845; Kavvson, b. 19 Feb., 1829, m. and had ch., he 
d. June, 1877; LoRiNfi W., b. 25 June, 1831, at Charlton, resided at Utica, 
N. Y. ; Eliza, b. 10 .Vug., 1833, at Charlton, ra. George W. Houghton, resided 

ut Princeton; Lydia, b. 20 Dec, 1835, at Worcester, ra. Sturtevant, d. 

4 Nov., I8G5; WiLLiAM, b. 1838, at Leicester, d. 1843; Ira, b. 1840, at Ox., d. 
1849; E.MERY, b. 3 July, 1843, at Auburn, m. and settled at Priiiceton, soldier 
in tiie late war in the 42tl Mass. Regt. 

TIIOM.AS, of North (Jore, and Susanna Thompson of Maiden, m. 2 Dec, 
1756. 
THANKFUL, and .lonali Titus, both of Douglas, ra. 29 Oct., 1765. 
HANNAH, of Douglas, and Jacob Kingsbury, ra. 10 March, IZCC. 
■lAMKS II., Revolutionary soldier. 
PHINKHAS, clothier, was of Claremont, N. H., 1801. 
AARON, and Mrs. Klizabeth Lilley, m. 15 Jan., 1804. 
HANNAH, and Isnae Eddy of Ward, m. intentions 26 Jan., 1805. 
BKTSEY, and Urighani Converse, m. intentions 6 Nov., 1841, 



PARKER. PEASE. 639 

CHARLOTTE, m. n. Wiswall, aged 22, d. 10 Oct., 1863. 
HENRIETTA, m. n. Bolster, aged 72, d. 2 Dec, 1868. 

PARKS, LUCIUS F., aged 36, d. 22 Jan., 1855. 

PARMENTER, JOEL, aged 41, d. 25 July, 1842; his child, aged 8, d. 19 
July, 1840. 

ABRAHAM, and Martha K. Cummings, ra. intentions 28 March, 1840. 

PARSONS, AMOS, cattle mark recorded May, 1775, Revolutionary soldier 
1776. [See marriage under Aaron Parlcer.] 
ANDREW, of Vernon, Vt., and Phebe Meriam, m. 20 Feb., 1785. 
ELIZABETH, and Daniel Dodge of Ward, m. intentions 21 Feb., 1785. 
DAVID C, of Montpelier, Vt., and Lucretia Eddy, m. 29 Jan., 1793. 
ORHIS, of Worcester, and Mrs. Abigail Corbin, m. intentions 8 Sept., 1847. 
PHEBE, widow, aged 77, d. 1 Oct., 1849. 

PARTRIDGE, MARY B., aged 61, d. 22 Feb., 1859. 

PATCH, ANDREW, bought, 1773, the farm previously of William Brown, 
in the north part of Ox., between the Worcester and Millbnry roads, east of 
Wellington's, H. 149, not now a homestead; constable in 1781; sold in 1781, 
removed to the Jolin Kidder farm in the border of Sutton, where he d. 1782, 

will approved 7 May. He m. Anne , had Lois, m. intentions 27 Sept., 

1781, Esek Chase of Charlton; Phebe, m. Fitts; Rachel, m. 24 Aug., 

1780, Caleb Fitts of Dudley; Anne, unm. in 1782. 

SYLVIA A., aged 24, widow of Leander, d. 13 Aug., 1848. 

PATRICK, ROBERT, w. Margaret, had Hannah, b. 27 Jan., 1725. 
JOHN, of KingstoAvu, and Rebekah Wiley, m. 24 Jan., 1739. 
WILLIAM, of Hopkinton, and Polly Phipps, m. 6 May, 1812. 

PATTEN, NATHANIEL, of Cambridge, living in Ox. Jan., 1727, bought 
land 1727 at Killingly, Conn., owned several years the old mill at the south 
end of the Plain, sold 1729; cooper; was of Ox. Sept., 1729; removed to 
Killingly; one of this name resided at Billerica in 1731, when he had business 

transactions with Ox. He m. (1) Mary , and had in Ox., Marv, b. 9 

April, 1728. He m. (2) at Killingly, Anna Hutchins; they had DKBOUAri, b. 
7 Sept., 1732; Jonathan, b. 18 Nov., 1733; Anna, b. 1 Nov., 1735; Phkijk, 
b. 31 Aug., 1737; Daniel, b. 10 Aug., 1739; Mary, b. 19 March, 1742; Silas, 
b. 24 Dec, 1747; SusiE, b. 19 June, 1751 ; Nathaniel, b. 27 Feb., 17.'.4. 

PATTERSON, MARY (Irish), widow, aged 78, d. 21 May, 1886. 

PAUL, MARIETTA, m. n. Smith, Pascoag, R. I., aged 71, d. 29 May, 1877. 
ADONIR.\M, son of Benjamin, of Taunton, aged 74, d. 7 April, 1880. 

PEARSON, DANIEL, one of the original English settlers, removed before 
Jan., 1717, to Mansfield, Conn. 

PEASE, WILLIAM, son of William, b. 11 April, 1805, in London, m. 1827, 
Frances, dau. of Elihu Sanford, resided at Boston, Albany, N. Y., and New 
York city, where he was organist, teacher of music, dealer in musical mer- 
chandise. She d. 8 March, 1836, at Boston; m. (2) Cornelia O. Francisco; 
had 8 ch. He d. 6 May, 1865, at New York. . . . Children by first m. : William 
E., b. 20 April, 1828, at Albany, m. 17 Oct., 1855, Mary A., dau. of Paris 



Hid PKASK. I'KKKINR. 

Toiirtcllotte of Sutton, b. 22 April. 1831 ; trader at Ox., and from Jan., 1850, 
to 1885, postma.stor, many yeans .selectman and justice of the peace, removed 
1888 to Worcester; they had Mary E., b. 7 May, 1857, was graduated at Mt. 
Ilolyoke, successful teacher at the West, m. 10 July, 1880, Rev. Winfleld S. 
H.'iwki's, Utah; Annie, b. 22 Aug.. 1858, m. Charles E., son of Nathaniel 
Kddy; Kliznheth S., b. 25 Sept., 1861; Kate F., b. 21 Dec, 1865, m. Rev. 
Arthur Rrolllt, Episcopalian; had ch.; Emor>j S.,h. 15 Jan., 1870; Euvvard 
S., h. II .July. 18;!0, m. 1 Aug.. 1855), Theda A. Field, many years partner with 
ids i)rotlier Williani E., deacon of Cong. Church, town clerk; they had Nellie 
F., b. 7 May, ISCI, d. 24 Nov., 1891, unm. ; Ida E., b. 29 July, 1866; Edward 
E., b. 27 Mnn-h, 1869; Euz.\BETn F., b. 1 Feb., 1834, m. 22 Oct., 1855, 
Francis S. Ilickok of New York, where they settled, he d. 19 March, 1869, 
4 ch. ; Francks S., b. 27 Feb., 1836, residence, New York city. 

PECK, JOEL S., m. Jcrnslia , hud Cakounk, 1). 21 Oct., 1825; John 

M., b. 29 .Inly, 1827. 

PELTON, JOSEPH, Ij. 11 Marcli, 1814, came to Ox. from Middlefleld be- 
fore May, 1835; cloth finisher at Ox. Woolen Co.'s mill, later merchant and 
shoe manufacturer at Ox., removed 1856; resided at Uxbridge, Hinsdale, 
Pawtuxet, R I., Ludlow, Vt., Pittsfleld and North Brookfield, wlierc he d. 

30 Jan., 1.S79; his widow d. 17 Oct., 18H1, at Denver. Colo. He m. G May, 
IH'IG, Martha K., dan. of Leavens Shumway. . . . Children: Ellen E.. b. 28 
Jan., 1S42, m. 24 Nov., 1873, Samuel H. Emery, Baptist clergyman, had Frank 
/>., b. 10 April, 1876, at New Canaan, N. H. ; J. Oscak, b. 14 May, 1845, wool 
buyer, residence, Peru. Ind. ; Chaklks E., b. 19 June, 1850, m. 25 Sept., 1871, 
d. March. 1872, at Ludlow, Vt., had Charlea E., b. 12 Oct., 1872; Frank E., 
b. 9 March, 1853, residence, Peru, Ind. 

PENNIMAN, DANIEL T., b. 1807, at Mendon, son of Baruch, baker, came 
to (►x. 1832, bought the Justin Root bakery, remained about a year; re-sold to 
Root, aiul engaged in trade at the old tavern, and soon went into partm-rship 
at tile Witt and Dowse stand with Samuel Dowse, continuing until ids leav- 
ing town in 1840; removed to Providence, R. I., and was in wliolesale gro- 
cery. Hour and grain, and coal trade, successively, retired in 18()1, in ill health, 
settled on a farm at Worcester, where he d. 1 Nov., 1867. He m. April, 1830, 
Mary A. Freeman of Mendon, shed. 13 May, 1885, at Worcester. . . . Children: 
Sakaii S., b. 31 Dec, 1830, at N. Ip.swich, N. II., d. 11 Oct., 1849, at Provi- 
dence, R. I. ; Mary A., b. 16 April, 1832, at Brooklyn, Conn., d. 23 May, 1850; 
CiiLOK, b. 1834, at Ox., d. 1835; E.stiikr, b. and d. 1S51. 

HANNAH, of Providence, and John C<)il)iii, \\\. int. 10 April, 1.S41. 

PERKINS, TAIL, 1). l:'. March, ISIO, at E.xetcr, H. I., sou of Newman, 
came to Ox. in boyhood to learn the traile of a carpenter, m. 31 Jan., 1833, 
Persis Ware of Franklin; removed 1837 to Detroit, Mich., returned to Ox. 

1841, remained until 1850; removed to Binghamton, N. Y., where he d. 21 
Dec, IKC.C). He was a worthy, exemplary nwm, representative in 1849; at 
Binuliamton he was an architect and builder. . . . Children: Mary Jane, b. 

31 Dec. Ih;{.-,, at Ov.. iM. 8 May, 1860, James New, she d. 22 Aug., 1862, at 
Bingliaml..ii; Mvkiiia A.. 1». 1839, d. 1840, at Detroit; Henry C, b. 7 May, 

1842, at Ox., III. 11 Sept., 1864, Mary E. Lloyd, residence, Binghamton; 
Charles A., b. 28 May, 1844, m. Lucy A. Hall, dentist at Binghamton ; Helen 



PERKINS. PETTIS. 641 

E., b. 23 Nov., 1846, m. 3 April, 1867, William H. Mosher, merchant at Biug- 
hamton; Frank, b. 1853, d. 1856. 

PERRIN, HARRISON, b. 25 Feb., 1811, son of Joseph of New Haven, 
Conn., came as an apprentice to Daniels & Harris as carriage painter, resided 
here about 10 years; removed. He m. 2 May, 1833, Elvira Ware of Franklin, 
she d. 6 March, 1848, at New Brunswick, N. J., he d. 21 Feb., 1881, at Lee. 
- . . Children: Mary D. W., b. 1834, d. 18;?6; William H., b. and d. 1837; 
Sarah J., b. 24 Jan., 1839, m. 28 Nov., 1860, Edward A. Thelps of Lenox; ch. 
William x\., b., 8 Jan., 1864. 

LEWIS K., b. 9 July, 1814, at Woodstock. Conn., came to Ox. before May, 
1837, m. 24 May, 1838, Maria L., dau. of Leavens Shumway, settled at Ox., re- 
moved about 1846 to Putnam, Conn., where he was a merchant, and 1860 to 
Denver, Col., where he became wealthy at farming and stock raising. She d. 
24 March, 1885, at Denver. . . . Children b. at Ox. : L. Wilson, b. 22 Oct., 
1839, m. Mary E. Haley, 3 sons and 1 dau.; Warren C, b. 1843, d. 1844; 
Elizabeth, b. 26 March, 1845, m. William Graves, had ch. ; and b. at Put- 
nam : Charles, b. 7 Oct., 1847, m. Emma L. Frame, had ch. ; Edward, b. 7 
Nov., 1849, d. 15 March, 1867, at Denver; Otis, b. 19 Jan., 1851, m. Emma L. 
Johnson, had ch. ; Ida May, b. 14 Nov., 1854, at Ox.(?), m. 8 Oct., 1873, 
William A. L. Cooper, furniture dealer, had ch. ; all resided at Denver. 

PERRY, CALVIN, b. 1 April, 1774, son of Moses and Susanna of Sher- 
born, blacksmifli, m. (1) 1 Oct., 1795, Sally Learned, b. 5 July, 1776, d. 1800, 
at Sturbridge; m. (2) 28 Aug., 1808, Nancy, widow of Dr. Simeon Kingsbury; 
resided 1809 at Dudley, soon came to Ox., settled at Israel Sibley place, H. 
205, built the present house about 1815, removing the old tavern house aljout 
1820, sold 1825, resided in other places near Ox.; d. Jan., 1843, at West 
Boylston, his widow d. Sept., 18.52, at Shrewsbury. . . , Children by first m., 
b. at Sturbridge: Sylvla, b. 14 Sept., 1796, m. 12 Nov., 1826, John Chamber- 
lain, resided at Swanzey, N. H.,; he d. 19 Aug., 1849, she d. 28 Oct., 1852; 
they had Olive H., b. 1827; John E., b. 1830; Sylvia, b. 1832, d. young; Will- 
iam P., h. 1833; Sylvia A., b. 1835; Sarah J., b. 1837; Edmund H., b. 1840; 
Sally, b. 21 Sept., 1798, m. 6 June, 1822, Isaac Hixon, Jr., of Medway; they 
had Marianne H., b. 1823; Calvin P., b. 1825; William, b. 1827, d. 1850; Gil- 
bert, b. 1829; Edward, h. 1832; Andreiv J., b. 1834; Sarah J., b. 1837; Eugene 
F., b. 1844, d. 1845; by second m. : Adaline, b. 27 July, 1811, unm. ; Calvin, 
b. 9 Oct., 1815, m. (1) 1837, Lucy, dau. of .lames Hapgood of Northboro', set- 
tled at Grafton, removed to Bolton and thence to Boylston; m. (2) 1849, Har- 
riet Conant of Mouson, settled at Shrewsbury, resided 1882 at Northampton; 
ch. by first m. : FredL., b. 1844, at Boylston, m., residence, Springfield, was 
a soldier in the late war in 36th Mass. Regt. ; by second m. : Ella F., b. 1851, 
at Shrewsbury ; Edward A., b. 1854, at Southbridge; Samuel L.,h. 1862, at 
Monson; Charles S., b. 1866, at Springfield; Lucian, b. 1 Feb., 1818, d. 1834, 
at Grafton; Oliver H., b. 10 April, 1820, m. (I) April, 1856, Sarah E., dau. 
of Stephen Flagg of Boylston, settled at Southbridge, she d. 1857; m. (2) 
Oct., 1870, Laura S. Frost of Marlboro', N. H., she d. Feb., 1872, no ch. 

ADAMS, and Mrs. Martha Rich of Sutton, ra. int. 17 Oct., 1830. She d. 
aged 25, 7 April, 1831. 

PETERS, THEOBALD (German), aged 38, d. 18 Feb., 1861. 

PETTIS, MARGARET M., m. n. Bacon, d. 1866, aged 28. 
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i\\-2 I'JIKLAN. — riiiLLirs. 

PHELAN, JOHN, and Eliza Ritrly, m. iut. 10 Oct., 1844. 

PHETTEPLACE, SYLVIA, w. of Zubedee, d. 25 Dec, 18JG; liu ni. (2) 20 
April, 1847, Mrs. Lucy Everduii; hu d. 6 March, 1862, aged 71. 

JOEL M., .son of Zobedce, and Jane Stevens, ni. int. 15 July, 1848. lie d. 
aged 32, 24 June, 1863. 

PHILLIPS, Rev. GEORGE (.son of Christopher of Rainham, St. Martin, 
Nt>rfolk, Eng.), first minister of Watertown, came to Salera 1630, d. 1644, at 
Watertown, 9 ch. ; one, Tiif:ophilus, b. 28 May, 1636, m. (1) 3 Nov., 1666, 
Bfthia Kftlail, m. (2) 21 Nov., 1677, Mary Bennett; Tlieophihis and Mary 
had Elizdhflh, in. Benjamin Eddy; Lydia, b. 20 June, 1695, m. Jonathan 
Pratt, and Joseph, b. 4 Dec, 1702, all resided at Ox. 

2. JOSEPH, son of Theophilus (1), m. (1) 14 Sept., 1731, Ruth Town, she 
d. 4 July, 1760, m. (2) 10 Dec, 1760, Mrs. Bathsheba Town, he d. aged 68, 23 
April, 1771. The records indicate that she d. at the home of her dau. Alice, 
who m. Jonathan Ballard and resided at the John II. Rich place in Charlton. 
Her will, approved 26 April, 1773, names her ch. by her first husband, Collins 
Moore, as follows: Nathan [of Vassalboro', Mc], Richard [of Irvingshire], 
Abigail [m. Abial Lamb], Susanna [m. Silas Robinson], Mary [ra. Daniel 
Faink'ld], Alice [m. Jonathan Ballard], Jerusha [m. John Nichols], Bathsheba 
[ni. BiMijiimin Wilson], Phebe [m. Ebenezer Locke]; and ch. by second hus- 
band, Samuel Town: Lucy [m. Peter Delvee], Samuel [residence, Warwick]; 
Jonathan Ballard, executor. . . . Children by first m. : Jonathan, 1). 12 Aug., 
1732, m. 4 Oct., 1753, Rachel, dan. of Ebcnezer Humphrey, settled at Stur- 
bridgc, deacon; ch. : Marij, b. 23 May, 1754, at Sturbridge; Ebenczer H., b. 17 
July, 1756, studied medicine with Dr. Babbitt of Sturbridge, settled in Charl- 
ton and \vas prosperous. At 50 years of age he had paralysis, which almost 
destroyed his faculties, in three years he began to improve but had no mem- 
ory, began again the study of medicine, after studying some months suddenly 
his menu try n-turned, he threw aside his books, took up his old practice and 
long afterward was a successful practitioner. He had a second attack of the 
disease of which he d. 1 Dec, 1838. His second w. and widow, Ruth, d. 3 
June, 1848, at Ox.; Rachd, b. 25 June, 1758; John, b. 29 June, 1760, was 
chosen deacon of the Baptist Church at Sturbridge in 1799, and d. in 1864, 
aged 104 years. He voted at the election of Washington as President and for 
Abraham Lincoln in 1864, and by vote of the town of Sturbridge the facts 
were enteri'd on the town records " as a lasting memorial of his undying 
patriotism and devotion to country." President Lincoln wrote him thanking 
him for his vote, subscribing himself "Your friend and servant, \. Lincoln." 
JuHUthdu, 1). 1702, d. 1767; Hannah, b. 1764, d. 1707; Lois, b. 14 Feb., 1706; 
Jonathan, h. 30 March, 1768; Daniel, b. 1771, d. 1775; Hannah, h. 1 July, 
1773. m. Phineas Jones of Spencer; Dea. Jonathan Phillips d. 25 June, 1798, 
at Sturl)ridge, " Widow" Phillips d. 18 Aug., 1801. at Sturbridge; Joski-h, b. 
11 April, 1731; Lsuakl, b. 17 Aug., 1737;' Danikl, b. 6 July, 1740; Rum, b. 
17 Oct., 1744, ra. 28 April, 1763, Ebenezer Lamson. 

3. JOSEPH, son of Jcseph (2), m. 11 Nov., 1750, Lydia. dau. of Deacon 
John Willson, resided at the homestead on Prospect Hill, sold in 1777 and 
pcrhai)s removed from town. In 1791 Joseph Phillips of Greenfield sold a 



> .loii.'itliaii, .lo^ipli Hiiil Israel wore In a <le- tor tlic rollff nf Ki>rt William Henry as far as 
iJieliineiit <>f :">l si>li||ir^ from Capt. Edward Slullleld ami relunied. A Joseph I'lilllips was 
Davis' Cuiuiiaiiy which uiarched 18 Aug., 1757, lu Uie Kevolutiouary war, Identity uncertain. 



PHILLIPS. ()43 

pew in the Ox. MootiiiGj-house. . . Children: Lydia, b. 15 April, 1757, m. 
28 May, 1776, Thomas, son of Jonas Tratt; John, b. 21 Ana?., 1759, d. 11 
Jan., 1767; Joskph, b. 23 Nov., 1761; Samuel, b. 4 Oct., 1764; Debokah, b. 
25 April, 1767; Rachel, b. 8 April, 1770; John, b. 15 Nov., 1772; Sarah and 
Jonathan, both d. 1 Dec, 1768. 

4. ISRAEL, son of Joseph (2), m. 18 Sept., 1760, Iluldah, dau. of Jonathan 
Town, settled on Prospect Hill on the south part of his father's farm, sold 
him in 1774 by his ))rother Joseph, he d. 28 Feb., 1800. . . . Children: Ruth, 
b. 25 Sept., 1761, d. 1783; Martha, b. 24 Sept., 1763, m. Ebenezer Pray; 
Simon, b. 6 Jan., 1766, farmer at Ward; John, b. 2 May, 17G8, resided at 
Ward in 1800; Israel, b. 7 April, 1771, resided at Greenfield, and recorded at 
Ward; Rufus, b. 31 Aug., 1773, m. 5 May, 1796, Dilla Pitts, resided at 
Worcester; Daniel, b. 1 March, 1776, m. intentions 3 March, 1798, Hannah 
Small of Sutton, removed 1800 to Charlton, was four times m., had 7 ch. ; 
of them, Clarissa, m. Josiah Upham of Dudley, mother of Daniel P. Upham 
of Little Rock, Ark. ; Daniel, prominent business man at Hartford, Conn. ; 
Moses D., bookseller at Worcester, later of Phillips, Sampson & Co., Boston; 
Austin T., farmer at Charlton, resided 1890 at Auburn, father of All)ert M., 
genealogist of the Phillips Family. 

5. DANIEL, son of Joseph (2), m. intentions 2 April, 1763, Rachel, dan. 
of Alexander Nichols, blacksmith at North Ox., Lieut, of militia, d. 17 March, 
1787, she m. (2) 27 Dec, 1791, Matthew Patrick of Weston. . . . Child: 
James, b. 25 April, 1764, m. 22 Jan., 1789, Tamma Tucker of Charlton, he d. 
aged 72, 5 Oct., 1837, at Ox. 

SAMUEL, son of Samuel, of Weston, Avho was brother of Joseph (2), b. 
14 Sept., 1713, m. 25 July, 1735, Abigail Gale of Watertown [Bond], settled 
at Framingham, bought land and house in the north part of Ox. 1739, uni- 
dentified. . . . Children : Abigail, b. 7 March, 1737, at Fi'amingham ; IIephsi- 
BAH, b. 31 Jan., 1740, at Ox. 

JONATHAN, b. about 1734, soldier in the French and Indian war, m. 6 
March, 1760, Sarah Parker of Worcester. . . . Children : Asa, 1). 3 April, 
1761; Reuben, b. 5 July, 1763; Joseph; Sarah, b. 1705, d. 17C8; Jonathan, 
b. and d. 1768; Sarah, b. 1769, d. 1771. 

PETER, perhaps the same chose 8 May, 1748, Benjamin Newell his 
guardian, then 14 years of age, son of John of Roxbury, m. intentions 23 
Aug., 1766, Hannah, dau of John Nichols, resided at Charlton. . . . Children 
1). at Ox. : Hannah, b. 18 Sept., 1767, m. intentions 21 May, 1784, Joseph B. 
Jones; Edwako, b. 10 June, 1772, m. 21 May, 1795, Ruth Atwood, he d. 
before 6 July, 1819, she d. 26 June, 1824, 4 ch. 

ANDREW, of Killingly, Conn., bought land in Ox. 1738, m. Nov., 1733, 
Elizabeth Lamb ; they had at Killingly : Jonathan, 1). 14 Aug., 1734 ; Reuben, 
b. 1737, d. 1740; and at Ox. : Elizabeth, b. 1739, d. 1740. 4 Oct., 1752, John 
Willson of Ox. was appointed guardian of Jonathan, son of Andrew Phillips. 
[Probate Records.] 

LAVINIA, of Gloucester. R. I., and Elias Kingsbury, m. int. 18 June, 1791. 

HANNAH, and William Perry, both of Charlton, m. 18 July, 1819. 

MELINDA, of Ward, and Junia M(;tcalf of Appleton, Me., m. 5 Sept., 
1821. 

HIRAM II., of Sutton, aiul Nancy Freeman, m, 6 May, 1830. 

LEONARD, and Melinda A. Rice of Auburn, m. intentions 2 April, 1849. 

POLLY, m. n. Baker, aged 67, d. 17 Sept., 1861. 



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PHIPS, PHIPPS, JOHN, lu-phcw and adopted son of Sir William, settled 
hi'fon- 17<M) at Wrciitham, had a son John, h. 1696, settled 1720 at Sherborn, 
in 1730 drew 18i acres at Douglas, his sou William, h. 17 April. 1720, at 
Sherborn, was of superior intellect, a remarkable scholar and liiijjuist, was 
■xradiiated ITlfi at Ihirvanl Colh.-^e, and IC Dec, 1747, ordained pastor at 
l)oni,'la<, where he liad insnilicient support and "was starved into toil and 
trade." (Ill 10 July, 1765, he retired to Ox., north part, now Auburn, 
bought land there April, 17G8. In Nov. with w. Rachel joined Ox. Church, 
ill Dec, 1775, with others was dismissed to form a new Church at Ward. 
He was an active patriot in the Revolution and stood fearlessly for freedom 
of conscience and opinion, was inJluential, a leader in the formation of the 
Church at Ward and a magistrate. In May, 1778, at first town meeting, 
chosen as one of a committee of correspondence, inspection and safety, 
acted as moderator of county conventions, "wrote thrilliui; addresses which 
did much to arouse and j^uide the spirit of resistance which achieved our 
independence." [Morse Genealogy.] He trained pupils for college, in which 
he was aided by his dau. who inherited his linguistic talent. In 1788 he 
removed to Ox., resided at H. 176, adjoining the north common, bought 1794 
the Russell place, 11. 185, and soon after removed to the house west in the 
fields, H. 183, resided there till his death, which occurred suddenly in the 
stf)re of James Butler. Authentic tradition says his brilliant talents became 

much obscured in his later days. He m. (1) Rachel , she d. 29 Jan., 

1786, aged 72, at Ward, m. (2) intentions 3 July, 1786, Mrs. Abigail Walker. 
He d. aged 78, 4 Dec, 1798, she d. 81 July, 1820, aged 92. . . . Children 
by first m. : Susanna, m. 28 Aug., 1786, At)ijah Craig; Ciiaklks, d. 27 April, 
1804, at Ox., num.; at his burial his sister, Mrs. Craig, made an able and 
apjiropriate address. 

MOSES, b. 24 Aug., 1767, son of Dea. Aaron, of IloUi.ston, came to Ox. 
1810 from Leicester, settled at the site of the present stone house, west of 
the river, now Web.ster, m. 1787, at HoUiston, Hopestill Day. He d. 9 Feb., 
1813, aged 46, she m. (2) Asa Harris, and d. 17 Sept., 1840. . . . Ghihlren: 
Calvin, b. about 1790; Joseph Day, b. about 1794, unm., drowned 18 Sept., 
1825, in the river near home; Dknny, m., resided at Holliston; Hollis, m. 
ami settled at Holliston, removed to Milford, where he d. ; Sylvkstek; 

Moses; 1'olly, m. Partridge, settled and d. at Pelham ; Debokau, m. 

30 Aug., 1812, Ezra Wallis of Douglas, who later bought the homestead, 
where she d. ; Joanna R., m. 24 July, 1831, Cyrus S. Tourtellotte of Thomp- 
son, Coim., where they d. 

2. CALVIN, son of Moses (1), m. Rachel Prince of Charlton. He d. 6 
Nov., 1822, she d. 23 June, 1822, aged 31. . . . Children: George W., 1). 22 
Feb., 1816, m., resided at Holliston; Mauy, b. 21 ]:)ee., 1819. in. 17 March, 
1870, Prince Braekett of Webster, ho d. 8 Feb., 1881. 

3. SYLVE.STER, son of Moses (1), m. (1) Harriet Loring of Hopkinton, 
she d. .lime, 1844, m. (2) intentions 7 Sept., 1844, Al)igail, widow of George 
Moore of Statlbril, Conn., m. n. Davis, dau. of Abel of Ox., lived in his later 
years at Ox., d. aged 77, 13 Sept., 1879. . . . Children by first m. : Calvin, b. 
4 May, 1823, m. (1) Sarah Holmes of Medway, where they settled, m. (2) 
Mrs. Marston, resided at Chester, Vt. ; Fanny L., b. 8 Aug., 1825, m. (1) 
George Siierinaii, had ch., m. (2) and resided at Upton; Elizahkth A., 1). 
Sept., 1828, m. Edward Howard of Milford, wlu-re .she d. about 1861, 1 dau. ; 
Mauy A., I>. 10 June, 1831, m. Abel Bagley of Milford, where she d. about 



PHIPPS. PIKE. 045 

1859, no ch. ; Almira D., b. 21 Aug., 1833; Charles N., b. 13 Nov., 1836; 
Lyman, b. 14 Dec, 1837, soldier in the late war, d. 2 Dec, 1862, in Libby 
prison; Almon E., b. 27 March, 1839, m. 24 Oct., 18G0, Sarah E., dau. of 
Simon Larned; had Henry E., h. 17 Nov., 1864; Ida J., b. 4 Oct., 1867; Sarah 
E., the mother, d. 16 May, 1884. 

4. MOSES, son of Moses (1), m. 28 July, 1833, Melissa Crafts of Whately, 
settled at Ox., removed to Webster, returned to Ox. ; he d. 13 Jan., 1871, she 
d. 5 Sept., 1868, both at Ox. . . . Children : Al.ma, b. 28 May, 1834, m. 22 Oct., 
18r>7, Charles Wade of Webster, she d. 12 June, 1864, 2 ch., botli d. ; Angicline 
M., b. 3 March, 1836, m. 30 July, 1860, Charles Dixon of Webster; had Fred; 
Hester A. R., b. 29 Nov., 1838, m. Aug., 1858, Edwin Perry of Dudley, she d. 
29 Jan., 1862, no ch. ; Charles K., b. 1 Dec, 1841, was graduated at Andierst 
College 1866, teacher at Shrewsbury, where he m. 7 Aug., 1867, Maria, dau. 
of C. O. Green, removed to St. Louis, Mo., where he d. 17 March, 1877; they 
had Isabel and Georgia; Mary, b. 22 Aug., 1844, d. 10 May, 1867, num. at Ox. 

POLLY, and William Patrick of Hopliinton, m. 6 May, 1812. 

PICKETT, child of Joseph and Hester, d. 1850; child of same d. 1856. 

PIERCE, JACOB, ra. (1) 18 June, 1761, Abigail, dau. of Hezekiah Merriam, 
was living in North Gore 1765, she d. 1 Nov., 1768, m. (2) 7 Nov., 1769, Mrs. 
Abigail Shumway, he d. 3 March, 1772; prominent man at North Ox., licensed 
retailer of liquors from 1767 to 1769, and from 1770 to his death innholder at 
the place now Nathaniel Ide's, II. 125. His widow was licensed for 1772, she 
m. (2) William Watson. . . . Children: Mary, b. 30 May, 1762; Sarah, b. 
12 April, 1764; Abigail, b. 11 Sept., 1766; Jacob, b. 29 Sept., 1768; by second 
m. : LuRANA, b. 8 Sept., 1770; Martha, b. 7 Sept., 1772. 

DELANO, of Brooklyn, Conn., b. 19 July, 1786, son of Delano and grand- 
son of Benjamin ; studied at Plainfield Academy, received his professional 
training from Doctors Fuller of Plainfleld, Conn., and Hyde of Stonington, 
and his diploma in 1809 from the Conn. Medical Society; in 1811 settled at 
Ox. and began a successful practice and became the leading physician, con- 
tinuing for 23 years. In 1834 he removed to East Douglas and in 1836 to 
Grafton; surgeon of the 5th Mass. Regt. of Militia from 1813 to 1818. He 
followed his profession successfully for nearly 59 years and performed its 
labors with little interruption until about two years before his death. He had 
more than ordinary mental endowments, was eHicicnt in whatever he under- 
took; a friend of education, 11 years on the school committee at Ox., a good 
citizen and a liberal supporter of religious institutions. He m. 22 Nov., 1813, 
Anna, dau. of David Nichols. He d. 9 Jan., 1871, she d. 2 Feb., 1860, both 
at Grafton. . . . Child: Julia Ann, b. 5 July, 1823, m. 16 Feb., 1842, Thomas 
T. Griggs, physician at Grafton. 

ABIGAIL, and Thomas Hutchins, both of Dudley, m. Feb., 1743. 

PRESERVED, of Brooklyn, Conn., and Chloe Ilolbrook, m. 9 Sept., 1821. 

CALVIN, Jr., and Nancy Taft of Dudley, m. intentions 14 Feb., 1829. 

CALVIN, d. 13 May, 1829. 

SARAH G., of Greenfield, and Daniel N. Russell, m. int. 16 June, 1832. 

PIKE, GEORGE, w. Hannah; ch. : Hannah, b. 31 July, 1742, at Worcester; 
Huldah, b. 24 March, 1744, at Worcester; and at Ox.: Mary, b. 9 June, 
1746; Elizabeth, b. 4 June, 1749. 

MARY, of North Gore, and Simon Town, m. intentions 19 Nov., 1770. 



»;4<) I'IKE. — I'OPE. 

(JKoIMJK, and Mary Siavt-r, both of Charlton, m. 27 Feb., 1782. 

WILLI.VM v., and Mary Newell, in. 11 Aug., 1845. 

SKl.IND.A, aired 44, d. 21 Oct., 1848. 

M.AKTM.V A , and Cliarle.s L. Brigiiam of Palmer, m. 9 Dec, 1849. 

WI.NIFUKD, widow, ag.-d 73, d. \C> Jan., 1887. 

PITTS, KBENEZEU, b. 1757, at Tauutou, ra. Mary Ellis of Raynham, 
boiiuhl 1779 a farm on Prospect Hill in Ward, previously Joseph Sparliawk's, 
of late V. Clark's, removed 1791 to Livermore, Me., where he d. April, 1831. 
. . . OhUdren: Pkudk.n'ce, 1). 1 Oct., 1779, m. David Reed, resided at Liver- 
more; Fiin.ir, b. .30 Jan., 1782, m. Dinah Norton, he d. 1828, at Livermore; 
Rurii, b. 15 Dec., 178.3, d. 1818; Anna, m. James Chase, resided at Liver- 
more; Sihyl, d. 1823. 

POLLY, and John Scott, m. intentions 16 July, 1784. 

PLACE, SAMUEL S., of Gloucester, R. L, and Elcebeth Ward, m. inten- 
tions 25 Feb., 1843. 

PLANT, JOHN (Can.adian), aged 28, d. 26 March, 1861. 
ALCAN, widow, aged 72, d. 25 April, 1879. 
LOUISA, aged 24, d. 26 May,'l880. 

PLUMMER, JOHN, a worthy man, Quaker, of Thompson, Conn., ra. 9 
Jan., 1S12, Mi-s. Abigail, widow of William Forbes, resided at the John Towu 
homestead, IL 176, for five or six years, d. there, she d. 4 Dec., 1841. 

EBENEZER, aged 76, d. 17 Nov., 1816. 

POND, MARY B., aged 30, d. 24 Sept., 1851. 

POPE, .\SA, came from the province of Ncav Brunswick before the Revo- 
lutionary war, settled at Dartmouth, later removed with family to New 
Braintree; West, his son, b. 14 Feb., 1772, learned the trade of a mason, 
m. 12 Nov., 1795, Sylvia, dau. of Jonathan Adams, b. 21 Nov., 1777, at North- 
bridge, settled at Providence, R. L, removed in 1819 to Ox. to the farm, now 
Asa H. Pope's, IL 132. He was drowned at South Hadley, 29 April, 1824, she 
d. aged 9:5, 9 June, 1871, at Ox. [Lkwin, Thomas and other sons settled at 
Dudley; Lewin later lived at Ox. and New Braintree, where he d.j . . . 
Children, except last, b. at Providence: Jonathan A., b. 24 July, 1797; 
Ai.KXANDKit, d. young; Sakah L., b. 8 Jan., 1802, m. Thomas Warner; John 
W., b. 8 Aug., 1804; Ciiaules II. , b. 14 April, 1807, m. Elizabi-th Bueklin, 
resided at Providence, removed 1841 to Millbury, where he d. 13 Sept., 1843; 
a son, Charles H., was merchant in NeAv York; Maky, b. 21 May, 1810, ra. 14 
Jan., 1839, Daniel B. Carson, 1). in Philadelphia, Pa., railroad contractor, he 
d. 28 Sept., 1855, at Westlleld, she d. 11 Feb., 1889, at Ox.; ch. : Charles P., 
d. young; S'/lcin, d. young; lIov:ard A., b. 28 Nov., 1842, at Westtield, m. 17 
Jan., 1H70, Nancy W., dau. of Theophilus W. Wilmarth, civil engineer, 
patfutee of apparatus in general -use in excavating for sewers and gas pipes; 
IVanklin W., b. 11 April, 1844, m. 2 June, 1887, Margaret M., dau. of William 
S. Forn-st, agtiit N. E. Grocers Association; Martha, b. 28 Nov., 1845, m. 16 
Sept., 1868, E. Harris ILnvland, removed to Spencer, where she d. 22 May, 
1.S79, :5ch. ; Walkius L., d. young; Walter S., b. 23 Feb., 1861, m. Mary Graves, 
had ch., printer; Hokacic, I). 27 .Lan., 1813; Asa H., b. 22 April, 1816; Henry 
L., b. 12 Oct., 1820. 



POPE. 647 

2. JONATHAN A., son of West (1), m. (1) 29 Oct., 1817, Olive Lathe of 
Charlton, b. 27 Feb., 17i)5, she d. 30 July, 1850, at Nonvich, Conn., m. (2) the 
widow of Dr. William Benedict of Millbury, who d. about six years later. 
He was a cotton manufacturer near the Hawcs place with Thomas Warner, 
removed 1828 to Millbury coutiuuiuc; in the same business, enlari^inir from time 
to time until 1873, when he retired with a competency. In 1845 ou account of 
ill health he retired temporarily, but soon went to Au,ii:usta, Me., supervised 
the building of a mill of 300 looms, and later numaged a similar enterprise at 
Brunswick, returned to Millbury, and al)out 1848 removed to Norwich, where 
he d. 4 Aug., 1887. . . . Children: Charlotte L., b. 18 Jan., 1819, m. 1 May, 
1843, Lucius W. Carroll at Millbury, resided 1885 at Norwich, merchant, 
President of the First National Bank, 2 sons; Harrikt A., b. 29 June, 1821, 
m. 1 Oct., 1843, Rev. Samuel Wolcott, D.D., many years at Cleveland, O., 
resided 1885 at Longmeadow, where he d. 24 Feb., 1886; they had five sons 
and live daughters, two daughters are m. and resided at Denver, Col., the 
eldest son is an extensive ranch owner and cattle dealer in Texas, two sons 
are iu Denver, Henry having charge of large gold and silver smelting works 
and is wealthy, and Edward 0. a lawyer, elected 1888 to U. S. Senate; 
William., pastor of Congregational Church at Lawrence; Jonathan A., b. 
1824, d. 182(>; Sylvia A., b. 15 Aug., 1826, living (18fc'5) at Norwich; Sarah 
E., b. 29 May, 1828, living (1885) at Norwich. 

3. JOHN W., son of West (1), m. 14 Sept., 1824, Elizabeth Starr, d. 3 
Jan., 1833, crushed under the wheels of his wagon at Burrillville, K. I., she 
m. (2) Jonas Ward. . , . Children: Anna Eliza, b. 9 Nov., 1825, m. Allen S. 
Place, resided at Harmony, R. I. ; John W., b. and d. 1828; Ad aline V. S., 
b. 26 Nov., 1829, m. 15 May, 1846, George Wood, b. at Sutton, 1826, soldier iu 
Co. A, 15th Regt., prisoner at Ball's Blufl', released June, 1862, enlisted Dec, 
1863, iu 2d Heavy Art., captured at Plymouth, N. C, d. at Andersouville, 17 
Oct., 1864; they had Orlando, b. 14 Sept., 1850; JJari/ J., b. 15 Dec, 1853, d. 
1869; Carrie E., b. 5 Nov., 1860; Mary J., b. 5 June, 1833, m. 17 Jan., 1855, 
Braman, son of John H. Rich of Charlton, I'csided at Auburn ; they had 
Henry W., b. 18 May, 1858, at Ox. ; Herbert H, b. 2 March, 1868, at Auburn. 

4. HORACE, son of West (1), m. intentions 16 Sept., 1832, Abigail H., 
dau. of Solomon Walker, settled at H. 89a. . . . Children : Lkona, b. 1833, 
m. Byron, son of Simeon B. Marsh, divorced; they had Cora, Byrah, ra. 
Reuel Ellis, resided at Worcester; Francks A., b. 1835, m. Stephen Bond 
of Charlton; had Edmund M., Fred; Elizabeth, b. 1839, m. Alexander, son 
of Lawson Snow, resided at Worcester, she d. 1873, no ch. ; Horace A., b. 
10 June, 1844, m. Sarah, dau. of William Biggs, shoe cutter; had Albert IK, 
b. 10 April, 1869, shoe cutter 1890 at Marlboro'; C. Irving, b. 20 Nov., 1872; 
Flora B., b. 24 July, 1876; Eliza W., b. 2 Sept., 1845, m. Elisha Spauldiug of 
Worcester, 2 ch. ; A. Ada, b. 4 June, 1849, m. 1 Sept., 1867, WiUard II. Eager; 
had Henry T., b. 1869, d. 1879; Ida May, b. 28 March, 1880; Henry W., b. 12 
Aug.. 1851, m. 22 Jan., 1876, Ella, dau. of William Wood of Dudley, settled 
at Ox. ; had Elizabeth S., b. 27 Nov., 1877 ; Charles II., b. 4 Nov., 1879 ; Eslella 
M., b. 26 Oct., 1883 ; Sylvia A., b. 11 Sept., 1853, ra. (1) Daniel Eager, resided 
at Worcester, he was killed 1878 on B. & A. R. R. at Worcester; had WilJ'red; 
she m. (2) 8 Jau., 1881, Charles P. Wells of Worcester, removed to Sterling, 
Conn., resided 1890 at Canterbury, had ch. 

5. ASA H., son of West (1), m. (1) 16 May, 1837, Clariuda Hobl)s of Stur- 
bridgc, she d. aged 33, 25 Aug., 1850; m. (2) 16 March, 1851, Mrs. Mary L. 



^^■\H roi'K. PRATT. 

Kfidy. sh<- (I. r, Aim., 1H65, a<,'.'(l 43; in. (3) 24 Dec, ISO-i, Mrs. Mary A. F. 
Whfclcr, born iit Heading, Vt. ; fanner, rcsidod on the homestead. . . . C'hil- 
dre.n by first ni. : John W.. 1). 13 March, 183*J(?), m. 16 Nov., 1862. Mary E., 
dan. of Franklin F. Ky<ler, Avas a provision dealer at Millbnry, removed to 
Danbnry, (^onn., and Manchester, N. II.; they had Fred. H., b. 10 Jan., 
lHr,H(?); LoKiN(; J., b. 13 Nov., 1840, m. Jennie, dan. of Edward Brown of 
I'lynionth, VI., residence, Elmira, N. Y., and Pittsburir, Pa., provision dealer, 
lia.i eh. ; Sakaii L., b. 1844, d. 1849; Mauy E., b. 1848, d. 184it; by second m. : 
CiiAKi-Ks K., I) IS-IS, d. 1876; Clauinda, b. 24 April, 1857, m. Lucius How- 
lanti of North Ox., removed to Worcester; Sarah E., b. 28 Dec, 1860, ra. 
John O'Brien, residence, Worcester; Sylvia, b. 9 June, 1863; by third m. : 
SopHRoNtA. b. 7 June, 1869, m. 20 March, 1889, Dayton M. Fay. 

6. IIFNKY L., son of West (1), ni. (1) 28 June, 1844, p:iiza Clou^h of 
Sprinirlield, .she d. 14 Jan., 1863, at Dayton, O. ; m. (2) 17 Oct., 1867, Susan 
E. Ocbliart of Dayton, O. ; manufacturer of linseed oil. . . . Children by first 
m. 1). at Dayton : Chaki.ks H., b. 1845, d. 1846; Mary E., b. 23 Jan., 1847. m. 
15 May, 1866, Walter Gebhart, partner in business with her father; they had 
Eliza, John W., Margaret, Catherine, Henry; Sylvia L., b. 18.50, d. 1853; 
Sarah A., b. 14 Nov., 1854; ch. by second ra. : Annik C, b. 17 Sept., 1868; 
MiNNiK G., b. 9 April, 1872. 

JOHN W., son of John and Calista, of Holland, w. Mary E., had at Ox. : 
Kosir.LA L., b. 17 June, 1856, d*. unm. ; a son; he d. aged 43, 28 March, 1874. 

MARY W., and Nathaniel Emerson of South Gore, m. 17 June, 1827. 

ALBERT, a^'ed 14, d. 1847. 

HENRY D., ai,'ed 21, d. 26 June, 1853. 

Tlio.MAS, son of Lewin of Dudley, a,s?ed 41, il. 10 March, 1854. 

FRANOIS C, w. Emeline, had AucK F., b. 4 Jan., 1856. 

CALEB, son of John of Dudley, a^ed 84, d. 16 Nov., 1880. 

Mrs. CALEB, a.i,'ed 84, d. 4 May, 1881. 

POLLOCK, DKLILAH, aijed 55, d. 22 Aug., 1848. 

POTTER, LUCY, and Michael Cooney, m. int. 22 March, 1842. 
JOHN (Canadian), aged 24, d. 5 June, 1861. 

POWERS, Mrs. MAKCLNIA, aged .'.(i, d. 12 Dec, 1847. 
CATHERINE, aged 22, d. 13 July, 1851. 

PRATT, THOMAS, of Watertown, 1647; removed to Framingham, had ten 
sons anil one daughter. The sons all married and had children. One of the 
youngest was Jonathan, m. Sarah Gale of Watertown, and came to Ox., of 
whose family we do not find a record, but among his children were Jonathan, 
I). 21 Aug., 1701; JosKPH, b. about 1712; MiCAH ; Jonas; Sarah, m. Oliver 
Siuimway; Susannah, m. Jonas Collcr; Lydia, ni. Jedediah Barton. 
Jonathan's will was approved 25 Feb., 1760. His heirs who signed receipt to 
Jonas, his son, who was executor, were Jonathan, Micah. Joseph, Susannah 
[w. of Jonas CoUer], Sarah [w. of Oliver Shunnvay], Lydia [w. of Jedediah 
Barton]. His will also nanies Bculah and Abigail. Jonathan's first purchase 
in Ox. was in thf iiculli part, of tjic town, description in the deed obscure. It 
jS believed to have been llie farm later occupied by his son Jonathan, II. 153, 
near North Ox. railroad station. He deeded in 1723, 60 acres in that locality 
to his son Jonathan. He next bought in 1727 land and house north of and near 
Town's Bond, H. 13'J, and later added to this estate. This was for nearly 60 



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years a Pratt homestead. In 1733, he sold to his son Micah one-half, which 
Micah soon sold to his brother Jonas. Micah seems to have remained in the 
vicinity as he owned land westward of the homestead near the " Little Cedar 
Swamp," and the remains of a dwelling now to be seen on an old road run- 
ning north from the old Charlton road perhaps marks his homestead site. 
Jonas was a blacksmith and long had a shop near the pond, which with 
the old dAvelling was standing early in tlu; present century, but no mark of 
them now remains. In 1777, Jonas sold one-half the estate to Thomas, 
probal)ly his son, and in 1786 the whole was sold to Sylvanus Town, Esq. 

2. JONATHAN, son of Jonathan (1), m. (1) 18 Nov., 1725, Lydia, dau. of 
Theophilus Phillips of Watertown, settled at T)oa. Stone place, II. 163, built 
the house now standing, supposed to be one of the oldest in town ; she d. 
May, 1729; m. (2) 28 May, 1730, Ruth Eddy, she d. 1 April, 1731; m. (3) 15 
Dec, 1731, Deborah, dau. of Dea. John Coolidge of Watertown, she d. 9 
Feb., 1793, aged 83. He d. 25 July, 1788. [See Jacob Cummings]. . . , Chil- 
dren by first m. : Keziah, b. 18 March, 1727, m. Moses, brother of Dr. David 
Holmes; Lydia, b. 1728, d. 1729; by second m. : Rimi, b. 1731, d. 1746; by 
third m. : Mellison, b. 1733, d. 1746; Lydia, b. 1736, d. 1746; Huldaii, b. 1 
March, 1739, m. Isaac Town; Jonathan, b. 15 Aug., 1741; Elias, b. 7 Nov., 
1743; Elisha, b. 15 July, 1747; Esther, b. 6 June, 1752; Deborah, b. 15 
Juljs 1754, m. Jesse Merriam. 

3. JONATHAN, son of Jonathan (2), m. 30 April, 1767, Abigail, dau. of 
Ebenezer Davis, settled in the fields one-third of a mile northwest from his 
father and north of North Ox. railroad station, at what was called the 
"Allen place," house many years since removed. He bought in 1772 II. 173 
on Long Hill, where he d. about 1813; she d. 24 July, 1785. . . . Children: 
Mary, d. 1770; Esther, b. 15 Oct., 1767, d. 28 Aug., 1819, num.; Nahum, b. 
2 July, 1770; Abigail, b. 9 June, 1772, m. Stephen Prince; Mklicent, b. 18 
Feb., 1774, m. Noah Shumway; Alice, b. 26 Aug., 1776, m. Stephen Prince, 
second w. ; Jonathan, b. 30 Sept., 1778, d. 3 Nov., 1795; Rebekah, b. 30 
March, 1780, m. 19 Jan., 1825, Joseph Haywood of Milll)ury ; Lucy, b. 23 Feb., 
1782, d. 1 Nov., 1795; Polly, b. 15 July, 1785, d. unm. 

4. NAHUM, son of Jonathan (3), m. intentions 18 June, 1796, Abigail, 
dau. of Lemuel Crane, settled on the homestead. He d. 22 Jan., 1837, she d. 
aged 87, 13 Dec, 1860. . . . Children: Harriet, b. 1 Jan., 1797, m. William 
Dana; Lucy, b. 7 June, 1799, d. 19 March, 1833, unm. ; Jonathan, b. 1801, d. 
1803; Louisa, b. 13 Feb., 1804, m. Harvey Burnett; Marshal, b. 2 Feb., 1807, 
d. 9 April, 1883, unm.; Coolrdge, b. 23 March, 1816. 

5. COOLKDGE, sou of Nahum (4), m. 11 Sept., 1846, Sarah, dau. of Jas- 
per Brown, settled at the homestead. He d. 26 Sept., 1857, she m. (2) 11 
Sept., 1858, Otis B. Chaffee. [See Jasper Brown]. . . . Children: Alicia L., 
b. 9 June, 1847, ni. 3 April, 1866, Horace O. Hudson of Worcester, had Fred. 
W.; she d. Aug., 1891; Henrietta L., b. 1849, d. 1851; Frkd Mar.shal, 
b. 1850, d. 1851 ; Charles E., b. and d. 1853; Annetta M., b. 27 Jan., 1855, 
m. (1) 2 June, 1873, Fitz J. White, and had Charles; she m. (2) George A. 
Paige, resided in Worcester, removed to Ox., had ch. 

6. ELIAS, son of Jonathan (2), m. 6 Aug., 1767, Lydia, dau. of Jonathan 
Hill of Billcrica, b. 25 March, 1746, settled near his father's; was a Captain in 
the Revolutionary war, marched in Town's Company at the Lexington alarm 
and served through the war; a man of more than ordinary ability. He d. 14 
March, 1816, she d. 10 March, 1829, at Sutton, aged 83. . . . Children: 

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Lydia, b. and d. 17C8; Jkiusiia, b. 18 Sept., 1769, m. Thomas, son of Elisha 
Davis; Lyuia and liUTH, b. 25 Sept., 1771, Lydia m. Ambrose Stone, Kuth m. 
William Stone, brothers; Er.iAs and Elijah, b. 4 March, 1773; Zadoc, b. 17 
Nov., 1775, removed to northern New York, ni., had ch., removed later to 
.MadridCO. Canada, where he d. 13 Feb., 1818; Jkkkmiah, b. 20 Sept., 1779, 
m. (]) Polly, dan., of Capt. John Woodbury of Sutton, removed to Groton, 
N. Y., deacon of 15aptist Church and a leading citizen; m. (2) Esther Coiiklin 
of ()ran;je County; hail Elias, who was a prominent man at Anoka, Minn., 
removed about 1882 farther West; Jeremiah, the father, d. at Groton, Nov., 
1865, his widow d. 14 Feb., 1871 ; SYi.VANUsand Sylvestkr, b. 20 -Vug., 1781, 
the latter d. youny ; Amasa, b. 7 May, 1787, settled at Waddin^rton, N. Y., 
wliere he d. 27 Dec, 1830; he m. 1814, Fanny Connor of Amsterdam, N. Y. 
His son Henry W., b. 1817, m. 1852 Sylvia \., dau. of John M. Pratt of 
Dudley; merchant at Waddington, and deputy sheriff, and since 1877 inspec- 
tor in the custom house. 

7. EIJAS, son of Elias (6), m. intentions 25 Sept., 1801, Sally, dau. of 
Dr. Ezra Conant, settled on homestead, removed about 1810 to Sutton, re- 
sided there many years; removed to Worcester, where he d. 2 Sept., 1854. 

. . . Children: Sally, b. 1802, d. 1804; Ezra, b. 6 Oct., 1804, d. young; 
Skkkna, b. 14 Aug., 1806, m. 29 Aug., 1824, Charles, son of Isaac King of 
Sutton, removed to Anoka, Minn., d. 28 Dec, 1871 ; had Elias P. ; Sally, b. 29 
Jan., 1808, ra. Joshua Lewis, resided at Worcester, both d. there, she d. 1868; 
Sl'mnkr, b. 3 Sept., 1809, dealer in manufacturers' supplies at Worcester, m. 
(1) Serena, dau. of Calel) Chase of Sutton, she d. 1848; m. (2) 5 Aug., 1850, 
Abi)y C. \U-M\ of Worcester; he d. 6 Jan., 1887; ch. by first m. : Fred S., b. 21 
Sept., 184"), m. 19 Jan., 1871, Sarah M. Hilliard, merchant at Worcester; Emma 
A., b. 8 May, 1848; by second m. : Edward R., b. 1 May, 1851, d. 31 Oct., 
1880; Emklink, b. 14 Dec, 1812, m. 2 Oct., 1833, Leonard Woodbury of Sut- 
ton, he d. 29 Jan., 1884, she d. 8 Dec, 1837, both at Sutton; .Vmanda, b. 11 
Aug., 1815, d. 22 May, 1837, unra. 

8. ELLTAH, son of Elias (6), m. 9 Aug., 1798, Elizabeth, dau. of John 
Mayo, lived in south part of Ox. and other places in the vicinity; Major of 
ujilitia; d. 2 Jan., 1843, she d. 17 Jan., 1844. . . . Children: Jons M., b. 11 
Jan., 1799, m. 12 Aug., 1821, Sylvia, tlau. of Roger Jewett, settled at Dudley; 
they had Mary L., h. 1822, m. Benjamin F. Leland ; Sylvia A., b. 1824, m. 
William II. Pratt of Waildington, N. Y. ; Edward A., b. 1827, m. Sophia D. 
Ilealy ; John W., b. 183:5, ni. Jane Ryan; Samuel J., b. 1837, d. 1857; Elijah, 
b. 19 April 1801, m. (1) 30 March, 1823, Polly Davis, she d. 17 Aug., 1844; 
m. (2) 30 March, 1853, Mrs. Hannah J. Keith of Thompson, Conn., who d. 30 
Aug., 1884, aged 80; resided at Dudley, Webster and 0.x. where he d. aged 79, 
29 June, 1880; ch. by tlrst m. : Lucien E., b. 1824, m. Nancy B. Lawrence; 
JJannnh A'., b. 1826, m. Charles M. Parmenter; Emily A., b. 1828, m. Hon. 
Reuben P. Boise of Oregon; Maria S., 1). 1830, d. 1855; William H., b. 1832, 
ni. Frances E. Dillaby, resided in Boston, had ch. ; Bktsky, b. 23 Dec, 1804, 
d. 6 .\i)ril, 1848, at Ox., num.; Mary, b. 12 March, 1808, m. (1) intentions 17 
April, 18.s:), Harvey Upham of Dudley, who d. Nov., 1852, m. (2) 14 Nov., 
1866, (icorgc Miller of Ox., she d. 1890; Julikt, b. 25 Dec, 1809, m. 3 Dec, 
1842, Zenas Davis, he d. 26 Feb., 1874, at Worcester, no ch. 

9. SYLV.VNUS. son of Elias (6), built the brick house at North Ox. station, 
H. 155, was a stirring, energetic business man, intelligent and socially attract- 
ive, adjutant of cavalry, scythe maker, in 1811 bought the water-power at the 



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present Lancaster's village, North Ox., where there was only a saw -mill, 
dug the canal from the pond to the mill, now used, built a shop with two 
forges and flourished for a time, became embarrassed and sold 1814 to Abbott 
and Rice. He also built at the home privilege a shop and made scs'thes 
several years, and in 1820 was in the same business at Buftumville. In 1813 
he bought a farm on Long Hill and built a house, later burnt, at H. W>n, 
Shepardson's. He m. Sally, dau. of Capt. Daniel Rice of Sutton. He d. 
June, 1831, in Canada, she d. 7 Dec, 185G, at Worcester. . . . Children: 
Harriet, b. 5 May, 1800, at Douglas, ni. David Fay of Grafton, where both 
d., had ch. ; Adalink, 1). 27 July, 1808, at Sutton, m. William Holbrook of 
Grafton, resided at Boston, she d. 28 Sept., 1881, he d. at Leicester; Asenath, 
b. 1812, d. 1817; Daniel R., b. 17 June, 1814, m. (1) Ann Maria Bryant of 
Worcester, where they settled, 5 eh., she d. 14 Sept., 1869, at Worcester, m. 
(2) Lucy A. Phelps of Sutton; LnciEN, b. and d. 1816; Nancy, b. 24 Oct., 
1817, m. Talliafero P. Schaft'uer of Kentucky, he d. 7 Dec, 1881, at Troy, N. Y., 
was well known in the country as an associate with Morse and other scientific 
men in the introduction of the electric telegraph, interested in f)pening com- 
munication with Europe and made soundings for a line via Greenland, Ice- 
land and the Faroe Islands to Norway before Field laid the Atlantic cable. 
He introduced the use of nitro-glycerine into this country and was owner 
of the patents, was in the Union service in the late war, a member of Gen. 
Grant's staflT; Elvira, b. 26 Nov., 1819, m. (1) Henry Dodge of Warren; a son 
Edward H., b. 19 Nov., 1845, resided at Worcester, was in the U. S. service in 
the late war, acting in the commissary department; she m. (2) 23 April, 18C1, 
Dr. J. Marcus Rice of Worcester, physician and medical examiner, surgeon 
in the 25th Regt. Mass. Vols., served through the war, Avas ou staff duty with 
Generals Butler, Ord, Baldy Smith, Westrel and Stannard, prisoner in Libby; 
Sylvanus, b. 20 .4pril, 1821, m. Harriet Atkins of Hartford, Conn., and had 
Willie S., b. 22 Feb., 1853, resided at New York city, Sylvanus, the father, d. 
15 Oct., 1868, at Worcester, where he resided for many years previously, she 
d. 6 Feb., 1866, at Worcester. 

10. JOSEPH, son of Jonathan (1), m. (1) 15 Dec, 1737, Sarah, dau. of 
Thomas Hunkins, she d. 19 March, 1750, m. (2) 27 Sept., 1750, Katharine, 
dau. of Joseph Read. He d. Ifi Sept., 1796, aged 84, she d. 11 Jan., 1808, 
aged 77 ; resided in the border of Auburn at the Marble place, H. 147. . . . 
Children: Mary, b. 28 Nov., 1738, m. 17 Jan., 1760, Daniel Dike of Sutton, 
removed to Bethel, Vt., 8 ch. ; Sarah, b. 15 Aug., 1740, m. Samuel Manning; 
Joseph, b. 1 April, 1748; ch. by second m. : Lucie, b. 16 July, 1751; Rachel, 
b. 29 April, 1753; John, b. 24 Nov., 1755; Ebenezer, b. 30 April, 1758, d. 
young; Samuel, b. 29 Jan., 17G1; Jeremiah, b. 22 May, 1763; Katharine, 
b. 14 Feb., 1766; Ebenezer, b. 21 Nov., 1770. [In the will of Joseph Pratt, 
dated 19 June, 1790, he names wife Katharine, son Joseph of Charlton, son- 
in-law Samuel Manning, and son John only.] 

11. JOSEPH, son of Jo,seph (10), m. (1) 29 Sept., 1768, Mary, dail. of 
John Hudson, she d. 4 Sept., 1769, aged 22, m. (2), 29 May, 1771, E.stlier 
Blood of Charlton, removed to Charlton. . . . Children: John Hudson, b. 
27 Aug., 1769; by second m. : Martha, b. 7 March, 1772, m. 18 Nov., 1789, 
Amos, son of Samuel Rich of Sutton(?) ; perhaps others b. in Charlton. 

12. JOHN, son of Joseph (10), Revolutionary soldier, m. 9 Dee., 1779, 
Anna, dau. of Elisha Davis, settled on the homestead, where he spent his 
days, a singer, and composer of music; in partnership with Joseph Stone of 



i]')2 rUATT. 

Ward published a book of music. He d. 22 Juno, 1834, sho d. 20 Sept., 1833, 
a^t'd 79. . . . (Jhihlren: Ebknkzkr, b. 31 May. 1780; John, b. 30 July, 1783; 
Katv, b. Oct., 1785, in. her cousin, Nathiiniel Davis, a promineut man at 
Montprlier, Vt., 5 ch. [See Davis (Jen.]; Polly, b. 17 April, 1788, d. 1803; 
Lucy, b. 19 .Ami,'., 173u, in. L.:irind Davis; .Aiu.iah D., 1). 2;; July. 1795, d. 11 
Nov., 181K. 

i;j. KHKNKZHH, son of John (12), m. 1819, Betsey Edson, lived on the 
south j)art <if his father's farm, H. 148, Caj)!. of militia, land surveyor, d. 13 
April, 1830, she d. 14 April, 1852, ajjed 68. . . . Children, both brought up at 
the home of Kodolphus Edson, their grandfather : Lucy A., b. 7 Dec, 1819, 
iiiiiii. : John H., b. 1 April, 1822, land surveyor, conveyancer, ni. 5 July, 1859, 
Emily J. Tutnam of Sutton, he d. 2G Oct., 1872; they had John E., b. G Sept., 
18(;3, d. 22 Oct., 1872. 

14. JOHN, son of John (12), m. 20 July, 180C, Lavinia Burnap, settled at 
0.\., removed about 1810 to Moutpelier, Vt., where he d. 3 April, 1820, mer- 
chant and Major of militia. . . . Children b. at Ox. : Mary Ann, b. 13 Dec, 
1H07, m. Schuyler S. S. Gates of Rutland; N. Mir.vnd.a., b. 24 Oct., 1809, m. 
(1) Kev. Sampson Miner, m. (2) Kev. Harvey F. Leavitt, shed. 1873, at 
Middlebury; John B., b. 1812, at Montpelier, d. 1815; Cathekixe D., b. 14 
May, 1814, at North Montpelier, m. Bowman B. Martin of Marshtleld ; John 
A., b. 10 Aug., 1818, m. Arminda Martin, he d. 1 March, 18r)2. 

l'>. MICAH, son of Jonathan (1), m. 3 Nov., 1731, Mary, sisterof Ebenezer 
Gale of Watertown, settled near his father, northwest of Town's Pond. Ho 
d. 17G9, appraisal of estate 4 March. . . . Children : Hannah, b. 1733, d. 
1734; Abkaham, b. 1735, d. 1737; David, b. IG April, 1738, soldier in the 
French war; Aukah.vm, b. 2C Feb., 1740; Micau, b. 15 Aug., 1742, m. 23 Feb., 
1709, Lucy Shumway; Asa. b. 27 July, 1744, m. 6 Sept., 1769, Susanna Beinis 
of Charlton; Maky, b. 24 Feb., 1747; Isaac, b. 27 June, 1749, Revolutionary 
soldier; Miomcknt, b. 15 Aug., 1751 ; Lydia, b. 24 Dec, 1752. 

16. .ABRAHAM, son of Micah (15), soldier in the French war, m. inten- 
tions (! Dec, 1760, Mary Barton of (Charlton. . . . Children: Dkborah, b. 22 
Dec, 1761('0; KuTH, b. 1762, d. 1768; Abkaham. b. 1764, d. 1768; Mary, 1>. 
1766, d. 1768; Micah, b. 17 Oct., 1708. 

17. JONAS, son of Jonathan (1). m. Ann , blacksmith, lived near 

Tnun's Pond on the north, sold 1786, removed to Ward, where he d., will 
lilfd 7 March, 1798, John Town, his son-in-law, executor. . . . Children : 
Sakah, b. 2 June, 1738, m. intentions 18 Aug., 1764, John M. Jewell of 
Dudley; Dorothy, b. 25 Feb., 1741, in. John, son of Jonathan Town; Anna, 
b. 15 Feb., 1744; Jonas, b. 26 Aug., 1746; Stephkn, b. 5 June, 1749; Thomas, 

Jj,«2 Nov., 1752, d. young; Thomas, b. 4 Feb., 1755, m. 28 May, 1776, Lydia, 
ilau. of Joseph Phillips; Elizabeth, b. 22 July, 1759, m. Daggett. 

18. JONAS, son of Jonas (17), Revolutionary soldier, marched on Lexing- 
ton alarm, ul 5 July, 1770, Jenny Foster. In 1780 was ileputy sheritf. He d. 
1780, order of a|)prai.sal 4 Dec. . . . Children: Molly, b. 28 .Vpril, 1771; 
lliioDA, b. 28 Oct., 1772, d. younu-; Wii,ll\ms, h. 17 Nov., 1774; Anna, b. 3 
.Muriji, 1777 ; Sally. 

19. STEPHEN, s(m of Jonas (17), m. 26 Nov., 1772, Phebe Merriam of 
North (Jore, resided at Ox. and Charlton. He d. 1813, she d. 1812, both at 
Greenlleld. . . . Children b. at Ox. : Lavinia, b. 30 May, 1775, m. 1801, 
Elijah Newton of Deerlleld, resided at Middlelleld, N. Y. ; Abicail, b. 23 
Juiu', 1777, ni. Dr. .lotham Burnet of Dummerston, Vt., had cli. ; Phebe, b. 



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1779, m. 1833, Joel Merriam, second w. ; aud b, at Charlton: Elizabeth, b. 
1782, d. 1840, at Greenlield, unin. ; Stephkn, b. 3 Au<j:., 1784, in. 1804, 
Drusilla Loveland, resided at Middletleld, N. Y. ; Rice, b. 12 May, 1787, m. 
1816, Sarah Denton; Edward, b. 29 July, 1789, ra. 1812, Tryphena Sheldon, 
resided at Bernardstou; Jeremiah, 1). 8 Jan., 1792, ni. 1821, Celia Fitts, 
resided at Greenfield. 

DAVID, b. 28 Jan., 1702, son of David and grandson of Thomas of Fram- 
ingham, ra. 10 March, 1724, Sarah Clallin, and had at Frarainghara, David, b. 
30 Jan.. 1725; Jonathan, b. 23 Sept., 173",; Rachel, b. 6 Sept., 1739, ni. 28 
May, 1760, Isaac Putnam, son of Isaac of Sutton; Nathan, b. 5 Nov., 
1743. David, the father, bought land in Ox. 1749, and soon settled on Pros- 
pect Hill. He d. 27 Nov., 1777, his widow d. 12 May, 1783, aged 79. 

2. DAVID, son of David (1), ra. 20 May, 174.",, at Frarainghani, Elizabeth 
Brewer, came soon after his father to Ox., and d. here 19 Oct., 1753. . . . 
Children h. at Franiingham : David, b. 13 May, 1743, soldier in French war; 
Silas, b. 26 Sept., 1747; Betsey, b. 13 March, 1748; Sarah, b. 2 April, 1750; 
Joel, b. 1 Feb., 1752, at Ox. [Elizaljeth Pratt appointed administratrix of 
David Pratt 26 Nov., 1753. Prob. Rec] 

3. NATHAN, son of David (1), Revolutionary soldier, ra. 13 Oct., 1768, 
Mary Pratt of North Gore. . . . Children: Mary, b. 1769, d. 1770; Nathan, 
b. 27 Oct., 1771, m. 29 June, 1795, Miriam, dan. of Walter Fitts, settled in 
Charlton, no ch. ; RuFtTB, b. and d. 1773; RuFUS, b. 8 July, 1774; Molly, b. 
21 Aug., 1776; a dau., b. 29 May., 1778; a son, b. 28 June, 1780; cv [rec- 
ord defective] a dau., b. 24 Nov., 1785. 

4. JESSPj, Revolutionary soldier, lived a short distance south of the Locke 
place, H. 105, in North Gore, supposed to have been of David's family [Jesse 
and Nathan Pratt witnessed a deed of David Pratt 1766], m. intentions 9 
April, 1757, Rachel Clatlin of North Gore. . . . Children: Jonathan, b. 18 
Feb., 1758, m. intentions 24 July, 1785, Phebe, dau. of Ebenezer Merriam of 
North Gore, settled in Charlton, four ch. ; a dau. of Matilda, m. Parley Stock- 
well of Sutton, was murdered 1817 by Peter Sibley, adjudged a lunatic; 
Jesse, b. 18 April, 1760, d. 14 Jan., 1778; Sarah, b. 31 July, 17(!2; Nathan, 
b. 3 Jan., 1767. 

JOSEPH, tlie second as to age of the name in Ox., came from Dedham in 
1751, having bought the Benjamin Davis estate in the east part of Ox., II. 
24, later owned by Amos Pratt, and to distinguish him was called " Meailow 
Joe." He m. (1) Hannah , she d. aged 22, 26 Dec, 1757; ra. (2) Deliv- 
erance . He d. 13 Jan., 1801, she d. 6 March, 1803. . . . Children: 

Hannah, b. 24 March, 1756, m. Joseph Gillson; Lydia, b. 27 Oct., 1757, 
m. Allen Chase; by second m. : Joseph, 1). 29 Nov., 1762, settled at Belling- 
hara, and had .l?nos, who resided at Ox. ; Thomas Baxter, 1). 29 Oct., 1764; 
BEN.JAMIN, 1j. 23 Oct., 1767; Deborah, b. 22 June, 1770, d. 6 Nov., 1802, 
num. 

2. THOMAS BAXTER, son of Joseph (1), m. 11 Dec, 1803, Mrs. Eliza- 
beth Lawton Coit from Norwich, Conn., or vicinity, lived on homestead; 
administrator of his father's estate; he d. aged 62, 23 June, 1826, .she d. 15 
March, 1829(?). . . . Children: Thomas Baxter, b. 2 July, 1804, drowned 22 
June, 1829; of more than ordinary ability, but erratic; Joseph, b. 29 Dec, 
1805; Lawton, 1). 19 April, 1808; the two latter lived in Michigan. She had 
two children by her former husl)and, Wheeler Coit and Huldah Coit, the 
latter m. Abijah Gleason. 



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3. AMOS, son of ,Ios.|)h and grandson of Josoph (1), b. 3 Nov., 179fi, at 
BcUinKhani, ni. L'8 May, 1H28, Lucy Smith of Barre, b. fi Sept., 1802, bought 
lh<> hf)in«'stoutl, H. 24, in 1«26; removed when past middle life to Charlton; 
he d. 9 Nov.. 188;?, she d. AuK-. 1856, he m. a sec. w. at Charlton. . . . 
Children: Amos 8., b. 21) Jan., 1830; Nathan, b. 5 Jan., 1833, ra. Sarah Pratt, 
sj'ttled at Charlton, insane, soldier in tlie late war; they had Lucy S., Alice, 
Jane, Ahhie ; Mauy C, b. 24 April, 1830; Samukl S., b. 20 May, 1838, ni. 
Klizabcth, dan. f>f Jacob Stevens of Charlton, settled on her father's farm; 
tlicy had Wnlttr. 

4. BENJAMIN, son of Joseph (1), ni. . . . .Children b. at Ox. : Bknma- 

MiN, b. 22 Aug., 1789, m. int. 20 Aug-, 1807, Polly Ilolley, she m. (2) Neheniiah 
Collier; Abigail, b. 9 March, 1790; Dei.iveranck, b. 22 Sept., 1799. 

5. AMOS S., son of Amos (3), m. 11 April, 1861, Rachel Jones, settled iu 
west part of Ox., at H. 69, removed 1885 to the Plain, H. 200, thence 1889, 
to Worcester. . . . Children: A.mos, 1). 10 March, 1862, d. 25 March, 1874: 
Emii.y J., b. 12 Aus:., 1863, d. 15 March, 1887; Nei.i.ie M., b. 11 Autr., 1872; 
Mahki, R., i). 6 March, 1876; IIknmsy K., b. 20 June, 1878. 

MARY, and Joseph Rockett, in. 2 Feb., 1744. 

BEl'LAH, and Elnathan Beers of Leicester, m. 24 Nov., 1749. 

JONATHAN, .son of David, d. Nov., 1755. 

DAVID, and Sarah Shumway, m. 23 Oct., 1700. 

ELIZABETH, and Thomas Upham of Dudley, m. 19 Feb., 1784. 

Mk8. BETSEY, aged 63, d. 20 Aug., 1844. - ^^ , ■^. 

SARAH, aged 80, d. 28 Feb., 1849. M'^Ctu^H^^'^ 

PRAY, EBENEZER, son of TiniotHy(?), came to Ox. before the Revolu- 
tionary war from Tiverton, li. I., with his father who died here. He is said 
to have lieen a man of more than ordinary abilities, well versed in military 
atfairs, and served in the Revolutionary war three years, adjutant. He lived 
near tlie new Gen. Learned house at North O.v., H. 117, removed after 
the death of his second wife to Livermore, Me., where his sons had set- 
tled, and d. there. He m. (1) intentions 2 Oct., 1779, Deborah, widow of 
Ceorge J{obinson, dau. of (ieii. Ebcuezer Learned, she d. 11 June, 1802, at 
Ward; m. (2) 27 May, 1803, Martha, dau. of Israel Phillips of Ward. . . . 
Children: Zei.otes, b. 17 April, 1780, went to sea from Freetown and not 
heard from; Euenkzek, b. 7 March, 1782, d. 21 Sept., 1802, at Portland. Me. ; 
Debokah, 1). 20 March, 1784, d. 1812; Epiikai.m, b. 22 Jan., 1787, millwright, 
removed to Livermore, Me., d. in midlife at Natchez, Miss. ; Oris, 1). 22 Feb., 
1789, prominent at Livermore, Capt. of cavalry, millwright; m. (1) Bethia 
Weeks, m. (2) Eliza, her sister; he d. March, 1874, at Livermoiv; ch. : Alhert 
r/., soldier in late war, representative; Otis A., successful business man at 

Minneapolis, Minn.; Jiusetla, m. Chandler; Drusilla, m. Getchell, 

residence, Minnesota; Bethia, m. Hiram Briggs, residence, Livermore; 
David, I). 7 March. 1791. d. 1804; P. R. Rukus, b. 10 June, 1793, m. Maria, 
dan. of (ien. David Learned of Livermore, lawyer at Pearlington, Miss., 
win re he was eminent. Judge of High Court of Errors and Appeals, d. 11 
Jan.. 1840; l{riii, b. 23 March, 1790, m. Alfred Parker, settled at Livermore. 
where she d., Iiad eli. : ch. by second m. : Ebenezek, b. 18 April, 1804, black- 
smith, at Livermore, n-moved 1858 t(j Worcester, where he 1890, resided ; 
he m. April, 1830, .\nnis Pratt, born at Jay; they had Martha A., b. 1832, m. 
■lolm M. Kilbnrn, residence, Worcester; Medora, b. 1838, ni. Varnum Tuttle, 
merchant at South Acton. 



PRAY. — PRINCE. 655 

JONATHAN, m. 29 May, 1792, Sarah, dau. of Thomas McKnis^ht. . . . 
Children: Ephraim, b. 26 Jan., 1793; Sibyl, b. 27 June, 1797; Thomas, b. 23 
Jmw, 1800; Charlotte, b. and d. 1802. 

EPHRAIM, perhaps brother of Ebcnezer (1), resided at Ox. Feb., 1792. 
with wife and children Barney and Filey. V' k^J<^£^ ^'^ Sf^^-' '^'^'^^^ 

PRENTICE, JOSIAH S., b. 27 Dec, 1778, at Ward, son of John and /h ^ 
grandson of Rev. Solomon of Grafton,' m. (1) 11 Nov., 1801, Anna Waters 
of ^illbury, she d. 5 May, 1827, aged 43, at Ashby; ra. (2) 24 Sept., 1828, 
Mary, widow of Joseph Stevens of Petersham, dau. of Rev. Josepii Farrar, 
shed, aged 91, 10 Oct., 1882, He d. 20 Aug., 1857. He resided after first 
marriage at Ward, from 1803 to 1808 at least was coroner, came first to Ox. 
about 1809, having been in trade previously at Charlton ; l)OHght the Dr. 
Cushman place, H. 225, sold 1810, removed to Millbury. Later kept a hotel 
at Petersham, removed to Ashby in same business; after second marriage 
was in trade in New Worcester. He came again to Ox. 1830, bought H. 176, 
near the North Common, where he d. He had good abilities, was somewhat 
brusque in manner, justice of the peace and tried petty cases ; assessor and 
collector, and many years school committee at Ox. . . . Children hy first ra. : 
Lucy H., b. 18 July, 1802, at Ward, m. 20 May, 1822, Asa Goodell of Millbury,- 
who d. 30 June, 1823, she d. 24 Feb., 1836, no ch. ; Sophronia, b. 24 July, 
1804, at Ward, d. 1 Oct., 1826, at Ashby. 

2. CHARLES G., b. I Oct., 1798, at Leominster, son of Charles of Read- 
ing noted as editor and author, lived in the family of Abijah Bigelow (later 
of Worcester), studied law in his office, admitted to the bar in 1821. and came 
to Oxford that year, and from 1823 to 1828 was each year elected to the 
office of school committee, town clerk, or assessor, and in 1826 filled all these 
offices, indicating his high standing ; Captain of infantry company 1828 ; re- 
moved in 1829 to Worcester, where he held positions of trust and responsi- 
bility, and in July, 1837, was appointed register of probate, which office he 
filled with credit until 1849. He was a man of sterling qualities, led an active 
and useful life, and peformed whatever duties fell to him with faithfulness 
and ability. The late Peter C Bacon, who knew him intimately, said, " he 
was one of the salt of the earth." He d. 12 Jan., 1863, at Worcester, num. 

OTIS, of Ward, was for a few months in trade in 1806 at Oxford Centre; 
removed to Providence, R. I., and thence returned to Ward. 

PRESCOTT, DAVID B., aged 9, d. 15 Aug., 1831. 

PRIEST, NATHANIEL S., m. 30 April, 1834, Mary Ann Graves, she d. 30 
March, 1842, aged 30. . . . Children: Charlotte, b. 31 Jan., 1835; Ellen, 
b. 4 March, 1837; John, b. 2 Oct., 1839; Lucy, b. 21 March, 1842. 

PRINCE, DAVID, of Sutton in 1725, ra. Phebe , had with others, 

Stephen, b. 4 Oct., 1730, ra. 16 Sept., 1756, Abigail Perkins, had 13 children. 
The eighth, Jonathan, b. 1 Feb., 1769, settled at Dudley, came thence to Ox. ; 
David, b. 1 Jan., 1771; Stephen, b. 4 Nov., 1772; Ruth, b. 8 Fel)., 1775, m. 
David, son of Ebenezer Shumway; Lydia, b. 8 March, 1777, m. 30 Nov.. 1797, 



'On 12 April, 1777 (diite of acknowledgment southwest corner, on Saniucl Eddy's land on the 

of deed), John Prentice of Grafton tjoufrlit of County road, and on Alexander Nichols. His 

Levi Eddy 1.50 acres of land in tlie extreme family was lar^e and several children had been 

northeast corner of Ox., bounded on Worcester born before this date. 



Jfiiiiisoii T-vviss of Cliiirltmi; Naomi, b. 8 May, 1781, iii. 16 Jan., 1803, David 
Morse of Cliarlloii ; the last live came to Ox.; the mother also came here 
and d. 28 Nov., 1H20, ayud 83. 

2. JONATH.VN, .son of Stephen (1), m. Feb., 1792, Patty Vinton of Dud- 
ley. . . . Chililren h. at ()\. : Chkstku, b. 18 June, 1792; Lydia, b. 11 Oct., 
1793; Jon.N, b. 2 Dec, 1795; Ciiandlkk, b. 14 June, 1797; Dolly, b. 25 
Sept., 1799; n-inovcd from Ox. ; in 1809 resided at Sturhridire, ■\viit;re wa.s born 
Ji l.KY, 19 Dec, 1809. 

3. DAVID, son of Stephen (1), m. U April, 1799, Robckah, dau. of ^-ter 
Siiuniway, resided in the south part, H. 55, and later ip other places in Ox., 
d. au'ed 7(), 24 Sept., 1847, she d. 26 Aug., 1876, ajced 95 years, 9 months. . . . 
Chililren : .VLPHKtJ.s, b. 28 Nov., 1799, m. 25 March, 1824, Mary, dau. of James 
Moulton. shr (1. 15 July, 1876, he d. 18 Jan., 1888, both at Webster; they had 
Jinni-H .1/., b. 8 Dec, 1828, at Ox., m. (1) 1 May, 1851, Sarah, dau. of Joseph 
Tilnsof Douiilas, b. 18 Aug., 1828, d. 26 Sept., 1871, m. (2) 5 Feb., 1872, 
Lucilla W., dau. of David Stone of Ox., residence, Webster, had Clara J., b. 
l.'<.-.4; Benjamin M., b. 1856; Candace 3/., b. 16 Jan., 1831, d. 18 Oct., 1861, at 
\Viir(<'sirr, iimii.; Rkiskcca, h. 3 June, 1802, m. Calvin Hall; Oris, h 21 
Sept., isoo, ni. tiuls Wadsworth of IJarre, where he settled, woolen manufac- 
turer; he d. 6 April, 1845, one son, d. young; Almika, b. 13 March, 1807, m. 
(1) David Hall, m. (2) Jeremiah Brown; David, b. 6 April, 1809, d. 1811; 
David, b. 22 July, 1811, m. 14 Nov., 1836, Harriet A., dau. of James Oliver of 
Barre, settled at Web.stcr, where he d. 24 July, 1863, she d. May, 1886, at 
Worcester; they had Lewis S., b. 19 Jan., 1838, m. 12 Aug., 1868, Mrs. 
Mary Merritt, m. n. Sutherland, of Glasgow, Scot., settled at Webster, had 
cli. ; soldier in the late war in 51st Mass. Regt., he d. 11 June, 1881, at 
Worcester; S. Jane, b. 3 May, 1842, m. William, son of Hiram Walker of 
Brookfleld, no ch., she d. 12 July, 1868; Catherine JI., b. 11 Oct., 1844, d. 27 
Nov., 1864, at Thompson, Conn.; George, b. 8 Aug., 1847, d. young; Georgi- 
anna,h. 6 Sept., 1849, m. 6 June, 1865, Warren A. Walker of Brooklield, 
brother of William, removed to Worcester, had ch. ; Ileur'j S., b. 6 Nov., 
1854, m. Amanda Rand of Worcester, where they reside, had ch. ; Dulcexa 
C, b. 7 Jan., 1814, m. 10 Sept., 1834, George M. Eamcs of Framingham ; they 
had Gcnrge P.; m. (2) 4 March, 1858, Lewis W. Merritlekl of West Boylst.iu. 
where he d. 1871 ; Zkviah, b. 9 June, 1815, m. 14 July, 1842, Arnold Anthony of 
Worcester, he d. about 1870, shed. Dec, 1882, at Worcester; Abigail, b. 
14 April, 1820, m. (1) 7 April, 1840, Elbridge, son of Timothy Corbin, of 
Webster, and had Martha, m. (1) Marcellus Blair; m. (2) Orris Tarsons of 
Worcester, three ch., she d. Oct., 1880, at Westboro'. 

4. STKPIIHN, sonof Stephen (1), m. (1) intentions 2 Oct., 1795, Alice, dau. 
of Jiiuntliaii I'ratt. m. (2) 20 July, 1797, Abigail, sister of first wife, settled on 
ilie liill imiili of I5iiiruinville, II. 85, built the house now standing; Abigail, his 
wife, (I. 21 Oct., 1826; he m. (3) intentions 18 Nov., 1826, Dorcas M. Thorloe 
of Millbury, he d. 18 .Vug., 1847. . . . Children: Jonathan, b. 15 May. 1798, 
d. young; Amos, b. 1801, d. 1803; Elsik, b. 28 April, 1803, m. intentions 7 
Oct., 1826, James F. Twiss of C'harlton, had ch. ; Stephen P., their son, was 
a lawyer in Worcester, removed to Kansas City, where ho was a leading man 
and held high ollicial positions; Stepiikn, b. 15 March, 1805; Fkkkman, b. 2 
Aug., 1807; Aiu(;ail 1)., b. 15 Sept., 1810, d. young. 

5. STICrilKN, son of Stephen (4), m. 4 June, 1837. Rebecca M. Houston 
of Bedforil, N. 11., merchant at Ox., removed to Boston, where he continued 



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PRINCE. PROVENDER. - 657 

trade, cl. 3 Dec, 1881. . . . Children b. at Ox.: George H., h. 20 March, 
1838, d. 21 April, 1849; Mary A., b. 1889, d. 1843; John O., b. 18 April, 1842, 
m. 9 Aug., 1866, Dora S. Tuttle; James E., b. 20 Sept., 1844, d. 7 Sept., 1866; 
Anna T., b. 27 Sept., 1847, m. 10 Dec., 1868, Alvah Chapman of Ipswich, he 
d. 1 Sept., 1877; Charles A., b. 20 Dec, 1850, d. 1 March, 1879; all reside at 
Boston. 

6. FREEMAN, son of Stephen (4), ra. 20 Nov., 1832, Charlotte Lamb of 
Charlton, b. 15 Sept., 1811, at Charlton, settled at homestead, sold 1853, re- 
moved to Ox. Centre, where he d. 27 Aug., 1853. [Ox. Rec] ; the family re- 
moved to Worcester, where she d. 6 July, 1880. . . . Children : Abigail, b. 8 
Oct., 1833, d. young; Sarah, b. 30 June, 1835, d. 17 June, 1858, at Ox., unra. ; 
Samuel F., b. 1837, d. 1848; Albert, b. 4 July, 1839, m. S. Jane Dyke of 
Chelsea, Vt., no ch. He spent his boyhood upon his father's farm, and on the 
removal of the family to the Plain, found employment, as did most of the 
boys of that day, in a shoe manufactory. When the war broke out he enlisted 
among the first members in Company E, and became one of the best men in that 
body. At Ball's Blufl*, in the peninsular campaign, at Antietam, Fredericks- 
burg, the second Bull Run, the Wilderness, and later battles the regiment to 
which he belonged was assigned positions of honor and of danger, and he 
bore his full share of its hardships and disasters. As he was unassuming 
promotion came only as his sterling qualities were developed in the service. 
In Feb., 1862, he was made Lieut.; on 18 Sept., the day after Antietam 
battle, tirst Lieut. ; and on 14 Nov. following. Captain, and was assigned to 
Co. G. On the resignation of Capt. Watson 21 Jan., 1863, he was put in com- 
mand of Co. E, much to the satisfaction of its members, and continued with 
credit until the final discharge 28 July, 1864. Gen. Devens is reported to have 
said of him, "he was of the finest type of the American soldier." Another said 
in substance — he was a soldier of the solid and trustworthy type, resolute, 
faithful and stanch, one to be trusted to go anywhere in the face of danger 
and stay until relieved. At Gettysburg especially his courage and tenacity 
were put to the severest test and he endured the trial nobly. He stopped far 
more than his share of the enemy's bullets, having received seven wounds 
before he left the field. The last disabled both arms, but with grim deter- 
mination he picked up his sword from the ground with his teeth and so car- 
ried it as he was borne to the rear. When on a visit home in Feb., 1864, his 
friends in Oxford honored him iu the presentation of a sword, sash, belt 
and pistol. His later residence was at Worcester, where he carried for 
years the elfects of his army life in impaired health, and died highly respected 
2 March, 1881. Emily, b. 23 Oct., 1841, m. 2 Oct., 1877, Alexander Scarles, 
settled at Southbridge; Mary, b. 20 Jan., 1844, m. 17 Oct., 1864, Peleg F. 
Murray, an efiicient officer in late war, residence, Worcester, had Charles 
B., b. 6 April 1866; Edward, b. 30 Nov., 1846, m. Dec, 1870, Kate Robin- 
son, she d. 25 July, 1872; Ann Maria, b. 11 Feb., 1850, m. 24 Oct., 1871, 
Charles, son of Jonathan Day, merchant at Worcester, had Alice M., b. 13 
Sept., 1872. 

PROVENDER, JOHN, of Maiden 1674, in Narragausctt right 1675, had 
land granted him 1669 at " Quinsigamog," d. at Framingham (will proved 
1712), had 7 ch., of these, Sarah, who m. Daniel Eliott, Jr., and Jonathan, 
who was of Framingham 1710, came to Ox. 21 Sept., 1715, he was voted an 
inhabitant on part of the rights of Daniel Eliott, Jr., his brother-in-law. In 

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V,!')H I'ROVENDEK. PUTNAM. 

March, 171G, was voted land on whicli to sot a hoas<.-, near land he bought of 
Eliolt. In Jane, 1716, he sold land and one-fourth the mill and we lose trace 
of hira. He was in Port Ko)'al expedition 16 Sept., 1710. Un 23 June, 1735, 
JoH.N, his brother, of Uxbridge, sold rights in " Narragansett lauds accrued 
to him from his futher, Jolin Provender, deceased." 
DAVID, son of John, witness 1716. 

PUFFER, HKNHY, son of Rev. Reuben, of Berlin, clothier, as tenant at 
mill at sovith end of Plain 1819(?) to 1823, a good man [a brother wa.s a cur- 
rier at FraiikliiiJ, ni. Susanna . . . . Children: Emzahktii, I). 16 Nov., 

1815; Hannah P., b. 16 Feb., 1818; IIi:Mjy, b. 5 April, 1820; Kkuukn, b. 28 
Jan., 182.',. 

PULSIFER, AUGUSTA, dau. of David, of Me., aged 21, d. 13 May, 1871. 

PUTNAM, ISAAC, b. 4 N(n\, 1734, son of Isaac, of Sutton, descendant 
of Jolin, <jf Salem 1634, m. 28 May, 1760, Rachel, dau. of David Pratt [Sutton 
History says she d. aged 104, at the house of her son David, at Becket], 
settled on Prospect Hill, bought 1759 the homestead of Thomas Gleason, 
deceased, ensign in Col. Chandler's Regt. 1771, in 1777 contracted with town 
of Ox. to support .Joseph Fellows. . . . Children: Isaac, b. 15 June, 1763; 
Uaciikl, 1). 13 Jan., 1765; Nathan, b. 14 Feb., 1766; Lucy, b. 24 April, 1767. 

CORNELIUS. 1). 28 Jan., 1782. son of David, of Sutton, m. (1) 1 Dec, 1803, 
.\bigail, dau. of Elijah Higcdow of Douglas, she d. 5 March, 1844, aged 64, m. 
(2) intentions 5 Oct., 1844, Rachel Rist of Uxbridge. He d. aged 81, 2 April, 
1863. He came to Ox. about 1828 at the opening of the Boston and Hitrtford 
turnpike as toll-receiver in the east part of the town, H. 8, blacksmith, a 
good citizen, active Freemason, Capt. of militia. . . . Children b. at Sutton : 
POLi-Y, b. 1 June, 1804, m. July, 1825, Bethuel Leonard, had ch. ; Darius, b. 
30 Sept., 1806, d. 1 Oct., 1821; Lucy, b. 3 Sept., 1808, m. 1 April, 1826, 
William Dudley of Douglas, had ch. ; Ulva A., b. 18 Jan., 1811, m. 20 Dec, 
1832, Nathan, son of John Waters of S^to'n, had ch. ; Haukison B., b. 18 
April, 1813, d. 1814; Jerusha, Ij. 8 May, 1815, ra. Reuben, son of James 
Davis; CoRNKMUS, b. 4 July, 1819, m. 14 June, 1842, Amanda A. S., dau. of 
Stei)hen Hall of Sutton, blacksmith, resided at Webster; had Banjield ; 
JosKi'H W., b. 19 Sept., 1821, m. Lucy, dau. of Chandler Stockwell of Sutton, 
settled on the homestead and had /. Edwin, b. 11 Jan., 1841, d. 1856; Henry, 
b. 6 June, 1842, m. Abby E. Locke of Sutton, had ch. ; Cornelius, b. 11 Sept., 
1818, m. 20 Sept., 1871, A. Isabel, dau. of Sumner Motfit, settled at Ox., had 
Murray, 1). 23 Nov., 1876, Albert W., b. 29 Oct., 1882, she d. 14 March, 1884; 
./. Estdhi, b. 29 Sept., 1850, m. Muuroe Wallis of Douglas; Herbert, b. 14 
April, 1837, m. 14 April, 1880, Eliza A., dau. of William T. Peters, black- 
smith at Ox.; Adora, b. 15 May, 1853, m. John W., son of Perry Putnam 
of Sutton, had ch. ; Elmer, b. 28 May, 1861, m. 29 June, 1887, Alice E., dau. 
of George M. Clark, stable keeper; Han nah B. . b. 8 March, 1817, in. 29 Oct., 
1837, P. Holland, son of Peter H. Putiuira of Sutton, where he d. 

SOLOMON, b. 26 June, 1807, .sou of Charles and Rhoda, of Sutton, ni. 23 
April, 1838, Olive A., dau. of Ebenezer Rich, and had Sumnkr E., b. 1841, d. 
1843; Jui.ia A., It. 14 Dec, 1838; he d. 31 Jan., 1861. she d. 14 Sept., 1890, at 
Worcester. 

Sl.'MNEIv, twin Itrolher of Solomon, ni. 23 Nov., 1842, Betsey Thompson; 
he d. 21 July. isCO, aged 53; thiiy luul LuCY Annahkl, b. 8 Oct., 1851; 
Blanche, both daughters m. aud 1891, I'eside at Suttou. 



PUTNAM. RAMSDELL. 659 

DEXTER, son of Abner of Sutton, boujjht in 1846 the farm near Sutton 
line, now Richard L. Dodge, H. 5, sold in 1863 and 1864 removed -with 12 ch. 
to St. Johns, Mo., ni. Ruby Torrey, sister of second w. of Walter L. Rose- 
brook. . . . Children, first 4 b. at Sutton: Dkxter E., b. 25 Nov., 1840; 
Adelijert p., b. 19 July, 1842; Jkromk E., b. 26 Jan., 1844; Ruhy K.. b. 27 
Dec, 1845; and at Ox. : Rosina T., b. 21 Sept., 1847; Ellen L., b. 14 April. 
1850; Ada E., b. 10 Aug., 1852; Edgak J., b. 18 Aug., 1854; Alice C, b. 20 
Nov., 1856; Cora L., b. 3 Jan., 1859; Lewellyn S., b. 31 May, 18G1 ; Adin 
G., b. 17 Sept., 1863. 

, DENNY S., son of Jonathan, Jr., of Sutton, b. 13 March, 1817, m. 23 
Nov., 1841, Catherine, dan. of John Cummings of Auburn, came to the Lot 
Marsh place, later Pliny Upham, in Cliarlton, near Ox. line, in 1845, and 1850 
bought his present estate in the northeast part of Ox., H. 159, assessor. . . . 
Children: Ada E., b. 4 Sept., 1853, m. 2 Oct., 1871, George D. Watlcins of 
Worcester; Carrie A., b. 1859, d. 1863. 

PHEBE, of Sutton, and Nathaniel Rich of Royalston, m. 25 Sept., 1766. 

SARAH, and Paul Sibley, both of Sutton, m. 2 Dec, 1766. 

BARTHOLOMEW, of Sutton, and Molly Putnam, m. 1 March, 1769. 

BENAJAH, and Mrs. Sarah Fitts, both of Sutton, m. 13 Dec, 1770. 
N HANNAH, and Tarrant Sibley-of Sutton, m. 22 April, 1779. 
"VDAVID, and Martha Waters, both of Sutton, m. 16 Jan., 1781. 

MOLLY, and Josiah Wakefield, both of Sutton, m. 31 Dec, 1782. 

JOSEPH, of Sutton, and Tainar Town, m. iuteutious 7 March, 1783. 

ANNE, and Lemuel McKuight of Sutton, m. 15 Fel)., 1796. 

PHEBE, and Samuel Dudley of Sutton, m. 15 Feb., 1795. 

NATHANIEL, of Sutton, and Charlotte Morse of Charlton, ni. 5 Aug., 1804. 

MARIA, of Sutton, and Aaron Elliot, 3d, m. intentions 15 Nov., 1823. 

LUCY, of Sutton, and William Dudley of Douglas, m. 23 April, 1826. 

REBECCA, and Samuel Waters, both of Sutton, m. 7 Sept., 1826.' 

HANNAH R., of Charlton, and Clark Fitts, m. 15 Dec, 1831. 

CLARK, and Louisa Hicks of Charlton, m. intentions 26 Oct., 1844. 

DIANTHA T., w. of Benjamin, aged 66, d. 15 March, 1857. 

CATHERINE, m. n. Cummings, sec. w. of Benjamin, a. 67, d. 3 July, 1870. 

PHEBE W^ widow, aged 72, d. 19 Aug., 1874. 

BENJAMIN, sou of Joseph, of Sutton, aged 86, d. 30 Aug.(?), 1877. 

PUTNEY, Mrs. ABIGAIL, Dudley, and Eleazer Bellows, m. int. 1 Oct., 1763. 
SAMUEL, 38 months in Moore's Co. in the Revolutionary array. 

PUREE, MARY, resided at Ox. Aug., 1766. 

QUICK, JOHN, Revolutionary soldier. 

QUINT, NATHANIEL W., and Diana Mclntirc of Charlton, m. intentions 
29 Aug., 1840. 

RAMSDELL, TIMOTHY, of Boxford, bought 1723 land on Long Hill, 
bounded south by the Bernon farm, sold in 1730, and later resideil at Leices- 
ter, in 1736 and 1738 at Lambstown, now Ilardwick. No record of family. 

KIMBALL, taxed 1771; March, 1783, had m. Beulah, widow of Jedediah 
Blaney, and then had a dau. "about 4 months old." 

JOHN, and Betsey Shields, m. 19 April, 1800. 



1 These numerous marriages from Sutton were probably solemnized chiefly by Edward Davis, Esq. 



(!<!<) IIANCEi:. IfAWSON. 

RANGER, SARAH A., lu. n. Bickfor.I, d. 24 Nov., 1800. 
ALVAN, atci'd 45, d. 28 Jan., 1867. 

RAWSON, JOSEPH, 1). 5 Sept., 1746 (son of John, who removed from 
lleh<jl)()lh to Uxhrid;i;t', thence to Dudley), m. Rhoda GotTof Rehoboth, black- 
smith, then of Dudley, boujj^ht in 1783 100 acres in the South Gore, formerly 
Roger Aniidown's and .\bijah Kingsbury's; 5 ch. He d. 29 Nov., 1810. 

2. JOSKPH, son of Joseph (1), b. 6 July, 1770, m. 18 Dec, 1788, Sylvia, 
dan. of Collins Moore, lived on the homestead, removed later than 1802 to 
Eagle, N. Y., where she d. 4 Aug., 1823. He d. 17 Jan., 1850, at Cadiz, N. Y. 

. . . Children: Cyuil, b. 1790, d. 17'.»n; GKOiUiK, b. 1791,(1.1796; Jonathan, 
1). 24 Sept., 1793, m. 24 Sept., 1815, Anna Weld, settU-d in Dudley, blaek- 
smitli, nnnoved to New York State, thence to Jackson, Mich., he d. 26 Aug., 
1840, she d. 1843, they had 9 ch. ; RuKCS, b. 1796, d. 1803; Sophia, b. 1798, d. 
1803; Rhoda, b. 1800, d. 1803; Cyril, b. 28 Dec, 1802, m. 30 Sept., 1829, 
Lydla Smith of Vt., settled at Eagle, N. Y., removed to Princeton, 111., 4 ch. ; 
Davis, 1). 1813, d. 1814. 

3. DEXTER, son of Joseph (1), b. 9 May, 1779, m. 28 Feb., 1803, Sally 
Dudley of Sutton, resided on the hill east from the mouth of Sucker Brook, 
now Webster. . . . (Jhildren: Cynthia, b. 23 Dec, 1803, m. 24 Sept., 1825, 
John Bates, shed. 21 Feb., 1827; they had Eliznheth, ra. William H. Beach; 
Rui'US, b. 1 Nov., 1806, m. 18 Nov., 1840, Sarah M., dau. of William H. Bige- 
low, he d. 2 Nov., 1886, had one son d. young; Rhoda, b. 17 Aug.. 1808, m. 12 
April, 1827, Lillebridge B. Tillinghast of Plainfleld, Conn., he d. 1872, at 
Bellingham, 3 ch. ; Abel D., b. 19 Dec, 1812, m. 28 Nov., 1837, Hannah 
Smith of Douglas, resided at Webster, 2 ch., he d. 12 Jan., 1876; Nancy, b. 
24 Feb., 1816, m. Emory Sibley, who d. 6 Dec, 1864, aged 48; Joskph S., b. 
3 Nov., 1819, m. March, 1840, Lucina Cadwell, resided at Webster, 2 ch. ; 
Chaklks, b. 7 March, 1823, m. 11 Jan., 1846, Mary Ann Codding of Attleboro', 
botanic physician at Ox., she d. 14 .Vpril, 1887, aged 60; ch. : Charles /., b. 21 
May, 1847, m. 25 Dec, 1868, Lucy A. Flervey of Ox, and had Willie H., d. 
young; Mabel G., b. 9 Dec, 1872; Charles D., b. 13 April, 1874; Lula E., b. 
30 Dec, 1875; Irving F., b. 4 June, 1878; Carroll II., b. 16 March, 1883; 
Florence M. A., b. 1 Oct., 1886; Ann M., b. 12 Jan., 1853, m. 27 Nov., 1873, 
James C. Tufts, and had Eva C, b. 11 Nov., 1875; Sarah A., b. 24 March, 
1826, m. 9 Aug., 1852, Rufus M. Sibley of Sutton, who d. 18 June. 1870; 
they had Emorij E., b. 19 April, 1858; Statiua, b. 2 June, 1828, m. 21 Nov., 
1857, David Kingsbury. 

4. DANIEL, brother of Joseph (1), b. 20 Aug., 1757, m. 27 Jan.. 1782, 
Jemima Utter, settled in the South Gore, south from Dexter (3), where he d. 
1843. . . . (Jhildren: John, m. intentions 18 March, 1815, Sally Davenport, 
and IkuI Daniel F., Lydia Ann, ra. Preston Cortis, Richard D. ; Samukl. 
unni., killed by a railroad train; Susan, m. intentions 11 June, 1809, Ozias 
Cortis; Hannah, m. 24 Nov., 1826, Ezra Wallis; Lucv, in. Godfrey Morris; 
CiiLOK, b. 1800, m. Uriah Scars. 

5. NATHAN, brother of Daniel (4), b. IS June, 1763, m. intentions 19 
March, 1789, Rebecca Kingsbury of C)x., removed to Thompson, Conn., where 
he d. 26 Feb., 1834, she d. 1 Oct., 1854. , . . Children: Lkwis, b. 15 Feb., 
1;h6; Pkklkv, 1). 1796; Wyman, b. 19 June, 1800. 

JOHN, of South (Jore, Rt'volutionary soldier, and Sarah Whitford of 
Kflioixith, ni. inlfiilions 1 .\pril, 1775. 
JOSHUA, of Upton, and Rebekah Grillith, m. 23 Oct., 1776. 



RAWSON. RICE. OGl 

HANNAH, of S. Gore, and Asa Streeter, Douglas, ra. int. 22 Aug., 1790. 
CHARLOTTE, of South Gore, and Luther Bass of Ashford, m. 25 Feb., 1808. 
POLLY, S. Gore, and Jonathan Holhrook, Shrewsbury, ni. int. 12 Oct., 1816. 
POLLY, of South Gore, and Aldrich Green of Dudley, m. int. 26 Aug., 1820. 
DANIEL, and Mrs. Lydia Warren of Dudley, ni. intentions 5 April, 1828. 

RAY, SILAS, aged 67, d. 4 April, 1845. 

REUBEN, son of Silas of Shrewsbury, aged 36, d. 18 June, 1862. 

RUTH, ni. n. Mixer, aged 71, d. 10 Feb., 1866. 

READ, REED, JOSEPH, came to Ox. from Leicester, bought 1729 the old 
mill at the south end of the Plain. He descended from Thomas of Colchester, 
Essex Co., Eng., who d. 1667, the line being Thom.vs, who came to Sudbury 
and d. 1701; m. Mary, dau. of John Goodrich; had Thomas, b. 1678, and 
Joseph, who removed between 1 Aug., 1725, and 9 Aug., 1727, to Leicester 
and thence to Ox., m. 26 Nov., 1723, Sarah Rice of Sudbury. He d. of small- 
pox 20 Dec, 1731, at Ox., she m. (2) Ebenezer Humphrey. . . . Children: 
John, b. 1724, at Sudbury, d. young; Bethia, b. 1 Aug., 1725, m. Moses 
Town; Thomas, b. 9 Aug., 1727, at Leicester; John, b. 27 July, 1729, brought 
up by his mother's relatives at Roxbury; Katharine, b. 1 June, 1731, at Ox., 
brought up at Ebenezer Humphrey's, m. Joseph Pratt. 

2. THOMAS, son of Joseph (1), m. 2 Aug., 1749, Experience, dan. of 
Jeremiah Shumway, owned a part of the Peter Shumway homestead, adjoin- 
ing the north common, H. 181, supposed to have been a currier at the old tan- 
yard near his house. He d. Dec, 1750. They had Joseph, m. 7 May, 1775, 
Hannah, dau. of Isaac Larned, Jr., resided at Belchertowu, left a large pos- 
terity. His widow. Experience, m. (2) John Wyman. 

ISAAC, of Randolph, Vt., and Mary Blanchard, m. intentions 17 July, 1814. 

JOSEPH, aged 40, d. May, 1837. 

REANY, ROBERT, and Mrs. Lydia Getty, m. 23 March, 1845. 

REDDING, EBENEZER, came from Freetown or vicinity before 1778, sea 
captain, a man of loose principles and habits. After the death of his wife he 
lived alone in a hut on the site of H. 98, North Ox., now Charles O. Wallace, 
d. there alone 7 Feb., 1817. He was a Revolutionary soldier and took pride 
in the fact. Being checked one day by a good lady for profanity he remarked, 
"The Lord never'Il punish for swearing a man who has been through the 
Revolutionary war." Hem. intentions 11 April, 1778, Abigail Atwood, who d. 
9 Dec, 1799. After her death the children left town, removed it is said to 
Maine. . . . Children: Ebenkzer, b. 22 April, 1782: Rachel, b. 19 April, 
1784; Joseph, b. 15 July, 178G; Otis, b. 6 Feb., 1789; Hannah, b. 81 Oct., 
1791 ; Selah, b. 29 March, 1794 ; Samuel, b. 29 May, 1798. 

REYMOND, MARY (Canadian), aged 26, d. 2 May, 1888. 

REYNOLDS, ZILPAH, aged 49, d. 13 Sept., 1853. 

RICCIUS, EDWARD (German), aged 69, d. 25 Dec, 1884. 

RICE, JONATHAN, b. 10 Feb., 1792, son of Daniel of Sutton, scytlie 
maker, came to North Ox. 1815, remained until 1831, removed to Millbnry, 
thence to Amherst, resided there several years and removed to the vicinity of 
Keene, N. H., where he d. He m. intentions 3 April, 1815, Candace Rand of 



6G2 luci:. — lucii, 

SlircAvsburv. Thiv had Susan C, b. 8 May, 181C; Wii.i.iam II.. h. 7 July 
1820. 

Mit.s. C.VUOLINK X., airc.l 5;{, d, 18 Feb., 1874. 

CVliUS, son of Iriali of IJrooklleld, a<?('d 69, d. 1874. 

I.L'KK, of Wurccstcr, and Mary Davis, ni. 5 April, 1810. 

SAK.MI B., of Leicester, and John Andrews, ni. intentions 23 Nov., 1822. 

IKENA, of Marli)oro', and Henry F. Huntin:^, in. intentions 1 June, 1834. 

MICA JAM C, a^ed 2G, d. 5 Feb., 1845. 

KMILV M., of Charlton, aged 28, d. 3 Nov., 1858. 

RICH, KMSIIA, h. about 1717, at Bellinghani, was of Sutton 1737, and at 
38 Lieiil. in tlie Freiieii war under Capt. Ebenezer Learned, m. 21 Dec, 1737, 
Mary, dan. of Dea. Samuel Davis, had 13 ch., a son, Ebkni:/kr, b. 18 Nov., 

1751, ni. (1) Mehetable , m. (2) 24 July, 1785, Isai)el Holton, widow 

of Lsrael, and dau. of Jacob Town of Ox., settled at Sutton, they had 7 ch., 
tlie flftli, Kkknkzkk, 1). 17 June, 1780, in. 12 Jan., 1813, Olive, dau. of Leai-ned 
Davis, settled at tiie Francis Sil)ley place, II. 19, bought in 1824 the Thomas 
Davis farm, H. 15, on which he spent his subsequent years. He was a man 
of good abilities, Capt. of militia, representative, selectman. He d. 12 Aug., 
1857, she d. 11 April, 1868. . . . Children: Ebenezek D., b. 14 Dec, 1814; 
Olivk a., b. IG Aug., 1816, m. Solomon Putnam; George L.,b 23 Feb., 1825, 
m. 16 July, 1850, Kuth G., dau. of Amos C. Aldrich, he d. 22 March, 1858, no 
cli. ; Austin J., b. 6 Jan., 1837. 

2. EBENEZER 1)., son of Ebenezer (1), millwright, resided at New 
Boston, llockville, Conn., and Ox., owned the homestead where he rebuilt 
the mill, and was farmer and miller, selectman, m. (1) 20 June, 1840, Olive, 
Goodell of Tiiompson, Conn., who d. 19 Jan., 1846, m. (2) 13 Aug., 1849, 
Mary, dau. of Nathan Chamberlain of Thompson, Avho d. 6 Oct., 1871, ra. (3) 
1 July, 1873, Mrs. Lucinda Richardson, dau. of Oliver C. Burr of Grafton, 

. . . Children by first m. : Alma C, b. 17 June, 1841, m. Alfred W. Long; 
Hakiuet S., b. 29 Sept., 1843, d. 29 Nov., 1861; by second m. : Allen E., b. 
14 Aug., 1856, m. 20 Nov., 1881, Jennie Barker. 

3. AUSTIN J., son of Ebenezer (1), m. (1) 28 Feb., 1861, Mary Jane, dan. 
of John Gibson, who d. aged 19, 27 July, 1862, m. (2) 3 July, 1863, Sarah J., 
dau. <)f Jolin Dinsmore, removed 1881 to Worcester. . . . Child by llrst m. : 
John A., b. 27 July, 1862; by second m. : George L., b. 10 Sept., 1864; 
IIattie M., 1). 3 July, 1866; Grace D., b. 26 Sept., 1873; Mary O., b. 20 
April, 1880. 

ELIJAH, b. 4 April, 1764, son of Samuel of Sutton, bought 1799 the farm 
near Sutton line, now Richard L. Dodge, H. 5, built the present house, 
wliere lie d. 16 Nov., 1829. He m. Abigail Ilieks of Sutton, who d. 11 Jan., 
1845, aged 71. . . Chihh-en: Fanny, b. 11 Oct., 1793, m. 1814, Simon, son 
of Simeon Carpenter of Sutton, removed to Charlton, had ch. ; Abigail, m. 
David, brother of Sinion Carpenter, settled at Charlton; Samuel, m. Nancy 
F., dau. of Enoch Stockwell, resided at Sutton, no eh. ; Elm ah, m. Prudence, 
dau. of Simeon C'arpenter, resided at Charlton, had cli. ; Estks, settled in 
Michigan, ni. iuul had ch., removed to Kansas; Tiioal\s. 

2. THOMAS, son of Elijah (1), m. 7 Jan., 1830, Prudence L. Kenuey of 
Sutton, settled on the liomestead, repaired and enlarged the house, sold in 
1849 and removetl to Wisconsin. The only one of the family to settle in Ox. 
, . , Children, all removed with their parents: Elijah, b. 21 Oct., 1830; 



RICH. 663 

George L., b. 10 March, 1832; Sumner K., b. 28 Sept., 1833; Thomas F., b. 
14 Jan., 1838; Hknky, b. 6 Oct., 1839; Mary A., b. 17 March, 1842. 

DAVID, of Charlton, rosidecl in the north part of Ox., of small means, m. 

Polly . He d. 1 March, 1848, aged 74. . . . Children: Polly, b. 11 

March, 1806, d. 1824; Gkanvillk, b. 22 April, 1809; Nancy, b. 1 Jan., 1811; 
Sally, b. 2 Feb., 1812; David, b. 17 Oct., 1813; Hiram, b. 1815, d. 1824; 
Eebecca, b. 29 Nov., 1816; Betsey, b. 9 Feb., 1818; Julia A., b. 19 May, 
1819; Henry, b. 1820, m. 1 Nov., 184G, Betsey Shaw of Auburn. John, 
Benjamin, Marcus, Lavina, their children, were living March, 1833. 

DANIEL, b. 14 July, 1821, at Charlton, son of John H., came to North Ox. 
about 1841, ra. there 31 March, 1843, Martha C. Sanborn, b. at Vienna, Me., 
resided at Ox. and Charlton till about 1855, then settled at Ox., built in 18G8 
the house on Charlton Street where he resided. . . . Children, excepting third 
and fourth, b. at Ox. : Sarah P., b. 24 Dec, 1844, m. 1869, Russell Peters, 
resided at Worcester; Byron C, b. 30 March, 1846, m. 25 Dec, 1867, 
Francelia, dau. of Lyman Law, resided at Brockton; ch. : Marcia A., Clifton 
A., Isa ; Ruth A., b. 8 Dec, 1848, at Charlton, m. William Morris, 1 ch. ; 
Julia E., b. 30 Sept., 1852, at Charlton, m. Melvin W. Pierce, resided at West 
Medford, 1 ch. ; Horatio C, b. 30 Oct., 1857, ni. 14 June, 1881, Hattie F., 
dau. of Marvin W. Robinson; had Laura A., b. 6 April, 1887; Ethel F., b. 5 
Sept., 1888; a dau., b. 19 Aug., 1891; Arthur C, b. 13 Feb., 1860, m. Nellie 
Lacount, resided at West Somerville, had ch. ; Lyman W., b. 22 Dec, 1863, 
m. Lillian, dau. of George Larned, resided at Spencer; Leon E., b. 11 
Feb., 1860. 

2. GEORGE, brother of Daniel (1), b. 9 May, 1828, in. 2 April, 1850, Lucy 
A., dau. of Calvin Stockwell, shed. 29 Nov., 1883; blacksmith. . . . Children: 
George A., b. 14 Nov., 1854, m. Nellie, dau. of Lueian Putnam of Cliarlton, 
and had Mabel, b. 20 July, 1879; George E., b. 20 June, 1883; Ella, b. 10 
March, 1871, m. 25 Dec, 1890, Lyman E. Cortis. 

PAUL, and Bethia Coburn, both of Dudley, m. 10 Feb., 1734. 

ABIGAIL, and William Davidson, both of Sutton, m. 17 April, 1744. 

ISRAEL, of Sutton, and Sarah Fairtield, m. int. July, 1744. 

SUSANNA, and Josiah Town, both of Charlton, m. 13 Aug., 1756, 

ANNA, and James Lamb, both of Charlton, m. 16 June, 1757. 

JONATHAN, and Abigail Barton, both of Charlton, m. 18 Dec, 1759; re- 
sided at Ox. with family Aug., 1766. 

THADDEUS, and Abiel Frost, both of Charlton, in. 19 Aug., HCO. 

NATHANIEL, of Royalston, and Phebe Putnam of Sutton, m. 25 Sept., 1766. 

ELIZABETH, and Stephen Bullen, both of Sutton, m. 3 Sept., 1767. 

AMOS, of Sutton, and Patty Pratt, m. 18 Nov., 1789. 

JACOB, of Charlton, and Ruth Rich of Sutton, m. 13 .\pril, 1791. 

SARAH, and Benjamin Fitts, Jr., both of Charlton, m. 28 Sept., 1794. 

LUCY, and Christopher Willson of Canton, N. Y., m. 19 Jan., 1808. 

SALLY, of Sutton, and Simeon Holman of Ward, m. 3 May, 1812. 

DIANTHA, of Sutton, and David Walker of Douglas, in. 27 Dec, 1818. 

POLLY, and Nehemiah Davis, ra. int. 10 Jan., 1821. 

EMERSON, of Millbury, and Nancy Gleason, m. 14 Sept., 1823. 

NANCY, and Erastus Davis, m. int. 4 June, 1836. 

DAVID, Jr., of Leicester, and Catherine Bennett, ra, 7 Aug., 1842. 

Mrs. SUSANNAH, aged 78, d. 31 Jan., 1869. 

PAUL, of Charlton, aged 85, d. 18 Aug., 1870. 



664 KICH. KOBBIN8. 

MA UY, a;:.j(i 4'J, d. (J Oct., 1871. 

KLLKN M., aged 31. (I. 14 Oct., 1872. 

Mus. S.MiAH, aged 56, d. 6 March, 1879. 

KVEUAKI), son of John G., d. 3 July, 1883. 

JACOB, son of John and grandson of Jacol), aged 70, d. 16 Oct., 1886. 

JOHN (i., soil of John H., of Charlton, aged 67, d. 3 Nov., 1886. 

RICHARDS, HANNAH, of Sntton, and Wni. Foster, ni. int. 17 Nov., 1764. 
UEBECC.V. resided at Ox. March, 1783. 

RICHARDSON, LKONAKI), w. , had JosKrii F., b. 13 March, 1840; 

Makv L.. I.. L'l) Jan., 1843. 
CHAUl.KS, and Mary Roper of Westford, m. 2 Feb., 1737. 
JAMES, taxed 1771. 

WILLIAM, of Leicester, and Mary Smith, ni. 1 March, 1792. 
LOYAL J., and Mrs. Elizabeth Burgess, both of Leicester, m. 18 July, 1825. 
MARY ANN, and James Chadwick, m. 29 June, 1828. 

RICHMOND, CADY, resided at Ox. 1783. 

RIDER, sec RYDER. 

RILEY, ELLEN, aged 25, d. 25 Sept., 1887. 

RINDGE, JULIUS, b. April, 1805, at Bolton, Conn., son of Thomas and 
Ann of Marblehcad, came young to Ox. Woolen Co. Mill, m. Betsey M. Ellis, 
b. in Southboro', removed to Connecticut, returned to Ox.; he d. 22 April, 
1863, she d. 11 Sept., 1866, aged 51. . . . (Jhildren : Edwin E., b. 2 Sept., 
1834, m. Mary Barton of Millbury, no ch., soldier in late war, died of 
wounds 18 Oct., 1862, she d. aged 37, 19 May, 1868; Vkrnon F., b. about 
1839, was witli ins brother in the army, d. 24 Feb., 1863. "Two good 
soldiers." 

RIXFORD, ELIJAH, m. 1.'8 May, 1793, Prudence, dau. of Nathaniel Stock- 
well of Sutton and sister of Nathaniel of Ox., blacksmith, lived at the south- 
cast corner of Main Street and Sutton Avenue, had a shop south of the 
house; came about 1800 and was in town perhaps five or six years, removed 
before Sept., 1807, to Canterbury, Conn. Lightning struck the house injuring 
his wife so that she was an invalid for several months. Had children before 
coming to Ox., and b. here: John, b. 9 Jan., 1801; Eluah, b. 3 Dec, 1802. 

ROAFF, JESSE, at Ox., trader, about 1772, for a short time. In March, 
1773, Ephraim Ballard, a creditor, brought suit against Thomas Fish, trustee 

of Koiiir, the latter having absconded. 

ROBBINS, EBENKZEU, of Douglas [two of this name petitioned 1742 
for tlic incorporation of D.J, ni. 11 May, 1780, Meribah, dau. of Ephraim 
Amidown, resided near the site of the Huguenot Chapel, II. 35; 37 months in 
Capt. Moore's company in Hevolutionary war; d. 24 June, 1790; she removed 
1808 to the east part of tlie town, where she d. 12 Aug.. 1838, aged 82. . . . 
Children: Emknkzkk, b. 1781, brought up at Thomas Davis', m. 2 June, 1811, 
Lucy, dau. of John Howard, lived at II. 1 till her death; he d. 4 Jan., 1848, 
she d. 31 Dec, 1829, aged 43; Noah, 1). 29 Sept., 1784, d. young; Rosa- 
linda, m. intentions 11 May, 1811, Capt. Chandler Stockwell of Sutton, she d. 



ROBBINS. fi65 

30 April, 1859 ; they had b. at Douglas : Azubah, d. young, Chandler, Irena, 
Sarah, Eunice, Lucy, EosnUnda, Ebenezer ; William, b. 24 April, 1791, m. 11 
July, 1813, Lavinia, dau. of Jonathan Pierce of Southboro', resided at Ox., 
West Sutton, West Millbury, he d. 6 Jan., 1824, at Ox., she d. 12 Sept., 1868, 
aged 78; they had Lavinia, m. 20 May, 1832, Adolphus Morse, had ch. ; Will- 
iam P., d. young; Charles B., b. 28 Nov., 1817, at Ox., ra. 4 Sept., 1839, Mar- 
tha H., dau. of John Hubbard of Leicester, resided at Worcester, manufacturer 
of medicinal goods; he d. 5 Aug., 1889, she d. 4 April, 1889; ErnRAiM, b. 29 
May, 1793, studied medicine but did not practice, m. Patience Powers, resided 
at Northl)ridge, Greenwich and Fitchburg where he d. 1827; they had Harvey 
P., fai-mer at DcKalb, 111., married and had children. 

JOSEPH, w. Elizabeth, had Maugaket, b. 24 Dec, 1731. 

JOHN, w. Ruth, had John and James, b. 4 March, 1760; Daniel, b. 15 
Nov., 1761 ; 1766 the town sunk tax of John, he having removed from town. 

Rev. LOREN, b. 1799, son of Elijah of Wethcrsfleld, Conn., was gradu- 
ated 1821, at Yale College; 1829, at Andover; pastor at Ox. from Dec, 1832, 
until spring of 1835. His ministry was an uneventful one. He had average 
natural ability and a good education; in person was genteel and pre- 
possessing. Little is known of him after his leaving until 1850, when he 
removed to Wisconsin, preaching at Fair Play, Omro, and Ripon, whence 
he removed to Chicago, preached for a time, and later, at Neponset, Osceola, 
Wethersfield, Boyd's Grove, Tiskilwa, Princeton, Granville and Peru, all 
in 111. At Kewanee, 111., he resided longest, perhaps eight years, living at 
a public house and going to different points in the vicinage to preach. 
During his later years he accepted no remuneration for his services, but 
having acquired the Indian language preached frequentlj^ to the natives 
and was highly esteemed by them and received from them many sub- 
stantial tokens of regard. In the .spring of 1866, at Peru, while conduct- 
ing religious services, he died suddenly sitting in his chair. He m. 6 Oct. 
1850, Sarah S., dau. of Judge Sylvanus Jessup of Honesdale, Pa. He d, 
18 April, 1866, she d. 22 Oct. 1855. . . . Children: William L., b. 6 April, 
1853, m. 22 Nov., 1879, Helen F., dau. of Dr. Aaron Bassett of Barre, 
mechanic at Kewanee; they had Marry li., b. 28 Sept., 1881, at Kewanee. 

JAMES H., son of Samuel of Brooklyn, Conn., m. intentions 7 June, 1847, 
Mary S., dau. of William Larkin, he d. aged 38, 27 Nov., 1865, she d. 25 June, 
1884, at Central Village, Conn. ; they had George M., m. Clementina Gould of 
Charlton, had ch., residence, Buffalo, N. Y. ; Henry F., m. (1) Elizabeth, 
dau. of Caleb F. Dudley, and had Nathan, drowned 1853 at Spencer; ni. (2) 
Lydia Rogers, two ch. , residence, Spencer; Chkistopher F., b. 12 Oct., 
1852, m. Mary A. Harris of Wrcntham, they had Flora B., b. 17 Nov., 1880; 
Ada, b. 18 Jan., 1855, m. Albert Barrows of Mendon, and had Fanny and /;?»- 
ma; Hephsibah, m. Lewis II. Barrows, brother of Albert, residence, South 
Milford, live ch. 

GEORGE M., bro. of James H., b. 14 Feb., 1835, at Brooklyn, Conn., ni. 
Frances A. Morse of Dudley, residence, 1891, Worcester. . . . Children: 
Elsie A., b. 1 Dec, 1869, at Worcester, d. 12 May, 1885, at Ox., unm ; Jessie 
C., b. 24 May, 1861, at Longnieadow, m. Bion E. Taft; Mary F., b. 1 Sept., 
1862, at L. ; Herbert M., b. 6 March, 1867, at Ox. ; Nokman H., b. 12 June, 
1879, at Ox. 

EBENEZER, and Jane Titus of Douglas, m. 13 Dec, 1744. 

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fififi i:(Ji;i'.INS, — K01JIN80X. 

JOSKIMI, of l)oimla,s, and Mary Chamberlain, m. 3 Nov., 1748. 

.MOLLY, ami Natliariiol Cumins, m. 11 Dec, 1760. 

KI'.1:NK/K!{, and I'olly Curtis of l)(>us;las, m. « April, 1831. 

SAUU.\, (lau. r)f William Needham of Charlton, aj^ed .59, d. 20 May, 1857. 

ROBE, ('IliUSTdl'llKR (German), aged 49, d. 5 March, 1862. 

ROBERTS, .lAMES, dan. Ilarritt; l)lacksiintli in f )x. 1805 to 1809. 

ROBERTSON, S.VMUEL, of Sutton, and Hannah Shunnvay, m. 2."> Nov., 
177L 

ROBINSON, GEORGE, tradition says of Welsh descent, b. about 1685 at 
NiM'dliani, son of Gcorico, houjrht in 1719 of William Dudley .500 acres lying 
on the •west side of Chaubunairungamaug Lake, which with later purchases 
from Josiah Kingsbury and others included most of the present East Village 
at Webster. lie had four sons, Paul, Silas, Samuel and Ebenezer. The latter, 
it is thought, had no family. The first settled at Thompson, Conn., Silas in 
Dudley, on a part of said 500 acres, and Samuel at the north end of the same, 
his homestead standing on the line of Dudley and Ox., near which he and his 
son Asa, who was an innholder, had mills, the saw-mill having been built be- 
fore 1728, and later a grist-mill. Samuel was a doctor, astrologer and inn- 
holder. He ni. 25 Aug., 1748, Hannah Larned of Ox., and the same year Georgp, 
the father, sold him 250 acres, part in Ox. and part in Dudley, '-being the 
lands where I now dwell and my house and mills stand," reserving to himself 
half the profits of the same. In 1782 Asa succeeded his father Samuel as 
owner and was styled innholder, m. intentions 26 Dec, 1777, Mary Davis. 

SILAS, the ancestor of the Ox. branch, was b. 9 Nov., 1721, at Needham, 
m. 4 Oct., 1743, Susanna, dau. of Collins Moore. He d. 4 Sept., 1801, she d. 
8 May, 1792. . . . Children : Rachel, b. 5 June, 1744, m. Timothy Foster, Jr., 
of Dudley, they had 5 sons and 6 daughters, she d. 20 Feb., 1839; Eliakim, b. 
24 Oct., 1745, m. July, 1767, Deborah Brown of Thompson, Conn., tailor, from 
which h(! went to glove making, preparing his own materials from deer-skins, 
etc., Avhich led to his adoi)ting the tanniny business, in which his son Samuel 
and grandson Solomon succeeded him. He had reniarkal>le abilities as an arti- 
san and excelled in mathematics, although unlearned. He d. 15 Sept., 1832 ; eh. : 
Samuel, father of Dea. Solomon of Webster, Silas, Jessie, Lucy, Chloe, Solomnn, 
Bryant, Moses, Aaron; Geouge, b. 28 July, 1747, m. 7 Feb., 1775, Deborah, 
dau. of Gen. Ebenezer Learned, Revolutionary soldier, d. in the army 10 Aug., 
1776, at New York, widow Deborah administratrix, inventory £395; she m. 
(2) Ebenezer I'ray ; eh. deorge, h. 22 Sept., 1775, went young to Livermore, 
Me., left for {)arts unknown; cm 30 Sept., 179(), Ebenezer and Deborah Pray 
gave a receipt to George Robinson of Livermore for her thirds in the estate 
of George Robinson, deceased; Skth, b. 1748, d. 1756; Rkuken, b. 15 Dec, 
1750, m. 29 .\ug.. 1771, Rachel White of Charlton, was with George in the 
army and d. of f.-vcr 25 Aug., 1776, at New York, 3 ch. ; Samuel, b. 1752, d. 
1756; Solomon, b. 1751, d. 1756; Sila.s, b. and d. 1756; Susanna,!). 12 Aug., 
1757, UL Hcnjainin Joslin of Thompson, Conn., and had 18 ch., she d. 25 
March, 1H42; Dinah, b. 30 March, 1759, m. (1) Col. Moses Hill of Douglas, 
she m. (2) Bezaleel Gould of Douglas, second w., she d. 16 Aug., 1851 ; Bath- 
siiKiiA, b. 3 March, 1761, m. Bezaleel Gould, she d. 2 Nov., 1803, he m. (2) her 
sister Dinah; Phkue, b. 1763, d. 1767; Mic.uaii, b. 25 March, 1765, m. 29 



ROBINSON. 6()7 

May, 1783, Sarah, dan. of Zaccheiis Ballard of Ox., removed 1792 to Ilart- 
wick, N. Y., 10 ch., he d. June, 1829; Comfort, b. 18 July, 1767, m. 1790, 
Alanson Bates of Dudley, 12 ch., she d. 6 May, 1814; Wilt.iam, b. 22 June, 
1769; Maky, b. 8 Oct., 1771, ra. James Whitney of Woodstock, Qonn., 5 ch., 
she d. 18 Jan., 1805. 

2. WILLIAM, sou of Silas (1), m. 26 Feb., 1793, Molly Dudley of Dou<i:las, 
b. Nov., 1768, settled at Dudley, removed 1832 to Ox., where ho d. 24 Dec., 
1837, she d. 20 Jan., 1849, ai^ed 80. . . . Children b. at Dudley: William, b. 
23 Nov., 1793, m. 20 Jan., 1835, Emoliue Fox of Woodstock, b. 23 Jan., 1806, 
bought in 1824 the farm on the hill east, H. 28, was later a trader on the Plain, 
he d. 19 June, 1871, she d. aged 63, 17 March, 1869; they had Mary E., b. 6 
Dec, 1835, m. Russell A. Davis; Frances H., b. 17 Sept., 1837; John W., b. 7 
July, 1839, m. M. Maria, dau. of Sumner Howard, removed 1888 to Worcester, 
no ch. ; Sylvanus, b. 1 Jan., 1796, m. 23 May, 1844, Mrs. Tamer W. Stiles, 
m. n. Whitaker, of West Boylston, settled in Ox., he was a skillful wool 
carder and superintendent of that department at the Ox. Woolen Co. mill, 
became wealthy, he d. 9 Nov., 1883, she d. 21 Feb., 1890, no ch. ; Mary, b. G 
Dec, 1797, m. (1) 26 July, 1821, Rev. Lewis T. Seaman, he d. 5 Nov., 1826, 
m. (2) William Kimball; Rufus, b. 4 July, 1800, ra. 5 Aug., 1828, Mrs. 
Nancy, widow of Ziba Angell, m. n. Luther, of Douglas, where they settled, 
removed to Ox., where he was a satinet manufacturer from 1830 to 1841, 
removed 1844 to Pomfret Landing, Conn., thence to Killingly, and 1859 
to Wabasha, Minn., where he d. 20 Aug., 1866, she d. 14 March, 1883; they 
had b. at Ox. William H., b. 4 June, 1829, resided at New Orleans, 
La., d. 7 Nov., 1878, at West Pearl River, La., unm. ; D. W. Clinton, 
b. 16 Sept., 1830, m. 24 Dec, 1865, Margaret E. Dumm, settled at Arling- 
ton, 111., where he d. 31 July, 1877, 4 ch. ; Adelia A., b. 29 June, 1833, 
ra. 22 Dec, 1858, John Hutchius, settled at San Francisco, where she d. 
27 June, 1884 ; she owned and edited a newspaper published at San Fran- 
cisco; they had Charles S., 1). 1858, d. 1872, from accidental discharge of 
a gun; Mao W., b. 19 April, 1865, m. 19 July, 1884, Charles W. Sopor, resided 
at Bozeman, Mont. ; George B.,h. 1 March, 1836, d. 2 April, 1856, at Daniel- 
sonville. Conn.; Isabella A., b. 30 March, 1839, m. 30 May, 1877, Silas G. 
Smith, settled at Wabasha, Minn., resided 1891 at O'Neil, Neb., carpenter; 
Nancy, b. 25 Oct., 1802, m. 9 March, 1826, Larkin D. Newton, b. 4 Dec, 1797, 
at West Boylston, where they settled, removed to Ox., where he was a farmer 
and shoe manufacturer, and Worcester, where he d. 23 Sept., 1873, she d. 10 
Sept., 1887, at Worcester; they had Edwin R., b. and d. 1832; George L. Z)., 
b. 6 Feb., 1838. m. 30 Dec, 1866, Sarah J. Meacham. b. 25 March, 1844, wool 
merchant at Worcester; Phkbk, b. 2 April, 1805, m. Daniel, son of Nohomiah 
Davis; LuciNDA, b. 20 Juno, 1809, m. Samuel. l)rotIier of Daniel Davis. 

MARVIN W., b. 15 Jan., 1827, at Thompson, Conn., son of Thoron, son of 
Amariah of Wales, m. 2 Dec, 1849, Jane M. Corbin of Thompson, had 
Schuyler T., drowned aged 17, 7 Aug., 1867; Alice M., b. 24 July, 1854, m. 
Frederic G. Hyde; IIattie F., b. 16 Dec, 1856, m. Horatio C, son of Daniel 
Rich. 

JOHN. w. Sarah, had Hannah, d. 5 July, 1736, aged 18; and recorded at 
Ox. : Hester, b. 16 July, 1723; Timothy, b. 6 July, 1726. 

SARAH, dau. of George, and John Thompson, m. 17 June, 1730. 

BETHIA, and Francis Curtis, both of Dudley, m. 1 May, 1732. 

JOHN, of Ox., had a case in court Aug., 1733. 



i'tCH HOHINSON. — HOCKWOOD. 

SARAH, aii.l John Curtis, ni. 10 April, 1735. 

JOHN', aiKJ Kii/aheth Cur|)t'iiler of Sutton, m. intentions D Oct., 1745. 
BETTY, Kiliinirly. Conn., and Jolin \Visi;ht, S. Gore. ni. int. I'G Aus,'., 1780. 
LY'DIA, and Jll^tus C'al)ot, l)oth of South Goro, in. intontions 24 Feb., 1787. 
CHAKLK8, w. Keziah, had Sakah, h. 'JO Aui,'., 1815. 

JOANNA, of Thompson, Conn., ami Percy Athcrton, ni. int. G July, 1819. 
MAUY, and Pt-rcy .Atlierton, m. intentions 1 July, 1821. 
LOUANA, and Amos Upham of Dudley, m. 4 April, 1«37. 
Mk.s. CHLOH 1).. aged 76, d. 1 Dec, 1841. 

WILLI.VM II., of Webster, and Catherine, dan. of Aaron Stockwell, m. 13 
Oct., 1845. 
JOHNSON, and Sarah M. Wakelleld, m. intentions 24 Nov., 1846. 
Miss CHLOE, asred G2, d. 11 Auj;., 1804. 

ROCKWOOD, ROCKETT, JOSEPH, history obscure, b. 15 Nov., 1092, 
son of John (who lived on Bogestow Brook, East Medway, and ni. Bethiah, 
sister of Abial Twichell, father of Benoni), was one of a company which 
kept garrison at the Ox. fort and "became enamored of the country," and 
was one of the 30 proprietors.' His home lot was at the north end of the 
main street, adjoining the Meeting-house lot.' The estate was many years 
ago incorporated with those adjoining; had care of the Meeting-house. 
He m. Hannah, dau. of Joseph Chamberlain, he d. I Oct., 1774, she m. (2) 
25 June, 1792, William Larab(?). . . . Children: Sybela, b. 9 Feb., 1715, 
m. Benjamin Davis; Rkbecca, b. 4 Dec, 1717, m. James Ilovey; Mary. b. 
11 May, 1719, m. 17 Oct., 1751, John Jones of Bellinghara(?) ; Joseph, b. and 
d. 1721 ; JosEi'ii, b. 7 Dec, 1723, ni. 2 Feb., 1744, Mary Pratt, and had Hannah, 
b. 14 March, 1745, m. 1703, Abner Clatlin; Rebecca, b. 21 Feb., 1748; d. 1749, 
Benjamin Davis, administrator, she m. (2) Jedediah Barton; John, d. 1725; 
Saicah, b. 10 Nov., 1720, m. Phinehas Ward; John, t). 1730, d. 1735; Hannah, 
b. 1733. d. 1740; JoHN, b. 7 Nov., 1735, m. 19 June, 1753, Hannah Frost, he d. 
1791, administrator's account 7 Feb., 1792; they had James Frost, b. 24 Nov., 
1754, m. 10 May, 1770, Sarah Pratt of Hopkintou, settled at Ox., removed to 
Ward and Worcester, where he was a cooper in 1803, Revolutionary soldier; 
they had Frost; Elias, b. 1 Jan., 1778, at Ward, m. 7 Feb., 1795, Polly Elliot; 
Sarah, b. 12 Oct., 1779, at Ward; Warren, b. 22 July, 1781, at Ward; 
Reiu'cca. b. 15 June, 1783, at Ward; Fanny, b. 12 July, 1785; Samuel, b. 24 
Aug., 1787 (he had John and Samuel); Hufus, b. 27 June, 1789; John, b. 5 
July, 1791 ; Sally; Mary; he discarded his first name, "James," was an active 
member of the Old South Church at Worcester, d. 9 May, 1842; Joseph, b. 5 
Feb., 1757; Samuel, b. 1 Dec, 1759, settled at Fitzwilliam, N. H. ; Salmon, 
1). Marcii, 1702, d. young; Sarah, b. 25 Aug., 1764, m. intentions 17 June. 

1788, Theophilus Hamlin of Hallowell, Me. ; .^fary, b. 7 March. 1767. m. 

Pettengale; Hannah, b. 21 March, 1770, m. Amos Partridge of Augusta, Me. ; 
Salmon, b. 9 June, 1772, m. Sally Marsh, settled and d. at Augusta; John, b. 



I Morse's Ulslory of Slierborii. Possll)ly -Mr. Geoi-Rc MilliT in 1,'i'iO when (ll^'j-'inK the 

Udckctt may liiive lici-n In boyhood htn'e In scr- cellar of his late nsMiiicc caiiic upon the foun- 

\lce atrheforl. I'".lienezer Humphrey horn (ho ilatlon of an ohl hiilhilii^s which credilahle per- 

suine year wiut also one who •■ kept Xiirrlson," at sons asserted was the site of Koekett's house, 

what ilate In matter of conjecture. Dudley may This faet Is additional proof that the inaiu road 

have had a Km'ril here to protect his property as originally laid out ran west of Its present lo- 

liefore the EnKllsh settlement, but there appears cation and crossed the brook at the north end of 

no record of soldiers here after 1713, at which the plateau, called " The prairie." 
lime these lueu were I'l years of age. 




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ROCKWOOD. — ROGERS. 669 

27 Dec, 1774, settled and d. at Belfast, Me.; Ruth, b. 27 March, 1777, ra. 
Moses Partridge of Augusta. 

THOMAS, of Wrentham, bought 1747 H. 188, was of Ox. Aug., 1757, and 
then had a case in court at Worcester. 

2. JOSEPH, b. 5 Feb., 1757, son of John and grandson of Joseph (1), 
Revolutionary soldier, m. 11 Nov., 1779, Martha, dau. of Jacob Shumway, 
lived in the southeast part of Ox., about a half-mile east of the Huguenot 
fort, H. 32, where l)oth d. He d. 17 April, 1882, she d. 2 March, 1830, aged 71. 
. . . Children: Nancy, b. 19 April, 1780, d. 1803, unm. ; Annick, b. 26 July, 

1782, m. intentions 9 Oct., 1814, Elisha Sibley, had Nancy, m. Wood 

of Webster; Julia A., m. William H., son of Lewis Shumway, and tAvo 
others; Lyman, b. 19 June, 1784. m. 4 Oct., 1805, Polly Lilley, settled at 
Jericho, Vt., 11 ch. ; Lucinda. b. 21 Jan.. 1787, d. 23 Dec, 1803, at Ox., unm. ; 
HuLDAH. b. 31 May, 1789, m. Simeon Wood; Betsey, b. 24 Aug., 1791, m. 
Ezra Davis; Polly, b. 24 March, 1794, m. 11 March, 1813, Asa, brother of 
Simeon Wood of Dudley, had ch. ; Hannah F., b. 27 June, 1804, m. Larned 
Sears; Josephus, b. 1 May, 1797, went in young manhood to Maine, where he 
d. ; Reuel, b. 1799, d. 1802; Chakles, b. 21 July, 1801, m. and settled at Hop- 
kinton, had children. 

RODMAN, JOSHUA, aged 67, d. 28 Aug., 1875. 

ROGERS, RICHARD, 

first schoolmaster of Ox- 
ford of whom there is rec- 
ord, of whose history we 
would like to know more 
than is now possible. 
Much inquiry has failed 
to ascertain his parent- 
age. A tradition gives his birthplace as Wenham. We have little by which 
to judge of his character or attainments. Some specimens of his handi- 
work, however, are extant which show him to have been a man of ta.ste, and 
an expert in the line of ornamental penmanship. We first hear of him at 
Worcester where 14 Aug., 1732, he was appointed a schoolmaster; continued 
several years and removed to Ox., where he officiated (we infer from his 
remaining here) to the satisfaction of the people until his enlistment in the 
French war, 1760. In March, 1759, the town voted to accept of him as the 
schoolmaster. In deeds he was styled " scrivener." He m. Martha, dau. of 
Jeremiah Buckman of Sutton. He died early in 1761, inventory dated 3 March. 
It is inferred that he taught after his return from the war, as there was money 
due him for wages at his decease. His widow m. 28 April, 1761, Jonathan 
Town; she m. (3) 27 Dec, 1775, Isaac Dodge of Sutton, where she died. 

When Mr. Rogers left for the scene of war he stopped at Worcester, and 
there made his will. From Fort Edward on 14 Aug., 1760, he writes to his 
wife : — 

" I left my Will with Judge Chandler, who I gott to Write it and he told 
me he will not let you be impos'd on i)y any if I should do otherwise than 
well. 

" My Kind respects to all inquiring Friends — I am in perfect health and 
strength, and not in any way Discouraged on any account — nor would not 
turn back till 1 have Seen more of this part of the World During the time 
for anything." 
This letter is in the possession of Benjamin J. Dodge, of Worcester. 




(»7<> UOOEKS. ROWLAND. 

AIJNEIl, of Millbury, and Eliza (i. Davis, m. 27 Oct., 1831. 
Mk8. ABNER, d. (5 Oct., 1832. 
Miw. ELLA. d. 18 .Iuik', 1872. 

ROOT, JUSTIN, h. 25 .July, 171)1), at MiddleflL-ia, caiue to Ox. from Green- 
Held, before May, 1827, and in partnership with Josiah Moore built the house 
now standing directly soutli of the Methodist Church, fitting up in the base- 
nient a l)akery. Moore soon sold out. Root was a man of energy and good 
al)ilities, and in 188.3 ami 1834 selectman. lie sold out in 1835 and returned 
to Greenfield, where he llUcd public ofllces. lie d. 1 April, 1863. He m. 
intentions 10 Jan., 1829, Susan, the si.ster of Israel and Josiah Moore, no ch. 

ROSE, ARTHUR (English), aged 3G, d. 2 Sept.. 1807. 
Mijs. CORNELIA, aged 37, d. 5 June, 18f>3. 

ROSEBROOK, WALTER L., b. n Feb., 1807, at Union, Conn., son of Wal- 
ter, m. (1) IJeulah, dan. of Pliny Freeman of Sturbridge, settled 1833 near 
Sutton line, H. 4, where he died; she [aged 27] was killed on Sunday, '} July, 
18;!5, by lightning. He was in the field at the time and on hastening home 
found the house somewhat shattered by the stroke, and his wife who had been 
to the chaml)er to shut a window, lying on the fioor dead, and their infant 
daughter in the cradle below nearly smothered by the plaster from the ceil- 
ing, which had fallen upon it. The same storm killed Mr. and Mrs. Solo- 
mon King of Sutton in their own house. He m. (2) 9 March, 1837, Betsey 
Torrey of Sutton, who d. 1 Nov., 1871, aged 59. Had. 31 Jan., 1877. . . . 
Children by first m. : Waltkh Fkkkman, b. 11 Nov., 1833, m. 3 March, 18G0, 
Ann Augusta, dan. of Lewis A. Johnson, hed. 13 Sept., 1870; they had WiUiam 
,S'., b. 27 June, 1800; La7tra A., b. 14 March, 1862; Mary B., b. 10 April, 1835, 
111. 21 Dec, 1851), Joseph A. Partridge of Upton, no ch. ; ch. by second m. : 
Elkanou M., b. 9 Dec, 1837, m. 29 June, 1876, Erastus Whiting, residence, 
H. 1. ; Augusta, b. 14 June, 1839, m. Otis Larned ; Gkorgk L., b. 8 Sept., 1841, 
ra. 1 Jan., 1872, Louisa J. Chase, residence, Mansfield, Conn.; had ch. ; Ai.- 
FKKUT., b. and il. 1843; Ciiaklks, b. 6 Oct., 1844, m. 3 April, 1874, Julia 
Chapman of Mansfield, Conn., had ch. ; Louisa C, b. 28 Aug., 1846, m. (1) 11 
March. 18G3, James E. White of Providence, R. I., who d. 26 Aug., 1876: they 
had Azel E., b. 6 Aug.. 1863; she ra. (2) 1 Jan., 1879, John N. Pepper of 
Warren, who d. 14 May, 1883; Lucian, b. 18")0. d. 1851 ; Clara I., b. 15 May, 
1H52; Wir.i.is, b. 21 April, 1854, resides on homestead. 

ROSEBUSH, Mrs. HAKKICA, aged 47, d. 15 June, 1861. 
CHAHLES (Canadian), aged 27, d. 9 Dec, 1868. 

ROSS, ZOLVINA G., of South Gore, and Elizabeth Billings of Douglas, 
111. r.» May, 1825. 

ROWELL, MOSES, Revolutioiuiry soUlier, and Elizabeth Baker of Charl- 
ton, ni. 19 March, 1778. 

ROWLAND, JOHN, of Raynham, m. 1736, Mary Roliinson. A family 
record, partly in Welsh, gives John, b. 29 Nov., 1736, at Raynham [m. 25 
Oct., 1759, Molly Hunt of Rehoboth, d. 23 Oct., 1776, at R.] ; Lucv, b. 23 
Nov., 1738; Lkmuki,, b. 19 Sept., 1742, at Taunton. 

WILLIAM (son of John), b. 27 April. 1766, at Rehoboth, m. Olive Butter- 
worth, resiiled 1791, at Cumln-rland, R. I. ; 1793 and 1795 at Wrentham ; came 



ROWLAND. 671 

early in the present century to Ox., resided at H. 38, on Bondet Hill ; was of 
Sutton 1817, removed to Rochdale about 1820, d. there 23 Oct., 1838; shed. 

aged 84, at Rochdale, 26 June, 1841 Children: Prusia, 1). Oct., 1789, d. 

unm. 17 Aug., 1842, at Rochdale; Lyman, b. 24 Aug., 1791, at 'Cumberland ; 
Mary, b. 9 April, 1793, at Wrentham, m. Nathan Bancroft of Ward, resided 
at Calais, Vt. ; tbey had Nathan W., b. 12 Dec, 1812; Clarissa, b. 1814; Sarah 
A.,b. 1818; MaryH.,h. 1821; 3Iartha, b. 1825; Jane E., b. 1828; William, 
b. 10 July, 1795, at Wrentham; Elizabeth, b, Aug., 1799, m. Daniel Whitte- 
more, resided at Spencer, where she d. 8 Jan.. 1865. 

2. LYMAN, son of William (1), m. 23 Feb., 1818, Catherine, dan. of 
Oliver Sibley, of Sutton. He bought, 1817, H. 6, in the southeast corner 
of Ox., sold 1820, removed to Ward, thence to Leicester; returned 1827 to 
Ox., removed 1831 and later lived at Charlton and Dudley; removed 1841 
to Pclham, thence to Enfield. He d. 13 Feb., 1856, she d. aged 61, 16 May, 
1858, both at Enfield. . . . Children: Calista, b. 30 March, 1819, unm., resi- 
dence, Lee; Harriet N., b. 21 June, 1821, at Ward, residence, Northampton; 
Lucy A., b. 20 Oct., 1823, at Ward, m. 28 May, 1844, George Goodale, she d. 26 
Nov., 1852, at Belchertown, a son, Henry, resided 1890 in Illinois; Catherine 
E., b. 11 Nov., 1825, at Leicester, ra. (1) 2 July, 1850, Nehemiah Aldrich, m. 

(2) Rouse, resided in Illinois, she d. in Missouri, no ch. ; Olive, b. 25 

June, 1828, at Ox., d. 1880; Lyman Sibley, b. 4 Jan., 1831, at Ox., II. 126; 
Olive J., b. 20 May, 1833, at Charlton; Juliette, b. 8 Nov., 1840, at Dudley, 
with Olive J. resides at Northampton. 

3. WILLIAM, sou of William (1), several years tenant of Slater at H. 58, 
m. (1) 1820, Mary Healy of Dudley, she d. 22 Feb., 1855, at Charlton, m. (2) 
Lucy L. Wheelock, who d. 19 Dec, 1882, at Charlton, aged 77. He removed 
1845 from Ox. to Charlton, where he d. 8 Aug., 1880. . . . Children, all by 
first m.: N. Healy, b. 21 Sept., 1821, ra. 10 Sept., 1849, Henrietta, dan. of 
Samuel Barnes of AVoodstock, Conn, he d. 21 Feb., 1872, at Ox., she d. 15 
Jan., 1886, at Putnam, Conn.; they had Carrie, b. 28 Oct., 1857, d. 16 Feb., 
1872; Bertha, b. 17 July, 1861, m., res. at Putnam; Mary, b. 24 July, 1823, 
at Paxton, d. 13 Aug., 1848, at Charlton; John, b. 8 Nov., 1827, at Ox., mill- 
wright, m. 22 Jan., 1857, Mary J. Clark of Middlebury, Vt., residence, 
Worcester, she d. 20 April, 1883, aged 49, at Worcester; they had Frank, b. 
25 Sept., 1861, m. Martha Bowen, m. n. Ware, of Brookfield, no ch., resi- 
dence. New York; Jennie, b. 5 Jan., 1863, m. 2 Aug., 1883, Edson H. Rose 
of Waltham, Vt., residence, Worcester; Mary, b. 13 Aug., 1865, m. Henry 
F. Mclntire, residence, Worcester; Daniel and DEBbRAii, b. 2 Nov., 1830, 
Daniel m. 18 Sept., 1855, Clarissa L., dan. of Jedediah Corbin, photographer 
at Worcester, went to Europe for health, d. 7 April, 1862, at Liverpool, 
Eng. ; they had Luella A., b. 30 June, 1857, m. 5 Oct., 1881, Thomas C. Taft, 
agent of Adams Ex. Co., Waterbury, Conn. ; Deborah, the sister, d. unm. at 
Charlton. 

4. LYMAN S., son of Lyman (2), was graduated at Andierst College 1858, 
tutor at Amherst two years ; was graduated at Andover Seminary 1863 ; studied 
a year in Germany; Nov., 1864, settled as pastor at Bangor; 1868 to 1871 
professor of Rhetoric and English Literature in Beloit College; 1871 to 1877 
pastor at Saratoga Springs, N. Y. ; settled April, 1877, at Lee, where he, 1890, 
continues; degree of D.D., 1885, Amherst; 1889, elected to corporation of 
A. B. C. F. M. He ra. (I) Tace F. Wardwell of Peabody, she d. 23 March, 
1873, at Saratoga; m. (2) 6 Oct., 1875, Elizabetii M. Gouhl of Portland, Me. 

. . . Children by first m. : Kate W., b. 27 Oct., 1865, at Bangor, d. 1877, at 



872 ROWLAND. RUS8ELX,. 

Raratopa; Lyman M., h. 2 Frl)., 1868, at Peabody, was praduated at Will- 
iams CollcL'o, lK!tO, rrsidnicc, 1890, Marinette, Wi.s. ; Tack F., b. 30 May, 1872, 
at Saratoga; cli. by second in., b. at Lee: Edward G., b. 17 April, 1878; 
Altiika C, b. 10 May, 1880; Elbanor H., b. 9 Dec, 1882. 

ROY, SILAS, aged 67, d. 4 April, 1845. 

RUGG, NATHANIEL, 1747 to 1756 of Marlboro', received from Abraham 
Hici" land in Hiinhvick for services durinir that period. Probably of ape 1756. 

April, 1760, he ^vas of Ox., m. Hannah , had Hannah, b. 15 Dec, 1760, 

later was at Marlboro', had Hkuhamah, b. 31 March, 1769, at Marlboro'. 

RUDOLPH, ERNESTINE L., aged 59, d. 6 Oct., 1877. 

RUSSELL, EPIIRAIM, baptized 18 Dec, 1743, at Thompson, Conn., son 
of John, Jr., probably descended from Rev. Noadiah, a noted minister of 
Middletown, Conn., came to Ox. 1772, perhaps from Uxbridge, m. 5 Jnne, 
1766, at Thompson, Mary, dan. of Jonathan Wilson, b. 27 Oct., 1745, black- 
smith, a vocation which in his day was of wider scope than at present, inclnd- 
imr the making of farmiuir implements, cutlery and many other articles now 
made in factories. He was a good mechanic, and from 1772 to 1784 had a 
shop on the Sigourney corner, living in the old house near, now removed, H. 
192. In 1784 he bought H. 225 (now Cushraan's), and removed thither, had 
his shop at the corner by the adjoining estate on the north. He was influ- 
ential and active in public affairs, and from 1781 to 1800 was almost every 
year either selectman or assessor. He sold in 1805 and removed to Barre 
where he was town clerk. His sons, excepting William, learned their father's 
trade. He d. 10 May, 1818, she d. 15 Oct., 1824. aged 78. . . . ChWlreji : 
Dakius, b. 25 Dec, 1766, at Thompson, m. Abigail, dan. of George Fechem, 
b. 1784, at Newton, settled at Sutton, where he was prominent, selectman, 
assessor, treasurer and representative. He had more than ordinary ability. 
was a lover of literature and never quite forgave his father for not sending 
him to college, a skillful mechanic, invented and made surgical and other 
delicate instruments. He owned a remarkably fine parade horse, which was 
in great demand at military musters. His wife was a person of rare endow- 
ments, very efilcient in business affairs. .\n able lawyer of the neighborhood 
once said that whenever he had a law case which was ditllcult and perplexing 
he went to her for help. He was long an invalid and d. 1843, no ch. ; John, 
b. 21 Feb., 1769, at U^bridge, m. (1) 8 April, 1792, Sophia, dau. of Dr. Daniel 
Fisk, settled at Charlton, where she d. ; m. (2) 4 Feb., 1822, Lucy, widow of 
Charles Thompson, dau. of Nehemiah Stone, b. 4 April, 1785; had by first m. : 
Sallij, m. Amos Woodbury of Charlton; Daniel F., b. 23 Feb., 1797, m. 10 
Nov., 1817, Loui-sa Rider, and had Salem T., b. 18 Oct., 1818, m. 20 Oct.. 1810, 
Adaline, dau. of Ezra Davis of Ox., banker in New York (they had Fanny 
L., b. 1841. EllaE., b. 1847, Anna C, b. 1853); Maria L., b. 12 Oct., 1822, m. 
1840, Abraham Firth of Leicester, she d. 4 Dec, 1860, at Worcester; William 
P., b. 24 Aug., 1825, d. unm. 1862; George E., b. 28 Aug., 1831. m. (1) 18.*)9. 
Mary A. Willis, m. (2) 1884, Helen E. Ross, he d. 8 June, 1885; Daniel F., 
the father, d. 11 Feb., 1883, his widow d. about three years later; John by 
second m. had Mary Lucy, b. 17 May, 1823, m. 21 Nov., 1843. Luther S. 
Amidown of Southbridge; Lucy, the mother, d. 12 Feb., 1873; Mary, b. 7 
Nov., 1772, at Ox., m. 3 April, 1796, Ebenezer Phelps of Sutton, removed to 
New Boston, Coun. ; they had Sophia, b. 3 Oct., 1796, m. Parley Jordan of 



RUSSELL. 873 

New Boston, and d. 25 Jan., 1885; Horatio, b. 12 Julj', 1798, lu. 22 May, 1826, 
Sarah, dau. of Rufus Davis of Dudley, settled at Dudley, removed to Worces- 
ter, where he d., machinist, she d. 31 July, 1876; they had George, b. 1826, 
Sarah D., b. 1829, Emma, b. 1836, Mary R., b. 1840, Dehors^ M., b. 1842, 
Helen E., b. 1844; Bussell, b. 13 Nov., 1800, d. 1873, unm. ; Fidelia, b. 11 
Sept., 1803, m. James Ormsbee of New Boston, she d. Jan., 1882, at Mt. 
Vernon, N. Y. ; Jlanj, b. 16 May, 1806, at New Boston, d. 1821 ; Ebenezer, b. 
27 Dec, 1808, m. Mary A. Elwell of Dudley, resided at New Boston; James 
M., b. 14 Oct., 1811. m. Betsey Knapp of Dudley, resided at Woonsocket, R. 
I., he d. May, 1885; Liberty, b. 23 Feb., 1816, m. Sarah Manu of Worcester, 
watchmaker and jeweler at Southbridge ; Anna, b. 10 June, 1775, m. (1) 16 
Sept., 1795, Reuben, son of Reuben Lamb of Ox., m. (2) Dr. John Tucker, 
settled and d. at New Boston; William, b. 21 March, 1777, m. 1808, Sally S., 
dau. of Abial Chatlce of Woodstock, Conn., settled and both d. at Barre, he 
d. 5 Jan., 1821. He was of slender constitution, learned the jeweler's trade at 
New Haven, Conn., began business in New York city, removed to Barre; they 
had JMary W., b. 13 Feb., 1809, m. (1) Joseph Beauthorp (English), resided 
in Penn., where he d., m. (2) Caleb Bates of Slatersville, R. I., resided at 
Holden, where he d., m. (3) Charles Rugg, settled at Ashland, where he d., 
she resided 1885 at Cordaville, no ch. ; S. Maria, b. Feb., 1811, m. 1839, 
Luther R. Graves, settled at Bennington, Vt., president of the First National 
Bank; Martha A., b. Nov., 1814, m. (1) Reuben Sibley of Sutton, m. (2) 
Asahel Booth, settled at Bennington; Charlotte A., b. 25 Aug., 1817, m. 1837, 
William B. Taber of Worcester, furniture and organ maker, 2 ch. ; Chaklks, 
b. 13 Nov., 1779, d. 2 July, 1796; Rufus, b. 29 Jan., 1782, m. 3 Dec, 1800, 
Sophia, dau. of Capt. William Moore of the Continental army, settled at New 
Braintree, removed to Barre, where he d. 6 Oct., 1866, she d. 10 Sept., 1838, 
aged 51; they had Eliza 31., b. 12 Sept., 1807, m. William F. Morgan [See 
Morgan] ; Caroline, b. 30 July, 1810, m. 17 April, 1832, Edward Woods of 
Barre, she d. 6 April, 1877; they had Caroline, d., Charles E., Julius M., Clara 
S., d., Lura C, d., James M., Fred. H. ; Xancy L., b. 10 Nov., 1813, m. 27 
March, 1845, Henry A. Hoyt, settled at New Braintree, where she d. 7 Oct., 
1881; Charles, b. 4 Feb., 1816, m. 18 Oct., 1838, Harriet H. Bacon, settled at 
New Braintree, no ch. ; William T., b. 5 Dec, 1820, m. 6 April, 1847, Sarah 
W. Law, resided at Decatur, 111. ; they had Ella F., b. 22 Feb., 1848; Marion 
L., b. 25 Feb., 1852; Annie E., b. 3 Dec, 1856; Lou M., b. 3 June, 1866. 

THOMAS, b. 3 Aug., 1752, son of Thomas and Hephsibah (Nichols) of Lex- 
ington, who resided at Weston, whence Thomas, Jr., removed to Natick, 
resided there from 1782 to 1785, and before 1788 removed to Wendell, Avhence 
he came to Ox. between 1791 and 1794, first lived on the west side of Town's 
Pond, house now removed, resided there until about 1806, wlien he bought 
the place later occupied by his son Josiah, H. 185, where he d. 4 March, 1823. 
He was often called "Deacon Russell." He m. intentions 17 March, 1781, 
Betsey .Jcnnison of Lexington, who d. aged 80, 23 July, 1846 [Headstone]. . . . 
Children: Betsey, b. 1782, at Natick, d. 14 Dec, 1800, at Ox.; Polly, b. 30 
Nov., 1783, at Natick, m. 27 April, 1806, Antipas Harrington of Westboro', 
had ch. ; Thomas, b. 6 Nov., 1785, drowned in young manhood; Hephsibah, 
b. 10 April, 1788, at Wendell, m. El)enezcr Guild; Lucy, b. 12 April, 1791, m, 
Peter LcAvett of Franklin, resided at Westboro'; Nancy, b. 19 Oct., 1794, at 
Ox., m. 18 Nov., 1814, Nathan Bullard of Medway, where they settled; 
Josiah, b. 1 March, 1799. 
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»;7 t KU8SELL. — SANFORD. 

2. JOSIAII, son of Thomas (1), m. 18 Feb., 1821, Clarissa Fisher of 
Franklin, or<;anist, boot inakor, an industrious, thriving man, settled on the 
homestead, removed the old house in 1842 and built the present one, d. there 
3 Aug., 1807. She resided 18!)0 at Lewisburii. Pa. . . . Children: Charlotte 
M., b. 1822, d. 1823 ; LokinTt F., b. 25 March, 1824, entered .\mherst College, d. 
11 Feb., 1842, before completing his course;; Ci>auiss.\ E., b. 1826, d. 1832; T. 
FuANKMN, 1). 21 Sept., 1832, m. 30 March, 1858, Nancy, dan. of B. S. Bourne 
of Providence, R. I., settled at Wcllsville, N. Y., removed to Lewisburg, Pa., 
where he was a merchant; thej' had Annie, b. and d. 18.58, at Wellsville; 
George D., b. 14 May, 1860, at Wellsville, d. 20 July, 1871, at Lewisburg; Nellie 
W., b. 31 Aug., 1862, at Wellsville; Loren B., b. 1864, d. 1865, at Wellsville; 
Forrest F., b. 14 Jan., 1866; Clarissa F., b. 17 June, 1878, at Lewisburg; 
Lucy E., b. 20 March, 1836, ra. R. Butler, son of Richard C Stone; George 
O., b. 2 Jan., 1839, m. 15 April, 1863, Margaretta, dau. of E. A. Smith of 
Wellsville, resided at Albion, Ind. ; they had, all b. at Wellsville, Inez J., b. 9 
July, 1864, m. 13 June, 1883, Dr. George E. Johnson of Albion; Butler F., b. 
1867, d. 1870; George 0., b. 18 Dec, 1871 ; Victor E., h. 24 Oct., 1874; Sarah 
M., b. 9 Dec, 1879. 

POLLY, and David Jordan, m. 25 Nov., 1790. 

DANIEL N., ami Sarali G. Pierce of Greenfield, m. intentions IG June, 1832. 

RYDER, RIDER, SAMUEL, of Charlton, bought 1804 the estate in the 
west part of the town, later Googins', H. 84, where he made brick on the 
west side of the river, sold in 1818 and left town. He had sons who came 
with him, Samuel, John owned real estate in 1815, Charles, who are believed 
to have settled in New York State; a dau. m. Col. Leland of Grafton. 

JOSIAII, son of Eleazer of Charlton, m. Azubah Roper of Princeton, where 
they settled, an ingenious mechanic and invented machinery for weaving wire 
cloth, which he patented and took to Canada, where he d. His w. d. about 
1813. They had Franklin F., b. 24 Aug., 1810, at Princeton, m. 25 Nov., 
1834, Lucy A., dau. of Joseph Childs of Ox., settled at West Woodstock, 
removed to Springfield and thence in 1850 to Ox. He was early a -'I'ree 
Soiler," several years overseer of the poor. . . . Children, except the lirst, b. 
at Springfield: Albert C, b. 1836, at West Woodstock, professional singer 
in Boston, member for many years of the "Temple Quartette"; Henry F., 
1). 1839, m. Jennie Comstock, resided at Worcester, soldier in the late war; 
Mary E., b. 1844, m. John W., son of Asa II. Pope; Edwin F., b. 1846, m. 
Myra Warren of Auburn, he d. 19 May, 1882, 1 dau.; Lewis O., b. 1848, d. 
unm. 22 Oct., 1888; Emily A., b. 1851, m. George II., son of Emory Davis. 

BENJ.VMIN, Revolutionary soldier. 

ISAIAH, and Pamela Toavu, both of Charlton, m. 6 Sept., 1801. 

SABIN, DANIEL, and Margaret Nichols, m. int. 12 April, 1777: Revolu- 
tionary soliliir, inarched in Town's Co. on Lexington alarm. 

SACCO (Indian), servant of Gen. Nelson H. Davis, a. 15, d. 10 Jan., 1862. 

SALISBURY, DUTY, and Ann J. Burdett, m. 3 Dec, 1835. 

SANFORD. 1{KV. DAVID, b. 11 Dec, 1737, at New Milford, Conn., son of 
Eliliu and liaciiel, was graduated 1755 at Yale College, settled pastor at Med- 
wuy 14 April, 1773. He m. 4 Aug., 1757, Bathshcba, dau. of Moses Ingersoll 
of Great Barrington, b. 5 June, 1738, had ten children, the fourth being Elihu, 



SANFORD. — SEAVER. 675 

b. 28 Jan., 17(56, m. (1) Hannah Metcalf of Franklin; m. (2) Betsey Fishor 
of Bt'lchertown, b. 15 April, 1778, settled at Belchertown ; he d. 15 Jan., 1839, 
she d. aged 74, 18 Jan., 1853, both at Ox. . . . Children by first m. : Emory, 
b. 18 April, 1795, unm., began trade at Mouson ; removed to Webster, East 
Village, thenec to North Ox. continning nntil 1844 ; removed to the Plain, and 
1850 retired from l)nsiness. He was a thoronghly systematic business man, 
and l)ecame wealthy ; a leading democrat and considerably in public aft'airs, 
selectman, assessor, representative, and president of the Bank. He owned 
and occupied the old Bank house, d. there 14 June, 1876; by second m. : 
Hannah M., b. 24 Aug., 1801, imra., d. 13 Feb., 1877; Richard, b. 12 March, 
1804, m, 22 Aug.(?), 1835, Eliza King of Sutton, b. 1 Dec, 1818, skillful 
accountant, he d. 17 Feb., 1880; they had Ellen E., m. 8 Sept., 1861, George 
M. Clark, and had Alice E., b. 25 July, 1862, m. Elmer A., son of Joseph Put- 
nam ; Frances, b. 31 May, 1806, m. William Pease; Edward, b. 9 May, 1808, 
d. 24 April, 1841; Elizabeth P., b. 24 Feb., 1811, d. 23 Sept., 1833; James 
M., b. 9 July, 1813, m. 12 Sept., 1843, Emily Spurr of Charlton, b. 3 Dec, 
1821, no ch. ; he was trader, assessor and representative at Ox. and post- 
master at Charlton, she d. aged 65, 31 May, 1887, at Ox. 

SARGENT, PHINEHAS, Leicester, and Mary Kingsbury, m. 20 Jan., 1795.- 

ASA, Jr., and Calista Mason, m. 14 Aug., 1827. 

PERSIS N., dan. of Asa, aged 18, d. 17 Dec, 1827. 

OTIS L., son of Luther of Shrewsbury, aged 28, d. 4 Nov., 1876. 

SARVEY, WILLIAM, and Polly Eddy of Ward, m. 15 Aug., 1811. 

SAUNDERS, JACOB W., of Smithfleld, R. I., and Hannah S. Davis, m. 30 
Oct., 1841. 

SAVILLE, JOSEPH (English), aged 73, d. 22 June, 1850. 

SAYLES, MARY A., dau. of Cyrus, aged 6, d. 24 Nov., 1827. 

SCANNING, DAVID, resided in Ox. 1771 and 1776; 47 months in Revolu- 
tionary army. 

SCOTT, HARVEY B., came to Ox. about 1807 from Cuml)erland, R. I., 
where his father resided, m. 31 Dec, 1810, Hannah, dau. of James Gleason; 
she d. 29 April, 1841. . . . Children: James G., b. 28 Oct., 1811, m. 7 Sept., 
1835, Julia A., dau. of Capt. Pitt Smith, no ch. ; he went in young manhood 
into Wilde's Hotel, Boston, removed to Michigan, returned 1840 to Ox. ; 
1841 was taverner at the Centre, 1842 engaged in trade, 1844 was appointed 
postmaster, resigned 1846 and went to Boston into the old Wilde Hotel, 
Elm Street, continuing successfully until 1857, then removed to Walpole, 
where he has since resided, prominent in public attairs and much respected; 
Charles, b. 1813, d. 1823; Rufus and Sophia, b. 21 June, 1815, Rufus m. 19 
Nov., 1838, Eunice, dau, of Jabez Corbin of Webster, removed to Maine; 
they had Jiilia E., b. 28 Sept., 1839; Julius A., b. 10 Dec, 1843; Sophia m. 
Aaron Pierce of Millbury, removed about 1850 to New York city, where he d. 
1879 ; they had Flora, m. Daniel Robinson, residence. New York city. 

SAMUEL, had a case in court 1744. 

DAVID, of Ward, and Betsey Trask of Leicester, m. 13 March, 1825. 

SEAVER, JULIA M., aged 15, d. 12 Oct., 1850. 



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f)7fi SKARS. 

SEARS, LAi{NED, of Doniiis, mariiipr, came as early a-< 1815 to South Ox., 
children employed in Slater's mill; m. Keziah Baker, he d. 29 Oct., 1822, she 
d. 3 Jniie. 1857, hotii at Killiu'^ly, Conn. . . . Children : David, ni. Betsey Wake- 
lield, both d. at Webster; they had Betsey, d. young; Suann W., m. Reuben 
Sears, she d. 1870, at Maiden, six eh. ; Ukiaii. mariner, m. int. 31 Nov., 1819, 
Chloe Rawson. he d. 8 Feb., 1877, at Putnam, she d. 30 Jau., 18G9 ; they had 
Ikvumh li., b. G Sept., 1820, m. Orrin J. Lewis of Dighton, he d. 14 Sept., 1883, 
at Killingly; Laknkd; Lavinia, ra. Josiah Baker, both d. at Barnstable, had 
Tlincher I}., d. at Thompson, 1830; Mercy, d. num.; Rozilla, m. John Dar- 
ling of Thompson, he d. 187G, she d. 1874, at Putnam; had Prescott D., d. 
1839, at Killingly ; Savilla, d. 1835, unm. ; Eliza, ra. George Geer of Gris- 
wold. Conn., he d. in California, she d. 1882, at Pomfret; had Liicy A., m. 
George Locke, residence, Putnam, one son; Ueorf/e L., ra. Sarah Pray, resi- 
dence, Putnam, four ch. ; William \V., m. Rosetta Whitcomb, he d. in late 
war; two sons; Henry II., m. Mary Wheaton, residence, Danielsonville, nine 
ch. ; Iiomanta J., ra. Lucy Hoyle, no ch. ; Nelson, m. Pamclia Anderson, four 
ch. ; Kkziah, ra. John Bartlett of Killingly, he d. 1861, she d. 1875, both at 
Killingly, no ch. ; Olive, d. 1879, unm., at Killingly; Susannah, d. 1889, at 
Putnam, uura. ; Dutee J., m. Hannah P. Chase, he d. 1879, she d. 1869, both 
at Killingly ; had Bosamond E., d. 1859 ; Sarah A., m. Solon Bryant of Worces- 
ter, two sons. 

2. LARNED, .son of Larned (1), ingenious raechanic, comb-maker by 
trade, bought 5 Dec, 1820, land near Nipmuck Pond, in South Gore, adjoining 
Ox. Sold 7 .\pril, 1838, removed to Brockport, N. Y., thence 1855 to Wells- 
boro'. Pa., became insane on perpetual motion, d. 1864. at the asylum at Daus- 
ville, N. Y. He ra. 18 March, 1821, Hannah F., dau. of Joseph ]{ockwood, 
she d. 14 March, 1880, at Wellsboro'. . . . Children^ except last tM'o, b. near 
Ox. : Gkouge W., b. 2 Dec, 1821, m. Aug., 1857, Mariette Butler, had one son, 
two daughters, residence, Wellsboro'. Descended on the mother's side frora 
one of the original settlers of the town, Oxford may claim him as her son 
although born in South Gore, a few rods outside her limits. He has been de- 
signated as •' picturesque," and was one of the most notable men the region 
has produced. He early formed the habits of a recluse, and spent at least one- 
fourth of his adult life in solitude in the woods. He was of a consumptive 
tendency which, as he expressed it, drove hira to the wilderness. A remnant 
of the Nipmuck tribe of Indians lived in the vicinity of his birthplace, and 
between " Injun Levi," or Nessmuk, and himself there grew in his chiUlhood 
a warm attachment the intluence of which never left him. Of his early 
experiences he thus wrote : — 

" He was wont to steal me away from home before I was five years old, and 
carry me around Nipmuck Pond and JunUamaug [Chaubunagungamaug] Lake 
Lt)otii near his residence] day after day until 1 imbii)eil much of liis woodcraft, 
all his love for forest life, and, alas, much of his good-natured sliiftlessness. 
1 ran away from school and books of a dry sort to study the great book of 
nature. Did 1 lose by it? 1 cannot tell even now. As the world goes, per- 
haps yes. No man can trauscend his possibilities; . . . I .sometimes ask my- 
self did the strong, healthy, magnetic nature of that Indian pass into my 
boyish life as I rode on his powerful shoulders or slept in his sti'ong arms 
l)eneatli the soft wliisi)ering pines of Douglas woods? . . . This will partly 
explain how it came Jihout. that, ignoring tlie weary, tU'vious roads by which 
men ;itlaiii wealth and positiou 1 l)ecame a devotee of nature ... a hunter, 
trapper, angler and canoeist, an uneducated man withal, save the education 



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that comes of long commimiou with nature, and a perusal of the best English 
authors." 

His educational advantages were very few and he early learned the trade 
of a shoemaker, and with his father and brother was employed by the Oxford 
niaunfactui'ers. But his restless temperament did not aUow him long to con- 
tinue and he sought the seaboard whence came his ancestors, some of whom 
were mariners, and shipped on a whaling voyage. But he could not endure 
the harfisiiips of a sea life and within a few weeks he was landed at the Azore 
Islands, whence after a long and severe illness he returned home.' 

In 1838 he removed with the family to western New York, later drifted to 
Addison where he worked at his trade, and in 1848 removed to Wellsboro', 
then surrounded by a wilderness, the haunt of the wild game he so loved 
to pursue. There he married and made a home, working at his trade, but 
spending the warmer portion of each year in the forests. In the fifties he 
wrote accounts of his adventures for Portefs Spirit of the Times, and later 
for Forest and Stream, and his productions appeared in Harper's and the 
Atlantic Monthly. When the war broke out he joined the "Bucktail" Regi- 
ment, but being disabled by an accident was discharged after a few months. 
In 1867 and again three years later he went to Brazil, spending several months 
at each visit. There he invented valuable helps to the manufacture of rubber 
from the forests. In the summer of 1880 he cruised hundreds of miles in the 
inland waters of the Adirondack region in his canoe " Nessmuk," and in 1884 
again attempted a similar trip which was materially shortened by failing 
health. He spent the winter of 1886 in Florida and returned thither in 1887 
when he contracted malaria, which in addition to his lung difficulty brought 
him down so that he was not able afterward to leave home for his wonted 
outings, and slowly declined until his decease 1 May, 1890. His home was in 
the suburbs of Wellsboro', and in accordance with his request he was 
buried on a knoll in front of his house, beneath a clump of his favorite hem- 
locks. Forest and Stream and the local newspapers published extended 
obituary notices from which we have gathered many facts of his history. 

While dwelling much in solitude there was nothing of the spirit of the re- 
cluse in him. He was in touch with his fellow-man and a student of human 
nature. He was gifted with a superior intellect which did not stagnate in the 
woods. Uneducated in schools he Avas yet self-taught and well taught, knew 
the best authors and commanded the respect of intellectual men. A distin- 
guished clergyman after spending a fortnight in his company once said, " Of 
all the men I have ever met. Sears is the best worth knowing." He wrote 
much of woods life for the press and took his rightful place among the most 
popular contributors. 

"His abundant experience, rich store of information, familiarity with the 
wa}^s of wild creatures and sympathy with wood-folk, a never-failing fund of 
anecdote and compactness and quaintness of style coml)ined to win for him 
an interested and devoted following. Whether in the hackneyed Adiron- 
dacks, the wilds of Michigan, the forests of Pennsylvania or the swamps of 
Florida, each was invested with a new interest and made fascinating by the 
chann wrought of his personality. His little volume, ' Woodcraft,' publislied 
in 1884, is as refreshing as to inhale the perfumed air of the old woods after 
a June shower. 



lit is related of him tliat in boyliood lie ran them. Here was a dilemma. But GeorKi' soon 

away from home with another lad and coming to plucked up courage and asked if there was any 

a bridge where there was one cent toll to pay, charge for luggage. On the keeper replying no, 

they Xound they UaU but one penny between he look his chum upon his back and passed on. 



iMH SEARS. 

"'I'lio Avoods-dwullcr in his solitude, amid the pines and the; hemlocks, found 
time to ponder and study the tireat questions of human life, and in his verse 
he speaks to many a responsive; soul, especially to those in humble walks who 
know tile joy. love, toil and bereavenuints of human life. His poem 'John 
O'the Smithy,' published in the Atlantic, jravc him a world-Avide reputation. 
This volume of verse [" Forest Runes", 1887] savors of hemlock browse, of 
sparkliui; sprin;; water, of the camp and woods, and shows ability of no mean 
ordiT." 

The name of his childhood friend, " Nessmuk," which he adopted as his 
noin lit: pliinii-, is attached to all his works. Ilis "Foi'cst Runes" he dedicated 
to his brother Charles. The opening stanza follows : — 

"Not that tlie gift of poesy is mine, 

Nor that I claim the poet's meed of praise, 
But in remeiid)rance of the golden days 
Of youth, have I inscribed these simple lays 
To thee, my brother, and to Auld Lang Syne." 

"A SUMMER CAMP. 

" I leave the town with its hundred noises, 
Its clatter and whir of wheel and steam, 
For woodland quiet and silver}" voices. 
With a camp of bark by a crystal stream. 



" The feathery arms of tirs and spruces 

Bend over the water that sleeps l)eneath. 
Where marish flowers l)y the (|uiet sluices 
Infold their sweets in a golden sheath. 

" And a small canoe of airy lightness 
Floats silently on the limi)id stream, 
Where the uorland bircii in snowy wliiteness 
O'erhangs the ripples that glance and gleara. 

"Oh, peaceful and sweet are forest slumbers 
On a fragrant couch with the stars above, 
As the free soul marches to dulcet numbers 
Through dreamland valleys of light and love." 

His name is plea.santly linked with that of an honored townsman, John 
Mayo, in one of his pieces, which closes thus : — 

" Eighty summers their blossoms had shed, 
Eighty winters had whitened his lu-ad. 

He waiteil his summons (.lay by ilay ; 
' Life is a fi'verish dream,' he said, 

' It does not pay.' " 

"A FRAGMENT. 

" Ah ! Isaliel Nye, the winds go by; 

The l)eard of the thistle sails out to sea, 
And the h)ves of old that were tried like gold 
Have gone like the thistle-down, far a-lee." 

Cn.Mii.Ks, twice m., d. 1887, at WcUsboro', had ch. ; Deli.\ A., m. John 
Burnett, resided at Olmsville, Pa., 4 ch. ; Edwin, ra. Ellen Butler, 1 dau., 
resided at Wellsboro', soldier in the 161st Regt. N. Y. Vols., in Banks' Red 
River Expedition, d. 5 June, 1864, at New Orleans; Franklin, unm., d. at 
Brockport; LouiN(i A., m. Fanny Lockhave, resided at Wellsboro', 5 sous, 
one is training master in the U. S. Navy; IIannau A., m. Chai'les Merrick, 



SEARS. — SHEARMAN. 679 

resided at Laketou, Pa., 3 ch. ; Ellen J., in. Hezekiah Stowell, resided 
at Niles' Valley, Pa., had ch. ; Frederick, d. young; Henry A., in 161st Rcgt. 
N. Y. Vols, with Edwin, served his time, unm., now resides in Oregon. 

SEGARS, EPHRAIM, bought a farm in the west part of Ox., H. 68, 1784, 
sold 1791, removed to Spencer, 1799 mortgaged his farm in Spencer to the 
town for his support, being aged and infirm. He ra. Olive, dau. of Caleb 
Barton, he d. at Plainticld, she m. (2) Joseph Torrey of Plainfleld; 5 ch., 
all by lirst m., not on Ox. Records. 

JOSHUA, w. Mercy Thompson, had Sarah, b. 13 Feb., 1793. 

SEVERANCE, GILES F., son of William, from Abbott, Me., aged 24, d. 
3 April, 1876. 

SEVERY, WILLARD, son of Moody of Sutton, m. Rhoda, dau. of Timothy 
Hewett. In 1827 Mary Severy bought the place at North Ox., H. 113, on 
which Willard settled and d., aged 57, 15 July, 1855; his wid. m. (2) Amos P. 
Newton. . . , Children: Harriet M., b. 8 June, 1825, at Sutton, m. Nathaniel 
Nolen; Freeman, b. 25 Nov., 1827, at Ox., m. 24 Dec, 1864, Diana, dau. of 
Edward H. Shumway, settled on the homestead; Adaline, b. 17 March, 1829, 
m. (1) Elbridge, son of Rice Barton, m. (2) Anthony Poucher, resided at 
Boston; Willard W., b. 2 Jan., 1833, m. Mary Grayson, resided at Upton. 

JOSEPH, w. and ch. resided at Ox. 1752. 

JOSEPH R., of Sutton, and Eunice Fitts, m. intentions 25 Nov., 1789. 

ASA, of Dixfield, Me., and Mehetable Fitts, m. 8 Oct., 1821. 

POLLY, dau. of Jacob, aged 97, d. 13 Aug., 1854. 

STEPHEN, son of Joseph of Sutton, aged 77, d. 3 July, 1868. 

DAPHNE, widow, aged 83, d. 28 July, 1883. 

SEWALL, MARY ANN (English), aged 21, d. 29 April, 1860. 

SHABORN, MARQUETTE, aged 47, d. 2 Feb., 1857. 

SHADDON, JOHN, resided at Ox. Aug., 1765. 

SH AFTER, JAMES, m. Sept., 1751, Esther, dau. of Simon Mellen. . . . 
Children: Simon, b. 29 Jan., 1752; Lois, b. 13 April, 1753; Mary, b. 16 
April, 1765. 

SHANNON, JOSEPH (Canadian), aged 81, d. 11 June, 1872. 

SHARPLES, MARY (English), aged 76, d. 28 July, 1883. 

SHATTUCK, JONATHAN, son of Jonathan, Jr., of Groton, 1). 16 March, 
1746, m. 30 Nov., 1769, Huldah Curtis of Dudley, bought 1776 60 acres with 
house, etc., " late part of Richard Williams' 500 acres," H. 87, sold 1781. . . . 

Children: Jonathan, b. 22 Sept., 1770(?); Huldah, b. 24 March, ; 

Arethusa, b. 16 Aug., . [Record defective.] 

SHAW, JAMES, aged 63, d. 10 Aug., 1848. 

SHEA, ELLEN, aged 35, d. 31 May, 1860. 
HANNAH, aged 24, d. 2 May, 1874. 
PATRICK, aged 21, d. 9 July, 1879. 
DANIEL, aged 23, d. 3 Sept., 1879. 

SHEARMAN, SILAS, in Ox. 1782. 



fJ80 SHEIIY. — SHIRLEY. 

SHEHY, DANIEL, ami Priscilla Towu, ra. intentions 3 Jan., 1784. 

SHEPARD, KINSLEY, of South Gore, and Lydia Parker of Sutton, m. 
intentions 4 Dec, 1817. 

SHEPARDSON, MOSES K., son of Moses Kenney of Richmond, N. II., 
\v;is adopted by his uncle John Shepardson of Royalston, and took his name; 
b. 23 Oct., 1797, ra. 22 March, 1819, Laura Greenwood, b. 28 Dec, 1800, at 
Stratton, Vt., where they settled, removed to Dummerston, Vt., thence to 
New Enjiland Village, Grafton, where he resided until Jan., 1843, when he 
purchased and occupied the brick house near the North Ox. railroad station ; 
1848 he lived at the south part of "Long Hill," H. 169, in 1849 bought H. 
165, near Hudson's, and removed thither; was highly esteemed, deacon of the 
Baptist Church at North Grafton and North Ox. He d. aged 87, 9 July, 1885, 
she d. aged 87, 21 March, 1889. . . . Children: Amanda, b. 17 Dec, 1819, at 
Stratton, Vt., m. 24 Sept., 1840, Otis N. Pond, resided at Auburn; they had 
Orlando B., O. Sumner, L. Jennie, Emily A., Oscar P., Ella M., Ahby L. ; 
Laukinda, b. 14 April, 1822, at Stratton, m. 25 April, 1841, George W. Hast- 
ings, resided at Millbury, deacon of the Baptist Church at Grafton ; they had 
Mary E., George H., d. ; Elvira, b. 28 Aug., 1825, at Dummerston, Vt. , m. 
John M. Viall; Piiilkna, b. 11 July, 1827, at Dummerston, m. Jonathan H., 
son of Pcleg Foster; Henky, b. 6 April, 1830, at Dummerston, d. 7 Aug., 
1849; Horace, b. 9 Sept., 1832, at Dummerston, m. 21 May, 1857, Elizabeth 
A. Young, resided at Thompson, Conn. ; they had Laura E., h. 6 April, 1858; 
Frances E., b. 25 April, 1836, at Grafton, m. 14 July, 1858, Edward E. Balcom, 
resided at Worcester; they had Marion E., b. 4 July, 1860; Marion E., b. 
1837, d. 1839; Asa B., b. 22 March, 1841, at Grafton, m. (1) 1 Jan., 1867, 
Abby E. Stockwell, who d. 8 Oct., 1877, ra. (2) 10 March, 1881, Viola M. 
Ilobbs of Sturbridge; ch. by first ra. : Henry, b. 13 April, 1869; Alvxy, d. 
aged 3 years; Ruth A., 1). 3 May, 1845, at Ox., m. John D. Hudson. 

WILLI.\M G., son of Jonathan, aged 7, drowned 28 Jan., 1848. 

SHERLOCK, JULIA A., aged 28, d. 27 June, 1881. 
Mrs. MARY, aged 55, d. 26 June, 1885. 

SHERMAN, SILAS, trader for a short time in Ox. James CudAvorth in 
Sept., 1780, l)rought suit against him for cattle sold him. 

PETER, of Burrillville, R. I., and Laura Marsh of S. Gore, m. Fcb.,1824(?). 
TARRANT S., and Hannah W. Marsh, m. 6 Feb., 1837. 
LUCY, w. of Albert, aged 40, d. 26 Sept., 1857. 
ALBERT, aged 44, d. 2 Nov., 1857, at Uxbridge. 
MARTHA A., m. n. Edson, aged 22. il. 11 July, 1866. 

SHIPPY, SHIPPEE, STEPHEN, from Plaintleld. Conn., m. (1) Julia Ann 
Whittiam, who d. aged 28, 10 Dec, 1842; ch. Sakah, m. N. Aiken Viall; 
Eliza, m. James Fenner, residence, Leicester; Julia, m. William Spr'ague of 
Leicester, where she d. 1870; Adaline, m. John Symonds of North Adams, 
where they settled; hem. (2) Sarepta Fittsof Charlton, removed to Plainfleld, 
where he d. ; they had George W., b. 26 Aug., 1845, and three others. 

2. HAZARD, brother of Stephen (1), m. Philena Kinii', and had at Ox., 
Alonzo, b. 6 Dec, 1836; George, d. young. 

SHIRLEY, MATILDA, m. n. Bradford, aged 29, d. 15 June, 1864. 



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SHOLES, ELISHA W., unci Melissa, had Hklen M., b. 16 Doc, 1842. 
EDWIN L., and Helen M. Cardcrof Sturbridge, m. int. 2 May, 1845. 

SHUMWAY, PETER, of Topsflcld, 1G78; Peter of Oxford, b. 1785, is 
authority for the assertion that the family originated in France ; the name 
was probably Chamois or Charmois. In the records of Essex County the 
name is often spelled "Shamway."' Dr. Baird says, " a Protestant family 
uameil Chamois is mentioned in a list of fugitives from the neighborhood 
of St. Maixent in the old Province of Poitou, France, at the time of the 
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes." Peter came to America among the 
emigrants who landed before the founding of the Oxford Colony, as will be 
seen by the following, in the handwriting of Rev. John Campl)ell: — 

" To THE Honorable Spexcer Phips Esq Lieut Governor and Com- 
mander IN CHIEF IN AND OVER HIS MaJESTIE's PROVINCE OF THE MAS- 
SACHUSETTS Bay in New England : The Honorable Council and 
House of Representatives in General Court Assembled : 

"The Memorial of Peter Shumway of Oxford most humbly sheweth that 
whereas your humble memorialist did many years ago prefer a petition to the 
Honorable General Court of this Province praying that as he is the legal heir 
and representative of Peter Shumway of Topsfield wiio Avas a long time in 
the service of this Country and particularly in the Narragansett war, and 
taking the Indian fort there which he in said petition proved by living testi- 
monies and which he l^elieves the Honorable John Chandler and others worthy 
members of this Honorable Court do yet remember, 

" And whereas your aged, decrepid and poor memorialist hath never yet 
received any gratuity, or reward in land or otherwise for his father's services 
and sutlerings as many others have done, j'our most humble memorialist again 
most humbly prayeththis Honorable Court in their wonted goodness and com- 
passion would make him a grant of some piece of C'ountry land for said ser- 
vices, or othenvise as in their great wisdom they [sec] lit : which will oblige 
your most humble memorialist — as in duty bound will ever pray. 

"(Signed) Petek Shumway. 

"March 23, 1749-50." 

—Mass. Arch., XLVI., 212. 

We find no record of action on this memorial. 

Peter of Topsflcld was progenitor of all of the name in the country, so far 
as known. His son Peter, b. 6 June, 1678, at Topsflcld, m.(l) 11 Feb., 1701, 
Mariah Smith of Boxford ; was not an original proprietor at Oxford, but 
voted in on the rights of Joshua Chandler 13 Sept., 1713. The home lot cm- 
braced the Josiah Russell place, H. 186. Mariah d. 17 Jan., 1739; he m. (2) 
28 Feb., 1740, Mary Dana. . . . Children: Oliver, baptized 10 May, 1702; 
Jeremiah, baptized 21 March, 1703; David, baptized 23 Dec, 1705; .Mary, 
baptized 9 May, 1708, m. Caleb Barton; Samuel, baptized 22 April, 1711; 
John, baptized 15 Aug., 1713; all at Topsflcld; and at Ox: Jacob, b. 10 
March, 1717; Hephsibah, b. 1 April, 1720, m. 12 Nov., 1741, Obadiah Walker 
of Sutton; Amos, b. 31 Jan., 1722. 

2. OLIVER, son of Peter (1), m. 3 Sept., 1724, Sarah Pratt, lived on Long 
Hill, H. 164. She was probably dau. of Jonathan of Framingham and sister 
of the flrst Jonathan of Ox., and b. 18 Oct., 1704, at Framingham. . . . Chil- 
dren: Oliver, b. 12 Oct., 1724, m. 15 April, 1747, Elizabeth Holnum of Sut- 
ton, had Abner, b. 9 Jan., 1749, ra. 19 April, 1770, Lucy How, and had David, 

' It Is weU known that in several oUier In- of Joseph Bonaparte tliat our name Sluinnvay 

stances in Ox. names, the French termination is a cornipllon of ' Chaumis,' a person bearlnj; 

ots has been clianKcd to icay. A letter of William it was Compte Ue Chamois, a member of the 

H. Shumway, Esq., lawyer at Syracuse, N, Y., court of Louis XIV." 
May, 1871, says: " I understand from an attach6 

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682 siiu>iwAY. 

b. 30 Marcli, 1771 ; Jivfua, h. 1 April, 1774 ; Lkvi, b. 8 April, 1727, iii. 30 June, 
1752, Priscilla, dau. of Thomas Gleason; they liad Levi, b. 21 Oct., 1752; 
Amasu, b. 1 March, 1756; Jonathan, b. 26 Jan., 1759; Asa, b. 7 Sept., 1761 : 
Thomas, h. 21 Oct., 1764; Kksiah, b. 25 May, 1729, m. 26 Aug., 1755, David 
Town; Nathan,)). 21 April. 1731, m. 7 Feb., 1754, Judith Whitney ; Susanna, 
b. 21 Aug., 1733, ni. He/nkiah Eddy; Stkphkn, b. 25 March, 1736, soldier in 
Frencli war : Sauah, b. 28 June, 1738, m. David Pratt, Jr. ; Rkcbkn, b. 2 Feb., 
1741, soldier in French war, 1701; Ebenkzku, 1). 25 June, 1743; Jonathan, b. 
8 Nov., 1745; LrcY, b. 18 July, 1749, m. Micah Pratt. 

3. EBKNEZER, son of Oliver (2), Revolutionary soldier, marched on Lex- 
ington alann, m. 24 Sept., 1765, Comfort White of Charlton, settled at Ox., re- 
moved to Leicester, and before Oct., 1824, with son Daniel to Oxford, N. Y., 
where both d. He d. 1833, aged 90, she d. 1840, aged 97; she was dismissed 
from Church in Ox. to Church in Oxford, N. Y., Oct., 1824. . . . Children: 
EnKNEZKK, 1). 26 Jan., 1766, m. intentions 12 March, 1791, Abigail Pettes of 
IJrooiclyn, he d. 1795; they had Polly, b. 26 Aug., 1792; Willard, b. 16 June, 
1794; Polly, b. 26 Feb., 1768, m. intentions 3 Nov., 1790, Samuel Parker of 
Charlton, they had Mary, b. 1 July, 1792, only child, m. 3 Nov., 1816, Charles 
Whittemore of Leicester, she was over 80 years old at her death; John, b. 5 
Dec, 1770, m. intentions 16 Aug., 1794, Sarah Gale, he d. 7 xVug., 1797, leaving 
a son and daughter, who after his death removed with their mother to Alle- 
gany Co., N. Y. ; David, b. 9 March, 1772, m. 4 Sept., 1796, Ruth Prince, and 
had Sindia; Charles, b. 12 Aug., 1798; Sanford, b. 2 Dec, 1799; iS^imner, b. 
24 Oct., 1801; family removed to Indiana; Comfort, b. 6 June, 1775, m. 2 
Jan., 1799, John Parker of Leicester, cousin of Samuel, she d. 1859, at Troy, 
N. Y. ; they had Cynthia, b. 1 March, 1800, m. 29 Nov.. 1826, Oliver Rice of 
Millbury, b. 29 Sept., 1793, d. 23 June, 1867, she d. 3 Nov., 1830 ; they liad Henry 
C, b. 22 Aug., 1827, lawyer in good standing at Worcester, d. 16 July, 1891, and 
Leander P., b. 1830; Esther, h. 3 March, 1810, m. 7 April, 1830, Sibley Converse 
of Spencer, she d. 1880, at Worcester; Urania, m. ("liestcr Williams of Charl- 
ton, removed to Hartford, Pa. ; John, m. Sophia Woodbury, Univei'salist 
preacher, removed to California; Daniel, ra. Elizabeth Cass of Worcester, 

1883 shoe manufacturer at South Weymouth ; TJiomas, m. Minerva , 

settled at Stoughton; Mkucy, b. 6 April, 1778, m. 14 Nov., 1799, Abijah Tain- 
ter of Sutton, she d. Sept., 1815; Danikl, b. 10 June, 1780, learned hatting 
of Peter Butler, went in young manhood to Oxford, N. Y., remained until liis 
four sons and a daughter came to maturity, removed to Addison, Steuben Co., 
and again in a few years to Nelson, Pa., d. 1848; his son, George B. II., was 
a talented Presbyterian clergyman, settled at Newark, Wayne Co., N. Y., and 
later at Paterson, N. J., and d. abont 1874, at Lawrenccville, Tioga Co., Pa.; 
Chaulks, b. 6 Feb., 1782, d. young; Judith, b. 14 July, 1785, m. at Oxford, 
N. Y., Peleg Glover, removed after many years to Wisconsin, where she d. 
about 1870; Sally, b. 12 Dec, 1787, m. 25 June, 1809, Amariah Bemis of 
Brookfleld, lived in Connecticut and Massachusetts, she d. 1861, at Spring- 
Ueld; OnvKU, b. 24 Jan., 1790. 

4. OLIVER, son of Ebenezer (3), m. intentions 19 .May, 1810. Sally, dau. 
of David Lamb of Oxford, settled at Ox., removed Oct., 1826, to Oxford, 
N. Y.. thence 1828 to Addison, N. Y., she d. 7 Feb., 1839, at Addison. He 
married twice afterward. He d. 11 April, 1876, at .\ddison. . . . Children, 
all by first ni. : Syukna, b. 28 Nov., 1810, at Ox., ni. John Thompson, d. 13 
July, 1848, at WoodhuU, N. Y. ; Adalixk, b. 23 Dec, 1811, m. 1839, Isaac 



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Boyd, d. 7 May, 1844, at Addison; Bradford, b. 19 Oct., 1813, residence, 
Grafton, Dak. ; Oliver W., b. 15 Aug., 1816, accidentally killed at the raising 
of a barn at Addison 28 Aug. , 1830 ; Stephen L., b. 8 Dec, 1818. living in Wis- 
consin(?); Sally, b. 18 Feb., 1821, residence, Addison; Loren, 1). 22 Aug., 
1823, d. 30 June, 1865, at Addison; John, b. 4 Oct., 1825, last child recorded 
at Oxford, residence, Addison ; Eliza, b. 17 Mai'ch, 1828, at Addison, m. 1847, 
Robert Harder, d. 26 Aug., 1861, at WoodhuU; Amanda, b. 21 Feb., 1830, m. 
1851, James Cornelison, she d. 15 Nov., 1859, at Elmira, N. Y. ; Emmons, b. 
4 July, 1832, residence, Troups1)urg, N. Y. ; Uri, b. 28 Nov., 1834, residence, 
Otsego. N. Y. ; Melissa, b. 23 Oct., 1838, m. 1858, Rufus Fairbanks, she d. 
15 Dec, 1860, at Addison. 

5. JEREMIAH, son of Peter (1), m. 13 Nov., 1729, Experience, dan. of 
Isaac Lamed, settled at Ithiel T. Johnson place, H. 185, with his father, re- 
mained there until 1755 ; exchanged farms with his ])rother-in-law, Isaac 
Larned, Jr., and removed to the Shumway place, near the site of the Johnson 
house, H. 64. This he sold 1773 to his son Peter, and bought H. 172, on 
Long Hill, where he d. . . . Children : Jeremiah, b. 12 Sept., 1731, m. 4 Dec, 

1758, Abigail, dau. of Elijah Moore, soldier in French war, he d. 13 April, 
1769 [she m. (2) Jacob Pierce]; they had Ferley, b. 1760, d. 1769; Jeremiah, 
b. 9 Aug., 1762, Henri/, b. 1764, d. 1769; Abigail, b. 1766, d. 1770; William, b. 
1768, d. 1769; Experience, b. 28 March, 1733, m. Thomas Read; Peter, b. 
29 April, 1735; Mary, b. 28 March, 1737, d. young; Martha, b. 27 Nov., 
1738, m. 17 Aug., 1758, Joseph, son of Jacob Willson; Elizabeth, b. 3 Nov., 
1740, m. Amasa Kingsbury; Isaac, b. 11 Nov., 1742, m. 14 Nov., 1769, Rebec- 
kah Groo of Douglas; William, b. 4 Dec, 1744; Solomon, b. 19 Feb., 1747; 
Samuel, b. 18 April, 1749; Benjamin, b. 27 Nov., 1752, Revolutionary soldier, 
m. 4 April, 1775, Eunice Putnam of Sutton, and had Jeremiah, b. 22 March, 
1779; Matilda, b. 10 March, 1781, removed to Rowe; Mary, b. 5 Aug., 1767, 
m. Jonathan Coburn. 

6. PETER, son of Jeremiah (5), soldier in the French war, m. 4 June, 

1759, Rebecca Leavens, b. 29 June, 1743, resided on the homestead. From 
1772 to 1790 had an innholder's license and kept a public house, d. 30 Aug., 
1828, aged 93, she d. aged 82, 11 March, 1820. . . . Children: Martha, b. 20 
Jan., 1700, m. Amasa, son of Josiah Kingsbury, second w. ; Zeviaii, b. 18 
Jan., 1762, d. young; Eli.jah, b. 6 Feb., 1764, m. Chloe Griggs, settled at 
Pomfret, Conn. [In 1830 his heirs were Leavens, Mary, both of Auburn, N. Y., 
Elijah, of Sennett, Liicinda, m. John St. John of Hornby, Sally, m. Jesse 
Underwood of Hornby, Nancy, of Hornby, Clarissa, m. Samuel Hunter, 
Betsey's dau. Louisa Ware who resided at Bloomfleld], he d. 2 July, 1821, 
shed. 8 Feb., 1859; they had Betsey, b. 1788, d. 1818; Clarissa, b. 1790, d. 1870; 
Sally, b. 1793, d. 1873; Alfred, b. 17^5;^ Lticinda, b. 1798; Elijah, b. 1800; 
Leavens,]). 1802, d. 1862; Camilla, h. 1806, d. 1811; Polly, b. 1808, d. 1811; 
Nancy, h. 1812 ; Mary, b. 1815 ; Rebecca, b. 4 June, 1706, d. young ; Elizabkth, 
b. 3 Aug., 1708, m. (1) Jonathan Kingsbury, m. (2) 29 Nov., 1798, Samuel 
Coburn; Noah, b. 4 Oct., 1770; Leavens, b. 25 Aug., 1772, m. Tliankful, 
dau. of Comfort Johnson of Sturbridge, settled and d. at Monson, he d. 12 
April, 1830, she removed to Ox. and d. aged 79, 21 June, 1856; they had 
Clementina, b. 5 June, 1799, m. John Lilley; Casendiana, b. 5 Sept., 1801, m. 
Samuel Dowse; D. Leavens, h. 28 March, 1803, m. 10 July, 1831, Elizabeth 
M. Donald of Cincinnati, O., settled at Dunlapsville, Ind., trader, d. 24 Nov., 
1849, at Dunlapsville, had ch. ; Loriston, h. 30 Nov., 1806; Lncretia, b. 20 



684 SHUMWAY. 

July, lHii;t, 111. Gcorjxe Mill.r; Thankful./., b. 31 Jan., 1812, in. 7 Nov., 1833, 
Henry Boyden of Sutton, b. at Guilford, Vt., son of Jame.s, resided at Wilkin- 
sonville, Wales, removed 1849 to Ox., he d. 18 March, 1885, she d. 4 July, 
18fi7; they had Krvilla, b. I Oct., 1845, at Wales; ReUcca.h. 6 Sept., 1814, m. 

(1) Je.sse Low of IJlooniini;ton, Ind., m. (2) 10 Dec, 1850, Seth W. Field of 
West BroolvHeld, in. (3) 17 Nov., 188;^., Paul A. C. Rogers of Groton, Conn.; 
no ch. ; Maria L-, b. ID May, 1810, ni. Lewis K. Perrin; Martha K., b. 17 

Fei)., 1820, in. Joseph Pelton ; Parlky, b. 12 Nov., 1774, m. Johnson, 

dau. of Comfort of Sturbridi^e, to wlilch place he removed, late in life, was 
employ^ in a niiil at Soutiibridge, had a large family, he d. 1853; Pktkr, b. 
C Dee., 1777; Ukukcca, I). 6 Nov., 1780, m. David Prince; Zeviah, b. 1 July, 
1785, d. 20 June, 1817, num.; Polly, b. 21 Feb., 1790, d. 8 April, 1808. 

7. SOLOMON, son of Jeremiah (5), ra. 17 Nov., 1768, Dorothy Howard of 
Killingly, Conn., where they settled; among their ch. were: William, settled 
in Genesee Co., N. Y., descendants resided there; Joiix, settled in Medtield, 
near Dover, descendants resided tliere; Doi.ly, m. Tiinotliy Vinton, settled in 
Woodstock, Conn., near Southbridge; Jekkmiah. b. about 1780, m. about 1803, 
Iluldah, dau. of Luke Upham of Thompson, Conn., he d. 10 Nov., 1825, at 
Tlioinpson, she d. 7 Feb., 1824; they had Hammond, m. Roby T. Newell, 
settled at Thompson, wiiere he d. 8 June, 1844, she d. 15 June, 1844, parents 
of William T. of Webster, merchant; Sherman, m. Huldah Elliott, settled in 
Thompson, d. 1875; John, m. Sophronia Alton, resided at Webster, he d. 
1854; Lucy, m. Welcome Joslin, resided at Thompson, where he d. about 
1860; Harriet, m. William Joslin, resided at Webster, where he d. 3 Nov., 
1882; Solomon, well known deputy sherift" at Welxster; Huldah, m. John E. 
Williams, resided at Odell. 111. ; Jeremiah, resided at Norwich, Conn. ; Dolly, 
m. Elijah Perrin, resided at Thompson. 

8. LORISTON, sou of Leavens, and grandson of Peter (6), m. 18 Jan., 
1832, Clarissa, dau. of Parley Eddy, trader, shoe manufacturer and farmer at 
Ox., d. 14 May, 1884, shed. G July, 1891. . . . Children: Clarlssa L., b. 13 
April, 1833, at Cincinnati, O., m. 20 Sept., 1887, Charles A. Jackson; Hexby 
L., b. 26 Feb., 1836, residence Worcester, many years assistant editor of the 
Spy and later of the Gazette, removed about 1885 to Boylston, thence 1890 to 
Boston, journali.st; m. (1) 15 Sept., 1857, Mary E., dan. of Jeremiah L^pham 
of Dudley, b. 1 Nov., 1837, d. 9 Dec, 1858, no ch., m. (2) 19 May, 1863, Lucy 
J. Hall of Millbury, and had Everett W., b. 29 March, 1867; Marion H, b. 27 
.\ug., 1869; LuCKKTiA, 1). 14 June, 18;57, m. .UUn L. Joslin; Issachak, b. 30 
Oct., 1839, m. 27 Nov., 1861, Emma L., dau. of Charles Lamb, and had Emma 
Louise, b. 3 July, 1876, he d. 11 Feb., 1878; Jank, b. 2 May, 1844, d. 10 Feb., 
1863; Abby A., b. 12 July, 1846, m. Albert E., son of Ira Merriam. 

9. NOAH, son of Peter (6), m. (1) Lucy(?) Dike of Thompson, Conn., m. 

(2) 4 .April, 1816, Melicent, dau. of Jonathan Pratt, she d. 4 March, 1826, m. 

(3) I July, 1827, Pamelia, dau. of Calvin Aldrich, widow of Billings HavAvard. 
settled on a part of his father's farm at H. 63. built the house burnetl 1882, 
removed late in life to Burrillville, R. I., and thence to Wilmington, Minn.. 
near the Iowa line, where his son Jeremiah resided, d. 15 June, 18.')9. . . . 
('hildren by (Irst m. : Thomas Dikk, b. 18 Feb.. 1801, m. Mary Blackslock. 
resided at the homestead many years, removed to Danielsonville. Conn., 
where he d. (; May, 1873, no ch. ; Jkkemiaii. b. 27 March, 1802, d. 2.") Jan., 
1819; Lucy D., 1). 20 lub., 1804, m. Pitts Sayles, manuracturer at Burrillville, 
had Thomas; Noah, b. 3 -Vpril, ISOC, m. 13 Aiiril, 1831, Elizabeth II. Stiuners 



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of Smithfleld, R. I., settled at Daniolsonvillo, Conn., had ch., a son was post- 
master at Danielsonville ; r/jo??ia.s Z)., another son, resides at Plymouth, m. 
Mary Anna, dan. of Seth Morton; Daniel S., b. 11 April, 1809, m. C^ May, 1839, 
Rebecca Stinners of Smitbfield, R. I., sister of Elizabeth H., resided at Day- 
ville, Conn.; Leavkns, b. 19 June, 1811, d. 1858, at Pascoag, R. I.; ch. by 
third m. : Jeremiah, 1). 15 Oct., 1827, settled at Wilmington, Minn.; Nancy 
M., b. 1 Dec, 1829, d. uiim. : Rupus E., b. 1 June, 1833; Ruth E., b. 6 Aug., 
1835 ; Geoiige T. , 1). ;.0 Oct., 1840 ; all these younger ch. settled at Wilmington. 

10. PETER, son of Peter (G), m. 8 March, 1803, Sarah, dau. of Peter 
Spaulding of Townsend, b. 23 Oct., 1782, removed 1804 to Townshend, Vt., 
resided there until 1818, returned to Ox. and took the place of his brother 
Parley on the homestead, having the care of his parents; in 1841 removed 
the old house and built that now standing. Sarah d. 20 May, 1842, aged 59, 
ra. (2) 15 Jan., 1845, Mary Newhall, widow of Rufus Harris. She d. 31 Jan., 
1882, he d. 25 Oct., 1873, both at Groton, whither they had removed. A thrifty 
farmer and generally respected, had no son who remained at home, and when 
he left the farm it went out of the possession of the family which had held it 
for 99 years. . . . Children: Stkphen, b. 3 March, 1804, m. Dec, 1832, 
Martha Holmes, settled at Thompson, Conn., d. 8 Feb., 1849; ch. : Sarah, m. 
Munroe Nichols, once principal of Dudley Academy, removed West, Lient.- 
Col. 18th Conn. Regt. in the late war, d. at St. Paul, Minn., 17 Jan., 1868. 
aged 34, she d. 8 Sept., 1879; Martha, d. 1883; Elisabeth, m. Hammond 
Shumway, settled at Webster; Oscar, m. Emma Kelsey, flour and grain 
dealer, prominent citizen at Webster; Emma; Nelson, b. 15 Nov., 1805, m. 
(1) Elizabeth Andrews, resided at Boston, provision dealer, she d. 25 March, 
1857, no ch., he removed to Groton, m. (2) 26 Juue, 1862, Mary Humphrey; 
had Hamj and Alice; he d. at Leominster, 28 Oct., 1867 ; Mary H., b. 23 Aug., 
1807, d. 1808; Ei.iel, b. 29 Sept., 1809, m. (1) 2 Oct., 1833, Eliza Ball, resided 
at Groton, where he was prominent; no ch., she d. 1 Dec, 1864, m. (2) May, 
1868, Mrs. Emma S. Perry, he d. 1891 ; Mary H., b. 14 Nov., 1811, m. John 
C, son of Dea. John Hurd; Nancy S., b. 31 March, 1814, m.(l) 13 Aug., 
1850, Walter P. Rockwood of Groton, no ch., m. (2) Ephraim Sawtelle of 
Groton, she d. 30 April, 1880, at Groton; Benjamin S , b. 11 Jan., 1816, m. 3 
Nov., 1847, Caroline E., dau. of Jonas Bacon, no ch., settled iu Boston, 
marketman, he d. 31 March, 1877, she d. 7 Nov., 1878; Zeviah L., b. 12 
Dec, 1817, m. 20 Oct., 1845, Rev. William Walker, son of Aaron, and b. at 
Vershire, Vt., went as missionary to Gaboon, Africa, where she d. 23 April, 
1848, he m. again and continued in the missionary work until 1883, when he 
came to America; Peter, b. 20 Dec. 1822, d. 1824; Franklin Peter, b. 8 
Dec, 1824, m. 30 Oct., 1848, Lucy Howe of Boston, merchant in Boston, 
removed to Leominster, and thence to New York city, where he resided 1889. 

11. DAVID, son of Peter (1), lived for a time at Ox., bought 31 Dec, 
1733, one- fiftieth of the grant, and was among the pioneers at Sturbridge 

where he was an influential and useful citizen. He m. (1) Esther , 

ra. (2) Alice , she d. 12 Jan., 1810, aged 83, he d. 10 May, 1796. 

. . . Children by flr.st m. : Esther, b. 3 April, 1736, m. 1 June, 1757, James 
Walker; Asa, b. 16 Oct., 1739, at Sturbridge; Mary, b. 25 June, 1741, m. 30 
May, 1764, John Cheney, Jr.; David, b. 12 May, 1743; Solomon, b. 1 April, 
1745, removed early to Belchertown, and was the progenitor of the numerous 
families of the name there, had a son, grandson and great-grandson named 
Solomon, the latter was 1885 teacher at Belchertown, and father of Edgar L., 



C}SG SHUMWAY. 

professor ill Kntiicrs Colloije, N. J. ; cli. by second m. : Cyril, h. 14 May, 
17r)2, in. 11 Jan., 1774, Sarah Ilardinj;; Elljau, b. 24 July, 1753, Uevohitionary 
soldior(?), Ml. (I) intentions 10 Fti)., 1776, Zilpah Gilbert of Easton(?),' m. 
(2) 25 June, 1783, Lucy Weld, m. (3) 6 Oct., 1784, Bculali Dunton, she d. 1803, 
m. (4) 24 Jan.. 1813, Mrs. Susanna Rice, she d. 17 Marcli, 1815; Alice, b. 14 
Dec, 1754; .Vhig.ml, b. 8 July, 1750; Lavlnia, b. 20 Aug., 1759, m. 3 July, 
1777, Nathan Cheney; Chlok, b. 4 Nov., 1701; Jkmhia, b. 9 Aulj.. 17fi3; 
Dani-outii, 1(. 18 July, 1708. '^ 

12. SAMTEL, son of Peter (1), m. 19 Feb., 1730, Sarah, dau. of Lsaac 
I.arnt'd, n-nioved with David, his brother, to Sturbridge; Lieutenant. He d. 

2 Srpt., 1800, she d. 20 Dec, 1809, both at Sturbrid^o. [In his will dated 
20 May, 1786, he names wife Sarah, only .son Abijah, daughters, Sarah Faulk- 
ner, Lucy Clark, Lois Hill, and Prudence Blanchard]. . . . Children: Sarah, 
b. 9 April, 1737, at Ox.(?), m. 12 June, 1758, Daniel Faulkner of Sturbridge; 

Ahi.jaii, b. 2 Jan., 1739, at Sturbridge, m. Lucy , Captain, d. 25 July, 

1808; Lucv, b. 21 Jan., 1741, ni. March, 1760, Moses Clark, Jr.; Lois, b. 
22 Oct., 1743, m. 10 Feb., 1780, John Hill; Prudence, b. 26 Feb., 1745, m. 27 
March, 1771, William Blanchard; Samukl, b. 10 June, 1748, d. 11 Feb., 1757; 
Hannah, b. 11 Oct., 1750, d. 2 Feb., 1757; Miriam, b. 8 Oct., 1755, d. 4 Feb., 
1757; Moses, d. 6 Feb., 1757; Aaron, d. 6 Feb., 1757. 

13. JOHN, son of Peter (1), m. 19 May, 1737, Mary Dana, perhaps sister 
of Phinehas, settled southwest of North Common in the field, H. 183, sold in 
1793, later lived at North Ox. with his sou Josiah and removed thence to 
Thomas Parker's, his son-in-law, H. 98, where he d. 13 Jan., 1810, aged 96, 
she d. aged 88, in 1809. . . . Children: John, b. 29 July, 1738, settled at Dor- 
set, Vt., had ch. ; Ruth, b. 23 March, 1742, m. Ebenezer Humphrey; Joseph, 
»). 25 Oct., 1743, resided at Mansfield, had ch. ; Polly, b. 12 July, 1746, m. 
James Brown, tailor; Eunice, b. 13 March, 1749, ra. Philip AmidoAvn, re- 
moved to Chcstcrllcld, N. H. ; Abic.ail, b. 17 May, 1755, m. Thomas Parker; 
Josiah, 1). 17 May, 1758; Peter, b. 1752, d. 1754. 

II. .loSLVH, son of John (13), Revolutionary soldier, m. 7 March, 1791, 
Fleck, dau. of Josiah "Wolcott, settled in north part of Ox., H. 97. He d. 24 
Sept., 1842, aged 90. . . . Children : Edward H., b. 1 March, 1791, m. 20 Oct., 
1820, Sophia Whittiani, b. 9 March 1801, he d. 13 March, 1875, she resided 
1890 at North Ox. ; they had Sophia and Sopfironia, b. 31 March 1821, Sophia 
m. 25 Nov., 1840, John Marsh of Dudley, she d. 30 July, 1843. no ch. ; Sophro- 
nia m. Ira Sibley; Diana, I). 17 Jan l.S26,m. Freeman Severy; Emilij A., b. 12 
Aug., 1830, UL George VV. Davis; Sa.mi'EL, b. 1792, m. Hannah Holnian of 
Auburn, removed to Auburn, and d. 1804; they had WiUard, residence, Sut- 
ton; Susan, m. Holman, residence. Cherry Valley; Samnel, (I. num. 

3 April, 1808, aged 42; Almira, m. George Pelton, residence, Warren; Louisa, 

m. Campbell, residence, Paxton; Brigham ; Isabel, b. 1793, m. Oliver 

Witt; Joshua, b. 1795, m. 4 Oct., 1820, Olive Holman of Ward, settled at 
Ward, where he d. 1840, she d. at Worcester, a son Stephen, d. ; Franklin, b. 
1797, (1. in Ox., 1846, num.; Mehetahle, b. 1799. m. 30 Nov., 1829, Josiah 
Battles of Boxborough, where they settled, three sons, she d. at Boxborough, 
hr (I. at Ox.; Naomi, 1). 1801, m. (1) 12 Nov., 1826, Ebenezer Learned, no 
<li., 111. (2) Erastus Evans. 

15. JACOB, .son of Peter (1), m. 14 Jan., 1742, Martha Walker of Sutton, 
settUid south of Hudson farm on Long Hill, II. 170. He d. 15 A])ril, 1801. 



1 It Ib a question wlicllicr this KUjuh or the sou "- D:infortli Sluiniway, physician, wits of Sara- 
of Jacob oi tbe same name ni. Zllpali Gilbert. toga, N. Y., June, 1798. 



SHUMWAY. 687 

. . . Children: Jacob, b. 2 Oct., 1742; Makiah, b. 25 Sept., 1745, d. unm. 
15 Sept., 1819, the mother of Thomas Wolcott b. 16 Dec, 1791; Hannah, b. 
31 Aug., 1748, m. 25 Nov., 1771, Samuel Robertson of Sutton; Martha, b. 
1761, d. 1756; Elijah, b. 24 April, 1754, Revohitionary soldier, m. intentions 
10 Feb., 1776, Zilpah Gilbert of Easton;> Pktek, b. 13 Feb., 1757, 45 months 
in Capt. Moore's Company in Revolutionary war, m. (1) intentions 19 Feb., 
1785, Lydia Sleeraau of Charlton, widow of Peter, m. u. Drury of Framing- 
ham, had Silas, b. 16 Sept., 1785; m. (2) intentions 16 Feb., 1787, Dorotliy 
Nichols, had Alven, b. 27 July, 1787; Lydia, b. 15 Feb., 1789; hod. 21 Oct., 
1824; Maktha, b. 17 May, 1760, m. 11 Nov., 1779, Joseph Rockwood; Oba- 
DiAH, b. 9 July, 1764; Jonathan, b. 14 July, 1771; a dau., m. Ebenezer 
Gould. 

16. JACOB, son of Jacob (15), m. 16 June, 1773, Chloe, dau. of Capt. 
William Hancock, resided on the north side of the old road to Dudley near 
Grassy Pond, H. 60; d. 10 Oct., 1819, she d. 15 March, 1807. . . . Children: 
Fred. W. , b. 6 March, 1774, settled in Vermont, m., had ch. ; Alpheus, b. 16 
March, 1776, settled at Middletown, Conn, where he d. 18 Aug., 1840, m. 7 
May, 1800, Lucy Ann, dau. of William Jepson, b. 18 Aug., 1782. d. 24 Jan., 
1846: they had Alpheufi H., b. 29 May, 1801; William S., b. 18 April, 1803; 
Edwin, b. 16 March, 1805; Henry C, b. 4 July, 1807, Colonel, portrait painter 
in New York city, and in 1883 the only survivor of the family; L%icy Ann, b. 
18 Aug., 1809, d. 24 Nov., 1816; Samuel A., b. 20 Aug., 1811 ; Harriet L., b. 29 
Aug., 1813; Charles P., b. 14 Aug., 1815; Robert G., b. 13 Aug., 1818; George, 
b. 9 Feb., 1821 ; Stanley iV., b. 4 Jan., 1824, d. 26 Feb., 1851 ; Sylvanus, b. 29 
June, 1780, settled South, in 1824 his widow Sarah resided at Baltimore, Md. ; 
Chloe, b. 7 Nov., 1782, m. intentions 18 Nov., 1803, Simeon Wood of Dudley, 
killed while digging a canal at Dudley factory, two ch. ; Ellis, b. 12 March, 
1785, m. 1 May, 1808, Anna Cain of Hiugham, b. 5 June, 1791, settled at Hing- 
hani, captain of a fishing vessel, and later expressman between that place and 
Boston; hed. 13 Dec, 1835, she d. 11 June, 1852, both at Bo.ston ; had Chloe, b. 
1809, m. John Underwood of Quincy, she d. 1870 ; Nathaniel H.,h. 1811, at Bos- 
ton; Alexander G., and Allen H., b. 1812, at Boston, Alexander was drowned in 
Pensacola harl)or, Allen H. m. Mary Campbell of East Medway; Seth B., b. 
1815, at Hiugham, d. at sea 1845; Sally A., b. 1818, at Hingham, m. 1834, 
William Hupp, lived, 1882, at South Boston; Lydia M., b. 1820, at Hingliam, 
d. 1865, at South Boston; Hiram, b. 1823, d. young; Jane G., b. 1825, m. 
Horatio G. Swasey, 1845; Hiram P., b. and d. 1828; Harvey, b. 5 April, 
1787, d. 7 Oct., 1807; Sophia, b. 20 Aug., 1789, m. (1) John P. Nichols, m. 
(2) Jotham Mcrriam ; RuFus, b. 7 May, 1793, lived at Millbury and Worcester, 
where he d. ; Jacob, b. 1795, d. 1798; Jacob, b. 3 Nov., 1799. 

17. JACOB, son of Jacob (16), m. 25 April, 1825, Matilda Ward, b. 6 
Aug., 1804. He d. 31 Aug., 1854, at Medina, O., she d. 27 July, 1880. He 
was hotel keeper at Shrewsbury and Sudbury, removed 1827 to Rochester, 
where his first six children were born, began butchering l)usiness and in two 
years entered the manufacturing of slioe pegs, continuing to Aug., 1840, when 
he was burnt out and lost all. He then removed to Wayne Co., O., and in 
1845 to Medina, O. . v. . Children: Alonzo J., b. 1827, d. 1829; Caroline M., 
b. 1828, d. 1829; Adklia A., b. 20 May, 1830, d. 18 July, 1850; William II., 
b. 1832, d. 1835; Carydon D., b. 6 Feb., 1837, stove dealer at Berea, O. ; 



1 See note uuder Elijah, sou of David. 



()8H SlIUMWAY. 

AsENAiH A., 1). 1K3'J, cl. IMIO; Hauvky H. , 1). 22 Jan., l^i:i, at Mehickins- 
ville, O., resick'd 1888 at Trinidad, Colo.; Leoxidas M., b. loJan., 1847, at 
Medina, ().. residence, Cedar Lake, Montcalm Co., Mich. 

18. AMOS, son of Peter (1), m. 29 May, 1745, linth Parker of Shrcws- 
bnry, settled on the hill east from the North Common, adjoininj: his brother 
Jacob on the west. II. 171 ; d. 2 May, 1818, a};ed 90, she d. 3 Oct., 1792. . . . 
ChUdrcn: Jauez, b. 4 Ann., 1740; Dorcas, b. 29 March, 1748, ni. 10 Nov., 
17f;8, EbciicziT C<ibnrn, Jr.; Amos, b. 11 Sept., 17.50; Nkhkmiaii, b. 10 July, 
17.'i2, d. 17t;0: Ajushai, b. 30 Oct., 1754, Kevolutionary soldier, m. about 1784, 
Abii'l Stone, had Lncinda, b. 1785, m. Samnel Cobb of Westminster, d. 1818; 
[they had Melescinda, b. 1808, recently living at Brattleboro', Vt.]. Abishai, 
it is said, received a liberal education, and studied medicine, removed 1787 to 
Westminster, where at first he taught in public schools and .singing schools, 
meantime practicing his profession which he followed over 40 years, being 
very successful and became wealthy. He was of a social turn and given to 
humor. It is said that in his younger days his brother Amos was engaged to 
l)e married to Miss Stone, and on leaving home for school, committed her to 
the care of At)ishai during his absence, who was so faithful in his steward- 
ship that he won the heart and at length took the hand of the lady. .Vmos 
never visited his brother while she lived The doctor was an ardent politician 
of the Democratic school. His wife died in 1814, and he soon after lived 
with his only son Nehemiah, b. 24 Dec, 1790. In 1830 they removed to 
Gardner and a few years later the son died ; the doctor lived with his daugh- 
ter-in-law until Jan., 1845, when he died at the age of 88 years. Nehe- 
miah studied medicine, practiced but little; was a chair manufacturer at 
Gardner. He had Handel M., was (1883) living at Cleveland, O. ; Charles A., 
living at Garilner. Kuth, b. 15 Oct., 1758, m. William Hudson, Jr.; Neiie- 
MiAii, b. 20 Aug., 1761, was graduated 1790 at Brown, among the first in his 
class, teacher, farmer, and musician; principal of Freehold .\cademy, N. J., 
soon removed to Albany, N. Y., and about 1800 to Schenectady, 1800 returned 
to Albany; in 1820 went to Lyme, Jetterson County, where he took up wild 
land, and resided a few years, lost his farm from defect in title, and returned to 
Freehold, N. J. ; he m. about 1795, Sarah Tice of Freehold, he d. July, 1843, 
at Freehold, she d. 6 May, 1831, at Lyme, N. Y. ; ch. : John T., b. 10 Nov., 
1796, at Albany, went to New York on business, took yellow fever, d. 1 Sept., 
1819; Jacob, b. 4 Feb., 1798, at Albany, unm., clerk in store, captain of steam- 
boat on Hudson; 10 years inspector of beef and pork at New York, became 
wealthy ; went about 1850 to Calfornia, where he d. 20 June, 1808 ; WiVUim 
II., b. 29 Dec, 1802, at Schenectady, unm., lawyer, studied at Albany and 
Watertown, and with his father admitted to bar 1831, settled in business at 
O.sAvego 1848, and 1800 at Syracuse, where he resided 1871; Sarah A., b. 5 
Oct., 1808, at Albany, m. Isaac B. Blauvelt of Essex Co., N. Y., together 
taught Kingston Academy, N. Y., till 1846, removed to Morristown, N. J., 
into same position, she d. Aug., 1848, at Morristown, no ch. 

19. AMOS, son of Amos (18), Revolutionary soldier, m. intentions 7 June, 
1788, Miriam, dan. of Daniel and Content Hovey, lived on the homestead, 
where he d. 18 Dec, 1810, she d. 2 Aug., 1842, aged 74. . . . Children: 
llHANiA, 1). 15 Nov., 1788, m. 1 Jan., 1817, Josiah Stone of Windsor, Vt., 
settled at Petersham, where he d. 10 Feb., 1823, aged 34, she d. 10 Feb., 1880, 
at Ox., aged 91; ch. : Melenenda, b. 20 Jan., 1819, m. Lament B. Corbin; 
SoniiA, 1). 1 Nov., 1791), iii. IVtcr Kidder; Lr.wis, b. 20 Nov., 1792; Pkkez, b. 



SHUMWAY. 689 

3 Dec, 17J)4, ra. Catherine Daniels of Conn., no ch. ; Betsey, b. 26 Sept., 
1796, m. 15 Feb., 1818, Josiah McFarland ; Ruth, b. 13 Feb., 1799, m. 19 
April, 1819, Richard Gleason; Polly, b. 28 Aug., 1801, m. 12 April, 1845, Dr. 
Erastus Richardson of Eastport, Me., b. 3 April, 1794, where they lived many 
years, second w., no ch. ; she d. 13 April, 1885, at Augusta, Me. ; he d. 
several years before ; Amos, b. 23 June, 1805, m. 28 Feb., 1833, Rosalinda, 
dau. of Ezekicl Davis, settled at Webster; had Mary E., m. Francis Bugbee, 
no ch. ; Charles AT., m. Mary L. Morehouse, resided at Wel)ster, had ch. ; 
Amos, m. (1) Eleanor M. Green of Webster, had ch., m. (2) Ellen Ray; these 
sons were both soldiers in the late war, Charles Avas wounded at Gettysburg ; 
PiiiLA, b. 6 Nov., 1807, ra. 24 Jan., 1827, James D. Tourtellotte of Pomfret, 
Conn., settled at Tolland, Conn., removed to Willimantic, Conn., where he d. 
May, 1889, had ch. ; Celia, b. 29 Nov., 1813, m. 18 May, 1841, Jared Lilley of 
Woodstock, Conn., I'emoved to Rockford, 111., had ch. 

20. LEWIS, son of Amos (19), m. 23 May, 1819, Harriet B., dau. of John 
Torrey, b. 28 Sept., 1799. He d. 17 March, 1874, she d. aged 82, 9 July, 1882. 

. . . Children: William H., b. 29 Oct., 1820, m. 18 April, 1848, Julia A., 
dau. of Elisha R. Sibley of Sutton, resided in Ox. and Worcester, where she 
d. 14 Dec, 1884; they had Harriet B., b. 21 May, 1849, d. 10 April, 1884; 
Loxoell IL, b. 14 March, 1851, d. 9 April, 1880; William H., b. 1 Feb., 1857, d. 
19 Nov., 1879; Susan T., b. 1823, d. 1825; John W., b. 15 Aug., 1825, m. 1 
Feb., 1852, Margaret Raney, b. 12 June, 1826, in Ireland, resided at Epworth, 
la., farmer; they had Lillie, b. 27 Jan., 1859; Charles W., b. 1 April, 1861; 
George E., b. 10 June, 1827, m. 14 April, 1852, Mary A. Wetherby, b. 26 
April, 1830, at Westminster, resided at Brookfleld; they had Addie M., b. 29 
Sept., 1856; Fannie W., b. 18 April, 1867; Sarah M., b. 23 Sept., 1829, m. 16 
June, 1852, Truman Marsh of Dudley; Charles L., b. 2 June, 1831, at Sutton, 
m. 22 Nov., 1860, Achsah Ward of Sutton, b. 25 Nov., 1832, resided at Web- 
ster; they had Charles L., b. 23 July, 1863; Mary Jane, b. 6 June, 1833; 
Martha Ann, b. 8 May, 1836, m. William, son of P^benezer Foster; Amos H., 
b. 8 Oct., 1839, sergeant in the late war, killed at Antietam, 17 Sept., 1862; 
RuKUS A., b. 22 Nov., 1843, m. 13 Aug., 1865, Mary J., dau. of Willis Hum- 
phrey, no ch. 

21. JABEZ, son of Amos (18), Revolutionary soldier, m. 29 March, 1775, 
Olive Penniman, b. 24 Feb., 1751, settled at Medway. He d. 30 June, 1821, 
she d. 17 Sept., 1823. . . , Children: Olive, b. 22 Nov., 1777, d. young; 
Abigail, b. 20 Feb., 1780, d. 31 March, 1820, unm. ; Olive, b. 28 Feb., 1783, 
m. 9 Sept., 1803, Thomas Adams of Medway, she d. Oct., 1881; they had 
Sibyl, b. 6 July, 1804, d. March, 1844; Amos, b. 25 March, 1810, d. 15 June, 
1834; Amos, b. 27 March, 1787, m. 1810, Patience Adams, settled at Medway, 
he d. 22 Aug., 1871 ; they had Willanl A., b. 20 March, 1811 ; Amos P., b. 31 
Oct., 1812, d. 1849, in Mexico; Olive, b. 15 Jan., 1815; Lowell, b. 5 Sept., 
1817; Abigail, b. 29 Aug., 1820; Albert, b. 22 Jan., 1824; Edmund, h. 22 Jan., 
1826; William W., b. 26 Sept., 1830; Asahel A., b. 3 June, 1833, resided at 
Philadelphia, Pa., shoe dealer, genealogist of the family; Caroline P., b. 28 
May, 1836; Ruth, b. 4 Feb., 1793, ra. William Adams, settled at Medway, she 
d. 29 July, 1872; they had Almira, b. 13 April, 1816; Abigail, b. 1820, d. 
1824; Charlotte, b. 1823, d. 1843; Lucy A., h. 14 April, 1825, d. 1859; Laura 
A., b. 7 Aug., 1830; William .¥., b. 22 June, 1831. 

NATHAN, and Hannah Chubb of Belchertown, ra. intentions 7 Sept., 1771. 
ELIZABETH, and Samuel Carroll of Sutton, ra. 31 Dec, 1778. 

88 



fiyO SHUMWAV. SI15LKY. 

.JDIIN, and Sarah Gale of Sutlon, ra. 19 Sept., 1795. 

Mks. NAIJBY, and Joscpli Waters of Sutton, m. 2 April, 1807. 

SALLY, and Ainariah Beuiis, m. 25 June, IBOit. 

BETSEY, and Elisha Ware, both of Wrentham, ni. 14 March, 1810. 

NAOMI, and Charlos Martin, m. intentions 27 April, 1823. 

IIIHAM, d. 8 May, 187.5. 

SIBLEY, BENJAMIN, b. 19 Sept., 1703, son of Josepii of Sutton, ni. 
rriscilla Kich ; tiiey Iiad in Sutton Pklscilla and Bknja.min; nnnoved t(j Ox. 
wliere they had Zvawimi, b. 31 Auj;., 1729; family reiiio\-ed to Union, Conn. ; 
ch. b. after leaving Ox. : Jcskph, Ezkkip:l, Samuel, .Jonathan. 

GIDEON, son of Jonathan of Sutton, b. 20 Nov., 1750, Revolutionary 
soldier from Sutton, m. (1) 28 April, 1772, Tamar Fitts, who d. 22 Aug., 180(3, 
aged 59, m. (,2) 11 Jan., 1809, Zipporah Cummings of Sutton, no ch., she d. 
25 Dec.(?), 1829, aged 73, settled in Sutton, removed 1785 or 1786 to Ox., 
l)uilt a large farmhouse and out-buildings on the hill east of the present 
Slater's reservior, H. 11, -vvhere he d. He was a hard worliing, thriving 
fanner, of iron constitution, and "never knew what it was to be tired," or 
had a sicVc day. He Avas among tlie minute-men who marched at the Lexing- 
ton alarm, was but a short time in the service. He; built for his son Peter a 
house near his own on the hill, not long occupied by him. All these buildings 
were removed about 1865, and the farm has since been divided. He d. 21 
Aug., 1846, aged 96. . . . Children b. at Sutton : Gidkon, b. 3 May, 1773, d. 
1799; Pekley, b. 17 July, 1774, m. 17 Dec, 1798, Polly Harwood, scythe 
maker at Atliol; Tamar, b. 9 April, 1776, m. 28 June, 1795, Capt. Reuben 
Waters of Sutton, where she d. 25 Dec, 1803 ; Simon, b. 12 Jan., 1778, m. inten- 
tions 9 Jan., 1805, Nancy Rice of Brimfield; ch. recorded at Ox., Freemariyh. 
16 July, 1812; Mary, b. 15 Nov., 1813; Simon II., h. 22 Dec, 1816, family 
removed to Sutton, where his w. d., he removed to Warren to live with a 
son, d. there; Petek, b. 29 Feb., 1780, m. 17 Jan., 1804, Hannah, dan. of John 
Mayo, she d. a widow, aged 85, 29 Aug., 1866; they had at Ox. : Dolly, b. 21 
Nov., 1804; Myra, b. 5 Dec, 1808; removed to Orange, where he d. ; Lucy, 
b. 6 May, 1782, m. 31 May, 1812, Nalmm Lackey of Sutton, removed to Brook- 
field, he d., she m. (2) Wakefield, she d. at Fitchburg; Amos, b. 19 

Oct., 1783, m. 1 Oct., 1809, Prudence, dau. of Solomon Harwood, removed to 
Atliol, resided 1821 at Troy, N. H., had a large family, scythe maker. 

2. JONATHAN, son of Reuben, who was brother of Gideon (1), b. 4 Feb., 
1772, at Sutton, m. 8 April, 1798, Tirzah, dau. of Ebenezer Lamson, no ch. 
Came to Ox. 1810 from Spencer, having l)ought H. 225, prosperous farmer, 
had fhie stock, and was a great lover of horses, owned the finest parade horse 
in tlie region, in demand far and near for annual musters. He d. aged 67, 
24 May, 1813, she d. aged 89, 21 Feb., 1869. 

3. FRANCIS, son of Tarrant, who was brother of Gideon (1), b. 1 ,Ian., 
1786, at Sutton, m. (1) 9 Aug., 1811, Sally, dau. of Learned Davis, settled on 
her father's homestead in the east part of Ox., H. 19. she d. 24 May, 1822, m. 
(2) intentions 8 Jan., 1826, Mary Plumraer of Barre, who d. 22 Oct., 1827 
[Headstone], m. (3) 13 April, 1829, Susanna, dau. of John Davis. lie d. 4(?) 
Aug., 1848, she d. 16 Sept., 1885, aged 94. Millwright, paper manufacturer at 
ilamdi-n. Conn., representative in 1838 and 1839. . . . Children i)y first m. : 
Stmnkk, I). 1813, d. young; Sali.y 1)., b. 22 Dec, 1816, m. 9 Jan., 18.50, Dr. 
Dean Towne of Worcester, no ch., she il. 30 March, 1851; by second m. : 



SIBLEY. 091 

FsANCi8.11.,-b. 22 Oct., 1827, m. (1) 15 Jan., 1857, M. Malvina Richardson of 
Douglas, settled in Ox., removed to Sutton; they had Kate B., b. 1858; 
Edward F., b. 18G0; ni. (2) Mrs. Harriet Putnam, m. n. Sibley, no ch. ; ch. 
by third m. : Susan W., b. 24 Sept., 1831, resided on the liomestead. 

4. ISRAEL, brother of Francis (3), b. 11 Feb., 1795, at Sutton, m. inten- 
tions 14 Jan., 1816, Tirzah Davis of Ox., settled in the east part of Ox., 
bought in 1827 H. 205, east side of Main Street; millwright and thriving 
farmer; he d. 28 March, 1886, she d. 16 June, 1885, aged 89. . . . Child- 
ren: TiRZAii, b. 27 May, 1816, ni. Orson E., son of Thaddeus Hall; Persis, 
b. 8 June, 1818, m. 20 April, 1848, Addington Barnes of Tliompsou, Conn., 
no ch., she d. 23 Jaji., 1875; Loring, b. 13 Dec, 1819, nnm., resided 
on the homestead; Israel, b. 5 April, 1822, m. 7 May, 1848, Pauline Heath 
of Willington, Conn.; had Herbert H., b. 25 Oct., 1855; Hannah E., b. 
1824, d. 1828; Emily E., b. 1 Dec, 1827, m. 5 Oct., 1852, Jacob Baker of 
Dudley, Universalist minister at Weymouth, no ch. ; Marcus J., b. 1833, d. 
1836; Julia A., b. 1834, d. 1836; Julia P., b. 4 Oct., 1837, artist. 

5. NAHUM, brother of Francis (3), b. 5 June, 1800, at Sutton, m. 14 June, 
1823, Susanna, dau. of Andrew Sigourney. He d. aged 80, 26 Dec, 1880, she 
d. aged 78, 13 June, 1876. . . . Children: George W., b. 4 May, 1829, m. 11 
Dec, 1848, Lydia C. Morrill of Staustead, C. E., b. 18 April, 1827; they had 
Josephine E., b. 7 Dec, 1852, m. Cornelius, son of Peter Westervelt of Jersey 
City, N. J., where they settled, no ch. ; Luther W., b. 11 July, 1857, m. Ella 
Smith of Charlestown, had ch. ; Rochelle N., b. 18 July, 1832, m. Josephine 
J. Ingalls of Cherry Valley, N. Y., he d. 22 Oct., 1882. 

AARON, resided at Ox. 1808 [Court Rec], owned a grist-mill at North Ox., 
had a son Lyman who was a millwright and owned a mill near Charlton City, 
d. there. 

ALMON, son of Elijah of Sutton, m. 30 Nov., 1817, Nancy Fuller, resided 
at H. 6. He d. 29 Oct., 1849, at Ox. . . . Children: Nancy, b. 28 Feb., 1820, 
m. Benjamin Dudley, no ch. ; Mary Ann, b. 4 April^ 1823, ra. Ethan Brown 
of Ox., had ch. ; Sumner, b. 1 Jan., 1829; Franklin, b. 12 Oct., 1832, resi- 
dence, Sutton; RuFus, settled at Windham, Conn., had ch. 

2. SUMNER, son of Almon (1), m. (1) 1 May, 1862, Maria Miller; m. 
(2) 14 Aug., 1876, Ruth Hoyle. . . . Children by first m. : Hattie Minerva, 
b. 10 Oct., 1863, at Uxbridge, d. young; Almon, b. 28 July, 1866, at Oxford; 
Fred H., b. 24 June, 1872, at Ox.; ch. by second m. : Florence E., b. 18 
Sept., 1881, at Sutton; Charles H., b. 26 Dec, 1884, at Ox. 

IRA, m. 4 July, 1843, Sophronia, dau. of Edward H. Shumway ; he d. aged 37, 
10 Dec, 1857, she m. (2) Henry L. Abbott, residence, Webster. . . . Children : 
Ann S., b. 3 Dec, 1844; George II., b. 14 May, 1846; Ellen A., b. 14 April, 
1849, m. Edward I. Willis; Edward E., b. 15 Sept., 1853; Bkllk M., b. 8 
March, 1858. 

IRA T., son of Tyler of Sutton, m. 25 March, 1850, Eliza Hill of Sutton, 
and had R. Edmund, b. 21 Nov., 1853. 

ABEL, of Sutton, and Abigail Nichols, m. 12 May, 1766. 

ABNER, of Sutton, and Betty Lillie, m. 28 May, 1766. 

PAUL, and Sarah Putnam, both of Sutton, m. 2 Dec, 1766. 

LYDIA, and John Harwood, Jr., of Sutton, m. 28 Aug., 1777. 

JUDITH, of Sutton, and Nathan Taft of Northljridge, m. 1 Oct., 1778. 

DANIEL, and Phel)e Prince, both of Sultou, m. 14 April, 1779. 
^TARRANT, of Sutton, and Plube Putnam, m. 22 April, 1779. 



692 SIMLF.y. — SIGOUTJNEY. 

BENJAMIN, and Zi!i);ili Davis, in. int. IG April, 1791, pan^nts of Hiram of 
Rochester. 

SALLY, and TyK-r Marsh, m. 7 Feb., 1793. 

POLLY, and Abncr Cummins of Sutton, m. 14 Sept., 1794. 

CATHEUINE, and Nathaniel Jennlson, both of Ward. ni. 2 Jan.. 1800. 

LEAVENS, of Sutton, and Betsey Livermore of Ward, m. 11 April, 1802. 

POLLY, and Jesse Kenney, both of Sutton, m. 18 May, 1809. 

JOHN, of Sutton, and Betsey Stoekwell, m. int. 9 Oct., 1814. 

ELISHA, and Annis Rockwood, ni. int. 9 Oct., 1814. 

HANNAH, and Aaron Mowrey, m. 25 Nov.. 1818. 

AARON Sibley and Sarah Gleason, both of Ward, m. 14 April. 1822. 

RUTH, and Chester Fltts, m. 23 Nov., 1825. 

DAVID, and Anna Aldrich of Uxbrid.ije, m. 4 Sept., 1828. 

ABIGAIL, and James Davis, m. int. 30 March, 1834. 

REUBEN, Sutton, a. 32, killed by railroad train at Centre, 26 Feb., 184G. 

MARY, ai,'ed 44, d. 18 July, 1847. 

MARY M., m. n. Richardson, ngoxl 28, d. 24 Jan, 1860. 

Mk.s. MAIUA F., aged 42, d. 20 Dec, 1874. 

ELVIRA, m. n. Yates, dan. of Amos of Douglas, aged 52, d. 18 June, 1876. 

SICILIANO, NATALE, aged 30, killed on railroad 12 Sept., 1883. 

SIGOURNEY, ANDREW, constal)le of the French Colony, m. Charlotte 
Pairan, he d. at Boston, 16 .\pril, 1727, aged 89, they had five children. An- 
DUKW, a son, b. 1673, in France, m. Mary Germaine, b. 1680, in France. Susan, 
a dau., m. (1) John Johnson, who -was killed by the Indians 25 Aug., 1696, at 
Ox., she m. (2) Daniel Johonnot of Boston. BAUXiii.feMY, youngest, b. in 
London, baptized 16 April, 1682. Andrew and Mary (Germaine) Sigourney 
resided at Boston, where he was a distiller; he d. 1748. They had with oth- 
ers Anthony, b. 17 Aug., 1713, m. 10 April, 1740, Mary Waters of Salem; m, 
(2) Elizabetli Breed, m. n. Whittemore; he d. 1761, his widow d. 18 May, 
1804, at Ox., aged 88. . . . Child by first m. : Maky, b. 2,i March, 1742, ni. 
James Butler; ch. by second m. : Anthony, b. 12 May, 1751; Andrkw, b. 
30 Nov., 1752. These three children of .Vnthony of Boston were the tlrst of 
the Sigourney family to return to Ox., Anthony, Jr., buying property here in 
1774, and Mr. Butler and wife and Andrew coming toward the close of the 
Revolutionary war. 

2. .\NTIIONY, son of Anthony (1), Revolutionary soldier, marched on 
Lexington alarm, m. 23 June, 1774, Ruth Chase of Sutton, settled at Ox., 
Ijought 1774 a farm on Long Hill, II. 163, and 1778 the estate lying between 
the old mill near the Hawes placi' atid the place late Jennlson Adams', H. 
174, where he resided. In 1783 he " taught a .school in a private house near 
north common," perhaps this place; removed 1797 to Stratton, Vt., where his 

wife Ruth d. 17 Jan., 1802; m. (2) Phillips and removed to Watertown, 

N. Y., where he d. 10 July, 1825. . . . Children, all by first m., b. at Ox. : 
Anthony, b. 29 Oct., 1775, m. Betsey Gloyd of Lowville, N. Y., d. 21 April, 
1847, at Walertown; Ruth, b. 7 Dec, 1777, m. in New York State, d. 1832, at 
Rochester; Andukw, b. 16 Dec, 1779, m. 1810, Hannah Stevens of Shellield, 
d. 1819, at Walertown; Emzabkth, b. 22 Dec, 1781, m. in New York State, 
d. 1K27, at Alexandria, N. Y. ; Charles, b. 29 Feb., 1784, m. 1806, Sally French 
of Orange, d. lt<52 at Hammond, N. Y. ; Pktkk, b. 14 May. 1786, m. 19 Aug., 
1812, Weltha Bates, d. 1832, at Fowler, N. Y. ; Sakah, b. 14 June, 1789, m. in 



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New York State, d. 1834, at Watertown; John, b. 9 May, 1792, m. 29 Sept., 
1819, Clarissa Caldwell of Adams, settled at Watertown. 

3. ANDREW, son of Anthony (1), m. 26 July, 1787, at Dudley, Elizabeth, 
dau. of Josiah Wolcott, Esq., of Ox. " He was apprenticed to a sailmaker 
in Boston, went to Newfoundland and worked at his trade till the Revolution- 
ary war broke out, and came then to his uncle (?) Holman in Sutton. He, 
with his brother Anthony and cousin (?) Jonathan llolman, entered the army, 
were in the battle at White Plains and other enjjagements. He obtained a 
commission as commissary with the rank of Captain. In 1784 he settled 
in Oxford and became wealthy in trade." [Sig. Gen.]. He began busi- 
ness in partnership with Mr. Butler, his brother-in-law, opposite the north 
common, and several years later removed his business to the Plain and there 
continued until the infirmities of age obliged him to ri>linquish active life. 
He bought the estate on the southeast corner of Main and Sutton roads in 
1792, and probably removed to the Centre about that time; built the present 
brick house about 1816; d. 16 April, 1838, she d. aged 67, 20 March, 1829, 

. . . Children: William, b. 1 May, 1788, m. 23 May, 1819, Mary E. Mor- 
gan, she d. 27 April, 1827, aged 24; m. (2) 3 Sept., 1839, Eliza H. Sherman of 
Brimfleld, no ch. ; he d. 6 Dec, 1863, shed, aged 55, 28 Jan., 1866; Eliza- 
beth, b. 31 Dec, 1789, m. Daniel Stone; Clarissa, b. 18 Aug., 1791, m. John 
Wctherell; Martin, b. 9 Nov., 1793; Susanna, b. 13 Jan., 1797, m. Nahum 
Sibley; Andrew and Mary, b. 20 Nov., 1799; Mary m. (1) Benjamin F. 
Town, m. (2) Stephen Hunt. 

4. MARTIN, son of Andrew (3), m. 14 May, 1821, Susan, dau. of Henry 
B. Morgan, sister of wife of William, farmer. He d. 2 Jan., 1862, she d. aged 
83, 29 Aug., 1885; she had remarkable business talent, and for 50 years con- 
ducted successfully a dry goods and millinery store in Ox. . . . Children : 
Charles A., b. 9 Nov., 1823, m. 6 May, 1846, Sarah A., dau. of Stephen 
Hutchinson of Sutton, b. 10 Nov., 1825, he d. 28 March, 1888 ; they had Charles 
H.y b. 29 July, 1847, m. 22 Nov.. 1876, Mary E., dau. of John Booth of 
Providence, R. I., carpenter and builder, at Worcester, had ch. ; Isabel H., b. 
24 Jan., 1850, m. William E. Bardwell; Herman H., b. 10 March, 1856 ; George 
W., b. 26 Sept., 1826, m. Dec, 1858. Olive, dau. of Willard Fisher of Kill- 
iugly. Conn., and had Myrtis S., b. 23 Dec, 1860, ra. 15 Sept., 1886, Gilbert H. 
Harrington of Worcester; Andrexo Wolcott, b. 17 Oct., 1880. 

5. ANDREW, son of Andrew (3), m. 14 Aug., 1826, Lucy L., dau. of 
Peter Butler, merchant, lived at the homestead. He d. 28 Aug., 1850, in Cali- 
fornia, she d. 14 March, 1876, at Ox. . . . Children: Ellen E., b. 1 May, 
1830, m. 3 Sept., 1867, Rev. William F. Lhoyd, b. 18 Nov., 1822, at Dublin, 
Ire., his father was Welsh, born in London, and his mother French. He was 
graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, in 1849, studied two years in the Divin- 
ity School of the University, came to America in 1862, and was ordained by 
Bishop Mcllvaine at Gambia, O., settled first at Clifton near Cincinnati in 
1856. Came to Ox. in 1863 ; after his marriage removed to Fort Washington, 
N. Y., and thence to Weymouth, and later to Milford, and April, 1877, to Ox., 
thence 1885 to Worcester, where she d. 11 March 1887. He with sons removed 
1889 to California; he d. 22 July, 1890, at Los Angeles. They had Irvnn S., 
b. 18 Oct., 1868, at Fort Washington, N. Y., civil engineer; William P. B., b. 
11 Feb., 1872, at Weymouth. Annk M., b. 18 July, 1833, d. 7 Aug., 1851 ; 
Lucy M., b. 13 Sept., 1842, d. 5 Sept., 1864. 



f)94 SIMPSON. — SKINNER. 

SIMPSON, WILLIAM, f)f Sutton, Rovoiiitionary soldier, ni. 3 Oct., 1749, 
Siisamia McKnii^ht, and had a son Lot, b. about 170G, ni. Hannah Pulsifer of 
Sutton, rt'inovcd to Ox. 1H14, returned 1817 to Sutton, Avhure he d. 1850, she 
(1. 18«1 at Oakham, ajjcd 90; they had Hannah, b. Nov., 1798. m. Richard 
Wiiislow of Millbury, had ch., she d. 1877 at Petersham; Willard, b. June, 
1800, removed West and not heard from; Sarah R., b. 24 Jan., 1803, m. 
July, 1833. Georije W. Martin from Albany, Vt., he d. 16 Jan., 1837, she 
resided 18;»0 at Ox.; they had Sarah M., b. 21 Nov., 1833, d. 13 Feb., 1860, 
unm. ; Hannah A., h. 4 Jan., 1835; Edwin A., b. 15 Dec, 1836, corporal in the 
:!6tii Mass. Reiit. in the late war, killed at Cold Harbor, 3 June, 1864. The 
Massai-hiiscfts Sp;/ a few days after his death contauied the folloA\ini; : "On 
his family and friends a severe blow has fallen. He was a person of more 
lliaii ordinary integrity of character, and of a noble, generous disposition. 
He enlisted from principle. Although advised that it might not be his duty, 
he said ' Some one must go. My mother and sister I leave in the care of 
God, whose I trust I am.'" Fanny W., b. Feb., 1805, m. Orlando Russell, 
resided at Grafton, li;ul eh., removed to Phillipston, where he d. Oct., 1880, 
she resided at Paxton; Ann M., b. Feb., 1807, ra. Peter Stockwell ; Lot 
FosTKR, b. Aug., 1809, d. 1862, at Sutton; Chaki.ottk, b. Aug., 1811, d. 14 
Sept., 1856. at Oakham, unm.; Ouka L. (son), b. Nov., 1813, m. and resided 
at Hartford, had ch., d. 1866, at Sutton. 

MiS8 ELEDESIA, aged 86, d. IM Feb., 1887. 

SINGLETARY, JOHN, b. 17 March, 1745, at Sutton, son of Amos and 
.Mary ('urtis (dau. of Samuel of Topstield, who in 1748 settled in North Gore),'' 
111. 1.") April, 1767. Sarah Jennison. [Sutton History.] On 16 April, 1767, 
Elijah Moore deeded to John Singletary a 60-acre lot in the northeast pai't of 
Ox., bounded north on the south line of Worcester, now in Auburn. Here he 
settled and had ch. : Mauy, Sarah and a posthumous dau. who d. soon. He 
d. between 20 July, 1771, the date of his will, and 8 Oct., the same year. In 
March, 1789, Mary and Sarah, then of Ward, the latter being under age, 
l)rought a successful suit against their grandfather Amos to recover their 
portions of their father's estate. 

SKINNER, AnRAH.\M, one of the 30 English proprietors, supposed to 
iiave been of the Maiden fiimily, but there having been several of the name it 
is dillieult to llx his parentage. [P. Corey, Esq., the historian of Maiden, 
writes "That our Maiden Abraham went to Colchester, I am very sure, 
whether he stopped at Oxford on the way 1 do not know, I should think from 
your letters that he did."] He was a blacksmith, grandson of Benjamin 
Chamberlain, took up his 40-acre lot at Augutteback Falls, sold in 1722 and 
removed to Colchester, Conn. On 3 March, 1721, Benjamin Chamlierlain " for 
love and att'ection " to his grandson Abraham Skinner deeded to him a 60-acre 
lot on Prospect Hill, which Abraham Skinner of Colchester deeded 20 May, 1724, 
to Samu<'l Eddy of Watertown. [The names Skinner and Chamberlain were 
prominent in tin- early history of Colchester. In Oct., 1745, .Vbraham Skinner 
with others, resident on the borders of Colchester and Hebron, petitioned to 
l)e set otr as a parish.] His signature upon the Ox. proprietors' book is in 
good style and indicates an uncommon degree of culture for those times. He 
was evidently a man of inlluence, and was a constituent member of the 

Church, select ni;iii live years and one year constable. He m. Abigail , 

who I'l-oin the \':\.il that her name does not appear with his in the formation 



SKINNER. SMITH. 695 

of the Church, wc conclude d. before Jan., 1721. . . . Children: Thomas, b. 
14 Feb., 1715, d. ; Thomas, b. 8 Sept., 1717. [The name Abraham Skinner, 
Senior, appears on the town records, •which indicates there were father and 
son resident here, and this fact adds to the complication of the family 
history.] 

ABIGAIL (sister of Abraham?), and Joseph White of Mendon, m. 15 
April, 1718. 
ELIZA, widow of Daniel of Thompson, aged 70, d. 22 .luly, 1873. 

SLATER, JOHN, m. Nov., 1827, Sarah J. Tiflauy of Boston, had Sarah, 
b. 20 Jan., 1829. 

, wife of George, d. 1823. 

GEORGE B., and Mrs. Lydia Haskell, m. n. Robinson, m. 19 April, 1825. 

SMELLIDGE, SOLOMON, b. about 1734, at Boston, soldier in the French 
war, d. 175G. 

SMITH, JESSE, b. 1714, m. Elizabeth , was of Sturl)ridge 1738, in 

Oct. his father, Nathaniel Smith (wife Elidea) of Medfleld deeded to him 
land in Stnrb ridge and also " one-half of my right in the first lot in number of 
the 10,000 acres in the Country Gore." He in 1742, being then of North 
Gore, sold his Sturbridge land. His farm was bounded south on Ox. line 
and east on Ebenezer and Joshua Merriam, according to the record of 
division in 1763 among his heirs. Jesse, his son, succeeded him as owner 
and in 1811 deeded the same to his kinsman, Jesse Smith Warren, a minor. 
He d. probably 1763. . . . Children b. in North Gore: Nathaniel, b. 18 Nov., 
1742, probably d. young; Elizabeth, b. 22 Nov., 1745; Mary, b. 22 May, 
1748, m. Elisha Hamilton; Sarah, b. 28 Oct., 1750; Sybella, b. 16 July, 
1753; Abigail, b. 16 Aug., 1755; Jesse (Gore then set to Charlton), Ebenezer 
Hammond was his guardian. These, excepting Nathaniel, are all named in. 
the division referred to. The estate embraced land in several other towns. 

SAMUEL, son of Samuel, b. 5 Oct., 1778, at New Marlborough, came to 
Ox. 1802, m. (1) 12 May, 1802, Nancy, dau. of Levi Lamb, .she d. 12 Dec., 1820, 
m. (2) 19 Aug., 1821, Senath, widow of Richard Moore; shoemaker and later 
for many years deputy sheriff, doing at times a very large business and was 
well known in all the towns adjoining, town clerk from 1820 to 1824, d. aged 
79, 21 .June, 1858, she d. aged 94, 21 Feb., 1883. . . . Children: Almira, b. 1 
Dec, 1803, m. Lewis Eddy of Ward; Daniel W., b. 2 Nov., 1805, d. 18 Oct., 
1827; Erlunia, b. 13 July, 1813, unm. ; ch. by second in. : Samuel W., b. 22 
Nov., 1823, m. Jan., 1848, Elizabeth, dau. of John Haskell of Dudley, no ch., 
he d. 28 Nov., 1872, a man of integrity and moral worth, filled important 
positions. 

JOHN A., son of John and Nancy, b. 28 Jan., 1802, was brought up at 
Lot Marsh's in Dudley, went South in young manhood and was many years 
teacher of dancing at Baltimore, later in New York State, m. 28 Jan., 1826, 
Eliza N., dau. of Peter Stockwell. He d. at Watertown, N. Y., .she d. aged 
47, 24 Nov., 1848, at Ox. . . . Children: John A., b. 3 Nov., 1826, resided 
at St. Louis, Mo.; Eleanor W., b. 20 April, 1829, d. num.; Ada; Georgi- 

ana, ra. Eudicott, resided at Oswego, N. Y., where she d., he m. 

(2) Eliza, another daughter in the family; D. W. Clinton, b. 1831, d. 16 
Dec, 1848. 



HII6 SMITH. 

HIKAM, .>()u of Tliuinas of Sutton, in. 1 July, 1810, Borodel, dau. of Francis 
Blandin, settled at Ox. . . . Children: Maky, b. 1819, d. 1820; Sarah W., 
b. 2« Nov., 1820. d. youny; Hiram, b. 10 Oct., 1823, d. young; Thomas Brig- 
UAM, m. his cousin, the dau. oi Martin Blandin, soldier in the late war. 
, ANDREW, in. (1; 15 July, 1812, Ruth, dau. of James Glea.son, ra. (2) 
intentions 18 July, 1830, Eunice Chaffee; shoemaker, Capt. of Cavalry Co., 
removed after second ra. to Woodstock, Conn. . . . Children by first m. : 
SiuNKY, b. 25 July, 1814, last known residence Worcester; Cema B., b. 1820, 
d. 182.5; by second ra. : Celia B., b. 7 March, 1831. 

SIMEON, b. about 1778, son of Oliver, ra. 28 March, 1802, I'oUy Jones of 
Charlton. He d. aged 70, 25 April, 1848. She d. aged 81, 13 Dec, 18G3. . . . 
Children: Polly, b. and d. 1803; Harriet, b. 15 July, 1804. m. 3 Nov., 1824, 
John C. Hall of Millbury, removed about 1834 to Millbury; had at Ox.: 
Caroline C, m. Wilson B. Robbins of Woonsocket, R. I., soldier in the late 
war; Manj A., d. aged 14; William II., m. Lucy Howe of Grafton; Samuel 
P., resided at Upton; Harriet M., ra. A. Burrill Yeoraans; Jnhn W., lost at 
sea; Charles A., inusican in the late war; William Augustus, b. 2 Nov., 
1806, drowned 17 Oct., 1834; Catharine T., b. 9 Aug., 1810, in. (1) 15 Nov., 
1825, Sanford Sibley, 4 ch., m. (2) Hirara, brother of her first husl)and, 5 ch., 
she d. about 1872, at Westboro' ; Sanford J., m. Mary M. Johnson of Grafton, 
be d. 3 Feb., 1884, she d. March, 1885; they had Cynthia A., b. 16 Aug., 1841, 
ra. (1) William Blodgett, soldier in the late war, killed in the battle of Fair 
Oaks, they liad Franklin, she ra. (2) William Flynn of Worcester, and had 
Minnie, m. Joseph Barber; William A., b. 21 Aug., 1844, soldier in the 26th 
Mass. lU'gt., d. in service. 

NATHAN, wife Elizabeth. . . .Children: Susanna, Nama, Eunice, Nathan, 
Jr., resided at Ox. March, 1783. 

JACOB, of Dcering, N. H., m. 1 Aug., 1791, Ruth, dau. of John Larned, 
owned from 1791 to 1793 the Lyraan Wetherell farm, H. 68, removed from 
town. . . . Children: Polly T., b. 26 Jan., 1792; Miriam, b. 21 July, 1794. 

JOSEPH, m. 25 March. 1802, Sally Pray of Ward, he d. April, 1828. . . . 
Children: Harvky, b. 16 Aug., 1803, d. 29 March, 18.53; Philbna, b. 25 July. 
1807. 

ROBERT, of Leominster, and Susanna Gould, m. 28 Feb., 1744. 

NATHANIEL, soldier in the French war, 1761. 

JONATHAN, Warwick, and Elizabeth Harbridge, Dudley, m. 30 Nov., 1769. 

DAVID, Revolutionary soldier, w. Abigail, had Jeremiaii, b. 17 Feb., 1781. 

WILLIAM, and Esther Delany of Ward, in. 30 Dec, 1778. 

WILLIAM, and Rachel I>ewis, m. 11 Oct., 1781. 

ELIZABETH, S. Gore, and Thomas Barrett, Woodstock, m. 13 Feb., 1782. 

Mrs. M.VRY, and William Richardson of Leicester, ra. 1 March, 1792. 

BENJAMIN, and Penelope HoUey, both of South Gore, m. 8 Feb., 1800. 

CATHERINE, dau. of Oliver, and Jacob Town, son of Jacob, m. 30 Oct., 1808. 

JACOB W., and Martha Conant of Charlton, ra. intentions 1 Jan., 1824. 

JOSKI'II, d. April, IS28. 

I'EKSIS, and William Melleu, both of South Ox., in. inl. '22 Aug., 1829. 

NANCY, aged 30, d. 23 Sept., 1H30. 

BETSEY ANN, of Douglas, and Oliver C. Emerson of South Gore, in. 
intentions 21 Ai)ril, 1831. 

ELISIIA, of Northbridge, and Mahala Underwood, lu. I'O Jan., 1S33; she d. 
aged 60, 4 Feb., 1859. 



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ABNEIi, and Eraeline Lewis of Grafton, m. intentions 22 March, 1837. 

ELISHA, and Charlotte Cnttiug, m. intentions 18 March, 1849. 

Rev. JOSEPH [Baptist], aged 58, d. 2G April, 1866. 

FARALD (Irish), aged 67, d. 28 Sept., 1872. 

Mrs. ANN (EngUsh), aged 68, d. 7 Oct., 1873. 

EDWARD, son of Timothy, aged 23, d. 4 April, 1876. 

MARY, m. n. Hamilton, aged 75, d. 6 Jan., 1881. 

ELLEN (Irish), aged 62, d. 8 Sept., 1881. 

EUGENE, aged 38, d. 24 March, 1883. 

HONOR A (Irish), widow, aged 32, d. 16 Aug., 1883. 

Mrs. MARY, aged 87, d. 29 April, 1889. 

SNELL, JOSEPH, of Ashford, and Abigail Barton, m. int. 10 Jan., 1783. 
PEREZ, husbandman, of Ox. Dec, 1790. 

SNOW, LAWSON, of Millbury, son of Warren and Polly [Waters], m. 
Hannah, widow of Ira Trask of Millbury, dau. of Nathan Thurston of Ox. ; 
removed to Ox. before May, 1837; bought 1848 the house now John Turcott, 
H. 184, where both d. ; he d. aged 78, 31 Jan., 1878, she d. aged 72, 29 Nov., 
1870. He was a harness maker, a good citizen and known as " Captain." . . 
Children b. at Millbury: Franivlin T., b. 29 Dec, 1826, m. 29 Oct., 1850, 
Sophia S., dau. of Peter Kidder, she d. Nov., 1876, at Roxbury, Vt. ; they had 
Charles F., b. 21 Dec, 1851; William P., b. 19 May, 1854; Nellie; Sarau C, 
b. 8 Feb., 1829, m. Lorenzo, son of Nathan Morgan; Ai-exander T., b 6. 
Dec, 1830, m. (1) 1 Jan., 1853, Mary Eliza Cummings, and had Fred L., b. 31 
May, 1854, m. 31 May, 1875, Annie E. Wilson, marketman and farmer at Ox. ; 
ChloeA.,h. 1858, d. 1861; Mary E., the mother, d. 12 April, 1863, he m. (2) 
1865, Elizabeth, dau. of Horace Pope. Avho d. aged 27, 11 Dec, 1870; Eliza- 
beth D., b. 1832, d. 1835; H. Wilbur, b. 11 Feb., 1836, m. 1859, Angenette 
Bacon of Southbridge, he d. 4 April, 1876, at Worcester, no ch. ; she m. (2) 
R. M. Reynolds of Monson, where she d. 1 Sept., 1888. 

WILLIAM, was of Oxford 1771, and in 1777 bought laud on Prospect Hill, 
bounded in part on his own. 

ALDEN, of Millbury, and Emily Ward, m. 8 May, 1834. 

CYNTHIA W., dau. of Abner of Spencer, aged 83, d. unm. 24 July, 1868. 

SOUTHWICK, SAMUEL, from Vermont, shoe manufacturer, m. Lucrctia, 
dau. of Frederick Faulkner, no ch. ; she d. aged 52, 22 July, 1860, he d. aged 
67, 25 April, 1882. 

SOUTH WORTH, SALLY, aged 22, d. 5 April, 1824. 
Child of STEPHEN, d. Nov., 1823. 

SPARHAWK, NATHANIEL, Cambridge 1638, had Nathaniel, b. in Eng- 
land, m. 3 Oct., 1649, Patience, dau. of Rev. Samuel Newman of Rehoboth; 
had Samuel, b. 5 Feb., 1665, ni. Sarah, dau. of Rev. Samuel Whiting, resided 
at Cambridge, ho d. 2 Nov., 1713, she d. 1752, aged 84; they had with others 
Joseph, b. 2 April, 1708, and Samuel. [Samuel Sparhawk bought in July, 
1729, 100 acres of land in Sutton. Joseph, then of Sutton, had a case in 

court Aug., 1741.] Joseph m. (1) Cook, m. (2) Sibley, settled 

at Sutton; removed to Prospect Hill in Ox. having, in 1758, exchanged estates 
with Edmund Town, son-in-law, who removed to Sutton. He sold within 
89 



G98 8PAUHAWK. 

iihoiit two years after comiiit,' to Ox. and we Ilnd no later trace of him. 
. . . Children: Timothy, b. 13 March, 1751; JosKi'ii, b. It". Auj;., 1754; 
Ki.i/.ABKTH; Hannah, ni. Edmund Town, resided at Sutton. 

2. TIMOTHY, son of Joseph (1), brought up at Ebcnezer Locke's, Revo- 
lutionary soldier, marched at Lexington alarm, Avas in Saratoga battles, an 
active participant in the "Shays Rebellion," lived to a hearty old age. and 
when over 80 years old walked to New Lebanon, N. Y., to visit relatives. 
He occupied the homestead of his father-in-law, Asa Conant (IL 119), and 
cared for him and his wife in their old age. Later, lived at H. 121, near the 
Land) mill, house removed many years ago. He m. (1) 4 Feb., 1778, Mary, 
dan. of Asa Conant, she died in middle life; m. (2) 17 Oct., 1817, Mrs. Nancy 
Williams; he d. aged 90, 24 Dec, 1838, she d. 18 May (17 July, Massachusetts 
Sp'j), 1823.. . .Children, order of birth unknown: Sai.ly, m. William 
Story, settled at Ashford, Conn., had Filch, William, both settled in 
Ohio; Miner, railroad contractor, d. many years ago; Stephen; Danforth; 
Irene; Sally; Samuel, d. at New Lebanon, N. Y. ; Danforth, ra. at New 
Lebanon, N. Y., Abigail Harwood of Cavendish, Vt., had three daughters, 
all had died 1885; Svlvanus, m. 20 Sept., 1824, Arvilla Riggs, settled 
at New Lebanon, and had Esther E., b. 25 Oct., 1826, m. Feb., 1849, 
J. T. Petti bone, and d. 30 March, 1874, at Algonquin, 111. ; William 
Uenry, b. 11 April, 1829, at Hancock, d. 28 Dec, 1857, at Lanesboro'; Edwin 
0., b. 13 Nov., 1837, at Pittsfleld, d. 1 April, 1856, at Lanesboro'; Beman K., 
b. 13 Aug., 1833, at Pittsfleld, m. 22 Jan., 1868, Emma S. Hamilton, at Algon- 
quin, 111., where they resided 1885; they had Walter, b. 1868; Lizzie, b. 1872; 
Edna A., b. 1879; Martha, b. 1797, m. Thomas Kendall of New Lebanon; 
Hannah, b. about 1801, m. Sept., 1821, Elijah Rich, who d. 1 May, 1860, she 
resided 1885 at New Lebanon; they had Oscar F., b. 7 Feb., 1823, m. Electa 
Goodell of Pittsfleld, residence, Lebanon Springs; M. Adela, b. 7 Feb., 1825, 
m. Servilius Bailey of Iligganum, Conn., residence, Lebanon Springs; Martha 
A., h. 18 March, 1827, d. 16 Oct., 1853; Jane M., b. 18 April, 1829, m. John 
Shumway of Lebanon Springs, she d. 20 June, 1856; Eliza J., b. 25 Sept., 
1832, m. James Fuller of Lee, residence, Pittsfleld; George F., b. 30 Sept., 
1835; Lucy A., b. 30 Jan., 1838; Mary, m. 20 Dec, 1810, Joseph Childs of 
Ox. ; Elizabeth, d. at Ox., unm., 28 Feb., 1854. 

3. JOSEPH, son of Joseph (1), lived in youth at Capt. Isaac Hartwell's, 
Revolutionory soldier, m. 12 May, 1772, Patience Lamson (perhaps sister of 
Ebenezer), who was also living with Capt. Hartwell. [His account book 
gives, " 25 May, 1771, Patience Lamson began her service with me," and " 12 
June, 1771, Joseph Sparhawk went to Cambridge."] He d. aged 53, 7 Nov., 
1807, she d. 23 Fel)., 1825, at Ward, aged 70. . . . Children: Ezra, b. 5 Nov., 

1778; Sakaii, b. 30 Sept., 1776; Hannah, b. 20 Dec, 1778, m. Fisher, 

a sea captain, no ch. ; Lucinda, b. 17 April, 1780, m. intentions 2 April. 1806, 
James Baldwin of Leicester, had Lucy; John; Joseph, b. 17 June, 1782, m. 
1 Jan., 1809, Rebecca, dan. of Ebenezer Davis, he d. 10 April, l>s25, no ch. ; 
John, b. 7 Sept., 1787, num., drowned 31 July, 1805, at Worcester; Eliz- 
abkth, b. 4 May, 1789, ra. 20 May, 1807, Timothy Kimball of Douglas. 

4. EZRA, sou of Joseph (3), in. 1 March, 1798, Betsey Robinson, settled 
in the llelds northerly of the Norwich and Worcester railroad station 
at Nortli Ox., H. 150, house removed. His father lived with him. [Betsey 
Spariiawk, widow, aged 75, d. 28 Feb., 1854, at Aul)urn.] . . . Children: 
Lyuia, b. 2 July, ISUO, m. Pliiuchas Parker, Jr.; Luther, b. 7 Jan., 1803, 



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m. (1) Sall}^ widow of his brotlier Ezra D., resided at Ox. and Auburn, 
she d. 18 Maj% 1849; m. (2) Mary L., dau. of Manasseh Tucker of Charlton, 
he d. 1867; ch. by first in. : Elsie, ra. (1) George, son of "William Lamed, 
and had Lillian, Georgianna ; ni. (2) .Joel, son of Simon Lamed ; Elizabeth, 
m. Marshall, son of John Rich of Charlton, and had ch. ; ch. by second 
m. : Adella, m. George Davidson; Ada; Lydia; Nora; all resided with thoir 
mother at North Ox.; Ezra D., b. 5 Feb., 1806, m. 10 July, 1825, Sally, 
dau. of Timothy Davis of Sutton, he d. 1880, had Mary, m. James Harring- 
ton of Thompson, Conn., had ch. ; Jairus, m. 16 April, ]840(?), Elsie, dau. of 
Timothy Davis of Sutton, settled in Auburn, where he d. aged 50, 23 May, 
1860, no ch. ; Sumner, b. 10 Sept., 1823, ra. 14 May, 1845, Mary A., dau. of 
Joseph Jennisou of Auburn, resided at Ox. ; they had Orison S., b. 27 May, 
1848, m. Nelly, dau. of James Green, had ch. ; Emma F., b. 5 Oct., 1850, m. 
George Mowry of Charlton, residence, Ox., had ch. ; Charles E., b. 1854, d. 
1867; Almy E., b. 1859, d. young; Eva A., b. 9 Dec, 1861, m. Elmer H. 
Larkln. 

Mrs. , d. 19 Nov., 1838. 

SPAULDING, PETER, b. 10 -June, 1769, at Townsend, son of Benjamin, 
descended from Edward of Braintree [his sister Sarah m. Peter Shumway], m. 
1 May, 1794, Tamar, dau. of Stephen Bartlett of Sutton, he being then of 
Charlton, bought in 1794 10 acres on Johnson's Plain at the fork of the Web- 
ster road, H. 62, where he resided till he left town ; cooper, an enterprising 
man, Capt. of militia ; removed 1809 to Rowe and thence to Montague, where 
he d. 26 Oct., 1858, she d. 29 Jan., 1847. . . , Children b. at Ox. : Mary, b. 6 
April, 1795, m. Ebenezer Glazier of Everett; Susan, b. 24 Oct., 1797, m. Dea. 
Elisha Bisbee of Chesterfield; Peter, b. 1800, d. 1803; Stephen, b. 1802, d. 
1803; Peter, b. 7 Nov., 1803, m. 18 Jan., 1829, Lucy P., dau. of Daniel 
Larned, residence, Montague, he d. about 1880, 5 ch. ; Sally, b. 1 May, 
1805, unm., residence, Montague; Edward and Erastus, b. 18 April, 1806, 
Edward d. 1808, Erastus m. 6 Aug., 1833, Lucy, dau. of David Locke of 
Ashby, she d. 10 May, 1867; he was a prominent Methodist; stove and hard- 
ware merchant at Webster; they had Cyrus, b. 17 April, 1835, m. 18 April, 
1855, Elizabeth Harrington of Lunenburg, hardware and stove dealer at 
Webster, no ch. ; Andrew, b. and d. 1838 ; Mary Elizabeth, b. 6 Sept., 1839, d. 
1890, unm., at Webster; Emma, h. 3 Jan., 1842, m. Capt. Amos Bartlett of 
Webster, 3 ch. ; Adaline, b. 16 April, 1808, born after leaving Ox. ; Eliza- 
beth, b. 8 Dec., 1809, unm., at Montague; Stephen, b. 28 May, 1815. 

HENRY C, and Clarissa Hutchinson, m. 9 Nov., 1845. 

SPRAGUE, ELI AS XL, sou of William, drowned 28 Jan., 1848. 

SPRING, MARY (Canadian), aged 19, d. 22 Dec, 1857. 
HARRY (Canadian), aged 24, d. 20 May, 1873. 

SQUIER, SARAH B., m. n. Burns, aged 40, d. 18 April, 1860. 

STAFFORD, .JOHN, of Warsvick, R. I., m. Olive Whitman, she d. aged 
61, 10 April, 1833, at Ox. Of their children, four sons came to North Ox., 
were employed in a cotton mill when first operated. The eldest, Joseph, 
came before May, 1824, and for several years was partner with Asa Cutler, a 
skillful manufacturer, m. intentions 1 April, 1826, Mary Ann Starr; ch. born 
at Ox. : Sally Atm, Homer C, Sarah, Fanny, and later Jbsep/i ; removed to 



700 STAFKOKI ). STEVENS. 

Kiist Vill;i;:;e, at Wtbstrr, aiul thence soon to TiOnsdalt.-, li. I., was, with his son 
Homer C, employed to put in operation two large steam mills near Philadel- 
phia, Pa., and while then; was tai?en ill and died; the son returned to Lons- 
dale and died soon after; Gkouge, resided in Ox. 1825, removed to New York 
city, d. there; JoiiN, m. (1) 3 Feb., 1839, Elizabeth W., dan. of Dea. 
William Copp, she d. 7 April, 18G0; ra. (2) June, 18G2, Mrs. Clarissa 1). Lamb, 
he (1. 4 Jan., 1888, aiicd 72, she d. 6 Sept., 188D; ch. by first m. : Mary E., b. 

21 May, 1842; Sarah F., b. Jan., 184.t; Frederic A., h. Nov., 1847; John II., 
h. 15 Dee., 184!), m. 22 March, 1870, Mary Anna, dau. of David Barton, and 
had Stephen S., b. 3 Dec, 1881; Anna Gertrude, b. 11 May, 1883: Melissa, b. 
Sept., 1852, ra. Henry S. Brady, Jr., cli. Alice M., b. 16 May, 187r, ; Frances C, 
b. 24 Au!,'., 1883; Ben.jamin, b. 20 Oct., 18.18, m. 19 May, 1844, Sabra Esten of 
Dudley, settled at Ox., she d. aged 57, 19 Aug.. 1884; they had Frank H., b. 

22 Nov., 1848, m. Ednah Starkey of Ox., settled at Chicago; Charles H., b. 
1852, d. 1854; William J., b. 13 Jan.. 1854. m. 7 Feb., 1878, Emma, dau. of 
Ebenezer S. Williams, shoe cutter; Clara M., b. 14 Api'il, 1856, m. Luman W. 
Humphrey; Harriet E., b. 23 Nov., 1858, m. McUen Wilbur, settled at Putnam, 
Conn. ; Mabel, b. 1870, d. 1877. 

2. ALLEN, brother of John (1), m. (1) Roby Randall of Rhode Island; 
m. (2) Huldah Smith of Warren, R. I., where they settled; removed to Plain- 
Held, Conn., and thence about 1845 to North Ox., machinist for Edward Cut- 
ler; he d. Aug., 1863, she d. Sept., 1863. . . . Children hj first m. : Christo- 
piiKK, b. 14 Dec, 1808, m. Amanda Newcomb of Windham, Conn., resided on 
Prospect Hill, he d. aged 64, 28 Jan., 1874; they had Henry, m. Ellen Mcrritt, 
residence, Pawtucket, R. I., 4 sons; Albert, residence, North Ox.; Caroline, 
ra. Henry Walker, residence, Central Village, Conn., 2 ch. ; F)-ederick, m. 
Ellen E., dau. of Amos P. Newton, resided on Prospect Hill, had ch. ; by sec- 
ond ra. : ni':NUY S., b. 3 Jan., 1814, resided at Plainfield, unm. ; Lydi.\, b. 8 
Nov., 1815, m. Joseph Preston, she d. at Plainfield, 6 ch. ; Eliza, b. 7 Oct., 
1818, m. Joseph Preston, second w., I'esidcd at Plainfield, no ch. ; Albekt, b. 

23 Jan., 1821, m. Martha Lucas, residence, Poquetannock, Conn., machinist; 
RiiODKS, b. 7 Dec, 1823, enlisted in the late war, went as far as Washington, 
D. C, d. there 21 Oct., 1864, unm. ; William A., b. 28 July, 1826, m. 26 Nov., 
1848, Ilephsibah H. Larkin; had Charles A., h. 1851, d. 1852; Hath A., b. 29 
April, 1853, m. Charles S. son of Jonas Bacon; Susan J., b. 1855, d. young; 
Susan II., b. 1860, d. young; Atma B., h. 20 Sept., 1863; Albert W., b. 10 
June, 1871 ; IIiuam, b. 2 Sept., 1829, at Plainfield, m. 26 April, 1849, Clarinda 
S. Stevens of Charlton; they had Emily F., b. 19 May, 1854; William D., b. 
11 Nov., 1858, d. 20 April, 1883; Edwin H., b. 3 Feb., 1863, m. 27 June. 1888, 
Ella F. Spraguc of Pi'ovidence, R. I. 

STEARNS, SARAH, resided at Ox. Aug., 1765. 

STEBBINS, WILLIAM E., and Sabrina C. Gibbs of Dana, ui. intentions 
8 March, 1827. 

STEERE, JOIIN C, and Mary Lyon, in. 16 Aug., 1848. 

STEVENS, JOSEPH, of Petersham, m. Mary, dau. of Rev. Joseph Farrar 
of Petersham, b. 1 Aug., 1791, settled at Guilford, Vt., she ni. (L') Josiah S. 
Prentice. . . . Children b. at Guilford and came to Ox. with their step- 
father: RKUKLF.,b. 24 Sept., 1816, unm., resided in Boston, where bed. 24 
l-'cl)., 1870; JosKiMi, b. 4 May, 18LS, resided on the homestead at. Ox., num.; 
Maky, b. 22 Oct., 1820, m. Nathaniel, son of Joel Eddy. 



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MARTHA, of Worcester, and Dr. John Campbell, m. int. 16 Nov., 177G. 
MARY, of Charlton, and Jesse Lamb, m. intentions 10 Sept., 1815. 
JONATHAN, ajred 28, d. 2 Oct., 1842. 
LABAN B., and Mary Joslin, m. 6 Oct., 1842. 

WILLIAM IL, and Ella B. Edwards, m. 17 April, 1844; they had George 
H., d. aged .89, 9 June, 1884. 
THOMAS, wife Catherine, had Thomas, b. 4 July, 1844. 
JERUSHA, aged 92, widow, d. 31 Aug., 1852. 
RUFUS, son of Willard, aged 46, d. 26 Feb., 1884. 

ST. GERMAINE, Mrs. EMILY (Canadian), aged 50, d. 25 Aug., 1875. 
Mrs. SALAUME, aged 40, d. 24 July. 1886. 

STILES, WILLIAM, m. Polly, daii. of Abram Briggs, resided at the 
southeast corner of the town, soldier in the war of 1812, d. in the service, 
she m. (2) Luther Foster. . . . Children: David, b. 19 Jan., 1804, at Corn- 
wall, Vt., indentured by the selectmen to Joseph Stone, 21 March, 1814, 
later Stone apprenticed him to Gideon Walker, blacksmith ; William, b. 18 
March, 1807, at Sutton; Barney, b. 28 April, 1808; Sally, b. 10 June, 1809. 

STIMPSON, THURLO, scythe maker, came to Ox. with James and Josiah 
Moulton from Hopkinton, m. (1) 12 April, 1820, Betsey, dan. of David 

Lamed, m. (2) 1828(?), Smith of Southbridge, lived at North Ox,, 

where he was employed by Jonathan Rice and at other places in town. lie 
was fond of sport and once on a wager ran over the snow barefoot from the 
tavern on the Plain to the North Common. He d. in Conn, at the home of 
his son Lovet. Family once resided at Greenville, Leicester. . . . Children 
by first m., b. at Ox. : Lovet, b. 14 Aug., 1820, settled in Conn., superin- 
tendent of a scythe factory; Sally, b. 11 Feb., 1822; John, b. 8 April, 1824; 
Edwin, b. 19 Nov., 1825; Loren, b. 1827, d. 1830; and by second m. : George, 
b. 4 Oct., 1829; a dau. 

STOCKWELL, ICHABOD, son of John and grandson of Capt. John, one 
of the first of the name in Sutton, ra. 2 Feb., 1748, Experience, dau. of 
Thomas Gleason, settled on Prospect Hill, soldier in the French war, d. 26 
Nov., 1756, she m. (2) 9 Dec, 1764, Joseph Aldrich of Bellingham. On 10 
Sept., 1771, Ichabod Stockwell, son of the former, sold to Joseph Gleason 
one-half of two lots in the north part of Ox., "one from my mother Experience 
Aldrich late of Oxford, the other the gift of my grandfather Thomas Gleason, 
with a dwelling house.". . . Children: Ichabod, b. 6 April, 1749, m. 17 
Sept., 1770, Mary Snow; Peter, b. 26 Jan., 1751; Eleazer, b. 22 June, 1762, 
m. 3 Nov., 1772, Ruth Alger; Thomas G., b. 13 Aug., 1755. 

JOHN, b. 6 Nov., 1764, son of Nathaniel of Sutton, m. 13 Oct., 1785, 
Elizabeth Walker, came to the north part of Ox. from Sutton about 1795. 
Had a large family the record of which is in Sutton History. His child 
Sally, b. 19 Aug., 1795, m. Dorrance Sibley, is the only one recorded here. 
He was of Ox. 1808, cabinet maker. Polly, his dan., b. 15 March, 1792, m. 
7 April, 1811, Charles H. Learned. 

2. NATHANIEL, brother of John (1), 1). 20 Oct., 1766, m. Susanna, dau. 
of Daniel Greenwood, settled on the old Charlton road, H. 86. He d. 22 
April, 1840, she d. aged 87, 18 Nov., 1856. . . . Children: Clarissa, b. 1793, 
m. 13 April, 1820, Sylvester Mclntire, he d. 11 Nov., 1843, she d. 22 Nov., 
1882, no ch. ; Susan, b. 1795, m. Jeremiah Learned; Calvin, b. 1797; Lewis, 



702 STOCKWKLL. 

1). 1800, m. Lydia Slocum of Nortlibrid^t', and d. 1870, at Hartford, Conn.; 
they had Emeline, m. 1K5<!, George Dunham, resided at Hartford; Lucy J., m. 
Henry S. Coles, residrd at Hartford; Lyman, b. 1802, d. 10 June, 1845, 
<lruiiinur in the militia, num.; Jkuusha, b. 1805, m. Solomon S. Walker; 
Cynthia, b. 1808, d. youni;;. 

3. CALVIN, son of Nathaniel (2), m. 17 Sept., 1820, Lucy, dan. of Elisha 
Livermore, settled at the Livormore place, near the Gore and Auburn line, II. 
110. He d. 1 April, 1841, she d. aged 80, 9 Oct., 1882. . . . Children : Tirzaii, 
b. •) March, 1822, m. 1845, Marcus Bond, he d. 28 April, 1879, no ch. ; 
LrciAN, b. 2 Feb., 1825, m. (1) 1846, Rnth Com.stock of Charlton, m. (2) Abby 
Williams of Sntton, he d. 1888; ch. by first m. : Melissa, b. Sept., 1845, m. 
Spencer Jenks, settled at Worcester, where she d. ; Manj L., b. 1847, m. 1882, 

Hall, settled in Boston; Fred L., d. young; Albert, b. 24 Jan., IH27, 

m. l.'{ June, 1847, Olivia A., dau. of Smitli Bruce, settled in Providence, R. L, 
and liad Etta, h. Oct., 1851; Lucy Ann, b. 23 April, 1830, m. George Rich. 

4. SIMEON, brother of John (1), b. 29 Sept., 1770, m. 11 July, 1793, 
Deborah Stockwell, came to Ox. probably about 1800, had 11 ch., chairmaker, 
settled on the Plain, returned to Sutton about 1807. . . . Children b. at 
Ox: Lucy, b. 27 March, 1801; Lucy, b. 29 Aug., 1803; Maky, b. 31 Dec, 
1805. 

JOSEPH, probably son of David of Sutton, one of the five brothers who 
came early to that place, m. intentions Nov.. 1754, Isabel Titus of Douglas. 
. . . Children: Rkubkn, b. 10 May, 1755; Leah, b. 11 Jan., 1757; Rachel, 
b. 30 Jan., 1758; Simeon, b. 30 Jan., 17G0; Lucy, b. 10 Aug., 1761; Levi, 1). 
1<; Jan., 1703; Rehekah, b. 2i) June, 1765; Judaii, b. 4 Oct., 1767; removed 
to Sutton wliere were b. : Molly, b. 10 Aug., 1769; Daniel, b. 20 March, 
1773. 

WRIGHT, from SulLou, ui. (1) 13 Feb., 1803, Amy Ormsbee, m. (2) 17 
Oct., 1814, Nancy, dau. of Samuel Davis. . . . Children: Leeman, b. 25 
Aug., 1804, m. Oct., 1824, Ruth N., dau. of Abijah Campbell, settled at 
iMkliiigton, Me. ; by second m. b. at Eddingtou, Davis R., b. 18 Feb., 1817. 

2. JOSHUA, m. 28 March, 1793, Ruth, dau. of Samuel Davis; with his 
brother Wright (1), made nails, hoes, etc., with their fathor-in-law, Samuel 
Davis, in the east part of the town, H. 17. Removed about 1800 to Edding- 
ton. Me. . . . Children: Caleb D.. b. 11 Oct., 1793, m. at Eddlngton; Jarvis, 
b. 24 Aug., 1800, d. aged 21, while at Brown University. 

PETER, of Thompson, Conn, (grandson of the tlrst William of Sutton), b. 
1744; had Peter, b. about 1778, came to Ox., d. here aged 52, 2 May, 1830, 
he m. Millia , she d. aged 62, 3 April, 1838. . . . Children b. at Thomp- 
son : Esther, m. 28 May, 1818, Daniel King of Ludlow; Eliza N., m. 29 
Jan., 1826, John A. Smith; Sophia, m. 18 March, 1827, Turner Brown, and 
d. 13 Nov., 1857; Millia, m. Peter E. Nichols; Peter; Maky, m. 30 March, 
18;!J, Elliot Marsh; Cathauixe, iii. A. II. Blood of Harvard; George, d. 2 
May, 1H40. 

2. PETER, son of Peter (1), m. 30 Jan., 1833, Ann M. Simpson, he d. 5 
June, 1878, slie d. aged 67, 26 April, 1874. . . . Children: Samuel, b. 10 
Nov., 1833; Maky, b. 22 July, 1835, in. Merrick Nichols of Sturbridge, she 
d. 7 May, 1865, no ch. ; Peter, b. 1838, d. young; William K., b. 9 Nov., 
1842. 

JONAS C, son of Sti-phcn of Sutton, m. 9 A|)ril, 1827, Mary A. Waite, and 
had Alonzo E., b. 7 Sept., 1829, at Ox. 



STOCKWELL. STONE. 703 

LEWIS, sou of Euocli of Sutton, b. 17 July, 1805, m. 12 April, 1833, Laura, 
dau. of John Hudson, settled at Sutton, leading member of Baptist Cliurch ; 
carpenter, removed 1849 to Ox., built soon liis late residence near tlic com- 
mon; ch. : Laura D., b. 24 July, 1838 at Sutton ; he d. 4 July, 1882. 

JABEZ, and Grace Eddy, m. 20 Feb., 1740, and had Sakaii, b. 13 June, 1748. 

MARY, and Caleb Davis, both of Sutton, m. 20 June, 1802. 

NANCY, of Sutton, and Ilarvcy Stoddard, m. intentions 30 March, 1805. 

CHLOE, and Asa Waters of Sutton, m. intentions 27 Oct., 1810. 

CHANDLER, of Sutton, and Rosalinda Robbins, m. int. 11 May, 1811. 

BETSEY, and John Sibley of Sutton, m. intentions 31 Oct., 1812. 

SEWALL, of Douglas, and Roxa Stoclvvpell, ra. 4 Dec, 1817. 

LEWIS, w. Lydia, had Betsey E., b. 28 April, 1829. 

CHLOE, and Reuben Cumraings of Millbury, m. 28 April, 1833. 

CHxVNDLER, Jr., and Eliza Hutchinson, m. intentions 2 Sept., 1835. 

GEORGE, d. 6 May, 1840, aged 41. 

Mrs. AARON, d. aged 53, 19 Dec, 1845. 

AARON, and Eunice Merriam of Auburn, m. intentions 21 Feb., 184G. 

CHANDLER, of Sutton, aged 90, d. 11 Oct., 1881. 

STODDARD, HARVEY, and Nancy Stockwell of Sutton, m. intentions 30 
March, 1805. 

STONE, URIAH, descended from Gregory the emigrant, of Cambridge 
163G, proprietor at Watertown. John, his son, b. about 1619, proprietor and 
an elder at Sudbury, had with others Daniel, b. 1644, deacon at Sudbury and 
selectman at Framingham. He m. 1667, Mary Ward, and had with others 
John, who was youngest and administrator of his father's estate. He m. 
1707 Anne Tileston of Dorchester, and had with others Uriah, fourth child, 
b. 16 May, 1713. [Barry.] Ou 10 Jan., 1745, he, then of Framingham, 
bought 100 acres, the Avest third of the lot bought 1721 of the State by his 
mother. [See North Gore] Was largely engaged in potash manufacturing, 
and from 1752 for about 30 years kept a public house, and at the water privi- 
lege on the eastern border of his farm built and operated a saw-mill. In 1787 
sold to his son Samuel one-half his homestead, saw-mill and potash works. 
Soldier in the French war. He m. 22 Nov., 1739, Mary Blount (or Blunt). She 
d. 1 Sept., 1792, aged 71, he d. 24 Oct., 1797. . . . Children: Mary, b. 25 
July, 1740, m. William, son of Rev. John Campbell; Uriah, b. 27 Feb.. 1744; 
Elizabeth, b. 15 Feb., 1748, m. John Campbell; John, b. 17 May, 1750, m. 
Elizabeth Leonard of Springfield, where they settled, removed to Chesterfield, 
where he d. A tradition runs that he bought largely of soldiers' land claims 
and became proprietor of two townships. There being some doubt as to 
validity of title he compromised with the government and accepted 1,500 
acres ou the Genesee River, N. Y., at or near the site; of Rochester. He had 
a sou Samuel, in high standing, city librarian at Chicago, 111. Katey, b. 15 
Nov., 1752, m. 26 Sept., 1771, Daniel Whitney of Shrewsbury, removed to 
Madison, N. Y., where they d.. 12 ch. ; Samuel, b. 15 Sept., 1754, m. 10 July, 
1792, Hannah, dau. of Robert Craig of Leicester, settled on his father's home- 
stead. He was an energetic, successful business man, one of the leading 
men of the region, built the large mansion, late Liberty Lamb's, overlooking 
Rochdale, H. 102, was largely instrumental in procuring the building of the 
Worcester and New Haven turnpike which passed through Rochdale, and 
which in those days of scarcity of money was a great undertaking. Com- 
missary in the U. S. army in 1775 and in the Saratoga campaign in 1777, and 



704 STONE. 

a warm frioiid of (Ji-u. l^cariud. lie builL the hotel at Kochdale and put 
his nephew Hezekiab in it as landlord. He d. 23 May, 1820. His ch. were: 
Mary, h. 1794, a person of remarkable endowments, unm.. d. 4 Aug., 1884, at 
Leicester; Aaron, d. young; Samuel, m. Mary Newell of Leicester, resided at 
tlie homestead, where were b. to them 11 ch., removed with his family to 
New York Stale, where other ch. were b. ; Hannah, killed 1807 by a mill 
wheel falling upon her in her father's barn ; John, d. 4 May, 1827, aged 2.j, unm., 
at Leicester; Harriet A., b. 3 Sept., 1804, ra. Liberty Lamb; James Madison, 
b. July, 1811, resided at Leicester; Sarah, b. 14 July, 1757, m. 16 Feb.. 
1791, John Gillctt, resided on the homestead with her father, where Gillett 
kept a small store, removed to Lancaster, where he resided 1798, and thence 
before 1800 to Groton, where he was in trade and burned out, removed to 
Weare, N. IL, where he d. ; Abi.iah, b. 19 Aug., 1759, d. 13 May, 1782; Isaac, 
b. 2(; Aug., 17G3, d. 1765; Anna, b. 5 Dec, 1766, d. 1768. 

2. UKI.MI, son of Uriah (1), m. 25 July, 1769, Lois, dau. of Hczekiah 
Stone. In 1772 bought the Curtis place, so called, II. 108, the same being a 
part of the 200 acres originally sold to Gil)bs. Mis father had in 1754 bought 
50 acres of tliis i)l()t and Uriah, Jr., became owner of the whole; kept a 
tavern, d. 1796. . . . Children: Anna, m. intentions 5 April, 1798, Simeon 
Southworth of Ward, had ch. ; Lutiikk, b. 22 July, 1774 ; Hkzekiah, b. 20 
Nov., 1777, ra. 14 Aug., 1815, Charlotte, dau. of Samuel Lamb of Charltou, 
hotel keeper and merchant at South Leicester, he d. 3 March, 1838, she d. 29 
Sept., 1871, aged 81 ; ch. : Edicard L., b. 1816, paymaster in the late war, 1884 
in government office at Washington, D. C. ; Josiah Q., b. and d. 1819; 
Charlotte A., h. 1820, d. 1835; Joshua L., b. 1822, d. 3 July. 1857; Caroline 
M., 1). 1825, m. Samuel Firth, resided at Rochdale, and had Cliarles, b. 1855, 
Samuel L., b. 18.58; Abi.iah, d. 1782; Sally, b. 28 Oct., 1782, m. 9 March, 
1807, Col. Eber Gage of Orford, N. H., b. at Pelham, N. H., he d. 12 .\pnl, 
1823, she d. 17 Feb., 1865; they had Luther S., resided at Urfordville, N. H. ; 
Abijam, b. 13 May, 1784, m. Mehetable, sister of Col. Eber Gage, successful 
business man at Orford, d. 14 Dec, 1869, she d. 28 June, 1846; Mary, b. 17 
March, 1787, m. Benjamin Vassall; Ruth, b. 19 July, 1790, m. 1 Jan., 1815, 
Isaac, brother of Col. Eber Gage, settled at Orford, he d. 10 April, 1852, she 
d. 4 Aug., 1864, at Ox., 8 ch. ; their dau. Louisa, b. 20 Jan., 1823, m. 1855, 
Josiah Barnes of Ox., no ch. ; Candace, b. 17 Feb., 1793, m. 29 March, 1818, 
Simeon Ilolman of Ward, he d. 2 Sept., 1829, she d. 6 May, 1861 ; they had 
Sumner, Simeon D., Sarah B., Candace S. ; Uriah, b. 14 June, 1794, m. 9 
April, 1822, Laura Ilaynes, removed to Worcester, where he d. 11 Feb., 1880, 
she d. 26 Sept., 1864; they had Nathan H, Erasmus H, Laura L., Lucian B., 
William U., George E. 

3. LUTHER, son of Uriah (2), m. 28 May, 1800, Abigail Bemis of Charlton, 
b. 29 Oct., 1779, settled at the homestead, built soon after m. the large house 
ncnv standing on the site of a former one which was burned, sold 1884 l)y 
his son Lew^is, who removed to Worcester. Luther operated the mills and 
cultivati^d the farm till near his death. Soon after thi> water-power was 
sold to Fields and Shaw. He d. aged 78, 19 Nov., 1852, she d. 30 July, 
1818. . . . Children: Pamkua, b. 6 April, 1801, m. John Stone of Ward, she 
d. 5 Aug., 1850, had ch. ; Loomis, b. 17 Nov.. 1803, m. 18 April, 1830, 
Elizabeth WiLson of Charlton, he d. 1 Oct., 1889, at Worcester, settled at 
Ward, and had Elizabeth E., m. 1 March. 1863. Moses Bemis of Worcester; 
Julia Ann, b. 20 April, 1809, m. (1) 5 July, 1829, Leonard Rice of Caroline, 



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N. Y., he d. in New York State, she m. (2) Robinson Smith, she d. 27 Jaly, 
1846; Sally, b. 24 April, 1811, in. Isaac B. Hartwell; Luther and Lewis, b. 
26 Sept., 1815; Luther graduated 1839 at Brown University, 1842 at Newton 
Theological Institute, went West in 1846, preaching in various places in the 
Mississippi Valley, soon settled at Rockford, 111., continuing until 1847, when 
he removed to Chicago and established the Watchman of the Prairie, which 
he sold in 1853. This paper under the name of The Standard is 1890 the lead- 
ing Baptist paper of the Northwest. He continued preaching at Chicago 
at the First Baptist and other churches until 1861. During the war he 
preached at Soldiers' Rest, Marine Hospital, Camp Douglass, and at jails and 
different missions. In 1864 he was invited to the presidency of Central Uni- 
versity at Bella, but declined. He was active in the formation of Immanuel 
Baptist Church, of which Dr. Lorimer is minister. He m. 1854, the widow 
of the late O. L. Jacobus, his only dau. m. L. J. Certhell, he d. 1) July, 1890, 
at Chicago ; Lewis, unm. 

HEZEKIAH, son of Nathaniel of Framingham (descended from Gregory of 
Cambridge), b. 5 March, 1711, m. Ruth How of Sudbury, settled at Framing- 
ham, was selectman tw^o years, bought 25 Nov., 1761, laud and buildings in 
Ox., now Auburn, removed thither, Capt. of militia; d. 18 July, 1771, aged 60. 

His widow m. Dea. Bancroft of Ward. . . . Children : Eliphalet, b. 6 

Dec, 1735, m. Lydia Goddard, removed to Marlboro', N. H. ; Jesse, b. 28 
Sept., 1737; Hephsibah, b. 8 July, 1741, m. Jeremiah Belknap; Ruth, b. 10 

Feb., 1743, m. John Eames; Sarah, b. 24 Feb., 1746, m. Davis of Ox. ; 

Lois, b. 3 Aug., 1749, m. Uriah Stone of Ox.; Israel, b. 2 Jan., 1752, 
resided at Ward; Hezekiah, b. 27 May, 1755. 

2. JESSE, son of Hezekiah (1), m. Elizabeth Livermore, settled in Fram- 
ingham, came to Ox. probably before 1763, lived on Prospect Hill, now iu 
Auburn, taxed here 1771, sold in 1777 land on said hill, Capt. in the Revolu- 
tionary war, marched on Bennington alarm, 1777. . . . Children : William, 
b. 3 May, 1760, at Framingham; John, b. 15 May, 1763, probably at Ox,, 
lived at Worthington; Jesse, b. 11 Nov., 1765, an early settler at Livermore, 
Me., Col. of militia, tanner and innkeeper, a prominent man, selectman, 
justice of peace and postmaster, d. 28 Feb., 1857; Elizabeth, b. and d. 1768; 
Isaac, b. 8 Sept., 1769, settled in Ward, [Lydia, w. of Isaac Stone, aged 60, d. 
3 Oct., 1834. Ox. Rec] ; Elizabeth, b. 20 April, 1772; Jeremy, b. 10 Sept., 
1776. 

3. ISRAEL, son of Hezekiah (1), m. 4 July, 1776, Tryphena Boyden, and 
had Calvin, b. 3 March, 1777, m. Sally, dau. of Dr. Thomas Green of 
Auburn, resided at H. 112, d. 5 Oct., 1823. 

WILLIAM, of Waltham, ra. Mrs. Esther Haven, m. n. Gale, of Watertown, 
she had a son David by first m., b. 6 Dec, 1750, at Waltham, who after her 
second m. took the name of Stone. William and David came 1775 from 
Waltham to Ox., settled on Prospect Hill, resided about two years and 
removed to Rocky Hill, H. 92, bought ))y William. David was a soldier iu 
the Revolutionary war under Gen. Learned, and present at Burgoyne's sur- 
render. The house, built about the time of the war, was taken down in 1879, 
and two large barns near it were l)urncd in March, 1861 ; it is not now a home- 
stead. Hem. 25 July, 1776, Sarah Treadwell of Sutton, b. at Rowley, 1751, 
d. aged 86, 25 Fel)., 1837. He d. aged 77, 9 Dec, 1827. . . . Children : David, 
b. 6 April, 1777; Joseph, b. 24 Aug., 1780; Sarah, b. 13 Nov., 1783, m. Capt, 
Stephen Barton; Anna, b. 27 Oct., 1787, m. 1 Jan., 1814, Amos Eddy, settled 
90 



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al Millbiiry, where; she U. lo Sept., 1857; they had Emer.vjii, h. 10 Oct., 1814, 
d. 10 Oct., 1850, unm. ; Mary, U. 11 Nov., 1818, in. .\i\u:., 1852, Stephen A. 
Severy, .she d. 31 May, 18(;«, no ch. ; Sarah, h. 18 Auu;., 1820, d. 21 Sept., 
1851, unm. ; Emory, b. 29 June, 1822, m. 31 March, 1844, Mary Lawrence of 
Ox., and had Enieline S., ra. 3 Oct., 1871, Martin L. Pliillips of Worcester, 
had ch. ; .\iiiia E., m. 1879, Charles A. Howe of Auburn, and had ch. ; Emory, 
the father, d. 24 Sept., 1848; .Teuemiaii, b. 21 March, 1791. 

2. DAVID, .son of David (1), m. 1 April, 1808, Betsey, dau. of William 
Hall of Sutton, b. 4 March, 1778, settled on the homestead. Capt. of militia, 
d. 29 Aui,'., 1828, slie d. 18 Dec, 1843, at Worcester. . . . Children: David, 
b. 21 June, 1810; Jkkkmiaii, b. 12 March, 1S12; Betsky, b. 18 April, 1813, m. 
Danforth Bnnvn; Abigail, b. 19 Sept., 1814, m. March, 1850, Philander Pond 
of IIul)l)ardston, she d. 20 Jan., 1860; they hrtd Caroline M., successful 
teacher at O.x. ; Mauy, b. 19 Feb., 1818, m. Nov., 1864, Buckley W. Snow of 
West Millbury, she d. 15 Nov., 1873, no ch. 

3. DAVID, son of David (2), m. April, 1836, Persis Farrar of Princeton, 
b. 12 Nov., 1812, resided at North Ox., H. 125, now Nathaniel Ide. He d. 1 
April, 1876, she d. 30 March, 1851, aged 38. . . Children: Albert D., b. 24 
Oct., 1837, m. Mary Cordelia McCullough, b. 5 April, 1844, at Willsboro',- N. 
Y., merchant at Decorah, la., served in the late war in the 40th Wis. Ilegt. 
from 4 June to 16 Sept., 1864; had Gertrude A., Grace L., Emory; Lccella 
W., b. 19 Nov., 1839, m. James Prince of Webster, no ch. ; Emouy F., b. 4 
Dec, 1841, student at Wisconsin University, Madison, 1859 and 1860 in pre- 
paratory course. In 1861 in freshman class, residence Sun Prairie, Wis., in 
catalogue of 1862 reported " in the National Army." He enlisted for three 
years in Co. B, 20th Wis. liegt., commissioned Lieut. 11 Aug., 1862, Capt. 23 
Oct., 1803, li'd his company in an attack on Spanish Fort, near Mobile, Ala., 
on 27 March, 1805, received a wound from which he d. at New Orleans, La., 
1 April, 1805. "He died for his country." [Headstone.] Maky Elizabeth, 
b. 4 June, 1846, m. 1 Aug., 1872, Edmund Converse of Worcester, second 
w. ; they had Eva M., h. 2 Oct., 1873; Edith L., b. 1875. d. 1870. 

4. JEREMIAH, son of David (2), m. 12 Oct., 1834, Zurilla, dau. of Ashbel 
M. Hawes, resided in New York State. He d. 13 Oct., 1842, at Woodhull, N. 
Y. [She m. (2) 17 April, 1855, Hiram Dwinnell. he d. 1874, no ch.] . . . 
Children: Alkked H., b. 19 Dec, 1835, m. 1 Jan.. 1857, Hannah M. Morse of 
Charlton, resided at Gardner, had ch. ; Ciiakles, b. 4 April, 1837, at Addison, 
N. v., Ord. Serg. Co. F, 42d Kegt. 111. Vols., d. in the service 10 Sept., 1862, 
at Juka, Miss. ; Sakaii A., b. 3 March, 1839, m. (1) 31 March, 1.^59, James A. 
Muzzy of Winchendon, he il. 1800, m. (2) 14 Nov., 1870, William Barrett of 
Ganlmr; E.m.ma M., b. 19 Nov., 1840, m. 11 Nov., 1868, Francis Couant of 
Gardner. 

5. JOSEPH, son of David (1), m. 18 April, 1813, Martha, dau. of Jere- 
miah Learned, resided at North Ox., prominent business man; Quartermaster 
Sergeant of 5th Regt. Militia in 1806, Quartennaster with rank of Lieutenant 
1808, resigned 1815; land surveyor; one of the pioneers of cotton manufac- 
luring, aud did mucii to foster the interests of the north part of the lowu. 
He il. 21 Fel)., 1802, she d. 4 Aug., 1835. . . . Children: Jeremiah L.. b. 16 
Feb., 1815; Maktiia E., b. 13 Sept.. 1810. teacher for 19 years, school com- 
mittee 3 years, postmistress since 1857, in 1891 the longest in this service of 
any Avoman in the country; Joseph L. , b. 24 May, 1822, was graduated from 
ILunilton Medical College, Cincinnati, ()., 1S55. removed to Missouri, in 
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6. JEREMIAH L., son of Joseph (5), m. 31 Oct., 1849, Emelinc, dau. of 
Peter Kidder; he d. 8 Oct., 18G4. . . . Children: Byuon, b. 2 March, 1851, 
was graduated 1877 froib Jetterson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., settled 
in practice at North Ox. ; Courtland, b. 1852, d. 1855; Houtense M., b. 7 
Aug., 1854, m. May, 1872, Henry G. Corey of Brookline, residence, North- 
boro', had ch. ; Jeremiah L., b. 6 Sept., 1856, m. 13 April, 1881, Jcnnette M. 
Tucker of Northboro', and had Herbert -/., b. 18 Oct., 1882, residence, North- 
boro', EvAE.,b. 4 April. 1859; Joseph, b. 11 April, 18G0, d. young; Helen 
E., b. 3 June, 1801, d. young. 

7. JEREMIAH, son of David (1), in. 16 Nov., 1814, Vashti. dau. of Nehe- 
miah Chase of Sutton, 1). 14 April, 1793, settled at Ox.; removed 1818 to 
Elizahethtown, N. Y., gunsmith, ingenious and skillful, and carried on l)usi- 
ness many years at Elizahethtown, making many useful inventions ; stood 
higli as a citizen and manj^ years storekeeper at the U. S. Arsenal with the 
rank of Captain. He d. 7 Feb., 1867, she d. 7 Aug., 1860. . . . Children: 
Twins, unnamed, b. and d. Aug., 1820; Jeremiah, b. 8 Dec, 1821, d. 1823; 
Nehemiah, b. 8 April, 1824, drowned 19 July, 1827; Lo^^NA S., b. 22 May, 
1827, m. 20 Dec , 1849, Robert S. Hale, b. 24 Sept., 1822, at Chelsea, Vt., was 
graduated from University of Vermont 1842, studied and practiced law at 
Elizahethtown, N. Y., from 1844 till his death 14 Dec, 1881 ; he was eminent 
in his profession, judge, LL.D., for several years member of Congress, and 
occupied important positions in the atl"airs of the State and town ; his son 
Harry succeeds to his law business; ch. : Abhij Laura, Harry, Mary Eddy, 
Elizabeth V., Marcia E. 

AMBROSE, of Sutton 1768, m. (1) 12 May, 1768, Mary, dau. of William 
Everden of Ox., m. (2) 12 Dec, 1776, Mercy Hovey; Revolutionary .soldier; 
bought land on Long Hill " on the road to Daniel Hovey's " in 1772, and later 
three acres in the same locality, which from the consideration in the deed must 
have included a house, probably that which stood on the site of the present 
Ward B. Clark house, H. 166, burned while ow^ned by Harvey Burnett. Later 
his father-in-law Evei-den sold him the John Eddy homestead which adjoined 
the premises on the north, and was originally a part of the same estate. He 
d. 12 Aug., 1813, aged 69. . . Children: Ambrose, b, 4 March, 1769, m. (1) 
Lydia, dau. of Ellas Pratt, removed about 1794 to Whitingham, Vt. ; he d. 23 
June, 1815, she d. 7 June, 1810; they had Elijah P., b. 6 May, 1792, at Ox.; 
Lydia, b. 12 Aug., 1793, at Ox., d. unm., at Ox. ; Celia, b. 7 Sept., 1795, at 
Whitingham, m. Samuel Mayo; Sophia, b. 16 Feb., 1798; Ambrose, h. 9 Nov., 
1799 ; Miriam, b. 14 Aug., 1801, ni. Eleazer Bartlett ; Jeremiah, b. 16 March, 1803, 
d. ; Hoxana, b. 25 March, 1804, m. Samuel Jennison of Ward [sec Jennison] ; 
Jeremiah, h. 16 March, 1808, ra. Sarah McGee, and settled at Ward ; Willbury, 
b. 1810, d. ; Ambrose, the father, m. (2) Lydia Lamt), and had Emily, b. 9 
Jan., 1814, d. ; William, b. 30 Aug., 1770, m. 8 March, 1795, Ruth, dau. of Elias 
Pratt, twin sister of Lydia, settled at Whitingham near his brother Ambrose; 
ch. b. at Whitingham: Pamelia, b. 21 Sept., 1795; William, b. 1 April, 1798; 
Ruth,h. 13 Jime, 1800; Mary,h. 15 June, 1805; Miriam, b. 18 April, 1773, 
school teacher at Ox. Centre, d. num., 22 Sept., 1808; by second m. : Mary, 
b. 5 Oct., 1777, m. intentions 3 Nov., 1810, Davis Larned; MKiiEXAnLK, b. 15 
March, 1780, d. unm., at Ox.; Ruth, b. 12 March, 1782, ni. 10 April. 1806, 
Prentice Bugbee. physician, settled at Montpelier, Vt. ; Daniel, b. 29 April, 
1784, m. intentions 30 Doc, 1809, Betsey, dau. of Andrew Sigourney, settled 
on the homestead, wliere he d. 7 Nov., 1819, she d. 9 .lune, 1821; they had 



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Andreir S., h. about 1810, d. 18 Oct., 1832; 2?««se7/, b. 27 March, 1813, m. 19 Aug., 
1H84, I.coiiiinl CraiL,' of Auburn, he d. 11 Nov., 1848; they had Mary, b. 29 
Juik;, 1838, in. 2(J Feb., 1872, Dea. John P. French of Candia, N. H., no ch. ; 
Daniel A., b. 21 Sept., 1844, m. 8 Oct., 1868, Emma, dau. of James M. Alger 
of Auburn, settled at Leicester, and had ch. ; Betsey, m. (2) 19 Dec, 1855, 
John Stone of Auburn, lie d. 30 Sept., 1877; Mary, b. about 1818, d. unm., 8 
Oct., 1836. 

Rev. ISAAC, of l^ouglas, b. 17 March, 1748, at Shrewsburj-, son of Dea. 
Jonas and IJacliel of Framingham, later of Shre-vvsbury, descended from Dea. 
John of Cambridge; studied at 15 years of age with Dr. Sumner of Shrews- 
bury, was graduated from Harvard College in 1770, preached at Temple, N. 
II., Ashbundiam and Franklin; ordained 30 Oct., 1771, at Douglas, dismissed 
28 Oct., 1805; while residing at Douglas preached at Whitingham and Reeds 
boro', Vt. " Mr. Stone's ministry was characterized, not by striking and 
brilliant exhibitions, but by quiet, steady, unobtrusive labor," which was 
ellicient. [His. Mendon Association]. Removed to Ox. in 1817, where he 
resided till he d. aged 89, 22 Feb., 1837. He m. Susanna Goddard of Shrews- 
bury, she d. aged 92, 28 April, 1887. 

2. LUKE R., son of Isaac (1), b. 10 Aug., 1778, came with his father to 
Ox. in 1817, settled in north part of the town, near Norwich and Worcester 
railroad station, II. 153, deacon, m. (1) 24 June, 1804, Abigail, m. n. Taft, 
widow of his brother Moses who had d. at Douglas, she d. 17 Dec. 1832; m. 

(2) 10 June, 1833, Hannah, ra. n. Grout, widow of Baldwin of Spencer, 

she d. aged 73, 7 Sept., 1861 ; he d. 9 April, 1862. . . . Children by tlrst m. : 
MosKS, b. 2 May, 1805, at Douglas, m. (1) 14 Nov., 1833, Maria H., dau. of 
Luther Kingsbury of Sutton, b. 9 Dec, 1804, d. aged 63, 4 Feb., 1868, no ch. ; 
m. (2) 13 Dec, 1871, Deborah, m. n. Snow, widow of Emerson Fales of Ux- 
l)ridge, she d. aged 74, 17 May, 1881 ; he d. at Sutton while on a visit 30 Sept., 
1882; universally esteemed, representative in 1862, school teacher, deacon, 
benefactor of tlu! Church; Abigail, b. 2 Sept., 1809, m. June, 1838, Matthias 
Rice of Millbury. she d. 21 May, 1843. 

RICHARD C. (descendant of Hugh of Warwick, K. I., 1659), grandson of 
Samuel of Cranston, son of Rufus and Sarah (Lewis), b. 18 July, 1798, at 
Scituate, R. I., m. Sept., 1817, Alma Stone, a distant relative, settled at Cov- 
entry, R. I. ; removed to Charlton, bought 1826 the tavern at North Ox., kept 
a public liouse, later was teacher and land surveyor, Lieut. -Col. of 5th Mass. 
Militia. In 1829 bought the house at the site of the Episcopal Church, H. 
202, fitted up a school-room and taught until 1834; sold and began preaching 
at West Bridgewater, 1842 removed to Sherborn, laboring l)oth as minister 
and advocate of temperance six or eight years; removed to Boston about 
1849, and thence in 1853 to Piscatafiuog, near Manchester, N. II. ; was instru- 
mental in remodelling the old church ])uilding and strengthening the society. 
In th(' winter of 1H55-6 his health failed, and in the spring of 1856 he gave up 
his work there. Having two sons engaged in lumber business in Avestern New 
York he went in Feb., 1856, as agent of his son HoUis and partner, to St. Louis, 
Mo. His health improving, in about two years began preaching again, supplied 
a pulpit in a suburb of the city and also preached occasionally in the city 
ciiurches. During this time he began paper trade in St. Louis witli a partner. 
In 1868 he accepted a call to Bunker Hill, 111., and was pastor there until 1872. 
After his dismissal from the pastorate there he preached only occasionally. 
He was oU'ercd during his active life several educational llnaucial agencies 



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which he declined. In 1874 he pu})lished an autobiography, giving " Life 
incidents of Home, School and Church," in which lie said the years of his 
ministry were about forty. He also published a genealogy of the Stone 
family and other works. He d. 9 April, 1887, at Bloomington, 111. . . . 
Children, tirst two b. at Coventry : J. Lewis, b. 5 June, 1818, m. 1842, Elniira 
Lothrop of West Bridgewater; taught at 14 years of age, was graduated from 
Brown University, ordained 1840 ; was pastor of the Unitarian Church at Mans- 
field, and later at Brewster, in 1857 went to Foxboro' as principal of the high 
school, continuing until his health failed in 1859; was thereafter an invalid, 
residing at Taunton until 187.5, where he d., no ch. ; S. Hollis, b. 6 April, 
1821, m. 1845, Betsey Copeland of West Bridgewater, teacher and farmer at 
West Bridgewater, for a time in sash and door business at Olean, N. Y., 
where he was burned out; later was an extensive and prosperous farmer near 
Hamburg, on the Mississippi river north of St. Louis ; a valuable citizen and 
active in Christian work; he d. March, 1881; had a son, a physician, and a 
dau. ; G. Burrill, b. 30 Nov., 1823, at Charlton, was graduated at 18 from 
Brown University; principal of high school at Fall Kiver, Indianapolis, Ind., 
and Minneapolis, Minn., and later, for about twelve years, professor in Wash- 
ington University, St. Louis. He was for many years in precarious health 
but able to travel and at times to receive private pupils; he m. June, 
1844, Lucy Edson of West Bridgewater, present residence, St. Louis; they 
had a son, a graduate of Washington University, m. and resides at 
Denver, Colo.; Sarah, b. 27 March, 1826, at Charlton, teacher, m. 
Stephen C. Arnold of Providence, R. I., where she d. May, 1867, 5 
ch. ; Alma, b. 24 Jan., 1828, at Ox., m. 1850, Thomas Metcalf of 
Wrentham, principal of high school at St. Louis, and later many years 
professor in Normal University, 111.; they had Herbert C, merchant in 
Chicago; Merton P., a graduate of Normal University, in business at St. 
Louis; and one dau. ; R. Butler, b. 11 Dec, 1829, at Ox., m. 10 Nov., 1858, 
Lucy E., dau. of Josiah Russell of Ox., teacher, was in sash and door busi- 
ness at Olean, N. Y., for a time; removed to Chicago, 111., where he built up a 
large and profitable trade in lumber; he d. 23 April, 1880, at Madison, 
Wis.; they had Inez A., b. 22 Sept., 1854, at Olean, m. 22 Sept., 1875, Alex- 
ander Agnew of Chicago, secretary and treasurer of R. B. Stone Lumber Co. ; 
Willie L., b. and d. 1856, at Ox.; Ella E., b. 29 May, 1857, at Chicago, m. 23 
June, 1881, Prof. A. D. Conover of Madison, Wis.; Frank B., b. 16 Oct., 
1860, at Chicago, m. 3 Oct., 1883, Carrie L. Rounds; vice-president of R. B. 
Stone Lumber Co., Chicago; Mae Alice, b. 14 Dec, 1862; Richard R., b. 1 
March, 1871, at Chicago; Martha, b. 27 Oct., 1832, at Ox., teacher, m. 1856, 
Robert C. Metcalf of Wrentham, teacher in Boston, residence, Winchester, 4 
ch. ; Mary, b. 15 Fel)., 1836, at West Bridgewater, teacher, m. Thomas Slade, 
lawyer at Bloomington, 111., had ch. ; C. Henry, b. 21 Jan., 1840, at West 
Bridgewater, m. Maggie M. Barbee, residence, St. Louis, soldier in the late 
war, and later in St. Louis post-oftice and mail agent; for several years in 
charge of the preparatory class at Washington University; Captain of a 
militia company ; had ch. 

AARON, b. 7 April, 1801, ra. 10 June, 1828, Caroline, dau. of John P. Nich- 
ols, he d. 13 Feb., 1864; she m. (2) Stephen Moulton, she d. 12 Oct., 1880, at 
the West. . . . Children by first m. : Russell, b. 1829; Henry I)., b. 1S35, d. 
1861 ; Caroline S., b. 1845; Edmund G., b. 1849. 

JOHN, of New Marlborough, and Mary Dike of Sutton, m. 12 Oct., 1745. 



710 STONK. — STRATFORD. 

JOHN, of PaliiiiT, ;ui(l Ksllnr S|)r'ncrr, iii. 10 June, 1753. 
JON.ATHAN, (.f Diullcy, iiiul Elizabeth (iroo, in. 2'J Nov., 1708. 
JOHN, taxed north part of Ox. 1771. 
EBKNEZKH, Revolutionary soldier. 

Mhs. ESTHER, and John Todd of Ward, ni. 19 Sept., 1780. 
STEPHEN, blacksmith, and w., resided at Ox., Feb., 1792. 
HANNAH, and Alvan Brown, in. int. 7 Jan., 1804. 
ANNA, atid Amos Eddy of Millbury, m int. 15 Oct., 1813. 
MARY, of Thompson, Conn., and .Tohn Corl)in, m. int. :? April, 1815. 
ALVAH, of Summerville, Vt., and Tammy Cndworth, ni. 13 Feb., 1817. 
INDETENDENCE, and Eliza Coy, m. 19 March, 1828. 
JOHN, of Providence, R. I., and Mary Caldwell, m. 9 Jnnc, 1828. 
OLIVER, of Anburn, and Mary Cudworth, m. 13 April, 1842. 
■ NEHEMIAH, ajred 95, d. 7 March, 1855. 

MARY ELIZA, ni. n. Adams, aged 21, d. 18 Jnly, 1857. 

WILLLAM R., son of William, Foster, R. I., ai^ed .54, d. 30 Jnnc, 1802. 

IRVING E., son of Otis P., aiied 24, d. 8 April, 1887. 

STOW, ITHAMAR, b. at (irafton, son of Ithamar, m. 29 April, 1S29, 
Diantha, dau. of Ebenezcr Meriara, she d. 16 Dec, 1829; they iiad Amasa 
M., b. 2 Dec, 1829, at Millbury. The father m. (2) Lucy Bijielow of Marl- 
boi'o', residence, Millbury, had ch. 

2. AMASA M.. son of Ilhamar (1), brought up at Rufus Eddy's, m. 21 Nov., 
1835, Mary E. Emerson of East Thompson, Conn., settled at Ox. where he 
was 1889 in trade as partner with Daniel R. Cortis. . . . Children : Elizabeth 
P., b. 29 Aug., 185(5, m. 17 Oct., 1883, George T. Robbins, residence, East 
Thompson; they had Harold M., b. 28 Oct., 1884; Martha L., b. 1 Nov., 
1863, m. 21 Nov., 1889, C. Fred. Bennett of Millbury. 

ABEL F., from Millbury, currier, son of Aaron of Sterling, b. 8 March, 
1811, m. CI) Sarah Whitney, who d. at Ox., aged 39, 11 Nov., 1846; m. (2) 
intentions 3 July, 1847, Lucy J. Wilder of MilU)ury, who d. aged 73, 1 Sept., 
1.S88, he d. 2 Feb., 1871; his dau. Sahah b. 23 Sept., 1840, d. 21 May, 1868. 

MIRIAM, and Ebenezer Bartlett, m. 3 Jan., 1835. 

ESTHER, aged 56, mother of Abel F., d. 29 Aug., 184S. 

LOUISA J., aged 29, sister of Abel F., d. 3 Sept., 1848. 

STOWELL, ELE.\ZER, Revolutionary soldier. 

WILLI.VM, Revolutionary soldier. 

JOSEPH, had Frances E., b. 27 Sept., 1843; Sarah E., b. 2 March, 1845. 

ELIZA, of Boston, and Willard Brown of S. Gore(?), m. 22 April, 1827. 

GEORGE H., aged 29, d. 22 March, 1860. 

HUTU B., widow, aged 75, d. 24 Oct., 1886. 

STRATFORD. [There is a tradition in the family thai the name was 
originally Stratt, and that one of the n.ame lived on the Avon at the ford, 
hence Strattsford.] CHARLES J., b. 13 Aug., 1795, at Boston, son of Sam- 
uel (b. 1749, at London, Eng., m. 1790, Lucy Wallcot,.and d. 27 May, 1804, at 
Boston), m. 13 Aug., 1820. at Ox., Lucinda, dau. of Richard Olney, tailor at 
Boston; removed 1817 to Cumberland, R. I., and soon to Douglas, and thence 
in 1819 to Ox. to the house ou the site of the Episcopal Church; 1827 
removed to the Merino factory, Dudley, and thence, in 1830, to the North Ox. 
tavern. He had removed to Millbury or Aui)urn in 1834; later lived at Web- 
ster, Uxbridge, and in 1839 at SmithlieUl, R. 1., in 1842 at Slatersville, where 



STRATFORD. 8TREETER. 711 

his wifed. 28 June, 1847. In the fall of 185(!, he removed West and died in 
the summer of 1883, at Trempealeau, Wis. He wrote a small volume of 
" Reminiscences " mainly for the benefit of his children, being chiefly the 
recollections of his grandmother, and of his mother who was a woman of 
strong mind and memory. In this book he alludes to his grandfather's 14 
slaves in Boston ; the part his grandmother took in the founding of the 
school for the Indians, which later became Dartmouth College; Phillis 
Wheatley ; the Boston Tea Party, of which his uncle Benjamin was one ; and 
many other incidents of Revolutionary times. . . . Children, first four b. at 
Ox.: HknryK., b. 6 Aug., 1821, m. (1) 11 April, 1841, Rhoda T. Brown of 
Mendon, who d. IG March, 1867; they had at Mendon, Helen M., b. 30 April, 
1843, m. Charles A. Holton of St. Louis, Mo., 8 ch. ; Cynthia A., b. 15 Aug., 
1845, at Providence, R. I., m. Henry M. Fuller of Greenville, Mich., 8 ch. ; 
Gertrude E., b. and d. 1853, at Woonsocket, R. I.; Marion L., b. 23 Sept., 
1859, at Chicago, m. George Morrison of Denver, Colo., had ch. ; Henry K. 
m. (2) 13 Aug., 1868, Mrs. Mary J. E. Taylor of Chicago, where he was, 1886, a 
well known physician, president of National Eclectic Medical Association; 
they had Charles ./., b. 19 Aug., 1874; Samuel B., b. 1822, d. 18:^.2; Lucy M., 
b. 20 April, 1824, m. 4 March, 1845, Benjamin B. Healy of Dudley, residence, 
La Crosse, Wis.; they had Charles H., b. 7 July, 1848, at Slatersville, d. 
1859; Agnes B., b. 4 April, 1860, at Trempealeau, Wis.; Gertrude S., b. 8 
Sept., 1863, at Trempealeau, d. 1874; Charles J., b. 12 Nov., 1825, d. from 
an accident 3 June, 1841, at Woonsocket; Ann E., b. 9 Feb., 1828, at Dudley, 
m. 30 Sept., 1851, Alexander W. Shepard, b. at Utica, residence, Brooklyn, 
N. Y., broker in New York; ch. except the last b. at La Crosse, Wis. : Annie 
J.,h. 6 April, 1854, m. Daniel G. Gillette of New York, and had ch. ; Mary E., 
b. 29 Nov., 1855, d. 21 May, 1875, at Vassar College; Amy K, b. 13 June, 
1857, m. at London, James P. Cruger of Pan, France; Lucy W., b. 6 Sept., 
1863; Margaret S., b. 6 Nov., 1869, at Peekskill, N. Y., d. 187l', at Brooklyn; 
Thomas Wallcot, b. U April, 1830, at Ox. ; Richard Olney, b. 8 March, 
1833, at Ox., unm., served ten years in the U. S. regular army, three years 
in the navy, and three years in the late war, taken prisoner on the Weldou 
Railroad in Virginia, Nov., 1864, sent to Salisbury, N. C, thence to Florence, 
S. C, where he died; Lucretia W., b. 23 July, 1837, at Auburn, m. 3 June, 
1856, Alonzo Barron, carpenter, residence, Mankato, Minn., music teacher; 
they had Frank, Mary, Kate, Harry, Percy ; William H., b. 22 June, 1840, at 
Smithfield, R. I., d. at Slatersville, 29 May, 1848. 

STUART, STEWART, WILLIAM, Revolutionary soldier; Lailor, 1780. 

STREETER, JOSEPH, 1). 3 Aug., 1719, at Hopkinton, son of Samuel, Jr., 
of Fi-anungham, m. 20 Nov., 1739, Mercy, dau. of Thomas Gleason. [In 1757 
a Joseph Streeter was of Cumberland, R. I.] . . . Children : Mercy, b. and 
d. 1742; Comfort, b. 3 Sept., 1743; Joseph, b. 11 Sept., 1745. 

2. COMFORT, son of Joseph (1), m. 24 June, 1762, Bethia Rich, and had 
Comfort, b. 1 May, 1763; Bkthia, b. 8 Sept., 1764; Perley, b. 24 Oct., 1766; 
RuFUs, b. 9 Oct., 1768; Mercy, b. 9 Jan., 1772. 

3. JOSEPH, son of Joseph (1), Revolutionary soldier(?), m. Hannah 
, and had Hannah, b. 22 July, 1770; Joskph, b. 4 March, 1772; Ste- 
phen; Benjamin; and another; family resided at Ox. March, 1780. 

4. JOHN, son of Samuel of Frauiingham, and brother of Josci)h (1), b. 23 
Oct., 1723, m. 3 March, 1749, Elizabeth Gleason, settled on Prospect Hill, and 



712 STIIEETER. 

liad MKiiCY, I). 15 May, 1750; EsriiKit, b. 21 April, 17.j4. He d. (while on 
duty as a soldier) 28 Nov., 175C, at Shefllekl. Stephen and James Streeter 
were paid from his estate in 1757 for funeral expenses at that place. [Prob. 
Kec] His widow, 22 July, 1768, sold the homestead in the north part of Ox. 
to Joseph Gleason. 

5. SAMUEL, probably brother of Joseph (1), b. 9 July, 1730, resided at 
Ox., m. 9 May, 1753, Joanna Morse of Sturbridgc, removed thither. He d. 
ai^ed 82, 13 Oct., 1812, she d. 20 (Jet., 1804, both at Sturbridi;e. They had 
Sa.mukl and Joanna, b. 24 Aujj., 1754, the latter d. 1754; Daniki,, b. 22 Oct., 
1750; Hkukkaii, b. 25 June, 1759; Asa, b. 31 July, 1762; DA^^D, b. 12 Oct., 
1765; Chlok, b. 27 May, 1767; Deli\t<:rance, b. 12 Jan., 1772; Nathan, b. 
30 April, 1774; Kkziah, b. 31 March, 1778, d. 1796. 

G. STEPHEN, baptized 4 Sept., 1698, son of Samuel of Framingham, was 
of that place 1725, and of Douglas in 1781. On 14 Dec, 1744, a State's com- 
mittee deeded to him 160 acres of Province land on which he was then living, 
" near adjoining to a place called New Sherborne," including all his improve- 
ments. This tract lay nearly two miles west of Douglas centre. The cellar 
of the old house is now to be seen near the road to Webster. He m. Katha- 
rine . . . . Children recorded at P'ramingham : Esthek, b. 1725, 

Stephen, b. 1727, Abigail, b. 1729, Elizabeth, b. 1730, John, b. 1732, 
Ursula, b. 1733, Adajis, b. 1735; he d. 22 Sept., 1766. [His heirs signed 
receipts as follows: 8 Sept., 1759, Esther Haven; 15 Oct., 1760, Zebulou 
Streeter; 13 June, 1761, at Woodstock, Conn., John, Samuel and Ursula 
Streeter; 17 Nov., 1762, at Sutton, Naphtali Streeter; 23 Nov., 1762, Adams 
Street«r; 28 Nov., 1763, at Douglas, Mary Streeter.] 

7. STEPHEN, son of Stephen (6), resided on the homestead, controver- 
sialist in theological matters, a Baptist, next a Kestoratiouist and last a 
Universalist. In the Revolutionary war refused to take up arms, claiming to 
be a Quaker, was imprisoued at Worcester and sent by the authorities to 
Nova Scotia, remained a few months, at his urgent desire his sons sold a 
yoke of oxen and managed with the proceeds to get him home. He had 11 
ch. at least; order of birth unknown. Stephen, James, Jacob, John, 
Samuel, A.sa, Kathauine, m. Craft Davis; Hannah, m. Benjamin Davis; 

Mary, m. Jami's Hovey Davis; Abigail, m. Harwood, removed to 

Athol; Elizabeth, m. Curtis, resided at Sutton. [Ox. Rec. give 

Abigail, b. 18 Sept., 1749; Moses, b. 10 July, 1751, ch. of Stephen and Mary.] 

8. ZEBULON, son of Stephen (6), b. about 1737. soldier in the French 
war, 1758, m. 16 July, 1760, Tabitha, dau. of Daniel Hovey, Baptist and later 
Universalist preacher, several years president of the Annual Convention, *' an 
amiable and excellent man," d. 1808, at Surrey, N. H. 

9. ADAMS, son of Stephen (6), b. 31 Dec, 1735, well known to all famil- 
iar Avith the beginnings of Universalism in Ox. and the country. In 1758 he 
was of Charlton, and it is not improbable as there were many Baptists there 
who held meetings in private houses, that he began his life work as a preacher 
among tlirm. Ten years later we find him married and living in the South 
(Jore. Before Nov., 1775, he had removed to Douglas. In 1780 he was a 
party in a land conveyance there, and styled "elder." His change from the 
Ba|)tist to the Universalist faith occurred probably about 1777, when he 
preached the new doctrine in Ox. and vicinage, extending his tours to Milford 
and Providence, H. I., and in 1781 removed to Milford. where he continued 
unlil tiu' winter or si)ring of 1785-6, when he returned to Ox. During these 



STREETEli. — SWAIN. 713 

years his labors seem to have beeu chiefly in Providence, Milford and Ox., 
alternately. Early in Sept., 1786, he died. Col. Andrews of Providence writ- 
ing to Rev. E. Winchester says: "At present we are rather in a state of 
mourning from being deprived by death of the visits of friend Streeter. He, 
on the road coming to visit us on Saturday before the fourth Sunday of 
August, fell sick of a bilious disorder at the house of Stephen Whipple in 
Smithfleld and died the Saturday evening following." The Milford Society 
records contain the following : " Sept. 22, 1786. Then departed this life our 
Beloved Elder and Brother Adams Streeter, to the great lamentation of all 
his hearers." Samuel Davis of Ox. was executor of his will, valuation £42. 
He owned no estate in Ox. Descendants now reside in the vicinity of 
Orange, and a grandson, Adams Boyden, was living recently in Charlton. He 

m. (1) Thankful , who d. before 1781, m. (2) Dinah . . . . 

Children by first m. b. at Douglas: Ebenezer, b. 16 Oct., 1758; Naputali, 
b. 30 June, 1762; Adams; and recorded at Ox. : Nathaniel, b. 24 Feb., 1768; 
EUTH, b. 20 Aug., 1770; Zeruiah, b. 20 March, 1772; William, b. 26 Oct., 
1773; and at Douglas: Solomon, b. 4 Nov., 1775; Sarah, b. 19 July, 1777. 

10. STEPHEN, son of Stephen (7) ?, m. 10 Sept., 1778, Sarah Chamberlain 
of Dudley, shoemaker, resided 1779 near the site of the Huguenot Chapel, H. 
35, sold in 1782 and removed to Chesterfield, N. H. 0. E. Randall of that 
place says : "He and his son Stephen were locally noted for their remarkable 
memories, and the gift of making impromptu verses as well as genuine poeins.'» 
He d. at Chesterfield, aged 92. Joseph Chamberlain, his father-in-law, with 
his son Ithamar Chamberlain removed also to Chesterfield. . . . Children b. 
at Ox. : Asahel, b. 5 Oct., 1779; Ezra, b. 16 Jan., 1781. 

11. JACOB, son of Stephen (7)?, m. intentions 13 Nov., 1784, Lucy 
Edmunds of Killiugly, Conn., owned the place where Stci)heu previously lived, 
H. 35, sold in 1790. . . . Children: Lucy, b. 28 Feb., 1787; Jacob, b. 25 
Jan., 1789. 

JAMES, and Susanna Sloper, m. 15 Sept., 1757. 
SAMUEL, b. about 1741, soldier in the French war, 1758. 
MARY, widow, resided at Ox. March, 1780. 

ASA, of Douglas, and Hannah Rawson of South Gore, m. int. 22 Aug., 1790. 
SAMUEL, and Lydia Wakefield of South Gore, m. 16 April, 1794. 
STEPHEN, and Betsey Jones of Paxtou, m. intentions 12 Feb., 1826; 
Sumner, their child, d. 26 April, 1828. 
JOHN, AV. Mary, had Mary, b. 29 Nov., 1828. 
DANIEL R., of Sutton, and Mary Ann Leach, ra. 15 Dec, 1830. 

SULLIVAN, WILLIAM R., son of William, d. 6 Nov., 1851. 

CORNELIUS, aged 33, d. 13 March, 1862. 

HANNAH, aged 39, d. 21 May, 1863. 

EDMUND, aged 21, d. 25 Nov., 1863. 

EDWARD, aged 28, d. 17 Oct., 1873. 

Mrs. ELLEN, aged 60, d. 3 July, 1880. 

JOHN, aged 88, d. 25 Feb., 1884. 

MICHAEL, aged 82, d. 18 March, 1887. 

SULLY, ADAMS, Revolutionary soldier. 

SUTER, MARY C, dau. of Mrs. Agatha, aged 15, drowned 29 Dec, 1877. 

SWAIN, JOSEPH S. (English), aged 32, d. 29 June, 1868. 
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714 8WEKT. — TAFT. 

SWEET, THOMAS, and Iliinnali Cheney of Charlton, ni. int. 21 July, 1832. 

EDWIN S., agnd 24, il. 16 Dec, 1857. 

IIENIJY, .son of Peter of We.stboro', aj,'ed 21, d. 4 July, 1«85. 

SWIFT, MAI'.KI. A., a2:r-d 19, dau. of George, d. 11 Dec, 1883. 

TAFT, OTIS, .son of Silas, descendant of Robert and Kol)crt, Jr., of Men- 
don, ni. Betsey, dau. of Asa ]5eals, resided at Upton, where all their ch. were 
])., removed to Northbridfje. where he d. 19 Nov., 1827, ajred 44. Soon after 
the family removed to Grafton, thence to U-xbridse and later to Slatersville, 
K. I., whence they came to Ox. a])out 1835, settled at the Thread Villacro, E. 
15. Crawford being then an owner there. The mother d. at Auburn. 20 Mareh, 
1883^ aged 91. . . . Children: Eliza, b. 30 Aug., 1811, d. in young woman- 
hood at Uxbridge; Jane T., b. 12 June, 1813, ra. Elias B. Crawford; Aunku 
Pal-mkr, b. 7 Feb., 1815, m. 24 Nov., 1836, Harriet Balcom of Douglas, settled 
at Slatersville, R. I., removed 1851 to North Ox., where he d. 16 March, 1877, 
she d. Oct.(?), 1887, at Douglas, while on a visit; ch. b. at Slatersville: 
Edwin A., h. 1 Dec, 1837, in his minority taught school in N. J. one or two 
years, wcMit thence to Madison University, Hamilton, N. Y., to study for the 
ministry, left in 1864 and entered the Union army, was appointed to a clerkr 
ship ami later was chaplain. On returning he entered Rochester University 
and Theological School, taking the studies of the last collegiate and first 
divinity year simultaneously. Closing his studies in May, 1869. in Sept. of 
that year he became pastor of the " Cottage" Church in Cleveland, O.., which 
place he tilled successfully until May, 1873, when becoming enfeebled he 
removed to Colorado, where he recuperated, and in July of 1874 became 
pastor of the Baptist Church at Colorado Springs. In June, 1875, his health 
failed again and he was able to preach only occasionally afterward, con- 
tinued to decline and d. 16 March, 1877, at Colorado Springs. He was an 
earnest, devoted man, of large sympathies and much beloved. Eliza A., 
b. 7 Oct., 1840, m. 4 Feb., 1863, Franklin H. Clark, she d. 9 Jan., 1874, at 
Ox.; they had Edwin A., b. 14 Nov., 1863; Harriet W., b. 14 Jan., 1869; 
Palmer E., b. 2 Oct., 1850, m. Jan., 1879, Lilla, dau. of William Morse, 
resided at Worcester; Mary A. E., b. 11 March, 1817, m. Lucian B. Lamson; 
H. G. Otis, b. 4 Aug., 1818, m. 10 Nov., 1860, Mrs. Lorana Copp; had H. G. 
Otis, b. 1851, d. young; Ella P., b. 14 Nov., 1854, m. Richard H. Warren of 
Aul)urn, and d. 26 Feb., 1882; they had Robert Taft; Isabella L., b. 1859, d. 
young; Otis II., b. 14 May, 1863; Silas S., b. 19 March, 1820, m. (1) 13 May, 
1844, Mary E. Partridge, who d. 23 Oct., 1851, m. (2) 4 Feb.. 1855, Cornelia 
E. Rice of Charlton, she d. 13 Oct., 1859, m. (3) 26 May, 1861, Viola A. 
Porter of Warren, Me., he d. 28 Sept., 1871; ch. by tlrst m. : Anne E., b. 
Aug., 1845, m. Charles Schrablcr, resided at Chambersburg, Pa., returned to 
Mass.; they had Silas; Mary I., d. aged 9, March, 1859; Charles 0., Isabel, 
d. young; eh. by second m. : Emily M., b. 10 Nov., 1857, m. 3 June, 1875, 
Frank N. Maun, she d. 3 Sept., 1878. had a son d. young; ch. by thii-d m. : 
Viola A., b. 1862, d. young; 3Iary Isabelle, b. 17 March, 1865; Lucinda W., 
in. Samuel C. Willis, Jr.; Asa B., b. 26 Jan., 1824, m. 26 May, 1847, Almira 
1). (:or!)in; they had: Arthur L., b. 4 Oct., 1851, m. 6 Nov., 1878, Nellie W. 
Dunham of Dudley; Willie A., b. 22 June, 1856, m. 21 April. 1879, Martha 
L. Craig of Charlton, had ch. ; Elisha C, b. 22 Nov., 1825, soldier in late 
war, m. 10 May, 1849, Achsah J. Williams, settled at Ox., where he d. 26 
Feb., 1869, she d. aged 55, 1 Oct., 1886; ch. Harriet J., b. 24 May, 1851, m. 



TAFT. THOMAS. 715 

R. Clark Cimniugham, resided at Millbur}'; they had Edith E., Ruth C, Flor- 
ence J., Clara A. and Susie P., twins; Betsey J., m. Hollis, son of Ebenezer 
B. Walker; Bion E., b. 20 Aug., 1858, m. 9 Oct.. 1880, Jessie C, dau. of 
George M. Robbins, they had Marguerite, b. 3 Sept., 1888; ButhB.,h. 18 
April, IHfiS, d. 1877. 

AMOS C, w. Chloe, had Louisa, b. 14 June, 1813, at Dudley; and at Ox., 
Willis B., b. 27 Dec, 1814; Amos, b. 14 March, 1817. 

ALANSON, and Polly, dau. of Ephraiin Kingsbury, had Abigail K., b. 3 
Dec, 1825; Azarma R., b. 1 Oct., 1827, d. young; Paris T., 1). 8 Dec, 1829, 
at Brookflcld; Alanson W., b. 16 Dec, 1831 ; Azarma L., b. 17 May, 1834. 

EVANDER, twin brother of Alanson, m. 14 Feb., 1827, Lydia, sister of 
Polly Kingsbui'y, had ch. 

WILLIAM T., and Susanna Brown of Smithfleld, R. I., m. int. 15 May. 1824. 

Mrs. AM as a, aged 74, d. 20 June, 1824. 

CHLOE, and Erasmus Dennis, m. int. 26 May, 1827. 

DELIA, dau. of Aniasa, aged 12, d. 19 June, 1827. 

EUPHEMIA T., and Joseph Young of Sutton, m. 28 May, 1828. 

NANCY, of Dudley, and Calvin Pierce, Jr., m. int. 14 Feb., 1829. 

JOHN, and Eliza Howard, m. int. 8 Sept., 1849. 

ZILPAH, widow, b. at Blackstone, aged 68, d. 30 April, 1876. 

TALBOT, MATTHEW (Irish), aged 44, d. 16 Aug., 1849. 

TAYLOR, EDMUND, one of the 30 proprietors, assigned his rights to 
John Chamberlain. 

AMOS S., b. 9 Feb., 1815, at Littleton, son of Josiah (who was of Boxboro', 
w. Elizabeth Sargent of Stow), m. 13 March, 1838, at Leominster, Lurana, 
dau. of Gershom Twichell, residence. West Boylston, came 1843 to Ox., stove 
and tinware dealer; built, 1844 O. W. Chaflee house, 1850 that next north, and 
1856 that on Charlton Street, where he d. 1890. . . . Children: Everett M., 
b. 13 Feb., 1840, at Nashua, N. H., m. Jenny, dau. of David B. Gray of Bos- 
ton, where he is a dentist; Emory G., b. 10 Sept., 1844, d. 19 Jan., 1865. 

ELIPHALET, and Charlotte Eddy, m. 10 Aug., 1800; he ra. (2) Mrs. Eliz- 
abeth Hayward, she d. aged 67, 6 Aug., 1829. 

JOSIAH FLINT, and Dolly Freeman, m. int. 26 Aug., 1828, she d. aged 20, 
16 June, 1831 ; he m. (2) 4 March, 1832, Nancy Searle. 

JARED, and Catherine Truesdell, m. 19 Oct., 1831. 

CHARLES A., son of Richard, d. 28 Sept., 1848. 

SUSAN C, w. of Richard, aged 30, d. 6 Aug., 1854. 

JAMES, of Sutton, aged 63, d. 10 Dec, 1874. 

RICHARD, b. in New Hampshire, aged 76, d. 19 July, 1877. 

THAYER, LUCIUS, aged 32, d. 20 Sept., 1856. 
JAMES M., aged 29, d. 18 Aug., 1857. 
CLEMENTINA, widow, aged 68, d. 17 Dec, 1878. 
ABEL S., d. 22 Feb., 1880. 

THOMAS, JOHN, of Worcester, m. 12 Nov., 1747, Elizabeth, dau. of 
Joseph Wiley, and had at Ox., Margaret, b. 28 March, 1750, he d. ; she m. 
(2) James Freeland. 

GEORGE, m. Tamar , had Jemima, b. 29 Dec, 1830; Elizabeth, b. 18 

Oct., 1832; Arnold, 1). 19 .Ian., 1834; James, b. 2 April, 1837. 
' LUCY, and Jonathan Emerson of Havcsrhill, m. int. 26 May, 1838. 

GEORGE, aged 35, d. March, 1839. 



716 TIIOMl'SON. — THURSTON. 

THOMPSON, AMOS, h. 1 Feb., 1788, son of Nathan and Mary (Hawes) 
of New Braintree, came to Oxford in IS.".?; in 1838 purchased the Gates 
farm, west part, H. 79, sold in 1845. removed to Templeton, returned to Ox. 
1847. He m. 1810, Polly, dau. of Benjamin Witt. He d. af^ed 81. 27 Nov., 
1809, she d. 1 March, ISfi.S, both at Ox. . . . Children: Mary W., b. 14 Ausj., 
1812, m. Goorjce Prinn; of Brinilield; ch., Martha, ra. Charles Dudley, and d. 
at Worcester; Ahlnj, m. A. G. Pease, settled and d. at Worcester; IloUis ; 
AuiGAii- J., b. 22 June, 1814, m. Henry A. Hoyt of New Braintree, and had 
ch. ; Joseph J., b. 11 May, 1810, m. Mary Ilanis(h;ll of New Haven, Conn., 
where they settled, no ch. ; Hollis, b. 1818, d. 18.3.5, nnm. ; Martha A., b. 2 
July, 1824, m. Tliaddeus T. Gay; Elizabkth C, b. 2 May, 1820, ra. Edward 
W. Bardwell. 

JOHN, and Sarali, dau. of George Robin.son, m. 17 June, 1730(?). 

DEBORAH, N. Gore, and Elnathan Menger, Woodstock, m. 23 July, 1744. 

AAlfON, son of John of North Gore, chose a iruardian 1 March, 17.50. 

PETER of Dou.i^las, and Elizabeth Baker, m. int. 7 Jan., 1807. 

THOMAS (Irish), aged 08, d. 9 Sept., 1800. 

F. C, aged 22, d. 4 April, 1871. 

THURSTON, DAVID, son of Daniel of Wrentham (who was son of 
Tlionias, a pioneer at W.), 1). 9 May, 1726, was graduated 17.51 at Prince- 
ton, ordained 23 June, 1752, at West Medway, resigned 22 Feb., 1769, on 
account of ill health and troubles in his church. This was his only pastorate. 
In 1772 removed to Oxford, having bought the old tavern stand at the Israel 
Sibley place, H. 205, sold 1770, removed to Ward and thence to Sutton, where 
he d. 5 May, 1777. . . . Children b. at Medway: Susanna, b. 1753, m. Dr. 
Daniel Fisk ; Paul, Revolutionary soldier, marched in Crafts' Cavalry Co. on 
Lexington alarm, m. Hannah Rawson of Sutton, settled at Harvard, d. Sept., 
1797, had ch. ; Ei.niu, m. 14 Aug., 1776, Deborah Stevens of Worcester; 
Ani.iAH, with his brother Elihu was in the Revolutionary army in the same 
company and both killed Aug.(?), 1777, in the same battle; Nathan, b. 1764. 

2. NATHAN, son of David (1), m. 1786, Sally, dau. of Dr. Alexander Camp- 
bell, mentally his superior, resided at Westminster, Rockingham and Putney, 
Vt., Sutton and Ox., farmer and saddler; d. 17 Jan., 1817, at Ox., she d. aged 
92, 3 Dec, 180O. . . . Children: Alexander C, b. 7 Aug., 1788. at Westmins- 
ter; Sally, b. 11 May, 1790, m. Joel Eddy; Susanna F., b. 18 Sept.. 1792, at 
Putney, m. Jonas Ward; Mary, b. 3 June, 1794, at Ox., m. 19 Nov., 1812, .John 
Griggs of Sutton (son of Thomas who was from Hrookline), where they set- 
tled, had 11 ch.. Dr. Thomas T. Griggs of Grafton was a son ; Nathaniel, b. 12 
April, 1796, d. 1803 ; Hannah R., b. 5 April, 1798, m. (1) 9 Nov., 1820, Ira Trask 
of Millbnry, where they settled, no ch. ; m. (2) Lawson Snow; Fanny H., b. 2 
.March, IHoo, m. Dec, 1821, Alfred Torrey of Woodstock, Conn., where 
they settled, removed to Millbnry, where both d., she d. 6 March, 1881 ; their 
son, Luther, soldier in Oxford c(nnpany, m. Ann F. Wheeler of Millbnry. and 
had one son; Miranda P., b. and d. 1801; Emily S., b. 20 Sept.. 1802, d. 
young; Patty D.. b. 11 Sept., 1804. m. :?1 May. 1824, Henry P. Howe of Mill- 
bury, who d. in middle life, had a son a lawyer in Worcester, removed with 
his mother to Ohio, she d. 15 June, 1889, at Cleveland; Catherine P.. b. 29 
Nov., 1805, m. Liberty Litchlleld ; David T., b. 10 Jan., 1810, m. (1) Sarah, 
(laii. of .Tolin Jones of Medway, where she d., merchant at Baltimore, Md. ; 
ni. (2) at B., Harriet Bull, she d. and he returned to Massachusetts and resided 



THURSTON. TIFFANY. 717 

for several years at Sutton, d. there 9 Aug., 1875, no cli. ; a very estimable 
man. 

3. ALEXANDER C, son of Nathan (2), m. IG March, 1815, Polly, dan. of 
Reuben Eddy. He had several vocations, lived in different localities in Ox., 
kept for several years the boardintj-house at Aui^ulteback Village; later 
years was sexton and undertaker. He d. 17 Ans;-., 1872, at Providence, R. I., 
she d. 20 Oct., 1855. at Ox. . . Children : William E., b. 6 Sept., 1816, m. 
Louisa A. Albce of Pittslield, cloth finisher, d. fi Nov., 1858, at Putnam, Conn. ; 
ch. John A., b. 1843, soldier in late war, Co. E, 15th Mass. Regt. ; James F., 
b. 1845; Josephine, b. 1847, d. 1856; Ahhy Jane, b. 1850; Nathan, b. 1818, d. 
1824; L. Eaton, b. 30 June, 1821, m. 8 April, 1846, Martha M. Newton of 
Troy, N. H., where they settled, removed to Ware, thence to Providence, 
R. I., harness maker, had ch. ; Mary M., b. 2 March, 1825, m. 29 April, 1844, 
Henry A. Baker of Ox., jeweler and dentist, settled at Douglas, she obtained 
a divorce and resided at Chicago, had ch. ; a sou Estas E., b. 1845, was a sol- 
dier in the late war and d. 1864, in Audersonville prison ; Alkxander, 1). 1828, 
d. 1830; Sally C, b. 26 July, 18;?0, m. (1) 27 April, 1848, George Bridgford of 
North Grosvenordale, Conn., had ch.,he d. 7 Aug., 1875, at Providence, R. I., 
she m. (2) 12 Oct., 1876, Dr. Lewis T. Mason of Charlton; Henry, b. 19 Jan., 
1833. m. March, 1860, Martha L. Parks, residence, Glenville, Minn., where he 
had a large farm and flour-mill, superintendent of schools, had ch. 

WILLIAM H., son of Daniel of Grafton, b. 19 March, 1813, came to Ox. 
before May, 1838, m. 30 Oct., 1839, Julia A., dan. of William H. Bigelow; 
station agent, shoe manufacturer, coroner, selectman, a leading member of 
the Methodist Church ; removed 1885 to Worcester. . . . Children : William 
H. H., I). 25 Dec, 1840, m. 18 Aug., 1865, Mary A., dan. of Albert Lackey, 
no ch., shoe manufactuYer ; Albert Eugene, b. 2 April, 1857, d. 1864. 

LEVI E., and Martha M. NeAvton. m. int. 13 March, 1846. 

TIFFANY, BELA, sou of James, 1). about 1786, at South Brimtield (now 
Wales), in the employ of Samuel Slater as superintendent of the first cotton 
mill in Pawtucket, R. I. In Jan., 1812 purchased the land on which the East 
Village, Webster, now stands for Mr. Slater, retaining a one-sixth interest in 
the same as appears by the records until Nov., 1816, when he retired from 
the business and settled on a farm, H. 139, adjoining that of his father-in- 
law, Joshua Turner, which he bought 1817; he sold in 1822, and removed to 
New York city. When past middle life he removed to Southbridge, where he 
d. 29 June, 1851. His wife d. 16 April, 1839. He m. 28 Feb., 1813, Deborah, 
dan. of Joshua Turner of Ox. He was a wise, close calculating business 
man. . . . Children: Samuel S., b. 29 Nov., 1813, at Ox., m. 1841, I.sa- 
bella E., dan., of William C. Meade, D.D!, of Norwalk, Conn., residence, 
Newark, N. J., wholesale commission merchant iu New York; they had 
Isabella; Samuel, d. young, at Hartford; Eleanor B., b. at Brooklyn, m. 
Eugene Vanderpool of Newark, and had two daughters ; Loranie, h. at Brook- 
lyn, m. Shellman B. Stewart of New York, residence, Montclair, N. J. , had ch. ; 
Jane 31., b. at Brooklyn, m. Thomas A. Porter of Pliihidelphia, residence, 
Gcrmantown, Pa., had ch. ; Caroline S., b. at Gn^euwich, Conn. ; Nancy H., b. 
13 April, 1815, m. Franklin H. Cutting of Westport, N. Y., where tliey settled, 
removed to New York, Davenport, la., Chicago, 111., and to New York again, 
where he d. ; they had Annie, m. James B. Melcalf of Brayton, Ives & Co., 
brokers. New York; Mary, m. Henry Beste, shipping merchant. New York; 



718 TIFFANY. TOLMAN. 

LuvAN T., 1). 21 Sept., 1818, m. Marlin (J. Walker of Chicaj?o, both d. ; they 
had Samuel O., residence. Chicaj^o; Eihnard 8., residence, Boulder, Colo.; 
Cauomnk, b. 15 March, 1820, ni. Lafayette Stow of Eufala, Ala., removed to 
Mciiiplii.s, Tenn., whrn- slif d. 14 Nov., 1859, he returned to Eufala, and died 
there; Dk.xtkk, b. 1H25, at South Briinfleld, m. (1) Maria, dau. of Oliver B. 
Tweedy of New York, ni. (2) Elizabeth, sister of Maria; had by first m., 
Dcjti'r, and by second m.. May ; he fl. and his widow witii daui^hter, resided 
at Plainfleld, N. J., witii her fatlier. 

LYMAN, elder brother of Bela, bought 1819 the farm, H. 141, opposite 
Town's Pond, adjoining that of Bela, where he resided a year or two and 
removed from town. 

DEXTEK, younger brother of Bela, bought 1820 the farm next south of 
Lyman, now Joseph Stevens, H. 176, which he occupied one or two years and 
selling in 1822 returned to Boston, where he was a successful merchant. 

LAIRA, and James Brown of Sutton, m. intentions 6 Jan., 1827. 

1:)EM(JSTHENES, and Almira Twiss, m. 25 Sept., 1828. 

LEMUEL, of Douglas, and Bathsheba Hall, m. intentions 1 Sept., 1845. 
lie (1. aged 71, 21 Sept., 1867. 

TILLOTSON, JONATHAN, probably son of Jonathan of Lyme, b. 26 
Oct., 1684, one of the original proprietors, his home lot enii)racing the "old 
mill" at the south end of the Plain, H. 37, which he sold 1719 with " all his 
rights in the village," but remained here at least two years later, and we lose 

trace of him. He m. Rebekah . . . . 0/ii7(Zre?i ; James, b. 18 July, 1717; 

Mauy, b. 1 June, 1721. 

TIRRELL, EDWAKD (Canadian), m. Maria , family removed to 

Worcester. . . . Children: Edwaud, b. 1 Feb., 1846; Joseph, b. 1 Nov., 
1847; Julia, b. Sept., 1849; Alick L., b. 10 March, 1852; Ciiari.ks, b. 21 
April, 1854; Franki-in, b. 20 Feb., 1856. 

STEPHEN (Canadian), aged 40, d. 2 April, 1855. 

TISDALE, Ruth, w. of Ephraim, " an absentee." . . . Children : Epiir.um, 
John, Hannah, Ei.izaukth, Ruth, Wilks, Joskph, resided in Ox. March, 1780. 

TITUS, JOSEPH, of Douglas, and Mrs. Al)iguil Biiini, ni. :.>() March, 1788, 

TODD, JOHN, of Ward, and Esther Stone, in. intentions 2 Sept., 1780. 
AlUMIIBALD, Revolutionary soldier. 

TOLLEY, JEMIMA, many years a dependent on the town. 

TOLMAN, JONAS, b. :• July, ISIO, at Walpole, N. II.. son of Rev. 
Benjan)in, later of Fitchburg. tailor, resided at the Cyrus Lamb homestead, 
11. 121, in. 17 March, 1H;!5, Selaney, dau. of Lamb, she d. 30 Nov., 1870. . . . 
Children: Cyru.s L., b. 8 Sept., 1836, unni., d. 20 Nov., 1874; Elizaiskth. b. 
2 April, 1h:{9; Ellkn M., b. 1 Feb., 1852. 

BENJAMIN, brother of Jonas, lived at North Ox. mills, m. (1) Cordelia 
Merritt of Templeton, who d. 21 Sept., 1835, m. (2) 14 Feb., 1836, Eunice 
Leach of Ox., removed to New Hampshire and later to Winchendon, where 
bed. ChiUl i)y llr.st m. : Mary Jank, b. 1832, d. 1834. He, being then of 
Filchl)urg, m. (3) intentions 4 l")ec., 1852, Mrs. Eli/a Brnce, m. n. Leach, b. 
at Thompson. Conn. 

DANIEL, of Sterling, ami .\hnira Davis, m. intentions 12 May, 1839. 



TONAK. TORREY. 719 

TONAR, DENNIS, aged 108, d. 23 Dec, 1874. 

TOOMEY, MARGARET, dan. of Michael, aged 23, d. 4 June, 1878. 
DANIEL, aged 46, soldier, d. 4 Jan., 1882. 

TORREY, SAMUEL, b. 19 Feb., 17fi2, son of Daniel, of Sutton, ra. Hannah 
Sprague of Douglas; had at Sutton: Lkwis, b. 27 Sept., 1788, ra. 10 May, 
1812, Betsey Titus, settled in Douglas; Belinda, b. 21 May, 1791; Ruxana, 
b. 27 Dec., 1795, m. Josiali Glcason; Alfred, b. 25 March, 1802; Willakd, 
b. 5 Dec, 1805, all came with their parent^ to Ox. and lived in the old tavern 
house in the rear of the present Israel Sil)ley house, II. 205, where was b. 
Daniel, 11 Nov., 1808; several years later the family removed to Dixfleld, 
Mc 

JOHN, came to Ox. from Franklin 1807, m. Sally Richardson of Franklin, 
farmer, owned the place adjoining the common, now Benjamin F. White, II. 
244, where he resided 10 years and d. 4 Nov., 1817, aged 42. . . . Children, 
first four b. at Franklin: Harriet B., b. 28 Sept., 1799, m. Lewis, son of 
Amos Shumway; Ebenezer, b. 16 Aug., 1801, was gradu.ated at Harvard 
College 1822, studied law with and succeeded to the busines.s of Hon. John 
Shepley of Fitchburg, where he m. and settled and was a leading business 
man as well as lawyer, 26 years treasurer of the Savings Bank, 1832 became 
cashier of the Fitchburg Bank, which position he filled honorably for 27 years 
when he was elected president and continued till his death, 3 Sept., 1888; his 
son, George A., b. 14 May, 1838, was graduated at Harvard College 1859, 
prominent lawyer at Boston and Fitchburg; Sally, b. 5 June, 1804, m. 6 
June, 1825, Jonathan Dudley, Jr., of Sutton, where they settled, he d. 8 Dec, 
1847, she d. 17 May, 1876, at Webster; they had Edwin A., b. 22 June, 1827, 
m. Elizabeth P., dau. of Jonathan Howard, resided at Norwich, Conn., liad 
ch. ; Anne E., b. 2 Jan., 1831, m. 25 May, 1853, Rufus C, son of Oliver Hall 
of Sutton, resided at Webster; they had Florence D., b. 5 April, 1863; John, 
b. 2 Aug., 1806, ra. a dau. of Lewis Fisher, Esq., of Franklin, resided at 
Sutton, removed to Franklin, he d. 18 July, 1841 ; Eli R., b. 25 Jan., 1809, at 
Ox., went young to New York State, d. Nov., 1880, no ch. ; William, b. 2 
May, 1811, settled at Fitchburg and d. 13 June, 1835, a person of rare endow- 
ments; Rufus C, b. 19 Feb., 1813, at Ox., was graduated 1833 at Harvard 
College, went to Fitchburg, Avhere he was a number of years teacher, editing 
a newspaper and writing a history of the town, removed 1838 to Mobile, Ala., 
where he taught in Finney's College, removed to St. Stepiiens, studied law 
with Judge Ptolemy T. Harris. In 1841 began practice at Grove Hill, Clark 
Co., removed in 1843 to Claiborne, where he spent his subsequent years. In 
1844 elected judge of Monroe Co. Court, resigned in 1848, in 1875 chosen 
delegate to the State convention for the revision of the constitution, and 
in 1876 State Senator for four years. His health gradually gave Avay and 
he d. 13 Sept., 1882, at Claiborne. He was a very able man and highly 
esteemed. His w. d. 1856. He ra. 1846, Elizabeth, dau. of Andrew Henshaw 
of Clark Co. ; their surviving ch. are Charles J., lawyer at Mobile; Elizabeth, 
m. Harry Pillans, lawyer at Mobile; Andreio H., merchant near Claiborne; 
Charles W., b. 1815, d. 1816. 

DANIEL S., and Matilda R. , had George IL, h. 25 Aug., 1842; John 

T., b. 2 Sept , 1844; Nancy F., b. 26 Feb., 1847. 

JOSEPH W., and Isabella , had Caroline A., b. 5 July, 1844. 

SALLY, and Henry Davis, m. intentions 16 July, 1815. 



720 TOUUTKLLOTTE. TOWN. 

TOURTELLOTTE, JA.MKS J., a^cd 27, d. 3 Oct., 1«G0. 
I'AIMS, of SiiUoii, aired 70, d. 13 Oct., 18(i7. 
OA'I'IIKHINK, dan. r)f Paris, ai^ed 31, d. 22 F.b., 1874. 

TOWN, TOWNE, WILLIAM. Upon llie east coast of England, 120 miles 
iinrtluast from London is the old town of Yarmouth. Among its venerable 
Ijuiklinfjs is St. Nicholas Church (founded \. D. 1123), in which on 25 Marcli, 
1(;20, William Town and Joanna Blessing were ra. They were the grand- 
parents of John, the leading man in the EnglLsli settlement at Ox. Twenty 
years after this m. six of their ch. had been baptized in that Church and the 
family had joined the emigrants to .Vinerica. They resided first at "North 
liflds," Salem, removed 1G.')2 to Topstleld, where they settled. J.\coB, a son, 
was baptized at Yarmouth, 11 March, 1632, resided with his father at Salem 
12 years, m. 2(1 June, 1657, Catherine, dan. of John Symonds, and d. aged 
about 73 years. His sisters, Rebecca and M.vuy. were victims of the witch- 
craft delusion, and Sarah barely escaped with her life. John, son of Jacob, 
b. 2 April, 1658, at Topsfield, m. 2 Feb., 1680, Mary Smith, was active in 
pui)lic all'airs at Topsfield and administrator of his father's estate 1704, 
removed to Framingham where at the first .town meeting, 5 Aug., 1700, he 
was chosen selectman. In 1708 he resided at Charlestown, came in 1713 at 55 
yt'ars of age among the 30 settlers from Framingham to Ox., and at the 
first town meeting was chosen town clerk and selectman, and continued to 
occupy prominent pul)lic positions and to have the confidence of the com- 
munity during his life. Me was a leader in the formation of the Church, one 
of four who met at his house for this purpose, and was its first deacon. His 
abilities, character and experience fitted him to be what he in fact was, the 
Nestor of the new settlement. His house lot, H. 176, which adjoined the 
North Common he sold nearly ten years before his decease to his son 
Jonathan. He d. aged 82, 1740. at Topsfield.' . . . Children: Mary, b. 23 
June, 1681; John, b. 25 Nov., 1682, d. young; Israel, b. 18 Nov., 1684; 
K.sTiiKK, i). 13 Dec, 1686, m. 23 April, 1711, Simon Mellen of Framingham; 
Ei-iiuAi.M, b. 1688; Jonathan, b. 11 March, 1691 ; David, b. 16i)3; Samuki,, 
b. 25 Jan., 1696; Edmund, b. 7 May, 1699; John, b. 31 May, 1702. [Barry.] 
^ 2. ISRAEL, son of John (1), m. Susanna llavin of Framingham, one of 
the 30 original proprietors, his home lot, II. Ill, adjoining that of his father 
on the north. He d. aged 86, 29 Oct., 1771, at Ox., she d. aged 96, in 1787, at 
IJelchertown. . . . Children: Mary, b. 16 Nov., 1709, at Framingham, m. 
Theodore Kingsbury; Susanna, 1). 1711, d. young; Joseph, b. 1714, d. 1733; 
Susanna, b. 17 Fel). 1717 [Towne Gen.], m. 25 Oct., 1739, John Haven of 
Framingham (or Sutton) ; they had Mari/,h. 1750; Lydia, b. 1755; Aznlnih, 
b. 1758, m. Ezra Mixer; John, b. 1762; she d. 1806, aged 89, at Sutton; 
Ei.i.iAH, b. 16 Feb., 171'J; MosKS. b. 14 Aug., 1721; E.stiikk, b. 14 March, 
1724, m. 17 Dec, 1742, Jacol) WillsonC?) ; Israel, b. 12 Feb.. 1727, removed 
1749 to Relchertown. in. 17 Oct., 1754, Naomi Stebbins, he d. Dec. 1805, at 
IJelchertown, shed. 12 Feb., 1827; they had Amasa, b. 1755, d. 1820, at Bel- 
chertown; Jonathan, b. 1756, d. 1824, at Belchertown ; Williarn, b. 1759, d. 
1842, in New York; Joseph, b. 1761, d. 1825, in Pennsylvania; Lucretin, b. 
1763; lienjaviin, h. 1765: Ahner, 1). 1767, d. 1828, at Belchertown; Naomi, 
b. 1770, m. Niithaniel Talmadge of Ludlow, and d. 1835; Reheeca, b. 1772, 
m. Wilson White, and d. 1800, at Granville, N. Y. ; Susanna, b. 1774, m. 



1 Letter of SlUney Perley, Esq. 



TOWN. 721 

Joab Holbrook of Moscow, N. Y. ; Salem, b. 1779, m. 1807, Abigail King, 
resided at Granville and Aurora, N. Y., was graduated 1805 from Middlebury 
College (Vt.), was aclergyinau, doctor of laws, an able writer on educational 
subjects, author of " Towne's Speller" and " Towne's Analysis," two fa- 
vorite text-books, a prominent Freemason; he d. 24 Feb., 1864, at Green- 
castle, Ind. ; Lois,b. 18 May, 1729, m. 7 Sept., 1749, John Willson; Mehetable, 
b. 23 Dec, 1731, m. 12 June, 1760, Samuel, son of Josiah Larned. 

3. ELIJAH, son of Israel (2), soldier in French war, sergeant, m. 23 June, 

1743, Lydia, dau. of Ebenezer Locke, settled in North Gore east of the river at 
the Livermore place, H. 110, removed 1766 to Warwick, where she d. 9 April, 
1771. . . . Children, all except the last b. at Ox. : Ebenezer, b. 22 Sept., 

1744, ra. at "Warwick, and had Azuhah; Lydia; Lydia, b. 1746, d. 1753; 
MmiAM, b. 1748, d. 1753; Eijas, b. 1750, d. 1753; Ezekiel, b. and d. 1753; 
Elijah, b. 8 July, 1754; Mary, b. 2 Aug., 1756, d. 22 June, 1767; Timothy, 
b. 1758, d. 1767; Lois, b. 2 Sept., 1760; Lydia, b. 26 Feb., 1763; Miriam, b. 
1765, d. 1767; Mary, b. 12 Jan., 1768. 

4. MOSES, son of Israel (2), soldier in French war, m. (1) 19 Feb., 1747, 
Bethiah Reed, she d. 21 Aug., 1761; m. (2) intentions 4 June, 1763, Mrs. Abi- 
gail Childs of Grafton ; resided on the homestead until his second marriage, 
then removed to the north part of the town, near the river at the southern 
point of Prospect HiU, where he d. 16 Sept., 1808,; she d. 15 Sept., 1821, 
aged about 90. . . . Children: Joseph, b. 24 July, 1747, m. 28 April, 1772, 
Anna Cragin of Acton. [In March, 1805, Joseph Town of Fairfield, Me., was 
sued by the town of Ox. for the support of his father Moses. The town 
gained the suit. In June, 1806, Joseph, being in ill health, appealed to the 
court for relief. Court Rec] Esther, b. 1 March, 1750, ra. 30 Dec, 1770, 
Abraham Merrifleld(?) ; ' Elias, b. 8 Oct., 1754 ;2 Sarah, b. 2 May, 1757, d. 
28 May, 1769. 

6. EPHRAIM, son of John (1), m. 31 Dec, 1719, at Woodstock, Conn., 
Sarah Kenney of Ox., and settled at Ox. ; was one of the 30 English settlers, 
his home lot which he held in partnership with his brother Jonathan until his 
father's removal, was west of the road, opposite the old common, H. 178. 
. . . Children: Paul and Silas, b. 14 March, 1722, Paul d. 1722; Edmund, 
b. 19 Aug., 1724, m. 16 Jan., 1755, Abigail, dau. of Jonathan Brewer of 
Framingham [Barry 191], said to have removed to Vei'mont [Barry says 
Hoosack Fort] ; Towne Gen. gives his children thus : Abigail, Edmund, Cath- 
erine, David, Martha, Jonathan, Prudence, Silas; he d. 1779, she d. 1772; 
Thomas, b. and d. 1*727. 

6. SILAS, son of Ephraim (6), m. 17 Jan., 1745, Susanna (probably 
dau. of Ebenezer) Locke of Ox., removed about 1757, to Warwick. . . . 
Children, all except youngest three b. at Ox. : Susanna, b. 6 March, 1746, m. 

Moore, and removed to Grand Isle, Vt. ; Ephraim, b. 1748, d. 1753; 

Asa, b. 13 April, 1749; Sarah, b. 23 Aug.. 1751; Ephraim, b. 14 Aug., 1753, 
m. 18 Dec, 1777, Huldah Gale, settled at Warwick, Avhere he resided 1798, 
removed to Vermont, d. at Stow, 8 ch. ; Silas, b. 7 Aug., 1755, Lieut. 

in the Revolutionary war; Lydia, b. 15 July, 1757, m. Cook, lived 

at Conway and Buckland; Thomas, b. 25 Dec, 1759, at Warwick, m. (1) 



1 In Capt. Ilartweirs account book Dec, 1775, were both in Capt. Curtis' Co. in Revolutionary 

is a charge aKalust Moses Town for goods deliv- war anil tlie canipaijjn of 1775 uear Boston. La- 

ered to his " dafter Merrlfleld." ter, Moses liad ijeen 35 luontiis in Capt. Moore's 

-Moses and Elias Town, father and son(y), Co. Elias was lu the Saratoga battles. 

92 



722 TO^vN. 

Kulh Burton, 5 ch. ; m. (2) Mary Coleman, 5 ch. ; he cl. 1819, at Rowc; 
Ruth, b. 20 May, 1762; Edmund, b. 6 Aug., 17G4, in. 1782, Anna Fisher. 

7. JONATHAN, son of John (1), m. Katherine , one of the 3u Eng- 
lish settlers, and had land in partnership with his brother Ephraira, H. 178, 
opposite the North Common. In 1731 his father, being then over 70 years of 
age, deeded to him his home lot, 176, which Jonathan probably soon after 
occupied. Katherine d. 8 June, 1757; m. (2) 28 April, ITUl, Martha, widow 
of Richard Rogers, the Urst schoolmaster. He was a suljstuntial citizen, but 
seems not to have been particularly active in public attairs, was chosen 29 
June, 1739, deacon of the Church which ollice he tilled until his death. His 
will was approved 29 July, 1771. . . . Children: Jacob, b. 30 Oct., 1720; 
Tamak, b. 19 Feb., 1722, m. Daniel Davis; Simon, b. 26 March, 1724, d. 
unm.(?) ; Jonathan, b. and d. 1727; John, b. 15 Dec, 1728, m. 9 April, 1761, 
Dorothy Pratt, resided at the homestead, 176, sold in 1788, and removed to 
Ward, having exchanged estates with William Phips, Esq. ; in 1797, he sold 
his place in Ward and removed to Otsego Co., N. Y. ; was Captain of the Ox- 
ford minute men in the Revolutionary war, and marched at their head on the 
Lexington alarm ; later he was the efficient recruiting officer of the town, 
and advanced considerable sums to secure soldiers, for which he was 
reimbursed only at the end of a lawsuit; as Captain, in Sept., 1777, he 
issued orders from the court for the recruiting service ; ch. : Catherine, b. 23 
Feb., 1762 ; Tamar, ra. Joseph Putnam of Sutton, and had Tamar. b. 1786 ; John 
Town, b. 1787; Daniel, b. 1789; John, m. Dolly Gould, settled at Phillips- 
ton(?) ; Daniel; Mary, b. 4 June, 1731 , m. 19 Sept., 1751, Samuel Curtis, Jr., 
of North Gore; Josiah. b. 10 Aug., 1734, m. 13 Aug., 1756, Susanna Rich of 
Charlton, where they settled; he was in both the French and Revolutionary 
wars and d. 14 Feb., 1821, she d. 25 Nov., 1788; they had Catherine, b. 1757, 
m. Capt. John Fitts of Charlton; Susanna, b. 1759; Josiah, b. 17G1, m. 1780, 
Dorothy Hill of Killingly, Conn., and had .\aron, h. 1781 ; Leonard, b. 1783, 
harness maker at Charlton; Ruth, b. 1788; Susanna, b. 1790, m. Moses Dres- 
ser; Bichard Bogers, b. 1764, m. 5 Aug., 1782, Mrs. Polly Coburn, and had 
Catherine, b. 1792, m. Col. John Fitts, second wife ; Harvelin, b. 1795, thriv- 
ing farmer of Charlton; Sally E., b. 1811; Richard R., d. 1 Oct., 1843; Polly, 
his wife, d. 14 Jan., 1842; Hui.d.vh, b. 2 Nov., 1737, m. 18 Sept., 1760. Israel 
Pliillips. 

8. JACOB, son of Jonathan (7), m. 10 June, 1743, Mary, dan. of Rev. 
John Campbell, settled on Rocky Hill, north of the old Charlton road, II. 87, 
soldier in French war, and d. at Fort Edward 18 Oct., 1755, " was buried in 
the woods by his brother Josiah."' [His widoAv m. 23 Nov., 1758, Joseph 
Twiss of Charlton, who d. 13 Jan., 1793; they had Samuel, b. 17G0; Prudence, 
b. 1765, m. Francis Blandin; Lucretia, b. 1769. m. Sibley Barton]. . . . 
Children: Esthkr, b. 7 Nov., 1743, ra. 20 Oct., 1763. David Twiss of Charlton; 
Jonathan, b. 19 Jan., 1745, m. Lucy Lamb of Charlton, and had Mary, b. 
1772; Salkm, I). 21 Oct., 174G. [There is a tradition which comes on the 
authority of George W. Hartwell, who received it from his father, that on 
tlu' iluy of his birth the new Meeting-house at the North Common was raised, 
and that Mr. Campbell, the gi-aiid father, in commemoration of the event 
named the child Sai.km — peace. The name which was specially an honored 
one in Charlton, was later adopted in several instances in the family, and ex- 
tensively in other families of the region.] John, b. 5 Dec, 1748, d. young; 



I Family memorandum. 



TOWN. 723 

Sylvanus, b. 15 Feb., 1750; Isabkl, b. 12 Feb., 1752, m. (1) 23 Jnly, 1776, 
Israel Holten of Charlton, and had Isabel, m. Henrj' B. Morgan ; she m. (2) 
24 July, 1785, Ebenezer Rich of Sutton, where they settled and had Molly, 
b. 1777; Mehetable, b. 1778; Lucy, b. 1781; Elizabeth, b. 1783; Ebenezer, b. 17 
June, 1786, settled at Ox.; Jacob, b. 1787; Elisha, b. 1788;' William, b. 2 
Feb., 1754, m. Mary Reynolds, removed from town soon; Jacob, b. 20 Oct., 
1755, resided in 1827 near New York city. 

9. SALP:M, son of Jacol) (8), m. (\) 11 July, 1771, Elizabeth, dau. of John 
Mayo, she d. 15 March, 1772, m. (2) 11 April, 1774, Ruth, dau. of Ricliard 
Moore, she d. 25 Sept., 1790; he d. 22 July, 1825; prominent man at 
Charlton, soldier, quartermaster in the Revolutionary war, later Maj.-Gen. 
of militia, representative in the State constitutional convention and the legis- 
lature. . . . Children, all by second m. : Polly, b. 18 Nov., 1774, m. William 
Weld; Ruth, b. 28 March, 1777, m. (1) Aaron Wheelock.m. (2) Dr. Ebenezer 
H. Phillips; Eliz.\beth, b. 20 Sept., 1778, m. William P. Rider, she d. Nov., 
1828; Salem, b. 20 March, 1780, m. Sally Spurr of Charlton, resided on the 
homestead at Charlton, of sterling character, good mental al)ilities and very 
influential. A teacher in young manhood, later considerably in public life, 
several years State Senator, Gen. of militia. Hon. William L. Marcy, who was 
under his instruction in his youth, is said to have declared that for whatever 
of distinction or merit he had attained to, he was indebted more to Salem 
Town than any other living person. He d. 17 Feb., 1872; ch. : Elijah D. ; 
MZh'am Jf., m. Frances A. Robinson; Mary D., b. 1810; Sarah S., b. 1813; 
Mary L., b. 1815; Margaret L., b. 1819; Amelia M., b. 1821; Salem, b. 1823; 
Alice B., b. 1826, d. 11 Nov., 1843; Edtoard W., b. 1829; Pamela, b. 29 
Aug., 1781, m. Isaiah Rider, brother of William, she d. 29 May, 1844; 
Augusta, b. 13 Jan., 1784, m. Dr. Dan Lamb, leading physician at Charl- 
ton, she d. 14 April. 1865; Lucy M., b. 2 Nov., 1787, m. Col. John Fitts. 

10. SYLVANUS, son of .lacob (8), Revolutionary soldier, marched in 
Crafts' Cav. Co. on Lexington alarm, in Saratoga battles, m. (1) 29 March, 
1775, Margaret, dau. of William Watson, m. (2) intentions 2 July, 1785, Ruth, 
only child of Daniel and Elizabeth (Green) Hovey of Leicester, b. June, 1763. 
[Daniel Hovey d. before July, 1785, his widow m. (2) Rev. Benjamin Foster, 
Baptist pastor at Greenville.] He had good abilities, was many years justice 
of the peace, auctioneer, an efficient business man and held important pub- 
lic offices, a constant Church goer and much respected. Col. of militia, 
and a Gov't officer in " Shays Rebellion." He d. 8 April, 1818. His widow d. 
1837.. . . Children: William, b. 28 Feb., 1777, m. 10 June, 1799, Sally 
Barber of Worcester, physician, of good abilities, resided at Thompson, Conn., 
and Westminster, Vt. , d. in middle life at Worcester, having long been an 
invalid; ch. : Huth E., b. 9 March, 1801, at Thompson; Sylvanus, b. 25 Jan., 
1804, at Westminster; Sarah, b. 5 Aug., 1805, at Westminster; Sylvanus, b. 
27 Dec, 1778, unm., enlisted early in the U. S. army, continued nearly or 
quite 20 years, returned home about two years before his decease, 4 Sept., 
1823; Jacob, b. 22 July, 1781, tanner, m. 30 Oct., 1808, Catherine, dau. of 
Oliver Smith, removed to Greenbush, N. Y., d. in young manhood, she d. 
aged 25, 18 Feb., 1810, at Ox. ; tliey had Caroline, b. 1809, d. young; Charles, 
b. 24 April, 1786; Elizabeth, b. 1 Feb., 1788, m. Samuel Harris; Ben.iamin 
F., b. 13 Nov., 1791 ; Ruth, b. 7 July, 1794, d. young. 

'The willof Mrs. JolmCanipbellfrave toEstlier the testator. Capt. James frriflln was named 
Town, her KranJdaiiKliter, her wearing apparel. Executor, but a letter ot Administration was 
to Isabel her gold necklace and all moneys due Issued to Isabel Ilolten. 



724 TOWN. 

11. CIIAKLES, son of Rylvanns (10), m. 30 March, 1806, Sarah, dau. of 
Jonathan Harris. He d 10 Anj,'., 1828, she d. I June;, 1840, both at Ox . . . 
Children: Uvni, h. 31 Jnly, 1806, ra. Artenias G. Metcalf; Danikl Hovey, 
b. 13 Oct., 1810, III. Sarah Ilcrsey, settled at Soiithbridge, baker, removed 
abont 1867, to Sjiringflcld ; they had Charles, d. nnm. at Southbridge; Helen, 
resided at Sprinijrfleld ; Everett, m. and settled at Warehouse Point, physician, 
had a .son 1888 in Williams College; Anne, resided at Springfield; Chari.k.s 
IIakuis, b. 6 April, 1817, m. 2 May, 1838, Lavinla Chase of Sutton, settled in 
Grafton, removed to New York city, where he was a wholesale flour mer- 
chant, very expert, removed to Rockville, Conn., he d. at a hospital in Hart- 
ford, 19 Sept., 1888; ch. : Mary aS., h. 2 Ang., 1840; Albert H., b. 9 April, 
1844, soldier in the late war, killed at Fredericksburg; Sarah L., h. 21 Dec, 
1847; Arthur L., b. 11 Feb., 1858, organist and music teacher at Rockville; 
Charles S.. b. 15 Dec, 1861. 

12. BENJAMIN F., son of Sylvanus (10), saddler, in business from about 
1814 to 1820 at the shop on Charlton street corner, opposite the old tavern, 
previousl}' occupied by Maj. Archibald Campbell, later for two years with 
Seth Daniels and Sylvanus Harris at H. 218, aftenvard with his brother-in- 
law, Andrew Sigourney, Jr., in the tavern and store at the centre. He m. 
intentions 13 Dec, 1821, Mary, dau. of Andrew Sigourney. He d. 3 Nov., 
1833, she d. 8 June, 1860. . . . Children: Mary S., b. 5 June, 1823, m. 
25 Oct., 1856, William Wallace of Marysville, Tenn., no ch., he d. 26 April, 
1864; Bknjamin F., b. and d. 1831. 

13. DAVID, son of John (1), m. (1) 31 Dec, 1716, at Woodstock, Conn., 
Mercy, dau. of Samuel and Hannah Barton of Ox., settled at H. 27. She d. 3 

Dec, 1730, aged 37, m. (2) Sarah , she d. 24 June, 1737, m. (3) 28 Dec, 

1737, Priscilla, dau. of Dea. Daniel Hovey. she d. 2 Nov., 1741, m. (4) 
Margaret Manning of Woodstock, Conn., she d. 6 Feb., 1778, aged 78. He d. 
aged 87, 20 Sept., 1781, at Bclchertown. . . . Children: Francis, b. 7 March, 
1719,(1. 1729; Hannah, b. 1 Sept., 1720, d. 1743; Delivekanci!;, b. July. 1726; 
David, b. 15 Jnly, 1734; Susannah, b. 1736, d. 1737; Puiscri.r.A, b. 7 March, 
1740, m. intentions 21 May, 1768, Jacob Thompson. 

14. DAVID, son of David (13), m. 26 Aug., 1755, Koziah, dau. of Oliver 
Sliuinway. Soldier in the French war. [Small in stature. On a time he 
l)ecame exhau^^ted in marching and was about to lie down by the way as he 
thought to die, when a comrade near him, observing his condition, said to 
him, " Jump on my back ! " He was very ready to obey and having been car- 
ried a long distance was so revived as to be able to march with his company. 
He was wont in his old age to relate with tears the incident anil declared he 
owed his life to his friend the stalwart Irishman.] . . . Children : Francis, 
b. and d. 1757; William, b. 8 Nov., 17(;0; Oliner, b. 19 Feb., 1763; Kk/.iaii. 
b 29 Jan.. 1765; Sarah, b. 30 Nov., 1767. 

15. SAMUKL, sou of John (1), m. (1) 16 April, 1722, Sarah, dau. of Al)ial 
Lamb, siie d. 19 July, 1727, m. (2) 11 Aug., 1743, Bathsheba, widow of Collins 
Moore. He d, 1760, at Ox. [She m. 10 Dec, 1760, Joseph Phillips.] We 
(hid no record of his estate but there are indications that he lived on Prospect 
Hill. In his will, approved 22 April, 1760, he names the heirs of his son 
James, deceased, his dau. Zeruiah Cloisc [Cloyes?] and granddau. Elizabeth 
Cloise, Sarah Moore, Lucy Town and Samuel Town. . . . Children : James, 
b. 11 Oct., 1722, m. 10 Dec. 1747, Ann Blood, and had .S'aniA, b. 25 May, 1748, 
m. intentions 1 June, 1771, Ebenezer Collier; Keziah, James; James, the 



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father, removed to Belchertown, where lie d. before 2 .Inly, 1759 (date of his 
father's will), she ra. (2) John Wyman(?) ; Zkruiah, b. 1 Fol)., 1725, m. John 
Cloyes of Framingham(?) ; Sakaii, b. 12 March, 1727, m. Nathan Moore; ch. 
by second m. : Lucy, b. 2 Nov., 1744, m. intentions 7 June, 1766, Peter 
Delvee; Samuel, b. 12 March, 1747, m. 9 March. 1769, Tabitha Eddy, resided 
at Warwick; Tabitha, b. 8 Dec, 1749, d. young. 

16. EDMUND, sou of John (1), cordwainer. m. (1) 29 March, 1733, 
Elizabeth, dan. of Zaccheus Gould of Topslield, resided on Prospect Hill, she 
d. 17 Sept., 1742, m. (2) intentions April. 1744, Patience, dau. of Samuel 
Gould, cousin of his first w. He d. 27 May, 1745, she m. (2) John Eddy, 
second w. Town's inventory, £524, indicates a style of house furnishing 
above the ordinary for the times. . . . Children: Edmund, b. 10 Sept., 1733; 
Zaccheus, b. 1736, d. 1740; Elizabeth, b. 14 Feb., 1738, m. 10 Jan., 1758, 
John King of Sutton, who was Lieut, in a company in Col. Ebenezer Learned's 
Regt.. and later commissary and deputy sherifl'; Bathsheba, b. 1740, d. 1741 ; 
Maky, b. and d. 1742. 

17. EDMUND, son of Edmund (16), m. 11 Nov., 1756, Hannah Sparhawk. 
. . . Children: Zaccheus, b. 20 Feb., 1757; Hannah, b. 20 March, 1759, m. 

Abijah Burnap(?). 

18. JOHN, son of John (1), ra. 6 March, 1729, Lydia Hunkins, settled 
about a half-mile north of the North Ox. railroad station, east of "Burnt 
Swamp," house removed, H. 150. . . . Children: Thomas, b. 26 May, 1729, 
m. 13 Feb., 1752, Hannah, dau. of Jonathan Ballard, removed to Gardiner, 
Me.; they had Sherebiah, b. 1752; Ephraim, b. 1754, m. (1) Lucy Ballard, m. 
(2) Eunice Stackpole; Edvmrd, b. 1756, Solomon, b. 1758, Hannah, b. 1762, 
Elizabeth, b. 1766 [Towne Gen.] ; Abner, b. 21 May, 1731 ; Isaac, b. 17 Aug., 
1733; Phebe, b. 1737, d. 1741; Lydia, b. 1740, d. 1741; Rachel, b. 9 Nov., 
1742, d. 16 March, 1768, unm. ; Hannah, b. 24 Sept., 1744, m. Collin.s' Moore; 
Simon, b. 25 Feb., 1748; Lydia, b. 8 Sept., 1752, m. William, son of William 
Nichols. 

19. ABNER, son of John (18), m. intentions Feb., 1754, Susanna, dau. of 
Phinehas Dana, housewright, resided at Ox. in 1785, removed to Dummerstou, 
Vt. . , . Children: David Dana, 1). 1758, m. 31 Dec, 1778, Elizabeth Breed 
of Sutton, soldier in the Revolutionary war, marched on the Lexington alarm ; 
Phinehas, b. 1 Aug., 1762, m. Mrs. Lavinia Boyden; Perley, m. Phebe But- 
ler. [Town Gen.] 

20. ISAAC, sou of John (18),_m. 17 July, 1759, Huldah, dau. of Jonathan 
Pratt, Jr., farmer, lived on the southerly half of his father's farm, H. 152, 
house removed many years ago. He d. 9 Aug., 1775, she m. (2) 28 June, 1789, 
Saml. Bixby of Sutton, now Millbury ; after his death she, in 1831, journeyed 
from Ox. to Bethel Me., being then 92 years of age, and d. there at the resi- 
dence of her son Isaac, in March, 1843, at the age of 104 years. . . . Chil- 
dren: Huldah, b. 22 Nov., 1759, m. Jonathan Harris; Ellsha, b. 3 Dec, 1763, 
Revolutionary soldier, m. 28 Sept., 1788, Polly Watson, removed to Alstead, 
N. H., where they d. ; they had M. Watson; Mary, m. Enoch Slade of Thet- 
ford, Vt. ; Almira, m. Walter Tufts of Worcester; Alexander, b. 3 Sept., 
1765, m. Mary Wilcox of Burrillville, R. I., where they settled, removed to 
Ohio, where he d., no ch. ; Daniel, b. 1768, d. 1769; RuFus, b. 5 Oct., 1770, 
m. Abigail Crocker of Brattleboro', Vt., removed to Richfield, N. Y., had ch. ; 
Isaac, b. 19 July, 1775, m. Dolly Gould of Millbury, removed to Bethel, Me., 
where he d. ; Tyler, his son succeeded him on the homestead at Bethel. 



72<) TOWN. TUOW. 

21. SIMON, son of John (18), m. intentions 19 Nov., 1770, Mary Pilce of 
North Gore, lived at Ox. till 1780. removed to Charlton, thence to Dndley and 
A.shford, Conn., wiicrc h.- d. Dec, 1837, she d. 1838, (i<4(-d 93. [Tonne Gen.] 
. (Jhildren: D.vMKr,, b. 12 March, 1771, ni. Azubah Dagffctt; Thomas, b. 
1(1 May, 1772, ni. Mary ivelly, Amos, b. 2.5 Feb., 1774; Jokl, b. 12 March, 
177*;, in. Elizabeth Willard, tlicy had born in Dudley 1 Nov., 1806, XeUon P., 
who in. 10 Sept., 1H28, Julia A., dan. of Moses. Jr., and Susanna (Towne) 
Dres.ser, they iiad 1). 26 May, 182!), at Dresser Hill, Charlton, Alban N., who 
m. Caroline A. Mansllcld, brought up on a farm, was employed at carriage 
painting two years at Webster, soon after engaged as cleric in store at Web- 
ster; was in the same capacity at Worcester and Danvers, and went thence to 
Galesl)urg, III., where he became interested in railroading and accepted a 
position as brakeman ; "passing through the various positions of train, 
track, and station service" he fitted himself for general railroad management, 
and was assistant superintendent of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy road 
for several years, and in 1869 assumed the duties of general superintendent 
of the Central Pacific Railroad, which position he holds, 1890, residence, 
San Francisco, Cal. ; Jorix. b. 12 Aug., 1777; Mary, b. 24 Jan., 1779; Sakati. 
b. 16 May, 1781, m. Jacob Sly; Georgk, b. 9 Dec, 1782, m. Parthena Willard ; 
Hannah, b. 22 Nov., 1784, m. Joseph Perrin, father of Harrison of Oxford; 
Simon, b. 19 July, 1786. [Towne Gen.] 

ICHABOD, son of John of Sutton, m. 5 Dec 175K Jemima Stockwell, set- 
tled at Ox. where his eldest four children were born. He removed from Sut- 
ton to Athol, 1785, d. 1794, at Phillipston. [Towne Gen.] . . . Children: 
Jkmima, b. 23 Feb., 1755; Eli.fah, b. 13 Jan., 1757; Molly, b. 23 Jan., 1759; 
Aaron, b. 15 Nov., 1762; Hannau, b. 4 April, 17(!7, m. Ziba Stockwell; 
Sarah, b. 12 Feb., 1769, m. Asa Wesson. 

JESSE, w. Ruth, had Thomas, b. 13 Aug., 1721. 

EDMUND, son of Lydia Lamb, b. 31 Oct., 1781. ni. 12 Dec, 1752, Eliz- 
abeth Ramsdell of l)udley(?). [An Edmund d. 1754, at Dudley. Prob. 
Rec] 

ABIJAII, son of Mary Town, b. 8 Aug., 1732. 

PRISCILLA, and Daniel Shehy (Shea?), transient, ni. int. .". Jan., 1784; she 
m. (2) int. 10 Feb., 1809, David Howard. 

CIIARLFS, 2i)., and Polly Wliiliug, m. int. 18 Dec. 1824. 

TOWNER, PIOTER (Irish), aged 53, d. 11 Aug., 1885. 

TRASK, LKVVIS, and Sarali W. Davis of Leicester, m. int. 1 April, 1835. 

TROW, BENJAMIN, of Norton 1754, had Israel, b. about 1737, m. 1 Jan.. 
1761, Mary Clap|); they had Hkx.iamin, b. 18 April, 1763, soldier in Revolu- 
tionary war, came to Ox. l)efore 1789, m. 3(?) Oct., 1789, Rachel Pratt of 
Foxijoro', bought 1789 the house near the common, H. 244; l^lacksmitli, 
had a shop on the south corner of the common, was a thriving mechanic; 
sold in 17!t9 and a year or two later removed to Buekland ; he prol)ably 
d. 1). foiT ISK). Mis father Israel, tlicu of llardwick, was guardian of his 
minor children, and, 1810, discliarged in their behalf a mortgage on this 
estate. Israel, the father, was sergeant in the French war 1769, Captain in 
the Revolutionary war, member of Committee of Correspondence, selectman, 
assessor, treasun^r and representative at Norton, removed to Petersham about 



TROW. TUCKER. 727 

1793 and soon after to Harchvick where he d. 17 Feb., 1825, aged 88.' On 30 
Nov., 1800, Mrs. Rachel Trow was dismissed from Ox. Church and recom- 
mended to the Church at Buckland. . . . Children b. at Ox. : Polly, b. 11 

Aug., 1790, m. Bassett; Alfred, b. 23 Feb., 1792; Otis, b. 1794, d. 

1797; Lucy, b. 29 Sept., 1796, m. Erastus Taylor; Betsey; Salem. 

TRUESDELL, CYRUS, b. 1811, son of Simeon and Sally of Albany, N. Y. ; 
m. (1) Hannah Oakes of Southbridge, where they settled, she d. 1836; m. (2) 
30 Nov., 1837, Sally, dau. of John Mayo, she d. 11 Feb., 1875; m. (3) inten- 
tions 23 Dec, 1876, Mrs. Lucinda T. Bemis of Spencer. He d. aged 69, 25 May, 
1880. . . . Children by first m. : George W., b. 2 March, 1832, at Leicester, 
m. Judith Rogers of Holden, residence, Charlton; Eliza, b. 21 July, 1834, at 
Charlton, ra. A. T. Butler, residence, Worcester. 

JOHN, and Sophia, had Simeon A., b. 18 Oct., 1828. 

CATHERINE, and Jared Taylor, m. 19 Oct., 1828. 

Child of JOHN, d. aged 12, 24 March, 1832. 

SABRA, and John Bacon, m. 15 Oct., 1835. 

TRUMBULL, JOSEPH, of North Gore, among the early comers to town, 
taxed on first recorded list, 1717, d. before Dec, 1770; liad Joseph, black- 
smith; Isaac; Abigail, m. Bellows; Hannah, m. Robinson; 

Abia, m. Wakefield ; Mary, m. Fairbanks ; Eli^.^beth. 

2. PETER, of Leicester, son of Joseph, Jr., m. Mrs. Keziah Lamson of 
Ox., she d. aged 84, 28 Oct., 1851 ; ch., Amohy, b. 23 April, 1808, at Leicester, 
m. April, 1850, Catherine Hall of Dudley, came to Ox. from Millbury in 1832; 
1834 bought the mill privilege near the North Ox. railroad station, where 
he was a wheelwright many years. . . . Children: Maria K.,b. 31 May, 1851; 
Helena, b. 19 Oct., 1853; Albert, b. 19 Feb., 1855, d. 9 Sept., 1877. 

JAMES, d. 24 Feb., 1801. 

EBENEZER, and Mrs. Sarah Woodward of Spencer, m. 16 June, 1803. 

TRYALL, , widow, aged 68, d. Oct., 1817. 

TUCKER, JOHN, as learned by recent researches among the Harleian man- 
uscripts, went from Normandy to England under William the Conqueror, 
fought in the battle of Hastings 14 Oct., 1066, settled on confiscated land in 
S. Tavistock, Co. Devon, and was granted "armorial bearings," 1079. The 
coat of arms may be found in Burke. From him the line has ))een traced to 
Robert of Weymouth about 1G35. He had nine children, removed about 
1662 to Milton, where he d. 1682, aged 80. He had with others Ben.tamin, m. 
Ann, dau. of Edward Payson of Dorchester, was one of the grantees of land 
at Spencer and Hardwiek from the Indians. [Draper His. Spencer.] His son 
Jonathan settled in the North Gore, later Charlton, had with otliers Joseph, 
b. 2 Nov., 1686, settled about 1709 on Mashamoquet purchase, Pomfret, Conn., 

m. Margarette , and had several sons, one, Joseph, d. in the Louisburg 

expedition 13 June, 1745. He m. 6 Aug., 1744, Elizabeth Garrett, and had one 
sonEPHRAiM, b. 12 May, 1745, at Pomfret, m. 4 May, 1767, Mehetabel Chandler 
of Pomfret, and had seven children. Of them, Calvin wash. 15 March, 1780, 
at Pomfret, m. 19 June, 1804, Erepta Gilbert, settled at Pomfret, blacksmith. 



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'Paige His. Haniwick. Sept. 1!), 1791, Israel the chiUirun of his son Benjamin, lU'ceased, as 

Trow, Jr., of Norton, nallor, bouffht land in follows: Alfred, Lucy, wife of Erastiis Taylor, 

Ward, d. 27 Aug., 1806, at North Brookfield. In Betsey, Salem, and Polly Bassett, deceased, 
the win of Israel Trow, 12 May, 1824, are named 



728 TUCKER. 

removed 1812 to Ox. Soutli Gore, to the house near Nipmuck Pond, 11.47, 
and ill 1815 to a liouso, II. 51, on the old Wel).ster road, and in 1825 to North 
Brooktleld. He; d. 21 .Vpril, 1858, at Worcester. Erepta, iiisw., wa.s of the 7th 
jjeiKTation from Sir Joliii (lilhert, who came about 1G30, and was a leader at 
Taunton settlement lG:5fJ, and was also a descendant of the Tuckers, her 
^grandmother, having been dau. of Ephraim of Milton, she d. 21 Jan., 1839, at 
Worcester, aged 55. . . . Cldldren, first three b. at Pomfret : Joiix Gilbert, 
b. 22 Oct., 1800, m. 13 May, 1832. Alice Parker of Millbury, settled at Ware, he 
d. 28 Sept., 1876, at West Brookfleld; they had Andrew L., d. 1854; Harriet 
W., ni. (1) Wilder Gray of Ware. ra. (2) Atwell Barlow of West Brookfleld ; 
IIoKACK, b. 17 Nov., 1808, m. (1) Sarah E. Clark of North Brookfleld, and had 
Liiciux Ilennj, b. 16 June, 1844, ra. (1) 4 May, 1882, Carrie Howe of North 
Brookfleld, 1 ch. ; m. (2) Dollie Bebee of Palmer, and had .Mttnzo B., b. 7 
Nov., 1855, ra. Nov., 1882, Elizabeth Woods of North Brookfleld; Charles L., 
b. 1860, d. 1861; Eliza N., b. 22 Dec, 1810, residence, Vineland, N. J., 
unm. ; Jaspkr, b. 18 Jan., 1813, at Ox., m. (1) 5 Sept., 1837, Lucinda Dabney 
of Brooklyn. Conn., she d. 27 Sept., 1868, m. (2) 21 Feb., 1872, Mrs. Lucy 
Watson of Worcester; ch. by first m. : Ellen D., b. 1836, d. 1839, at North 
Brookfleld; Charles D., b. 3 Sept., 1843, m. 1 Dec, 1868, Nellie Young of 
Grafton, 2 ch., residence, Worcester, insurance agent; Mary Jane, b. 13 
Aug., 1840, ra. Nathan F. Perry of Worcester, they had .\rthur C. ; Haruy 
P., b. 28 June, 1815, m. Mary K. Bush of North Brookfleld, no ch., residence. 
Tabor, la.; George F., b. 17 April, 1818, ra. Mary Kobinson of Ellenville, 
N. Y., soldier in the late war in 15th Mass. Regt., they had Emory II., b. 7 
May, 1842; George A., b. 18 March, 1854; Mary E., b. 16 June, 1846, m. Jo- 
seph Kiraball of North Brookfleld, no ch. ; Emma Jane, b. 13 July, 1851, in. 
Thoraas E. Hall of North Brookfleld, no ch. ; Ephraim, b. 14 Oct., 1821, ra. 
Laurette, dau. of George W. Culver once of Lyme, N. H., residence, Worces- 
ter, has been foreman in E. W. Vaill's chair factory, genealogist of his fam- 
ily; they had Ella L., b. 20 Sept., 1849, at Ware, d. 10 Oct., 1851, at East 
Brookfleld; Ephraim, b. 26 Sept., 1852 at East Brookfleld, m. 19 Oct., 1881, 
Minnie D. Wise, of Maiden, book-keeper at Worcester; Elmer (r., h. 2 June, 
1854, at Worcester, m. 11 May, 1881, Emma A. Brown of Putnam. Conn., and 
had Fred E., b. 30 April, 1882, Avatehmaker and jeweler at Worcester; Albert 
L., b. 8 Feb., 1861, was graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1891 
in charge Electric Light Dept. Western Electric Co., Chicago, 111. ; Ndlie M., 
b. 24 Feb., 1866; Laura Maria, b. 31 Aug., 1826, at North Brookfleld, m. 7 
July, 1847, Austin N. Moulton, soldier in the late war in 57th Mass. Regt., 
residence, Brimfleld, no ch. 

CHARLES, w. Ruth, had Jo.si.vii H., who d. ai;ed 6, 25 May. 1826; Ruth, 
the motiier, d. 11 March, 1824, he m. (2) intentions 8 April, 1826, Olive Atwell 
of Thomi)Si)n, Conn. 

JOHN, son of Manasseh of Charlton, m. 3 .-Vpril. 1844, Lucy M. Davidson; 
they had Henry C, m. Lydia H. Lawrence; Ella A., m. Alfred S. Smith, 
teacher, both d. 1881; John, the father, d. 21 June, 1869, she m. (2) Warren 
Sibley of Auburn. 

MART1I.\, of North Gore, and Jonathan Uphara, ra. 19 March, 1760. 

WILLl.VM, and Anna Thompson of North Gore, m. 1 Sept., 1756. 

SAMUKL, w. Elizabeth, had Anna, 1). 28 Jan., 1769; Samuel, b. 26 Oct., 
1770. 

AVMLLl.VM, Revolutionary soldier. 



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SALLY, of Killingly, Conn., and Uzziel Wakefield of South Gore, m. inten- 
tions 19 April, 1783. 

TAMAKY, of Charlton, and James Phillips, m. intentions 18 Dec., 1788. 

LUCY, w. of Israel, d. 7 Nov., 1813. 

ANNA, of Gloucester, R. I., and Horatio N. Aldrich, m. int. 8 Nov., 1822. 

TURNER, JOSHUA, b. about 1749, came from Scituate to Ox. about 1770, 
was in Capt. John Town's company, marched on the Lexington alarm, Lieut, 
in the Revolutionary war. The record of his first purchase has not been 
found, liis first home was the house on the Millbury road one-third of a mile 
from the North Common, burned in 1883, H. 175 ; slioemaker, active in town 
and Church aftairs, a solid, thrift}' man, built about 1802 on the western part 
of his farm the house now standing opposite the North Cemetery, H. 138. 
He m. Eunice James of Scituate. He d. 9 March, 1832, aged 83 [headstone], 
she d. 9 Dec, 1825, aged 75. . . . Children: Eunice, b. 3 July, 1779, m. 26 
May, 1801, Philip Eastman of Ashford, Conn., she d. 28 Dec, 1801, no ch. ; 
Maky, b. 11 Feb., 1782, num., long a leading singer in the Church choir, d. 
24 Jan., 1875, at Ox. ; Deborah, b. 5 July, 1785, m. Bela Tiff'any. 

JACOB, of Walpole, bought 1804 the Gen. Learned farm on Prospect Hill, 
H. 126; d. there 23 March, 1830, aged 76. His son Silas, b. 1 May, 1809, m. 
31 Dec, 1832, Abigail C. Davidson, b. 1810, at Ward. He d. 15 Sept., 1854, 
at the homestead. . • . Children: Abigail C, b. 1883, m. 1859, John G. Bond 
of Charlton; had Alice V. ; Sarah L., b. 1834, d. 1854; M.vry J., b. 1836, 
d. 1854; Almira D., b. 1838; Silas, b. and d. 1839; Valeria E., b. 1841, m. 
Frederick Davidson, resided at West AVoodstock, Conn. ; Silas, b. 1843, m. 
Ellen, dau. of Nelson Williams, resided at Charlton ; they had Luman, Charles ; 
HoLLis D., b. 1845; Emma F., b. 1849, d. 11 June, 1889, unm. ; Emory E., b. 
1851. 

BENJAMIN, Revolutionary soldier. 

ASENATH, dau. of Jacob, aged 70, unm., d. 17 Nov., 1861. 

Mrs. MARY (English), d. 8 Aug., 1860. 

TWEED, ROBERT, and Anna Kathan(?), m. intentions Feb., 1743. 

TWISS, JONATHAN, w. Abigail, had Rebecca, b. 9 April, 1729, at Salem. 

CHARLOTTE, and Joshua Hicks, m. 27 Oct., 1793. 

ALMIRA, and Demosthenes Tiffany, m. intentions 25 Sept., 1828. 

TWITCHELL, BENONI, b. about 1684, supposed son of Abiel of Dor- 
chester, believed to have been early left an orphan and adopted by John 
Rockett of Medfield, who m. Betliia, sister of Abiel, Benoni's father; thus 
Joseph Rockett and Benoni Twitchell were cousins. It is said they came here 
together, and wo know their home lots joined. Benoni came from Medfield 
among the 30 proprietors, settled on the west side of 8-rod way between the 
two commons, sold 1728 100 acres, bounded east on the 8-rod way, south 
on a 4-rod Avay [road over Camp Hill], north on John Wiley and Peter Shum- 
way. In 1733-4 we find him on '• Manchaug farm near Oxford," tradition 
says at H. 1,0, then Dudley's. In 1736, '39 and '40 he was of Ox. In 1732 he 
was one of the grantees of land at Pequoig, Athol, probably in consideration 
of services of his father and grandfather in the Indian war. In June, 1734, 
he drew 10 lots there. In 1745 he deeded a portion to his son Jeremiah, he 
then residing at Thompson, Conn., and was preparing for the expedition 
against Cape Breton, in which he went, it is said, as commissarj'. He deeded 
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7:M) twitchell. 

also the same year ("since l)y divine providence I am enu;a£i;ed in tlic present 
expedition ajjcainst Cape Britton ") to his son Seth of Thompson, to his dau. 
Hannah, w. of Phinehas Dana of Ox., and Abigail Buship [Bishop], w. of 
John of Attleboro', in case he should not return, as follows: to Seth his 
husbandry tools, household goods, and notes and accounts, and to his 
daugliters all his lands in Ox. equally. He returned from the expedition and 
in 1749 was hero in the full confidence of the public, havinir been employed 
by the proprietors in the tlnal allotment of all the lands then remaining undi- 
vided in the town. On 18 Sept., 1749, the town voted £6 to Capt. Elijah 
Moore, innkeeper, for " dyeting him " while in this service. He is supposed 
to have d. at Killingly, Conn., the owner of large tracts of land. He was 
early in the town's history, much in public life, in 1713-14 selectman, in 
1714 town clerk, later constable, and to 1725 repeatedly moderator and select- 
man. He was a constituent member of the Church, " evidently a man of 
character and enterprise, and engaged somewhat in land speculation." He m. 
18 April, 1705, Hannah Allen. . . . Children [several b. before coming to Ox., 
some d. young] : Hannah, b. 1713, at Medtield, m. 8 March, 1731, Phinehas 
Dana; Skth, b. 9 Nov., 1711, at Medfleld, m. Dorothy Bishop, resided in Ox., 
in 1744 was of Thompson Parish, in 1757 of Sturbridge, at which date he sold 
land in Pequoig. In 1765 he had removed thither, and there spent his remaining 
days. [Athol records give the following, who, it seems probable, were nearly 
all the ch. of Seth and Dorothy and b. at Thompson: Jeremiah, d. 6 Oct., 
1810, aged 68; Benoni, d. 29 Aug., 1819, aged 74; Enos, d. 25 July, 1812, aged 
62; John, d. 1 March, 1802, aged 48; Abner, d. 15 Feb., 1825, aged 71. We 
conjecture from the land records that Seth had a son Abner, and there is 
positive proof that he had a son Jeremiah.] In 1777 he sold to Abner 
Twitchell and Seth Twitchell, Jr., land in Athol laid out to said Seth, Senior, 
on the rights of Benoni, the father. Of the ch. of Seth, two were recorded 
in Ox. : Jeriisha, b. 11 Aug., 1730; Josiah, b. 15 May, 1738. They had proba- 
bly ch. b. at Tliompson; but we find no record of them. At Sturbridge they 

had Seth, b. 29 March, 1757, m. Huldah , settled at Athol, was a man of 

ability and enterprise, left the Church in 1779 after several years of contro- 
versy and became a leading Baptist. He d. 7 Nov., 1802; they had William, 

1781, Francis, 1783, "always overflowing with good nature," m. Sally , 

and had with others, Genery, b. 26 Aug., 1811. " In early life a stage driver, 
for many years proprietor and manager of the largest line of stage coaches 
in New I^ngland, later president of the Boston and Worcester, Atchison, 
Topeka and Santa F6, Boston, Barre and Gardner, and Hoosac Tunnel and 
Western R. R. Go's, and member of the 40th, 41st and 42d Congresses." 

Domlhij, b. 7 Feb., 1759; John, b. 1713, m. Ann , settled on land near 

Ox., given him by his father, he d. 19 Nov., 1804, aged 01, she d. 16 Jan., 
1794, aged 85, both at Ox. ; they had John, soldier in the Revolutionary war. 
who had two daughters; Jabez, d. 6 Feb., 1789, aged 37, at Ox., who had 
Gili)ert and Jaljez; Benjamin, father of Robert (who removed to New York 
State) and John, also removed to New York, Grace, m. Joel Finch, Lucretia, 

m. (1) Candee, m. (2) Thomas Barnes, resided at Bristol, Conn.; 

lictsrij, m. Hyde; Patience, m. Hurd; David, fatlier of Anson, 

.\l)ijah, Betsey, .Ann, Eunice, Sabra, Maria, Sally, who m. Beta Bronson and 
li:itl Sherlock A., who was D.D. and once president of Kenyon College, Ky. ; 
.Ikkkmiah, b. 1715, received land at Pecpioig from his father; .\bigail, ra. 2 
Sept., 17;i(!, John Blslujp of Attleboro'; Joseph, m. Elizabeth or Abigail 



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Thompson of Derby, Conn., settled in Conn., numerous descendants; Sarah, 
b. 18 April, 1721, d. 12 April, 1740, at Ox. 

JEREMIAH, perhaps son of Seth, m. 4 Sept., 1766, at Sturbridgc, Rhoda 
Clark, and had Josiah S., 1767, Sarah, 1708, Matilda, 1769, Bala, 1770, 
Alfred, 1772, family removed to Athol, where he d. 6 Oct., 1810, she d. 18 
Dec, 1832, aged 93. 

MARTIN, of Milford, and Eleanor Lamb, m. 25 Jan., 1807. 

SARAH, w. of Gershom. aged 64, d. 8 Oct., 1857. 

GERSHOM, aged 74, d. 2 April, 1864. 

TYLER, REV. ALBERT, traces his genealogical record back to Job, 

of Audover, 1650, who m. Mary , and had with others, John, b. 

1653, lived at Meudou, d. 1742. He was four times m., by his third w., 

Town, he had Joseph, b. 21 Oct., 1721, who resided at Sutton, and 

removed thence to Uxbridge, where he d. 1779. He had three wives, the 
second having been Mary Draper, m. 30 Aug., 1756; they had with others, 
Solomon, b. 23 Sept., 1757, lived and d. at Uxbridge, 1 Nov., 1810, he m. 17 
Feb., 1781, Mary Archer of Uxbridge; they had 11 ch., the ninth, Timothy, 
was b. 16 July, 1799, m. Phebe Bates of Smithtield, where they settled and 
had Albert, b. 16 Nov., 1823, and Charles E., b. 8 Feb., 1835, resided at 
Millbury. Albert went in Dec, 1838, into the Sp;/ printing office at Worces- 
ter, remainiug there until July, 1844, when he removed to Barre as printer of 
the Patriot, continuing until the spring of 1849, when in partnership with 
Charles Hamilton he bought the Woi'cester Palladium printing office. This 
arrangement continued for two years, and having been in Aug., 1851, ordained 
as a Universalist minister he began his first pastorate at Oxford in the spring 
of 1852. In the spring of 1854 he removed to Granby, Conn., and in 1860 to 
Quincy, where he preached one year, and in 1861 returned to Worcester, pur- 
chasing with his partner, Daniel Seagrave, the Spy job printing office, con- 
tinuing until 1882, when the firm dissolved. Meantime in 1873 he removed to 
Oxford aud resumed the pastorate for a time, and also continued to preach as 
supply in many places in the vicinity. He in his earlier years contributed 
considerably to the press, and in Oct., 1885, established in Oxford the Mid- 
Weekly, the first paper printed in the town. He was representative in 1883 
and has filled the office of school committee for several years aud been chair- 
man of the board. He m. (1) 31 May, 1845, Wealthy H. Drury, b. at Auburn, 
she d. 24 Jan., 1868, at Worcester, he m. (2) 31 Dec. 1868, Eliza A. D. Josephs 
of Quincy. . . . Children by first m. : Jessie E., b. 18 Dec, 1845, at Barre, 
resides at Worcester; Phebe A., b. 1848, d. 1849; Willie, b. 1850, d. 1851; 
Martha, b. 5 May, 1853, at Ox., m. 31 Dec, 1873, Edson F. Estabrook, 
resides at Worcester; ch. : Alice L., b. 4 Jan., 1875; Harry B., b. 18 March, 
1855, at Granby, Conn., civil engineer in New Granada, S. A. ; Albert H., 
b. 21 Jan., 1858, at Granby, d. 11 Dec, 1882, at Honda, U. S. C. ; Walter D., 
b. 6 April, 1860, at Granby, m. 21 Oct., 1879, Christina C, dau. of William S. 
Forrest, settled at Ox.; they had Mabelle E., b. 5 Feb., 1881; ch. by second 
m. : Mary E., b. and d. 1874; Josie A., b. 12 April, 1875; Royall, b. 21 June, 
1877, both at Ox. 

WILLIAM, and Susan Nutter, m. 11 May, 1826. 

TYSON, JOHN, b. at Carlisle, Eng., came to Ox. soon after Samuel Slater 
established himself in business, a skillful dyer and in partnership with Slater 
and Bela Tiffany began operations at the present East "Village, Webster, under 
the style of "The Oxford Dye House Company," where he was successful 



732 TYSON. VASSALL. 

llnancially. Ho m. Susan Wliite of Pawtucket, R. I., resided here about eight 
j'ears, and d. aged 83, 2 Aug., 1821, no ch. He was amiable and much 
esteemed for hia moral worth. His widow m. intentions 9 Nov., 1823, 
Ebenezer Collins, accountant at Slater's mill. She then resided on Ox. Plain, 
removed soon to Boston, where both d., she d. aged 96, 1890. 

UNDERWOOD, NEHEMIAH, of "West Woodstock, Conn, had five sons 
ami one (iaiiirhter. Rev. Alvan, b. 8 Sept., 1777, was graduated 1798 at 
Brown University, settled 1801 as pastor at West Woodstock, dismissed 1833, 
his only pastorate, preached occasionally eight or nine years later; came to 
Ox. to reside with his son Alvan G. in 1841 ; m. 1804, Margaret Smith, she d. 
aged 71, 18 April, 1851, at Ox. He soon after returned to West Woodstock, 
again married, and d. April, 1858. 

ALVAN G., son of Alvan (I), b. 15 April, 1808, for a few years clerk iu a 
store at Leicester, came to Ox. 1831 as bookkeeper at the Ox. Woolen Co. 
Mill, later in trade on the Plain. In 1845 chosen cashier of Ox. Bank, 1855 
elected State Senator on " Know nothing " ticket, appointed by Gov. Gardner 
Bank Commissioner, served two years, resigned, and 20 April, 1857, was 
elected cashier of Milford Bank where he continued until 1874, when he re- 
tired. He was deacon at Ox. 1852 to his removal, many years town clerk and 
stood high in the estimation of his townsmen. He m. 9 April, 1833, Emily 
A., (lau. of Ebenezer Guild, he d. 6 July, 1885, she d. 25 April, 1888, both at 
Milford. . . . Children: Albert G., b. 28 Dec, 1833, at Mendon. m. 15 May, 
1854, Sarah S. Wight, removed 1868 to Milwaukee; from Aug., 1862 to June, 
1865, in the U. S. service in the war as clerk, went to Florida Feb., 1881, d. 
there 23 Dec, 1882, family resided at Milwaukee; they had at Ox., Herbert 
IF., b. 28 Feb., 1855, m. 30 April, 1878, at West Chester, Pa., Annie Gheen, 
residence, Milwaukee, partner in large steam bakery; F)-ank G., b. 12 Sept., 
1856, m. Feb., 1883, Hettie Dutcher, several years clerk in Milwaukee P. O., 
removed to Oregon. 

EBENEZER, son of Alvan (1), unm., d. aged 21, 3 Nov., 1839, at Ox. 

D.VNIEL, of Pomfret, Conn., and Harriet Fav, m. 27 Nov., 1827; carpen- 
ter, in business with his brother Willard several years. 

MAHALA, sister of Daniel, and Elisha Smith of Northbridgc, m. 20 June, 
1833. 

WILL.VKD, of Pomfret, Conn., carpenter, came 1825, in a few ycar.s 
returned to Pomfret. 

UPHAM, JONATHAN, and Martha Tucker of N. Gore, m. 19 March, 1750. 

TIKJMAS, of Dudley, and Elizabeth Pratt, ra. int. 29 Feb., 1784. 

liETSEY, of Dudley, and Davis Larned, m. int. 16 Oct., 1802. 

AMOS of Dudley, and Lorana Robinson, m. 4 April, 1837. 

MARY A., w. of Jeremiah, aged 28, d. 2 Nov., 1837. 

JOSIAII, of Dudley, aged 80, d. 18 July, 1883. 

PLINY B., aged 76, d. 10 Dec, 1885. 

VARNEY, MARY (Canadian), aged 43, d. 27 Feb.. 1864. 

VASSALL, BENJAMIN, b. 18 Sept., 1742, at Scituate(?), removed to 
CliarlLon 1780, to Ward 1805, and to Ox. 1817; served through tiie Revo- 
lutionary war; Lieut, of militia, cabinet maker; he m. (1) intentions 9 June, 
1782, Susanna, dau. of Jonah Stetson, she d. 14 June, 1786, at Charlton; m. 

(2) 7 Jan., 178'.), Katy R., widow of Manstleld, she d. 10 Feb., 1826, 

at Ox., aged 79, no ch ; he d. aged 95, 18 Feb., 1838. . . . Children by first 



VASSALL. — VIALL. 733 

m., b. at Charlton: Benjamin, b. 16 Feb., 1784; Jonas S., b. 6 June, 1786, 
d. 30 July, 1831, at Auburn. 

2. BENJAMIN, son of Benjamin (1), m. (1) 1807, Polly, dau. of Uriah 
Stone, she d. 30 May, 1830, aged 43; m. (2) 3 April, 1831, Louisa Southworth, 
no ch. He bought. 1816, the brick house near North Ox. railroad station, d. 
there 6 May, 1843; she ni. (2) John Fitts. . . . Children by first ni. : Vester, 
b. 31 July, 1809, ni. 17 April, 1834, Sarah, dau. of Captain Stephen Barton, he 
d. Sept., 1880, at Worcester, she d. May, 1874(?); they had Bernard Barton, 
b. 10 Oct., 1835, m. 26 Nov., 1863, Frances M., dau. of Benj. W. Childs of 
Ox., no ch. : Lieut, in Ox. Company in the late war, prisoner at Ball's Bluff, 
Va., several years in postal service of U. S., later clerk in public charities 
office in Boston, for several years grocer at Newton Lower Falls, residence, 
1890, Worcester; Irving S., b. 16 Aug., 1840, clerk during the war in Massa- 
chusetts State Agency at Washington, D. C, d. 9 April, 1865. 

VEDDER, ALBERT C, of German descent, New York State, m. Hannah 
E. ; contractor on the Norwich and Worcester Railroad, removals in- 
dicated by the birthplaces of his children. . . . Children: Agnes, b. 18 March, 
1825, in Montgomery Co., N. Y. ; John C, b. and d. 1827, at Half Moon, 
N. Y. ; Aakon, b. 23 Oct., 1828, in Montgomery Co., N. Y. ; Ann E., b. 26 
Dec, 1830, at Galway, N. Y. ; John V., b. 3 Nov., 1833, at Ballston, N. Y., 
d. 1836; Richard N., b. 13 April, 1835, at Mausfleld; Mary A., b. 3 Nov., 
1836, at Westerly, R. I., d. 1839; Elida A. and Mary, b. 8 Sept., 1838, at Ox., 
both d. young. 

VEEVARS, Mrs. AMBROSE (English), aged 30, d. 22 Nov., 1S58. 

VIALL, NATHANIEL, b. 28 Nov., 1785, at Chelsea, the son of Nathaniel, 
m. 18I4(?), Susan R. Lamb of Spencer, b. 24 March, 1793, resided at Dorset, 
Vt., Staustead, Can., Grafton. Came in 1837 to North Ox. mills where he d. 
aged 82, 11 Jan., 1868, she d. aged 80, 17 April, 1873, at North Adams. . . . 
Children: John M., b. 12 May, 1816, at White Creek, N. Y.. m. (1) 21 Oct., 
1845, Elvira Shepardson of Ox., who d. 19 Feb., 1855, aged 29; m. (2) Elvira 
Baker of Westminster, who d. 7 Aug., 1864, aged 42; he d. 22 Dec, 1874, at 
Charlton, farmer; ch. by first m., Franklin M., d. 27 Jan., 1858; Mary J., b. 
2 Aug., 1818, at Dorset, Vt., d. 14 June, 1853, at Ox., unm. ; Austin P., b. 11 
Dec, 1823, m. 1 Jan., 1846, Almina L. Stevens; R. Lucetta, b. 29 Nov., 1825, 
at Dorset, Vt., m. 29 Nov., 1848, Henry S. Brady of Millbury, whose father 
was from the north of Ireland, settled at North Ox., she d. Aug., 1886, at 
Grafton; they had Susan R., b. 24 June, 1849, at Ox., m. Austin Maynard of 
Oakham, removed to Fitchburg, had ch. ; Henry S., b. 10 March, 1851, at 
Spencer, ra. 5 Aug., 1875, Melissa, dau. of John H. Statlbrd; they had Alice 
M., b. 16 May, 1876; Frances C, b. 24 Aug., 1883; Joseph J/., b. 5 March, 
1863, at Fall River, m. Harriet Tracy of Oldtowu, Me., residence, Grafton; 
Emory Lt., b. 24 Aug., 1859, at Suucook, N. H., m. Nettie Hall of Grafton, 
residence. Worcester, had ch. ; Nathaniel A., b. 24 Jan., 1828, m. 1854, Sarah 
Shippy of Leicester, soldier in late war, lost an arm, for many years on sol- 
diers' messenger corps, Boston; they had George E.,h. 1856; Charles S., b. 
1858, residence, Providence, R. I. ; Susan C, b. 1832, d. 1836; Frederick J., 
b. 23 April, 1833, at Stanstead, Can., went in 1857 to California; William G., 
b. 5 March, 1837, at Grafton, soldier in the late war in 10th Mass. Regt., m. 
(1) 28 Nov., 1868, Sarah J. Streeter of North Adams, where he resided 1885, 



734 VIALL. WAIT. 

she d. 24 Dec, 18C8; he m. (2) 11 Aug., 1870, Frances A. Clark, they had 
mtliam ti., h. 18 June, 1876. 

VICKARS, SAMUEL, and Betsey Lewis, ni. int. 12 Nov., 1837. 

Mk8. KANNY, d. 14 March, 1860. 

ROSANNA, widow, aijed 34, d. 21 April, 1805. 

DIANA, widow, aged 58, d. 11 Oct., 1877. 

WILLIAM C, aged 23, d. 9 March, 1878. 

Mks. EALANA. aged 55, d. 20 April, 1885. 

VINCENT, WILLIAM K., son of Joseph of Westbury, Wiltshire, Eng., 
came to .\nierica 1834, settled at Clifton, O., removed 1835 to Millbury, 1837 to 
the Ox. Woolen Co. village, where he was employed until May, 1844, removed 
to Lyons, la., where he d. 18 Aug., 1859. Hem. (1) in England, Harriet Harbot- 
tle, who d. at Clifton, O. ; m. (2) 1836, at Millbury, Sarah D. Batcheller, resi- 
dence, Lettsville, la. ; a devoted Christian man, forward in every good work, 
an original Free Soiler in politics, and in his western home very etllcicnt 
in building up and sustaining Christian institutions, and greatly esteemed. 
Jank, his mother, aged 67, d. 10 March, 1844, at Ox. . . . Children b. at 
Trowbridge, Wiltshire, Eng. : J.\nk, ni. John C. Wilkes, residence, Camanche, 
la.; Joseph, m. Augusta McLaughlin, residence, Macon City, Mo.; Char- 
lotte E., m. Robert Campbell, and resided near FoUett's, Clinton Co., la. ; 
William K., b. 17 March, 1840, at Ox., ra. Christine Jameson, residence, 
Lettsville, la. 

VINTON, ABIATHAR, of Leicester, and Rhoda Wheelock of North Gore, 
m. 14 April, 1757. 

WAIT, RICHARD, of Watertown, had John, h. 1639, who had Amos, b. 
1079, who had Josiaii, b. 1710, who had David, b. 1752, soldier at battle of 
Bunker Hill, m. Al)igail Brigham, resixled at Sterling, where was b. David, 5 
Aug., 1790, m. (1) 2o July, 1817, Polly B., dan. of Silas Newton of West Boyl- 
ston, she d. 22 June, 1852; m. (2) 17 Oct., 1855, Zilpah B., widow of Jason 
Knowlton of Grafton, dau. of John Bruce of West Boylstou. He served 
three months at Fort Warren in war of 1812 and received a pension late in 
life; representative 1850; bought 1839, the farm east on the hill, H. 28, 
removed after about 15 years to west part, H. 71, sold 1866, removed to 
Centre; d. aged 84, 12 June, 1881. . . . Children: Geokge, b. 19 Nov., 1817, 
m. 12 April, 1857, Susan, dau. of John Fitts, reside at the Centre; they had 
Marion E., b. 13 Oct., 1859; Arthur F., b. 9 Oct., 1862, d. 14 Oct., 1877; 
AniOAiL, b. Fel)., 1820, ni. 1840, Samuel Fisk of Heath, settled at Ox. ; 
rciiiovi'd to Worcester, thence to Waterbury, Conn., where he d. about 1802, 
four ch. ; Mary B., b. 12 June, 1822, m. 21 Nov., 1854, Samuel, son of Daniel 
Nichols, settled at Ox., he d. 9 Oct., 1870, she d. 8 April, 1871; they had 
Ueorgianna, b. May, 1850, m. 9 June, 1871, Amos, son of Collins Allen, 
residence, Auburn; they had Herbert C, b. 23 April, 1872; Flora Bell, b. 4 
June, 1874; George, b. March, 1878; EuNiCK, b. 25 March, 1825, m. Lucius 
Newton, settled at West Boylstou, no ch. ; Lavinia B., b. 30 Aug., 1827, 
m. 1 Jan., 1840, Benjamin F., son of Benjamin White of Auburn, b. 2 June, 
1823, settled at Ox., no ch. ; Charles F., d. aged 14, 10 Sept., 1848. 

DAVID, and Uanuali Lilloy, m. 3 Aug., 1806. 

HANNAH P., ami William A. Fames of Leicester, m. int. 19 April, 1835. 



WAKEFIELD. WALKER. 735 

WAKEFIELD, AARON, and Olive Wight of South Gore, m. 16 Nov., 
1769, Revohitionary soldier, in 1775 in Capt. Healy's Co. of Dudley. 

BENJAMIN, Revolutionary soldier. 

UZZIEL, S. Gore, and Sally Tucker, Killiugly, Conn., m. int. 17 April, 1783. 

AMOS, Revolutionary soldier, and Polly Knowland, both of South Gore, ni. 
intentions 10 Oct., 1783. 

TIMOTHY, S. Gore, and Priscilla Joy, Gloucester, R. I.,m. int. 23 Dec, 1791. 

SUSANNA, and Joseph W. Gabriel, both of S. Gore, m. int. 18 Aug., 1792. 

LYDIA, of South Gore, and Samuel Streeter, m. intentions 29 March, 1794. 

VIDA, and Nathan Ide, l)oth of South Gore, m. intentions 22 April, 1797. 

BEZALEEL, and Polly Ide, both of South Gore, m. int. 14 Oct., 1797. 

SUSANNA, and Simon Wood, both of South Gore, m. int. 22 Oct., 1803. 

RHODA, dau. of Tubal, aud Nathan Cody of Dudley, m. 9 Dec, 1810. 

BETSEY, and Comfort Davenport, both of South Gore, m. 21 Nov., 1813. 

DANIEL, m. intentions 22 Oct., 1814, Tamar Howard; they had at Ox. 
Ira, b. 8 Jan., 1818. 

BETSEY, and David Sears, both of Dudley, m. 28 April, 1821. 

LOIS, and Moses Marsh, both of South Gore, m. 15 Dec, 1^21. 

HARVEY, S. Gore, and Olive Cutler, Thompson, Conn., m. int. 19 Oct., 1830. 

WALDO, DANIEL, \v. Matilda, with ch. resided at Ox. March, 1783. 

WALES, Miss SARAH, aged 34, d. 3 May, 1888. 

WALKER, SOLOMON, b. 29 Feb., 1776, son of Asa and Abigail, of Sutton, 
m. 23 May, 1800, Polly, dau. of James (known as Tailor) Brown, bought in 
1799 the John Shumway homestead, H. 183, the old house now standing in the 
field southwest of the North Common. He d. 31 Oct., 1841, she d. 24 Jan., 
1843, aged 69. . . . Children: Mary, b. 1801, d. 1803; Elisha, b. 25 Aug., 
1804, m. 31 Oct., 1838, Eliza A. D. Haskell of Dudley, he d. 25 July, 1870, she 
d. aged 77, 11 April, 1888; they had Lucy E. M., b. 25 Dec, 1844, d. 10 Dec, 
1877, unm. ; Eliza A. D., b. 1849, d. 1851; Ebenezer B., b. 8 Dec, 1805, m. 
8 June, 1828, Roxana Wicker of Leicester, he d._6 Sept., 1875, she d. 15 Aug., 
1872, aged 67; they had Sally Ann, b. 20 Oct., 1830, m. Julius, son of John 
Fitts; Hollis H., b. 16 June, 1833, m. Betsey, dau. of Elisha C. Taft, he d. 24 
March, 1881; they had Harry B., b. 5 Jan., 1877; Ernest W., b. Oct., 1879; 
Charles X., b. 20 July, 1835, m. (1) Emma E. Taft of Upton, resided at Worces- 
ter, she d. 17 July, 1879, 1 dau., m. (2) Mrs. Anna Brown; Lorincj B., b. 1 
Sept., 1837, m. 13 June, 1869, Emily A. Houghton, resided at Sterling; had 
Mabel H., b. 30 Dec, 1870, at Ox.; Luvan V., b. 28 Sept., 1840, d. 16 Jan., 
1855 ; Adelaide, b. 2 June, 1843, m. E. Perry Stow of Millbury, removed to 
Brooklyn, N. Y., had ch. ; Edward B., b. 30 Oct., 1848; Solomon S., b. 24 
Nov., 1808, m. Jerusha, dau. of Nathaniel Stockwell, settled at Ox., where he 
d. 26 March, 1870, she d. 21 March, 1870, aged 65, no ch. ; Polly, b. 1 Feb., 
1811, m. Thomas Warner; Abigail H., b. 3 June, 1813, m. Horace Pope; 
James B., b. 14 Aug., 1816, m. 1 Jan., 1845, Ann Maria Lunibard, he d. 19 
March, 1868, at Ox., she d. 23 June, 1888; they had Solon, b. 5 Nov., 1850; 
Celia, b. 1819, d. 1820. 

ANDREW, housewright, m. int. 30 July, 1774, Sarah Carroll of Killingly, 
Conn., owned and occupied, 1776 to 1785, H. 34, now George R. Earned. 

WILLIAM C, b. 10 Sept., 1810, son of William and grandson of William of 
Ashford, Conn., m. 28 Dec, 1832, Eliza II. Quint of Sanford, Me., resided at 



THC) WALKKR. WALLACE. 

Uxbridgf, Sutton, Northljiidgf, caiiu- to Ox. 1838, landlord of thu hotel at the 
centre, having; bought the estate, removed to Millhury, thence to Dudley, 
where he d. Feb., 1888, his w. d. 23 Jan., 1868, at Sutton. . . . Children: 
Eliza Q., b. March, 1834, at Uxbridge, ra. Franklin L. Knox of Sutton, 
where .she d. 15 Feb., 1871, 3 eh.; Isabella V., b. 20 Autj., 1835, at Wilkin- 
sonville, m. William II. Howard of Sutton, soldier in the late war, d. in the 
service, 2 ch. ; Willia.m II., b. 7 Dec, 1836, at Northbridge, m. Lauretta 
Houghton of Sutton, resided at Dudley, 2 ch. ; Alonzo V., b. 19 Nov., 1838, 
at Ox., soUlier in late war, ra. Frances M. Seaver of Hartford, who d. 4 Fel)., 
1885, at Millbury; they had Liszie F. ; Adelaide A., b. 2'J Nov., 1840, at 
Ox., m. Edwin li. Leaver of Douglas, 4 ch. ; Sidxky W., b. 28 Aug., 1842, at 
Milll)ury, drowned 8 Aug., 1850, at Millbury; Clarendon T., b. 5 Aug., 
1844, m. Josephine Crocker of East Douglas, resided at Chicago, III., she d., 
no ch. ; Georgetta, b. 1846, d. 1847; Emma A., b. 20 Sept., 1848, at Millbury, 
ra. Nelson G. Dudley of Douglas, 2 ch. 

JOHN, Revolutionary soldier. [See Duncan Campbell.] 

THADDEUS, of Charlton, and Priscilla Bacon of Gore, m. 10 April, 1792. 

G1DE(^N, Jr., of Croydon, N. H., and Polly Carey, m. 27 Aug., 1804(?). 

ASA, of Sutton, and Chloe Stockwcll, m. intentions 27 Oct., 1810. 

THEODOCIA, and Amos D. Johnson, m. 10 Oct., 1830. 

BETSEY, w. of Abner, aged 47, d. 3 April, 1856. 

ANNA, m. n. Field, aged 64, d. 28 Jan., 1864. 

FRANCIS, aged 54, d. 23 Jan., 1872. 

WILLIAM r., d. 9 Jan., 1874. 

ADALINE T., m. n. Kelley, of Killingly, Conn., aged 54, d. 1 I\b., 1875. 

BETSEY E., ra. n. Tiffany, of Douglas, aged 41, d. 24 April, 1875. 

EMMA E., ni. n. Taft, of Upton, aged 38, d. 17 July, 187!). 

WALLACE, WALLIS, OTIS, b. 31 March, 1794, at Holland, son of David, 
resided two years after m. at Holland, removed to Guildhall, Vt., where he 
was active in Church affairs and deacon. In 1835 joined a colony to settle 
the Western Reserve and removed, taking up 80 acres, among the pioneers at 
obcrlin, ()., where he was also deacon, returned on account of sickness 1838 
to Holhuid, remaining until 1844, when he came to North Ox. and was 
teamster for the mills. He m. 18 Sept., 1817, Lois Cutler, b. 15 March, 1796, 
at Guildhall. He d. aged 81,3 Nov., 1875. She was killed by railroad cars 
20 June, 1862, at Southboro'. . . . Children b. at Guildhall: Persa C, b. 22 
June, 1820, ra. (1) 30 Nov., 1843, Lucius F. Parks, settled at Ox., he d. 22 
Jan., 1855, no ch.. ra. (2) 25 Dec, 1856, Jabez Harding of Sturbridge, no ch. ; 
Susan E., b. 21 April, 1826, m. (1) 6 June, 1847. Abial L. Foskett, ra. (2) 20 
June, 1874, Daniel Noyes of Worcester, no ch. ; Charles C, b. 9 April, 1834, 
m. 20 Oct., 1855, Helen M., dau. of Samuel C. Willis, b. at Albany, Vt. ; had 
EU::ahoth II., b. 7 Aug., 1865. 

EZRA (wrote Wallis), b. 23 Feb., 1783, son of James, of Douglas, m. (1) 
;'.0 Aug , 1812, Del)orah, dau. of Moses Phipps, bought and settled on her 
father's homestead, H. 56, where she d. 18 Aug., 1819, aged 26, m. (2) 24 
Nov., 18l>5, Hannah, dau. of Samuel Rawson. He d. 26 July, 1849, she d. 25 
Nov., 1851, aged 62. . . . Children by tlrst m. : Calista, b. 18 Dec, 1813(?) ; 
Mary, d. 29 Sept., 1819 ; by second m. : Samuel R., ra. intentions 7 Dec, 1849, 
Hannah S. Bacon of Webster, resided at Norwich, Conn. 

JAMES, brother of Ezra (1). b. 18 Dec, 1789, ra. 1 May, 1814, Nancy, 
dau. of Samuel Kingsbury. He d. I Aug., 1875, at Brookfield. . . . Childh. 
at Ox. : Julia A., b. 1815, d. 1820. 



WALLACE. WARD. 737 

THOMAS H., of Leicester, and Betsey Avery, m. 16 June, 1823. 
HANNAH, aged 62, d. 25 Nov., 1851. 

WARD, WILLIAM, had John, b. about 1626, in England, came with his 
father in 1G39, settled at Sudbury, m. Hannah, dau. of Edward Jackson of 
Cambridge, and had with others, Eleazer, b. 26 Feb., 1673, m. before 20 
March, 1707, Deliverance, dau. of Dea. James Trowbridge of Newton, where 
they settled and where he was selectman in 173-1; in 1736, being then 64 years 
of age, he bought the Eliott grist-mill and removed to Ox. He was influen- 
tial here and from 1739 to 1746 town clerk, was 74 years of age when his suc- 
cessor, Dea. John Willson, was chosen. Served many years in the Indian 
wars and in the expedition against Port Royal, for which he received a grant 
of land in the South Gore. [See South Gore.] He d. 18 Jan., 1751. . . . 
Children: Jonas, b. 17 Aug., 1708, d. at Ox. unm., 1747. [Ebenezer Eddy, his 
brother-in-law, was administrator of his estate and charged for a " journey to 
Exeter and Portsmouth to collect wages due to Mr. Ward"] ; Abigail; Ruth, 
b. 19 May, 1710, m. Ebenezer Eddy; Tabitiia, b. 14 March, 1712, d. 31 Aug., 
1733; Phineas, b. 22 Dec, 1713, m. 1 April, 1752, Sarah, dau. of Joseph 
Rockett. He and his brother Samuel came to Ox. with their father probably, 
and in 1741 became part proprietors of the grist-mill, which partnership con- 
tinued until the death of Samuel, Feb., 1750, when the father deeded his 
interest to his son-in-law, Ebenezer Eddy; Rebecca, b. 10 Dec, 1715, m. Dr. 
Jabez Holden; Samuel, b. 16 April, 1718, d. 27 Feb., 1750, constable 1749. 

STEPHEN, housewright, and Patience Cook, both of Charlton, m, 4 Nov., 
1780, resided at Ox. Feb., 1792, with av. and ch. : Waterman, Guy Carlton, 
WiLLARD, Dexter. 

JONAS, son of Caleb and Rebecca of Ashburnham, b. 15 Feb., 1785, m. (1) 
24 Dec, 1812, Susanna F., dau. of Nathan Thurston, blacksmith, resided at 
Ashburnham and Millbury, settled at Ox., H. 175, where she d. 4 Jan., 1831; 
he m. (2) 2 Nov., 1834, Elizabeth, widow of Johu Pope, he d. 28 April, 1842, 
aged 57 . . . Children: Emily, b. 7 Nov., 1813, at Ashburnham, m. (1) 8 May, 
1834, Aldeu Snow, settled at Millbury ; had Alden H. , b. 13 Sept. , 1835 ; Charles 
E.,\).Z Oct., 1840; she m. (2) Phinehas Ball, removed West, and resided near 
Cedar Rapids, la., no ch. ; Edward L., b. 13 Jan.. 1815, at Millbury, m. 4 
Aug., 1844, Harriet A., dau. of Galacius Fisk of Upton, settled at Worcester, 
machinist, and later for nearly 30 years a farmer on Union Hill ; they had 
Julia J/., b. 1846. m. H. M. Tompkins of Croton, N. Y., residence, Worces- 
ter, had ch. ; Hattie L., b. 1849, m. Homer R. King, residence, Worcester, had 
Mabel; LouiNG, b. 1816, d. 1817; Laura F., b. 5 March, 1818, m. George 
Thrasher of Taunton, residence East Medway, had George; Samuel, b. 1820, 
d. 1830; Susan E., b. 22 May, 1822, m. intentions 1 Oct., 1843, Lewis T. Mason 
of Charlton, residence, Willimantic, Conn., returned to Charlton, where she d. 
14 Oct., 1875, no surviving ch. ; John A., b. 7 Dec, 1823, m. Mary A., dau. of 
Cyrus Cross, she d. 20 May, 1883, at Charlton, 9 ch., soldier in the late war in 
the 51st Mass. Regt. ; Lucia Maria, b. 2 May, 1825, d. 1839 ; Nathan T., b. 
1827, d. 1828; Sarah S., b. 15 April, 1830, m. Rufus Carter of Millbury, where 
they resided; they had Anne L., b. 1850, d. 18G3 ; Charles S., b. 1852; Henry 
W., b. 1854 ; Fannn E. , b. 1856 ; Marij E., b. 1859 ; Cyrus F., b. 1861 ; Laura E., 
b. 1864, d. 1872; William W., b. 1866; Leans E., b. 1868; Jennie L., b. 1870; 
James A., b. 1873; by second m. : Sa.muel, b. 21 Sept., 1835, went to the far 
West into cattle raising, and supposed to have been killed by Indians; Jonas, 
94 



71^^ \VAKI>, WATTS. 

b. 1837, (1. young; Angei.ink, h. 26 Feb., 1840, in. Ira Crane of Providence, 

K. I., had ch. ; Pamklia, b. 3 April, 1842, m. Peckhain, who d. 

ELISHA, Revolutionary soldier. 

WARDEN, GEORGE, son of Asaph, d. 26 Feb., 1811. 

WARDWELL, WILLIAM H., and Sarali A., dau. of Charles Green of 
Auburn, m. intentions 1 Feb., 1845. 

WARE, .lOSIAII, of Wrcnthani, in. (1) Mehetable, dau. of Eli Richardson 
of Friinkliii, tiic first in town to buy straw braid and sew into bonnets; re- 
sided with his brotlicr-in-law John Torrey in the house frontinir the connnon. 
and had his shop on the opposite corner, near II. 243. where he kept a variety 
store, .\fter two or three years traveled the country, making long trips 
South selling bonnets and fancy goods. She d. 22 May, 1H20, aged 37; 
m. (2) Sally Parker of Charlton. . . . Child by first m., b. at Ox. : Josiah, 
b. 12 Dec, 1812. 

ELISHA (relative of Josiah), and Betsey Shumway, m. 14 March, 1810. 

WARNER, THOMAS, of Providence, R. I., b. about 1794, came from 
Wrenthani to Ox. 1819, into cotton manufacturing with Jonathan A. Pope, 
brother-in-law, at the old mill near the Hawes place, continued 8 or 10 years, 
removed to Millbury, where he died. He m. (1) Sarah L., dau. of West Pope, 
she d. 2 Sept., 1829, at Ox.; m. (2) 17 Oct., 1830, Polly, dau. of Solomon 
Walker; he d. 13 Sept., 1838. . . . Children by first m. : Eliza A., b. 29 Dec, 
1818. at Wrenthani; Mary S., b. 11 March, 1821; Sakaii L., b. 4 May, 1823; 
Susan F., b. 4 June, 1825; by second m. : 2 daughters, residence, Millbury. 

EDWARD, brother of Thomas, superintendent of finishing at South Leices- 
ter Woolen Mill, d. 17 March, 1833, at Ox., aged 33. 

ALBERT E., son of Daniel, aged 20, d. 31 Dec, 1866. 

WARREN, ELBRIDGE G., of Ward, and Lydia E. Stone, ra. intentions 
16 March, 1834. 

WATERMAN, Mrs. LUCY, and Perry Forbes of Oakham, m. 2 June, 1831. 

WATERS, ABEL, taxed in 1771. 

DAVID, of Sutton, and Polly Hagar, m. 22 Jan., 1806. 

WATSON, WILLIAM, b. 1724, sou of Samuel and Margaret of Leicester, 
ni. (1) Mary , she d. aged 36, 14 June, 1771; m. (2) 8 June, 1773, Abi- 
gail, widow of Jacob Pierce, he d. 9 Aug., 1776, she ra. 22 April, 1776, Dca. 
Edward Davis of Dudley. Watson Avas a saddler, of Ox. May, 1755; bought 
1754 tiie tan-yard near North Common, sold 1772, bought the estate near the 
mill brook on Sutton road, II. 195, where he had a saddler's shop. He was a 
poi)Mlar citizen. Captain of militia, five years, 1768 to 1774, selectman, ap- 
praisal nearly £1,500. Children named in will, William, Joseph, Samuel, 
Margart.'l. . . . Children by first m. : Samuel, b. 11 Dec, 1754, at Leicester, d. 
1768; Mary, b. 11 Sept., 1757, at Ox., d. 1767; Marcjarkt, b. 23 July. 17.58, 
m. Sylvanus Town; Sarah, b. 1760, d. 1767; John, b. 1762. d. 1768: Will- 
iam, b. 1764, (1. young; William, b. Nov., 1765, d. 1766; JosKrn, 1). 6 May, 
1768; ch. by second m. : Samuel, b. 16 Sept., 1774. 

Mr8. jane E. (English), d. 30 Aug., 1858. 

WATTS, PETER (Engli.sh), machinist at North Ox., w. Elizabeth, had 
Pktkk, b. 18 March, 1833. Peter the father, d. 23 July, 1833. 



WEBB. WELSH. 739 

WEBB, THOMAS, aged 21, d. 15 April, 1844. 

WEBSTER, STEPHEN, of Thompson, Conn., b. about 1792, bouirht, 1818, 
land south, later Ebenezer Fitts, on road to H. 42, house removed thither from 
south end of the Plain and now standing; m. 13 April, 1812, Lucy, dau. of 
Daniel Kingslniry ; fell through the ice on Chaubunagungamaug Lalve, Sun- 
day, 25 Dec, 1825, drowned. . . . Children: Syrkna, b. 2 Aug., 1815; Ste- 
PHKN, b. 1817, d. 1819; Cynthia, b. 10 Sept., 1820; Emily, b. 13 Feb., 1825. 

WELD, DANIEL, m. 3 April, 1744, Joanna Haven, was then of North Gore, 
later Charlton; they had Daniel, b. 28 Feb., 1745; Stephen, b. 10 Oct. 1746; 
Joanna, b. 14 Aug., 1748; Elizabeth, b. 7 May, 1751 ; Jonathan, b. 27 Sept., 
1753; Bathshkba, b. 4 Dec, 1755; Elizabeth, b. 16 Dec, 1757. 

JOB, of North Gore, and Eunice Thayer, m. 23 May, 1754. 

MOSES, and Polly Mellen, m. 31 Jan., 1811. 

Mrs. POLLY, and Ichabod HoUey, m. intentions 10 Sept., 1815. 

WELLINGTON, WILLIAM, son of David of Worcester, m. Lydia Pierce 
of West Boylston, bought 1832 the farm on Worcester road, H. 129, where he 
d. aged 65, 24 Sept., 1849. She m. (2) Salem Larned, and d. 25 Jan., 1860, 
aged 71. . . . Children: Lucretia P., b. 31 March, 1810, at Worcester, m. 
(1) Sylvanus, son of David Larned, m. (2) 17 Nov., 1859, Ezbon White of 
Webster, d. 8 Sept., 1885; William, b. 1 Aug., 1812; David, b. 24 Sept., 
1823, at Auburn, resided 1890 at Webster, m. (1) 7 Sept., 1848, Caroline Wood 
of Webster, and had Emily 31., b. and d. 1849; Henry, b. and d. 1852; Caro- 
line d. Dec, 1852; m. (2) 23 Nov.. 1853, Melissa Plummer of Upton, they had 
George D., b. 1857, d. 1858; Fred A., b. 4 Oct., 1859; William E.,h. 2 May, 
1863; Annis, d. aged 18, 4 June, 1846; Clari.ssa H., m. 18 .Ian., 1834, Heman 
Kendall, Jr., of Sterling, where she d., 1 dan., d. young; Martha E., m. 3 
Dec, 1845, Alvah Kelsey, resided 1888 at Webster; they had Emma, m. 
Oscar Shumway. 

2. WILLIAM, son of William (1), m. 17 Dec, 1837, at Thompson, Conn., 
Irene, dau of Peter Kidder, settled on the homestead; railroad contractor; he 
d. 27 .Tune, 1872. . . . Children: Lydia S., b. 1839, at Springfleld, d. 1842; 
Charles H., b. 29 June, 1840, at Chester, m. Jan., 1875, Mrs. Elizabeth V. 
Parsons, m. n. Burlingame of Webster, b. at Gloucester, R. I., she d. aged 44, 
15 Oct., 1884; they had V. Irene, b. 8 Sept., 1876, at Webster; Louie, b. 5 
Dec, 1880, at Ox.; he resides on the homestead, road builder and railroad 
contractor; Martha I., b. and d. 1843, at Albany, N. Y. ; Willis M., b. 9 
March, 1844, at Ox., m. 22 Aug., 1871, Emma F., dau. of Jesse W. Copp, rail- 
road contractor, postmaster; ch. : Mabel C, b. 1872, d. 1873; William 0., b. 
18 Nov., 1874; Charlotte I., b. 11 Oct., 1847, at Lancaster, m. 13 May, 1873, 
George II. Dodge; Lucius, b. 1850, d. 1851. 

WELSH, WELCH, THOMAS, Jr., and Martha W. Clark of Grafton, ra. 
intentions 24 Aug., 1822. 

ELIZA, aged 85, d. 19 Feb., 1859. 

EDWARD, aged 65, d. 22 Sept., 1860. 

HANNAH, aged 31, d. 3 March, 1875. 

ELLEN L., aged 34, d. 28 Oct., 1881. 

ELLEN, aged 19, d. 7 March, 1882. 

PATRICK B., aged 40, d. 24 Aug., 1884. 

ELLEN, widow, aged 69, d. 19 Nov., 1884. 

PATRICK, aged 80, d. 30 Dec, 1886. * 



710 WESSON. WETIIERELL. 

WESSON, MIRANDA, in. ii. Dou;^hty, aijcoti 27, d. 29 Dec, 1863. 
xMAIiV E., III. II. Pope, aged 28, d. 25 Aug., 1870. 

WEST, HENRY D., and Susan II., dau. of Josiah Moulton, ra. 2 May, 1850. 
WILLIAM L., ajic'd 20, d. 8 An-., 1881. 

WESTCOTT, CHARLES, Jr., of Cran.ston, U. I., and Melinda Stone, m. 
i May, 1828. 

DAVID, jouriuynian l)aker, resided at Ox. 1833. 

WETHERELL, Rev. WILLIAM, from England, settled at Duxbnry, a 
grandson, Josiilt.v, b. 1683 (tradition), removed from Plymouth to Duilley, 

bought land 1741. He m. Anna , had 5 children, of whom the second, 

Joshua, b. 28 April, 1744, m. 17 April, 1766, Hannah Williams of Sutton, and 
had William; Abel; Joshua, m. 5 Dec, 1808, Sally, dau. of Craft Davis of 
Ox., resided at Dudley, they had Hannah, b. 1810, m. Rufus Moffitt; the 
father d., Sally m. (2) Rufus Humphrey; Lyman, b. 26 April, 1781 ; John, b. 
26 Aug., 1786; Edward, m. intentions 25 Sept., 1814, Betsey, dau. of Lemuel 
Motlitt, settled at Ox., removed soon to New York State, and thence to Wau- 
kesha, Wis., where he d. 

2. LYMAN, son of Joshua (1), m. 26 Aug., 1807, Lurana, dan. of Jeremiah 
Amidown, settled in west part, H. 68. He d. aged 84. 14 July, 1865, she d. 
aged 90, 1 Nov., 1876, at Sutton. . . . Children: Dahius, b. 12 April, 1808, m. 
Harriet, dau. of Samuel Dunbar of Charlton, settled at Rochester, N. Y., had 
ch. ; he d. there about 1872, his widow resides at Kalamazoo, Mich., with her 

dan. Emma, who m. Wilson ; Laura, b. 22 Dec, 1809, m. Charles Lamb ; 

LoKiNG, b. 26 Jan., 1814, m. Judith Brown, settled at Worcester, removed to 
Boston and Lexington, machinist, had Francis E., m. Abbie Batcheller, who 
d. at Lexington, shoe dealer in Providence, R. I. ; Lyman A., h. 9 Jan., 1823, 
m. 27 Nov., 1849, Olive, dau. of John Rich of Charlton, settled on homestead, 
liad Eugene, b. 7 Sept., 1851, merchant at Ox., m. 1888, Sarah E., dau. of 
Moses Bnrdon ; Jennie, b. 13 Sept., 1855, m. Olin O., son of Otis Foster; 
Jane L., b. 23 Feb., 1825, m. Benjamin A., son of Hollis DeWitt. 

3. JOHN, son of Joshua (1), came to Ox. spring of 1813 as clerk for 
Abijah Davis, was his successor in trade, became wealthy, Avas president 
of the Ox. Bank. He m. (1) 24 March, 1816, Clarissa, dau. of Andrew 
Sigourney, she d. 12 Nov., 1859, m. (2) 19 July, 1864, Mary, dau. of Nathaniel 
Johnson of Charlton, he d. 1 March, 1871. . . . Children l)y first m. : Andkkw 
S., h. 2".) .Jan., 1817, m. (1) 18 Sept., 1838, Diana, dau. of Rev. Benjamin 
Palm-, she d. 22 Dec, 1844, m. (2) intentions 13 June. 1845, Elizabeth L. 
Stevens, m. (3) 7 July, 1890, Ella Wilkinson of Pawtucket, R. I. ; shoe manu- 
facturer in Ox. for a time, removed to Woonsocket, R. I., where he practiced 
medicine; ch. by first m. : Clarissa S., b. 6 Sept., 1839, m. 26 Nov., 1857, 
Clnirles L. Watson, who d. 13 June, 1859, aged 22; they had Alice D., b. 
22 Oct., 1858, and a son, d. young; John Wolcott, b. 16 July, 1820, ra. 
10 Sept., 1858, Hester, dau. of Rejoice Newton, Esq., of Worcester, was 
graduated 1844 at Yale College, studied law at Caml)ridge, practicing at 
Worcester, mein!)er of Gov. Andrew's start", has been representative from 
Worcester and tilled positions of trust; George A., b. 30 Oct., 1825, was 
i^ratiuated 1H48 at Yale College, studied law at Cambridge and witli liis lirother 
John W. at Worcester, admitted to the bar 1851, began practice in partner- 
slyp witii Joim W. continuing until his decease, 23 Sept., 1858. 

IIAUUIET. ni. n. Esten, widow, aged 46, d. 8 Sept., 1868. 



WHEALON. WHITE. 741 

WHEALON, Miss LIZZIE J., aged 20, d. 22 Jan., 1888. 
WHEEL, MARY, dau. of Joshua and Elizabeth, d. 11 Aug., 1752. 

WHEELER, BARTIMEUS, had Esther N., b. 24 Sept., 1816; Anne, b. 
18 July, 1823; Persis M., b. 17 Sept., 1829. Child of Bartimeus d. 2(3 Oct., 
1825. 

WILLIAM, and Mary Eliza Cummings, ni. 1 March, 1829. 

WHEELOCK, Paul, Jonathan and David (descendants of Ralph and 
Rebecca), went early from Mendon to Charlton. William A. of Ox. 

descended from David, who m. (1) White, m. (2) Mrs. Jones, 

had 5 ch. by the first m., and by the second Aaron, Abijah and Gideon; 
Aaron m. 12 Feb., 1794, Ruth, dau. of Gen. Salem Towno ; they had 8 ch., of 
these, Pamela, b. 12 Sept., 1797, m. Stephen Davis of Ox. ; William A., b. 17 
March, 1802; Caroline, b. 1 Sept., 1804, d. at Ox., 4 July, 1842, unm. ; 
Artemesia, b. 4 Nov., 1809, m. Archibald Campbell. Ruth, the mother, 
m. (2) 10 March, 1820, Dr. Ebenezer H. Phillips. 

2, WILLIAM A., son of Aaron (1), m. 2 Jan., 1849, Sarah C. Keith of 
Grafton, settled at Ox., was before m. a broker in Boston, farmer at Ox. A 
man of strong mind, decided character and cultivated taste. He d. aged 
83, 24 June, 1885. . . . Children: Caroline R., b. 18 June, 1851, m. 18 June, 
1873, Edward D., son of Rev. Joseph Emerson, residence Wellesley Hills, 
business in Boston; they had Sarah, b. 18 May, 1874; Louisa R., b. 18 
July, 1876; Florence D., b. 21 July, 1878; Pamelia W., b. 13 Jan., 1880, d. 16 
May, 1884; Georgianna M., b. 9 Sept., 1853; William E., b. 13 April, 1856, 
m. Nov., 1883, Emma Fairbanks, settled at Quinebaug, Conn., merchant; 
Sarah L., b. 4 Sept., 1859, d. 20 April, 1879. 

MARTIN, of Spencer, and Miriam Brown, m. 6 April, 1817. 

WHELAN, PATRICK, and Mary Phelau, m. intentions 10 Jan., 1845. 

WHITAKER, SAMUEL, aged 38, d. 20 April, 1857. 

WHITE, RUSSELL, b. 6 Aug., 1792, at Mcndon(?), son of Joel, m. (1) 3 
April, 1814. Hannah Buftum of Douglas, who d. 14 July, 1827, aged 33, m. (2) 
6 April, 1828, Lydia, dau. of Enoch Marsh of Dudley, resided at Douglas, 
Uxbridge and Ox., bought 1819 the farm near Charlton line on the South- 
bridge road, H. 69, where he d. 28 March [Ox. Rec], 1857. Soldier in tiie 
War of 1812. . . . Children: Jarvis B., b. 28 Sept., 1814, at Douglas, m. (1) 
1 Dec, 1836, at Ox., Fidelia M. Mclntire, removed to Detroit, Mich., where 
she d. 26 June, 1863, m. (2) 1867, Lucinda S. Lewis, who d. 20 March, 1879, 
manufacturer of patent locks for money drawers, furniture, etc., at Detroit; 
ch. by first ra. : Eliza A., b. 12 Dec, 1837, m. 1858, P. C. James of Detroit, 
she d. 1867, at Detroit; Biissell J., b. 8 Dec, 1839, d. 29 March, 1859; Fidelia 
M., b. 27 Feb., 1842, m. 1864, Myron Lockwood of Detroit, she d. 1879 ; Holden 
B.,h. 5 Oct., 1844, m. 1866, Carrie Goodwin of Detroit, soldier in the late 
war, and later in Government service at Washington, D. C. ; Farnum A., b. 
17 Dec, 1847, m. 1870, C. Christian; Elmer E., b. 24 June, 1861. d. 22 Feb., 
1884; Holden, b. 12 May, 1817, at Uxbridge, m. (1) 26 June, 1845, Rhoda B. 
Gale, who d. 11 Oct., 1862, at Minneapolis, Minn., m. (2) 16 Dec, 1865, Ellen 
A. Mills of Auburn, N. Y., where they resided, no ch. ; Farnum, b. 27 Aug., 
1819, d. 6 May, 1840; Russell B., b. 1822, d. 1823; Philadelphia D., b. 11 
Nov., 1825, m. (1) George M. Hervey, m. (2) 25 Sept., 1865, at Union, N. Y., 



742 WIIITK. — WIIITMORE. 

Joseph C. Bradbury, resided at Hiu^'hamton, N. Y. ; IlA.VNAn B., b. 31 March, 
1831, m. 28 Oct., 1850, Thomas O. Edmunds, resided at East Soraerville, had 
ch. ; Julia A. E., b. Jan., 1833, ra. 26 June, 1850, Martin Ani,'ell of Douf/^las, 
resided at Taunton, had ch. ; John M., b. 1835, d. 1836; John M., b. 17 Dec, 
1836, in. (1) 1859, AnuuKhi Green of Webster, who d. 28 March, 1804, aged 24, 
no ch., ni. (2) J^ouisa, ihiu. of Charles A. Tourtellotte of Millbiiry, where he 
is H liotel keeper; Maktiia M., b. 3 May, 1839, ni. 29 May, 1860, Florence W. 
Hunt, anil had Muhel, d. young; Elmuia A., b. 11 Feb., 1844, ni. 29 June, 
1.S61, George L. Sweet of Killingly, Conn., settled at Ox., where she d. 18C5 ; 
tiiey had Everett W., resided at Worcester. 

JOEL, came when past middle life to Ox., resided at the southeast corner 
of Main Street and Sutton road several years, subscribed 1791 towards build- 
ing the south Meeting-house. Abel White of Barre had a suit against Joel 
of Ox. Aug., 1792. In 1804 Joel and John were of Dudley, goldsmiths. In 
1808 Joel is recorded as of Ox., silversmith. [Court Kec] . . . Children: 
PiiKBK, m. Sylvanus Coburn; Susanna, Constant, Hariuman. 

LUKE, son of Capt. Amos of Northbridge, came to Ox. with his father-in- 
law, John Gates, m. 11 June, 1843, Ruth M. Gates. Dealer in stoves and tin- 
ware. He d. 15 July, 1883. . . . Child: Dennis L., b. 28 Nov., 1854. m. 1 
May, 1884, Carrie E. Hathaway of Hazard ville, Conn., and had Ralph II., b. 
11 May, 1885. 

JOSEPH, and Abigail had Abigaii,, 1). 31 Jan., 1721. 

ANDREW, of Dudley, and Mrs. Dorothy Lamb, m. int. 10 Dec, 1703. 

EBENEZER, resided in the north part of Ox. 1771. 

REBECCA, and Reuben Robinson of Dudley, m. 29 Aug., 1771. 

JOHN, Revolutionary soldier. 

SAMUEL, 3 years in the Revolutionary war in Capt. Moore's Co. 

JOSl.VH, resided in the northwest part of Ox. 1792. 

MAN DANA, aged 22, d. 2 May, 1832. 

EDWARD, of Worcester, and Louisa La/ell, m. intentions 18 Sept., 1833. 

JONAS, and Roxana Gleason, m. intentions 29 March, 1835. 

WILLIAM A. (Scotch), and Levina N. Phillips, m. 27 June, 1847. 

SARAH E., m. n. Lawrence, aged 33, d. 2 Nov., 1800. 

HENRY, aged 29, d. 17 Aug., 1870. 

WHITING, POLLY, and Charles Town, 2d, m. int. 18 Doc, 1824. 
ERASTUS W., and Lucy P. Edwards, m. 5 March, 1845. 
HORACE L., of Douglas, aged 27, d. 26 Dec, 1857. 
OLIVE, m. n. TiUauy, of Attleboro", aged 97. d. 29 March, 1806. 

WHITLOCK, CHARLES, h. at Wolcott, Vt., aged 37, d. 5 May, 1800. 

WHITMAN, SALLY, m. n. Wheatou, of Abington, aged 72, d. 8 Aug., 1804. 
MARCUS S., son of Elijah, of Burrillville, R. I., aged 56, d. 19 May, 1883. 

WHITMORE, NATHANIEL, Ju., son of Nathaniel of Sutton, bought in 
1793 the Eliott mill, near the Hawes place, and began the making of .scythes, 
one of the first in the town in this line, sold in 1801, returned to Sutton, 
where he d. 1812 or 1813. He m. (1) 15 Aug., 1791, Lucy Elliot, she d. 11 
Feb., 1802, at Ox.; tiiey had Lucy, b. 13 Oct., 1793; Andkew, b. 29 Jan., 
1798; ho m. (•_') at Sutton, 23 Feb., 1803, Sally Sibloy, and had Nathaniel, b. 
1804, Sally, b. 1805, Paulina, Fanny. His father, Nathaniel, survived him. 



WHITMORE. WHITTEMORE. 743 

He m. [second \v.] at Ox. 3 Nov., 1808, Lydia Beers, he d. at Sutton 1819, 
will approved 2 Nov. According to creditable tradition one of these, father 
or son, while waiting at a ferry house at Albany for the boat to cross 
the river was prostrated by a stroke of lightning from a passing storm. He 
was uninjured, but in his pocket were two silver dollars which were firmly 
welded together by the shock. [The records give Nathaniel Whitmore of 
Grafton, blacksmith, May, 1752.] 

WHITNEY, JOSHUA, one of the 30 proprietors, cordwaiuer, sold 1719, 
being then of Mendon. 

ISRAEL, cordwaiuer, from Grotou, 19 Feb., 1732, bought land at Thomp- 
son Parish, Conn., in 1733 came to Oxford, settled at H. 183, later Kidder's, 
where he resided until 1742, removed to Pro.spect Hill (having exchanged farms 
with Jedediah Barton), where he d. 1746, order for appraisal 2 July. He was 
brother of Dr. Ebenezer Whitney of "Worcester (who d. in 1744), and admin- 
istrator of his estate. [In 1737, Ebenezer Whitney of Leicester bought land 
on the Farmiugtou river, Hampden Co., in " Bedford." Springfield Rec] 
He was a soldier in the Cape Breton Expedition in 1745, as appears from 
his wife's account as administratrix, where she returns £42 as wages due him. 
Amount of inventory £655. On 21 April, 1761, Oliver Cummings, Sibyl Cum- 
mings and Hannah, widow, heirs of Israel Whitney, all of Dunstable, deeded 
a moiety of his estate to Josiah Lamed. It was later owned by Isaac Stone. 

He m. Hannah , he d 1746, she removed to Dunstable. . . . Children : 

SiBYLA, b. 4 Feb., 1733, at Thompson, Conn., m. Oliver Cummings, resided at 
Dunstable in 1761; Josiah, b. 1735, d. 1740; Hannah, b. April, 1737; Tamar, 
b. 1739, d. 1740; Mary, b. 22 July, 1741; Richard, b. 22 April, 1743. 

SCHUYLER, b. 9 Sept., 1806, at Woodstock, Conn., son of James and 
Clarissa (Gould), cabinet maker, came to Ox. early in 1828, was in business 
in partnership with Capt. William Sigourney, sold in 1832, and removed to 
Wilkinsonville, where he was shuttle maker; removed 1843 to Southbridge 
and was an owner in the Litchfield Shuttle Co. until 1860, when he retired on 
account of ill health; studied and practice'd homoeopathy until his death 31 
March, 1879. His widow died less than a month afterward. He m. 24 Oct., 
1828, Sally, dau. of Cummings Litchfield of Charlton, no ch. 

JUDITH, and Nathan Shumway, m. 7 Feb., 1754. 

DANIEL, of Shrewsbury, and Katy Stone of North Gore, m. 26 Sept., 1771. 

EBENEZER, of Worcester, and Annis Kingsbury, m. 3 March, 1813. 

MARY, and Norman S. Beals of Turner, Me., m. 15 Dec, 1850. 

BRIDGET, w. of David, aged 64, d. 11 April, 1889. 

WHITTEMORE, JACK and PHILLIS (Colored), lived on old Charlton 
road just west of the river, house long since removed. She was much em- 
ployed at the Butler tavern; on 24 Nov., 1800, she left there for home in a 
snowstorm, and was found dead in the road next morning. On 30 Jan., 1796, 
the State paid the town a bill for the support of " Jack Whittemore." They 
had Deborah. 

DAVID, b. 1 Nov., 1809, son of Willard of Thompson, Conn., m. 24 Nov., 
1831, Lovisa Hil)bard, shoe manufacturer, came to Ox. 1845, Iniilt in 1847 a 
house on Park Street; sold in 185], and 1852 removed to Willimantic, Conn., 
where he has since continued the same business. . . , Children: Sibyl, b. 19 
Dec, 1832, at Thompson, m. John Flagg, residence, Willimantic; Albert S., 
b. 12 Oct., 1834, at Woodstock, merchant at Willimantic, m. Emily F. 
Bigelow. 



744 wmn KMOKFO. — wilky. 

DANIEL, of Tliompson, Conn., and Sarah Corljin of South Gort;, m. 17 
Oct., 1818. 

WHITTIAM, WILLr.\M, b. about 1773, at Bartlett, Mr-., son of Jeremiah, 
chmk; Id Ox. ;is a soldier in Adams' army 1799, shoemaker and farmer, settled 
at Ox., removed 1822 to Leicester, m. 26 Oct., 1800, Ilaimah, dau. of Benja- 
min Fitts; d. 4 Au^., 1847, aged 74, she d. 20 Maj', 1868, at Leicester. . . • 
Children b. at Ox. : Sophia, b. 9 March, 1801, m. Edward H., son of Edward 
Sluimway; Jkhemiah, b. 20 Oct., 1802, ra. Diana Doane, resided at North 
Adams, where both d. ; they had Persia, ra. Ebenezer Graves; Elizabeth, m. 
Duty MiUer; Hannah^ m. Richard Waite ; Andrew F., b. 3 March, 1803, m. 
intentions 23 Oct., 1838, Mercy, dau. of Kzei<iel Hovey of Sturbridge, he d. 
22 Fei)., 1.S64, she d. 29 March, 1881, aged 67, no ch. ; Sumnkr, b. 2 May, 180.5, 
d. 30 Sept., 18r)9, at Worcester, unm. ; Julia .V., b. 18 Jan., 1814, m. Stephen 
Shii)py; John, b. 18 Feb., 1819, ra. Lorinda Wheat of Leicester, they had 
George, m. and settled at North Adams; Hannah F., I). 11 May, 1821, m. 28 
Feb., 1844, Charles Wood of Plymouth, residence, Leicester, they had Ilan- 
nah Jane, rn. Herbert Bowei's, residence, Worcester. 

WHITTLE, BRIDGET, aged 48, d. 7 Feb., 1868. 

WHITTLESEY, ELIZABETH T., w. of Ezra C, dau. of Francis Fitch 
of New London, Conn., aged 44, d. 28 Aug., 1884. He removed to New Lon- 
don and d. there 10 Aug., 1887. 

WICKS, WILLIAM (English), and Betsey Cropper, ra. 2 Jime, 1848. 

WIGHT, LEVI, of KiUingly, Conn., m. Susanna , had Uzziel, b. 

and d. 174.5; Olive, b. 8 July, 1748, m. .Varon Wakefield, and had Timothn, 
lieznleel, Benjamin, father of Harvey, Abel and Alfred; Ruth, m. Zina Grovcr 
of Mansfield; Lydia, m. Asa Streetcr; Betsey, m. Comfort Davenport; Lois, 
m. Moses Marsh; Olive, ra. Laban Wetherell of Mansfield; Huldaii, b. 16 
Nov., 1750, m. James Gleason, Jr.; John, b. 2 Dec, 1752, m. intentions 26 
Aug.. 1780, Betty Robinson of KiUingly; Lydia, b. 17 Oct., 1754; Abigail, 
HI. .lonathan Corbin of South Gore; Caleb; Levi, ra. 24 Oct., 1782, Sarah 
IJorbin of South Gore; all except the last three recorded at KiUingly. [John, 
Calci) and Levi, removed in young manhood to New York State. They were 
noted for tlieir courage and physical strength. It is related that Philip 
Brown, who was a government man, was beset by the Shays men in the time 
of the insurrection, and fled to the Wigiits for protection. He afterward 
declared that he felt perfectly secure under their defence. On a certain time 
a collector, with other ofllcers from Douglas, carae and took from their 
premises a cow for taxes. They went the next day and in spite of the otli- 
cers and their posse of men, brought the animal back. Caleb was killed in 
New York State, while racing on horseback, having ridden under a tree a 
branch of which fractured his skull.] 

WILBUR, CILDEROY, aged 46, fell dead in his house 17 Oct., 1850. 
MAKV iv., Ml. n. Anderson of Tnion, Conn., aired 44, d. 16 Nov., 1876. 

WILCOX, , child of KohiTL and Hufli, d. ',» .Ian., 1778. 

WILDER, A15EL, au;.'d S6, son of Stephen of Lancaster, d. 26 April, 1866. 

WILEY, JOSKIMI, m. Jane , came to Ox. probably as early as 1719; 

was one of four persons who met Sept., 1720, to consult as to the formation 



WILEY. 745 

of a Church ; bought laud a little below the North Cominou ou the west side 
of the eight-rod way, was a man of means, as he bought other estates in Ox. 
He sold in 1750 and removed to Western [now Warren], where he d. 1753. 
His widow Jane removed to Worcester. His son Robert was owner of the 
farm at Western after his death and executor of his will. [He sold at Ox. 
4 April, 1750, to Samuel Baker, joiner, Avho 24 Feb., 1752, sold to Duncan 

Campbell.] . . . Children: John; Joseph, m. Martha , settled at 

Worcester, and had Elizabeth, b. 2 July, 1744; Martha, b. 3 May, 1746; Jean, 
b. 4 April, 1748; Moses, b. 4 April, 1750; Joseph, b. 1 April, 1754; Samuel, b. 
25 Aug., 1755, d. young; Samuel, b. 2 June, 1757, Revolutionary soldier ; John 
Thomas, b. 25 May, 1759; he d. about 1777, at Worcester, inventory £998, son 
Moses administrator; Sarah, m. Robert Gray of Worcester; and b. at Ox. : 
Reijkkah, b. 27 June, 1719 (?), m. 24 Jan., 1739, John Patrick of Worcester (or 
Kingstown), resided at Western; Makgaret, b. 14 March, 1721, m. 26 Feb., 
1739, Alexander Nichols; Moses, b. 20 Oct., 1723, d. young; Elizabeth, b. 6 
May, 1726, m. (1) 12 Nov., 1747, John Thomas of Worcester, he was of Ox. 
in 1750, and d. before Sept., 1753, she owned land in Ox., m. (2) James Free- 
land; Robert, b. 10 May, 1729, went with his father to Western, m. Isabel 

, d. 1757, at Western; they had at Western, Mary, b. 6 Feb., 1753; 

Sarah, b. 6 Jan., 1755. 

2. JOHN, son of Joseph (1), m. Susanna, dau. of Seth Aldrich of Ux- 
bridge. . . . Children: John, b. 20 Sept., 1734; Mary, b. 17 Feb., 1737, m. 
(1) 12 March, 1761, Noah Dodge of Dudley, and had Noah, b. 4 Nov., 1761; 

she m. (2) Holten; Susanna, b. 8 Oct., 1739, m. Keith; Sarah, 

b. 17 June, 1742, m. Taft; Seth, b. 23 May, 1745 ; Alduich, b. 12 June, 

1748 ; Joseph, b. 30 June, 1751 ; Benjamin, b. 1 Jan., 1758. On 14 Nov., 1746, 
Joseph Wiley deeded to his son John 50 acres on the west side of Prospect 
Hill. They probably lived together on this estate. In Sept., 1763, James 
Jackson, trader, of Boston, sold on execution land belonging to John, Jr., and 
in Nov., 1763, he was sued by other parties. He Avas a trader and a rough 
man. Alexander Nichols, brother-in-law, was indebted to him and meeting 
on 25 Aug., 1763, at the old tavern on the Plain, they had a quarrel in 
which Wiley assaulted Nichols, injuring him so that he had medical treat- 
ment and was confined to his house for a time, for which Nichols sued 
him. The case was sent to referees, viz., Ebenezer Learned, Hezekiah Stone 
and Thomas Town, who awarded Nichols ten doUars damages. WUey re- 
fused to pay, and sued Nichols for debt. This case was also submitted to 
referees, viz., Josiah Brewer, Edward Davis and Josiah Wolcott, who heard 
the whole matter and reported that there was due from Wiley to Nichols a 
balance of £2, 19s. Id., but that Nichols should pay costs of both suits, which 
amounted to £7, lis. 6d. John, Sen., removed to Dudley, and died there. 
Susanna, his widow, was administratrix of his estate. In its settlement are 
named John, Seth, Aldkicu, Joseph, Benjamin, Mary Holten, Susanna 
Keith, Sarah Taft. In Dec, 1771, Susanna of Uxbridge, widow of John, 
late of Dudley, had a case in Worcester Court. In 1783, the town of North- 
bridge made a demand on Ox. for the support of " Wid'ow Wiley," later sued 
— trial March, 1785, — and obtained judgment for £12. On 31 July. 1783, the 
town of Ox. voted to sue Maj. John Wiley for the charge brought by the 
town of Northbridge. In June, 1786, John Wiley, then of Dalton, was sued 
by the Executors of Edward Davis, Esq., for dues to his estate to be paid la 

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7 1() \VIM;V. WILLIAMS. 

rum or molasses. Dec, 1790, John Wiley, late of Smuli;rlaiul, trader, had a 
case in Court at Worcester. 

3. JOHN, .son of John (2), soldier in French war 1759, m. 18 June, 1752, 
Rachel, dau. of Sarautil Curtis, and had in Ox., Rkubkn, b. 27 Dec., 1752; 
Susanna, b. 9 March, 1755, family removed to Providence, R. !.(?)• In 1767 
or 1709, John Wih-y of Providence sold land in North Ox. to Jacob Pierce. 

WILKINSON, MARGARET, and Peter Landra,i<in, m. int. 7 Nov., 1836. 

WILLIAMS, RICHARD, m. 1 Dec, 1735, at Boston, Martha, dau. of Capt. 
Peter Papillon ; they were of Boston 1741, when they sold land in Ox. to Aaron 
Gkason. He was a master mariner, styled Captain, owned land in Doujilas, 
and was at the head of a petition, 26 May, 1742, for an act of incorporation 
as a town, later occupied his Ox. land, living, perhaps, west of the river 
between the Dudley and Charlton roads, H. 76, and d. there 1751. His widow 
m. John Ballard of Boston, who was guardian of her children. Rev. John 
Campbell was executor of his will. . . . Children: Jeffrey Bedgood, b. 25 
May, 1748, and two daughters. 

JAMES, b. about 1741, son of John and Joanna, came to Ox. in 1788 from 
Pomfrct, Conn., having bought the farm near the Maanexit river, ne.irly a 
mile north of Augutteback Pond, H. 89. An old record gives "John Williams 
d. Aug. 12, 1756, aged 56. Joanna "Williams, his wife, d. Oct., 1748, aged 37 
years. The father of John Williams was an Episcopal clergyman in Eng- 
land." James m. Damaris Dresser of Pomfret ; farmer and teamster from Ox. 
to Boston. He d. 27 Jan., 1811, aged 70, she d. 6 Nov., 1817, aged 74. . . . 
Children : Samuel, b. 1764, d. 178G, at Port au Prince. W. I. ; Esther, b. 1766, 
n). Warren Cudworth; Jerusha, b. 1769, m. 18 April. 179(!, Abel Howe of 

Worcester; James, b. 1771, m. Nabby , and had Fanivj, b. 31 May, 

1796; James, b. 18 Jan., 1798; removed to Rhode Island, where his descend- 
ants now reside; Stephen, b. 1774, m. Ruth Barlow of Vermont, went to 
Montreal, where he kept a hotel and later was a cooper, removed to Sherring- 
ton, where he was a farmer for 30 years with his only son Winslow. He d. in 
1849. Winslow removed about 1854 to Rochelle, Ogle Co., 111., where he d. 
28 Feb., 1877, aged 73. He was Captain of militia and a magistrate in Canada 
many vears. He had 18 ch., three sons were soldiers in the late war, and 
served with honor. Of another son we quote from the catalogue of the 
Roehestcr Theological Seminary : " James Nelson Williams, b. Dec. 22, 1829, 
Sherrington, Can. Grand Ligue mission school 9 years, Montreal. Baptist 
College 1849-50. Univer.sity, Rochester, 1850-51. Rochester Theological 
Seminary, 1853. Ordained, Grand Ligne, Can., Feb. 7, 1854. Missionary, 
(irand Ligne, 1854, '6, '6. Pastor of Baptist Church, Montreal, 1856-59. 
Missionary, Grand Ligne, 1859-64. Editor, Montreal, 1865. Missionary 
among French in Ohio, 18G(J-G8. Pastor of S. Church, Chicago, 1868-70. 
Missionary among French in New England." Since 1873 he has continued in 
this Held, lieadciuarters at Boston; AniGAiL, b. 1777, d. 14 Jan., 1860, num.; 
Ai.HKiKNCK, b. 1780, ^vas impressed and put on board of an English man-of- 
war. He tells his own story in a letter which follows : 

'• Bombay, March 22, ISIO. 
"Dear and honored Parents: I sit with my heart full of sorrow and dis- 
appointnu'Ht for fear that I shall never reach my own Country, for 1 am in 
despair and forlorn, for my enemies are imnnnerable for being an American, 
I iiave met with a s.ad misfortune in getting one of my feet jammed with a 
cable, by which I have lost one of my toes and the foot very much damaged. 



WILLIAMS. 747 

I have a threat deal of money due from the Eneclish, but whether I ever get it 
or not God knows. My life is a misery, and if my father is alive I wish him 
to applj' to government for my relief, for among these tyrants I cant long 
live. 

" I am still by the name of Thomas Pheasanton, I am . . . from Baltimore 
by Robert Provians in March 4th, 1804. — So Adieu. 

" N. B. I have nothing to wish for but my freedom, which is very easily 
gained for searching for, but there is no justice to be had in India. So I 
wisli for some lover of freedom to interfere in the behalf of not only me, but 
hunih'eds that are now on board of British men-of-war in the East Indies. 
So no more. 

" I am your dutiful son, 

" Albigence Williams. 

"To James Williams, Oxford, Mass." 

We have no knowledge of the result of this appeal ; Robert, b. 1784, lived 
on the homestead, m. intentions 18 Nov., 1815, Hannah Coburn of Charlton, 
he d. 28 Sept., 1838, she d. aged 85, 12 Jan., 1869(?) ; ch. : Lucincla, b. about 
1816, d. 1830; John J., b. 26 March, 1819(?). Studied mathematics at Wash- 
ington, D. C, began as assistant civil engineer on Annapolis and Elk Ridge 
R. R., and next under the U. S. government as assistant in surveys of military 
approaches to New Orleans, later supt. of breakwater at Plattsburg, on sur- 
vey for railroad across Lsthmus of Panama, assistant engineer for railroad 
across Tehuantcpec, and wrote a report of 295 pages, entitled ''The Isthmus 
of Tehuantepec." Was in the employ of several companies on large works 
in Central America, including the proposed Tehuantepec Ship Canal, and with 
reference to this was one of a committee sent to view the water-ways of the 
old world. From 1853 was 15 years supt. and engineer on the Kentucky 
division of the Mobile and Ohio R. R., and Paducah branch, chief engineer of 
the Mississippi Central and Tennessee R. R., and was repeatedly engineer on 
Capt. Eads' enterprises. He early Avrote important matter for publication on 
the benefits of opening communication l)etween the Atlantic and Pacific, and 
is considered an authority on public works in Central America. In 1888 a 
committee of the U. S. Senate on the improvement of the Mississippi river 
received and printed in a pamphlet of 20 pages his testimony and opinions 
on that important subject, considered very creditable to him as a practical 
engineer. He m. (1) Eliza M. Coburn of Washington, I). C, who d. 1864, in 
Alabama, m. (2) Eliza B. Alston, resided long at Jackson, Tenn. ; ch. by first 
m. : Emma H., m. Cecil Fleming, and d. 1876, 4 daughters; George H., b. 22 
May, 1848, m. Oct., 1887, Lutie Payne; John L., b. 31 Aug., 1849, ra. Rosa, 
dau. of Rev. Hendrixson, architect at Jackson, Tenn., had ch. ; Frank, b. 22 
April, 1853, resided at Gainesville, Tex., m. Ellen Rice, had ch. ; Flora, b. 24 
Nov., 1858, m. John Dent, resided at Galveston, Tex., had ch. ; Lillie C, b. 31 
Oct., 1860, m. Dr. Lilliou W. Whitaker, had ch. ; Samuel, unm., resided on 
the homestead until 1888, became insane, was taken to the Worcester Lunatic 
Hospital, where he d. 1 April, 1891; Clarendon, left town young, civil engineer 
at New York, an inventor in the line of harlior defences, a torpedo adopted 
by the U. S. government and now in use in the navy is said to have been 
his invention, he m. and had Mary, Frederick Eagan, Charles, all resided in 
youth at Yonkers, N. Y. ; he and w. have both d. 

OLIVER, son of Sylvania, b. 9 July, 1822, m. Maria Carder of Warwick, 
R. I., resided 1885 at Apponaug, R. I. . . . Children: Ada S., Ida D., twins. 

THADDEUS, resided at Ox. March, 1783. 

WILLIAM, and Sarah Church of Ilolden, m. intentions 15 Aug., 1797. 

JOHN, aged 40, d. 11 Oct., 1825. 



748 WILLIAMS. WILLSON. 

EHENEZER S., and Ruth F. Mowry, m. 14 Oct., 1850. 
RUTH A., w. of John H.. d. 18 Sept., 1868. 
MARY E., in. n. Moore, ai,a'd 31, d. 21 Nov., 1809. 
JOHN R., b. in Charlton, aged 54, d. 24 March, 1879. 

WILLIS, 1{()GER, son of Abicl, b. at Lebanon, N. H., whitlier his 
parents had removed from Conn., went 1821 from Hanover, N. H., among 
the llrst settlors to Albany, Vt., m. Jerusha Cleveland, both d. at Albany. 
Of their 9 ch., the second, Samuel C, was b. 1806, m. at Albany, Mary 
Cook of Thetford, Vt., removed 1846 with family to Grafton, and thence 
in 1853 to North Ox., most of the ch. remained in Mass., the father and 
mother returned 1858 to Albany, where she d. 1874, he d. 30 Aug., 1891. . . . 
Children : Hklkn M., m. Charles O. Wallace of Ox. ; Clark C, m. Cl) 
Melissa Cromb of Grafton, had ch., m. (2) Sarah Cook of Grafton, had 
ch., residence 1891 Worcester, marketman and grocer; Adriana C, m. 
N. King Morse of Grafton, residence 1891 Ox. ; they had 3Iary M., b. 
14 July, 1859, m. Waterman A. Warren of Auburn, had ch. ; Alice E., b. 15 
Aug., 1861, m. Richard II. Warren, ])rot]ier of Waterman A., had ch. ; Carrie 
A., b. 29 April, 1870; SniF.ox H., unm., resided at Albany with his father; 
Samuel C, b. 12 March, 1838, m. 13 Dec, 1859, Lucinda W., dau. of Capt. 
Otis Taft, soldier in the late war in First R. I. Cavalry, insurance agent of the 
firm of J. D. Washburn, Willis & Greene of Worcester, justice of the peace; 
they had Lillian May, b. 24 Jan., 1862, m. Homer S. Joslin; Irving C, b. 1 
Nov., 1864; Edward I., m. Ellen, dau. of Ira Sibley of Ox., residence North 
Ox., 1 son; WiLLiA.M E., m. Flora Greene of Spencer, residence Chicopee 
Fails, 1 son; Charles M., m. Winnie Hockenbury of Barre, Vt., residence 
Chicopee Falls. 

WILLIAM F., anil Adaline F. Chase, m. intentions 28 April, 1833. 

WILLISON, SAMUEL, of Stark, Mc., and Elizabeth Works, m. 25 Sept., 
1802. 

WILLSON, WILSON, JACOB, of Maldeu, son of Capt. Joseph and Dorcas 
(Randall) of Lynn, b. 3 Sept., 1671, a leading man at Maiden, ra. 20 May, 
1696, Susanna Roas, and had John, b. 25 Jan., 1697; Jacob, b. 7 Jan., 1699, 
and others. 

2. JOHN, son of Jacob, m. Mary , came to Ox. from Maiden, per- 
haps 1m the spring of 1732, at which time his father bought the Learned Davis 
place on the Sutton road, II. 26. In 1736 John bought the farm of his father 
and there spijut a long and useful life, and was succeeded by his son John. 
I)ea. Willson was one of the best of men, town clerk from 1747 to 1775, ten 
yi'ars selectman, most of the time chairman, and from 1743 until his death 
deacon.' He d. aged 80, 13 Jan., 1778. His w. Mary and 3 cli. mentioned in 
liis will, son John executor. . . . Children: John, b. 28 Oct., 1720; Mary, 1). 
12 1m I)., 1723, both at Maiden; Mary, m. William Nichols; Lydlv, b. 30 
Marcli, 1735, at Ox., m. Joseph Phillips. 

;?. JOHN, son of John (2), ra. (1) 7 Sept., 1749, Lois Town, settled on the 
homestead, m. (2) 17 Aug., 1758, Martha, dau. of Jereuilali Shumway, proba- 
bly left town after selling in 1780. . . . Child by llrst m. : Dorcas, 1). 10 .Vug., 
17r»4, (1. 26 April, 1779. 



1 Scviiiil lit iixfcird's l:itir town clorks lulKht WlUson and Ills successor, De.a. Samuel Harris, 
wllh inurli iirolll ti> I hi' piililic have studied and whose united services In this otlice ouiljraced a 
copied the htyle and thoruuKli nuinuer of Dea. term of over 50 years. 



WILLSON. — WTLMAKTH. 749 

4. JACOB, son of Jacob (1), m. Sarah , removed from Maiden to 

Pomfret, Conn., where he bought laud 1727, came to Ox., having bought 
1730 the farm near the north end of the Plain, H. 188. He was a tanner 
and shoemaker, and was named 1735 as of Ox., tanner. He sold in 1743 and 
we lose trace of him. . , . Children: Jacob, b. 8 Feb., 1722, at Maiden; 
Samuel, b. 15 May, 1724; Sarah, b. 19 March, 1727, d. 1740; and at Ox.: 
Susanna, b. 25 Nov., 1729; Anne, b. 17 June, 1732, d. 23 Jan., 1756; Joseph, 
b. 13 Sept., 1735, blacksmith, lived 1759 «icar Edwards' mill, North Ox., H. 
121; ELIZA15ETII, d. 1739. 

5. JACOB, son of Jacob (4), m. 17 Dec, 1742, Esther Town, she d. 17 
Jan., 1745. [A Jacob Willson m. at Pomfret, 12 Nov., 1748, Anna Skelton, 
and on 22 April, 1777, Molly Dodge.] 

6. SAMUEL, probably son of Jacob (4), m. at Pomfret, Betse Adams. 
They had Samuel, b. 1 Jan., 1743; Hannah, b. 13 Sept., 1744; Esthek, b. 23 
April, 1746; Robert, b. 18 Dec, 1748; Mary, b. 12 Oct., 1750; Joseph, b. 12 
Jan., 1753; Betse, b. 9 Aug., 1755; Ignatius, b. 29 Oct., 1757; Sarah, b. 10 
June, 1762; Mabel, b. 15 Aug., 1764; Rufus, b. 24 Dec, 1767. 

PHEBE, and Joseph Laflin, ra. 12 July, 1753. 

JONATHAN, taxed here 1771. 

Dr. JOHN, and Cynthia Gerould of Sturbridge, ra. 21 Feb., 1781. 

CHRISTOPHER, of Canton, N. Y., and Lucy Rich, m. int. 2 Jan., 1808. 

WILLIAM G., of Shorcham, Vt., and Eliza Dwinuell, m. 28 Jan., 1834. 

JAMES C, of Thompson, Conn., aged 32, d. 2 Nov., 1882. 

WILMARTH, THEOPHILUS W., son of Joseph and Ruth B. (Williams), 
b. 20 Nov., 1818, at Smithfield, R. I., learned cotton manufacturing at Paw- 
tucket. R. I., came to North Ox. 1846, began business in partnership with 
Thonaas Moles, later continuing with Joseph Rogers and afterward with 
John Rhodes of Millbury, agent and manager of the business until Sept., 
1870, when he sold to Rhodes, and soon removed from town, returned 1879 to 
the Plain where he resided until 1882, removed to Farnumsville, where he d. 
13 March of that year. Of good business capacity and esteemed as a citizen. 
He m. 23 May, 1839, Delia A. Mowry of Smithfield, who d. aged 36, 3 May, 
1858, at Ox. His mother, Ruth A., aged 71, d. 4 Aug., 1856, at Ox. . . . 
Children, first two b. at Smithfield: Frank, b. 28 March, 1841, received the 
title of A.M. from Rutgers College, N. J., was graduated at the College of 
Physicians and Surgeons, New York, June, 1869, settled in practice at East 
Orange, N. J., the same year and d. there, highly esteemed, 7 June, 1881. He 
was enthusiastic in his profession, deeply interested in hospital work and 
consequently much beloved by the poor. The medical statt" of the Orange 
Memorial Hospital in the minutes passed on the occasion of his death said : 
" his early decease has arrested a career of rare promise." He m. May, 1874, 
Esther Sampson of New York; they had Delia M., b. 30 April, 1877; Nancy 
W., b. 4 Feb., 1845, m. 17 Jan., 1870, Howard A. Carson of Ox. [See Pope], 
resided at Maiden; Ruth B., b. 23 Feb., 1848, m. June, 1869, Frank L. Smith, 
son of Rev. Joseph, of North Ox., present principal of the Bowditch School 
at Salem, she d. 16 Oct., 1885 ; they had Frederick IF., b. 30 May, 1870; Sarah 
J., b. 23 Jan., 1851 ; Marcus, b. 22 Feb., 1854, was graduated at the Worces- 
ter Polytechnic Institute as civil engineer, m. 17 June, 1890, Esther S., wid. 
of his deceased brother Frank, resides at Boston; Theophilus W.,b. 4 July, 
1857, was cotton expert at Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N. H., later super- 
intendent of Lane Mills at New Orleans, La., and in Oct., 1886, took charge 



750 \vil.mai:th. — wolcott. 

of the Rockdale Cotton Mill at Nortlibridpc, he in. Jan., 1881, Mary E. 
Simmons of Sntton. 

WINN, AHR.MLAM (Colored), once a slave, carpenter, a devout christian 
man and respected, ai,'cd CH, d. 29 Nov., 1877. 

WINSLOW, JACol',, Kevolutionary soldier. 

WINTER, JOHN C. (German), aged 54, d. 10 Oct., 18G3. 

WISWELL, ALICE A., m. n. Davis, aged 21, d. 23 Dec, 1863. 
OLIVKH C, son of David, of Holliston, aged 65, d. 11 June, 1867. 
CHARLES M., son of Oliver C, aged 33, d. 18 July, 1867. 

\A^ITT, OLIVER, of Chester, m. Isabella, dan. of Josiali Shumway, resided 
at Brooktli'ld, Ware and Fitchburg, d. 1850 at Ware, she d. aged 89, 3 April, 
1883, at Ox. . . . (Jhildren: Mkhkick, b. 4 July, 1820; Mary, b. 22 April, 
1K22, m. William Sawtelle, who d. 1850; Lafayette, b. 22 Oct., 1824, m. Mary 
Parker of Longmeadow, removed to Springfield, where he d. 1870; Eliza, b. 
31 March, 1826, m. Samuel Hinds of Fitchburg, resided 1886 at Indian Orchard ; 
Hannah, b. 19 April, 1828, at Millbury, m. Gustavus Hunt, settled at Stone- 
luun, where he d. 1870. 

WOLCOTT, HEXRY, of Somersetshire, Eng., came with son Henry, who 
was (if IJosion 1634, removed 1636 to Windsor, m. Sarah Newberry, had Josiah, 
1). 21 July, 1658, removed to Salem, and m. (1) Penelope, dan. of George Cor- 
win, m. (2) 1 May, 1694, Mary, dau. of John Freek (or Freke), merchant at 
Boston. They had John, b. 12 Sept., 1702, was graduated 1721 at Harvard 
Collfgc, high .sheriff" of Essex Co., m. Elizabeth, dau. of Peter Papillon, and 
d. 1747, she m. (2) .John Higginson. Josiah, son of John and Elizabeth, b. 
16 April, 1733, came in young manhood to Ox., perhaps as pupil of Rev. John 
Campbell. In education he stood above the mass, and socially among the 
lirst in the town, prominent in public affairs and occupied the highest official 
positions, 10 years selectman, 13 years from 1759 to 1771 treasurer, 13 years 
between 1781 and 1795 moderator, 1764, '5, '6, representative, and many years 
justice; of the peace. He owned a large landed estate received by inheritance, 
and 1754 bought at 21 years of age the most sightly homestead in town, then 
with an unffnished house, at the head of the common, where he resided till 
his decease. He m. (1) 13 Feb., 1752, Isabella, dau. of Rev. John Campbell, 
she d. 27 June, 1786, m. (2) 12 Dec, 1793, Naomi, widow of Samuel Jennison, 
shed. 18 July, 1848, aged 108(?) [hcad.stone]. He d. aged 63, 9 Dec, 1796. 
. . . Children: .John, b. 12 July, 1752, d. aged 73, 28 Sept., 1825, unm., 
trader 1783-86, at least; Edward K., b. 30 April, 1754, m. 17 Jan., 1776, 
Hannah Sewall of Brookline, where they settled, and where he d. 11 Sept., 
1815, " of decay," styled "trader." In 1797-8 he was of East Sudbury, inn- 
holder, in 1800-1 of Waltham, trader, in 1802-3 of Newton, trader, and in 
1805 of Brookline again; ch. : Ann, b. 4 Dec, 1777; Elizabeth, baptized 26 
March, 1780; Henry S., baptized 16 June, 1782; Hannah S., baptized 17 
April, 1785, m. 20 April, 1814, John Fulsom of Boston; Itehecca W., baptized 

20 Dec, 1789; Samuel, baptized 6 Oct., 1793 [" Seco, Mr. Wolcott's negro, d. 

21 July, 1780, aged 55"]; Thomas F., b. 31 March, 1757, Revolutionary 
s()ldier(?); Frkkk, b. 21 Oct., 1759, m. Josiah Shumway; Elizabkth, b. 19 
July, 1761, m. Andrew Sigourney; Peter P., b. 1 Sept., 1763, num., resided 
at Ox. until about IHOl, s(?t out for Woolwich, Mc, on business and was never 



WOLCOTT. WOODWARD. 751 

heard from ; MaryE., b. 29 Sept., 1765, m. John Dana, resided at Orford, 
N. H. ; William, b. 1767, d. 1769; Joshua, b. 11 May, 1769; MEnETABLE, b. 12 
July, 1771, m. Phinehas Dana; Henry, b. 4 Feb., 1774, num., resided near 
Boston, was of Ox. 1803 and d. here. 

2. JOSHUA, son of Josiah (1), m. Mary, dan. of Rev. Jonathan Eames, 
resided at Ox., near North Common on Sutton road, removed 1807 to Orford, 
N. H. . . . Children, first five b. at Ox. : Persis E., m. 4 Dec., 1821, William 
S. Stevens, resided West: Joslvh E., b. 1 Dec., 1800; Miranda, b. 1802, d. 
1803; Oliver, b. 17 March, 1804, m. (1) 1832, Hannah Eaton, m. (2) Tamar 
Merrill, resided at Wentworth, N. H., removed to Rochester, Vt., where he, 
1885, resided; Joshua, b. 17 Jan., 1806, m., resided at Boston; and b. at Or- 
ford: Betsey J., b. 5 Feb., 1808; Henry, b. 28 Oct., 1809, d. 13 Nov., 1828; 
Abigail, b. 19 Aug., 1811; Edward K., b. 18 July, 1813, m., and resides at 
Boston; Mary, b. 3 Nov., 1816, ra. George Miles, residence, Orford; Andrew 
F., b. 8 Aug., 1820; Maria; Augustus, resided at or near Orford. 

THOMAS, machinist, m. Fanny Andrus, lived at Merino Village, Dudley, 
removed to Ox. Woolen Co. Village, where he was repairer. He d. aged 44, 
23 Oct., 1835. They had at Dudley: Edwin; Christophek; Lucian; a son; 
and b. at Ox. : Caroline, b. 6 July, 1828; Sally, b. 5 Sept., 1829, d. 1843; 
Dolly. 

WOOD, CHARLES C, b. 14 Jan., 1810, son of Collcster of Grafton, came 
to Ox., 1829, as clerk for Capt. William Sigourney, assistant postmaster. 
In April, 1834, removed to New Boston, Conn., where he began trade in part- 
nership with Sigourney, continuing until 1850, when he removed to a farm 
which he occupied, 1885, in the northwest part of Dudley. He m. (1) 9 April, 
1834, Sally B., dau. of Alexander Campbell, she d. aged 24, 30 Sept., 1837, at 
New Boston ; m. (2) 9 April, 1874, Harriet Cheney. . . . Child by first m. . 
Charles S., b. 1 June, 1835, from 1855 to 1885 conductor on railroad between 
Cincinnati and Marietta, O. ; ch. by second m., Albert B. ; Harry C. 

SIMEON, of Dudley, m. Huldah, dau. of Joseph Rockwood. . . . Children : 
Otis; Lyman; Abiel, b. 13 Jan., 1814, at Ox. 

SIMON, and Susanna Wakefield, both of S. Gore, m. int. 22 Oct., 1803. 

DANIEL, aged 20, d. 2 Dec, 1821. 

CALISTA, and Alfred Johnson, m. 8 Dec, 1828. 

WILLIAM F., and Emily Curtis of Dudley, ra. int. 3 Nov., 1832. 

JOHN W., of Dudley, and Maria, dau. of James Corbin of Sturbridge, m. 
intentions 3 April, 1845. 

WILLIS, aged 75, d. 16 July, 1859. 

REBECCA, m. n. Gager, of Westminster, aged 84, d. 14 Jan., 186G. 

JOSEPH, aged 46, d. 4 April, 1872; found dead in the road near post-otflce. 

MARY A., widow, dau. of Thomas Benson, aged 84, d. 9 Dec, 1884. 

WOODBURY, SALLY, and Aaron Carroll of Sutton, m. 11 May, 1784. 

WOODHEAD, Mrs. MARY (English), aged 55, d. 12 Oct., 1888. 

WOODWARD, ICH.VBOD, son of George and Lydia of Watertown, cousin 
of John and Ebenezer Eddy, joined the Church at Roxbury 27 April, 1713, 
owned land in Ox. on Brush Hill, east and southeast of the North Ox. railroad 
station, which he sold in 1720 to John Eddy. In July, 1721, he was styled 
'• of Oxford, iimholder," and 1726, "joiner." He m. 1 July, 1725, Abigail Hol- 
brook of Roxbury and probably settled there; she was of Brooklinc in 1743; 



752 WOODWARD. YE0MAN8. 

they had ii clau^^htcr Auikl, uho in. Daniel Scaver and had a lar;;e family. In 
a deed 17 April, 1741, he is referred to as having deceased. No record in Ox. 
of his family. He owned several lots of land in Ox. 

NATHANIEL of Leicester, and Sarah Fessenden, ra. int. 2'J April, 17U0. 

AMOS, of Leicester, and Mercy Thompson, m. 23 Oct., 1797. 

TOPSAIL (Colored), aged 52, d. 1 March, 1820. 

JOHN, of Ward, and Sally C Mclntire, m. 13 July, 1825. 

WILLARI), a.-red 57, d. Dec, 1845. 

WORK, .I.VCOH, of Medway, cordwainer. Revolutionary soldier, bought 6 
•April, 1770, 50 acres on Prospect Hill, now Auburn; sold 1777 to Israel liray- 
ley of Frei'town and bought in Dudley, sold 1778. We next find him in the 
North Gore [sec H. 101)]. He had a large family, about 1804 removed to 
Maine. 

WORSLEY, DAVID, b. 7 Aug., 1788, at Roxbury, son of Joseph and Mary, 
m. at Killingly, (;onu., Eunice M. LcdingAvell, b. 4 Nov., 1794, at Pomfret, 
settled at Killingly, removed about 1826 to North Ox., her brother Calvin hav- 
ing that year bought mill property there; carpenter; d. 16 May, 1862, she d. 
8 May, 1862. . . . Children : Mary S., b. 22 May, 1820, at Killingly, m. Joseph, 
son of Craft Davis; Sarah F., b. 1822, at Dudley, d. 182G; Hkster A. R., b. 
1824, at Killiugly, d. 1826; Hkstkr A. R., b. I Dec, 1826, at Ox., m. U 
May, 1846, Henry J. Pickett of Boston, b. at Baruet, Vt. ; David H. b. 24 
July, 1829, twice m., resided at Bosworthville, near Norwich, Conn., had at 
Ox., A. Elizabeth, b. 19 March, 1854; Ahhie J., b. 15 April, 1857; Albkrt 
O., b. 7 April, 1831, nnm. ; Abby J., b. 27 Nov., 1833, d. 13 April, 1855, unni. ; 
Lucy E., b. 1 April, 1836, m. George Ladd of Holden, and had Alfred W., b. 
Feb., 1860, she d. aged 24, 16 March, 1860. 

LUCY M., m. n. King(?), aged 26, d. 8 Dec, 1862. 

WRIGHT, HARRIET, aged 22, d. 27 June, 1827. 
SARAH M., m. n. Gardner, aged 42, d. 1 Jan., 1860. 

WYMAN, JOHN, resided from 1752 on a farm in the northwest part, 
previously Jacob Town, H. 87, sold in 1776, and settled on Cox's land in east 
part of Charlton, sold in 1783; m. (1) 23 April, 1752, Experience, widow 
of Thomas Reed; m. (2) 9 Dec, 1762, Mrs. Ann Town. In 1799, John 
Wyman and wife were residents of Ox. . . . Children: by first m. : Levi, b. 
28 April, 1753, d. young; Molly, b. 14 Oct., 1756; Dolly, b. 24 March, 1759, 
m. 3 March, 1784, Jonathan Shumway of Belchertown; Expkkiknce, b. 2 
June, 1761, m. 31 March, 1784, David Coburn of Woodstock, Conn.; by sec- 
(jud m. : John, b. 27 Nov., 1763; Levi, b. 14 Sept., 17G5; Daniel, b. 12 Oct., 
1767, in 1801 presented to the town u demand for £100 for the support of his 
father and mother, payment refused, 

NATHANIEL, Revolutionary soldier. 

YEOMANS, CHARLES, b. 8 Jan., 1790, .son of Joshua of NorAvieh, Conn., 
came 1S2() lo South 0.\., m. 8 Sept., 1822, Sarah, dan. of William and 
Martha Frazer, b. 1793, at Pomfret. Conn., resided for a time at Leices- 
ter, and returned to Wel)stcr, and thence came to Ox., where he spent his 
later years and d. 6 June, 1870; she d. aged 76, 4 Oct., 1874. . . . Children: 
George F., b. 22 July, 1823, at Leicester, m. Harriet M. Hill of Norwich, 
Conn., where they settled; Charles, b. 12 Sept., 1825, at Ox., now Webster, 



YEOMANS. ZANES. 753 

m., and in 1885 resided at Sau Francisco, Cal. ; Andrew B., b. 11 Oct., 1835, 
at Webster, m. 10 Oct., 1864, Harriet M., dau. of John C. Hall of Woi-cestcr, 
soldier iu late war; they had Althea M., b. and d. 1865; Gertrude, b. 25 Jan., 
1871; Sakah A.,b. 7 Dec, 1838, at Webster, m. 6 April, 1859, Benjamin F. 
Barnes of Auburn, she d. 19 Aug., 1862, at Ox.; they had Charles Y., b. 7 
Sept., 1860. 

YOUNG, DAVID, m. Mary, dau. of Benjamin Fitts of Ox., settled at 
Jamaica, Vt., had six children four of whom came to Ox. Willard, b. about 
1795, m. 12 April, 1818(?), Betsey, dau. of Ezeliiel Davis, lived with his uncle 
Silas Fitts, d. 27 Sept., 1825, aged 30; tliey had Willard A., b. 27 Aug., 1825, 
killed 20 Aug., 185.^, on the railroad, brakeman; David, b. 1803, m. 27 May, 
1834, Adaline, dau. of Ebeuezer Fitts, settled at Ox., where he d. 17 May, 
1848, she d. 16 April, 1880; they had Artemas, b. 20 Feb., 1837, m. 14 April, 
1861, Martha, dau. of James and Betsey D. Lawrence of Temple, Me., 
and had Jesse, d. young; Elsie, b. 21 June, 1864; Charles, b. 13 Sept., 1866; 
Jerry, b. 20 April, 1868; Ora, d. young; John P., b. 1 Aug., 1872; Betsey 
L., b. 11 Feb., 1875; Jilarij Eliza, b. 22 Jan., 1889, m. 29 Dec, 1858, Silas 
Rice of Thompson, Conn., and had Amy E., b. 11 June, 1861, ni. William 
Newton, residence, Millbury; Addie, b. 12 Feb., 1863; Mary M., b. 9 May, 
1869; Flora M., b. 17 June, 1875; Maria, unm., many years housekeeper for 
her uncle Silas Fitts, d. aged 62, 31 Dec, 1863; Andrew F., d. 22 Aug., 1825, 
at Ox., unm. 

JOSEPH, of Sutton, and Eupheiiiia T. Taft, m. 28 May, 1828. 

ZANES, HARRIET D., widow, aged 35, d. 2 Aug., 1886. 



96 



NOTES 

AND 

MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS 



An Indian Deed. Page 5. The original deed of Black James and Com- 
pany to Stoughton and Dndley of one-half the reservation of five miles square 
made by said Indians in their deed of the Nipmuck Country to said grantees 
Feb., 1682, was in the collection of the late John Wingate Thornton of Bos- 
ton, and through the courtesy of his daughter, Elizabeth T. Thornton, has 
recently come into the possession of our Free Pul)lic Library. Its date is 
April 28, 1(^82, a little more than two months after that of the sale to the Eng- 
lish. The grantors named are Black James, alias Walomachin, Benjamin, 
James, Simon Wolomp, Tascomp, Sasequejasuck, Pomponechum, Wolowon- 
onak, Papomsham, Pepegous, John Awagwon, Sosequaw, Aquetaquash, James 
Wiser, James Acojock, Wolnmpau, Papeunquanant and Waumshk, who con- 
vey as follows : — " for and in consideration of the Sume of Ten pounds current 
money of New England to ns paid by the s'' William Stoughton and Joseph 
Dudley .... iiailf given, granted .... and by these presents ^Of fully, 
freely and absolutely give, grant .... unto the s' William Stoughton and 
Joseph Dudley their heires and assignes forever .... one Moiety or full half 
part of the s'' tract of Land of fflve miles Square in such place or contents of 
five mile Square in such two places as wee shall choose Reserved by us as 
above s'' out of the grant abovementioned, made by us unto them — of all that 
part of the Nipmug Country above described and bounded (that is to say) one 
half part of all the upland grounds and the whole of all the meadow grounds 
contained within the s'' Reserve . . . ." 

[Signed by 20.] 
" Signed, Sealed & Delivered 
in presence of us. 
William A. Rawson? 

Edward Thomas Acknowledged 28 Apr., 1682, 

John Gore. before 

Samuel Ruggles Sen. Hum : Davie, 

Samuel Ruggles Jr. Samuel Nowi 

his 

Peter X Gardner 

murk 

Ralph Brodhurst " 

[The signatures to the above present a somewhat interesting study. Of 
the twenty, many arc not named in the body of the deed, and as many named 
therein did not sign. Two wrote their names in full ; several signed by the 
first two or three letters of their names, several by a conventional figure as a 
circle, cross or other rude design, one by the form of a bird, but the majority 
made only a meaningless scrawl. Of the four who sign the supplementary 



,} 



Assts. 



T')!* IIISTOKV OF OXFOIil). 

writiiii,', ^vllic;b contaiiu-d oritiiiially ton or twelve names, James Pkintkr als. 
WowAiJS is remarkable in his lianchvritinj;, and his is l)y far the best Indian 
si.i^nature on the deed. James Achochick and Moeocon)au were two other 
sis^ncrs of this latter instrument]. 

This appended writing follows: — 

" Wee Seanjasco, Wal)equalan, Mada'iuainiii, Cook Kobin [others, names 
ill(!gil)lej inhal)ltants of the Nipmuff Country and partners with the grantees 
in the I.and above conveyed and sold, beini; absent at the time of the above 
s' treaty and bari^ain and therefore not inserted in the Deed Do nevertheless 
fully consent thereto, and having received our several proportions of the price 
thi-rein Specified do Siicnify our consent to the same and release all our right 
title claim and interest in and unto the Lands therein granted and every part 
and parcel thereof do hereunto Set our hands and Scales in the presence of 
the witnesses above named. Consented unto also by James Printer als. 
Wowaus." [Signed by four.] 

On the back is endorsed : — 

" Memorand That on the twentieth day of May 1685 full and peaceal)le 
possession and Seizin of the Lands within mentioned to be granted with the 
appurtenances was given by Benjamin the brother of Black James & Simon 
Wolomp son of the sayd Black James by delivery of a turtle of the Land called 
.Mayanexit upon a small twigg. in the name of the Avhole unto the within 
named William Stonghton and Joseph Dudley, which was so done under a 
tree gi'owing on the said Mayanexit Land and tlieu marked S. D. in the 
presence of us whose names arc underwritten 

"John Blackwell 
"Rob" Jardoxe?"' 

[Suffolk Rec. XIL, 297.] 

The introduction of the name of James the Printer as above in a special 
clause! may l)e considered an indication of his high standing in the tribe. This 
Indian was one of the most interesting characters mentioned in the accounts of 
early times. When a child he was taken into the Indian Sehixjl at Cambridge 
and later was apprenticed for 16 years to learn printing, hut ran away before 
tlie expiration of that time. He was Eliot's most valuable assistant in pro- 
ducing the Indian Bible, and when in 1683 this man contemplated a revised 
edition of his work he Avrote thus: "I desire to see it done before I die 
. . . . we have but one man, viz., the Indian printer that is able to compose 
the sheets and correct the press with understanding." 

James was a teacher at Hassanamisco, the place of his nativity, and also at 
Chaui)unagungamaug. With all his good (lualities he was true to his native 
instincts, and when Philip's war began joined the foray, leading, it is said, in 
some of the murderous assaults. A memento of him (it is believed no other 
Indian of the time could have produced the document) remains in the form of 
a written notification which was posted on the bridge over Charles river at 
Medtleld on the retreat after the attack on that settlement, 21 Feb.. 1676; 
" Knino Inj this paper that the Indians that thou hast provoked to tonith and anger 
loill var these tioenty-one years, if you will. There arc many Indians yett. We 
rome three hundred at this time. Yo%i must consider that the Indians loose noth- 
ing hut their lives, hut you must loose your fair houses and cattle." 

A few months later the war was closed. James returned to his allegiance to 
the colonists, was pardoned and for many years afterward was a competent 
assistant to Mr. Green, the leading printer of the day, at Boston, printing in 
170'.) the Indian Psalter. 



' This iiaiin' Is susceptible of severul rcadliifj-s 



NOTES, ETC. 757 

Bernon's Plan of Oxford. Page 7. This plan now amono' the Bernon 
papers, is given as a curiosity and also as in a manner illustrating the di- 
visions of the Oxford lands. It is far from correct in detail, especially in 
the streams and in the direction of the lines running east and west, which, 
starting at the east ran more to the southward than here represented. A few 
numerals have been added to mark points of special interest : 1 represents 
the site of the Huguenot Fort; 2, a cluster of French houses near the old 
mill; 3, the south l)rauch of Millbrook coining from Mendon Meadow; 4, the 
north l)ranch of the same coming from Bug Swamp; 5, the Maanexit; G, Lit- 
tle River; 7, the Quinebaug. This plan has no date attached but must have 
been made after the deed of division, 1688, and before the English settle- 
ment, as at that date the "common way" here represented had been abol- 
ished. The s<!Cond " common way," here shown, we find no allusion to in the 
records and probably it had existence only on paper. An interesting point 
which has not been identilied (perhaps some aljundaut spring), is that in the 
extreme east of Cox's division near the Maanexit on the west, designated as 
" Coxes Well." The Grand proprietors' lots, it will be observed are num- 
bered. The significance of this can only be conjectured. They are marked 
at the extreme west by the first five letters of the alphabet. 

A Huguenot Magistrate and Representative. Isaac Bertrand Du Tnffeau 
was commissioned " a Justice of the Peace within the town of New Oxford 
the french plantation," Dec. 5, 1693. [Gen. Court Rec, Lib. Series, VI. 
299. J It is believed that he was also elected as the representative from New 
Oxford the same year. Mr. A. C. Goodell, Jr., Commissioner for the publica- 
tion of Province Laws, writes in relation to the subject : " He subscribed the 
qualifying oaths with the representatives chosen to the Court which convened 
Nov. 8, 1693; and on the strength of that, I included him in the list of depu- 
ties to that Court. It is not, however, absolutely certain that he was a depu- 
ty, since this subscription may have been made in qualifying " for the ofllce 
of justice of the peace. " I have given the town the benefit of the doubt, 
since no other deputy from Oxford appears that yeai*,- Daniel Allin of Bos- 
ton, who represented Oxford the previous year having this year l)een chosen 
by the inhabitants of Marblehead." 

Du Tuffeau's name therefore stands in the printed list. Province Laws, vol. 
VII., page 29. 

Mr. Church's Contract to build a Grist-mill. Page 12. 

\^^ contract De Mr Cherch pour Le Mouli?t 
de New-oxford.''^ 



^\rTICLES of Agreement had made concluded and agreed 
upon by and Between Caleb Church of Watertown Millright 
and Gabriel Bernon of Boston Merc' this Da}' of March 

Anno Domini One Thousand six hundred Eight Eight Nine. 

" Imp'' The said Caleb Church dotli Covenant and Agree 
with the s'' Gabriel Bernon that he shall and vill att his own 
Proper Costs and Charges Erect Build and thnish a Corn or 
Grist mill in all Poynts workemanlike in Such Place in the 
Village of Oxford as shall by the s' Bernon be Directed the s'' 



758 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Mill llf)usc to he Twenty two foot Long and Eighteen foot 
Broad and fi^levcn foot stud Suhstantially and Siitliciently cov- 
ered with a Jett to Cover the Wheele and a Chamher fitt for 
the Laying and Disposing Corn Bags or other Utensills Neces- 
sary for the s' Mill and the s' Church doth Covenant to find att 
his Own Proper Costs all the Iron Worke Necessary for the s'' 
Mill and all other Things Except what is hereafter Expressed 

" Item, The said Gabriel Bernon doth Covenant and Agree 
with the said Caleb Church that hee will bee att the Charge of 
searhing Preparing and bringing to Place the Mill Stones for 
the s' mill and that he will by the Oversight and Direction of 
the s' Church Make Erect and finish the Earth of the Dame 
that shall bee by the s'' Church adjudged necessary for the s'' 
Mill and also will dig and Prepare the Place where the Mill 
shall be Erected and also will allow to the s' Church five 
hundred foot of Boards and Persons to help for the Cutting 

Down of the Timber and will bee att the Charge of Bringing 
the Timber to Place and further doth Covenant to Pay to the 
s' Church for his Labor and Pains herein the Sume of forty 
Pounds two thirds thereof in money the Other Third in goods 
att money price in Three Equall Payments One Third att the 
fialling the Timber One Third att the Raising and the Last att 
the finishing the s'' mill 

"Lastly The s' Church doth Covenant and promies to finish 
the s' Mill all sufficient and workemanlike and Sett her to 
Worke by the Last day of Aug' next after the Day of the Date 
hereof In Wittness whereof they have hereunto sett their 
hantis and seals the day and Year first above written 

"Caleb Church, [5frt/.] 
" Sealed and Delivered 

"in Presence of 
" I. Bertrand Dutuffeau 
" Tho Dudley." 

Endorsed on the back of the original paper is the followinir : — 

"Within named Caleb Church do ingagc and promis to find 
the stones and laye them on to make mele at my one costs and 
charge for the which m'' Bernon doth ingage and promis to 
paye for the same one and twenty pounds in corent money for 
the same to be concluded when the mile grinds 

"Boston May: y" 20: 16S9 
"Richard Wilkins Caleb Church 

" Edmond Browne Gabriel Bernon." 

Next follows this statement : — 

£ s: d 
•" ffor the mill in first the sum of forty pounds 40 : 00 : 

secondly for the stones of the said one and 

twenty pounds 21 : 00: 

forthely for an adilition to the house six i>ounds G: cx5 : 

Tlicii fdUtm' two receipts from Mr. Cluireli : — 



67 : 00 :" 



NOTES, ETC. 759 

" Received one third Part of the within mentioned sunie of 
forty wch is Thirteen Pounds six shillings and Eight Pence two 
thirds in money and one third in Goods by me 

" Caleb Church." 

■' More I have received fifty three pounds tirteen shillings 
wich the above said sum are in all the sum of sixty and seven 
pounds in full following our s'' bargain Boston : 4 february 
16S9-90 received by my 



" Peter Bassett in witness 
"Gabriel Depont present." 



Caleb Church." 



[Beruon Papers.] 



Answer to Sigouruey's Petition. Page 13. 

" In answer to the petition of the Constable of Oxford, Voted, That the 
Treasurer suspend the Calling in the last Tax laid on s' town of Eight pound 
Six shillings tell may court next." [Acts of 1694 — 5, Chap. 31.] 

The Johnson Honse. Page 14. This house being near the Woodstock 
road or " Connecticut Path," was kept as a tavern. [Mayo's manuscript.] 
The Chimney stone now stands in front of Memorial Hall. 

Hngaenot Industries. Page 24. Glove-leather in addition to furs, was an 
important production of the " chamoiserie," and this commodity was shipped 
hence in quantities to the Boston and Newport glove makers. But more than 
in any other respect in the line of industries our country is indebted to the 
Huguenots for their skill in agriculture and horticulture. Smiles says, 
"They were acknowledged to be the best agriculturists, wine growers, mer- 
chants and manufacturers in France. No heavier crops were grown in France 
than on the Huguenot farms in Beam and the southwest provinces. The 
slopes of the Aigoul and the Epernon -^ere covered with their flocks and 
herds .... The diligence, skill and labor with which they sul)ducd the stub- 
born soil and made it yield its increase of flowers and fruits and corn and 
wine, bore witness in all (luarters to the toil and energy of the men of the 
Religion." 

Disosway says, "the diflerent parts of the country were greatly benetttted 
by the introduction of their superior modes of cultivation, and of diflerent 
valuable fruits which they brought from France." 

Signal Station. Page 25. There must have been, during the Huguenot 
occupation in those days of peril and alarms, means of communication be- 
tween the fort and the valley below. As the shoulder of Bondet Hill ob- 
structed the view from the fort at the lower and most thickly settled portion 
of the village, near the '• old mill," it became necessary to establish some con- 
veniences for transmitting intelligence from the latter eminence. There now 
exists at that locality a considerable earthwork or mound which was, as is 
supposed, the site of a watch-tower or signal-station for this purpose. As 
this spot is in full view of Woodstock Hill, probably communications were 
here also exchanged with that place. 

Frencli Road. Pagk 9. On a plan of land granted to Jcthro Coflin in 
Norlhbridge in 1713, is laid down a road cast and west entitled " The French 



7(10 HISTOUY OF OXKOKl). 

Koad;" from wliicli it is inferred that the Oxford settlers had aljandoiied the 
oUl route throii^^h Grafton antl Marlboro' to Boston, and chosen a more 
direct course, further south. 

Location of the French Chapel. 1'.v(;k II. Ac(i"rdinLc to the recollection 
of Mrs. IluUhdi Daniels, familiar with the locality fr<jm childhood, the large 
stones, said to have been the foundation of this building, were near the 
present road, a few rods east of the house now standing at the top of the 
hill, on the Humphrey farm. The late Willis H. Humphrey, born on the farm 
aiul who in boyhood heard Dea. Ebenezer Humphrey discourse on these mat- 
ters, was of the same opinion, as to its location. 

Richard Moore's Legislatiye Bill. Vxhe 48. In 1721, Mr. Moore being 
Oxford's n^presentative, prol)ably elected chiefly for this purpose, presented 
to the General Court a recjuest for a law to oblige the larger land proprietors 
to aid in building a Meeting-house. On this favorable action was taken but 
was not consummated until March session 1722, when, as supposed, was 
enacted a bill the title of which follows : — 

" An Act to enable the town of Oxford to lay a tax on the resident and non- 
resident proprietors towards building their Meeting-house." [Prov. Laws 
II., 234.] 

It is a very singular fact that the title only of this bill appears on the 
ollicial records at Boston. The bill itself cannot be found in any department 
of the State Archives. The records of Oxford give no light on the subject, 
and whether the town was benefited by it can only l)e conjectured. 

**Land Bank." Pagk 46. In the session of 1743 the General Court passed 
an act " for the more speedy finishing of the Land Bank or Manufacturing 
Scheme." The preamble runs — " Whereas notwithstanding the Directors and 
Partners of the late Land Bank Company have in general publickly renounced 
their Scheme, and great Numl)ers of them have redeemed their just Propor- 
tions of the late Company's Bills and delivered them to be consumed, yet many 
of the Partners still neglect to do it', l)y means whereof those Avho have paid 
a due Obedience to the Law .... still remain exposed to the Actions of the 
Possessors of the late said Company's Bills, etc. 

Now for the more speedy linishing of the said Scheme .... and pre- 
venting such of the Directors and Partners as have complied with the Law 
from sutlering Ruin or Dammage thro' the Obstinacy or Neglect of their delin- 
quent Pai'tners, — 

^C it eUHCtcrt .... that John Jeffries, Samuel Danforth, and John 
Chandler, Escirs., I)c commissioners," etc., for the purpose aforesaid. 

Charlton District. Pagk 40. When Charlton was first detached from Ox- 
ford it was made a District, with power to elect otllcers, levy taxes, etc., l)ut 
was not allowed representation in the Legislature. From 1770 to 1774 in- 
clusive her voters joined witli Oxford in the choice of a representative. In 
1775 Charlton elected its first member of the General Court, indicating that 
the privileges of a township had then been granted. 

Bov. John Caniphell's Decease. Pack 55. On 25 May, 1761, the day of 
Mr. Canii)t)eirs decease, the town authorities issued precepts to both north 
and south constables ordering the warning of a town meeting to be held on 
the 26th to make preparations for the funeral. The meeting Avas holden but 
no recorded action appears excepting a vote appropriating £10 to pay ex- 
penses. The funeral was on the 27th. 



NOTES, ETC. 761 

Tlie following is iu the town archives : — 

" Received in full by the hands of Josiah Wolcott Town Treasurcn* the sum 
of Sixty Pounds Salary and also the sura of Thirty Seven Pounds nine Shil- 
lings for Bearers, Preaching, and also for a ten pound grant by said Town for 
Funeral Charges, it being in full of all Demands the Heirs of Rev. Mr. Camp- 
bell has against the Town. 

Subscribitures Alexander Campbell "(^ Executors 

William Campbell j to s' Will." 

.Action of Provincial Congress. Page 12G. The following printed resolve 
is iu the town archives : — 

IN PROVINCIAL CONGRESS. 
Watertown, May 5, 1775. 
WHEREiVS his Excellency General Gage, since his Arrival 
into this Colotiy, hath conducted as an Instrnment in the Hands of 
an Arbitrary Ministry^ to enslave this People ; and a Detach?ncnt 
of the Troops under his Command^ has of late been by him ordered 
to the Toivn of Concord to destroy the public Stores, deposited in 
that Place for the Use of the Colony: And whereas by this clan- 
destine and perfidious Measure^ a Number of respectable hthab- 
itants of this Colony, ivithout any provocation given by them, 
have been illegally, wantonly, and inhumanly slaughtered by his 
Troops : 

Therefore Resolved, 
THAT the said Gage, hath by these and many other Means nt- 
terly disqualified himself to serve this Colony as a Governor, and in 
every other Capacity, and that no obedience ought in future to be 
paid by the several Towns and Districts in this Colony to his 
Writs, for calling an Assembly, or to his Proclamations, or any 
other of his Acts or Doings : but that on the other Hand lie 
ought to be considered and guarded against, as an unnatural and 
inveterate Enemy to the Country. 

Joseph Warren, President, P. T. 
Attest Samuel Freeman, Secr'y, P. T. 

It is evident from various papers in the town archives that much of tiie 
patriotic action of the town in the Revolutionary crisis was suggested and 
stimulated by Boston iulluence. The order that "the Pul)lick Money for 
1773 be paid to Henry Gardner. Esq." (page 128), was in response to a per- 
emptory demand of the Provincial Congress that such action be taken. In 
the Council at Watertown 23 Aug., 1775, it was resolved that each Town and 
District in the Colony be reciuired to exhibit .... the sum total of their 
assessments .... from 17(51) to 1774 inclusively, and to whom they were de- 
livered, also that each Constable or Collector, report the sums total committed 
97 



H)2 niSTOKY OF OXFOUD. 

to liiiii to collect for the same time, and their payments with receii)ts. — Also, 
tliat SlnTills or their deputies be required forthwith to pay to Henry Ganhier 
[Kceriver General] all monies they have received still remainini; in their 
hands, etc.. indicatini; that a scrupulous supervision over the towns was 
maintained by the authorities. 

Ariiiy Supplies. I'agk 128. Soon after our soldiers had gone into camp 
Hi Uoxbury, a call was sent to the town for arms: — 

"O.xford May y 8th 1775 upon a Ketjuest Made by Col Eben Learned & 
Cap' Wil. Campbell & Thom" Fish for Fire Armes : there was Sent to them 
at Uoxbury One Gun by Mr. Eben' Ilumpherey by estimation Worth £1. 83. 
L. M. and one Gun by Mr. Newcomb worth £1. 16s. Mr. Stephen Pratt 
one i^un at £1. 4s. and A Blanket at 7s. Ed Davis Es<i. gun £1. 13s. Cap. 
Eli Davis gun £1. IG Ens John Willson Gun, Lt Daniel Ilovey Gun, Mr. 
Daviil Milieu Gun, Mr Smith Johnson Gun." 

Another memorandum without date, but later is as follows : — 

" An Account of the Cloathing which is prepared to send to the Armey to 
be Delivered at Watertown. 

Mr Joseph Pratt one pair of shirts 

one pair of Breeches 

tAvo pair of Yarn Stockings 
Mr. Peter Shumway one pair of yarn Stockings 

Mrs Sarali Ilumpherey three pair of Yarn Stocking, & 

one pair of Breeches 
Sam' Harris three pair of Breeches 

Abijah Harris one pair of Yarn Stockings 

another pair of Stockings 
Kthvard Davis Esq. Three Shirts 

at 6 Shil Each Shirt 
Mrs Lydia Kize one pair of Yarn Stockings 

Mrs Patcii one pair Stockings 

the other Pair white Stockings. 

[Town Archives.] 

Method of raising Soldiers in tlie Revolntioii. Pagk 131. In 1777, a tax 
was assessed on the town at large for the sum of £1014. 14s. lid. for paying 
soldiers, indicating that dassin/j had not then been adopted. The receipt of 
Seth Washburn 30 Aug., 1781 (page 131), shows that in that year that plan 
had been pursued. As to the year 1782, the evidence is conclusive. In the 
town archives appears the order of Henry Gardner, Treasurer and Receiver 
General of the Province, for the assessment of the sum of £296. Gs. 8d. " being 
the average Price of the Cost of raising the Men." Four soldiers were re- 
re(|uired, the sum per head was therefore about £75. The heading of one of 
the tax lists under this order follows : 

" 'J' he following persons are herehy Classed to liaise one Soldier for the Con- 
tinental Armij for three years or during the War agreeable to a Besolve of the 
(leni.ral Court of March [6'], 17S2." 

Class one embraced the southeasterly part of the town extending to the 
Plain, 54 names, (.'apt. .Icremiah Kingsi)ury, Chairman; class two, the south- 
westerly part also extending to the Centre, 58 names, Peter Shumway, Chair- 
man : class three, the north part of the Plain and northwest part of the town, 
5'.) names, Capt. Sylvanns Town, Chairman; class four, the northeast part of 
the town, 65 natnes, Capt. Elias Pratt, Chairman. 



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NOTES, ETC. 763 

Receipt. " Oxford Sopt. 23', 1775. 

Tliou received of Edward Davis Esqr. Seventeen Sliillinas Lawful money 
towards the things he found in Sliirts britches and Stoclvings for the army I 
say received by me. Joseph Pratt." 

Rev. Joseph Bowman's Letter. Oct. 23, 1777, Mr. Bowman wrote a 
friendly letter to General Learned a part of which follows: — "The most 
particular account that we have had of atl'airs in your quarter, that we can 
depend upon, have l)een in your letters to Mrs. Learned : one of which was 
published in the Worcester paper : viz. that which gave an account of the 
action of the 19th of Sept. I do not know how it is, but it seems that our 
printers have no correspondents in the Army, and consequently we have but 
few particulars, and those collected from one, and another, are vague and un- 
certain & sometimes unintelligible, & some accounts contradicted by others so 

that we know not what to believe there is a strange spirit of lying 

that prevails in the Country .... I hope that you will continue to give us as 
circumstantial an account of things as you can .... 

It has been remarkably healthy with us the Summer past .... the season 
has been good & very fruitful, we have plentiful crops (thro' Divine Good- 
ness) tho' every thing is excessive clear — our privateers bring in many prizes, 
tho' not so many as they did last year ; .... I was about to add something- 
further, but having just now received authentick intelligence of a most im- 
portant event, viz. the surrender of the whole British Army commanded by 
Gen. Burgoyne to the American force, I therefore stop short to congratulate 
you on this most singular, important and happy event [etc., etc.] Your affec- 
tionate friend & very humble servant. Joseph Bowman." 

Gen. Learned's letter alluded to, follows : — 

"Stillwater, Sept. 25, 1777. 

" On Thursday the 18th instant marched about 4 miles at 5 o'clock A. M. in 
order to attack the enemy on the right flank on their march ; but they not 
marching according to expectation prevented our doing anything of consid- 
erable consequence. 

" We attacked a small party about fiO or 70 rods from the enemy's front, 
killed some, said to be five or six, took and sent in that day, as I was in- 
formed after my return, 36 prisoners. We all returned about sunset, without 
the loss of one man killed or wounded. 

"The next day (Septeml)er 19th), we were early alarmed, lieing informed 
the enemy were on their march towards our Camp. Agreeable to a result of 
Council of War, the Riflemen and Infantry from the left of our army went 
and attacked the Enemy's right Wing, or rather their front guard about 5 min- 
utes before one o'clock. The enemy gave way, we took some prisoners. 
The enemy reinforced, Avhich caused us to do the same; which was alternately 
done by the enemy and on our part of the Army till the battle became almost 
General between the Enemy and our Division. 

" I was ordered to send out one Regiment at first, and the rest in suc- 
cession, except the last. — I then received orders to march to the attack. We 
marched on briskly and came up to the Enemy's right wing, which was en- 
deavoring to surround our left. A most severe fire lasted till the cover of 
the night prevented further action. We went back to our camp, and the 
enemy have encamped near the ground where the battle was fought. We are 
near ncigh1)ors. Our lines and those of the enemy are but about a mile and a 
quarter from each other. Both armies are fortifying, l)ut time only can deter- 



7r>4 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

mine tlic furllicr event. Tlic ellect of this battle is tliat we have lost two 
Lient. -Colonels killed, with u nninl)er of other olllcers of (lill\'rcnt ranks. In 
the whole our killed, wounded and missinj^ are about .'518. By the Ijest aceounts 
the enemy's loss, killed and wounded, amounts to a thousand. These are 
facts. Capt. Wiley is wounded. Our army are in high spirits. We took 
eighty on the day of battle. 

" p. S. (Jn the day of battle, and since, two of our Captains were taken 
Prisoners, also one I/nmt. and 27 privates. This is an exact account of the 
Prisoners sent l)y Burgoyne to Gen. Gates, each man's name specified in the 
list." 

tjeiieral Learned in tlie Revolution. I'viii: 141. The story of the Ameri- 
can Revolution will never cease to be interesting and instructive, and any 
new light which may be thrown on Learned's contemporaries is specially to 
be welcomed in this connection. A very able work on the great contest from 
the pen of Prof. .John Fiske has recently been issued, of which a review 
appeared in the Neio York Trihune, June, 1891, which contains in substance 
the following: — 

In most old histories the truth was obscured by a mistaken feeling of 
patriotism which ignored or belittled all that was discreditable in the men of 
the Revolution. Happily history is no longer written in that way. Under 
the new methods — in which the Avhole truth is told — we encounter abundance 
of error and frailty, no little vice;, corruption, malice, treachery and incom- 
petence. Some long-held reputations fade and Avither, some shine out even 
more resplendently than before. The fact of all others to be rejoiced over is 
the undiminished brilliancy with which the character and cause of George 
Washington emerge from the fiercest scrutiny. We see and know now better 
than was possible fifty years ago how greatly Washington was the Revolu- 
tion, how indispensable to the achievement of American Independence. He 
was constantly engaged in a struggle against political perversities and inca- 
pacities. Congress was the most discreditable feature of the Revolution . . . 
a l)ody of meddlers and muddlers, which, it may well be surmised would have 
paralyzed any other man than Washington. Its most disgraceful record was 
the treatment of the Army, which it seemed to consider a necessary evil, 
withholding from it food, clothing, munitions and pay. Corruption was not 
wauling, political adventurers grew fat while the soldiers starved and froze 
at Valley Forge. 

And to cap the climax cabals existed in the Army itself aimed at Washing- 
ton. Mr. Fiske has brought out with special prominence the concern in one 
such intrigue of a man who for a long time Americans delighted to honor- 
General Gates, the so-called "hero of Saratoga." .... The surrender of 
Burgoynewas brought about by the splendid gallantry and the initiation of 
Arnold and Morgan, Gates having opposed the movement and done nothing to 
sui)i)ort it. Yet he coolly appropriated all the honors of the day. 

Mr. Fiske enijjhasizes the continued ill-treatment of Arnold by Congress; an 
ill-treatment which while it cannot excuse or conilone his treason certainly 
makes it less dillicult to understand why he playt'd the traitor. While he was 
still faitliful no geni-ral in the Held was more distinguished both for valor 
and military judgment. He fell "like Lucifer, never to rise again," but he had 
a career before his fall the contemplation of which must in every candid mind 
t(Mnper execration with regret. 

Oxford may take an honorable pride in the fact that a son oi" hers so 
edlciently seconded this man in a crisis the issue of which was of such vast 
import to the country. 



NOTES, ETC. 



765 



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A memorandum in the town archives is endorsed 
tinental Money ;" its contents are : — 



Ret/urn of the Old Con- 



£. 
5. 
33. 
35. 
61. 
31. 



Capt. WiL" Hancock . . 
Rev. Mr. Joseph Bowman 

Asa Conant 

Charles Dabney .... 
Cap' John Town .... 

Rev. Mr. Hill 76. 

David Newcomb .... 1306. 

Samuel Harris 18. 

David Mellen 21. 

Jesse Pratt 13. 

James Meriam . ... 45. 

Jonathan Pratt y" 3' . 67. 

Eben« Meriam 37. 

Lt. Eben" Shumway . . 244. 

Gideon Hovey 100. 

William Eddy .... 90. 

Daniel Gleason .... 28. 

Reuben Lamb 144. 

Benjamin Shumway . . 88. 

John Wolcott .... 78. 

Joshua Meriam .... 4. 

Cap' John Larned . . . 242. 

Ephraim Russell ... 34. 
A total of about 4230 pounds. 



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18. 
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Asa Walker . . . 
Abijah Davis . . . 
Ebenezer Davis, Jr. 
Ephraim Amidown 
.tonas coller . . . 
Aaron Parker . . 
Daniel Kingsbury 
Richard Moore . . 
Nathaniel Hamlen 
Silas Eddy .... 
Amos Shumway . . 
Dea. John Davis . 
Eben'' Fish .... 
Doc. Daniel Fisk . 

Am ASA KiNCiSBURY . 

Cap' Levi Davis . . 
Edward Davis, Esq. 
Jacob Shumway . 
John Campbell . . 
Josrph Hurd . . . 
WiL" Nichols . . . 
John Marven . . . 
Jonathan Harris . 



£. 

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8. 
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72. 
18. 



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Case of Alexander Nichols. Page 133. In the latter part of 1776 a draft 
of men for the army was made "at the meeting house at the Parish," so 
called, [Ward], and Alexander Nicliols was drafted. 

A petition from him appears as follows : — ' ' The petitioner was drafted 
.... and being unable to march m3^self or do a soldier's duty I exerted my- 
self to procure money to pay the penalty and did in 24 hours after being 
drafted tender to tlie Captain of the Company £10 which he refused to take, 
then your petitioner repaired to the subaltern ollicers and made tender of the 



70C) HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

same which they rt-fiised, and notwithstandiii;!? the Selectmen and Committee 
of Correspondence signed a mittimus to commit me to gaol" — asking relief. 

3 Jan. 1777. 
A hearing \va.s ordered. 

A counter statement is recorded of Jonathan Stone, Lieut., the import of 
which was that Nichols did not answer the call or otler the money, £10., or 
provide a substitute in 24 hours. 

Jonathan Rice, Dep. Sherill". 

A County Tax for 177(!, was assessed on the following:— 

In North (fOre. In Sonth Gore. 

Cap' Isaac IIahtwki.l. Hezkkiah Bellows. 

Lt. Joshua Mkulvm. John Kawsox. 

Jamks Meklvm. Aaron BAUUirrr. 

Uriah Stone. Coktis Dixon. 

I)ea. Nkhkmiah Stonk. Ja.mk.s Gleason, Jr. 

Wid. Eliz.mjeth Mkkiam. John Wight. 

Joseph Spariiawk. Bk/aleel Gleason. 

Jonas Livermoke. Ben.iamin Davis, .Jr. 

David Gleason. .Tames Hovev Davis. 

Uriah Stone, Jr. Kzekikl Davis. 

.John Bounds. 

John Ives. 

The Embargo. Page 224. The law of Congress Dec. 22, 1807, closing all 
the seaports of the country passed in retaliation for spoliations on our com- 
merce by Kngland and France, which nations were then at war, caused gen- 
eral stagnation of business, and especially on the seaboard considerable suf- 
fering among the laboring classes. The North was much agitated over the 
sul)ject and in the summer of 1808, in response to the recjuest of the select- 
men of Boston, great numbers of petitions from the towns in the State were 
presented to the President for relief, one as noted having been sent from Ox- 
ford. They were, however, of no avail and the depression continued. The 
presidential candidate of the opposition party was elected that year, and in 
March, 1809, the odious law repealed to all nations excepting Great Britain 
and France. 

The petitioners for a town meeting to act on this subject were .Tames But- 
ler, David Lilley, Abijah Davis, Jeremiah Kingsbury, Jr., John Torrey, Jr., 
James Gleason, William Moore, Elijah Pratt and Jouatlian Harris. 

Small-pox. Pagk 227. The following document is without date, but must 
iiave l)ccn prior to 1781 : — 

" T<j the Selectmen of Oxford. 
" Gentlemen, 

" With the Leave of I'rovidence My House Shal be cleansed by the 
middle of Next week So that it will be safe for Any Person — Capt Moore & 
Wife you may Depend Upon it Shall have the room Cleansetl to their Satis- 
faction & the use of it until their Son Provides for them otherways — I also 
Give you (ientlemen my word that my Apprentices Shall Not Pass and repass 
from the Pest House & that the utmost care Shall be Taken that the Infec- 
tion does Not Spread — Thaidc God I am So far recovered as to be Able to 

ride 

" I am Gcntlem, Yr 
; "Ob"Serv' 

" Alex'^ Campbell." 
[Town Archives.] 



NOTES, ETC. 767 

The housi; here reforrecl to was the old tavern house, H. 205, a part of 
which Capt. Elijah Moore appears to have occupied after its purchase by 
Doctor Campbell. 

Bridle Roads. Page 111. March, 1752, a road was accepted from John 
Larned's, II. 72. north through land of Capt. Higginson. and Ebenezer Coburn 
" to the bridge above Ballard's mill," (the first mention found of a bridge 
here) and thence, northeast, through land, in 1770 of Rev. Joseph Bowman, 
to John Shuraway's land, H. 183, and through the same to the main road 
near Turcott's, "to be a bridle road to be passed with convenient gates." 
After 18 years, in March, 1770, this way was discontinued. 

On 12 March, 175;^, a way was accepted from Benjamin Davis', H. 23, " on 
the side of the Hill on the backside of the Great Meadow," northwesterly, 
" into the highway that comes from Amos Shnmway's (H. 171) to the meeting 
house. Said Highway to be a driftway." This was voted an " open road " in 
1757; in 1758 changed the route in part and voted it be 1^ rods wide; in 1761 
discontinued, and again made a bridle road. A " driftway" was for foot or 
horseback travel, with gates wherever needed. An interesting point in refer- 
ence to the location and making of old roads is here suggested. This "way" 
ran some distance on a hillside. Excavating to much extent to build a road 
in such a location was thought impracticable, or it was not attempted in early 
times, and we have here an explanation of the fact that many old highways 
passed over steep hills. A lateral level grade was a necessity for wheeled 
vehicles and as this was impossible on a hillside without excavation, when 
hills stood in the line of a proposed road a long detour was required to pass 
around them or they must be mounted directly on their front. The latter 
alternative was usually adopted. 

First Bridge over Maanexit Kiver. Page ill. Among the early roads 
laid out in town was that voted 1 March, 1728, to run southerly through Paul 
Dudlej^'s farm past his house, H. 58, beginning at the 8-rod way on Johnson's 
Plain, and running " over the bridge." This is the first mention we find of a 
bridge over the river. This road was accepted May, 1729. 

March, 1758, the town voted to build a cart-bridge over the river above the 
river meadows, where the foot-bridge now stands. In 1759 voted that this 
bridge be built further up stream and that the road be turned further north. 

Bridge over the Maanexit. Pagk 115. June 22, 1807, there was a public 
" vendue " of the building of the bridge on the present Dudley road (the first 
at that locality; , at which its construction was sold to the lowest bidder — 
" on the following Conditions, viz :" 

" The bridge to consist of two stone butmeuts each of which to be founded 
on mud sills 12 inches broad on the top .... 33 feet from each other & 17 
feet up & down the stream and a streak sill one foot thick on the top of each 
butment ; there to be five string pieces to be locked & pinned into the streak 
sills to extend three feet at each end into the butment or bank & confined 
with stone or timber at each end & to be ten inches through at the least end. 
.... The plank to be ... . two inches thick & pinned firm with two pins 
in each plank to the upper string-piece & one pin to the lower one. The top 
of the bridge to be one foot below the higlit of the; bank on the east side & 
to lie level, the west butment to extend to the hard land . . . ." 

" Samuel Campbell being the lowest bidder it was struck off to him at fifty- 
four dollars seventy-five cents." 

"Tavern Expense (?) 60 cents not paid." 

[Town Archives.] 



7().s iiisroiiv OF oxFuiti). 

South (iJorc Koud. I'Adi; 115. The contractors for Iniildiiiy this road 
AiijL,'., 1801, ^verc:— 

(^apt. J<r Kiiijjsbury 90 rods at §54.00. 
William Lainson 'J4 rods at -SSCOG. 

I'lTry lloUcy 50 rods at 820.00. 

Total, $110. r,6. 

Kriiit^c over Lilllc River. 1'aoh 11."). The two rivers, the Maanexit and 

Liltlc KivL-r, for luiiuy years to some extent isolated the southwest neljchhor- 
iiood from the rest of the town. From the report of a committee. May, 
1827, on a school district west of tlie river, we learn what has been {gathered 
from no otiier source, namely, that a bridge early, for many years existed 
over Little Hiver near its junction with the main stream, over which was a 
way from the .southwest to the mill, and thence to tlie Meeting-house and to 
the IMuin. This report recommends the establishment of this district, the 
addition of the Oxford Woolen Village to the .same, the building of a school- 
house on the Coburn farm, a short distance south of Little Kiver, and the 
building of a bridge '^ at or near inhere the old Cohurn bridge once stood." The 
old roadway through the fields south of Howarth's toward this bridge can 
now be traced. This project for a school district, which seems from the 
present point of view, most commendable, was not carried out, doubtless on 
account of the sentiment then prevailing in favor of small schools and 
small districts. 



Repairs of Bridges. Page 115. In April, 1807, a committee chosen to 
consider the state of the l)ridges injured by the freshets of the previous 
winter, reported: — to repair that near Reuben Lamb's would cost .$25; that 
ni-ar James Williams' .$15: that near Capt. John Nichols' .$10; that near 
Elijah Pratt's [II. 58, "Great bridge"] $10; that near Thaddeus Hall's 
[Ilawes i)lace, II. 13G] $10; that near James Wallis' [East Village] $10. 

liy reference to page 41, " South Gore land annexed," it will be seen that 
the name of James Wallis of Dudley was among those wIkjsc estates were set 
to Oxford (! Feb., 1807. He then owneil the water-power, mills, etc., at the 
outlet of the "Great pond," with contiguous land partly in the South Gore 
and partly in Dudley, his residence being on the latter portion. So far as 
api)ears the dividing line between Dudley and the Gore was direct, from near 
where the stream issues from the pond to near where it runs into the 
Maanexit, indiealing that none of the territory of the town of Dudley was 
thus taken oil", l)ut that the part of Wallis' estate lying in the Gore only, was 
included in the act. 



Town's Pond. Pack 2. Tiiis body of water has long been known as 
" Carbuuele Pond," the name having been derived from a popular myth cur- 
rent many years ago, both in Europe and America, which ran that a carbuncle 
of large size might at certain favorable hours be seen gleaming from its 
depths. Croftou (^roker, in iiis Killaruey Legends, gives the same story in 
Hiference to that celebrated lake. It is undesirable that this name, based on 
mere fiction, should be perpetuated. 

The Tow.v f.nniily, perhaps as worthy as any in the English settlement, 
owned and lived upon the lands surrounding it, and pond and adjacent plain 
were early in the records uniformly styled "Town's Plain" and "Town's 
I'onil." IL is altogether fitting that the memory of so estimable a family, 



NOTES, ETC. 7()9 

which has been many years oxtinct in Oxford, should In- preserved and hou- 
ored in the name of this, perliaps the most beautiful natural ol)ject in the 
town. 

Town Poor. Pa(tK 222. Keccipts in the town archives attest that James 
Freeland was paid for boarding Margaret Fosdick from 1 Oct., 1776, to 1 
April, 1777, at Os. per week. 

A draft of a ptstitiou from the selectmen to the General Court — no date- 
represented that Jemima ToUe Avas born in Oxford, now Auburn, and mar- 
ried 20 July, 178(;, to William Tolle of Leicester, who soon thereafter enlisted 
in the Revolutionary army from that town and did not return to his wife, 
that so far as could be learned he was formerly of Providence, R. I., etc.; 
that she had become a public charge, asking that she be received as a 
dependent of the Commonwealth. [Designated as " Widow ToUey." Town 
archives]. 

In March, 1801, the town refused to pay £100 to Daniel Wyman for the sup- 
port of his father an^l mother [.John and wife]. 

In Nov., 1808, it was voted to instruct the town agent to agree with some 
person to support Rachel Smith during her life. 

Dinah, *' a slave." Page 44. In the town papers appears the draft of a 
petition to the General Court, from the Selectmen, representing that •' Dinah 
a Negro Woman is in the Town of Oxford without any means of support by 
which reason she has become chargeable to said Town she being Aged and in- 
firm, by the best information we can get she was born in Sudbury in the 
County of Middlesex & came into this Town upwards of 30 years ago & at 
length liecame a servant of one Charles Dabney who came into this Town 
from Providence in the latter part of y-' year '7(5 [or a little later] but did not 
in any wise gain a habitance in s' Oxford, & remained servant to s' Dabney 
until y"^^ addoption of this State Constitution soon after which time S'' Dabney 
her master removed back to s' Providence & there soon after deceased & left 
S'' Negro in Oxford without any means of support by which reason .she has 
become chargable to s' Town. Therefore your Petitioners pray your Honours 
to take the case into your consideration & [give] us relief by considering her 
one of this State's Paupers, etc." 

An indorsement on this paper is dated 1807. 

Dinah, as appears, was for many years after Dabney's removal a faithful 
domestic in the family of Josiah Wolcott. 

'* Warning out of Town." By a law of 1692 every person coining into 
any town and being there received and entertained for a period of three 
months, not having been warned to leave, was to be reputed an inhabitant, 
and if brought to want was to be supported by the town, unless a father or 
grandfather, mother or grandmother, child or grandchild was of snllicient 
ability, then such relative should relieve such poor person as the justices of 
the peace of the county should assess. In 1700 the time in which said warn- 
ing might be given was l)y law extended to one year. 

We find no evidence that the custom of warning out of town prevailed 
in Oxford prior to 1789. At this date the finances of the town were in a 
low state, the number of indigent persons had largely increased in conse- 
quence of the Revolutionary war, and public burdens were oppressive. In 
Dec, 1789, a man with a family from Sutton, and a " spinster" from Ward 
were offlcially ordered to leave town, they " having come .... for the pur- 
pose of abiding therein not having obtained the town's consent therefor." 
In Feb., 1792, seventy-eight, in the following June, twenty-three, and in Dec, 
98 



770 lllvrOKV OF OXI'OKD. 

17'J.''., forty-Uvo persons wtn' thus warned. This •wholesale warning indlciites 
either a widespread destitution amoniy: tlie people, or an over solicitude on 
the part of the authorities as to tlie tf)wn's possible pecuniary liabilities. 

In the division of the dependents, March, 183:3, between Oxford and Web- 
ster, after the settini; oH' of that Unvn, the following, " as a full fourth part 
of the persons eharfjeable to Oxford," were set to Wi'bster: Uebecca Mellen, 
Tolly Mellen, Jeminia Tolley. Ezekiel Davis, 2d, and David Itich, his wife 
Tolly and 12 children. 

Appraising and dignifying the PewB. Pack 86. In this subject there 
comes to li^iht a very interesting phase of old-time life. Little in reference 
to it appears on our records, but it is not probable that Oxford was excep- 
tioiuil. It would not apparently be a difllcult thing to give to each locality in 
the Meeting-house its proper " dignity," and this duty was at times assumed 
by the towns, as when in 1715 Framingham voted "As for dignity of the 
seats, the table and fore seats are accounted the two highest." Those at the 
'• table " were probably under the pulpit facing the audience, and for the 
wives of those sitting here it was voted a pew should be made in the north 
corner of the house. Furthermore, it was voted " the front gallery is 
accounted in dignity equal to the second and third seats in the body of the 
house, and the side gallery ... to the fourtli and tifth . . . in the body of 
the house." 

But the seating of the people was an entirely dillerent affair. Committees 
were chosen for this purpose and we may well believe the position was not 
one to be coveted. The criterion was to some extent fixed by the towns, but 
much was left to the discretion of the committee. In Medfleld in 1732 it was 
voted " that the committee shall place persons in the meeting house by age 
and estate, that is to say : to l)alance one year of age with one i)ound of real 
and personal estate . . . excepting such persons as are 50 years of age and 
upwards it is left in the judgment of the committee to advance as they 
please." In Sutton the committee were " to go l)y age and rate and ollices; 
Ileds not Regarded." Wives ranked with husbands but sat on the opposite 
side of the house. A certain committee Avas instructed to "consider of what 
men have paid toward building, what charges they now bear, Avhat they are 
likely to pay for the futer, and to have respect to persons." In some 
instances tOAvns seated individuals. In 1738 Framingham voted that two cer- 
tain persons should be seated in the deacon's scats; another in the seconil 
scat in the body seats, and a third in the front seat in the side gallery. 

'i'hat niueh ill-feeling resulted from this usage cannot be doubted. In a 
certain town it was ordered that the iidiabitants " rest silent, and sett down 
satysfyed " with the comnnttee's decision ; in another, individuals were chosen 
to " take special notice of all disorderly persons on the Lord's day tliat do not 
keep to their own seats appointed for them, but keci) others out of their 
.seats, whereby the sabbath is profaned." 

As time progressed the " mens and womens seats " in the body of the house 
wen- disi)laced by pews built t>y persons who had permission from the town 
liins to occupy space, and the practice of seating by committees gi'adually 
ileelined. 

" re>v-gronnd." In 17.S1 there was a demand for more pews and on the 
report of a cnunuittee, 19 .July, it was voted to " sell pew-ground in the Men's 
and Wcnnen's Body Seats" for l)uilding pews, as follows: No. 1, on Women's 
side to .Anthony Sigourney for 20^ hard dollars; No. 2, on Men's side to 
,I;iinrs Hutler for 20 hard d«)llars; No. 3, on Women's side east alley to John 
Dana for 17 hard dollars; No. 4, on west side of Men's seats to Jesse Jones 



NOTES, ETC. 771 

(the tanner) for 16i hard dollars. [Jones sold 4 March, 1782, to Nathaniel 
Hamlin.] The proceeds of these sales were voted to the support of soldiers' 
families and the town's poor. 

In April, 1805, it was voted to sell " pew-spots " at the east and west ends of 
the "Body seats," one each, and also one in each side gallery, indicatina; a 
prosperous condition of ecclesiastical afl'airs. 

Repairs of Meeting-lionse. Page 87. May, 1793, the town granted the 
" east and west entei'ies " of the Meeting-house and the ground occupied by 
the present stair-cases to erect pews on, to the individuals who had under- 
taken to l)uild a porch to the said house. 

Gratnity. May, 1765, the town voted that Dea. John Willson and his wife, 
for service he has done the town, be allowed to sit free in the pew ou the 
west side the broad alley in the Meeting-house. 

Adherents of Rev. Joseph Bowman. Pagp^ 58. The following stood by 
Mr. Bowman in his time of need, and Feb., 1782, signed an obligation to be 
taxed according to their valuation for his support. It was an unsuccessful 
endeavor as not a sufficient number subscribed. 

Edward Davis. Jason CoUer. John Larned, Jr. 

Amos Shumway. Joseph Hurd. Nathaniel Hamlin. 

Samuel Harris. Zaccheus Ballard. Richard Coburn. 

Daniel Gleason. Philip Amidown. John ShumAvay. 

Ebenezer Humphrey. Peter Shumway. Jeremiah Kingsbury. 

William Nichols. William Hancock. Jedediah Barton. 

Jonathan Harris. Allen Hancock. Joshua Meriam. 

John Davis. Jacob Shumway. David Newcomb. 

Preaching. On 27 Oct., 1788, the town gave its promissory note for £4. 
16s. to John Taylor for preaching four sabbaths at 27s. per sabbath. There 
was also paid for him 1 Nov., 1788, for horse hire to Coventry seven shillings, 
sis pence. 

Rev. Josiah Moaltou's Memorial. Page 63. The refusal of the town to 
aid in supporting Mr. Moulton drew from him the following note, dated 
March 1, 1813:— 

" To the freeholders of the Town of Oxford in Town meeting assembled. — 
Gentlemen, Whereas the raising of my annual Sallery by general taxation 
upon the whole Town is attended with consid(»ral)le inconvenience and seems 
to have been made the occasion of no small disturbance, and whereas I am 
not disposed to be the instrument of discord and contention in society, it is 
therefore my desire and retjuest that the contract formed l)etween me and 
the said Town, A. D. 1805, respecting sd Sallery be dissolved and cease from 
and after 27th of March, inst. : the above is i-espectfully submitted by the 
subscriber. Josiah Moulton. ' 

Upon this the town voted that the said contract be dissolved. Two weeks 
later the Congregational Society was formed. 

The first Centre School-house was a building of more than ordinary histori- 
cal interest, not only from its prominence among the public buildings of the 
town (it having been between 1748 and 1793 the only i)ublic edilice ou the 



772 



mSTOUV OF OXFORD. 



IMaiii), bill fruiii the fact of tin; Universalist Society haviiiir bi-en fornu-d in 
it. It stood on the nf)rtli side of tho Sutton road about ITj rods east of the 
present railroad track, and was in size al)out 16 by 20 feet. The outer door 
\vas at the s<^utheast corner, where was an entry about four feet square, 
against which was a larije stone chimney, the fireplace of which easily 
n-ccived four-foot wood as fuel. At the northeast corner was a small closet, 
which with the chimney and entry llUed the east end. The school-room was 
therefore aijoul 16 feet s<|uare, and on the south, west and north attached 
to the sides of the room were the desks of the larger scholars, who sat facing 







?vteiMtiJ¥^K#fe 






the walls. Inside of this outer tier was a line of low benches without desks 
or backs on which sat facing inward the smaller portion of the school. The 
teacher's tal)le occupied some convenient spot in the middle of the room. 
This l)uilding in 180S was much dilapidated, weather worn and moss covered. 
In Nov., I80;i. a meeting of the district was held to consider its condition, at 
which were present 18 persons, of whom two declined voting, four favored 
repairing the old house and 12 voted to build anew. A tax list appears dated 
Dec . IKOM, assessing on the di.strict the sum of iiii^oa.OS for l)uilding a new 
school-house. This stood on the Charlton road near the site of Dr. Kavvson's 
l)resent house, and was built probably in 1804. It was more pretentions 
than the old house and was in size 24 feet siiuare with hip roof and a porch 
or entry about six by eight feet. It is now standing about a fourth of a mile 
west of its original i)()silion and has been many years used as a tenement. 



K<>|)ort of a School Coniniittec, 1810. "To the Freeholders and Voters in 
the Town of Oxford in Town meeting asseml)led. Gentlemen, your commit- 
tee chosen to inspect the several schools in sd Town beg leave to report — 

" 1st your committee in company with the Kev'd Josiah .Moulton and the 
(Jentleuien Selectmen of sd Town have attended their Duty and tlnd the 
several Schools with the exception of Mr. liarwood's ward, viz. No. 2, in a 
nourishing State l)eing Surplyd with .\ble Teachers and .Vctuated with a 
Landal)le Ambition to Excell — the reason of your committee's making an 
Exception of .Mr. liarwood's ward is that a large part of the Parents and 
(iuardians in sd ward are opposed to haveing there schools lnsi)ected and 
keep then' children at home, which Practice in the Opinion of your Committee 
is very Injurious as it tends to Sap the llrst jirincipals in Society and frustrate 
every nt'i;essary regulation. 



NOTES, ETC. 773 

"21y in regard to the Grammar taught in the Schools it is the Opinion of 
your committee that Murry's Grammer has the preference and that each ward 
would do well to have no other taught. 

"Sly it is the Opinion of your committee that the Town would do well to 
grant fifty or an Hundred Dollars more for Schooling in sd Town, all which 
is respectfully Snbraitted. 

"Amos Shumway, Jun. 
Jkr'h Kingsbury, Jr. 
Pkter Butlek. 

Committee." 

This report appears to be in the handwriting of Rev. Josiah Moulton. 

Approbation of a School-master. 

" Oxford, Dec. 19th, 1769. 
" Whereas the Sqardron att the South Part of Oxford have Chosen Mr. 
Samuel Harris to be their Sclioolmaster for their term of Schooling we the 
Suttscribers approve of him for a Schoolmaster and Hecommend iura to l)e 
qualfyed as the Law directs for a Reading and Writing. 

"Edward Davis, 
" Hkza. Stone, 
" Epii'm Ballard, 
" William Watson, 
[Town Archives.] Select Men of Oxford." 

Rev. Jacob Wood. Page 7(1. Mr. Wood, then Uiiiversalist minister, aided 
in inspection of schools in 1816. 

Licensed Retailers of Spirits. F)'om the Counttj Eemrds. 

Duncan Campbell, 1750, '54. '55, '58, '61, '63. 

Richard Moore, 1750. 

Ephraim Ballard, 1752, '54, '58, '68. 

Jacob Pierce, North Oxford, 1767 to 1769. 

William Campbell, 1768 to 1776. 

William Phips, Oxford, now Auburn, 1770 to 1773. 

James Freeland, store. North Oxford, 1773 to 1778. 

Levi Davis, 1776. 

John Wolcott, 1776, '79, '81, '83, '84, '85. '87. 

Jonathan Learned, physician, 1792, 1802 to 1809. 

Andrew Sigouruey, store, 1787 to 1815. 

William Lamson, store, 1801 to 1804. 

William T. Fisk, physician and store, 1802 to 1808, 1818. 

Aaron Mclntire, store, 1804. 

Timothy Lamson, store, 1806 to 1809. 

Peter Spaulding, store. 1806. 

Rufus Moore, store, 1808, '09, '14 to '18. 

Amos Hudson, store with Dr. William T. Fislv, 1809 to 1817. 

Sylvanus Pratt, store, 1811, '12. 

Jedediah Taylor, 1811, '12. 

Abijah Davis, store, 1812 to 1817. 

Abisha Learned, store, 1813. '14. 

Bela Tiffany, store. South Oxford, 1813. 

Charles Cleavelaud, store. North Oxford, 1814. 

Richard Moore, .store, 1816 to 1819. 

William Sigourney, store, 1816 to 1835. 



774 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

Jollll \V.,-llKTill. slorr, 1M18 to 1835. 

Samuel Dowse, store, 1820 to 1832. 

Beiijainin F. Campbell, store, 1833. 

Daniel T. Pennimaii, store, 1834 to 1836, 

Peter Hiitler, store, 1821 to 1830. 

llielianl Oliicy, store, 1821, '22. 

William Dudley, North Oxford, store, 1823 to 182.'!. 

Jonathan A. I'ope, store, 1823 to 18'-'6. 

Andrew Sigouniey, Jr., 1825 to 1828. 

Charles Preston, North Oxford, store, 1825. 

Ashbel M. Hawes, store, 1826 to 1841. 

Danforth Brown, store, 1829, '31. 

Jollll W. Hates, 1829. 

Edmund F. Dixey, store, 1830, '31. 

William II. Bii,'elow, 1830, '31. 

JaspiT Brown, 1833 to 1841. 

Emory Sanford, North Oxford, store, 1834, '3G, '37. 

James M. Sanford, North Oxford, store, 1838 to 1841. 

Stephen Prinee, Jr., store, 1836 to 1838. 

Wolstan Dixey, store, 1838. 

William Holnnson, store, 1839 to 1841. 

Erastus Orinsbee, stoi-e, 1841. 

Miscelljineous Land Conveyances. 1729, May 20. William Dudley for 
Paul Dudley, Samuel Sewall, Jr., and Avife Rebecca, Hon. William Dummer 
of Boston, wife Catharine, Mary Wainwriiiht, widow, Josiah Willard of 
Boston, iiuardian of cliildren and heirs of Daniel Allen, deceased, and Ebenezer 
Pierpont of Roxbury and wife Anne, which said Paul Dudley, Rebecca Sewall, 
Catharine Dummer, Mary Wainwright. Daniel Allen and Anne Pierpont were 
leijatees or devisees of the will of Hon. Joseph Dudley, to Richard Kidder of 
Oxford 150 acres. [This land, then in Oxford, was in the Upham neighbor- 
hood, now northeast part of Dudley.] 

1729. John Eddy to Samuel Eddy, a 60-acre lot in the northeast part of 
Oxford, now Auburn. 

1730, Oct. 7. Jeremiah Morse of Walpole and Uriah Morse of Medfleld to 
Ebenezer Eddy of Watertown, land on Prospect Hill, Oxford. 

1732, Jan. 1. Abial Lamb to Abial Lamb, Jr., half of all his real estate in 
Oxford. 

1745. Richard Williams to William Campbell, blacksmith, 23 acres, bounded 
partly on " Brown's land," being " a part of the farm whereon I now dwell." 

1747. By authority of the State, John Willson, Jeremiah Shumway, Samuel 
Eddy, Jonatiian Pratt and Duncan Campbell, committee, to John Nichols 80 
acres, joining a lot sold 12 June, 1740, to Lamed from Danforth land, for 
taxes for building the new Meeting-house. 

1761, Oct. John Nichols to his son John, 100 acres, apparently the same, 
" bounded on all sides by Danforth's estate." 

1756, March 20. El)enezer Learned to EdAvard Davis one-half a lot of 340 
acres in the east part of Charlton, and one-half another lot of 800 acres in 
Charlton, bounding 410 rods on Oxford line. [This deed shows that Learned 
and Davis owned other lands in partnership and were transacting business as 
partners in selling lands. Quite a number of conveyances as such appear.] 

1763, Jan. 31. Heirs of Joseph Dudley to Edward Davis of Oxford, one 
s(|uare mile, "adjoining the Meeting-house in the town of Dudley," being 
that which William Dudley leased to the Indian natives April 9, 1724, except- 
ing for said Indians 200 acres on the east side thereof ... so long as they 



NOTES. ETC. 775 

shall continue to improve the same, agreeable to a resolve of the General 
Court, Jan., 1763, etc. [Worcester Records, XLIX., 314.] Edward Davis' 
son Edward settled on this estate. 

1767, March 1. Samuel Fairbanks to Nathaniel Davis of Oxford, 274 acres 
and buildings, in the southeast part of Dudley, bounding a half mile on the 
French river. Davis removed thither. 

1767, Sept. 10. Isaac Larned to Joseph Davis, 100 acres [southwest, 
near north village, Webster], bounded N. ou John Larned, Jr., S. and E. on 
grantor. Davis is supposed to have lived here before purchasing H. 34. 

1768, April 16. Moses Gleasou to Rev. William Phips of Douglas, 60 acres 
with buildings in Oxford, now Auburn. Phips removed thither. 

1769, March 6. Benjamin Davis of "Oliver's Farm," near Oxford, to 
Ruth, wife of Joseph Davis, land in Douglas. The onlj' instance noted 
where Thompson's grant is called by this name. 

1785, June 15. The State's Committee to Ebenezer Davis of Charlton, 740 
acres in Charlton and Oxford, part of the confiscated estate of William Brown 
of Salem. 

Richard Rogers' Real Estate. May 14, 1743, Jedediah Barton deeded for 
£155, 32 acres and buildings in the north part of Oxford to Richai-d Rogers, 
Scrivener. This estate, which has not been identified, was bounded partly on 
a 4-rod road, partly on land of widow Eddy and also on laud of Ebenezer 
Learned. Rogers sold it 28 Dec, 1743, to Jacob Cummiugs Avho in Sept., 
1744, deeded to Cornelius Waldo of Worcester, " being the place whereon I 
now dwell." In 1746 Waldo sold to Ebenezer Learned. 

Old Time Housekeeping. The following annual provision for a widow by 
her husband in his will shows what were considered the necessities of life 
a hundred and fifty years ago: 9 bushels corn, 3 bushels rye, li bushels 
barley malt, 3 barrels cider, 5 pounds beef, 100 pounds pork, fire-wood, 8 
pounds sheep's wool, 12 pounds fiax, the use of a horse and saddle, house- 
furniture, attendance in sickness and health. 

Early Carriages. The first wheel vehicles to be used solely as conveyances 
were the square canvas-top chaises, with bodies swung on leather "thor- 
oughbraces," heavy affairs with large wood axles, and tires in separate pieces 
fastened upon the wheels, and usually with a large window in the back of 
the top. Of these the following were owners in 1800 or soon after : Josiah 
Wolcott, James Butler, John Larned, 3d, Amasa Kingsbury, Gen. Ebenezer 
Learned and Jonathan Davis. 

A few years later appeared a novel carriage, the ponderous, S(|uare canvas- 
top two-horse family conveyance of Capt. John Nichols, for a long time the 
only two-horse vehicle in town. About 1810 one-horse open wagons came 
into use and soon every prosperous farmer in town was owner of one, and 
thereafter horseback travel fell into disuse. Chaises were fashionable until 
about 1840, after which thej' were gradually displaced by the four-wheel 
phaeton now used. 

An Old Man's Reminiscences. A native of the town, absent more than fifty 
years, living ou the western plains, recently wrote: "I should like to see 
those old hills again, especially old ' Camp Hill,' for close by there I attended 
school five or six months, and was sent home bccanse I had no wood to warm 
by." This is an allusion to a custom of the olden times when the father of 
every family was required to furnish wood for the school fire in proportion 
to the number of his children attending. 



77(J niKTORY OF OXFORD. 

The I'riiiting of Town Reports befjan 1841, when the sckctmcn's roport 
was printed on a siii^ile sheet. This continued until 1855. In 185f) and later, 
".Auditor's Reports" were printeil in pamphlet form; in 1«63 the school com- 
mittee's report was added, anil in 1865 the present plan of incorporating all 
ollicers' reports to;;ether was adopted. 

Homestead 214. In 1771 Abijah Harris, then owner of this estate of 12 
acres and buildini^s, baricained with James Hrown, the tailor, for the sale of 
it, and executed a bond to i^ive him a warranty deed within four years, Brown 
to pay £52. On the back of this bond is a receipt dated Feb., 1771, for four 
notes from the purchaser for the said sum, which would indicate that Brown 
took possession of and occupied the premises. But he evidently did not be- 
come linnafide owner. In 178:5 Harris sold to Jonas CoUer, who in turn on 12 
April, 1786, bargained for £60 the premises to Adams Streeter, the minister 
of the newly formed Universalist Society, and also gave a bond for a deed. 
Mr. Streeter died the following September and this sale was therefore not 
consummated. A receipt of Daniel Fisk in behalf of Samuel Davis, adminis- 
trator of Streeter's estate, for £3. 4s. indicates that Streeter had made partial 
payment, and that he was in possession at the time of his decease. 

Right of Way over the Town Farm. There was a long controversy between 
the N. & W. R. M. Co. aud the town as to the amount of damages to be paid 
for the railroad crossing the town farm. In April, 1836, it was voted in town 
meeting that a way 175 rods long and 3 rods wide be granted for .SSoO, the 
company to build passes across the same for the convenience of the farm. 
Later a vote of the town conceded the privilege in consideration of the rail- 
road company building the new piece of road across the meadow at the north 
end of the I'lain. But neither of these propositions was the basis of a settle- 
ment. On 7 Dec, 1837, a board of referees. Morris Lamed of Dudley and 
Samuel Taylor of Sutton, met at the centre tavern, heard the case and 
awarded the town .$400 damages ; but the railroad was built and had licen 
operated two or three years ])efore the matter was adjusted. In town meet- 
ing Nov., 1.H42, a committee of three strong men was chosen to settle with 
the railroad company, witii instructions if they could not do it as they judged 
expedient, to "prosecute the claim." The report of this committee was 
made and accepted April, 1843. but is not recorded. As nothing appears 
later on the subject, it is inferred that a settlement was then efl'ected. 

Oleanings from the Town Records. 13 March, 1714. John Belles of 
Simsbury, Conn., sold to Ebenezer Chamberlain two horses. [Marks de- 
scribed.] 

On 30 Nov., 1716, David Tillotson of Lyme sold to El)enezer Chamberlain a 
hors(!. [Marks described.] 'The fact that one of this name had thus early 
transactions with Oxford people strengthens the opinion that Jonathan 
Tillotson the settler was from Lyme. 

The house built for Mr. Rogers seems to have been after his decease a kind 
of foot-ball. In March, 1764, it was voted to sell it. In May an attempt 
was made to api>ropriate it for a school-house, which failed. In May, 1765, 
it was voted to sell "the house Mr. Bixbee lives in at Vendue," and it was 
struck oil' to Capt. Ciritlin at £53. O. T. In May, 1766, it was voted to take it 
again for a work-house. l)ut the vote was not carried into effect. In 1774 it 
was again voted to sell it. In I78i> a committee reported the house lately 
occupied by widow Fuller sold for five dollars to Obadiah Allen. [See page 
96.] 



notb:s, etc. 777 

Oct., 1761, voted to sink the rates of the son of Uriah Gleason, he having 
died in the public service. 

April 30, 1783, is recorded a deposition of Mary Gardner, widow of Nathan- 
iel, friviuij; the name of her brother, Joseph Green, Esq., of Boston, and 
declaring- that he left that place in 1775, at which time she, the deponent, 
lived Avith Charles Dabney in Providence, R. I. 

She being then of Oxford, undoubtedly canae hither with Mr. Dabney from 
Providence. 

In a warning for INIarch, 1786, was an article "To see if the town will 
allow Capt. William Campbell his proportion of the ' Sword in Hand' money 
which said Campbell paid before he left Oxford." Dismissed. The purport 
of this vote is not clear. This "money" was an issue of Massachusetts 
currency named from its bills having on them the figure of a man with a 
drawn sword in his hand. 

March, 1792, voted " to petition to have the South Gore laid to some other 
town, or disconnected with Oxford." Also to have the North Gore annexed 
to Oxford. 

May, 1798, is recorded the mark by which Rev. Elias Dudley recognized his 
sheep, a very suggestive entry. Ministers of those and previous days "lived 
of the Gospel " only in part, but were in an important degree dependent in 
common with the rest of the community upon the produce of the soil, and 
much care and often drudgery were thus entailed upon them. 

From town action May, 1802, we learn that the saddler's shop built on the 
common that year by Archibald Campbell occupied the site of the blacksmith 
shop of Mr. Trow, then removed. [See page 227.] 

Of the surplus revenue the town of Oxford received from the State treasury 
as follows : — 

16 June, 1837, paid to Stearns DeWitt, $2,287.66 

22 July, 1837, paid to Samuel Dowse, 1,301.92 



[See page 45.] Total, $3,589.68 

The highway from near Charles H. Wellington's to the North Oxford rail- 
road station, it was thought, was not in the first instance legally laid out. 
In 1890 the selectmen re-located it and April, 1891, it was duly accepted by the 
town. [See page 119.] 

Returu of the Fifteenth Mass. Regiment. Page 169. The Worcester Palla- 
dium of 27 July, 1864, says of this regiment, "only 85 officers and men 
returned." TTie yEgis and Transcript of 30 July reported " about seven officers 
and eighty men remain of this gallant and glorious old regiment," adding, 
"eleven of the prisoners of 22 June were of the number." Capt. Gale of 
Northboro' was in command, and there were present two surgeons. Captains 
Albert Prince of Oxford and George W. Brown of Leominster, and Lieut. 
Nelson V. Stanton of Northbridge, acting adjutant, and Lieut. William Bixl)y 
of Hopkinton, Quartermaster. 

Company E Soldiers. Owen Tonar of Co. E died 26 Feb., 1864, of small- 
pox at a hospital in Washington, D. C, whither he was removed after being 
wounded at Gettysburg. [Page 177.] 

John Eckersley died 13 June, 1890, at Lonsdale, R. I. [Page 172.] 
99 



778 HISTOKY OF oxfoud. 

Koiiiau Catholic Parsonai^o. I'aok 95. This house was built by William 
H. Thurston, havin«? been bcfiuu in 1872 and finished Sept., 1873. It passed 
from him to Sylvanus Robinson, the executors of whose estate deeded 2 
July, 1885, to John E. Kimball, who on 20 Aug., 1886, conveyed to lit. Rev. 
P. T. O'Hciliy of Springfield, diocesan Bishop. 

Who was the first Flannel Maker 2 Page 201. At the date of the estab- 
lishnunt of tlaiincl manufacture at North Andover, from time immemorial 
home-made fiannel had been spun and woven in most of the farm houses of 
Massachusetts. A quest might as w^ell be instituted for the first baker of 
a loaf of brown bread. 

Old time Currency. In the earlier days of New England the amount of 
currency (which was furnished chiefiy by the mother country) was very 
limited. Indian wampum was largely in use, and up to 1G61 was a legal ten- 
der, and in minor transactions was current many years into the 18th century. 
As early as 1652 Massachusetts began coining pine-tree shillings and sixpences. 
Another expedient was the issuing of Bills of Credit as noted, page 44. 
Banking and the issue of Bank Notes began in country towns early in the 
present century, but at first there was much distrust of the.se institutions as 
a foreign innovation^ tending, as often declared, to " bring the people under 
Lordships." 

Defences against the Indians. Page 13. At the date of the action of the 
Council in reference to the Indians at Keekamoochaug, 1 Aug., 1693, the fol- 
lowing was passed : — 

"Upon application made by the Town of New Oxford they are allowed to 
enclo.se two of the most convenient houses in said Town with Stockado's for 
the security and defence of the Inhabitants against the Indian Enemy, two 
English men to take up their residence among them, one at each Garrison, to 
have the Inspection of them. 

" Ex. Kec. of Council II., 249. William Phips." 

Isaac Bertrand Pu Tuffeau. Page 22. The following concerning this 
im[)ortant member of the Huguenot colony has l)cen gathered from Dr. 
Charles W. Baird's " Huguenot Emigration to America." He was a refugee 
in London in 1(;8() from Poitou, became warmly interested in the plan of the 
.settlement at Oxford and induced Bernon to furnish means by which he was 
able to join in the project. He came a short time after the settlement began, 
bringing letters from Bernon and Mr. Thompson to Dudley, who soon made 
him a grant of 750 acres of land, as previously set forth. He was at this 
time about 40 years of age, and after his arrival was married to "demoiselle 
de la Rochefoucauld," but had no issue. With him came as servants or 
employe's two Englishmen (one being John Johnson) and Jacques Thebaud 
and daughter Catherine. The glowing accounts he forwarded to Bernon con- 
cerning the country induced the latter also to emigrate, and with "above 40 
persons" whose passage he paid he landed in the summer of 1688. 

In 1689 the (icm-ral Coui't, meeting 1 June, appointed Dii Tutt'eau "Com- 
missioner for the Town of New Oxford," with power to try petty cases and 
to act " as any other .Assistant may doe as the laws of the Colony direct." ' 



' "Coiiiinlssloncrs t<> cml smiill Cttuses" were Du Tuffeau's appointment was exceptional, 

iippolntcil In every town where no assistant Letter of A. C. Goodell, Jr. 

dwell. Their iliilles are iletlneil In Whitniore's Johnson's residence so far from the main vU- 

Colonlal Laws, Id"!, |ip. 20, 21. The Conrt of laRe Is explained by the fact of his having been 

Assistants or County Court was the appoint- employ6 of Du Tutrciiii, who, as supposed, 

Ing power except lu Boston. Ibid, p. 2L resided at H. 64. 



NOTES, ETC. 779 

In 1694, reverses liavina; come, he left the settlement in discredit. " Being- 
called to account for gross mismanagement of interests committed to him, 
he sold the stoclc and furniture of Bernon's plantation and abandoned the 
place." Soon thereafter he went to New Rochelle, N. Y., where he continued 
several years, and later, as asserted by Bernon, went to London, where he 
died. [Mass. His. Col. 3d Series, II. G9.] 

The Pnpilloii family. Page 283. Dr. Baird thought them descended from 
the Huguenot family of the name in Avi'anches, Normandy, which had suffered 
severely from persecution. Whitmore, in " Sewall's Diary," refers to Mr. 
Papillon of London, a distinguished person in his day, of great wealth. Peter, 
the emigrant, of Boston in 1(579, supposed to have been his descendant, re- 
moved about 1(!81 to Bristol, where he died; date of inventory 26 Nov., 1697. 
His widow Joan 23 March, 1700, was granted l)y a special act of legislature 
leave to sell real estate for her support, she having "several small children." 
Judicial Courts had then no power to authorize the sale of lands of minors. 
[Prov. Laws, VI., 73.] Peter, Jr., known as Captain, was a Boston merchant 
and held a high social position. He died 1733 and was buried "under arms." 
His widow Katherine and son-in-law John Wolcott, Esq., of Salem, were 
appointed administrators 10 May, 1733. Among his effects were "a farm in 
the Huguenot settlement at Oxford," and a mansion-house on Bennet Street, 
Salem. His widow died a few months later. 

Presentation of Ensign to the *'IiiTincibles." Page 157. This ceremony 
toolv place 13 Sept., 1824, two days before the annual muster, which was at 
Sutton. The addresses, believed to have been prepared by Ira Barton, Esq., 
were printed in full in the Massachusetts Spy of 29 Dec, 1824. 

Burning of Old Hnguenot Mill. Page 194. On 1 Oct., 1891, between 2 
and 4 o'clock A. M. the mill at the south end of the Plain and also the old 
saw-mill near, used as a store-house, were with all their contents entirely 
consumed. 

** Chase Mill No. 2." Page 210. Manufacturing at this locality by Chase 
& Son, Webster, was suspended in the summer of 1891. 

Changes in School affairs. Page 100. At April meeting, 1891, an important 
step w^as taken in reference to school interests, Oxford voting to unite 
with some adjoining town or towns in employing a superintendent of 
schools. Upon this vote the committees of Millbury, Oxford and Dudley 
came together and engaged to fill this position Mr. John S. Cooley of Enfield, 
Conn.' At tlie close of the Spring term of 1891 George A. Willey and Albert 
G. Mclntyre, respectively, resigned their positions as principals of the High 
and Grammar Schools, and Edgar L. Willard of Leominster, a graduate, 1891, 
of Brown University, was engaged as teacher in the High School, and Edith 
M. Keith, a graduate, 1891, of the Bridgewater State Normal School, of the 
Grammar School. These all began their term of service with the opening of 
the Fall term, 1891. 



1 Mr. Cooley is a native of SpriiiKfield, educated faculty In Summer schools at Saratoga, N. Y., 

In the city scliools and ( 'oUeKiate Institute, was Asbury Park, N. J., Conn. State, Te.xas State, 

a teacher in Kutield and Windsor Locks for and Martha's Vineyard National; and also em- 

20 years, the last seven in the latter place as ployed for several years by the Conn. State 

principal of High School, and also superinten- Board of Education as lecturer on educational 

dent of schools of the town; member of the subjects throughout the Stale. 



780 IlISTOliY OF OXFORD. 

The Will of Jeremiah Learned. Date, 27 Jnne, 1888. 

•'Item 1. After the payment of my just debts and funeral charfres and 
expenses of settling my estate I direct and request my Executor of this my 
last will to deposit and put on interest in the Worcester County Institution 
for Siivinjis in said Worcester the sum of two thousand dollars, the interest 
and dividends thereon to l)e paid semi-annually to the Town of (Jxford in said 
County for the purpose of maintainint^ and improvini; my burial lot and the 
burial lot of my sister Clarissa Alverson and her husband Rufus G. Alverson, 
situated in the north cemetery in said Oxford, also the burial lot of ray 
parents and of Nathaniel Stockwell in the cemetery at Oxford Plains in said 
Oxford, and I do iL;;ive said sum of two thousand dollars accordingly to the 
inhaljitants of said town of Oxford in trust for said purposes." 

He then disposes of a portion of his estate in legacies to relatives and 
friends. The residuary clause follows : — 

" Item 13. All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real, personal 
or mixed 1 give, devise and bequeath as follows : one third part thereof to 
the inhalMtants of the town of Oxford, in trust, to expend one half the 
income thereof in maintaining a free public library for the use of the inhabit- 
ants of said town, and to expend the other half of the income thereof in 
maintaining and improving said cemeteries at North Oxford and at Oxford 
Plains in said town of Oxford, — one third part of said rest, residue and 
remainder to the Old Men's Home in the City of Worcester, — one third part 
of said rest, residue and remainder to my nephew George Henry Kelley . . . 
but in case said Kelley shall die before he shall be entitled to the possession 
of any portion of his share of said residue, then such portion so remaining in 
the hands of said Executor or Trustee shall belong to and shall be paid over 
and delivered to the other two residuary legatees aforesaid in etjual shares for 
the uses and purposes above stated." 

On 25 March, 1889, Mr. Learned executed a codicil to his will, changing 
the manner of the disposition of the residuum of his estate, item 4 of which 
follows : — 

"Whatever balance may remain in the hands of my said Executor after 
settling my estate paying the legacies provided for in said will and this codi- 
cil and making the appropriations for the trust funds as therein provided 
I give to said George Swan, in trust, to pay the net income thereof semi- 
annually to my said daughter Blanche Warren Learned during her life, and 
at her decease to pay over the principal to my residuary legatees in manner 
provided, and for the uses stated in the residuary clause. Item No. 13, in my 
said will." 

Mr. Learned's estate was inventoried at .si 2 1, 000. The town of Oxford 
will receive no immediate benetlt from it, and no estimates as to the future 
are possible. It is believed however that at some future day .S25,000 at least, 
and possibly a considerably larger amount, will come to the town treasury 
for the l)eneflt of the Free Pul)lic Library and cemeteries. 

Ancestry of Rev. John Campbell. P.\gk 422. The douljts so long envelop- 
ing tills subject appear to have been in late years to an extent removed in the 
minds of some of his descendants. Through the ettbrts of Mrs. M. DeW. 
Preelaiul communication was opened with a supposed collateral branch of the 
family in Scotland, and a letter received, which while not positive and con- 
clusive, oilers a plausible solution of the mystery. Cecil Campbell Iliggins, 
Es(|.,of New York (who has kindly furnished a copy for pul)lication), after 
five or six years of investigation in England, asserts his belief that this 
account of Mr. Campliell's identity is correct. Much siguillcauce is attached 
to the fact of Lortl Loudon's visit to Mr. Campbell at Oxford which has 



NOTES, ETC. 781 

doubtless always been considered by the public a remarkable event, and from 
present view to be explained only on the hypothesis of a family relationship.' 
The letter follows : — 

"Treesbank House, Kilmarnock, 16 Januari/, 1870. 

' ' Madam : 

"On receipt of yours of the 23rd August, 1875, my father, Col. 
Canipl)ell, at once wrote to me and requested me to give you any information 
in my power. Absence from home, however, not being able to have access 
to my books and other reasons quite beyond my control have rendered it 
impossible for me to answer your enquiries sooner. I hope that this will 
account for my apparent want of courtesy. 

"The Rev'd John Campbell, to whom you refer as mentioned in Boswell's 
♦ Life of Johnson,' was brother to my great-grandfather James Campbell of 
Cessnock. The said John Campbell was ' Minister' of Riccartown and died 
there in 1761. The following is an extract from his brother's (elder) pocket- 
book (in my possession) recording it: ' Revd. Mr. John Campbell Minr of 
Riccartown my Broyr Died very suddenly of a' plethory upon yr morning 
early (as supposed being found dead in bed) of the third day of Aprile 1761 
and buried upon the 6th yr after. Marked James Campbell.' It is a curious 
coincidence that he should have died the same j'ear as your ancestor, but 
they could not possibly have been identical as the one never left the country 
and lies at RiccartoAvn in the family vault. The interest attached by Dr. 
Johnson to his collection of books arose merely from the fact that it was a 
large and most valuable and in those days almost unequalled one. He left 
them all to his elder brother (ray direct ancestor). Many were afterwards 
destroyed by fire, but those that escaped are still in my father's library here. 
I am writing these lines in the room in which Dr. Johnson slept when on his 
visit here. 

" I believe your ancestor to have been Colonel John Campbell of Shanks- 
ton. If, however, this is the case he must have been more than 71 years of 
age at the time of his death I .should suppose, and this is not improbal)le as 
the family is very long lived. My reason for believing in this identity is the 
disappearance of said John Campbell from a family history where the 
minutest details of all the other members are chronicled. I l)elieve he must 
have got into political troubles and have been obliijed to fly the country. 
The visit of the Earl Loudown (his nephew?), a proud and austere man who 
was unlikely to have visited a private individual merely because his name Avas 
Campbell, would thus also be accounted for. But the most cogent reason of 
all is that Sir John Campbell of Lawers (afterwards 1st Earl of Loudown) 
had only two descendants named 'John,' viz. : John 4th Earl of Loudown and 
John Campbell of Shankston. All you write of the relations of Glenlyon, 
Lawers and Loudown is quite correct and shows that your traditions arc 
true. If your ancestor was John Campbell of Shankston his heirs of line can 
claim the Earldom of LoudoAvn and all the baronies granted in 1633 to Sir 
John of Lawers, but the estates are ' proscribed.' i. e., havini;: been held with- 
out challenge for upwards of 40 years the right of the present possessor can 



1 On tliat occasion, acconliiig to unquestlona- now standing, over tlie brook wliicli runs about 

ble tradition, the visitor was entertained, not at midway between the two liouses. Tliis would 

Mr. Campbell's house but at that of Josiah have been very natural if Loudon caiue by way 

VVolcott, his son-ln-Iaw, for tlie reason, per- of Worcester, as at this point the road from Mr. 

haps, that his residence was, from its appoint- Campbell's residence intersected the main high- 

ments, best adapted to tlie reception. It has way. Thence they proceeded togetln^r, it is said, 

been said the meeting was at tlie stone bridge, to Wolcott's where they spent the night. 



782 HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

no longer be disputed. They are held by the present Earl of Loudown of the 
Hastini^s family to which thc-y went by the inarriago of Flora Campbell, only 
clilld of the 5th Earl, to the Earl of Moira, afterwards Marquess of Hastings. 
If you can follow up the clue I have given you and prove the identity of your 
ancestor there can be no doubt of the claim of his heirs of line, for although 
your ancestor dying Ixfore John, 4th E^arl, could of course, never have claimed 
the titles and estates, and having no exact account of who he was, his 
descendants never did so when the succession opened to them. Yet the fact 
remains that they must succeed before the heirs of their ancestor's younger 
brother. I thinVc you will understand it by referring to the annexed pedigrees. 
" My father is tiie representative of the original house of Loudown, for 
although the estate went to the granddaughter of the tlrst baron by marriage 
to Sir John of Lawers yet the chieftainship of the house remained with the 
heir male of the family, the first baron's cousin. Sir Hugh Campbell of 
Cessnock, my direct ancestor. All branches acknowledge ray father as chief 
of the House of Loudown, as you will tind by referring to Burke's 'Armory 
County Families' and 'Robertson's History of Ayrshire,' wherein he is styled 
' Ciiief of the Campbells of Loudown and Cessnock.' I annex pedigrees and 
will be very glad to hear that this reaches you in safety. A century ago there 
seems to have been no stigma attaching to illegitimate l)ranclies of great 
houses (in man}' cases peerages being granted to them), so you will have 
thoroughly to sift all the evidence. The House of Loudown has several 
l)ranches of this kind here possessing large estates. You will understand, 
Madam, that I find it necessary to caution you on this point, disagreeable 
though it is to me to do so. I am. Madam, 

" Your obedient servant, 

"W. H. CAMPBELL, Captain." 



PEDIGREES. 



In 1620 Sir John Campbell of Lawers, eldest son and heir of Sir James 
Campbell of Lawers, married Margaret Campbell, co-heiress of Hugh, 1st 
Baron Campbell of Loudown. They had (with daughters) two sons, James, 
who succeeded, and George died unmarried. 

James, 2nd Earl (his father having been created Earl of Loudown, Barou 
Farynian, etc., in 1633), married Lady Margaret Montgomery. They had 
three sous: 1st, Hugh, who succeeded; 2nd, Col. John of Shankston; 3rd, 
James, afterward Sir, and to whom his father left the estate of Lawers. 

Hugh, 3rd Earl, married Lady Margaret Dalrymple and died in 1731. They 
had one son, John, who succeeded (and two daughters). 

John, 4th Earl, a distinguished military commander. [Visited Rev. John 
Campbell, at Oxford]. He died unmarried in 1782, when his estate and titles 
devolved upon James Mure Campbell (son of his uncle Sir Janies). He suc- 
ceeded as 6th Earl and had an only child, Flora, who took the estates by 
marriage into the " Hastings Family," where they still remain. 



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784 JIISTOHY OF OXFOKO. 

Miss Mary Ratler Campbell. Since the printing of the notes on the Camp- 
bell family, page 428, Miss Campbell, a much honored and beloved member, 
has deceased. Her father died when she was eight years of age and soon 
thereafter the family removed to Dudley that the children might receive the 
beiiellt of the Academy. Here we find Miss Mary at II years of age among 
the l)rightest of its pupils, contemporary with Peter C. liacon and Samuel C. 
Paine, and taking a prominent part in a public exhibition of the school. 
When about 16 she l)egan her career as teacher in the district school at 
Oxford centre. Later she for a short time was under the tuition of Rev. Mr. 
Phelps (father of Prof. Phelps, Andover), at Brooktleld, and went thence to 
Miss Fiske's school at Keene, N. H. Miss Porter, her intimate friend, wrote 
" probably no other person beside her noble mother had so happy an intluence 
in determining her aims and character as Miss Fiske." In 1829 she went to 
Springlleld as teacher in the popular and " attractive " school of Miss Hawkes. 
Two years later Miss Hawkes removed to Philadelphia giving the Springlleld 
institution into the charge of Miss Campbell and AHss Porter (later at the 
head of the celebrated Farmington school), which arrangement continued 
about a year, and the school was given up. The winter of 1833-4 Miss 
Campbell spent at Charleston, S. C. She next joined her old friend, Miss 
Hawkes at Philadelphia as assistant, continuing about two years, going 
thence for a year or more to Wilmington, Del., into the family of Hon. 
Richard H. Bayard, as governess. 

Miss Helen L. Campbell, her niece (to whom we are indebted for many of 
the facts of this sketch), writes : "It must have been in the autumn of 1838 
that Miss Campl)ell and her sister Celia opened their school in University 
Place, New York." Here, to quote Miss Porter, " under the auspices of 
excellent friends (and there, as always before, they made firm and valuable 
friends), the school Avas happy and prosperous." But the mother, who 
resided with them, and also Miss Celia, preferred country life, and at their 
solicitation, buildings having been fitted for the purpose at the mansion at 
Oxford, in the spring of 1843 the school was removed thither. Here it was 
only moderately successful, and in the autumn of 1844 another removal was 
made at the urgent invitation of old friends, to Springheld, where until the 
marriage of Miss Celia in the fall of 1849 the institution was conducted with 
marked success. That event termiuatcd operations at Springlield, and Miss 
Mary removed to Boston, where she remained until after the decease of the 
wife of her brother James B. at Charleston. In the fall of 1851 she went to 
that city to take charge of the bereaved household, entering upon a new 
but no less important sphere, "presiding with dignity and grace over an 
elegant home, enti'rtainiiig many of the distinguished people of the day, 
always welcoming with cordial hospitality all who found their way to the 
ever open door, interesting herself in every charitable Avork and always ready 
with sympathy, counsel and money to help the sick, the sutlering and the 
needy." 

At the l)reaking out of the war most of the teachers of the Normal School 
at Charleston returned to their homes in the North, and Miss Campl)ell. that 
the work might not cease, engaged with characteristic etViciency in the 
service, thus " for a year tilling a wide gap " in the institution. At the bom- 
l)ardment of the city, while other members of the family, in common with a 
large portion of the people, left for places of safety she remained in the 
mansion to protect the property, and with the help of a faithful Union sol- 
dier detailed for the purpose, did so etlectually amid great danger from fire 
and freebooters. 

In 18(59-70, sh<' with her two nieces travelled a year or mori' in Europe', and 
again in 1887 she spent a winter in Rome, and the following spring and a part 
of the summer in England. In the summer of 1889 some of the strongest 



NOTES, ETC. 785 

ties which bound her to the city of her adoption having been Ijroken, she, 
with many regrets, left Charleston, thereafter to make a home with Northern 
friends. The summer of 1890 was passed at the homestead in Oxford, during 
which time she had much enjoyment in renewing old acquaintances, but her 
home for most of the time after leaving the South was with her nephew, Cecil 
Campbell Higgins, in or near New York city. At his summer residence at 
Pound Ridge, N. Y., in the last days of June, 1891, she was taken seriously 
ill, and after two months, in which there was a gradual decline, died peace- 
fully on the 24th of August. 

The Charleston News and Courier soon after her decease printed an obitua- 
r}' notice which contained the following : 

'"Endowed with ^ strong intellect and fixed intensity of purpose. Miss 
Campbell reaped all the advantages aftbrded by the best New England schools, 
though she did not consider her education completed when she left the 
school-room as a pupil or afterwards as a teacher, but kept abreast with the 
thought and discoveries of her time, being a bright examplar of general cul- 
ture up to the last year of her invaluable life. Gentle and winning in manner, 
aflectionate in disposition and with a singularly sweet and attractive face, her 
clear and strong, though not bigoted, religious convictions, completed the 
character and suggested to all the realization of the 

'Perfect woman, nobly planned.' 

"Miss Campbell was one of the original board of ladies who, in 1867, 
organized in this city the ' Home for the Mothers, "Widows and Daughters of 
Confederate Soldiers.' She was the soul and guiding spirit of the educational 
feature of this excellent institution, and was at the time of her death Vice- 
President of the Home Association. The loss the Home sutlers in her death 
is irreparable, and hundreds of its alumnaj, girls and young matrons through- 
out the State, will read with deep sorrow of the death of their beloved guide, 
counsellor and friend. 

"Miss Campbell's gentle yet ardent spirit and many benefactions bring to 
mind the lines which mark the tomb of Gunfreda de Warren, a noble woman 
of mediaeval times : 

" A Martha to the homeless poor, a Mary in her love, 
And though her Martha's part be here, her Mary's gone above." 

" The House of Rest," Charleston, S. C. Miss Celia, daughter of Hon. 
James B. Campbell, was a devoted Christian and gave largely of her means 
as well as personal eflTort to charitable work. In cooperation with a kindred 
spirit, Miss Wagner, she rented a large house in Charleston, M'here in March, 
1874, was opened the " House of Rest," an asylum or retreat where sick and 
destitute orphan children were received and cared for. This institution sup- 
plied a long felt want in the city and was a real boon to the poor. To its 
interests Miss Campbell was unsparingly devoted and was at her post of duty 
there when stricken with the illness which ten days later terminated her life, 
28 Feb., 1887. 

Ancestry of Benoni Twitchell. Page 729. Ben,jamin of Dorchester re- 
moved probably before 16(!3 to Medfleld. Of his children were Mary, who m. 
Josiah HockAvood, Bethia, who m. John Rockwood, and Alnel, b. 1663 at 
Medfleld. The latter "and her chihl," in 1683 lived with her brother-in-law, 
Josiah Rockwood, at Medfleld. This child is supposed to have been Benoni 
— the son of my sorrow. 

100 



78<i HISTORY OF OXFORD. 

The Will of Cjms Kidder. Mr. Kidder died 27 Au-., 1h91. His will was 
dated 17 Sept., 1879, extracts from which follow: — 

"Third. I {^ivc and hc(|ueath to the First Coniirc iralional Church of 
Oxford the sum of oiu' thousand dollars, in trust, novenholess, to the follow- 
ing uses and purposes, to wit, to invest the same permanently as a fund, and 
to use the income thereof in relieving such worthy members of the Church as 
arc in indigent circumstances through sickness or misfortune of any kind, 
and especially in providing such persons with the comforts of life in their 
last sickness, and a suitable burial and headstont;. 

"Fourth. I give and be(iueath to the inhal)itants of the town of Oxford the 
sum of live hundred dollars, the income of which shall be appropriated so far 
as nuiy be necessary and proper for taking care of my lot in the north ceme- 
tery of said town and the two lots which my brother and I may hereafter 
purchase in said cemetery, and for the keeping of said lots in perfect order, 
and if there shall be any of said income remaining annually, said balance shall 
))e applieil and appropriated for the gen(;ral care and improvement of said 
cemetery." 

In November, 1891, steps were taken to contest in the Courts the validity 
of this will. 



INDEX 



GENERAL HISTOKY 



Abbott, Abijah, scythe maker 207. 

Alvan, ilev., Universalist 77. 

Zebina. clothier 194. 
Aborn, R. Alonzo, store 241. 
Acker, Elbrid^'e. soldier 178. 
Ackland. Major, wounded 143. 
Ackley. Lucius O., manufacturer 209. 
Acwoi-th mill 20(>. 
Adams' Army 150, 151. 
Adams, Charles W., soldier 179. 

Daniel V., soldier 181. 

James D., soldier 179, 185. 

Jedediah, soldier 137, 138. 

Loriug J., soldier 181. 

Oscar E., soldier 180. 

O. W., Rev.. Methodist 81. 
Agent, Town 271. 
Agricultural products 267. 

Society 251. 
Ainsworth, Rev. Charles W.,Methodist 81. 
Alard, children lost 13, settler at Ox. 24. 
Albee, Edwin, soldier 180. 

Geo. W., wounded 102, record 171. 
Aldrieh, Amos, store N. Ox. 241. 

Calvin, pays for preaching 05. 

Calvin S., soldier 179. 

Samuel, selectman 275, collector 282. 

Thomas, clothier 194. 

Timothv. selectman 274, collector 282. 
Alexandria." Va.. 102, 163. 
Alford, James, bins N. Gore land 293. 
Allen, Abner. taxed 1771 201. 

Amasa, taxed 1771 203, soldier 135. 

Daniel, representative 13, 31. 757, 
lands 283. 

David, taxed 1771 263. 

Edward, taxed 1771 263. 

Edwin II., Rubber Co. 195. 

E. W.. Rev., candidate 70. 

John, soldier 135, taxed 1771 201. 

John J., Agricultural Society 251. 

Phinehas, soldier 134, 135, taxed 1771 
263. 

Pliny, corporal 100. wounded 102, 
record 170. 

Zachariab, LL.D., Huguenot Soc. 2.53. 
Almv & Brown 191. 

Joseph, Oxford liank 2.32. 
Alton, Erastus, Agricultural Society 251. 
Alverson, George, finds relics 15, soldier 
137, tightiiig hatchet 260. 

John, soldier 150. 

Kufus G., schools 101, hist, relics 260. 
Amherst, General 122. 



Amidon, prisoner 161, record 171. 

George H., soldier 183. 
Amidown, Caleb, commiltee 285, with 
Dunbar 285. 
Ephraim, taxed 1771 261, Continental 

money 705. 
Ephraim, Jr., taxed 1771 201. 
Ethemer, pew 84. 
Jeremiah, taxed 1771 261. 
Philip, in Church 51, committee 52, 
83, soldier 136, taxed in 1771 261, 
selectman 273. constable 280, sup- 
ports Bowman 771. 
Roger, soldier 122, buys land 290. 
Ammunition, stock of 150, 
Amptaeur, Conrad, killed 104, record 174, 

185. 
Anderson, Prof. D.D., preaches 79. 
James, Oxford Bank 232. 
John, shoe business 218. 
Andersonville 168. 
Andover 198, 202. 

Andrew, Rev. Samuel, preaches 49. 
Andrews, Major 1.53. 

John, manufacturer 204. 
Andros, Edmund 7. 

Angell, Charles A., committee 108, library 
159, shoe business 217, 218, Oxford 
Bank 232, representative 272, select- 
man 275. treasurer 276, assessor 278, 
collector 282. 
Nelson P., student 258. 
Angler, Uriah, buys N. Gore land 293. 
Animals, wild 227. 
Aunabell, Isaac, soldier 136. 
Anne, (Jueen, war 18, war closed 30. 
Antietam 103, 104, creek 100, 169. 
Appleby, George, shoe business 219. 

Thomas, representative 272, select- 
man 275. 
Appleton, Nathan, power weaving 204. 
R. tt Co., subscribe to Meeting- 
house 93. 
Robert, manufacturer 209. 
Arcade 242, 243, burned 240. 
Arms for minute-men 127. 
Armv supplies 128, 130, 131, 133, 762. 
Arnold, Ahab, sells mill 205. 

Benedict, 142, 143, in command 144. 
Russell, soldier 180. 
Willard. mill owner 205. 
Ashworth, Thomas, leases mill 212. 
Assessors' reports 268. 
Association, Co. E 187. 



788 



INDEX TO 



Associiilion, iini)iov(;ment 252. 
Attiiwaii^Mii, (.'onii. 205. 
Atsvood. .\l>ifl, not iissesMcd 5!», UnlviT- 
siilisl 74, pavs for Meetiii^-house 
S.S, pew «!>. 
James, soldier l.TG, 137. 
Jo.seph. subscribes sh, soldier 130. 
Niitliitn. soldier Vis. 
.Samuel, soldier 130. 
Steplieo, eli:iir-m:ikiug 208. 
Tisdiile, soldier 1.50, 
Auguttebaek Pond 2, H, 2.S5. 

Mill 1!)7, 
.\u^lin, Ui^v,, at Washington's funeral l.w. 
S. ,].. Kev., 70, 1.S7. school committee 
27'.l. sketch of 375. 
Avery, Kev,, candidate 60, 
Awakening, The 53. 
Aver, Uev, Oliver. Baptist 79, school 

committee 27!). 
IJabli, Rev. Tlios. K., called 70, address 
1.^7, school com. 279, sketch of 375. 
Babbitt, Krasmus, lawyer in Ox. 255, 

sketch ot 375. 
Bacon, Charles A., corporal 160, record 
170, Master ^lason 250, 
Daniel F., soldier 17.s. 
Edwin, loses horses 247. 
George, soldier 178, tablets 184, 
Ilollis D, W., taverner 235. 
Jonas, spools thread 195, Freemason 

2.50, rep. 272, selectman 274, 
I'eter C, sells mill 199, lawyer at Ox. 
255, town iigent 271, selectman 274, 
school committee 279, sketch of 376, 
Badger, John M., soldier 178, 
Bailev, Kev., on Mr, Dudley's council 63, 
C, K., Kev,, Baptist 80. 
Emory F., sold, missing 164, rec, 175. 
Baird, Kev. C. \V^., History of Huguenots 
11, 25, Huguenot monument 253, 
Henrv M., on Church politv 20. 
Baker, Col. 161, 

Estes E., soldier 180. 185. 

George 11,, soldier 182, G, A, R, 187, 

assessor 278, 
Henry A,, war record 175, 
Jacob, Rev., LIniversalist 77. 
John, Uoxbury school lands 289. 
Josepii. soldier 120. 
Moses, soldier 130, 
Samuel, soldier 120, 134, buvs mill 

207, constable 280. 
Thomas, soldier 130. 
/., Rev., Universalist 77. 
Hakery 214. 

Halearras, Earl, in battle 144. 
Halch, Capt., bearer 153. 

Josiah, in S. (iorc 291, sketch of 378, 
r.alconi, Myron .(., soUliei- iso. 
Kaldwiu, David, builds Meeting-house 86, 
appraises pews 80. 
William, survey of N. Gore 293. 
Kail. Henry J., wounded 102, record 171. 
Mallard. Dana L., assessor 278. 

Kphraim, Lieut, 123, at mill 198, 
tavern 233, trader 237, taxed 1771 
201, selectman 27:!, constable 281, 
buvs land 280, sketch of 379, 
lic.'iiscl 77.!. 
John, committee 59, library 105, 106, 
soldier 122. 1.34, 130, soldiers' fami- 
lies 129, beef 131, taxed 1771 263. 



selectman 273, constable 281, Papil- 
li>n's son-in-law 284, 
Ballard, .Jonathan, wolves at 9, buys mill 
198, selectman 273, town clerk 275, 
treasurer 270, sketch of 379, 
Jonathan, Jr.. buys land 2-86. 
Zaccheus, soldier 1.35. 137, sketch of 
3.80. sui>ports Howman 771. 
Ballou, Kev, Hosea, Universalist 74, 75, 
Hall's Kluir, battle 161, 169. 
Kaltlmorc 109, 
Kancroft, Miss, school 103, 

William, petition 40. 
Hank, Land 45. wound up 700, 
Monev 44. 
Oxfoi^d, 232. 
Bannister, Seth, on Gen. Learned 145. 
Baptists, in Charlton and .Sutton 72, 

Church 78. 
Barbut, (Tuillaume, Ox. settler 24, 
Bardwell, Edward W,, agent 217, Master 
Mason 250, town clerk 275, assessor 
278, 
Horatio, Rev., called 68, house burned 

247, school com. 279, sketch of 382. 
Horatio F., graduate 257. 
William E., trader 239. 
Barker, Francis, Lieut. 151. 
Barnard, Charles E., war record 171, 
F. F., Agricultural Society 251. 
Hiram E., Agricultural .Society 251, 
Joshua, Universalist 73. 
Barnes. Adams G.. shoe business 219. 
Alfred, Rev., Universalist 77, school 

committee 279. 
Benjamin, committee 90, 
Benjamin F., soldier 179. 
John, soldier 120, 
Thomas, Kev,, preaches 74. 
Barnesville 105. 

Barrett. Jacob, buys S. Gore land ^89. 
Oliver, buys S." Gore land 2.S9. 
Reuben, in<iuest on 220. 
Thomas, postmaster 243, 
Barstow, .lulius S,, grailuate 257. 
Samuel, tanner 21t), 
Sumner, jiew 91, cashier 232. Master 
Mason 249, 250, sketch of 380, 
Bartholomew, A, J,, address 187, 

Nelson, in war meetini,' 159, Lieut. 
100, taken ill 101, record 170, tablet 
I>!4, lawyer at Ox. 255, school eom- 
miitce 2?.t, sketch of 3.87, 
Bartlelt I'i: P.arrctt, store 241. 
Henjamin H., soldier 179. 
Edwin, schools 100. buys mill 204, 200, 
mill 211. village improvemi'ut 252. 
selectman 275. mi)tlerator277. school 
committee 279. 
Edwin. Mrs., village imiirovemcnt 252, 
James O., soldier 179, 185, 
Phinehas T,, buvs mill 206, optical 
works 210, sketch of 388. 
Barton, Caleb, moves for new parish 53, 
son died 121, soldier 137, .sells mill 
IS\), constable 2s0. 
Caleb, Jr., soldier 120. 
David, soklier 138. Captain 183, repre- 
sentative 272, selectman 274, sketch 
of 395. 
Edmund, soklier 123, taxed 1771 265, 
Ira M., 23, report on Webster 41. 
committee 67. 87, organist 90, 



GENERAL HISTORY. 



789 



pew 91, presents books 105, library 
108. Ox. Bank 232, Muster Mason 
250, lawyer 255, graduate 257, sena- 
tor 271, town agent 271, representa- 
tive 272. moderator 276, school com- 
mittee 279, sketch of 397. 
Barton, Jedediah, Sergt. 121, Lieut. 123, 
beef 132, taxed 1771 2G3, constable 
2S0, supports Bowman 771. 
.Tenuisou, Baptist society 78, Baptist 

Meeting-house 93. 
-John, soldier 122, taxed 1771 261. 
John, Jr., exempt from tax 59. 
Joshua, sells mill 189. 
Nathan, taxed 1771 203. 
Nehemiah P., scythes 193. 
Parley, Freemason 249. 
Phinehas, soldier 138. 
Reuben, corporal 123. 
Rice, taverner 23-1. 
Samuel, forms Church 50, 51, burs 

mill 189. 
Samuel R.. steward 183, buys fire 
engine 215, village improvement 
252, selectman 275. 
Stephen, Uuiversalist 76, subscribes 
to Meeting-house 93, schools 99, 100, 
library lOi, road 110, military stores 
156, potash works 188, buys farm 
210, supports poor 223, building 
committee 229, tavern 233, trader 
237, P'reemasou 250, physician at 
Ox. 256, taxed 1771 261, representa- 
tive 272, selectman 274, moderator 
276, sketch of 390, 391. 
Stephen. Jr., postmaster 243, Free- 
mason 250, assessor 277, school com- 
mittee 279, sketch of 394. 
Stephen & David, buy mill 210, sati- 
nets 210, build mill 210, mills burned 
246. 247. 
Hill 43. 

Street 117, 118. 
Sumner, inquest on 226. 
Timothy, taxed 1771 263. 
William S., graduate 257. 
Batcheller, Rev. David, called 64, settled 

(io, death 66, 106, sket(-b of 399. 
Bates, David, taxed 1771 265. 

John \V., licensed 774. 
Battey, Joshua O., taverner 236. 

Lafayette K., taverner 236, store 241. 
Battles of the 15th Reg. 169. 
Baudoin, Jean, Ox. settler 24. 
Baudrit, Ox. settler 24. 
Baxter, Rev. Jos., forms Churcn 50, 52. 

Reuben. J., Freemason 249. 
Bayard, Hon. R. H. 784. 
Baylev, Col., in command 145. 
Bealtou Station 166. 
Beamau, Rev. H. A., Baptist 79, school 

committee 279. 
Beattie, Charles II., war record 175, tab- 
lets 184. 
Beckwith, Lowell A., soldier 182. 
Beef for the army 131. 
Belchertown 197. 
Belden, Rev. Wm. W., supplied pulpit 

70. 
Bell. Church 88, to toll 89, broken 89. 

The Grignon 24. 
Bellomont, Earl, letter 16, 18, befriends 
Bernon 24. 



Bellows, Hezekiah, committee 129, law- 
suit 225, tavern 233, taxed 1771 261, 
buvs S. Gore laud 2S!), sketch of 401. 
Julius N., soldier ISO, 185, 
Belts in factories 214. 
Bemis' Heights 142. 
Benedict, Rev. Amzi, called 66. 

& Drury, manufacturers 204. 
Bennington" battle 142. 
Bennois, Claude, French Neutral 124, 125. 
Benson, Benjamin, in Cotton Co. 205. 
Benoni, buys S. Gore land 289. 
Willard, postmaster 243, town clerk 
275. 
Benway, George, soldier 182. 
Bergen, Luke, soldier 181. 
Bernon, Gabriel, grant to 10, made Captain 
18, sketcli of 21, business projects 
24, reverses 26, letters to Dudley 27, 
gives mill-stones 27, title 28, petition 
and letter 28, 29, sale 29, taxed 48, 
mills 190, plan of Ox. 757, contract 
for mill 757. 
Berry, Henry L., war record 171. 
Bethesda Church 167. 
Bible, Eliot's 756. 

Bidwell, Rev. Ira M., preaches at Ox. 80. 
Big Bethel, 163. 

Bigelow, Amos, makes hoes 197. 
I. B., Rev., Methodist 81. 
Timothy 140. 

William H., taverner 234. postmaster 
243, sketch of 402, licensed 774. 
Biggs. William, soldier 182, 185. 
Bills of credit 44. 
Binuey, cloth dresser 194. 
Bixby, Samuel, diary 138. 
Black James, untrustworthy 4, sells land 

5, sees wampum 17. 
Black, Peter, soldier 181. 
Blackman, Nathan, sets trees 258, sketch 

of 403. 
Blackstone river 5. 
Blackwell, John, proprietor 6, 283, 285, 

heirs sell land 285. 
Blake, Rev. Caleb, called 61. 

Captain, Castine 150. 
Blanchard, John B.. pays for preaching 65. 
Joseph, taxed 1771*261. 
Samuel, annexed 41, selectman 274. 
Blaudin, Albert W., soldier 182. 
Andrew M., soldier 180. 
Daniel W., soldier 186. 
Elisha, soldier 137. 
Francis, soldier 137, sketch of 404. 
George, soldier 155. 
Jonas, soldier 137. 
Warren F., soldier 180. 
Blaney, Jed., soldier 135, taxed 1771 263. 

Joseph, convevs land 284, 285. 
Blodf^ett, William M., soldier 178. 
Blood, Nathaniel, constable 280. 
Bogle. John, soldier 122, taxed 1771 261, 
sketch of 405. 
William, soldier 134. 
Thomas, .soldier 135. 
BoHvar Heights 161, 164. 
Bolles, John, sells honses 77(i. 
Bolster, Olnev, buvs mill 195, mill burned 

247. 
Bond, William J., soldier 186. 
Bondet, Daniel 11, leaves 14, sketch of 21, 
letter to Cornbury 21. 



790 



INDEX TO 



Bonzey, Abel, Mubscribes 88. 
Hook. Ili'V. J. Ciimpb.'ll'H 53. 
HooiiK r, Jiiincs, liujjtist society 78, Meet- 
iiiLr-liouso 9.'i. 
Martin, Maptist Hociity Ts, Mfetiii!?- 
hoiisc; y.{, .scleetmiiii 27."), iiiodt-r. 270. 
William, |{aptiHt socit^ty 78. 
riO()ii>l)iiro 1(^4. 

Mootii, Ikiwanl, war re<'ords 17.'). 
HustDii, sif^'f raiM'd i:{l», the market 244. 
Uoitom's liridfjf ins. 
Mounds, Hovey, .xoldicr !')<>. 

.Jnlin, Uiiivfrsiiiist 74. 
Boiintv tosoldiiTN 130, 160. 
nourdillc. Ox. si'ttler23. 
I'liiitiiiraii, ( »x. suitlcr 24. 
Mowdi^li, Alvan li., trader 23!», assessor 

278, collector 282. 
Bowdoiu, James, votes for 149. 
Rowers, .lolin. soldier 138. 
Ucjwlini; alleys, location of 2o!l. 
Uuwlinij (jrcen KW. 

Bowman. Charles I)., lawyer 2.5.5, com- 
mittee 258, town a{,'eut 271, sketch 
of 408. 
Ezra, committee 57, 129. beef 131, 
adjutant 1:58, delegate 147, 271, small- 
pox 227, taverner 233, 237, sketch 
of 408. 
.Joseph, Rev., called .55, installed 56, 
embarrassed 57, dismissed 58, law- 
suit 58, paid 5!», land voteil him 112, 
chaplain 139, buys S. Gore land 2S9. 
sketch of 407, letter 763, Continental 
money 705, his adherents 771. 
Phineas, graduate 257. 
Bovce, James, soldier 178. 

" John, buys S. Gore land, 289. 
Boyden, ChestcM-, pays for preachinj^ 65, 
clothier 20S. 
Daniel, jietition 84. 

Jleiiry. shoe business 217, 219, Free- 
mason 250. 
Luman, llev., Methodist 81, scrhool 

committee 279. 
Samuel, deac-on 71. 
Hovlan, Itev. Fr., Catliolic 82. 
Mradish, Lieut. l.')0. 

l)a\id. Major 140. 
Uradley, 'I'homas, soldier 150. 
Bradv, Henry S., house burned 24^. 

Ilenry S., Jr., store at N. Ox. 241. 
Brajrg, Col. Arial, of Milford 210. 
iiraman. Uev. William .\., .Methodist 81. 
Hreck, Ke\ . Kobeit. (ampljell instal. 52. 
Breyman, Col., in battle 144. 
BriMinan, Matthew, wounded 16-t, rec. 171. 

Patrick, war recortl 171. 
Brickmakin;; 214. 
Brid^'e, Lamb's, rebuilt 117. 

to (ireat .Meadow 109, others 110, 111. 
110. stone arch 119, notice on 756, 
at Ballard's mill 767, lirst over 
Maane.xit 767, cart 767, foot 7(i7. on 
Dudley roail 767, over Little River 
768, repairs 768. 
Bridges, Edward, buys N. Gore land 293. 
Briggs Brothers, manufacturers 211. 
.Fesse, soldier 155. 
Kufus, soldier 155. 
Bristow Station 100, Kill. 
Brooks, Col., in battle 144. 
(Governor, at muster 158. 



Brooks, Wm. H.. Rev., Episcopal 82. 

Brooksbank. Stami>, sells land 287. 
Brooklield, attacked 13, road 110. 
Brown. Allen F., trader 24L 

Danforth, pistols 193, trader 239, 

licensed 774. 
Daniel, pistols 193, taverner 2'.ifi. 
Ebenezer, subscribes 93. 
Elijah, Freemason 249. 
Geo. \V., Lieut. 165, in command 16G. 
Horace C, war n cord 171. 
Isaac L., trader 241. 
James, taxed 1771 261, homestead 776. 
Jasper, relics 44, buys Meeting-bouse 
.ss, military ollic(-r 157, address 1.59, 
pistols 193, slieritr226, taverner 235, 
230, trader 239, committee 2.58, town 
agent 271, representative 272, select- 
man 274, treasurer 276, moderator 
276. assessor 278, sketch of 412, 
licensed 774. 
John, soldier 180, Freemason 249. 
Joseph, sub.scribcs 64, pew 91, par- 

s(jnag(! 95. 
Joseph, 3d. overseer 209. 
Josiah G., soldier 1.59, 180, 185. 
Marvin, land owner 289. 
Moses 191. 
Nathaniel 80, boarding master 200, 

building com. 220, selectman 274. 
Oscar II., soldier 180. 
Parlev, at old mill 195. 
Philip .'^s, i)t.w 89, iron 189, buys S. 
Gore land 289. 
""'' Samuel, Rev., called 63. 
*» Samuel, land owner 284. 
William, cares for poor 222, taxed 
1771 263, land owner 284. confisca- 
ted lands 285. 
Brown's Cove 288, 290. 
Bruce, Lot W., deacon 78. 
Smith. Baptist S.iciety 78. 
Warren, I'.aptist Soc. 78, subscribes 93. 
Buell. owns mill 213. 

Buftum. Caroline E., vilhige improve. 252. 
Charles H ,i)artner in mill 203, vilhige 

improNcment 252. 
Moses, buys mill 203. sketch of 414. 
Mos.'s IL,"i)art. in mill 203, asses'r "278. 
Paul, trader 238, 239. 
Hntniinville 202. 
Bug Swani|) mills 196. 
Hull Kun. second 169. 
P.nllard, Dr.. farm 40. 
Bullen, Stephen, subscribes 88, pew 89, 

taxed 1771 201. 
KuUey, Elix, soldier 183. 
Bullock. Rev. Christopher, canteen 260. 
KiinUer Hill, battle 139. 
Unm-. .Maio)-, Hernon's friend 29. 
Kurdon. Moses, schools 100, 101, mill- 

wri-hl 214, sketch of 414. 
Bureau, Francois. Ox. Huguenot 19,23. 
Burgovne. army, moving 129. 

at'Ticonderoga 142, relics 260. 
Burke, -lames, sohlier 17.s. 
Burlei-h, <liarles IL. soldier 181, 182. 
.lolin ( »., school 10,'!. sketch of 415. 
Burnett. .V. ('.. .Vgri<-ul(ural Society 251. 
Francis E., gratluatc 2.58. 
Luther, house burned 246. 
Burns, Robert, on Burgoyne 144. 
Burnside, (ieueral 164. 



GENERAL HISTORY. 



791 



Burr, Rev. Charles C, Methodist 81. 
Thaddcuri, Esq., Fairfield 133. 

Burrou^h it Bartlett, manufacturers 206, 
2(19. 211, fire at mill 247. 
Josejih, Kpiscopal (Jhurch 94, huys 
mill 204, 211, store 241. 

Burt, Abcllino S., soldier 178. 
Simeon, Oxford P.auk 232. 

Buryin.n-grounds 220. 

Butler. James, council 58, paints Meeting- 
house 87, subscribes 8!S, pew 89, 
schools 98, librarj' 105, bridj^e 112, 
plout,'li 115, beef 131, potash 188, 
enibari,'o 224, taverner 235, trader 
238, representative 272, treasurer 
276, moderator 276, S. Gore land 
289, sketch of 417, pew ground 770, 
chaise 775. 
John, soldier 156, sketch of 418. 
Peter, subscribes 64, committee 65, 
66, 67, 90, pew 91, parsonage 95, 
librarv 104, 105, at Merino factorv 
192, tiiveruer 235, trader 239, BVee- 
mason 248, 249, 250, Huguenot Socie- 
ty 253, selectman 274, treasurer 276, 
moderator 276, school committee 
278, sketch of 419, licensed 774. 
Samuel C, taverner 235, Freemason 

250. 
Store 239. 

Byles, Mather, sells land 284. 

Byram. Rev. R. M., IJniversaiist 77, 
school committee 279. 

Cadwell, Francis E., soldier 17"<. 

Cadv, Nancv, centenarian 223. 
Wm. U. N., soldier 182, 185. 

Caesar, skive 44. 

Cain, Philip, soldier 181. 

Call, Samuel, Land Bank 46, petition 53, 
soldier 123, sketch of 420. 

Cambridge Platform 56. 

Camp Hill 150. 

(Jamp Meeting 81. 

Campbell, Alexander, committee 56, 131, 
finishes Meeting-house 87, road 112, 
French Neutrals 126, delegate 127, 
arrested 132, on Constitution 147, 
potash 188, tanner 216, small-pox 
227, 766, mining 231, tavern 233, 
house burned 245, phvsician 256, 
taxed 1771 261, selectman 273. 
Archibald, to be taxed 64, parsonage 
95, Ensign 157, sherirt" 226, shop re- 
moved 227, taverner 232, 2.35, trader 
239, postmaster 242, Master Mason 
249, graduate 257, town agent 271, 
representative 272, selectman and 
town clerk 275, constable 281, 282, 
sketch of 427, 428, 431, shop 777. 
Ben), v., buvs store 200, accountant 
200, Thread Co. 203, shoes 217, 
trader 238, representative 272, town 
clerk 275, sketch of 428, licensed 774. 
Celia, House of Rest 785. 
Celia E., school 103, 784. 
Duncan, appraiser 86, pew 86, builds 
house 111, French Neutrals 124, 
moderator 130. 276, a justice 224, 
slander case 225, taverner 235, 237, 
trader 237, 239, taxed 1771 263, 
representative 271, selectman 273, 
treas. 276, sketch of 426, licensed 773. 
Family pedigrees 782. 



Campbell, Harwood & Co., shoe firm 218. 
Henry, taverner 233, trader 239. 
Hugh, petitioner 4. 

Sir, 782. 
James, of Cessnock 781. 
James B., trader 239. student 258, 
selectman 275, treasurer 276, as- 
sessor 278, collector, etc. 282, sketch 
of 428. 
John, Col., of Shankston 781. 
John, Rev., aids proprietors 38, a i)ro- 
prietor 38, his slave 44, committee 
45, comes to town 49, called 49, 51, 
ordination 52, salary 52, 83, treatise 
53, pew 86, turns highway 109, 
French war 120, phvsician 254, 
divides land 284, grant to 289, buvs 
land 293, sketch of 421, funeral 760. 
ancestry of 780, receives Lord 
Loudon 781. 
John, soldier 134, 136, taxed 1771 263, 

Continental money 765. 
Marv B., school 103,' sketch of 784. 
Rufus, trader 239. 

Samuel, leases land 88, taverner 233, 
237, trader 239, postmaster 242. voter 
1789 269, constable 281. 
Samuel, Jr., pew 89. 
Thomas, soldier 136. 
William, soldier 123, committee 127, 
129, captain 135, militarv stores 156. 
buys mill 189, trader 237,241, taxed 
1771 261. representative 272, select- 
man 273, treasurer 276, constable 
281, asks aid 762, licensed 773, buys 
land 774, sword in hand money 777. 
William A., soldier 181, 182. 
W. H., Captain, letter of 781. 
Canada taken 123. 
Canadians incite Indians 18. 
Canal from Maanexit to mill 192. 
Cannon, Philip, buys land 231. 
Cante, Ox. Huguenot 24. 
Canton, Pierre, sells rum 12, 24. 
Cape Cod, mill stones from 203. 
Carbuncle Pond 768. 
Carding machines 213. 
Carey, C. B., trader 240, house burnt 246. 

Richard and Stephen, fined 225. 
Cargel, Albert W., soldier 180, assessor 
278, school committee 280. 
William, agrees to be taxed (>4. 
Carlton, Charles R.. sexton 221. 
Carney, Timothy, soldier 181. 
Carpenter, E. R., Agricultural Soc. 251. 

Uriah, soldier 136. 
Carr, George H., war record 170. 
Carriages, earlv 775. 
Carriel, John, beef 132. 
Carriers 244. 

Carrique, Rev. Richard, Universalist 76. 
Carson, Franklin W., soldier 180. 

Simon, wounded 164, record 172. 
Casey, Patrick, soldier 180. 
Cash store 240. 

Catholic, Roman, Church 82, 94. parson- 
age 778. 
Cattle, at large 222, disease 259. 
Cavalry company 157, muster 158. 
Cazneau, Huguenot settler 23, 24. 
Cedar Mountain 166. 
Cedar timber, etc. 37. 
Cemeteries 220. 



7!>2 



INDEX TO 



Cemetrry Kidire. Gettysburg H>i. 
<'<"nirnari:ms '223. 
Cent ill. 1. the Hoston 151. 
Central Maiiiifiu'tiirinir Co. 192. 
C'entrc'villc I«:j, KJ"). 
Cessnoik, home of Campbells "S'i. 
Chaflec, Al)(l M., buvs Uicli's farm 212, 
a.-scsH.ir 2TS. 
Alfri'd M., assessor 27H. 
Luciaii M., selertiiian 2T."». 
Orriii ]{.. soldier ITS, ISO, G. A. K. IST. 
Orriii \V., slierifl" 220, constable and 

collector 2S2. 
Vernon, soldier 1S2. 
Chain brid^'e ItlS. 
Chaise and harness making 21."). 
Chaises, early 77.5. 

Chamberlain, Heiijamin, home lot JW, in 
Church ol. S2, burying-groimd 220, 
seie<-tnian 272. sk<'teh of VMi. 
Daniel, eon.-table 2S0. 
David, soldier 130. 

Ebenezer, honK? lot .'M, in S. Gore 
291, sketch of 437. buvs horses 776. 
Henry If., buys mill 211. 
Ichabod, buys land 2'.ll). 
John, Heruon's tenant 29, committee 

30, proprietor 37, sketch of 434. 
,Iost-ph. home lot 34, selectman 272, 

in S. Gore 291, sketch of 435. 
Jos., Jr., home lot 35, sketch of 435. 
Nathaniel, home lot 34, in Church 51, 
sketch of 4135. 
Chamberlin & lUirrough, mfrs. 209, 211. 

McGaw & Co., mill 211. 
Chamoiserie, Bernou's 23. 24. 
Chami)lain, l.ake 142. 
Chancellorsville 107. 

Chandler, Jolm, surveyor 30, contlrms 
lots .33, 39, his regiment 122, report 
on Kingsbury land 288. 
.lohn, .Jr., home lot 35, 49. 
.Joshua, home lot .'?:i. 
.Selh, itev.. sett led 70, school com. 279. 
Ciiapiii, Uev. Daniel !•:., Methodist 81, 
committee 100. school com. 279. 
Francis L., buys mill 195. 
.Josiah, divides land ;]9. 
liuyiil, manufacturer 210. 
Chapman. Rhodes 15.. student 25s. 

Thomas W., buys mill 205, store; 241. 
assessor 277, sketch of 437. 
Charles city, Va., lOS. 
Charleston, S. C, Miss Campbell at 7S4. 
Normal School 784, bombardment 
784. House of Rest 785. 
Charlton Di'pot 2!I3. 

.Si-t oir40. Church 00. 05. first roa<l to 
1 10, a district 700, a town 700. 
Chase, John & .Sons, mills 210, mills 
stoppeil 779. 
O. F. & Co., mfrs. 204, 209, 211. 
Oscar F.. sells mill 209,211. 
Chatham, C.inn.. 194. 
Clicncy. Itieliard \V., war record 171. 
tJhester, Orlando, teaclier 103, school 

committee 279. 
Chickahoininy river 1(>2. lO;'., 108. 
Ciiilds. l?cni. \V , ^ends soldier 184. buys 
mill 213, trader 239. assessor 278. 
sketch of 4.39. 
Daniel V.. soldier l.so, 185. 
Jacob L., soldier 180, 185. 



Chimney .stone, Johnson house 7.50. 
Chipman, Rev. Holmes. Baptist 79. 
Choristers chosen 74. 

Church, Caleb, builder of mill 11. 12, 757. 
Church, formed .%. covenant 51, new, at 
Ward 50, depre.-.-ed <jO. receives 
lielp CA. anniversary 70, member- 
ship 71, Second Christian 70, liap- 
ti>t formed 78. 
Huguenot 11. 
Civil War 1.59. 

Clapp, George A., soldier ISO. 
Clark, A. B., of (i. A. R. Is7. 
Charles L.. physician 257. 
Francis, at Texas Village 210. 
Henry J., lawyer 2.55. 
Jonas, buvs N. Gore land 293. 
4ona> M.,"Rev., Methodist 81. 
.loseph. overseer 198. 
Russell, to be taxed 64, clothier 194. 
Samuel A., war record 175. 
Thomas, not assessed .J9. Universali>t 
74, subscribes to Meeting-house 88, 
taverner 236, store 241, selectman 
275. sketch of 439. 
Clarksburg VA. 
Class, Methodist 80. 
Classing, to raise soldiers 131, 762. 
Clay pits 214. 
Cleiivcland, Charles, Cotton Co. 205, 

trader 242. licensed 773. 
Clemence, Daniel D., taverner 234. 2;i5. 
Luther, com. 9o. po.stmaster 243. 
Peter D.. taverner 234. 
Cleveland, Lovell H., Freemason 250, 

constable, etc. 282. 
ClifTord. James, war record 175. 
Clinton, Gov. 145. 
Clock, Cvrus Lamb's 208. 
Clock, Town 2-59. 

Closson, Rev. Harrison, Universalist 77. 
Coats for soldiers 12s. 
Cobb, Daniel, prisoner 101. record 171, 

Leander P.. Freemason 2.50. 
Coburn, Clement, taxed 1771 2()1. 

Ebenezer. pew 80. soldiers' families 
130, soldier 130, sells mill site 206, 
law case 225, taxed 1771 201. consta- 
ble 2S1, buys land 2S4, sketch of 441. 
Ebenezer. -Jr., taxed 1771 261. 
John, soldier 122. 
Jonathan, soldier 130. 
Moses, soldier 135. 
Otis, prisoner 101. record 171, 178. 
Richard, chorister .50, soldier 137, 
taxed 1771 201, voter 1789 269, con- 
stable 2S1, sketch of 441, supports 
liowman 771. 
Samuel, taxed 04, parsonage 95, select- 
man 274, sketch of 441. 
Svlvanus, taxed (i4. Cotton Co. 205. 
Codding, Arthur E., trader 239. 
Codv. Joseph, soldier l.']5. 
Philip, taxe.l 1771 201. 
Collin. Charles C. (|Uoted 107. 

Michael, Rev.. I'nivcrsalist 74. 
Cold Harbor 102. 107, UkS, 109. 
Cole, Wood & Co., shoe firm 217. 
Coller. Ebenezer. taxed 1771 201. 
Ezekiel. soldier 130. 
James, home lot 33. ciiorister 02, 
operates machine 197, buys mill 
198, sketch of 444. 



GENERAL HISTORY. 



793 



Coller, Jasou, to be taxed 64, pew 92, beef 
132, soldier 135, 13(5, taxed 1771 2(il, 
voter 17S9 269, sketch of 142, sup- 
ports Boyvman 771. 
Jonas 53, soldier 122, taxed 1771 261, 
constable 281, sketch of 442. Conti- 
nental money 765. homestead 776. 
Jonas. Jr., taxed 1771 261. 
Nathaniel, Bernou's tenant 27. 
Oliver. Bernou's tenant 27, home lot 
34, .sketch of 442. 
Collicump river 1, Indian 43, spoon 260. 
Collier, Eben., organist 00, sketch of 445. 
Collins, Ebenezer, Oxford Bank 232. 

Stephen, dyer 200. 
Colman, l>r.. i;ives books 104. 
Coltou, Simeon, analyzes water 236. 
Comings. Solomon, soldier 122. 
Coniius, Edward I., buys mill 212. 

Jacob, proprietor 3S. soldier 121, sergt. 
122, buvs mill 189, 207, constable 
280, sketch of 447. 
John, committee 49, 52, in Church 51, 
buys old mill 194, selectman 272, 
town clerk 275, sketch of 446. 
William, soldier 122. 
Committee of Correspondence, etc. 129. 

State's sells land 775. 
Common way 8. 
Commons pastured 222. 
Company E 159, went to camp 160, uni- 
formed, etc. 160, soldiers 170, 777. 
Company, Inf. 157, presentation to 779. 
Complaint, schools 100. 
Comrie, James, missing 166, record 171. 
Conant, Abijah, soldier 138. 

Asa, beef 132, buvs mill 207, taxed 
1771 263, constable 281, sketch of 
449, Continental money 765. 
Ezra, not assessed 59, Universalist 74, 

physician at Ox. 256. 
John, soldier 135. 
Learned, sherifl'226. 
Concord fight 128. 
Confederation 130. 
Congress, rules of adopted 127, resolve of 

761, in Revolution 764. 
Conkganasco, of Quaboag 4. 
ConkHn, Rev. Benj., on council 58. 
Conlin, James, assessor 278. 
Connecticut Path 9. 
Conroy. Thomas, prisoner 161, record 171. 

William, prisoner 161, record 171. 
Constitution, State 147, 224. 
Constitutional Conventions 271. 
Convention, Universalist 75. 
Converse. Brigham. builds bridge 119. 

Josiah, referee 85. 
Cook, Rev. Albert A., Methodist 81, rep- 
resentative 272, school com. 279. 
Ebenezer. Baptist Society 78, sub- 
scribes 93. 
Solomon, not assessed 59, Universal- 
ist 74, soldier 137. 
Cooledge, Henrv, iron ore 231. 
Cooley, Rev. B.F., Episcopal 82. 

John S., school superintendent 779. 
Coolidge, Jonathan, soldier 136. 
Coon, Rev. G. W.. Methodist 81. 
Cooper, Bernon's tenant 27. 
Hannah, voted in 36. 
Otis D., soldier 179. 
Thomas, receives land 284. 
101 



Cooper, William, sells land 284. 
Cop, Lydia, Boston poor 222. 
Coiteland, Lyman, in old mill 194. 
Copp, A. J., Baptist Society 78, soldier 
179, store 241. 

James O., school committee 280. 

William, Baptist Society 79, sub- 
scribes to Meeting-house 93. 

William A., soldier ISO. 
Corbett, Thos., sells Thompson land 289. 
Corbiu, Chester C, Agricultural Soc. 
251. 

Jonathan, Universalist 74. 

Lament B., grantee 94, recruiting 160, 
shoe business 217, representative 
272, selectman 275, moderator 277. 
Corey, John, owns land in N. Gore 293. 
Cornbury, Lord, letter to 21. 
Cornilly," Ox. Huguenot 24. 
Corn scarce 53. 
Coroners 225. 

Cortis, Daniel R., shoe business 219, 
trader 239. 

Stowe & Co., traders 240. 
Cotton spinning 190. 
Council, Davidson 54. 
Country Gore, land grant in 292. 
Court of Sessions 224. cases in 225. 
Court's committee road 112. 
Covol, Solomon, soldier 136. 
Cowden, James, soldier 181. 
Cox. Daniel, proprietor 6, deed 8, sale of 
lands 285, lands occupied bv settlers 
286, his well 757. 

Daniel, Jr., land owner 286. 

William, brings lawsuit 286. 
Cragin, Benjamin, manufacturer 204. 

& Dudley, manufacturers 193. 
Craig, Abijah, bobbins 193. 

David, war record 175. 

William, manufacturer 192. 
Crane, Ellery B., on Shays' rebellion 149. 

Gilbert, house burned 246. 

Lemuel, taxed 64, schools 98, library 
105,, coroner 226, assessor 277. 
Crawford, Elias B., thread making 203, 

twine 204, assessor 278. 
Crocker, Job, voter 1789 269. 

Nathaniel, voter 1789 269. 
Cross, Geo. W., killed 166, record 175, 

tablets 184. 
Crowley, Timothy J., war record 175. 
Cudwoi-th, Edward, wounded 164, record 
171, 178. 

Edwin, soldier 181,185. 

James, buys land 289. 

John P., Agricultural Society 251. 

Lemuel, annexed 41, soldier 136, 137. 

Lester II., Master Mason 250, Agri- 
cultural Scicietv 251, Grange 253. 

Warren, builds mill 1!»2, 193.' 
Culpepper Court House 166, 169. 
Cumniings, Charles L., soldier 181. 

George ¥., soldier 183. 

Jacob, Land Bank 46. 

James A., soldier 180. 

Jonas, soklier 137. 

Josiah, buys old mill 194. 

Reuben, biiys mill 212. 

Silas, mill, farmer 200. 

Thomas J., soldier 178. 
Cupola, Church 89, swept otFOO. 
Curran, John H., killed 164, record 175. 



794 



im)f:.\ Tf) 



Curtis, Elijah, wokiier 120, 121, tiixed 1771 
26.',. 
Ephraim, coiulucts Indians l». 
Samuel, taverncr 2:5'!. 
Cushnian, Kev. Isaac S.. M'^tliodist 81. 
William li., uliyHJiian 257, Hchool 

commiltct! 2^0. 
Mrs. Dr.. Villa;,'*' im])rovcmi."nt 252. 
Cutler, .\sa, siibsrrihes to Mcetin^'-houHO 
!«, nianulactunr 204. Inivs mill 205, 
207, 200. ^kt•U•ll of 457. 
Eilwar.i A., store 241. 
Eljencztr, U'V., preaehes 70. 
ElxMiezer, powder, etc. 156, taverner 

237. 
Iloliart C, store 241. 
,)ona.. ta.Yed 1771 203, constable 2.S1. 
& KoiriTs, n>aiiufa(-tiirers 207. 
it .StaUbril, iiiili burned 240. 
it Torrey, nKinulacturers 207. 
Dabney, t'liarlo, cxemijted 59, trader 
'iiW. ('onliiienlal money 765, his ser- 
vant 7(iO, 777. 
Dadmiin, Rodney M., buys mill 213. 
Da^Tf^ett, Arthur, annexed 41, pew 89, 

soldier 137. 
Dailli'-, Pierre, ordained 20. 
Dakin. Simon, iron ore 231. 
Daley, .Folin, s(jldier isl. 
Dalrym|)le, John, constable 281. 

William 78. 
Dam, remains of 24. 

Washed away, Sibley's 203. 
Damon, C'<\. Samuel, buys mill 206. 

& Kartlett, Baptist Meeting-house 93. 
store 241. 
Dana. Alonzo H., sells land 94. 
Daniel, taxed 1771 263. 
Ebenezer, to be taxed 64. 
Gideon, graduate 257. 
Jeremiah, eliori.-ter 62, to be taxeil 64. 
John, cinmnittce 59, (io, to be taxed 
64. deacon 71, library 105, 106. soldier 
122, beef 131, taxed 1771 262, voter 
1789 269, selectman 273, treasurer 
276, assessor 277, constable 281, buy.s 
pew spot 770. 
Jona. 1'., schools 100, i'rest. Agricul- 
tural Society 252, moderator 276, 
assessor 278, school committei' 270. 
Joseph, voted in 37, sells mill 180. 
llufus U., sells land 04. 
Danforih. Kli/al)eth, land owner 285. 
Ilaunah. marries Kcv. Dunbar 285. 
.loliii, Kiv., receives land 284. marries 

Miss .Minol 2S5. 
Sanuiel, sells laud 202, buys land 284, 
2s'), 2^7. 
Daniels. Albert II., shoe business 217, 
assessor 278. 
Charles E.. shoe business 219. 
Franklin G., shoe business 217, asses- 
sor 278. 
George K.. deacon 71, 95, library 108. 
shoe business 217, representative 
272, town clerk 275. 
Seth, eoMimittee dO, deacon 71, [X'W 
01. schools 00, lihr.irian 106, chaise 
and harness 215, shoe business 216, 
217, trader 238, representative 272, 
sele(^tnnui 274, asst^ssor 27s. 
William, enlisted 1S2. 
Dark days 50. 



Darling, Andresv. soldier 182. 
Dart, Joseph, sihool.s 101, Iwine 195. 
Daveiipoi-i, Kev. J. 10., I'niversalist 77. 
Davidson, Abigail, refused fellowship 55. 

Samuel, exemjited 50, "voter 17>i9 269. 

William, Church trouble 54. 

William G., Haptist .Meeling-bouse 93. 
Davis, Abijah, committee 66, 00, L'niver- 
salist 74, preaching at house 80, 
subscribe,-, ss. ,si», pew 91. parsonaire 
05, library 105. road 115, boards 
Col. liice 150. mill 103, on embargo 
224, bank 232, trader 23s. voter in 
1789 269, town agent 271, repre. 
sentative 272, se'eetman 274, moder- 
ator 270, treasurer 276. assessor 277- 
school committee 278, sketch of 472, 
Continental nionev 765, licensed 773. 

Alfred W., died IM, record 176. tab- 
lets ls4. 

Andrew J., trader 239. 

Asa, subscribes to Meeting-house 88, 
pew n9. 

Ausman 11., selectman 275. 

Austin, Lieut. ISO. 

Baxter E., trader 239. 

Benjamin, appraiser 86, pew 89, sol- 
dier 123. mill site 206, mining 231, 
representative 271, moderator 276, 
sells land 775. 

Benjamin, Jr., Universalist 74, taxed 
1771 262. 

Bowers, soldier 180. 

Charles, pays for preaching 65, select- 
man 274. 

Charles E., Kev., Methodist 81. 

Cornelius 1'., soldier 181. 

Craft, annexed 41, exempted 59. Uni- 
versalist 74, subscribes to Meetiug- 
housf! 88, committee 90, buys ehapel 
94, shoe business 218, taxed 1771 
264, voter 17S9 269. 

Daniel, sawyer l'i5. Freemason 250, 
assessor 277, constable 280. 

Ebenezer. committee 73. lease to Uni- 
versalists ss. ])ews 89, soldier 120, 
136, taxed 1771 263, constable 281, 
1)U> s land 285, 286, 775. 

Ebenezer, Jr., constable 281, Conti- 
nental money 765. 

Eden, shoe nrt'g. 218, inquest on 226. 

lulward, committee 56, pew 86, on 
scIh)o1s '.)7, a Captain 120, 121, son 
sick 122, :Major 123. French Neutrals 
126. moilerator 126. 12s. 276, select- 
man 130. 273, beef 131, granted a 
servant 133. on Constitution 147, a 
justice 224, slander case 225, tries a 
case 225, game keeper 227, mining 
231, taxed 1771 261, re)>resentalive 
272, assessor 277, constable 2sO, buys 
'riiumitson land 2s7, sends gun 702, 
army supplies 7ti3. Continental mon- 
ey 7i)5, supports r.owman 771,iiart- 
ner of Learned 774. 

Edward, Jr., soldier 123, taverner 237. 

Eihvin, soldier isj. 

I'^li. sends gun Ti;j. 

Elijah, exempted 50. liniversalist 72, 
74, subscribes to Meeting-house 88, 
pew 89. sells lan.l 196, voter in 1789 
269, selectman 273. 
Elijah, Jr., millwright 214. 



GENERAL HISTORY. 



795 



Davis, Elisha.couucil 54, schools 98, library 
105, 106, ser<,'cant 121, Cai^tain 123, 
beef 131, arrested 132. potash 188. 
sells land 190, saw-mill 197, taxed 
1771 261, voter in 1789 269, select- 
man 273, assessor 277, constable 280. 

Krastus, pew 91. 

lOzckiel, annexed 41, 74, 88, pew 89, 
insane poor 222, voter 1789 269, set 
to Webster 770. 

Ezra, raillwrijiht 214, selectman 274. 

Freeman, war recortl 172. 

George H.. soldier 178. 

George L., Hon., librarv 108, sketch of 
471. 

George L., soldier 181. 

George P.. prisoner 161, record 172, 
tablets 184. 

George, Sturbridge 152. 

George W., war record 176. 

Hannah, Oxford Bank 232. 

Hovey 74. 

Isaac," Dr., Universalist 72. 

Ivers A., mill 212. 

Jacob, agent for Phelps 132, Colonel 
136, buys land 285. 

James, Rev., called 63. 

James H., pew 89, subscribes to Meet- 
ing-house S8, soldier 13s, killed 164, 
record 176, tablets 184. 

James L., war record 175. 

James W., Agricultural Society 251. 

Jeremiah. Universalist 74, subscribes 
to Meeting-house 88, 89, roads 114, 
voter in 17S9 269, selectman 274. 

John, committee 57, 59, Church scribe 
60. deacon 71, cor p. 121, arrested 
132, taxed 1771 26] . voter 1789 269, 
constable 281, Continental money 
765, supports Bowman 771. 

Jonas, soldier 136. 

Jonathan, pays for preaching 65. com- 
mittee 66, 87, 88, 89, 91, Universalist 
73, 74, chorister 74, organ 90, pew 
91, school district 98, library 104, 
105, roads 114, 115, 117, buvs mill 
190, a Court justice 224, Bank 232. 
Freemason 248, 249, voter 1789 269, 
town agent 271, representative 272, 
selectman 274, treasurer 276. mod- 
erator 276, assessor 277, school com- 
mittee 278, constable 281, chaise 775. 

Jonathan, Jr., pew 91, Oxford Bank 
232, selectman 274, assessor 277, 
school committee 279. 

Joseph, exempted 59, Universalist 74, 
subscribes to Meeting-house 88, 
pew 89, soldier 122, carrier 244, buys 
land 775. 

Joseph, Jr., i)etition 72, taxed 1771 262. 

Learned, exempted 59, petition 72, 
Universalist 74, clerk 76, subscribes 
to Meeting-house 88. pew 89, buys 
mill 195, sells land 196, nail making 
197, voter 1789 2()9, representative 

272, selectman 274, assessor 277, 
school conmiitteo 279. 

Levi, singer 66, builder 88, pew 89, 
beef 132, soldier 135, 136, selectman 

273, treasurer 276. assessor 277, con- 
stable 281, chainman 285,Contineutal 
money 765, licensed 773. 

Loring, pew 91. 



Davis, Nathaniel 76, taveriior 237, select- 
man 274, buys land 775. 
Nehemiah, pays for preaching 65, 
pew 89, library 105, on embargo 
224, selectman 274, assessor 277. 
Nelson H., graduate 257, sketch of 469. 
Porter, physician 256. 
Keubcn. captain 137, in mill 196. 
Keuel iS.. assessor 278, sch. com. 279. 
Rufus, library 105. 
Russell A., as'sessor 278. 
Ruth, buys land 775. 
Samuel, jjuys land 10, jjroprietor 43, 
committee 59, deacon 71. pew 84, 
85, 86, 88, 89, captain 120, 121, builds 
mill 196, taverner 237, Freemason 
24!), voter 1789 269, representative 
271, selectman 273, 274, 275, treas- 
urer 276, moderator 276, assessor 
277, sketch of 463. 
Sanmel, Capt., taxed 1771 261. 
Samuel, Jr., exempted 59, petition 72, 
Universalist 73, chorister 74, com- 
mittee 85, pew 86. taxed 1771 262, 
selectman 273, constable 280, 281. 
Solomon, taverner 235. 
Stephen, wild animals 9, committee 
41 , 67, pays minister 65, incorporated 
91, pew 92, schools 99, library 105, 
roads 116, Bank 232, selectman 274, 
moderator 276, school committee 
279. sketch of 468. 
Thomas, his slave 44, deacon 71, 74, 
pew 87, 88, 89, builds mill 194.212, 
taxed 1771 261, selectman 273, treas- 
urer 276, moderator 276, assessor 
277, constable 280. 
Timothy, pew 89. 

William, pew 86, taverner 236, trader 
237, taxed 1771 262, selectman 273, 
treasurer 276, constable 280. 
William F., Rev., Methodist 81. 
William M., prisoner 161, record 172. 
W. V. VV., Rev., instaila'n sermon 71. 
& Williams, shoe firm 218. 
Day. David, voter 1789 269. 

Jona., postmaster 243, voter 1789 269. 
Dayton, Fort 142. 
Deacons, Congregationalist 71. 
Dealing. Henry S., soldier 159, 178. 
Dean, Kbenezer, Freemason 249. 

Theodore L., Rev., Universalist 77. 
Wm. N. T., Rev., Congregationalist 
71, sketch of 482. 
Decoration Day 187. 
Deed, Indian 5", 755, of division 8, Dudlev 

to Bernon 28, of village 32. 
Deerfield attacked 19. 
Delany, Dorcas, Boston i)oor 222. 
Delegates to Constitutional Convent'n 271. 
Denny, P:dward, buys mill 204, 209. 
Depcu, Jean, Ox. Huguenot 24. 
Depont, Jacques, Ox. Huguenot 24. 
Depreciation of money 765. 
Devens, Colonel 161, "General 162, G. A. 

R. post 186, address 187. 
Devneau, Nelson si. 

DeVVitt, Alexander, committee 67, 69, 
legacy 71, buys land 88, pew 91, 
schools 99, war meetini; 159, buvs 
mill 195, 213, Woolen Co. 198, 
Thread Co. 203, Bank 232, tavern 
234, barns burned 24^, Freemason 



796 



INDEX TO 



250, senator 271, town iijfent 271, 
delegate 271. conjjrcs^niaii 271, rep- 
resentative 272. selectman 271, nioil- 
fjrator 27(i, treasun-r 27(i, hcLuol 
eomniittee 279. Hkctcli of 4S4. 
DeWitt, Canii.bell \- Co., Thread Co. 203. 
Elizabelli. si-liool lO'i. 
p]ni,Mne (Jo. 245. 
Guards WK 

Ilollis. treasurer 27(!, assessor 277. 
Mary B., seliool 103. 
Mr>. Marv M., l^^'aev 72. 
Stearns, pnw !tl.y2. Woolen Co. 198, 
sells 2(X), avreiit 20!», trader 238, 
treasun-r 27<), sketch of 4S4. 
Dilahv, Henrv. cloth liiiisher 200. 
Dinali, slavt' 44, 224, 7(30. 
Dinsiuorc, .John, buys mill 213. 
l)i>puted land 2«. 
Divtillerics 21.'). 
DistricI <>( Charlton 7G0. 
Districts, school Dy, abolished 100. 
Dixey, Edmund F., uccouutaut 200, 
trader 2.39, li(rensed 774. 
Wolstan, trader 238, licensed 774. 
Dixon. Curtis, soldier 13;}. 
Dockham, T. F., prisoner IGl, record 172. 
Doctors of medicine 255. 
Dodd, Cyru.s J., wounded 1()4, record 172. 
Dodj,'e, Georjie II., Master MasoD 250, 
school committee 279. 
Horatio C, missinjr 1()3, record 175. 
Nelson G., Master Mason 250. 
Noah, soldier 136. 

Richard L., Aj^ricultural Society 251, 
assessor 278. 
Dos tax 2.58. 

Donohue, Daniel, war record 176. 
Door, 15cnaiah, soldier 150. 
Dorc, .lolin, soldier 180, ls5. 
Dorr, Kev. Joseph, forms (Jx. Church 51, 

Campbell's onlinution 52. 
Dorrance, Robert D., manufacturer 204. 
Doubleday, Georj^e, soldier 182. 
Dou^das Church 00. 

Twenty pro])riet()rs of 291. 
Dow, Daniel, r)apli>t Aleeiing-house 93. 
Dowe, Amasa, taverner 234. 
Dowse, Charles, accountant 200. 
Joseph, land owner 285. 
Nathaniel, land owner 284. 
Samuel, committee (!9, pew 91, 92, 
improves street lis. Woolen Co. 
19S, Thread <;o. 203, shoes 216, 
trader 238, licensed 774. 
Dresser, Captain 121. 
Hill, muster at 157. 
John, constable 280. 
Kiehai-d, selectman 273. 
Driftway 707. 
Drury'sKci;. 137. 
Dudley, Caleb F., war record 172. 

lOlias, Key., called 61, dismission ()3, 

libi-ary 105, cattle mark 777. 
Da\ id, iiii|Ue>l on 220. 
Joseph, petition t, i,'rant to 7, f,'rant 
to IJernon 10, his relative lepre- 
sentative 13, deed to Bernon 28, 
Hernon to .«on of 29, Manchaug 
farm :!!», lands •J,s3, Indian land 755, 
heirs si'll hind 774. 
Paul, 1,'ives books 104, lands 283. 
Keuljen, land owner 2.S9. 



Dudley, Samuel, collector of taxes 49. 
Thomas 13. 

William, farm set to Ox. 49. manu- 
facturer 204. trader 242, sells N. 
Gore lanils for State 292, licen. 774. 
Church in 00, 04,65. 
and Worcester stape 244. 
Town of, set off 39, muster at 157, 
lands to 283. 
Duffy, prisoner 161, record 172. 
Dujcar, French Neutrals 124. 
Dumfries 105. 
Dummer, Samuel, buvs N. Gore land 293. 

William, Hon., lands 283, 293. 
Dunbar, Eliiah, sells land 202, buvs land 
284, 285, heir of Stouirhton 285, 
visits (jxford 2^5. diary 2.85. 
John D., lawyer at Charlton 285. 
Samuel, Uev., had son Elijah 2^5. 
William S., store at N. Ox. 241. 
Duncan. Andrew, buvs tannery 216. 

John, soldier 121," 122. 
Dunham, Josiah, Captain 151, orator 1.55. 
Dunster, Henry, solicitor 291. 
Dupre, Frank, war record 172. 
DuTuffeau, I-aac \i., Bernon's asrent 10, 
sketch of 22, 778, death of 29, repre- 
sentative 757, magistrate 757, comes 
to America 778. 
Dwiifht, Daniel H., Agricultural Soc. 251. 
Josiah, Uev., forms Ox. Ch. 51, Camp- 
bell's ordination .'vJ. buys laud 288. 
Mosely, Kev., Methodist 81. 
Dye-house Company 191. 
Dyer, Benjamin, Jr., In navy 184. 
E! Company, see Comjjany E. 
EauH'r, Stephen, soldfer isl. 182, 1.86. 
Earle Jc Fuller, architects 2.30. 
Eastburn. Bishop, consecrates Church 94. 
Eaton, Frank, wounded 104. record 172. 
Thomas S., Agricultural Society 251. 
Eckersley, prisoner 101. record 172. died 

777. 
Eddington. Me. 196. 

Eddy, Alpheus, is taxed 64, selectman 274. 
Amasa. Ba)itist member 78. subscribes 

to Meetinir-house 93. 
Amos, scythe ii:rindini; 204. 
Benjamin, taxed 64, in Cotton Co. 205. 
Daniel, manufacturer 192. 
Ebene/.er, committee 87, paid 121, 
soldier 121, 122, son sick 122, buys 
mill 1.S9, constable 280, 281, buvs 
land 774. 
Edmund, taxed 1771 262. 
Eliphalet, buys mill 213. 
George S., collector 282. 
Hezckiah, soldier 120, 121. 
Jesse, windmill 203. 
Joel, pew 92, manufacturer 192. team- 
ster 241. 
John, proprietor ;JS. selectman 273, 

constable if^O, sells land 774. 
Jonas (M. library 105, roads 114, beef 
131, soUiier VVk 130, taxed 1771 2(>4, 
selectman 274, assessor 277, consta- 
ble 281. 
Jonas, Jr., taxed 64. 
.Fonathan, soldier 120. 
Josiah, soldier 1.35, 137, taxed 1771 262. 
Jotham, taxed 04. pew 92, building 

committee 229. 
Leonard, inquest on 226. 



GENERAL HISTORY. 



797 



Eddv, Levi, set off 40, dismissed 56, buvs 

mill 213, Oxford Bank 232, taxed 

1771 264. 

Nathaniel, schools 100, mill li)3, house 

burned 247, barn burned 247, jfrii^l- 

uate 257, senator 271, sch. com. 279. 

Parley, taxed 64, soldier KJS. 

Keubeu, beef 132, soldier 136, builds 

mill 189. 
Rufus, selectman 274. 
Samuel, set otl" 40, dismissed from 
Church 56, Lieut. 123, committee of 
inspection 127, 129, taxed 1771 204, 
selectman 273, constable 2S0, 281, 
buys land 774. 
Samuel, Jr., soldier 121. 
Silas, beef 132, soldier 137, taxed 1771 

264, Continental money 705. 
Thomas, sick 122, soldier 123, buys 

mill 189, taxed 1771 205. 
William, proprietor 38, school 97, 
soldier 121, 138, beef 132, taxed 1771 
264, selectman 273, Continental 
money 765. 
Edson, Bradford G. 204. 

Ephraim, cotton spinning 190. 
Edward, Fort 141, 142. 
Edwards, Benjamin, soldier 135. 

John, a lieut. 121, buys mill 207, select- 
man 273, sued by Cox 286. 
Jonathan, Rev. 53. 
Joseph, Sergt. 121, buys mill 207, 

taxed 1771 262. 
Tryon, Rev., called 69. 
Edwards' Ferry 165. 
Eight-rod way 109, change in 110. 
Eliot, John, preaches to Indians 3, 4, 

Bernon's tenant 29, Bible 756. 
Eliott, Daniel, builds mill 28, home lot 33, 
36, mill 189, sells do. 189, tavern 233. 
Daniel, .Jr., home lot 33. 
J'jbenezer, voted in 36. 
Charles B., mill owner 205. 
Francis G., Jr., soldier 182. 
John A., soldier 183. 
Jos. E., mill owner 205, selectman 

274. 
Patrick, soldier 178, tablets 184. 
Samuel D., mill owner 205. 
Elliott's company 137. 
Ellis, Elias B., missing 163, war rec. 171. 

Joseph S., Rev., Methodist 80. 
Eltham 102. 
Ely, William D., has Bernon papers 11, 

describes fort 25. 
Ely's Ford 167. 
Embargo 134, 224, 766. 
Emerson, L. T., soldier 181, G. A. R. 187. 
N. Smith, soldier 183. 
Nathaniel, chosen Lieut. 157. 
William A,, soldier 183. 
William H., prisoner 161, record 172. 
Emmons, A. B., Rev., installed 70, address 
187. 
Nathaniel, Rev., preaches in Ox. 61. 
Engine Co. 245, house 245, steamer 245. 
England, John W., store 241. 
Euuis, Edward, wounded 164, record 172, 

tablets 184. 
Episcopal Church 81, 94. 
Epizootic 259. 

Esty, A. H., architect 94, 230. 
Evangeline, poem 124. 



Evans, Erastus, chosen Ensign and Lieut. 
157. 
John, massacred 14. 
Joshua, soldier 179, 181. 
W. H., Rev., Baptist 80. 
Everden, William, beef 132, taxed 1771 264. 
Everett. Otis, Oxford Bank 232. 
Excise bill 224. 
Execution 131, 132. 
Exemption law 72. 
Fairbanks, Samuel, sells land 775. 
Fairfax 163, Station 165. 
Fairtield, Conn. 133. 

Daniel, soldier 121. 
Fair Oaks, battle 162, 169. 
Falls at Chaubuuagungamaug 288, 
Falmouth 164. 
Faneuil, BenJ. and Peter 23. 
J'anny, the steamboat 244. 
Farm" for poor, bought 223. 
Farms, "Oxford" 606. 
Earns worth, Joseph, in Cotton Co. 205. 

Simon, Oxford Bank 232. 
Farrington, Rev. Daniel, called 61. 

George W., soldier 178, 182. 
Farwell, James, committee 90, scythe 

making 202, coroner 226. 
Fasting, to form Church 51. 
Faulkner, George VV'., war record 176. 
Feighau, prisoner 161, record 172, 185. 
Fellows, Jacob, soldier 138, constable 281. 
Joseph E., soldier 159, prisoner 161, 
record 172, 179. 
Ferna Hill, buttle 169. 
Ferrars, Richard, soldier 134. 
Fessenden, John, soldier 137, taxed 1771 

264, committee of State 285. 
Field-drivers, to drive cattle 222. 
Field, John, committee 76, Freemason 250. 
Seth W., shoe business 219. 
William B., buys mill 211. 
Finance 44, 45. 

Fine, no school 97, lack of soldiers 130. 
Fire department 245. 

Fish, Ebenezer, soldier 122, 135, supports 
poor 222, taxed 1771 264, Continental 
money 765. 
Thomas, soldier 134, Captain 136, 
taxed 1771 264, sketch of 500, asks 
supplies 762. 
Wra. H., Rev., Baptist 79. 
Fisher, Asa, Oxford Bank 232. 
Erastus 204, 206. 
Michael, soldier 179. 
Waterman A., manufacturer 204, buys 
mill 206, lessee 210, postmaster 24;i. 
Fisk, Abijah, soldier 155. 

Alice, pays for preaching 65. 
Daniel, committee 59. moderator 73, 
Universalist 74. ck'rk T."i, subscribes 
to Meetinu-house S,s, pc-w 89, road 
112, 114, soldier 135, manufacturing 
192, small-pox 227, hall 230, store 
242, Freemason 248, 249, physician 
250, selectman 273, sketch of 506, 
Continental money 765. 
William T., taxed" 64, library 105, 
manufacturer 192, distiller 21.^), .store 
242, phy.siciau 254, assessor 277, 
school committee 278, licensed 773. 
Fiske, John, on the Revolution 764. 

Miss, school 784. 
Fitch, Rev. Prof., installation sermon 68. 



798 



INDEX TO 



Fitts, Al)nihain, .set ol 40. Uiiivcr-^iilint 74. 

Andrew, liouso burned "^47. 

Hiiijiunin, .-oldier 122. 

lienj., Jr., Meetin;.'-h()use fund .SM. 

Diiviil. annexed 41. suhseribes to Meet- 
in<,'-bouse ««, i)e\v Si). 

Kl«nc/ir, at .Saceurupim 197, journey- 
niiiii 202. 

Ilarvev, Uev., gives ri^bt band 78. 

Jolin, cDmniittee 90, .soldier 136, select- 
man 275. 

Jotban), assessfir 27H. 

liobert. Haptist 7.S, committee 93, 
trader 237. taxed 1771 264. 

Walter. Universalist 74. 
Fit/pat rick. .lobn, soldier l.')9, record 176. 
Flaj.'tr. lienjainin. collects taxes 49. 

jouatban. Baptist 78, taverner 234. 
Fla><^''s botel l.')7. 
Flannel making 201, 778. 
Fietebtir, Ezra, Oxford Bunk 232. 

Francis, soldier ISO. 

Francis A., soldier 180, 185. 
Flint, llev. F. C, Universalist 77. 
Flip, a bevtu-a^re 23"). 
Florey, Jobii, soldliT 137. 
Flour, slopped 133. 
Flowini; meadows 1!)4. 
FIvnn, Micbael, killed 166, record 172. 
Follett, Ali.'ernon P., soldier 182. 
Forbes, Kli, in Adams' army 1.51. 

Wm., buys tannery 216. voter 1789269. 
Forrest, .James (i.. soldier 182. 

Wra. S., soldier isi. 182. G. A. R. 187. 
Forsvtb, Jesse, soldier 137. 
Fort" 11, remains of 24, 2.5, on Inmaa's 

land 42, VV' illiam Henry 121. 
Fosdick, Mar;;aret, poor person 222. 
Foskett. Albert (4., soldier 181, 185. 

Daniel, soldier 181. 
Foster, Olin U., trader 239. 

PeleK, taxed 64. pew 91, buys mill 194, 
journeyman 208. 

U'm.. Universalist 74, soldier 134, 1.17. 
Four-rod sva.\' 110. 
Frail, Ilanuiib. in want 222. 
Frair, Unbcrt, cliDseii Ensi>,ni 157. 
France, war wilb feared 150. 
Franklin, Gen., division 162. 
Fraser, wounded 144. 

Peter, soldier ISO. 
Freak, .lobn, merebant of Boston 2S5. 

Mary, receives land 285. 

Tboinas, proi)ri<'tor 6, 285. 
Frederick Citv 164, 165, 160. 
Fredericksburg; 164, 169. 
Freelaiid, Freeman, trader 2.39. 

James, taverner 237, trader 237, taxed 
1771 264, licensed 773. 
Frecmiau, Oliver, cloth finisher 200. 
Freeman's cotta>;e 143. 
Freemasons 24m. 
French, Aaron, s^rave-digger 221, taxed 

1771 262. 
French and In<iian war 120. 
French Neutrals 123, not to roam 124, sent 

to I). Campbell 125. bills paid 126. 
French River Manufacturing Co. 205. 
French war 156. 
Freshets 115. 
Frost, Rev. Geo. B., settled 70, sketch of 

514. 
Fullaiu, Capt., employed by town 31. 



Fuller, Charles, parsonage 95, rents mill 
195, fire ofli<er 245. 
Herbert N., war record 176, 17'J. tab- 
lets 184. 
Jonathan, .school-house near 97, sol- 
dier 122, 1.36. 
Fullerton, .V. \V., Freemxson 250. 
FuniN, ]jublic. divided 45. 
Funeral, Washington's 1.52. 
Funerals, bell to toll >i9. 
Furber, Rev. Franklin, Methodist 81. 
Furnaces and forges, East Webster ls9. 
G. A. R. ise. 
Gai^e, Cieneral 761. 
Gaines' mill 162. 
Gainesville 165. 

Gale, Abijab, soldier 122, 123, 138. 
Ebenezer, Jr., soldier 121. 
Jesse, soldier I.3.S. 
Solomon, Rev., Baptist 78. 
Game, wild 9, 227. 
Gansvoort. Peter 142. 
Garden, French, remains of 26. 
Gardner, Henry, receiver 761, 762. 

J., subscribes to Meeting-house 93. 
Mary, deposition 777. 
Garnett, William, war record 177. 
Gates, put in command 142, 143, at Sara- 
toga 764. 
Clovis M., Freemason 250. 
Dennis, S. B., Freemason 250, a.s8essor 

278, constable, etc. 282. 
-John, buvs farm and mills 212. 
Gates' mills 212. buriied 246. 247. 
Gay, Tbaddeus T., shoe business 218. 
Gee, Edward G., soldier 178. 
George, Lake, soldiers at 120. 
Gerinon or Germaine. Ox. Huguenot 24. 
Gettysbursr 165, 161). 
Gibbon, John, at Gettysburg 165. 
Gibbs, George, land owner 283. 

George, Mrs., receives land 286. 
Henry, French Neutrals 125. 
Josiah, taverner 236, buvs N. Gore 
land 293. 
Gibson. Rev. Fr., Catholic 82. 

Mowrv J., soklier 181. 
Gill, Rev. Joshua, Methodist 81. 
Gillespie & Sullivan, in old mill 196, burned 

out 779. 
Gilmore & Cole, shoe tirm 217. 
i Sanford, chaise and harness 215, shoes 

216, 217, trader 2:>8. 
William. i)ower loom 204. 
Gleason, Adnnijab. soldier 137. 
Charles, Rev., on council .58. 
Daniel, voter 17s9 269, constable 281, 
Continental money 7(55, supports 
Bowman 771. 
Da\'id, set otV 40, taverner 237. taxed 

1771 264. 
Elijah, taxed 1771 2W. 
Elisha. soldier 121. 

Jacob, pew S't, in New York State 1S9. 
James, Universalist 74. parsonaire 95, 
writes to his son 1S9. irives land 220, 
carrier 244. voter 1789 269. buvs S. 
Gore land 2S9, 290, sketch of 519, 
James, Jr.. Universalist 74. 
Je.sse. soldier i:{5. 
John, soldier 179. 
Jonas, pew 84, soldier 123. 
Joseph, soldier 121, taxed 1771 264, 



GENERAL HISTORY. 



799 



Gleason, Joseph, Jr., taxed 1771 264. 
Josiah. voter 1789 269. 
Mo.«es, bids ofl' old church 84, sells 
mill 198, selectman 273, constable 
280, sells land 775. 
Moses, Jr.. soldier 121. 
Richard, petition 53. taxed 64, hall iu 
house 230, selectman 273, constable 
280. 
Thomas, home lot 34, in Church 51, 
dismissed 56, pew 87, buys mill 197, 
jrame keepei- 227, taxed 1771 264, 
selectman 272, constable 280. 
Thomas, Jr.. and Davidson case 54. 
Simon, pew 84, soldier 136, taxed 1771 

264. 
Uriah, petition 53, pew 84, son, tax 
sunk 777. 
Glendale, battle 169. 
Glove-leather 759. 
Glover, Gen., iu battle 144, letter to 146. 

Warren, rents mill 193. 
Goggins. Joseph, soldier 121. 122, 123. 
Goodell, Orra, Oxford Bank 232. 
Gookin, Daniel, and Indians 3, 4, describes 

Xipmuck Country 9. 
Gordon, Rev. William, Methodist 81. 
Gore, John, surveys 7, 39, 285. 

North, annexed 42. lands 291, 292, set 
to Suttolk Co. 292, Baldwin's survey 
293, Mclutire's survev 293, dwellers 
taxed 766. 
South, annexed 41. lauds 287. 291, 
area of 291, dwellers taxed 766. 
Gorman, General 161. 
Goshen, N. Y. 146. 
Gould, Ebenezer, pew 89. 
J. B., soldier 159. 
Jonathan, buys tannery 216. 
Manson, soklier 186. 
Gouldinji, Daniel, buys tannery 216. 

Jonah, Capt. of company 149. 
Gradv, James, soldier 181. 
John, soldier 181, 182. 
Grand Pi-e 124 
Grand Proprietors' lots 283. 
Grange 2.53. 
Grant, Gen., in command 167, changes 

plan 16S. 
Grants. New York 189. 

to Hugh Campl)ell 4, special 6, Hobart 

287, S. Gore 287. Roxburv School 

288, Thompson 289, Campbell 2Wt, 
Leonard 290, Ward 290. Ingham 

291. AValdgrave 292, Isaac Winslovv 

292, Daniel Livermorc 292. 
Green, Bartholomew, war record 176. 

Harry, soldier 150. 

Joseph, Esq., Boston 777. 

Josiah M., war record 172. 

Welcome, clothier 194. 
Greenbu>li, N. Y. 189. 
Greene, William K.. manufacturer 204. 
Gridley . Rev. J. S. J., Methodist 81, school 

committee 279. 
Griffith, Daniel, prosecutor 129, soldier 
135. taxed 1771 264, selectman 273. 

Stephen, soldier 135. 
Grignon, Rem'', sketch of 23, at chamoi- 

serie 24. 
Grimley, Henry, soldier 180. 
Grinnell, John', goods etopped 133. 
Grob, John, war record 177. 



Groo, Ed., taxed 1771 262, voter 1789 269. 
John, proprietor 3S." 
Susanna, sojourns 222. ' 
Grosvenor, Rev. Ebenezer, called 55. 
Grout. Edwin, enlist> l.i!). 
Grover, Charles E., soldier 179. 
George L., soldier 186. 
Hosea B., store 241, assessor 278. 
Grow, Edward, Uuiversalist 74. 
Guild. Albert, store 241. 

Oscar L., musician 160, record 171. 
Guiuey's Station 168. 
Gum Springs 165. 

Gunston, George W., war record 172. 
Hacker, Wm E., buvs mill 195, trader 238. 
Hadley, troops at 148. --^' 

Hagbiirn, Samuel, senior 13, Dudley's 
agent 27, house-lot .34, legacy 52, 
interest expended 52, 53, 6i. 69, 
burying-ground 220, sketch of 527. 
Haggerty," Thomas, war record 177, 
Haines, Maxwell & Hallowell, mfrs. 211. 
Hale, Thomas, in Adams' army 151. 
Hale's wool carding machines 213. 
Half-moon, soldiers at 122. 
Hall, Charles A., soldier ls6. 

David, Baptist Society 78, sub>cribes 

to Meeting-house 93. 
David. Rev., follows Edwai'ds 53, 
Davidson case 51. letter of 55, on 
council 58. 
Fred. A., wounded 164, record 173. 
John and Thaddeus.make scythes 190. 
Nathan, taxed 64, pew 91." 95, road 
115, boards Ma.j. Walker 150, select- 
man 274, treasurer 276. 
Samuel P., soldier 179. 
Thaddeus, scythe maker 190, in Cot- 
ton Co. 205. 
William, in Cotton Co. 205. 
William H., soldier 159. 
Halls. Town, first 228. contest on removal 
229. sold 229, Memorial 230, North 
Oxford 230. private 230, Hu-ruenot 
231, Sauford's 231, G. A. R. 231, 
Masonic 249. 
Hallowell, Edward T., assessor 278. 
Hamilton, Alexander, to Washinirton 145. 
at Oxford 151. at Boston 152. 
Capt.. marshal 155. 
Hamlin, Nathaniel, beef 132, soldier 136, 
voter 1789 270. sketch of 529. Conti- 
nental money 765, i>ew 771. supports 
Bowman 771. 
Hammond. Nath., buvs N. Gore land 293. 
Hampton, Va.. 162. 163. 
Hancock, Allen, singer 56. librarv 105, 
beef 132. soldier 134, 135. 136," Free- 
mason 249. voter 17S9 270, assessor 
277, chainman 285, supports Bow- 
man 771. 
John, votes for 149. 
William, selectman 130, 273. beef 131, 
taxed 1771 262. representativ(! 272, 
sketch of 530, Continental money 
765, supports Bowman 771. 
Hannington, Wiltshire 285. 
Hanover's Farm, battle 169. 
Hanson, Peter, war record 177. 
Hardint;, C. L., buys mill 203. sketch of 531. 
William H., lawyer at Ox. 255, school 
committee 279.' 
Hardman, James J., war record 177. 



soil 



IN'DKX TO 



llunly. S:iiiiu(l. buys taiinory 210. 

H;irkiii^, Ni):ili, soldier 13"). 

Ilillllc^s h()ii;,'lit of Ttirrott •2i'). 

lliirolil, Henry W., chostMi Lieut. lUO, 
sergfiiint 1(>0, record 170. 

Harper's Kerry 161, IOC. 

Hiirrinu'ton. Iliteii, l):iiik eushier 232. 
'riioiii;!-;, |)(i>tiii:isier 2415. 
VVilliain, soldier l.'iO. 
Will. H., shoe business 219, trader 240. 

Hiirris, Abijali, annexed 41. exempted ."lO, 
Univer^ali^t 7."?. eliorister .")(;. 74, SS, 
«!). s()i<lier 122. i:M. taxed 1771 2()2, 
voter I7sl» 270, s-ieetuian 27:{, sketch 
of 'y.i'l, armv supplies 762, homestead 

214, 776. 

Archibald C, assessor 278. 

Asa, library lOo, on embari,'o 224, 
inquest on 226. selectman 274. 

David N., soldier 182. 

Isaac, taxed 64. 

Jonathan, committee 6:5, taxed 64, 
librarian lOti, roads 114, 115, soldier 
136, sells iiiill 1!)4. coroner 226, Free- 
mason 248, 24!), 2')0, voter 1789 270, 
town clerk 275, assessor 277, consta- 
ble 281, sketch of 532, Continental 
money 765, supports Bowman 771. 

Michael, war record 177. 

Rufus, taxed 64, pew 92, weaver 200, 
coroner 226, selectman 274. 

Samuel, committee 56, 61. Church 
moderator 60, deacon 71, librarv 
105, 10(;. lotterv 113, lieef 131, Cotton 
Co. 205, Master Mason 249, 250, 
taxed 1771 262, voter 1789 270, select- 
man 273, town (^lerk 275, treasurer 
276, assessor 277, school committee 
279, sketch of 532, army supplies 
762, Continental money 705, sup- 
ports Hovvman 771, sch. master 773. 

Stearns I). W., accountant 200, shoe 
business 217. assessor 278. 

Sylvanus, jiew 91, chaise and liarness 

215. coroner 22(!, representative 272, 
selectman 274, town elerk 275. 

Tlnukleus. .Masonic address 2I'.». 
Timothv. ijroprietor 3s, buvs mill 194, 
constable 280. 
Harrison's Landing 163. 
Harrisson in Thread Co. .203. 
liarrod, .Folm, rcfere(! 85. 
Hart, .John, war record 177. 
Uartwell, Cyrus, {graduate 257, sketch of 
535. 
Geo. W., librarian 108, quoted 149, 
representative 272, selectman 275, 
sketch of 53(). 
Isaac, soldier 121, sends a man 122, 
beef 1.32, payments 1.34, taxed 1771 
265, skelcli of .534. 
Isaac H., schools 100, buys mill 211, 
selectman 275, school committee 279. 
.Foiias, lil)i-!iry 105. 
Samuel, taxed (14, sketch of 535. 
Harvey, .John, soldier 135. 
Harwood Brolliers, town clock 2.59. 
D.iniel, beef 132. shoe busiiu'ss 217. 
David, voter 17S9 270. 
Elihu, builds mill 191. 
Kliliu, .Jr. taxi'd 65, so, chosen Lieut, 
and Capt. 157, slu)es 215. 216, Free- 
mason 250. 



Harwood, Emory p]., warden S2, Episcopal 
Church 94, eomrnittee 1.59, sends 
soldier 17!t. shoe business 218. build- 
inf( committee 230, selectman 275. 
Geor-re, treasurer 2S7. 
.John, soldier 181, taxed 1771 264. 
I'lin.v M., Freemason 2.50. 
Soloinon, Universalist 74, select. 274. 
i*i; .Mosely. shoe firm 217. 
Hase, Rudolph, war record 177. 
Haskell, .Jos. VI., wounded 1(>4, record 176. 
Hassanamesit Indians 5. 
Hastin;;s, (Jeoru'e, soldier 182. 
Halhawav. Simeon, finishes Meetintr- 

hoiise S9. 
Hattinj,', Ilu'^^uenot 24. 
Hawes, Ashbel M., in shoe business 227, 
store 241, licensed 774. 
Increase S., store 241, assessor 278. 
Flawkes, Miss, school 784. 
Hayden, Henry C. soldier 181, 185. 
Haymarket 105, 169. 
Haynes, David, surveyor 292. 
Joshua, ease in court 225. 
Josepli, taverner 234. 
Ilay-scales removed 228. 
Ilealy, ('aptaiii 153. 

l^ezekiah. in<iu(!st on 226. 
John, at East Village 189. 
Joseph, subscribes to Meeting-house 

88, pew 89. 
Joshua, carrier, stage 244. 
Samuel, trader 241. 
Heard, Nathan, Oxford Bank 232. 
Hearse 220. 

Heath, General, letter to Washington 146. 
Heathcote, Col., report on letter 22. 
Jlely, John, buys N. Gore land 293. 
Henry, Ebenezer, mill owner 204. 

John A., mill owner 204. 
Herring, Rev. C. M., Baptist 79. 
Hervey, M. L., .\gri"ultural Society 251. 

William F., in band 179. 
Higgins, Cecil C.. on John Campbell 780. 
Higginson, .John, land owner 2'<.'i, 284. 
Hi!.diway disti-icts 115. 
Hill, Aaron, jihysieian 256. 

Altraham, roaii 112, committee 131. 
sueil 132, sketch of 541, Continental 
money 765. 
I'klward, war record 177. 
Jesse, soldier 130. 
Hills, Rockv 2. Prospect 2, Brush 2, Fort 
2, Boiidet 2, Camp 2, 1.50, Federal 2, 
Barton 2, Flat 2. 
Hilton, Ann, lands 283. 

K(hv;ird. house burned 247. 
James, killed 101, record 173, 185. 
Hobart, Elizabi'th, ^^rant to 288. 

George, mill a^'ent 206, store 241. 
I. N.^ Rev., Baptist 79. s.-h. com. 279. 
Jeremiah, Rev. 288. 
gr:mt 287. 
Hodges. Geo., committee 92, 159, Episcopal 
Cliurell ill, bu\s house 95. sidiools 
lOO, Ijiirary 107, rents mill lii5. buys 
mill 199, 201, buildim,'- committee 
230, representative 272, selectman 
275, moilerator 277, assessor 278, 
school com. 279, -sketch of 542. 
.Joseph. Kev., Baptis' 79. school com- 
mittee 279. 
Hogan, Patrick, soldier 182, 186. 



GENERAL HISTORY. 



801 



Hogs, to go at large 222. 
Holbrook, Josiah, lectures 103. 

Sylvanus, Woolen Co. ]!)8, 199, agent 
200, satinets 210, Oxford Bank 232. 
Holden. Jabez, bu.vs old Meetin,i::-hou«e 
38, 84, to fence burjing-ground 220, 
phvtsician 256. 
Patrick, soldier 182, 186. 
Hollej', Perry, builds road 768. 
Holmau, David, Baptist Society 78, sub- 
scribes to Meeting-house 93, physi- 
ciau 256, sch. com. 279, sketch of 543. 
David. Rev., Masonic address 250. 
Eliphalet, pew 89. 
Jonathan, Lieut. 123. 
Sumner, taverner 234. 
Holmes, A bid, " Annals" 11. 

David, physician 256, sketch of 544. 
Lucius, Rev., Universalist 78. 
O. VV.. letter of 14. 
Hohvay, Emory F., lawyer at Ox. 255. 
Home,"Confed." Soldiers'" dependents 785. 
Homestead 214. sold 776. 
Honest Jo, carrier 244. 
Hooker, General 165. 
John, judge 224. 
Hoolan, Henry, war record 177. 
Hopkins, Fenner S., Baptist Society 78. 

Col. W. S. B., address 187. 
Houghton, Nahum. taxed 1771 262. 
Houses, Garrison 42, 778. 
House, Great 35. 

of Rest, Charleston 785. 
Hovev, Benjamin, Universalist 73, beef 
"131, sheriff 132, 226, soldier 136, 
sketch of 547. 
Content, widow, beef 132. 
Daniel, deacon 71, soldier 134, scythes 
197, trader 239, taxed 1771 264, 
selectman 272, 273, constable 280, 
281, sketch of ,545, sends gun 762. 
Franklin, soldier 178, 179. 
Gideon, soldier 136, constable 281, 

Continental money 765. 
James, constable 280. 
Perez, scythes 197. 
How, Thomas, buys N. Gore land 293. 
How^ard, Edward, wool manufacturer 191. 
Franklin, Agricultural Society 251. 
James, inquest on 226. 
John, voter 1789 270, sketch of 548. 
Mart A., store 242. 
Sumner, at Saccarappa 197. 
Howarth. Andrew, mil 1197, 201, sketch of 
549. 
Charles 202. 
Dolly 201. 

Mrs. F. A., Village improvement 252. 
Frank A., Agricultural Society 251, 

Village improvement 252. 
Isaac 202. 
James 202. 
Howarth's, bounds at 8. 
Howe, Ansel L., soldier 1H6. 
Estes, Master Mason 249. 
Daniel M., deacon 71, Agricultural 

Society 251, Grange 253. 
General, leaves Boston 139, 142. 
Horace P., wounded 164, record 173. 
William, builds church 93. 
Howland, E. Harris, library 108, manu- 
facturer 211, store 241, representa- 
tive 272, school committee 279. 
102 



Howiand, Joseph, Freemason 249. 

Lucius H., store 241. 
Hoy, William, war record 177. 
Hovle, Henry, missing and wounded 163, 

record" 173. 
Loren C, war record 170. 
Otis F., war record 173. 
Hubbard, Charles, war record 177. 

John, referee 85. 
Hudson, A. Bradford, war record 176. 
Amos, buys mill 190, manufacturer 

192, 193, distiller 215, store 241, 242, 

licensed 773. 
Benjamin, soldier 122, taxed 1771 262, 

constable 281. 
Bradford, taxed 64, library 105. 
Farm 196. 

Henrv S., graduate 258. 
John," taxed 64, soldier 134, 135, 137, 

cotton spinning 190, 192, builds saw 

mill 196, selectman 274. 
John D., Village improvement 252, 

selectman 275, assessor 278. 
Joseph, school district 97, taxed 1771 

264, selectman 274, constable 281. 
William, home lot 35, taxed 64, soldier 

135, constable 280, 281. 
William, Jr., taxed 1771 264. 

Hughes, William, Freemason 2.50. 

Huguenot Manufacturing Co. 211. 
Memorial Society 253. 

Huguenots, as settlers 10, character 19, 
worship 20, Churches and ministers 
20, industries 759, alarmed 778. 

Humes, Emory, soldier 183. 

Humphrev, A'rthur, soldier 122, 134, 136, 
taxed 1771 262. 
Ebenezcr, on Bourdille 23, home lot 
34, committee 63, 64, deacon 71, 
pew 86, school 97, library 105, 106, 
builds bridge 113, beef 131, soldier 

136, builds mill 194, fined 225, small- 
pox 227, voter 1789 270, selectman 
273, moderator 276, constable 280, 
281, sketch of 552, sends gun 762, 
supports Bowman 771. 

Ebenezer, Jr., soldic- 136. 
John W., wounded 164, record 176. 
Sarah, array supplies 762. 
Hunkins, Thonias, home lot 35, selectman 

273, constable 280, sketch of 554. 
Hunnewell, Col., bearer 153. 
Hunt Brothers, axes 203. 
Daniel, Freemason 249. 
M. M., Mrs. .Village improvement 252. 
Huntington. Albert, store 242, selectman 

275, school committee 279. 
Huntoon, D. T. V. 285. 
Hurd. John, taxed 64. deacon 71, pew 91. 
Joseph, taxed 64, school 97, librarv 
105, 106, beef 132, soldier 135, 1.36, 
taxed 1771 262, voter 1789 270, con- 
stable 281, sketch of 555, Continental 
money 765, supports Bowman 771. 
Wm., teamster 244, pays for preach- 
ing 65, Methodist 80. 
William S., soldier 183. 
Hurst, Thomas, soldier 181. 
Hutchins, Rev. R. G., called 70. 
Hvattstown 164. 
Hyde, Fred G., G. A. R. 187, address 187, 

selectman 275, sketch of 557. 
Improvement Association 252. 



802 



IXUEX TO 



Incorporation, Oxford 31, Congregational 

pfw-liolilcrs 91. 
Incunibranccs removed 227. 
Indijjcndtnce 12*^, declaration 129. 
Independent company 157. 
Indexing records 25l>[ 
Indians, lands houtrht 1, 774, Ilussaname.sit 
."). Nalick ■>, re-iTvation.j, hostile 13, 
\Val)(juasset 17, Mohe^ran 17, in- 
trigues 17, to be cut otr 17, cause 
alarm 42, 43, relics 42, last of 43, 
deed Iw. defences against 42, 778. 
Industries ls«. 
Infantrv companv l.")7. 
In-all. ."John, trader at Ox. 16. 

Klkanah. Hev., Universalist 74. 
Inphani. N. iit Co., y;rant 291. 
Impusts, Coroners' 220. 
hinmn, Sanford A., garrison house 42. 
Insurance Co., Mutual, buys mortgage 197. 
Iron maniifai'ture 18.S. 
Iron mines 231. 
Ives, John, taxed 1771 263. 
Jackson, James, case in court 225. 
Mary, ease in court 22r>. 
William, case in court 225. 
Jacobs, Albert, Agricultural Society 251. 
James, Black 755, the printer 756. 

John, llev., first uunister in Ox. 47. 
Kiver, troops cross l&S. 
Jaquier, Louis, missing 166, record 177. 
Jennison, Daniel, Baptist Society 78, shoe 
business 218. 
Joseph, taxed 1771 264. 
Joseph, Jr., killed 161, record 173, 185. 
Maverick, Baptist Society 78. 
Peter, set off 40, subscribes to Meeting- 
house 88, pew 8'.», taxed 1771 264, 
Samuel, committee 61, deacon 78, 
soldier 123, 138, lawyer 255, sketch 
of 559. 
William, Rev., letter 46. 
Jerusalem Plank road 168. 
Jesnian, William, soldier 180. 
Jesuits, inlriirues 18. 
Jewell, John M.. soldier 136, 137, taxed 

1771 ■_'(i4. 
Jewett, .lolin, Oxford Bank 232, 
Samuel, clothii'r 194. 
Stephen, soldier 122. 
.Tirvensen.llenry.u'iiiiniird lOC.recoril 177. 
J(din of I'akuehoMir. tifuclK'rous Iniiian 1. 
Johonnot, Dan., rescues Mrs. Johnson 14, 
Johnson, tien., captured 168. 

Massacre 14, house a tavern 759, chim- 
ney stone 759. 
Amos, mill farmer 200, miller 200, 

selectman 274, sketch of 562. 
Danford. soldier ISO, shop burned 248. 
Elislia, iron 231. 
Fred. K., soldiiM- l.s2. 
Ithiel T., enters ministry 81, war 
record 177, Vill. improvement 252. 
Moses S., address 159, representative 

272. 
Mr., taxed 1771 263. 
Sanuiel, Di-. 7S]. 
Smith, sends gun 762. 
Waldo, Agricultural Society 251. 
Wilbur. Hev., makes address 70. 
Jones, ^lajor, bearer l.j3. 

Charles A., war record 177. 
Enoch, soldier 121. 



Jones, .Jesse, buvs tannery 216, pew 770. 
John, buys land 290. 
Phinehas, soldier 137. 
Samuel P.. soldier lv2. 
Jordan, William, soldier 135, 137. 
Joslin, .\llcn L., repairs of church 92, 
conimittc'' 95. shoe business 217, 
21s;. I'.ank 232. Airricultural .Society 
251,252, Improvement Society 252, 
Learned fund 2.)4, senator 271, rep- 
resentative 272, selectman 275, treas- 
urer 276. 
A. L. & Co., shoe firm 218. 
Elliot P., graduate 2.58. 
Homer S., shoe business 218. 
Orrin F., shoe business 218, Village 
improvement 252, Learned fund 254. 
Sarah .\. E., school committee 2-80. 
Joy, Kev. H. A., Bai)tist 79. 
Judd, Kev. Burtis, Methodist 81. 
Kallock, Lemuel. :igent of State 284, 285. 
Kalorama, Camp 161. 
Keedyville 164. 
Keehbod, Indian 4. 
Keekamoochaug, Indians of 13, Laborie 

labors at 16, described 16. 
Keith. David', carrier 244. 
Ldith M., teacher 779. 
George IL, soldier 159, 181. 
Kelley, Albert W., store 241. 

(ieorge IL, Learned's legatee 780. 
Kemble, -fames, war record 177. 
Kendall, Thomas, Jr., cotton spinning 

190, 192, sketch of 5(j4. 
Kennedy, James H., soldier 181. 
Kennev, Harvev. inquest on 226. 
Joiin, Jr.. s'cvthes 196. 
P. F. and M." build bridge 119. 
Kent, P. (t., lessee, mill burned 247. 
Keyes, John, referee 85. 
Kibbe, William, soldier 182. 
Kidder, .\ibert A., enters ministry 81. 
Cvrus, schools 100, legacies in will 

"of 786. 
Jonathan, annexed 41. 
Ivirhard, buys land 774. 
Sarah, centenarian 223. 
Kies, Lydia, army supplies 762. 
Kil'-'ore, Kev. Damon Y.. Methodist 81. 
Killev. Samuel, soldier 136. 
Kiiiingly 194. Church 60. 
Kilmarnock, Scotland, letter from 781. 
Kimball, George U., soldier 183. 
George W., postmaster 243. 
John E., deacon 71, address 100, 
Village imiu-ovement 252, gr.nduate 
258, selectman 275, moderator 277, 
school committee 280. 
.fuhn W., actin;: Colonel 162. 
Thos. 1)., Capt. Ksi. 1S2, student 258. 
William, schools 100. barn burned 248, 
Freemason 250, school com. 279. 
King. George, petition for goods 133. 

Thomas, wounded 166. record 173. 
Kingshnrx , Abijali. soldier 137, taxed 1771 
262i buys land 290. 
Alfred, pew 92, overseer 198, weaver 

200. 
Amasa. land annexed 41, chorister .56, 
(;2. builds bridije 113, beef 131, 
taxed 1771 2(i2, voter 17S9 269, se- 
lectman 273. a-s.iessor 277, Conti- 
nental money 765, chaise 775. 



GENERAL HISTORY. 



803 



Kingsbury, Dauiel, cborister 61, librurv 
105," voter 1789, 269, Continental 
money 765. 
Davie li., assessor of Society 76. 
Elijah, pew 79, soldier 137, taxed 1771 

262, voter 1789 269. 
Ephraim, annexed 41, potash 188. 
Jacob, 73, 88, 89, taxed 1771 262, voter 

1789 269. 
Jeremiah, annexed 41, pays for 
preaching (Jo, schools 98, librarv 105, 
road 115, soldier 122, beef 131, voted 
monev 133, captain 135, 136, in cav- 
alry 153, 157, resisrns 158, Bank 232, 
house burned 246, Freemason 248, 
249, taxed 1771 262, voter 1789 269, 
selectman 273, 274, assessor 277, 
school committee 278, constable 281, 
classed 762. builds road 768, sup- 
ports Bowman 771. 
Jeremiah, Jr,, Meeting-house fund 
88, 89, potash 188, goes to market 
244. 
Joseph, annexed 41, soldier 122, 135, 
138, taxed 1771 262, voter 1789 269, 
consiable 281. 
Jo.siah, Universalist 74, pew 86, 
Meeting-house fund 88, 89, soldier 
120, 138, beef 132. sells land 191, on 
embargo 224, taxed 1771 262, select- 
man 273, 274, constable 280, buys 
land 284, 288. 
Martha, taxed 64, parsonage associa- 
tion 95. 
Mary, centenarian 223. ♦ 
Samuel, annexed 41, exempted 59, 
pays for preaching 65, Universalist 
74, pew 89, library 105, soldier 138. 
Samuel, Jr., constable, etc. 282. 
Simeon, library 105, physician 256. 
Stephen, librarv 105. 
Theodore, taxed 1771 262, constable 
280, receives land 288. 
Kiugsburys annexed 39. 
Kinney, Patrick D., war record 173. 
Kirbv. Alfred J., soldier 179, 180, taverner 
■ 235. 

Frank Ij., war record 173. 
George H., soldier 179. 
Leander T., wounded 16(), record 173. 
Kirby's Artillery 162. 
Kitchen, Edward, buvs land 285. 
Frekc, wife of Edward 2S5. 
Knight, Addison, physician 256, school 
committee 279. 
Charles 8., soldier 178. 
Daniel \V., in command 167, 
Joel, Rev., Methodist 80. 
Knowland, Moses, soldier 135, 137. 
Knoxville 168. 

Kock, Henry, killed 168, record 177, 185. 
Kosciusko 142. 

Laborie, Rev. James, memorial 16, re- 
moves 19, sketch of 23. 
Lackey, A. Waldo, shoe business 219. 
Albert, schools 100, shoe business 219, 

school committee 279. 
William, soldier 122, 123, sojourns 222. 
Lacy House 105. 

Lamb, Abial, committee 33,49, home lot 
35, and Indians 43, forms Church 
50, appraiser 228, selectman 272, 
constable 280, sells estate 774. 



Lamb, Abial, Jr., proprietor 38, constable 

280, buys estate 774. 
Abijah, captain 136. 
Caleb, mill 207. 

Charles, boarding-master 200. 

Charles C, taverner 234, Village im- 
provement 252. 

Charles H., soldier 178, 179. 

Cyrus, committee 76, buys mill 208, 
"clock 208, building committee 229, 
mill burned 246, assessor 277. 

David, soldier 137. 

Ebenezer, soldier 123. 

J. Prentice, soldier 156. 

John, selectman 275. 

Joseph, road 116, soldier 156, buys 
mill 208, taverner 236, mineral 
spring 236, selectman 274. 

Levi, voter 1789 269. 

Liberty, building committee 229. 

Mill 207. 

Reuben, committee of correspondence 
129, 130, beef 131, 132, soldier 136, 
Shays' Rebellion 149, buys mill 208, 
sword 260, taxed 1771 264, constable 

281, Continental money 765. 
William, soldier 122, 123, 136, mill 

site 206. 

William J., soldier 179. 
Laraont, Peter, soldier 183. 
Lamson, Rev. C. M., installa. sermon 70. 

Ebenezer, pew 89, sketch of 578. 

Lyrick, clerk 239. 

Timothy, trader 238, assessor 277, 
constable 281, licensed 773. 

William, library 105, trader 238, con- 
stable 281, road 768, licensed 773. 
Lancaster, muster at 158. 

Frank E., manufacturer 207. 
Land Bank 45, affairs closed 760. 
Lauds divided 37, confiscated 285, Brown 
285, public sale in N. Gore 292, con- 
veyances 774, Indian in Dudley 774. 
Lamed, Asa, Universalist 74, tax 1771 262. 

Caleb, sells store 240. 

Charles, lectures 104. 

Cyrus, war record 176, 185. 

Daniel W., soldier 179. 

Elijah, annexed to Ox. 41, schools 98, 
soldier 122, 136, voter 1789 269. 

Erastus, Rev., on council 63. 

Hezekiah, soldier 138. 

Isaac, home lot 34, clerk 37, committee 
30, 37, 49, 52, 82, 83, Land Bank 46, 
petitions 48, 120, in Church 51, 
soldier 121, 136, 137, taxed 1771 262, 
selectman 272, town clerk 275, 
moderator 276, constable 280, divides 
land 284, surveyor 289, 290, sketch 
of 580, sells land 775. 

Isaac, Jr., pew 86, soldier 120, 136. 

Jacob, soldier 137, voter 1789 269, 
constable 281. 

Joel W., war record 176. 

John, annexed 41, pew 87, road 112, 
113, captain 121, soldier 135, 136, 
house burned 246, taxed 1771 262, 
selectman 273, constable 280, buys 
land 284, shows bounds 285, sketch 
of 583, Continental money 765, sup- 
ports Bowman 771. 

John,Jr.,taxed 1771 262,yoter 1789269, 
constable 281,supports Bowman 771 . 



804 



INDEX TO 



Liirneil, John. 3d, annexed 41, pew 92, 
voter 1TS9 269, chiiise 77.'). 
Jonas, pow 92, Helectman 274, treas- 
urer 27G, assessor 27S, eonstable, 
fte. 2S2. 
Melietable, centenarian 223. 
Morris, n-fcree 77t>. 
Uiifus, sclectniiin 274, eonstable 282. 
Siinuiei, soldier 121, 123, i;3.5. 
Thomas, in(jutst on 220. 
William, sck-ctmaii 278. 
William, of Dudley. Major laS. 
Zenas M., sclt'cliuaii 27."). 
Lathroii. Kev. J. \V., JJaptist 79, school 

committee 279. 
Laurel Hill, battle 169. 
Law to tax land 700. 
Lawsuits, on Dudlcv lands 39, numerous 

14s. Cox's, on lands 286. 
Lawtou, Chas., mfr. 204, trader 242. 
Lawyers 25.J. 

Leaeh, Klavel, Baptist Society 78. 
Learned, Abisha, pays for preachinj^ 6.5, 
library 105, mill 20s, 209, trader 242, 
postmaster 243. mill burned 240, 
barn burned 246, selectman 274, 
assessor 277, school committee 278, 
licensed 773. 
Benjamim, exempted 59, Uuiversalist 
74, subscribes to Meetincfhouse 88, 
in<juest on 226, voter 1789 270. 
Benjamin F., store 241, 242. 
B(!tsey and Elizabeth 11., sell mill 209. 
Ebeuezer, committee 31, .')6, 59, 83, 
85, home lot 33, house a garrison 42, 
Indians 43, slave 44, to hire Mr. 
Campbell 49, in Church 51, pew 84, 
MO, librarv lOti, road 112, 114, French 
war 120, d('l('j,'ale 127, 138, Colonel 
128, 13S, moderator 129, beef 131. 
enters Boston 139, watches British 
139, ordered to New York 140, 
letter 140, declined commission 140. 
made a General 140, F\)rt Kdward 
141, Ticonderoj^a 141, Saratojja 141, 
imoetuosity 144, in peril 145, brii^ade 
orilered south 145, returns Ikhuc 
141). resin;nation 146, on Constitution 
147, delegate 147, sues for stores 
156, buvs old mill 194,buvs n]ill site 
206, Texas site 208, a justice 224, 
small-pox 227, mining 231, taverner 
237, delegate 271, representative 271, 
272, selectman 272, 273, taxed 1771 
264, moderator 276, assessor 277, 
(•()n>tul)lc 2S1, divides land 284, 
.icconipanifs Dunbar 2s5, duys 
Thompson land 2s7, buvs X. Gore 
land 293, sketch of 586, asks for 
supplies 762, describes battle 763, 
in the Revolution 764, deals in real 
e>itatc 774, chaise 775. 
Elizabeth U., legacv 254, presents 

relics 260. 
Haines, soldier 135, 136, 139. 
Henry G., pew 91, manufacturer 192, 

tavtincr 234, 2;J5. 
Howard cV: Co., mfrs. 211, store 242. 
Jeremiah, exemptctl 59, petition 72, 
Universalist T.'K Mcctiiig-liouse fund 
88, pew 89, roads 114, Ensign 120, 
Captain 123, representative 149,272, 
buys mill 190, sherifl" 226, taxed 1771 



264, voter 17^9 270, Constitutional 
convention 271. selectman 273, asses- 
sor 277, sketch of .590, legacy to the 
town 7sO. 
Learned, Jonathan H., small-pox 227, 
Master Mason 24X, 249, physician 
256, licensi'd 77."i. 
.Josiah, constable 2^0. 
Lewis ^I., store 241, school com. 279. 
Otis, builds school-house 100, contract 
for mill 210. taverner 2.34, loses 
horse 247, constable 2^2. 
Samuel, taxed 1771 264. eonstable 281. 
Stephen, Freemason 2-50, sch. com. 279. 
Svlvanus, schools 98, librarv 105, 
'soldier 1.35, 1.36, 137, sells mill 206, 
builds mill 208, on embargo 224, 
Freemason 24-'-!, 249. selectman 273, 
moderator 276, assessor 277, sketch 
of 5.>9. 
Thomas G., builds hall 2.30, selectman 

274. 
William, soldier 122, ensign 123. 
Leather, wash 24. 
Leavens, Abel, soldier 122. 
Elijah, taxed 1771 262. 
LeBlanc, Francis, French Neutral 126. 
Lectures, Holbrook 103. 

Larned 104. 
Lee, General, at Iloxbury 139, at Gettys- 
burg 165, l(i7. 
Mrs., book 9, on fort 25. 
LefRngwell, Calvin, buys mill 205. 
Legacies, DeWitt to the town 72, to Cong. 
Church 71, 72. Dea. Stone to Church 
72, Miss Learned to jioor 2,54. Jere- 
miali Learned to the town 780. Ivid- 
der to the town and Church 786. 
Leicester 194, Church 60. 
Leonard, Elkanah, grant 290. 
Lester, Mr., surveyor 118. 
Levies, early 45. 
Lexington alarm 128. 
Lhoyd, Rev. W. F., settled at Ox. 81, 

supply S2. school committee 279. 
Liberty, town of KJo. 
Libraries, (hurch 61, Pastor's 104, Social 
104, .Society 105. Association 106, 
High .School 107. Farmers' 107, 
School 107, Free Public 108. Refer- 
ence 108. 
Lilley, David, buys mill 196, scythes 196. 
.John, scythes 196. 
Lewis, scythes 196. 
Lillie. Ebenezer, physician 2.56, sk. of 594. 
Theophilus, trader 237, taxed 1771 
262. sket<-li of .594. 
Lincoln. Edwards' counsel 286. 
I'resiilent. calls troops 1.59. 
Litchfield Brothers, spools 203. 
Livermore. Abner. taxed 1771 262. 

Dan., buys rights, has lands setoff 292. 
Elisha. soldier i:>5. 
Micah, taxed 1771 2t^. 
Livery of Seizin 2S(i. 
Loans, public money 44, 45. 
Lock, Ebenezer, new parish 53, soldier 

121, taxed 1771 2(^5, sketch of 595. 
Locust Grove 166. 169. 
Long. Alfred U'., .Vu'ricultural Society 
251, selectman 275, town clerk 276. 
Loom, first power 204. 
Loomis. Rev. Hubbell, called 63. 



GENERAL HISTORY. 



805 



Lord, Joseph, taverner 233, 285. 
Lords of Tnide 18. 
Lossing on Learned 145. 
Lots, home 38, drawn 37. 
•Lottery to build bridge 112. 
Loudon, Lord, visits Oxford ISO. 

Valley 164. 
Louisburg taken 123. 
Lourie, William J., trader 2.";9. 
Lovejoy. Kev. .Juliu. Meth., preaclies 80. 
Lovell, Ezra, manufacturer 192. 
Lovely, Edward, wounded 164, record 173. 
Lovett, Charles 197. 

George, millwright 214. 

James, millwright 214. 
Lovett's, relics found 42, neighborhood, 

school 98. 
Lovewell's fight 43. 
Low, Lvmun P., buvs mill 195, trader 240. 

The pirate 283. " 
Lowell, Francis C, power loom 204. 
Luck, Peter, war record 176. 
Lucy, Daniel, soldier 181. 
Ludden, Silas, scythes 193. 
Lumbard, Washburn, deacon 71, pew 92, 
buvs parsonage 95, trader 238, in 
store 241, constable 282. 
Lusty, Robert, wounded 166, record 176. 
Lyman, Judge, power loom 204. 
Lynch, Mac, war record 173. 
Lynde, Maj., bearer 153. 
Lynn, Chas. W., soldier 183, physician 256. 
Lyon, Kev. Abijah S., Baptist 78, school 
committee 279. 

Thomas, buys N. Gore land 293. 
Maanexit river i. 

Mackee, Ebenezer, buys old mill 194. 
Maher, Martin, soldier 181. 
Mahony, James, soldier 178, 182. 
Maillet", Oxford Huguenot 24. 
Main Street 109, 111, 118, gravelled 118, 

N. end graded 118, S. graded 119. 
Mallet, Matthew, a dependent 222. 
Malt house 208. 
Malvern Hill, 163, 169. 
Manassas turnpike 163. 
Manchaug farm annexed 39, 49. 
Manchaug hills 2, corner 7, 285, 291. 
Maun, Daniel W., store 241. 
Manning, David, soldier 135. 

Robert, soldier 134, 135, grave digger 
221, taxed 1771 262. 

Samuel, soldier 120, 122, 134, taxed 
1771 262, selectman 273, moderator 
276, sketch of 598. 

Samuel, Jr., soldier 123. 
Mansfield, Dan., carrier 244, sketch of 599, 
Manufactures 266. 
Maple, Fred. T., soldier 178, 179. 
Maps, State 227. 
Marble, Truman soldier 180. 

William H., Methodist preacher 81, 
buys water privilege 193. 
Marcy, John B., wounded 164, record 173. 

Moses, and servant 44, licensee 236, 
buvs land 284, sketch of 600. 

Thomas, Rev., Methodist 81. 
Marlborough 9, Association, aid asked 50. 
Marsh, Abel, Agricultural Society 251. 

Elliot, sexton 221. 

George H., Agricultural Society 251. 

John W., trader 240. 

Jonathan, soldier 135. 



Marsh, S. F., Agricultural Society 251. 

Stephen, Jr., pew 89. 
Marshall's Brigade 143. 
Martin, Austin W., soldier 181, 182. 
Edwin A., soldier ISO, 185. 
Jean, Ox. Huguenot 24. 
Marvin, John, soldier 122, taxed 1771 262, 
sketch of 602,Continental money 765. 
Sampson, soldier 135. 
Marvland 163. 
Mary's Bridge 168. 
Mason, George, Master Mason 250. 
Masonic lodges 248, hall 249, removal 249, 
Masons, at Washington's funeral 154. 
Mather, Increase, on Boudet 22. 
Miittachusetts Bay, corporation 287, 291. 
Mattapony river 168. 
Maxwell, James, inquest on 226. 

Thomas J., buys fire engine 245, 
school committee 280. 
May, James, Lieut. 167. 

S. J., Rev., installation sermon 76. 
Street 119. 
Mavnard, Joab, pew 92, scythes 196, 202, 
Bank 232, trader 239, 242, selectman 
274, assessor 277, sketch of (>02. 
Lyman, Rev., hired 76, sch. com. 279. 
Mayo," Elizabeth, pew 86. 

John, manuscript 9, on old fort 25, on 
'•great house" 35, committee 59, 
76, pays for preaching 65, petition 
72, Uiiiversalist 74, Meeting-house 
fund 88, pew 89, schools 98, library 
105, case in court 225, taxed 1771 
262, voter 1789 269, town agent 271, 
selectman 273, assessor 277, consta- 
ble 280, 281, Roxbury school lands 
2.S9. 
.John, Jr., selectman 274. treas. 276. 
Samuel, pays for preaching 65, com- 
mittee 90, selectman 274. 
Thomas, buys land 10, iron 231. 
McCann, Owen, war record 173. 
McCurdv, Rev. C. L., Methodist 81. 
McFarland's Co. 123. 

McGaw, John A., buys mill 211, Free- 
mason 2.50. 
Mclntire, Aaron, trader 239, licensed 773. 
Albert G., teacher, resigns 779. 
Daniel, selectman 273. 
Ebenezer, constable 280. 
Moses W., representative 272. 
Noah, soldier 121. 
Obadiah, tavern 233, constable 280. 
Orlando, prisoner 161, record 173. 
Philip, soldier 121. 

Sylvester 210, makes survey 227, 
"taverner 235, selectman 274, asses- 
sor 277. 
Thomas, fined 225. 
McKinstry, Elliot F., prisoner 161, 
wounded 164, record 173, 185. 
John, Rev., called 49. 
McKnight, Adam, soldier 178, 179. 
John, scythes 193. 
Thomas, soldier 135. 
McMahon, Eliza, taverner 236. 
Martin, tavern burned 247. 
McNultv, Rev. Fr., Catholic 82. 
Meadows 2, 9, Great 2, 109, Bell's 2, Men- 
don 2, Bondel 2, divided 36. 
Medfield, burning of 756. 
Meeker, Samuel, soldier 183. 



806 



INDEX TO 



Mcelinj;-h()U-e. lirst S2, dcHcribcil 83, loca- 
tion of S2, 100. altunitionH 84, sold 

84. tiix to build 760. 

Second 84, locution of s.'i, tax to build 

85, occupied 86, pews appraised 8<>, 
repairs 87, 771, sold 87. 

Univcrsalist SS, interior finished 89, 
subsci-iption for 8s, s9. pew-liolders 
.sy, remodelled 90, stores under 90. 

Con<;reL,'atioiial !»l, |i!:in of 91. pew- 
lioitiers 91, dedication 91, removal 
92, reriKjdclled 92. 

Baptist 78, '.»2, dedication 9.'i, pews 
bou;<ht up 93. 

Methodist 93, 94, clock 94, chapel 
sold 94. 

Episcopal 94. 

Catholic 94. 

P''or town moctini^.s 228. 

French, location of 760. 
Meetings, annual, time chanjjed 230. 
Meinzies, John, buys N. Gore land 293. 
Mellen, Abner, sexton 221. 

David, exempted 59. Universalist 74, 
sexton 221, boards poor 222, taxed 
1771 202, sends j,'uu 7(i2, Continental 
money 765. 

John, soldier 135. 

Polly, set to Webster 770. 

Rebecca, set to Webster 770. 
Mellish. John, pew 92, chaise anil harness 
215, Freemason 250, school com, 279. 

John n., <;r;iduate 258. 
Memorial Hall 230. 
Meridian Hill 161. 
Merino factorv 191, 192. 
Merriam, Albert H., twine 195, trader 239. 

Asa, soldier 135. 

David, brickmak'g214, selectman 274. 

Ebenezer, Meetin;;-house fund 86, 
parsonasre 95, brickmakinjj 214, 
taxed 1771 264, selectman 274, Con- 
tinental monev 765. 

Ebenezer, Jr., voter 17.s9 270. 

Elizabeth, widow, taxed 1771 266. 

Hezekiah, physician 256, taxed 1771 
264. 

Hezekiah, Jr., soldier 121, 123. 

Ira, schools 99, committee 151), board- 
ing master 200, representative 272, 
selectman 275, as.sessor 278, 

James, beef 132, soldier 137, taxed 
1771 266, Continental money 765. 

Jesse, soldier 136. 

John, committee (i5, parsonaj^e 95, 
selectman 274, constable 281. 

Jcjnathan, soldier 136. 

Joshua. Meeliiii,'-lioiise fund 86, Cap- 
tain 121, soldiers' families 129, 130, 
beef 131, taxed 1771 264. 266, voter 
17S9 270, selectman 273, constable 
281, Colli iiieiital money 705, sup- 
ports Howman 771. 

Joshua, Jr., beef 132. 

.lothani, pew 91, library 105, taxed 
1771 266. 

Robert, soldier 121. 

Uufus N.. ^'radiiate 257. 

Samilei, i)ew 91. 

TlioniMs, lihrarv 105. 
Merrilieid, Abraham, -oldier 134. 
Metcalf, Artemas C, Freemason 250. 
MethoiUst chapel, buill 93, enlarged 94. 



Methodist Episcopal Church 80, ministers 
81, refused town hall 229. 

Micer, Clifford, soldier 179. 

Middletown 1(^4. 

Milford, Va. 1(5.8, skirmish at 109. 
James, soldier 1x2. 

Militarv Co. 157, presentation to 779. 

Mill brook 2, Klliott's 2. 

Millbuiy 193, Church 65, muster at 157. 

3Iiller, Edmund, sexton 221. 
Geoi-i^e, shoe business 219. 
James, fuller 200. 
Welcome, soldier 183. 
William F., war record 173. 

Millet. Jean, Ox. Huguenot 24. 

Mills 11, contract 12. 757, wash-leather 24, 
ruins of 25, lirst English 27, 189, 
Town's Pond 192, Pratt 193, Hugue- 
not 194, Eliott 189, 228, Slaters' 190, 
Green 191, Central 192, Pope & 
Warner 192, Nahum Sibley 193, 
Hug Swamp 196, Saccarappa 196, 
Elisha Davis' 197, Howarth's 197, 
Hulliim's 202, Sigournev 203, Rock- 
dale 205, Acworth 206" Lamb 207, 
Texas 20S, Chase No. 2 210, Stone's 
211, Rich's 212, Gates' 212, Wallis' 

213. old Huguenot burned 779, 
Chase, stopped 779. 

Rev. E., on council 63. 
James C, trader 240, school com. 279. 
Millwrights 214. 

Mine farm, X. Ingham & Co. 291. 
Mine Run, skirmish 169. 
Mines 231. 

Mines' Ford, Ya. 167. 
Mingo, a slave 44. 
Ministers, first 47. 

Minister's lot, described 35, enlarged 37. 
Minot, Elizabeth, dau. of James 285. 

James, marries Miss Stoughton '285. 
Minute expedition 122. 
Minute-men 127. 
Misery, Camp, Va. 162. 
Moamaug, Indian 19. 
Moffitt, Albert S.. prisoner 161, record 
173, 185. 
Elihu, Dniversalist 74, pew 89, inquest 

on 226. 
Henry A., postmaster 243, Village 

improvement 253. 
Hiram, leading Methodist 80, chosen 
Capt. 157, builds mill 212, select- 
man 275. 
Isaac, etc., annexed 41, Universalist 
74. subscribes to Meeting-house 88. 
voter 17S9 269. 
Jeremiah, pew 89. repairs Meeting- 
house 90, buys mill 194, millwright 

214, intpiest on 22t>. 
Lemuel. .Meelinu'-house fund 88. 
P. Merrick, soldier 1S4. 

Pliny .M., I)'ids mill 213, millwright 214. 
Rufiis, buys mill 104, millwright 214, 
barn burned 248, selectman '274, 
assessor 277. 
Sumner, buvs mill 194, millwright 214. 
Mohawk valley 112. 
Mohawks, send wamimm 17. 
MohcLcans, rrieiully 17. wampum to 19. 
Jloies, Thos., maiuifaclurer 207, stor(>241. 
Monev at interest in Ox. 1771 VIG, paid to 
"Gardiner 1'28. 



GENERAL HISTORY 



807 



Money, Colonial 4A, 778, Continental 765, 
depreciation of 765. 
Scales 260. 
Monroe, Fortress 162. 

George G., soldier 1S6, 
Montcalm, Gen. 121. 
Monte I, Ox. Huguenot 24. 
Montier, Ox. Huguenot 24. 
Montreal reduced 123. 
Mouunicut. Johnson 14, Huguenot 253. 
Moore, Abijab, graduate 257. 

Collins, proprietor 38, in Cburcb 51, 
exenip'd 59, petition 72, Universal- 
ist 73, subscribes to Meetiug-house 
88, pew 5^9, builds mill 198, taxed 
1771 262, voter 17s9 269, assessor 
277, constable 280, sketch of 618. 
Elijah, proprietor 38, committee 85, 
87, pew 86, case in court 225, tavern 
233, taxed 1771 262, selectman 273. 
constable 280, sketch of 618, in 
Campbell's house 766. 
Israel, pew 92, journeyman 202. 
J. H., Kev., Uiiiversalist 78. 
James D., organ 92. 
Jeremiah D., removes organ 91, school 

committee 279. 
John, soldier 122. 
Jonathan, graduate 257. 
Josiah, baker 214. 

Marvin, committee 59, petition 72, 
Universalist 73, subscribes to Meet- 
ing-house 88, 89, roads 114, 115, 
taxed 1771 262, voter 1789 269, 
treasurer 276, moderator 276, asses- 
sor 277, collector 282. 
Nathan, soldier 122. 
Patrick, prisoner Kil. record 170. 
Richard, voted in 37, committee 37, 
47, 48, 83, 228, slave 44, invited to 
fJhurch 50, pew 84, 86, organist 90, 
library 105, soldier 135, 137, buys 
mill 189, a justice 224, case in court 
225, sheriff 226, hall 230, tavern 2o3, 
trader 238, taxed 1771 262, repre- 
sentative 271, selectman 272, 273, 
town clerk 275, treasurer 276, mode- 
rator 276, assessor 277, school com- 
mittee 279, sketch of H18, Continental 
money 765, licensed 773. 
Richard, Jr. . slaveowner 44, tax'd 1771 

264, constable -Jsu, sketch of 619. 
Richard, 3d, soldier 122. 
Rufus, rebuilds steeple 90, road 116, 
Capt. of cavalry 1.58. nail maker 
196, builds mill 199, trader 238, Free- 
mason 250, seleclman 274, modera- 
tor 276, licensed 773. 
William, pays for preaching 65, Uni- 
versalist 74, favors Metliodist 80, 
committee 116, 117, soldier 135, 
voter 1789 269, town ugent 271,' 
selectman 274, constable 281, sketch 
of 621. 
Moran, Charles, soldier 186. 
Morey. Ephraim, lined 225. 
Morgan, Gen., in battle 145. 
Morgan, of Belchertown 197. 

Henry B., trader 239, stage driver 244». 
Lorenzo, shoe business 219. 
William F., at woolen mill 199, cloth 
finisher 200, sketch of 623. 
Morris, William H., soldier 179. 



Morrisville, Va. 166. 
Morse, Abel, Freemason 249. 

Charles E., war record 173. 

Jeremiah, buys land 35, voted in 37, 
sells land 774. 

Uriah, sells land 774. 
Morton's P'ord 167, 169. 
Moulton. Dan., pew 92, taverner 234, 236. 

Elizabeth, burned 247. 

Horace, Rev., Methodist 81. 

James, taxed 64. 

John B., soldier 179. 

Josiah, Rev., called 63, hall 230, sketch 
of 625, letter to the town 771. 
Mourgue, Ox. Huguenot 24. 
Mousset, Thomas, Ox. Huguenot 24. 
Mowry, J. G., soldier 1.59. 

Place, barns burned 247. 
Moynahan, Timothy J., prisoner 161, 

record 174. 
Mullen, Michael, soldier 183. 

Patrick, soldier 183. 
Munroe, John, soldier 182. 
Munsell, widow, supported 222. 
Murphy, Anthonv, war record 166, 174. 

Patrick, soldier 181. 

Thomas, soldier 182. 
Murray, Rev. John, in convention 75. 

Peleg F., sergeant 160, record 170. 
Musket, Ira Merriam's 260. 
Musters on Plain 158. 
Muzzey, Nathaniel, taxed 1771 264. 
Naglee, Henry A., mill agent 206. 
Nailmaking 196. 
Names sent in to Clerk 60. 
Natick 5, 9. 

Indians 5. 
Naval stores made in Ox. 24. 
Nealand, Benjamin, lot 35, constable 280. 
Negro Tom, in Ox. 27. 
Neilson, describes battle 143. 
Nelson, John, receives land 284. 

John, Rev., sermon 66, 69. 
Neutrals, French 123. 
New Boston, Conn. 214. 
New Braintree. insurgents at 149. 
Newcomb, David, beef 132, sends gun 762, 
Continental money 765, supports 
Bowman 771. 
Newhall. Capt., his company 122. 

Ebenezer, Rev., called 66, dedication 
sermon 91, school committee 279, 
sketch of 627. 
Newell, Montgomery, manufacturer 209. 
Newmarket, Va. 168. 
Newport News, Va. 163. 
Newton, Albert II., tailor 240. 

Amos P., Baptist Societv 78, Meeting- 
house fund 93, soldier'l81, 185. 

Ebenezer, Baptist Society 78, Meet- 
ing-house fund 93, trustee 95. 

John P.. soldier 181. 

Larkin D., shoe business 218. 

Sereno, soldier 179, 188. 

Town of, instructions 148. 

William, deacon 79, school com. 279. 
Niagara taken 123. 

Nicholas, George H., war record 176. 
Nichols. Alexander, set ott 40, corp. Fr. 
war 121, hearing in case 133, buys 
land 202, fined 225, assault 225, taxed 
1771 264, constable 281, drafted 765, 
petition 765. 



80« 



INDEX TO 



Nichols, Chas. P., taxed (A, pew 92, sex- 
ton 2-21. 
Duviil, pew !)2, parsonage 95, mill 19.S, 

wool <iirUin;< "il.S. 
Henry, tiixcd 1771 203. 
Jacob, soliliiT i:J(!. 

J. Kilw;inl. .soldier IHO. (i. A. H. 187. 
.Joliii. i():id 112. sn-L't. 121, soldier 122. 
i:i7, Lieut. 12:!, beef i;52. Captain 
i:ts, buvs mill 1!»S, buys land 220, 
774. tavern 2:5.!. taxed 1771 2()2, 
void- 17s:i 2ti!), constable 2»0, sketch 
of t;2s, sells land 7Tt, curriuj^e 775. 
.lolin, Itev., minister 75. 
Jonathan, Lieut. 122, buys land 202, 
])hysician 257, school committee 279. 
Samuel, house burned 247. 
T. Vernon, shoe business 21'.». 
Thomas, pew 92, small-pox 227. 
William, soldier 122, 136, small-pox 
227, taxed 1771 202, voter 17S9, 209, 
Continental money 705, supports 
Bowman 771. 
William, Jr.. taxed 1771 263. 
Nickerson. Rev. T. W., Episcopalian 82. 
Ninnc<iuubi>n, Joseph, intriguer 19, 
Nipmuck Indians 3, Country 3, 4. 
Nixon, Col. Thomas, orderly book 141. 
Noleu, Georj?e, rini,'s bell 221, carrier 244, 
sketch of 633. 
Nathaniel, tanner 216. 
Non-residents taxed 48. 
Nonsuch Park 287. 
Nook's Hill, occupied 139. 
Norcross. John M., prisoner 101, rec. 170. 
Norfolk railroad UW. 
North Anna river 107, 168, 109. 
Northbridj^e Church, gives preaching 60. 
North Hrookfield 151. 
North (iore 2!»1, 777. 
North Oxford Maimfacturing Co. 209. 
North Oxford Station, mill near 1S9. 
Northrop, H. G.. improvement asso. 252. 
Norwich and Worcester railroad 244, 

stage 244. 
Noyes, llcv. (iilman, I'niversalist 77. 
Nutting. Kev. Freeman, Methodist 81, 

scliool committee 279. 
Obelisk, in Washington's funeral 154. 
O'Hrieii. James, soldier 182. 
O'Dav, Patrick, soldier 1S2. 
O'i'oiinell, John, soldier 179. 
O'Dwver, Patrick, soldier 178, 182. 
Ofticers, civil 271. 
Oldham, John 9. 
Oltl mill 194. 
Olive Uranch Lodge 248. 
(Oliver's farm 775. 

Olney, Fred. A., school committee 279. 
George W., assessor 27S. 
Peter \\., address, hall 230, address, 

monument 2.53, graduate 258. 
Riirliard, taxed 05, committee 60, 
Societv treasurer 7<i, invites Metho- 
dists 80, pew 92, sells land '■>■',. <)\. 
Woolen Co. lilS. deleirate 221. 271, 
T?ank 232, taverner 233, trader 239, 
Frei'mason 250, address at monu- 
ment 2.53, gra<luati' 2.5s. town agent 
271, representative 272, selectman 
274, sketch of <i3t, licensed 771. 
Wilson. a<'countant 200. shoe business 
219, Oxford Hank 232, trader 238, 



treasurer 270, assessor 277, school 
committee 270, sketch of 635. 

Oiitii'al works, X. Ox. 210. 

Orange Court IIousc 100. 

Orchard 194, 22.8. 

Organ, Church 89, removed 91, Congrega- 
tional 92, Episcopal 94. 

Ormsbee, P>astus, taverner 234, trader 
239, representative 272, selectman 
274, assessor 278, licensed 774. 

O'Shea, John, sells land 94. 

Owen. Josiah. Pernon's tenant 29. 

Oweneco, Indian chief 17. 

Oxford, location 1. area 1. boundaries 1, 
grant for 7. named 7, jiian of 7, 
alarmed 13, abandoned 1!», incorpo- 
ration 31, a town 31. sued 59, lined 
130, a Shays town 149, army in 1.50, 
Plain a parade irround 158, quota 
of soldiers filled 160. Yarn Co. 195, 
Woolen Co. 198, mixed cloths 200, 
Cotton Mfg. Co. 205. Fiank 2.32, 
Agricultural Societv 251. 
DeWitt legacv to 72. Learned do. 780, 
Kidder do. YsO. 

Paige, Calvin !>., buys mil! 195. 

Paine, Hev. Henj.. first in Ox. 70, stated 
supply 80, death SI, shoe business 
219, Freemason 250, school commit- 
tee 279, sketch of 637. 
Ellen A.. Village imi)rovement 252. 
Henry M., optical works 210. 
John," Kev., ^leeting-hcjuse fund 93. 
Robert Treat. Cox's counsel 2sO. 
Samuel C, deacon 71, committee 92, 
159, shoe business 217, Bank 232, 
physician 250, representative 272. 
selectman 275, motlerator 270. school 
committee 279. sketch of 037. 

Pairan. Charlotte 23. 

Pamunkey river los, Kjo. 

Papillon, "Katharine, receives land 286. 
Mollv, receives land 28(!. 
i'eter, lands 2S3. his ilaughters 283, 
Family 779, buys land 2S5, 

Papineau, .Jean, at ChamolM'rie 24. 

Parish, new, projected 53. 

Parker. Aaron, soldier 121, 136, taxed 
1771 204. voter 1789 270, Continental 
money 705. 
Aaron, Jr., Universalist 74, school 

97. 
Thos.. soldier 137, buvs Iand206. voter 

1789 270, buys N. Gore land 293. 
William, dismissed 50, trader 240. 

Parknum, liev. E., consulted 54, installa- 
tion sermon 50. 

Parks, Loren C. committee 92, manu- 
facturer 209, postmaster 243, Free- 
mason 250, selectman 275. 

Parsonages 55, 778. 

Parsons, .\mos, soldier 1.35. 

Parsons' Brigade 140. 

Patch. Mrs., army sui)plies 762. 

Andrew, soldiers' families 129, consta- 
ble 2SL 
Nathan, buvs mill 190. 

Patten, Nathaniel, mill 194, sketch of 0.39. 

{•attcrson, (Jen., in battle 144. 145. 

Paupers 222. 769. farm bought 223. 

I'eahody, ('apt. 1.50. 

Peake, Joseph, soldier 183. 

Pearson, home lot 35. 



GENERAL HISTORY. 



809 



Pease, Edward S., deacon 71, trader 240, 
Agricultural Society 251, town clerk 
275, assessor 278. 
William E., librarian 107, committee 
159, trader 240, postmaster 243, 
selectman 275, town clerk 275, asses- 
sor 278. 
Pedigree, Campbell family 782. 
Peiret, Pierre, Rev. 23. 
Pelham, Herbert, petition, lands set ofi" 

291, treasurer of Harvard 291. 
Pelton, Joseph, trader 238, selectman 275. 
Pennacook 17. IS. 
Penniman, Daniel T., baker 214, shoes 

216, trader 238, 239, licensed 774. 
Perkins, Paul 240, representative 272. 
Perry, Calvin, librarian 106. 

H. Francis, Rev., address 187. 
John, letter 19. 

William & David, rent mill 195. 
Peter Pond, Dudley 226. 
Peters, Diuiiel P., s"oldier 181. 
Israel, at Saccarappa 197. 
Petersburg, Va. 168, 169. 
Pettibone, H. A., subscribes to Meeting- 
house 93, manufacturer 204. 
Pew-holders incorporated 91. 
Pews, in common stock 92. 

Owners 86, appraised and dignified 
86, 770, spots sold 770. 
Phelps, Ebenezer, millwright 214. 
Henry, pew 89. 
Oliver, army supplies 132. 
Phetteplace, Amasa, soldier 181. 
Phenix mill 204. 

Philadelphia, mill owners in 195. 
Philip's War 3. 

Phillips, Antoine, soldier 178, 181, 185. 
Daniel, Universalist 74, committee of 
inspection 127, buvs land 206, taxed 
1771 265, constable 281. 
Israel, soldier 121, 122, taxed 1771 265. 

selectman 273, constable 281. 
James, Universalist 74, Meeting-house 

fund 88, voter 1789 270. 
Jonathan, soldier 121, 122, buys mill 

208, constable 281. 
Joseph, petition ,53, committee 85, 
pew 86, soldier 120, 13S, Captain 
123, taxed 1771 265, selectman 273. 
Joseph, Jr., soldier 121. 
in Saratoga battle 144. 
Phillis, colored, inquest on 226. 
Phinney, Rev. Barnabas, called 68. 
Phips, William, leaves Church 56, on con- 
stitution 147, trader 237, voter 1789 
270, sketch of 644, licensed 773, buys 
land 775, Governor 778. 
Phipps, Calvin, pays for preaching 65. 
(-'harles R., graduate 258. 
Day, in(|uest on 226. 
Jason, land case 39. 
Lyman, (jrisoner 161, record 174, 185. 
Physicians 255. 

Pickett, Jacob H.. soldier 183. 
Pickett's, Gen., repulse 166. 
Pierce, Daniel A., deeds land 231. 

Delano, taxed 64, committee 66, socie- 
ty incorporation 91, weaving 198, 
physician at Ox. 256, school com- 
mittee 279, sketch of 645. 
Jacob, taverner 237, trader 237, taxed 
1771 265, sketch of 645, licensed 773. 
103 



Pierce, L. W., lawver at Ox. 255. 

Melvin W., sexton 221. 
Pierpont, Ebenezer, lands 283. 

Meadow 202. 
Pinckney, Charles C. 150. 
Pinkney, William, tries land case 39. 
Piper, Joseph, soldier 182. 
Pirate, Low 283. 
Plan of Oxford 7, 757. 
Plantation, at Mattachusetts Bay 287. 
Plimpton, Daniel, Major 138. 
Daniel B., physician 257. 
Plumb, Rev. A. H., installation sermon 10. 
Plummer, Abigail, taxed 64, pew 91. 
Po River, Va. 168. 

Pond, Town's 2, Augutteback 2, Grassv 2. 
Enoch, Rev., Batcheller's epitaph "66. 
Poolesville, Md. 161, 105. 
Poor, Gen., in battle 143, brigade at Fish- 
kill 145. 
Town's 222, sent to Oxford 222, sent 
to Sutton 222, farm bought 223. 769, 
warned out of town 769. 
Pope, Asa H., market 240. 

Francis C, war record 174, 185. 

Horace, barn burned 247. 

Horace A., soldier 182, house burned 

248. 
Jonathan A., manufacturer 192, Free- 
mason 250,sketch of 647,liceused 774. 
Sylvia, pew 91. 
West, pays for preaching 65. 
& Warner, manfrs. 192, 193, store 241. 
Population returns 269. 
Porter, Andrew W., taxed 65, Oxford 
Bank 232, school committee 279. 
Fitz John, Gen. 162. 
Miss, school 784. 
Post Offices 242, 243, postmasters 243. 
Post route, early 110. 
Potash 188, brook 188, factory 286. 
Potter, Rev. John D., preaches at Ox. 70, 

at North Ox. 79. 
Potts, Doct. 147. 

Pound Ridge, N. Y., Miss Campbell at 785. 
Pounds 221. 

Powder for muster day 1.57, house 157. 
Powell, Joseph, soldier 150. 

Patrick, soldier 180. 
Power weaving 198, 204. 
Powers, Michael, soldier 178. 
Pownalsboro', Taylor at 286. 
Pratt, Abraham, soldier 122, 123. 
Baxter, taxed 64. 
David, soldier 121, sick 122, taxed 

1771 256. 
David, Jr., soldier 123. 
Ebenezer, assessor 277. 
Elias, committee 59,61, chorister 62, 
taxed 64, parsonage 95, scliools 98, 
librarv 105, beef 131, soldier 135, 
taxed 1771 265, voter 1789 270. select- 
man 273, assessor 277, constable 281, 
sketch of 649. 
Elias, Jr., taxed 64, on embargo 224, 

selectman 274, classed 762. 
Elijah, invites Methodists 80, at E. 
Webster 190, sells land 191, at Me- 
rino factory 192, weaver 200, asses- 
sor 277. 
Huldah, centenarian 223. 
Isaacj, set off 40, carries letters 133, 
soldier 135, taxed 1771 265. 



810 



INDEX TO 



Pratt, Jeremiah, assessor 277. I 

Jesse, soldier 121, 13G, Continental 

luoiH-y 76"). 
John, si'iiu't-r .")«, Univcrsalist 74, Meet- 
in'_'-li-Mi>c funil s-^. p'-w S9, library 
10"), beef 131, sokiier 13.J, distiller 
21.'), voter 17H9 270, selectman 274, 
assessor 277. constable 2.S1. 
Jolin. Jr.. constiiblc 2.H2. 
.I.)liii r... siliitiiian 27.'), town clerk 

■J7.'». a-sc-si.r 27s. school com. 27f>. 
Jonas. |)roi)rii-tor ;W, pew 84, .%, col- 
lector s.'). school near 97, soldier 13.5, 
137. shcritl" 2J<i. taverner 237, taxed 
1771 -Jfit. .'unstable 280. 
Jonathan, conniiittee 85, buvs mill 189, '■ 
taxed 1771 2G4, voter 1789 270, select- 
man 272. 
Jonathan, Jr., pew 86, soldiers' fami- 
lies 130, taxed 1771 266, selectman 
273, constable 280, 281. 
Jonathan, 3d, Continental money 765. 
Joseph, (iroprietor 3s, soldier 121, 
mill 196, taxed 1771 264, voter 1789 
270, constable 280, army supplies 
762, receipt 763. 
Joseph. Jr., soldier 122, taxed 1771 

263. voter 1789 269. 
Joseph, 3d. taxed 1771 264. 
I.awton, mill 196. 
Marshall, selectman 27.5. 
Micah, son sick 121, brick making 214. 
Nathan 1.36. 137, taxed 1771 264. 
Stei)hen, supports poor 222, taxed 

1771 2(i4, sends '.'iin 762. 
Sylvanus, taxed 64, manufacturer 192, 
builds scythe mills l'.i3, scythe 
makinjr 202, buys mill 207, trader 
238, selectman 274, sketch of 650, 
licensed 773. 
Thomas, beef 132. 
Pray, Kbenezer, beef 132, soldier 137, 
volei- 17S9 270, sketch of 654. 
Hphraim, voter 17s9 270. 
Praviuf^ towns 3. 
Preble. Rev. E. W., Univcrsalist 78, 

address 187. 
Prc<'inct, south, of ^VoI•ceHte^ 40. 
Prentice, Hcv. (ieor^'i'. Methodist 81. 

John. Rev., Camiibell's ordination 52. 
.Josiah S., assessor 277, school com. 
279, constable 282, sketch of 655. 
Prentiss, Chas. G., lawyer 2.55, town clerk 
275, iimderaror 276, assessor 277, 
school comniitti'e 279. 
Presbv, Fred. A., soldier 181. 

L." v., bill paid 160. taverner 234. 
Presentation of ensiirn 771*. 
Preston. Charles, buvs mill 205. trader 

242. licensed 774. 
Prince, Albert, soldier 159, Ser-jreant 160. 
1st Serireaui 161, in command 1(>3. 
wouiideil u;4. 166, 168, absent 167, 
re('ord 170, sketch of 657. 
.StepluMi, pew 92. 95. 
Stephen, Jr., trader 2.39, licensed 774. 
Pew 92. 
Print cloths 207. 
Prisoners, 15th IteLT. taken 1(>8. 
I'roelaniaiion of Dmiley and Stoufrhton30. 
Proi'tor, Ke\ . (ieo.. I'niversalist 77. 
Produi-ts, a^'ricullnral and manufact. 267. 
ProllUt, Uev. Arthur, Episcopalian 82. 



Proprietors 32, .33, names in 1749 38, lots 

2.83, taxed 760. 
Prospect hill 2. school '■>!. 
Protective Union 238. 
I'rovender. Jonathan, buvs mill 189, sells 

189, sketch of 657. ' 
Puller, Henry, clothier 194. 
Purintou, Fre<lerick. mill owner 204. 
Putnam, Amos, mill 1!)S, taxed 1771 263. 
Asa, Capt. of cavalrv 157. 
tiark, millwri'-'ht 214. 
Cornelius, trader 239, Master Mason 

250, selectman 274, sketch of 658. 
David, pew 89. 
Denny S., Affricultural Society 251, 

assessor 278. 
Henry W., soldier 180. 
Isaac, ensign 123, taxed 1771 265, 

constable 281. 
Israel 1.39. 

John, pew 89, library 105. 
.Joseph, pew 89, scythe makinjf 203. 
Silas, at Saccarappa 197. 
Sumner, sells house 95, trader 240, 

constable 282. 
William, A>;fricultural Society 251. 
Putney, .Samuel, soldier 137. 
(^uaboiu,' lane 110. 
Quakers V.iS. 

Quan, Kev. Fr., Catholic 82. 
Quebec taken 123. 
(Juota of soldiers filled 160. 
Race course 259. 
Railroad over town farm 776. 
Ralle, Father, war 42. 
Rallion. (Jharles A., assessor 278. 
Rand, .Jasper R., manufacturer 209. 

Worham D., pew 92. 
Rapidan river 166. 
Rappahannock river 1(!6. 
Rawson. Charles. buildiuL? burned 2+"^, 
physician 256. 
Charles 1., trader 239. Villajre im- 
provement 252, moderator 277, 
assessor 278. 
Dexter 290. 
John, soldier 135, 1.36. 
.Jost'ph. buvs land 290. 
Ray, Asa M.. soldier ISI. 
Raymond, Geor^'e O., soldier 178, 185. 
Read, Joseph, owns mill 194. 
Thomas, currier 215. 
Bradley, war record 176. 
R(>cords. proprietors' 32, indexed lOS, 2.59. 
Redfern. Josiah. soldier 179. 180. 181. 
Reddinic. Ebene/er, exempted .59. Univcr- 
salist 74, soldier 137, in.iuest on 226, 
sketch of 661. 
Refugee, letter of 11. 
Re^Mment, Fifteenth 160. return 169. 777. 
Reid. Rev. .1. D., Episcopalian 82. 
Reidesel. (ieii.. in battle 144. 
Relief Corps ]S7. 
Relics, Indian 42, historic 260. 
Reminiscences, okl man's 775. 
Reports. Town, tirst printed 776. 
Re|>resentative. first 12. to Contrress 271, 

to (ienei-al Court 271. 
Resolves of the town 126. 
Restorationists 76. 
Revenue surplus, in hall 45, 229. amount 

received 777. 
Revivals 63, 68, 69. 70, 79, 81. 



GENERAL HISTORY. 



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Revolutionary soldiers 134, crisis 761, 

army supplies 762. 
Rhodes, Johu, sells land 95, manuf r 207, 
mill burned 2-17, house burned 248. 
& VVilmarth 207. 
Riccartown. Scotland 781. 
Rice, Georf?e 31., 2d. on metals in Ox. 232. 
Jonathan, committee S7,in t'otton Co. 
205, -scythe makinj? 207, selectman 
274, assessor 277, sketch of 661. 
Nathan, commander at Ox. 150. 
William H.. soldier 181, mill 211. 
Rich, Amos, pew 8!», library 105. 
AsaF., trader 240. 
Caleb, Universalist 73, 74. 
Daniel, committee 94, buys books 105. 
David, wool cardiD,i;213, Buys land 286, 

set to Webster 770. 
Ebenezer, committee 73, 76, 118, dele- 
gate 74, pew 89, petitions for milita- 
ry company 157, Freemason 249, 
town agent"271, representative 272, 
selectman 274, treasurer 276. 
Ebenezer D., mill 212, selectman 275. 
Elijah, in Cotton Co. 205. 
Elisha, in French war 120. 
George L.. builds mill 212. 
Jacob. Cotton Co. 205. 
John H., wool carding 213. 286. 
Jos., suljscribes to Meeting-house 88. 
P. Lafayette, trader 240. 
Reuben, pew 89. sexton 221, Village 

improvement 253, selectman 275. 
Reuben. Mrs., Village improve. 252. 
Samuel, buys land 40. selectman 272. 
Thomas, selectman 274. 
Richards. Samuel C, shoe business 217. 
Richardson, .James, taxed 1771 265. 

Philip, Captain 121. 
Richmond, Seven days' fight before 162. 
Rich's mill 212. 
Rider, Benjamin, soldier 138. 
Miss, makes address 157. 
Samuel, brick making 214. 
William P., Cotton Co. 205. 
Rilev, Michael, soldier 180. 
Rindge, Edwin E., soldier 159. died 164, 
record 174. 185. 
Vernon F., soldier 159, prisoner 161, 
record 174. 185. 
River, Maanexit 1, Little 1, Pierpont 1, 

Collicump 1. 
Roads accepted, Leicester and Worcester 
111, Mclutlre 111, Woodstock to 
Worcester 111. Kingsbury's 111, 
Killingly 111. Amidown's 111, Jacob 
Town's" 111. Hlood and Dresser's 

111, E. Mclntire's 111. Kidder's 111, 
B, Davis' 111, Eb. Meriam's 112, 
Shumwav and Hudson's 112, 
Phillips' "112, Dudley to Worcester 

112, new to Charlton 112, Lovett's 

113, Dea. John Davis' 113. Learned's 
to Charlton 113, from Butler's west 

113, Salem Learned's 114, Douglas 

114, Kingsburv's to Brown's 115, 
Howarlh's 115, Thos. Davis' 115, 
Hudson's 115, John Larned's to 
town 115, Harwood's 115, Dana's 

115, North Ox. 115, south toward 
Dudley from great bridge 116, south- 
west from Larned's, Webster 116, 
Elijah Rich's 116, Douglas, Sutton 



and Ox. turnpike IIG, '" N. Factory " 
toward Leicester 116, Nichols' mill 

116, Eddy's 116, Mr. Adams' 116, 
Rawson's 116, Prince's 116, Millbury 
and Sutton 116, Bufl'um's 116, Dud- 
ley 117, Mayo's 117, Barton St. 117, 
Fitts' 117, Charlton and Worcester 

117, Shumwav's 117, Bolster's 117, 
Rich's 117, N. Ox. 117, Prince's 117, 
Hart. Turnpike 117, Meriam's 117, 
Gore 117, Stone's 117, Davis' 117, 
Pratt's 117, Larned's 117, Alger, 
Day, etc. 117, Appleby's 117, 
Brown's 117, Meriam's 117, Collier's 
117, Saccarappa 118, Hurd's 118, 
Crane's 118, Wheelock's 118, 
Larned's 118, Shepardson's 118, 
Sutton road south 118, Conlin's 118, 
North of cemcterv thence east 118, 
May Street 119, Wolcott Street 119, 
West from Main 119, Water Street 
119, Wellington's 119, 777. 

Roads, Earlv 9, to the fort 110. to the mill 
110, Great Post 113, surveyed 114, 
Eliott mill to Turner's 116, Ide's 

116, changes near Rich's IIG, old, 
how made 767,bridle 767, S. Gore 768. 

Lease for, N. Ox. 116, improved south 
part 117, old Dudley discontinued 

117, relocated 118, N. Ox. station 
west, laid out 118. Bufl'um's, south, 
built 118, at Ceraeterv Hill 119, 
through N. Ox. 119. toward Mill- 
bury 119, F'rench, to Boston 759. 

Robie, l\ev. B. A., called 70. 
Robbins, Ebenezer, subscribes to Meeting- 
house 88, soldier 137. 
John, soldier 122. 

Loren, Rev., settled 68. school com- 
mittee 279, sketch of 665. 
William, soldier 181, 185. 
Wilson B., war record 176. 
Robinson, Asa. sells land 189. 191, buvs S. 
Gore land 289. 
Charles H., trader 238. 
Daniel, soldier 150. 
Francis H., Village improvement 253. 
George, soldier 137, buys land 288. 
John W., 197, store 241, house burned 
24S, Agricultural Society 251, Village 
improvement 252, assessor 278. 
Reuben, soldier 137. 
Richard, power loom 204. 
Ruf us, buys mill 194, wool carding 213. 
Samuel, pew 89, sells land 191. 
Sylvanus, carder 200, owns mill 213. 
\Villiara, barn burned 247. Freemason 
248, 249, selectman 274, licensed 774. 
William & Co., traders 239, 240. 
Rochdale, England 202. 
Rockdale mill 205. 
Rockett, Joseph, in fort 9, home lot 33,96, 

constable 280. 
Rockville. Md. 164. 
Rockwood, Frost, soldier 135. 

Johu. taxed 1771 265. voter 1789 270. 
Jos., Universalist 74, Meeting-house 
fund 88, soldier 136, mill site 206. 
Rogers, Joseph, manufacturer 207. 
Joseph &, Co. 207. 

Richard, schoolmaster 96, house for 
96, soldier 123, sketch of 669, real 
estate 775, house sold 776. 



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INDEX TO 



Roman Catholic Cliurch H2. 

l'arsoii:ij;c 778. 
Koiiaii, William, war record 174. 
Ilout tfe Cliiucncc. bakers 214. 

Justin, i)c\v !)2. fuller 200, baker 214. 
selfclman 274, sketch of G70. 
Kosebrook. Waller L., selio(jls KM), select- 
man 27'!, xhool committee 279. 
Ilowe. Maj. .John I.")l. 

Melvin 15.. absent lt>7, record 17<i. 
Rovvrll, Moses, soldier 137. 
Rowland, John, millwriirht 214. 

Lyman S.,i,'radiiatf 2.")S. sketch of 071. 
Rowley. Jtjhn, inqur>t on 22(). 
Roxburv school ^ruut 288. 
Royalists 129. 
Rubbrr Company 19."). 
Ru-^'l.-s' re'.nni. nt 12(l. 
Rum Iratlic 12. transportation stopped 13.3. 
Kus.>ell, Col. K. J., address 187. 

Ephraim, 57. i'li). schools 98, taxed 1771 

2t;3, voter 1789 2G9, selectman 273, 

assessor 277, constable 281. sketch 

of 672, Continental money 7G5. 

Josiah, society incorporatibu 91, pew 

92, sketch of «74. 
Loring F., student 258. 
Noadiah, Rev., on council 58. 
Thomas, taxed 04. 

Ryan, Evans, wool sorter 200. 
John, dyer 200. 
I'atrick, war record 177. 
Sabin, (jn Indians 17. 
Daniel, soldier 134. 
William, soldier 181. 
Saccarappa, relics at 42. described 190. 
Salt, owned bv State 133. 
Sandy Hook 101. 

Sanford, Kmory, schools 99, committee 
l.VJ, Bank 232, tavern 234, removes 
to Plain 240, trader 240, 241, post- 
master 243, store burned 247, town 
aj^cnt 271, representative 272. select- 
man 274, treasurer 270, assessor 277, 
sketch of 075, licensed 774. 
Horatio G., leases mill 204. 
James M., trad(;r 240, 241, representa- 
tive 272, assessor 278, collector 282, 
licensed 774. 
Richard, subscribes to Meeting-house 

93, trailer 240, store 241. 
ife I 'ease. trad.TS 240. 

Sanford's Hall, leased by Co. E 100, 231. 

Sanger, Rev. G. J., Universalist 77. 

Saratoga, battlefield 142. 

Sargent, Henry. Oxford Hank 232. 

Satin(!l makini;- 191. 

Savage's ^SIation 103, 109. 

Savary, .lolin, student 258, 

Sawyer. Josjali (i.. soldier 179, 181. 

Scanning, I)avi<l, soldier 137. 

Schmidt. Bernard, prisoner 101, record 
174, 185. 

Sclioliciil. makrs hoes ]97. 
William W., soldier 1S3. 

SchuUield, Arthur anil John, curding 
machines 21.'t. 

Schools 90, on I'rosjx'ct Hill 96, houses 96, 
grammar 97, 99, ]()(). districts de- 
tined 9S. monc_\ not to be paid out of 
town 98, new (.listricts 99, advanced 
99, districts abolished 99, Hii,'h, 
voted 100, North Ox. High 100, 



appropriations 101, committee, re- 
j)ort 772, master approbated 773, fire 
in 775, supi-rintcndent of 779. 
School-house, Hi','h, built 100, first centre 

771, on Charlton road 772. 
Schuyler. Maj.-fien. 140. 
Scotch emigrants 4. 

Scott, James G., taverner 234, trader 240, 
postmaster 242, sketch of 675. 
Rufus, taverm-r 2.34. 
Samuil, Land Bank 4<j. 
Winlield, camp 162. 
it Perkins, store 242. 
Scythe making 188, l<»0, 196, 197, 202, 207. 
Seai,'rave, J. C, teacher 103. 
Searl, Mrs. John, buys land 284. 
Seats, free sO. 

Seaver, Nathan A., soldier 178. 
Sedgwick. General 101. 
Segar, Ephraim. annexed to Ox. 41. 
Selectmen, ceriitlcate 28. 
Senators, State 271. 
Severance, William, soldier 180. 

Sewall, , soldier 137. 

Judge, on name of Oxford 7. 
Samuel, Jr., lands 2.83. 
Sextons 221. 

Seymour, Lewis, soldier 182. 
Shankston, Scot., liome of Campbell 7h1, 
Sharper, a negro 44, 225. 
Sharpies. Joseph, Episcopal warden 82. 
Sharpsburg 104. 

Shattiick. Jonathan, preaches 47. Univer- 
salist 74, taxed 1771 20.'). 
Shaw, James, buys mill 211. 
Shays' Rebellion 148, his letter to Gen. 

Lincoln 14.S. 
Shea, Daniel, soldier 181. 
Daniel P., trader 240. 
Shedd, Rev. W. H., Baptist 79. 
Sheffield, march to 122. 
Shepardson. Moses K., deacon 78, house 

burned 247. sketch of 680. 
Sherbino, Felix, war record 176, 185. 
Sherills. deputy 220. 
Shi;rman, ( liarli's B., bank cashier 232. 
Shinnle mill 190. 

Shoe manufacture 216, factory 219. 
Shoes, stockings, etc., for army 129, 1.30. 
Sliortsleeve, George, war recofd 177, 185. 
Shumwav, Abislia. beef 132, soldier 136, 
sketch of 088. 
Abiier. drummer 135, taxed 1771 205. 
Amos, committee 50, 57, 59, 61,Sergt. 
121, committee of correspondence 
129, beef 131, sol lier i:55. 136, taxed 
1771 203, voter 1789 270. selectman 
273, assessor 277, constable 281, Con- 
tinental money 765, supports Bow- 
man 771. 
Amos IL, corporal KiO, sergeant 161, 

killed 164, record 170, tablets 184. 
Amos, .Ir.. taxid 04, library 105, beef 
131 . 132, voter 1789 270, sch. com. 278, 
constable 2.S2. 
Benjamin, beef 132, soldier 130, Con- 
tinental money 765. 
Ebenezer. soldier 135. taxed 1771 265, 
voter 1789 270, Continental money 
765. 
Ebenezer. Jr., library 105. 
Edward H.. soldier 156. 
Elijah, soldier 138. 



GENERAL HISTORY. 



813 



Shumway, Henry L., shoe business 217, 
Freemason 250. 

Isaachar, shoe business 217. 

Jacob 59, Uuiversalist 74, taxed 1771 
263, voter 1780 269, Continental 
money 765, supports Bowman 771. 

Jeremiah, pew 87, school district 97, 
corp. 121, 122, tannery 215, shorifl" 
226, taxed 1771 263, selectman 273, 
constable 280, 281. 

John, soldier 122, beef 131, taxed 1771 
263, voter 1789 269, supports Bow- 
man 771. 

John, Jr., soldier 122. 

Josiah,beef 132, soldier 135, 137, house 
burned 216, voter 1789 269. 

Lewis, taxed 64. 

Loriston, shoe business 217, trader 238, 
Freemason 250. 

Mary J., Villai,'e improvement 253. 

Nathan, soldier 121. 

Nehcmiah, graduate 257, sketch of 688. 

Oliver, collector 86, taxed 1771 265, 
constable 280. 

Peter, home lot 33, voted in 35, house 
a garrison 42, pays for preaching 64, 
committee 67, pew 91, soldier 122, 
beef 132, drummer 135, soldier 137, 
taverner 237, taxed 1771 263, voter 
1789 270, selectman 272, 274, classed 
762, army supplies 762, supports 
Bowman 771. 

Reuben, soldier 123. 

Solomon, taxed 1771 263. 

Stephen, soldier 120. 

Thomas D., assessor 278. 

William H., shoe business 217. 
Sibley, Aaron, dam 115, 203, mill 203. 

Braman F., sends substitute 183, 
taverner 234. 

Francis, mill 193, millwright 214, 
Oxford Bank 232, representative 
272, selectman 274, assessor 278. 

Francis F., at Saccarappa 197. 

Gideon, pew 89, soldier 138, voter 1789 
270, sketch of 690. 

Israel, builds fulling mills 198, mill- 
wright 214, representative 272, 
selectman 274, assessor 278. 

Jonas L., mortgagee 197. 

Jonathan, taxed 65, donation 94, house 
burned 246. 

Moses, Jr., Freemason 249. 

Nahum, buys Meeting-house 88, mill 
103, mill burned 246, house burned 
247, constable 282. 

Parley, pew 89. 

Paul,"beef 132. 

Timothy, Lieut. Col. 138. 

& Stock well, subscribe to Meeting- 
house 88. 
Sidewalks 252. 
Sign posts removed 228. 
Signal station 759. 
Sill, Stephenson, wounded 164, record 

176. 
Singing, psalms 56. 

Sigourney, Andre, on rum 12, on taxes 13, 
sketch of 23. 

Andrew, gives Bible 63, subscribes to 
Meetiog-house 88, pew 89, 91 , soldier 
138, buys mill 206, Bank 232, voter 
1789 270, selectman 274, assessor 



278, sketch of 693, petition 759, 
licensed 773. 
Sigournev, Andrew, Jr., chosen Capt. 157 
taverner 234, trader 238, 239, 240, 
licensed 774. 
Anthony, library 105, soldier 135, 136, 
138, buys mill 190, voter 1789 270, 
constable 281, sketch of 692, pew 770. 
Chas. A., selectman 275, assessor 278. 
George W., treasurer 276. 
L. H., Mrs., on fort ruins 25. 
Martin, taxed 64, pew 91, Mrs., school 

103, store 242. 
William, pays for preaching 65, library 
105, buys mill 193, 197, tanner 216, 
shoes 216, Bank 232, trader 238, 
241, postmaster 242, fires 246, Free- 
mason 250, treas. 276, licensed 773. 
mill 203. 
Simmons, Rev. J. F., Universalist 78, 

address 187. 
Simi)son, William, soldier 137. 
Siugletary, Widow, taxed 1771 265. 
Six-rod way 110. 
Skeuesborough 141. 

•Skinner, Abraham, home lot 35, com- 
mittee 49, in Church 51, 52, sells 
home lot 197, selectman 272, consta- 
ble 280, pound 221, sketch of 694. 
Skins of animals 24. 

Slater & Co., own Bug Mill 196, Sacca- 
rappa 197. 
Esther, Oxford Bank 232. 
George B., issues warrant 229. 
H. N., quoted 200. 

John, Oxford Bank 232, sch. com. 279. 
Mrs., sells house 95. 
Samuel 19, 191, school 98, weaving 

198, Oxford Bank 232. 
<& Howard, Oxford Bank 232. 
Slavery, resolve on 78. 
Slaves in Oxford 44. 
Sloper, Rev. P. C Methodist 81. 
Small-pox 227, 766. 
Smellidge, Solomon, soldier 120. 
Smith, A. A., Lieut. 165. 

Andrew, Capt. of cavalry 158. 
Caleb, Uuiversalist 74. 
Chester J., soldier 180, 185. 
David, soldier 136. 
E. M. & Co., manuf's. 206, store 241. 
Edwin H., soldier 181. 
Elisha M., committee 159. 
Eugene, musician 181, soldier 186. 
Horace DeW., trader 240. 
James, Oxford Bank 232. 
Jesse, pays 86, sketch of 695. 
John R., soldier 184. 
Jos., Rev., Baptist 79, sch. com. 279. 
Nathan, buys S. Gore land 289. 
Nathaniel, soldier 123. 
P. Nelson, goods stopped 133. 
Rufus L., trader 238, 241. 
S. William, shoe business 219, build- 
ing committee 230, selecti^an 275, 
assessor 278. 
Samuel, taxed 64, pew 91, sheriff 226, 
town clerk 275, assessor 277, con- 
stable 282. 
Samuel C, soldier 178, tablets 184. 
Thomas B., war record 177. 
Warren, deacon 79. 
William A., soldier 180, inquest on 226. 



814 



INDEX TO 



Smith, William H., iiiuHieiaii W). \ 

Snow, AlfXHiKJer '1'., tiiverrn'r 234. 

Franklin F., tavcrner 2.*!4. 

H. Willjur. shot- m'f'r.'iiy, tavern 234. 

•James M., war record ITti. i 

William, taxed 1771 2»i.">. ' 

Soldiers at Oxford I'J. \ 

(|iiota not tilled VM). 

in Revolution i:^i. War of 1^(12 155. 

l)ow raised 7G2. 
South Bay 141. 
South (iore 777. 

South Mountain, battle 164, 169. 
Southboro', Kzra Tavlor at 2.S6. 
Southbridi,'e, nuister"l.j7, 194, 19.'), 284. 
Southj,'ate, I.-aac, Oxford Bank 2.")2. 
Southwiek, Jerome 1'., wounded 164, 

record 174, l!S5. 
Sparhawk, .Joseph, soldier 136. 

Timothv, Universalist 74, soldier 135, 
136, 137, in Shav.s' rebellion 149, 
clothier 20S, voter 1789 270, sketch 
of 698. 
Spaulding, Lewis W., clerk 238. 

Newell S., Rev., Methodist 81. 

Peter, chorister 62, trader 242, select- 
man 274, sketch of 699, licensed 773. 
Spirits, retailers of 773. 
Spottsylvauia 167, 168, 169. 
Spragiie, Edwards, counsel 286. 

Homer B., address 187. 
Spring, medicinal 230. 

.Joseph, soldier l.s2. 
Sprin^-^lield, (Jamphell school at 784. 
Spurr, .John, Oxford Bank 232. 

Thomas ,]., 1st Lieut. 161. 
Squaw Si)una, informs 17. 
Stables and bowling alleys, located 259. 
Statlord, Court House; 165. 

-Jos., Meeting-house fund 93, mau'f'r 
204, 207, store 241, selectman 274. 

Rhodes, soldier 186. 
Stsiges 244. 
Stanwix, Fort 142. 

Staples, Abraham, buys S. Gore land 289. 
State Government 147. 
State's Committee sells land 775. 
Statistics 266. 
Steamboat Fannv 244. 
Stebbins, William E., dyer 200. 
Steele, William R., Lieiit. 167. 
Stoere, .1. ( '., soldier 1S2, bouse burnt 247. 

Mar(juis I']., wounded 164, record 174. 
Stevcms, Addison M., honse burned 248. 

Uauiel, shoe business 217. 

George IL, soldier 178, G. A. R. 187. 
Stevensburg, Va. 167. 
Steward. William, soldier 137. 
Stiles, William, soldier 155. 
Stillwater, N. Y. 142. 
St. .John, l{ev. Thomas E., address 187. 
St. Leger 142. 
Stockwcll, Alonzo E., war record 174. 

Chandler, farm 40. 

Eleaz(T, soldier 136. 

E.xperience, husband died 121. 

H. .S., Agricultuial Society 251. 
Icliabod, soldier 121. taxed 1771 265. 

.James \V'., .\grieullural Society 251. 

Joshua, pew S9, nail maker 196. 

Laura 1)., Village improvement 253. 

l^ewis, school-house [01. 
Stoddard, Wm., buys N. Gore land 293. 



Stone, Ambrose, chorister 61, Jjeef 132, 
solflier 13ti. 137, taxed 1771 265, 
voter 17s9 270, sketch of 707. 

Ambrose, Jr., library 105. 

Ann, Mrs., buys N. (iorc land 293. 

Byron, physician 2."j7, student 2.58. 
school committee; 279. 

Daniel, sou of Ann, sells land 293 

David, Baptist 78, Meeting-house fund 
93, soldier i:W!. on embargo 224, con- 
stable 2^1, sketch of 705. 

David, Jr., selectman 274. 

Ebenezer, soldier 137. 

Emorv F., student 2.58. 

General, 161. 

Henrv B., manufacturer 209. 

Henry D., buys mill 210. 

Hezekiah, selectman 273. 

Isaac, selectman 274, assessor 277. 

Israel, committee 73, delegate 74. 

Israel, .Jr., in Cotton Co. 205. 

J. Lewis, teacher 103. 

James, land owner in X. Gore 293. 

Jeremiah, in Cotton Co. 205. 

Jesse, set ott' 40, librarv 105, captain 
136, taxed 1771 265, constable 281. 

John, mill 190, taxed 1771 2^5, 266. 

Jonathan, buvs N. Gore land 293. 

Joseph, taxed 64, library 105, mill 193, 
203, Cotton Co. 205, wool carding 
213, small-pox 227, store 241, sketch 
of 706. 

Joseph L., student 258. 

Luke R., deacon 71, pew 91. 

Luther, oi daiued 78, wounded 164, 
record 176, mill 211, mill burned 
246, graduate 257, sketch of 705. 

Martha E., postmistress 243, school 
committee 279. 

Moses, deacon 71. legacy 72, repre- 
sentative 272, assessor 278, school 
committee 279. 

Richard C, committee 41, school- 
room SO, school 103, taverner 236, 
assessor 277, school committee 279, 
sketch of 70S. 

Ruth, set otl"40. 

Samuel, soldier 135, 136, mUl 211, 
taverner 236. 

Uriah, Land Bank 46, soldier 121, 
beef 1.32, potash ISy. buys mill 1S9, 
211, taverner 236, trader 237, house 
burned 246, taxed 1771 2(16, buvs 
land 293. 

Uriah, Jr.. taxed 1771 266. 

Widow, taxed 1771 265. 

William, chorister 61, shoe business 
21S. tire oflicur 245, taxed 1771 265. 

William R., Rev., Methodist 81 , school 
committee 279. 
Stones, ujill, from Cape Cod 203. 
Stone's mill 211. 

Storer, Wm. B., detailed 163. resigned 165. 
Stores 2:!7, Witt .t Dowse 200, 23S, Butler 
239, Centre tavern 239. rniversalist 
Cbureli 23'.>. Cash 210. Ilawes' 241, 
Rockdale 241, BrI.k 241, Mrs. 
Sigourney's 2t2. 
Stoughton, Hannah 2S5. 

Willi;im. grantee 4, 6, 7. certiticate of 
22, lieir>" proclamation 30, grant .39, 
lands 2S4, heirs 2.S4, Indian lands 7.")6. 
Stow, Abel F., shoe business 219. 



GENERAL HISTORY. 



815 



Stowe, Mrs. A. F., Vilhuje improv. 253. 

Amasa M., shoe business 219, trader 
239, assessor 278. 
Stowell. Eleazer, soldier 136. 

William, soklier I'SS. 
Stratford, Charles J., taxed OS, Society 
assessor 7(5, sketch of 710. 

Henrv J., taverner 230. 
Stratton.'Rev. Porter K., Methodist 81, 

address 187. 
Street lights 252. 

Streeter, Adams, Universalist 73, death 
74, soldier 122, taxed 1771 263, 
sketch of 712, homestead 776. 

Jacob, Universalist 74. 

James, Universalist 74. 

John, soldier 123. 

Joseph, soldier 135, taxed 1771 265. 

Naphtali, soldier 123. 

Samuel, soldier 122, constable 281. 

Stephen, in Jail 133, sketch of 712. 

Zebulon, soldier 122. 
Stuart, Gen., captured 168. 
Sturbridge « 'hurch gives preaching 60, on 

council 65. 
Subscription for preaching 64, 66. 
Sucker Brook 18!), 288. 
Sugar Loaf Mountain 165. 
Sullivan, John, wounded 164, record 174. 
Sully, Adams, soldier 138. 
Sulphur Springs 166. 
Sumner's Bridge 162. 
Sumter, Fort, attacked 159. 
Supper, Lord's, tirst 52. 
Supiilies, army 131. 
Survey, tirst 7, of tovpn 227. 
Suter, Valentine, soldier 179. 185. 
Sutton, Charles, war record 171. 

Church, trouble in 54. 

Parish, gives preaching 60. 

Second Church, in council 64, 65. 

road 110, muster at 157. 
Swain, Joseph S., buys mill 193, 209. 
Swamp, Cedar 3, laid out 37, known as 

" Burnt Swamp" 189, Bug 196. 
Sweet, John, pew 89, voter 1789 270. 
Swift, Rev. John, Campbell's ordinat'n 52. 
Sword in l)and money 777. 
Tablets, memorial 184. 
Taft, Amasa, scythes 197. 

Asa B., Village improvement 253, 
selectman 275. 

Bezaleel, Oxford Bank 232. 

Charles O., nuisician 181, 182. 

Elisha C, soldier 182. 

H. G. Otis, in store 241, 242. 

John A., soldier 179, G. A. R. 187, 
Master Mason 250, Grange 253. 

N. K., Mrs., Village imi)roveinent 252. 

Nathaniel K., soldier 179, buys mill 
196, 208. buys tire engine 245, tire at 
mill 248. 

Orsamus, manufacturer 210. 

Silas S., in mill 196. in store 241. 
Taneytown, Md. 165, 166. 
Tanneries 215. 
Taverns 233. Butler's 235. North Oxford 

236, old, burned 246, 
Tax, paid to rown treasurer 127, paid to 

Province 128, Oxford, abated 759. 
Taxes, early 45, non-residents 48, 49, ex- 

empribn asked 72. 
Taylor, Edmund, home lot 34, 36. 



Taylor, Ezra, agent of Cox 286, 287. 

J. Flint, scythe making 203. 

James, assessor 278. 

Jedediah, licensed 773. 

John, Rev., preaches 771. 

Samuel, gives books 104, referee 776. 

William, land 284, heirs sell do. 284. 
Tea, in Boston tjarbor 126, transportation 

stopped 133. 
Teachers, school 102. 
Temperance 66, 69, 79. 
Ten Broeck, in battle 144. 
Tenellytowu 164. 
Tennev, John W., physician 256. 
Texas'mills 208, store 242. 
Thatcher, describes battle 144. 
Thaver & Bowdish 239. 

Edward, buys mill 203. 

Fred., manufr. 209, trader 241. 

John R., address 187. 

Joseph, Oxford Bank 232. 

Leonard E., Episcopal Church 82, war 
record 174, G. A. R. 187, trader 239. 

Misses, school 102. 
Thibaud, Ox. Huguenot 24, 778. 
Thomas, Charles N., address 187. 

General, at Roxbury 138. 

Isaiah. Oxford Bank 232. 

Col.. Regt. 137. 

William, Papillon's son-in-law 284. 
Thompson, Alex., killed 164, record 174. 

Benjamin, buys N. Gore land 293. 

Caleb, sexton 221. 

James D., soldier 179. 

John, taverner 236. 

Joseph, heir of Robert 287. 

Robert, land granted to 6, Charltou 
lands 286, grant 289. 

Samuel, war record 174, 185. 

Thomas, war record 174. 
Thornton, Elizabeth T., 755. 

John W. 755. 
Thoroughfare Gap 165. 
Thread'making 202. 
Thread mill burned 246. 
Thread Village school 98. 
Thurston, Abijah, soldier 138. 

Alexander C, boarding-master 200, 
sexton 221, representative 272, 
selectman 274, treasurer 276, consta- 
ble, etc. 282. 

Elihu, soldier 138. 

John A., war record 174. 

Nathan, Universalist 74. 

Paul, soldier 135. 

William H., Methodist Meeting-house 
94, shoe business 218, selectman 275, 
assessor 278. 

William H. H., shoe business 217, 
selectman 275. 
Ticonderoga 123, 142. 
Tiflauy, Bela, committee 65, Slater's agent 
190, school committee 279, sketch of 
717, licensed 773. 

Charles M., soldier 180. 

Dexter, taxed 65. 

George, soldier 183. 

Lyman, Woolen Co. 198, ( >x. Bank 232. 
Tillinghast. Capt., bearer 153. 
Tillofson, David, sells horse 776. 

Jonathan, home lot 34, protest 36, 
old mill 194, early residence 776. 

O. H., Rev., Universalist 77. 



816 



IXDEX TO 



Tinplcv, Francis K.. war rc<()rd 171. 
Titus, 'Col. J. A.. :iiiiirfSH isT. 
Tobcy. Kcv. i:. 15.. ciillci To. 
TdIjv, Indian, :issas>in 11, IT. 
Todd, Ari'liibaid, soldier lliT. 
Todd's Tiivern, \'a. KIT. Itjs. 
Toilcy, Ji'miina. set to Webster TTO. 
Tolman, Henj., Muetin;,'-house fund 93. 
Captain i;')|. 

Jonas, presents relic 2(50. 
Misses, present relics 200. 
'I'oin, ne^ro, Bernon's employe 27. 
Tonar, Owen, wounded 160, record 177, 
died TTT. 
Patrick, i t-iiteiiai-ian 221. 
Tooinev, Daiiiij, soldii r is-j. 

-John 1(12. record 171, tablets 184. 
Michael, mill 103, house burned 248. 
Tori(!s 120. 

Torrey, Erastus, Me('tin<r-liouse fund 03. 
George, siilj-criljcs to Meeting-house 

9:i, manutacturcr 2()T, 200. 
Luther C, address loO, soldier 150, 
sergeant KJO, return to ranks 161, 
killed 162. record 170, tablets 184. 
Rufus C. graduate 2o7, sketch of 719. 
Sally, makes address 157. 
Totopotomov River, Va. 168. 
Tourtellotte" Daniel, Oxford Bank 232. 

William, in store 241. 
To\\er, Conrad M. 1S5. 

Hdward II., buys mill 211. 
Town, lines changed- 30, system in schools 
90, nuiclings, where held 228, centre 
of 228. 
Abncr, exempted 59, taxed 1771 265. 
Benjamin F., taxed 64, pew 02, road 
117, chaise and harness 215, taverner 
231, trader 239, selectman 274, town 
clerk 275. 
Charles, taxed 64, parsonage 95, sexton 

221, colle(;tor 282. 

D. Dana, Universallst 74, soldier 135. 

David, voted in 37, in Church 51, 

soldier 122, 135, 136, taxed 1771 

263. 

David, Jr., i)aid 121, 123, soldier 137, 

sketch of 724. 
Kdmund, soldier 121, sketch of 725. 
Elias, soldier 135, 136. 
Kiijah. soldier 12(1. 122. 
Kli"-ha, M. idler i:!5. i;:6. 
Ephraini, llcrnon's tenant 20. 
Ephraim aii<l Jonathan, home lot 33. 
• lehabod. soldier 122. 

I.saac, soldier 122, taxed 1771 265. 
Israel, home lot 33, receives Camp- 
l>ell 40, in (,'hurch 51. committee 85, 
s(!leelman 272. town clerk 275, treas- 
urer 2Ti>. constable 2S(). 
Jacob, soldier 123, sketch of T22. 
John.. Sergeant in Fr. war 121, i aptain 
128, beef 131, marcthes on alarm i:>4, 
gets Ju(L'inent 1.34, pound 221, ap- 
praiser 22S, taxed ITTl 265, select- 
man 2T3, constable 2N0, Continental 
money T65. 
John, Dea., home lot 33, committee 
30, 31, 33. 3T, 4!». 52, 82, S3, forms 
(;hurch 50, Church moderalor 51, 
deacon 71, mill lot 207, cemetery 
220. selectman 272, town clerk 27."), 
moderator 276, sketch of 720. 



Town, John, Jr., proprietor 38, ensign 
123, constable 2S1. 
Jonathan, voted in .36, i)roprietor 38, 
Church moderalor 55, deacon 71, 
pew 86, selectman 272, treasurer 
276, constable 280. 
Josiah, soldier 123. 
Mary, centenarian 223. 
Mehetable. centenarian 223. 
Moses, Corj). Fr. war 121. soldier 122, 
135, 137, tax'd 1771 2f)5, constable 2.81. 
Samuel, petition .53, selectman 273, 

constable 280. 
Silas, soldier 121, 135. 
Simon, petition 72. 

Sylvanus, taxed 64, paints Meeting- 
house 87, parsonage 05, schools OS, 
library 105, road il3, 114, beef 131, 
soldier 135, 1.36, 137, leases land 157, 
a justice 224, taverner 235, Free- 
mason 24S. 240, taxed 1771 263, 
voter 1780 270. town agent 271. rep- 
resentative 272. selectman 273. mod- 
erator 276, assessor 277, constable 
281, sketch of 723, classed 762. 
Sylvanus, .Jr.. soldier 1.56. 
Thomas, soldier 121. ensign 123, taxed 
1771 2(53. constable 281. 
Towne, Salem, birthday 86. 772, at muster 
1.58, Oxford Bank 232, sketch of 723. 
Town's pond 2, mill at 192, name HiH. 
Traders 237. 

Tract So(;ietv, Dc Witt's will 71. 
Trail, Great 0. 
Training Held .3S. 
Tramp house 223. 
Trask, Charles C, .soldier 180. 

Samuel, taxed 1771 265. 
Trees, shade, set 258. 
Trenton, N. J.. Cox at 286. 
Trotting i)ark 2.59. 

Trow, Benjamin, voter 17><9 270, sketch 
of 72(i. blacksmith shop 777. 
Israel, pesv SO. 
Truesdell, John, buys mill 205. 
Trumbull, Amorv. mill 103. 
Tucker, Kev. Tlios. U'., Methodist so, til, 
William, soldier i;)7. 
William C, overseer 210. 
Wm. J., Prof., installation .sermon 70. 
Tufts, Aaron. Oxford Bank 232. 
Tully, John, war record 174, isl, 185. 
Tureolt, .John, iMmiiic harness 245. 
Turner. Benjamin, soklier 136. 

iMiwanl. Rev., Universalist T5. 
John F., soldier 1T!». 
Joshua, taxed 64, librarv 106, beef 
132, soldier 134. 136. taxed ITTl 2ll5, 
voter ITSO 2T0, selectman 2T4, trcas. 
2T6. con-table 2sl, sketch of T20. 
Twitchell, Benoni, home lot 3.'!, heirs 
l)roi)i'ietors 3S, committee .30, 33, 36, 
3T, S.!. brings minister 41t, in (.'hurch 
51, l)uys old mill 101, selectman 2T2, 
town clerk 2T5, moderalor 2T6. con- 
stable 2S0, sketch of T20, Ts5. 
Benjamin, of Dorchester T85. 
Charles C, shoe business 219. 
.Fohn. soldi(>r 13S. 
Twine, Warmr makes 195. 
Tyler, Rev. .\lberl, Universalist TT, ad- 
dress 18T, representative 2T2, school 
(committee 2T9, sketch of 731. 



GENERAL HISTORY. 



817 



Tyler, "Walter D., shoe business 218, Mas- 
ter Mason 250, selectman 275. 
House 1G2. 
Tj'son, John, taxed 65, dyer 191, sketch 

of 7;?1. 
Underwood, Rev. Almon 63, 68, 69. 
Albert G., in war 184, shoes 219. 
Alvan G., deacon 71, accountant 200, 
shoe business 217, bank cashier 232, 
trader 238, committee 258, senator 

271, town clerk 275, treasurer 276, 
sketch of 732. 

Daniel, carpenter 199. 

Willard, carpenter 199. 
Union Bridsre 165. 
Union of societies proposed 67. 
Universalist Meetiusc-house 88, lease 88. 
Universalists, memorial on 60, Society 72, 

73, convention 75, Church formed 76. 
University Place, N. Y., school at 784. 
Upham, Levi, carrier 244. 

Upton 63. 

Urn, at Washington's funeral 154, 155. 
Valley Forge 146. 

Vassal!, Bernard B., chosen Lieut. 160, 
prisoner 161, resii^ned 165, record 
170, G. A. R. postl87. 

Benjamin, soldier 137, selectman 274. 

Irving S., clerk 186. 

Vester, assessor 278. 
Vestry built 69. 
Veterans, Sons of 187. 
Viall, N. Aiken, soldier 159, pi'isoner 161, 

war record 174. 
Vicars, Christopher, soldier 182, 186. 

Rufus, soldier 182, 186. 
Vienna, battle of 169. 
Village, East, Webster 189. 

Oxford set off 8, line 8, deed of 32. 
Villers, Ovide, Village improvement 253. 
Vineyard, Huguenot, remains of 26. 
Voters in 1789 269. 
Waaberktamin, Indian minister 3. 
Waban, sells land 5. 
Wabquasset Indians, intrigues with 17. 
Wads worth, Benj., gives books 104. 
Wagner, Miss, House of Rest 782. 

Wainwright, , lands 283. 

Wait, Rev. Daniel, Methodist 81, school 
committee 279. 

David, soldier 156, 187, representative 

272, selectman 275, assessor 278, 
sketch of 734. 

John, taxed 64, scythes 189, manu- 
facturer 192. 
Waketield, Aaron, soldier 135, buys S. 
Gore land 290. 
Amos, soldier 135, S. Gore land 290. 
Benjamin, soldi(!r 135. 
Benjamin A., studies on S. Gore 291. 
WaKlLcravc, Thomas, subscribes to stock 

291, grant to 292. 
Walker, Alunzo V., war record 175. 

Andrew, exempted 59, Universalist 

74, faxed 1771 263. 

Asa, Continental monev 765. 
Chas. N., builds bridge" 119. 
Ebenezer B., buys" mill 193, mill 

burned 248. 
James, barn burned 247. 
John, soldier 135. 

John, Major, in Adams' army 150, 153. 
William (J., taverner 234. 
104 



Wallace, Charles O., selectman 275. 
Wallis, Frank G., owns mill 213, mill 
burned 248. 
James, annexed 41, 768. 
Wallis' mill 213. 

Walsh, Ebenezer, Freemason 250. 
Horace W., soldier 180. 
Nathaniel C, soldier 180. 
Wtiltham, power weaving at 204. 
Walton, Rev. Amos, Methodist 81, school 

committee 279. 
Wampum, Indians iutiuenced by 17, legal 

tender 778. 
War. Queen Anne's 18, close of 30, Father 
Ralle's 42, French and Indian 120, 
156, Revolutionary 126, of 1M2 155, 
Rebellion 159. 
Ward, Col. 162. 

Eleazer, buys mill 189, selectman 273, 
town clerk 275, moderator 276, 
grant 290, grant for services 291, 
sketch of 737. 
Elisha, soldier 137. 
Orlando C, buys mill 193. 
Phinehas, Corp. Fr. war 121, casts 
bullets 1.56, mill site 206, taxed 1771 
265, constable 280. 
Samuel, library 105, constable 280, 

I'eceives land 291. 
Stephen, Meeting-house fund 88. 
William, referee 85, buys land 293. 
Town of, set off" 40, Chiirch 64, 65, in 
Shavs' Rebellion 149. 
Wards, school 97. 

Ware, Josiah 227, 238, sketch of 733. 
Warner, Charles, twine 195. 

Daniel, buys mill 195, building com- 
mittee 230, house burned 248. 
George W., G. A. R. 187, twine 195. 
Jonathan, committee of State 285. 
Thomas, man'f'r 192, 204, Fi'eemason 
250, selectman 274, sketch of 738. 
Warning out of town 769. 
Warren, E. G., Baptist Society 78, Meet- 
ing-house fund 93, store 241. 
Jonah G., Meeting-house fund 93. 
Samuel. Baptist Society 78, subscribes 

to Meeting-house 93. 
Sherman, deacon 79. 
Waterman G., Baptist Society 78, sub- 
scribes to Meeting-house 93. 
Warrenton Junction, Va. 166. 
Washburn, Seth, receipt 131, 132. 
Washing machines 196. 
Washington, George, at Roxbury 139, 
letters to Heath 146, Learned's 
resignation 146, funeral 152. 
Water power at Ox., original 9. 
Waters, Abel, taxed 1771 263. 
Ebenezer, surveyor 285. 
Elijah, in Cotton Co. 205. 
Reuben, Col., pew 89, on militia 1.58, 

scythes 197, 202. 
Ricliard, buys land 40, asked to join 
Church 52, repairs Meeting-house 
84. 
Samuel, beef 132. 
Simeon, pew 89, wool carding 213, 

Freemason 249. 
Simeon E., war record 175. 
& Davis, scythe makers 202, 203. 
Watertown 194. 
Watson, Charles, shoe business 219. 



818 



INDEX TO 



Watson, Cliurlfs L., soldier mO, Capt. 101, 
rc'si^iK'd lOii, record 170. 

John, soldier 122. 

Sainncl, in (Jotton Co. 205. 

William, slaves 14. Lieut. 123, buys 
tannery 21"), taxed 1771 203, repre- 
sentative 272, selectman 273, sketch 
of 73«. 
Weavin;,', power, first in Ox. 204. 
Webster, Daniel, in land ease 39. 

Stepln-n, in(pu-t on 220. 

'I'own. ineorporatetl -11. 
Wei;,'l)ts and measures 227. 
Weleli. Martin, war reeord 177. 

Manriee, musician 181. 
Weld, Daniel. Inivs N. Gore land 293. 

William, buys land 10. 
Welliiiu'ton, swamp nitar 1>!9. 

Charles II., schools 101. Vilhise im- 
provemtMit 2'>2, road 777. 

W. M., Mrs., Villai,'e improvem't 252. 

Willis M., postmaster 243, Agricultu- 
ral Society 2.51, Village improve- 
ment 2.V2, seleetm'n 275, assessor 278. 

Bros., build bridge 119. 
Wellman. .John II., soldier 178, 179, 180. 
Welsh, John, soldier 181. 
Wesson's lot 36. 
West, Jason, soldier 181. 
Westtield. soldiers, march to 122. 
Westford c.l. 

Westlaud, Rich., in Mattachusetts Co. 287. 
West Point. Va. 102. 
West Woodstocic 03. 
Wetherell, Andrew S., shoe business 217. 

Edward, clerl: 238. 

Eugene, trader 230. 

George A., graduate 257. 

John, pew 91, sells house 95, librarian 
100, Hank 232, trader 238, Free- 
mason 250, selectman 274, sketch of 
740, licensed 774. 

John W., graduate 2.57. 

Joshua, in(iuest du 220. 

Lyman A., schools 100, seh. com. 279. 

Vernon T., soldier 183. 
Whateh , Thomas, sells land 287. 
Wheeler, Daniel T., store 241. 

Jonatluin, Oxford Hank 2.32. 
Wheeloek, Charles II., killed 104, record 
175, 185. 

Jonathan, taverner 236. 

Simeon, soldier 186. 

William .\., Inns land 94, fire officer 
245, sketi'h of 741. 

A: Shurtletr, build road 119. 
Whippl(\ liev. Mr., installation sermon 05, 
Whitcomb, Ansel, subscribes to Meeting- 
house 93, taverner 230. 
White, IJenJamin V., removes house 84, 
collee'lor 2S2. 

Ebenezer, taxeil 1771 205. 

Henry M., soldicT I.SO. 

James E., soldier 178. 

Joel, subseiibes to Meeting-house 88. 

John, IJniversalist 74, soldier 135. 

Luke, builds mill 212. 

Oliver L.. wounded !tU, record 177. 

Russell, sol. Her l.'i(;, sketch of 741. 

Samuel, soldier 134. 130, 137. 

William .V., store 241, Freemason 250. 

William 1)., soldier 182. 
White-Oak Swamp 103, 109. 



Whitefield, Rev. G., Campbell opposes 53. 
White Hall Church 100. 
Whiting, EIrastus W., taverner 234, col- 
l(Mtor 2S2. 

Henry J., mill 213. barn burned 247. 

Samuel, Kev., petitions for land 2H8. 

& Cami)l'ell, market 240. 
Whitley, George, soldier 1H4. 
Whitm'ore, Nathaniel, Jr., buys mill 190, 

Freemason 24.*^. 249. 
Whitney, Israel, soldier 123, sketch of 743. 

Joshua, home lot .35, removes 36. 
Whittemore, David, shoe business 218. 

Eliza, teacher 103. 

Thomas, Rev., quoted 74, 75. 
Wiiittlesey, Ezra C., moderator 277. 
AS'iilow, a, jjrovision for 775. 
Wiu-in, William, soldier 182. 
Wiggli'svvorth, Edward, sells Campbell 

land 290. 
Wight, John, buys land 289. 

Levi, Universalist 74, buvs land 290. 
Wilder, Rev. Chas. W., Methodist 80, 81. 

John M.. infjuest on 220. 
Wilderness, Va. 100, 107, 109. 
Wilev, John, soldier 121, cures for poor 

" 222, assault 225, selectman 273, con- 
stable 280, sketch of 745. 

John, Jr., soldier 120. 

Josejili. forms Church .50, 51, consta- 
ble 2s(l, sketch of 744. 

Samuel, soldier 130. 
Wilkinson, Gen., describes battle 144, 145. 
Will, Campbell's slave 44, soldier 135. 
Willard, Edgar L,, teacher 779. 

Josiah, gutirdian 283. 
Willey, Geo. A., teacher 102, resigns 779. 
William Henry, Fort, taken 121. 
Williams, Albert L., war record 175, 185. 

Albigence, sketch of 740. 

Bishop, Rev., buys land 95. 

of British armv, prisoner 143. 

Daniel, buys N. Gore laud 293. 

Ebenezer S., shoe business 218. 

Elizubeth, buys laud 284. 

Eugene T., soldier 181. 

George O., wounded 164, record 177. 

George S., killed lOS, record 175, 185. 

Horace J., soldier 180. 

James, carrier 244, voter 1789 270, 
sketch of 740. 

John J., sketch of 747. 

John R., shoe business 218. 

Jonathan it Co.. maniifaelurers 204. 

Joseph IL, soldier 159, prisoner 101, 
war reeord 170. 

Kiihard, lanil owner 283, 2S4, 286, 
sketch of 740. sells land 774. 

William, Oxford naid< 232. 
Williamsbura:, battle 102, 103. 
Willis, Edward 1., soldier 178, 179. 

Samuel C, Jr.. Lieut. 183, Village 
improvement 2.52, Learned fund 254, 
school committee 279. 
Willson, .lacob. tanner 215, iron ore 231, 
constable 280. 

John, ileacon 71, taxed 1771 203, 
selectman 273, town clerk 275, con- 
stable 280, sketch of 748, sends gun 
702, gratuitv to 771. 

John. Kns., taxed 1771 263 

John, Jr., constable 281. 

Jonathan, ta.xed 1771 203. 



GENERAL HISTORY. 



819 



Wllmarth, T. W., sells laud 95. schools 
99, 100, inauufactiirer 207, Free- 
mason 250, selectman 275, assessor 
278, school committee 279. 
Wilson, H, P., Agricultural Society 251. 
Joseph, soldier 122. 
W. W.. Rev., Universalist 77, school 
committee 279. 
Winchester, Rev. Elhauan, Universal't 75. 
Windsor, Conn., people as^grieved 133. 
Winslow, Edward, buys N. Gore land 293. 
Isaac and Elizabeth, grants to 292. 
Jacob, soldier 136. 
Maj., bearer 153. 
Penelope, petition 292. 
Winter, Joseph, taxed 1771 2(i3. 
Winthrop, Gov., writes to Bellomont 14. 

Adam, lands 283. 
Wister, Henry C, soldier 170. 
Wiswall, Jobii H., soldier 1S6. 

William C, soldier 179. 
Witt, Alexander C, Woolen Co. 198, 
thread inakins? 202. 
Archibald, thread makin,? 202. 
Hollis, thread 202, clerk 238, 239. 
Stearns, taxed 64, committee 90, 91, 
buvs laud 194, Woolen Co. 198, buvs 
mill site 202, trader 238, 239. 
& Dowse, store 238. 
Wolcott, Henry, pew 89. 

John, potash 188, taveruer 237, trader 
237, voter 1789 270, land owner 283, 
admr. of Papillon 284, 779, receives 
land 286, Continental money 765, 
licensed 773. 
Josiah, his slave 44. committee 61, 
library 104, soldier 121, a justice 224, 
taveruer 237, house burned 247. 
taxed 1771 263. voter 17S9 270, rep- 
resentative 272, selectmnn 273, mod- 
erator 276, treasurer 276, constable 
281, married Mary Freak 285, sketch 
of 750, chaise 775. 



Wolcott, Naomi, taxed 64, centenarian 
223. 
Thos., Universalist 74, soldier 135, 1.36. 
Wolf Run Ford 105. 

Wood. Rev. Benj., installation sermou 63, 
funeral sermon 66. 
A. Dorr 179. 
.Jacob, Rev.. Universalist 76, inspects 

schools 773. 

.John E., Rev., Baptist 79. 

Joseph, chosen Lieut. 160. 

Samuel, Oxford Bank 232. 

Woodbury, Bartholomew, beef 1.32. 

Joseph 1^., builds bridges 119, Agri- 
cultural Society 251, Village im- 
provement 252, grange 253, repre- 
sentative 272, selectman 275. 
L. F., trader 2.38. 

William Y., builds bridge 119, wound- 
ed l(i4, war record 175. 
Woodstock grant 6, Church 60, path 110, 

signalled 759. 
Woodward, Johnson R., physician 257. 
Wool carding 204. 213. 
Woolen Co., Ox., school 98, formed 198. 
Worcester, Church 64, 15th Reg. received 

at 169, corner 285. 
Workhouse 222. 

Works, George B., soldier 159, Sergeant 
160, war record 170. 
Jacob, soldier 136, buys mine land 231, 
taxed 1771 265. 
Wright, Leonard L., war record 175. 
Wyman, John, t:ixed 1771 265. 

Nathaniel, soldier 135. 
Yeomaus, Andrew B.. diary 162, taken 
prisoner 163, escapes 168, war record 
175, G. A. R. post 187, town clerk 
275, assessor 278. 
Yorktown, Va. 162, 163. 169. 
Young. Fred. E., soldier 186. 

Joab, Rev., charges Ballon 75. 
Marv Ann, mass at house 82. 



INDEX 

OF 

HOMESTEADS. 



Figures refer to the Number. 



Xo. 

Abbey, Joseph Si 

Abbott, .Stephen 244 

Al)orii, Reuben 128, 130 

Ackley, Lucius O. 116 

Adams, Aaron 148 

Almon 174 

Charles W. 171 

Clark 147 

Fitz 145 

Henry 167 

James D. 171 

Jennison 174 

Jonathan 132 

Keziah 145 

Reuben 111 

AKlrlch. Amos C. 160, 166 

Calvin 57, 72 

David G. 100 

Kildy 95, 169 

f:dward 57,64,74,160 

Esek 95 

Martha 38 

Marv 159 

Royal 1G4 

Samuel 57 

Sibyl 160 

Thomas 61 

Timothy 58, 61, 72, 74, 

193, 223 

UivaA. ;« 

Alf?er, Henry A. 161 

James 161 

Sibvl 161 

Allard,"Orliu 71 

Allen. Abner 165 

Hyron I). 171 

Christopher C. 172 

Collins 23, 28, 3S, 

171, 172 

David 133 

Kdward 141 

John 35, 65 

Noel 172 

Phinehas 129 

Alton, Amasa 2.35 

Alvcrson, (Jeorge 118 

RufusO. 112,120 

Amidowii, Kphraim 39 

Jacob 40 

Jeremiah 27, 214 

Luther 86 

Philip 39 



No. 

207 

76 

94, 107 

120 



Angell, Charles A 

John, Jr. 

Appleby, Thomas 

Arnold, Russell 

Ash worth, .Samuel J. 110 

Atwood. Abiel 133 

Avres, John 21 

Babbitt, Erasmus 244 

Bacon, George R. 179 

Hollis D. W. 235, 244 

Peter C. 223, 226 

Bailey, Addison 193 

Baker, Samuel 121 

Ball, Edwin S. 158 

John E. 162 

Marv 162 

Mary C. 158 

Ballard. Dana L. 64 

Ephraim 83, 84, 142 

John 157 

Jonathan 38, 83, 194 

Zaeeheus 40, 47 

Zaccheus A. 62, 71 

Barbour, Ilenrv M. 188 

Isaac R. ' 188 

Bardwell, Edward W. 201 

Elizabeth C. 201 

Horatio 242 

Barnard, Cyrus G. 230 

John G. 109 



Joshua 



Barnes, Benjamin 

Franklin 

Josiah 
Barrv, 



49, 50, 205 



Barstow, Samuel 
Tamar E. 

Bartlett, Benjamin C 

Barton, Aaron S. 

David 91, 95, 131 

Iral79,203,204,226,227 



l.J8 
22.S 
210 
107 
1S2 
243 
53 
207 



Isaac 

Jedcdiali 

John 

John, Jr. 

Nehemiah P. 

Rice 

Stephen 



106 

89, 133 

21 

7(i 

154 

235 

9."), 

194 



38. 

91,93 

1.30. 

Stephen, Jr. 91, 95, l.")5 
Batcbeller, David 191 

Bates, John W. 107 



No. 

Battev, John A. 122 

Joshua 122 

Lafavette 111, 122, 123 

Marv A. Ill 

Bell. U'iiliam 126 

Bellows, Hezekiah 194. 235 

Joshua 93 

Bemis, Danforth 182 

Bennett, Asahel C. 56 

Benwav, Delia 62 

George 186 

Julia M. 186 

Bigelow, Elisha N. 193 

Freeman 212 

Jesse 70 

Liberty 20 

William H. 200 

Blaekstock, Eliza 02,63 

Blanchard, George 161 

Marv E. 161 

Samuel 149, 160 

Blandin, Elisha 2, 7 

Martin 144 

Mary 144 

Bodeau, Joseph 162 

Sarah R. 162 

Bogle. John 163 

Thomas 163 

Bolster. Isaac 6 

Lucena 6 

Lucinda 6 

Oinev 2 

Orriii 9 

Orrin D. 144 

Bond. Marcus 114 

Melonia 172 

Bonzcv, Peter 7. 35 

Boomer. Martin 95, 96 

Bounds, .John 50 

Bowen, William 222 

Bowman, Charles D. 198 

Ezra 5, 6, 34. 80, 194, 

195, 222, 225, 2;i5 

Joseph 244 

Boyden. Heiuy 200 

Samuel 234 

Bray ton. lienjiunin 131 

Briggs, Abraiu 6 

Catherine 6 

George 6 

Rufus 6 

Bromfield, Abigail 194 



HOMESTEADS. 



821 



No. 

Brown, Albert 116 

Amos 91 

Charles 67 

Danforth 182. 227 

Ebenezer 90, 91 

James S4 

Jasper 88, 135, 138, IW, 

145, 146, 172, 178, 183 

Jeremiah 14, 69 

John 67 

John A. 34, 56 

Joseph 88, 167 

Joseph, Jr. 22, 23 

Marv 25 

Nathaniel 82 

Nathaniel, Jr. 68 

Philip 44 

William 149 

Buffiim, Moses 77, 78 

Paul 239 

Buo:bee, Dexter 158 

Buibauk, Timothy T. 146 

Burbridge, John 10 

llebekah 10 

Biirdon, Moses 231 

Burke, James 82 

Burleiuh. Charles H. 208 

Evelina M. 208 

Burliugame, James 57 

Burnap, Abijah 149. 150 

Ebenezer 139 

Burnett, Harvey 84, 166 

Luther 166 

Burr, Daniel 107 

Burt, Sanford 115 

Bush. Jotham 188 

Butler, Horace W. 146 

James 47, 178, 179 

Michael 94 

Peter 177, 178, 179, 190 

Samuel C. 72. 183 

Call, Samuel 110 

Campbell, Alexander 35, 

188,194,195,202,205, 

225, 235, 244 

Archibald 47. 180, 

235, 244 

Benjamin F. 172 

Celia 180 

Duncan 25, 178, 189, 194 

Harwood & Co. 188 

James B. . 145 

John 77, 187, 194, 195 

Margaret 28 

Samuel 202, 235. 244 

William 187, 192, 195 

Carey, Chad B. 193, 237 

Washington 114 

William 84, 114 

Carlton, Charles R. 223 

Carpenter, Mary S. 62 

Carroll, Nathaniel 34 

Chaffee. Abel M. 15, 18, 38. 

39, 193 

Alpheus 221 

Elvira 23, 167 

Lucian M. 22 

Marv J. 22, 39 

Orrin B. 221 

Otis B. 88 

Schuyler B. 221 

Vernon 23, 167 



No. 

Chamberlain, Benjamin 38, 

■ 225, 235 

John 220 

Joseph 38 

Joseph, Jr. 39 

Nathaniel 240 

Simon 38, 54 

Chandler, Barnabas 56 

Charles 169 

John, Jr. 132 

Joshua 185 

Chapman, Thomas W. 179 

Chase, Darius 163 

Oscar F.& Co. 117 

Chenev, Asa 127 

Chester. Orlando 202 

Childs, Benjamin W. 34 

Daniel * 120 

Joseph 120 

Chilson, Levi 24 

Claflin. Abner 106 

Clap, John 244 

Clark. Catharine 41 

Ebenezer 125 

Franklin H. 39 

Hammond 114 

Harrison O. 158 

John 41 

Michael 41 

Russell 37, 210 

Thomas 101, 114, 

115, 125 

Ward B. 166 

Clifford, Mary C. 38 

Coburn, Ebenezer 75, 76, 77 

Ebenezer, Jr. 75 

Richard 75 

Samuel 75 

Sylvanus 75 

Coghlan, Francis 91 

Cogswell, Luciua 144 

Collier, Coller, Eli 186 

Ezekiel 84 

James 38, 83, 145, 180 

Jason 186, 188, 214, 235 

Jonas 38, 214 

Mary A. 145, 186 

Nehcmiah 186 

Oliver 192 

William F. 145 

Collins, John 61 

Colton, Ruth G. 164 

Comins, Jacob 121, 173, 194 

John 37 

Josiah 37 

Conant, Asa 119, 121 

Ezra 26 

Harvey 74, 212, 235 

Larned 26 

Conlin, James 85 

Converse, Lebbeus T. 164 

Cook, Ira 1 

Cooledge, Henry 169, 

171, 173 

Cooper, Hannah 26 

Zerubbabel 26 

Copp, Fred. A. 124, 191 

James O. 123 

Jesse W. 124 

William 124 

Corbin. Lament B. 228, 229 

Melezenda P. 229 



No. 

Corbin, Peleg 72 

Cortis, Fred. O. 66. 235 
Japhet 56, 66 

Ozias 66 

Cotton, Marv 10 

Cox, Charles 94 

Daniel 93, 94 

Rebecca 94 

Heirs of 94 

Cozzeus, Charles 56 

Nelson P. 56 

Craig, Abijah 183 

Robert 96 

Crane. Gilbert 84, 90, 165 
Gilbert, Jr. 165 

Lemuel 90, 163, 165 
Susanna 90 

Crawford, E lias B. 77,91 

Grossman, Milton 10 

William 10 

Cudworth, Abigail 127 

Elizabeth 115 

John 49 

Jonathan 115 

Lemuel 48, 49, 56 

Orinda 84 

Warren 113 

Williams 115, 182 

Cummings, Eliphalet 148 
JohuS. 131 

Preston 66 

Curtis, Elijah 108 

Jesse 28 

Noah 108 

Samuel 108 

Samuel. Jr. 108 

Cushman, William B. 225 
W. B., Mrs. 225 

Cutler, Asa 123, 124. 125 
Ebenezer 125, 244 

Dabney, Chas. 125, 222, 225 

Dadmun, Sarah J. 38 

Daggett. Arthur 158, 159 

Dalrvmple, John 195 

Dana, Alonzo H. 171, 243 

Daniel 173 

Ebenezer 21, 22, 158 

Jeremiah 131 

John 21, 22 

Jonathan P. 22, 70, 167, 

172, 173, 189 

Joseph, 38, 139, 153, 

192. 240 

Phinehas 21. 22, 183 

Rufus R. 171, 173, 

193, 243 

William 164 

Danforth, John 77 

Samuel 100, 101, 119 
and Dunbar 77 

Daniels, Albert H. 204 

Seth 210, 211, 214 

Seth & Co, 192, 236 
William 24, 172, 189 

Darling, Daniel W. 110 
Jasper F. 110 

Simeon 191 

Dart, Joseph 234 

Davidson, John C. 127 

Samuel 3 

Simeon 127, 128 

Davis, Abel 57, 60 



822 



INDEX OF 



No. 

D:ivi8. Abijiih 26, 3S. 39, 51 , 

50. 72, IfiO, IST, 11)11, 

•J02, -M>, U18, 220, 221 

AI|)licUH 4 

Iiiti°iiiil)iis ()2 

licnjamiii 23, 24 

Chillies 2(j 

Ci-iifl 40, M 

Daniel 14, 27, 102, iy4. 

204, 219 

Dexter 61 

Ebenezer 72, SO, 84. «8, 

lOS, 131, 165,235 

EbenezLT, Jr. 55 

Edwunl 12,62,194, 

195, 244 

Elijiih IS, 20 

Elijuli, Jr. 25 

EiiMhii 14, 2S, 31, 39, 40, 

«3, 187, 220 



P^lvira 


61 


Emory 


9 


Erastus 


.193 


Eri B. 


61 


Ezekiel 


51, 53 


Ezra 15, 


20, 32, 214 


Francis N. 


55 


Geors^e W. 


97 


Ivers A. 


26 


Jacob 


68, 81, 92 


James 


3 


Jared 


214 


Jeremiali 


15, 25 


Jesse 


29, 30 


Jolm 


29, ;J0, 32 


John, Jr. 


30 



Jonatlian 1, 4, 6, 7, 12, 

14, 25, 190, 196, 226, 

239, 244 

Jonathan, Jr. 8, 10, 25 

Josupli 34, 39, 51, 52 

Joshua 231 

Lament 59 

Learned 9, 14, IS, 19, 

20, 2(;. US 



Lorinj^ 172, 


190, 19:!, 




219, 221 


Lucy 


29 


Mary 


26 


Nathaniel 


29 


Neiiemiab 


14 


Reuben 


3, 51 


Russell A. 


12 


Sallv S. 


26 



Samuell2, 14, 15, 17,22. 
23, 189, 193, 194, 
225, 235 
Samuel, Jr. 10, 17, 19 
Solomon 4S, 51, 55 

Stephenl2,13, 16, 17,(il 



Thomas 


15, 25 


, 2S, 




32 


137 


William 


25,27, 


165, 




192 


2:!5 


Williain M. 




2il 


Dav, Danit;! 




38 


■ David 




38 


Fisher 




38 


Kiel 




1()2 


Jonatlian 




;'.s 


Dean, I'erley 




164 


Denny, Edward 




116 



No. 

Donnv, Samuel 192, 235 

I )ev(.e, Charles H. 103 

DeWitt, Alexander [see 

Witt] 26, 74, 84. 141, 

144, 172, 190, 203. 206, 

226, 227, 230, 232, 233, 

234, 235, 2.36, 237. 23S, 

239, 24<J, 244 

Benjamin 78 

Holiis 54, 7s, 190, 203, 

230, 233, 234 

Horace S. 10 

Marv 2.33, 240 

Stearns 240, 242, 244 

Dexter, Sanuiel 195 

Dickinson, William 18 

Dinsmore, John 33, .34, 172 

Dix. Elijah 202 

Dod>;e. Geor;,'e U. 222 

Leonard 5 

Ui<;hard L. 5, 2.30 

Doui,'las, Cornelius 49 

'William, Dr. 49,50 

Dow, Joseph U. 95 

Downey, John II. 161 

Powse, Samuel 77, 188, 197, 

198, 199, 223, 224, 244 

Dresser, Harvey 228 

Dudley, Elias 181 

Joseph 57, 61, 73 

Paul 1,4 

Reuben 47 

William 1, 5, 10, 44, 

46, 56 

Dunbar, Elijah 77 

Duncan, Andrew 182, 185 

Dwight. Josiali 45 

Eai,^er, Willard H. 181 

Earl, Samuel H. 13, 62, 237 

Eddv, Albert A. 105 

Alplieus93. 139, 156,176 

Menj. 81.132,198,244 

Daniel 165 

Eliphalet 34 

Emerson 59, 144, 

155, 159 

Georj^e S. 177 

Hezekiaii 1.57 

Joel 132, 156, 164, 165, 

174, 180 

John 166 

Julias 152, 156 

.loiias, Jr. 156 

Jul bam 174,19s 

Leonard 147, 1(>5 

Nathaniel 1.55. l.")6, 

177,210 

Parley 105 

Reuben 132 

Reuben T. 144, ISO 

Rulus 105,107 

Ruliamali 81 

Sihis SI, 144, 145 

William7(l, 132,1.'>6, 157 

Edsoii. Bradford ({. 163 

I'.pbraim 16.3 

Kodi.lplius 1.58, 163 

Edwards, John 121 

Joseph 104, 121, 172 

Elliot, Aaron 13 

Daniel 132 

Daniel, Jr. 139 







No. 


Eil'ot, Susanna 




84 


Elli.-, William A. 




18 


Euierson, Lewis T 




43 


Nathaniel 




98 


Reuben 




66 


William 




177 


Episcopal Church 


202 


203 


Esten, Olney 




56 


Everden. William 




166 


Fairbanks, Jo.>eph M. 


166 


Mary A. 




6;i 


Samuel 




63 


Fales, Deborah 




24.3 


Farle, John 




87 


Fay, .Joel 




6 


Field, Rebecca L. 




.38 


Spencer 




1S8 


William B. 




110 


Fish. Ebenezer 


142 


143 


Thomas 125. 


140 


235 


Fisk, Daniel 




141 


Isaac 




141 


William T. 1.33 


141 


144 


Fitts, Abraham 




94 


Alvan 


99 


103 


Anil re w 


31 


119 


Benjamin 31, 


100 


119 


Benjamin, .Jr. 




101 


Daniel 


94. 99 


David 99, 


101 


103 


Ebenezer 




43 


John 03,94,99 


139 


14.5 


Jonathan 


31, 94 


Jot ham 




103 


Robert 94, 


124 


148 


Silas 39 


,43 


119 


Walter 




99 


Follansbee, El)enezer 


127 


Forbes, Win. 176, 


182 


185 


Koskett, William E 




193 


Foster, Alpheus 




213 


Dwight 


227 


2:)9 


Ebenezer 




51 


Jonathan II. 




14.S 


Peleg 


37. 


210 


Freeland. .James 




131 


Mary VK-W. 




241 


Fuller, Caroline 




233 


Daniel T. 


84, 


179 


Jonathan 




192 


Matilda 




179 


(}ai,'e, Eliphas S. 




95 


Gale. Abijali 




100 


Ebenezer 


148, 


173 


Gannett, Burt L. 


4- 


, 55 


Gates, Benajah 




209 


Clovis M. 




75 


John 




79 


(ieer. Anirelina 




167 


Jitliii 




167 


Getty, Lydia 




195 


Gibbs, (ieorjjje 




69 


.loseith 




68 


.losiah 




108 


Gibson, (leorge 




148 


Ruth E. 




148 


William 




103 


Gilmore, Sanfonl 


211, 


214 


Gleason, Aaron 




86 


Daniel 




23 


James 239, 


240, 


243 


Josiah 




23 



HOMESTEADS. 



823 





No. 


Qleason, Moses 


83,86 


liichard 


239, 243 


Simon 


03 


Thomas 


83, 104 


Gooj^ins, William 


84 


Gortou, Lorenzo D. 214 


Gould, Ebcnczer 


48 


(xeorse 


81, 158 


Jon a than 


182, 185 


Gouklinj?, Daniel 


182, 185 


ICiiwanl r. 


28 


Green, Daniel 


110 


Griffin, James 


185 


Grii^gs, Joseph 


G 


Guild, Ebenczer 


144. 23(i 


Haj^buru, Samuel 


202, 205 


Haggerty, Henry t 


(il 


Hall, Calvin 


187 


David 


92 


Elmer L. 


102 


Josiah 


6 


Nathan 92, 113, 


114.180, 


182 


187, 243 


Paris 


109 


Stephen 


182 


Thaddeus 


156 


Hamlin, Nathaniel 


240 


Hammond, Mrs. 


135, 138 


Hancock, Allen 


58 


William 


58 


William J. 


138 


Harback, Charles W. 6 


Palmer 


3 


Harding, Amos 


159 


Charles L. 


77 


Samuel 


159 


Hardy, Levi 


139 


Samuel 


182. 185 


Harlow, Henry J. 


9(. 


Harper, Octavius 


139 


Harrington, Leonard 200 


Harris, Abijah 4.S, 53, 54, 214 


Archibald C. 


95 


Asa 


48,54 


Day 


54 


Isaac 


213 


Jonathan 37 


210, 213 


Ilufus 


43, 213 


Samuel 


37 


Sylvanus 211 


212, 213 


Timothy 


37, 214 


Hartwell, George W. 104 


Isaac 


104, 105 


Samuel 


104, 107 


Seth 


107 


Harvvood, Daniel 


3. 211 


David 


40, 41 


Klihu 


34 


Elihu, Jr. 34 


209,211 


Emory E. 


211,217 


Reuben 


61 


Solomon 


40 


Haven, Joseph 


103 


Hawes, Ashbei M 


134. 136 


Kveline and A 


ma 136 


Hayward, Asahel 


57, 67, 




68, 70 


Billings 


66,67 


Larned 


68 


Rufus 


66 


Healy, Ann 


28 


John 


44 



No. 

Healy, Joseph 26 

Hedge. Elisha 173 

Henderson, William 87 

Henshaw, William 1!)2 

Kewes, George 56 

Hevvett, Daniel 158 

Hickok, Elizabeth F. 190 

Hicks, Samuel P. 230 

Higginson, John 72, 74 

Hill, Aaron 112, 126 

Abraham 112, 120 

Nathan 235 

Hilton, Ann 68 

Elizabeth 130 

Hinchliil'. George 73 

Hobart, Elizabeth 45 

Hodges, Geoi'ge 5, 59, 75, 81, 

S3, 203 

Samuel L. 186 

Holbrook, Sally 70 

Zenas ' 70 

Holden, Howard 162 

Jabez 244 

Holman, David 144, 181 

Francis 158 

George W. 220 

Tvler 158 

Bolmes, David 240 

Houghton, Nahum 188 

Hovey, Benjamin 131, 14-8 

Daniel 27, 131, 140, 147, 

160, 162, 192 

Daniel, Jr. 162 

Gideon 162 

Hannah 131 

James 23 

Moses 149, KiO 

Perez G. 162 

Howard, Abraham 10 

Franklin 30 

John 10 

Simeon 30 

Stephen 10 

Howarth. Andrew S3 

Howland. E. Harris 235 

Hubbard, Edward W. ItiO 

Huckins, Lyman 171 

Hudson, Amos 130 

Benjamin 40 

Bradford 169 

John 169 

John D. 168 

Joseph 168 

Lycia L. 167 

Wm. 163, 168, 169, 170 

Huling, Ray G. 41 

Hume. Benjamin D. 160 

Humi)hrey, Arthur 35 

Ebenezer 35, 36, 37, 38, 

208, 209 

Rufus 36 

Hunkins, Thomas 34, 42 

Hunt, Mary 86,189,192 

Stephen 86 

Hurd. Ilaimah M. 42 

Hiram 42 

Jolm 42 

Joseph 42 

Peter 42 

William 42, 60 

Hutchins, Fred. P. 33 

Hutchinson, Barthol. 94 



No. 

Hutchinson, Stephen 10 

Hvde, Frederic G, 240 

Mary D. 240 

Ide, Nathaniel 125 

lugraham, H. M. 211, 214 

Julia A. 214 

luman, Sanford A. 9 

Jacobs. John 127 

Jenks. Caroline M. 162 

Jennison, Maverick, 66, 95, 

96, 139 

Jewell, John M. 93 

Jewett. John 38 

Roger 38 

Jillson, Emily 145 

Johnson, Danford 186 

Hiram K. 193 

Ithiel T. 185 

Mary E. 186 

Solomon 173 

Jones, Dexter W. 206 

Electa 206 

Horace 200 

Jesse 182, 185 

Sanford 206 

J op. John 192 

Jordan, 137 

Joslin, Allen L. 192, 242 

Esek 186 

Orrin F. 192, 241 

Keith, Stephen 225 

Kelley, Albert 123, 127 

Merrick T. 210 

Kelsev, Alvah 65 

Kemp', John T. 94 

Kennev, Jesse 3 

John. Jr. 18 

Jonathan 147, 148 

Sunmer 3 

Kidder, Cyrus 133 

Enoch 160 

Frances 160 

John 160 

Jonathan 160, 161 

Peter 133, 156, 161 

Richard 42 

Kimball, George A. 39 

John E. 26, 219 

William 219, 223 

Kinney, A. B. F. 164 

Kingsbury, Alfred 48, 82 

Amasa 74, 205 

Betsey 74 

David" 3 

Elijah 45 

Jacob 45 

Jeremiah 46 

John 45 

Joseph 45 

Josiah 44, 45, 74 

Simeon 205 

Theodore 45 

Kirbv, Alfred J. 235 

Lydia J. 235 

Knight, Cordelia 33 

Knowlton, Asahel 157 

Laekev, Albert 204 

Latlin, Leonard 172, 193 

Salem 172 

Lamb, Abial 64, 110, 172, 

180, 187 

Abijah 99 



«24 




INDEX OP 












No. 






No. 






No. 


Lamb, Caleb 


121 


Lovell, Ann 




10 


Meriam, John 


79. 86, 87 


(Jharlfs 


66. 78, 24:5 


John 




10 




■lonatliaii 


103, 104 


Charles C. 


103, lOS 


Mary 




10 




J..-hua 


86, 103 


Cyrus 


121 


Lovett, Charles W 




17 




Jotliam 


103 


David, Jr. 


120, 133 


Herbert E. 




17 




Lulber 


165 


Kbcntizcr 


110 


rhinebas 




17 




Samuel 


103 


Ik'iiry 


lO'J 


Sila- \V. 




210 




Wri'dit S. 


103 


.'osepli 


rji, 122 


Walter A. 




17 


Merritield, Lucius 


33 


Levi 


172, 1.S7 


Low, Lyman 1'. 




195 


Mes>ier, Joseph 


38 


Liberty 


102, lO'J 


Ludilen. Silas 




].-)4 




Rose 


38 


Keuben 


114, 121 


Lumbard, Washburn 


146, 


Metcalf, Artemas 


a. 167 


.Sainutl 


192 


190, 19.S, 


2.36 


,238 




David 


244 


William 


77, 172 


Mackmains, Danie 




18.S 


Methodist p:pis. Cbh. 198, 


LamsDii, Isaac 


S6 


]Magner, Thomas 




l.>5 






228, 2.32 


'riinolln 


44, 225 


iMahoney, .lames 




59 


M 


irick, Mary A. 


141 


Williani 


93, 99 


Mann, Clarissa A. 




123 


M 


ixer, David 


159 


Larivcr. Hiidj^er 


D. 95 


Daniel W. 




123 




Ezra 


159 


Lamed, Asa 


49 


David 




131 


Moffitt, Decatur 


215 


lienjamin 


48 


Manning, Robert 




240 




Klihu 


69, 70 


Klias 


ft-) 


Samuel 


240 


243 




Iliram 


79 


Elijah 


65 


Mansfield, Daniel 




191 




Isaac 


69, 70 


George 11. 


34, 218 


Marble. Jacob 91, 


111 


23« 




Jeremiah 35, 3 


7, 67, 69, 


Isaac 


46, 64, 1S5 


Luther 


147 


162 




202, 204 


20S, 210 


Jacob 


68, 72, 73 


Palmer 




23S 




Josiah 


66 


John 46, 65, 


66. 70, 71, 


William 




147 




Otis 


145, 146 




72, 73 


Marcv, Kendall 




20 




licuel 


66, 67 


Jonas 62, 217, 2US 


Marsh, Elliot 




243 




Rufus 


215 


Moses 


46 


John A. 




96 




Sumner 74 


195, 212 


Rufus 


55, 62 


Lot 




67 


Moore, Collins 


54, 56 


Salem 


65,66 


Martin, .Joseph 




67 




Elijah 202 


205, 220 


Samuel 


60 


Marvin, John 




84 




Israel 


184 


Simon 


73 


Sampson 




103 




Josiah 


227 


Simpson 


112 


;Mathewson, .John 




107 




Margaret 


125 


William 


73 


]yiawney, Samuel 




38 




ivlarvin 


216 


Zenas M. 


71 


Mavnard. Joab 




240 




Nathan 


54, S7 


Laverty, Mary A 


155 


Mayo, John 33 


,3S 


195 




Richard 125. 132. 137, 


Law, Kmily 8. 


212 


Jonathan 




57 




192, 20.-., 


216. 220 


Lyman 


195, 212 


Kebecca 




38 




Richard. Jr. : 


02, 20.-.. 


La\vrenc(% <Jliarl 


•s S. 238 


Samuel 32 


,33 


210 




216, 220, 


221, 226 


William K. 


116 


Thomas 33, 


169 


170 




Rufus 


18, 180 


Learned. Abi'^ail 


9S 


McCabe, Daniel 




42 




Salem T. 


30 


Abisha m, 116, 117 


David 




28 




Samuel 56, 


205, 220 


Benjamin 4S, 


91,98,131 


xMeDonnell, Ellen M. 


29 




William 


30 


Benjamin F. 


123 


McFarlantl, -Josiah 




229 


M 


)ruan, Nathan 


179 


Betsey 


117 


Mclntire, Albert G 




67 




Patrick 


236 


Ebenczer 37 


117, 126, 


Obadiah 




235 


]>[ 


.rris, Paraclete 


47 


127, IIJO, 162 


Sally 




70 


M 


jrton, James 


81, 82 


KiizabeMi It. 


117 


Sylvester 


130 


184 




Reuben 


SI 


Henry (i. 


131, 235 


McKee, Ebenezer 




37 


Morse, Benaiah 


230 


Jeremiah 


91, 93, 130 


McKennev, .John 




164 




Clarissa T. 


230 


Jonathan 


133 


McKnight, Klijah 




231 




Jane F. 


230 


J(jnatlian H. 


131 


.lohn 




1.54 




Jeremiah 


42 


Lewis M. 


123 


Me.Mahoii, I>]li/a 




122 




Lucinda 


40 


Otis 


235 


Melendy, James 




1 


Moulton, Cromwell 223 


Simeon 


1 


Mellen,"Abuer 




192 




James 


181 


Sylvanus 


117 


David 




188 




Josiah 


180 


Loj,'^, Charles A. 


155 


Henry 




103 


Mowry, Daniel 


92 


Lhoyd, i;ilen S. 


194 


Simon 




1S8 




George E. 


19.-. 


Lillev, ('lementin 


a 43 


Mellish, .John 




204 




Thomas 


92 


i)avid 16 


, 17,31,43 


Mel\ in, Cieorge S. 




96 


.M 


irray, John 


194 


J. I>eavt!ns 


31,64 


Mcriam, Albert E. 




23!t 


M 


izzev, .Fose|)li 


10.-. 


.Marion K. 


12 


Amos 




105 




Na'thanie! 


163 


Lillie, Isbellez 'r 


ISl 


Artemas 




103 


M 


vriek. Mary A. 


141 


'riieophilii. 


205 


Ebenezer 


103, 


lOH 


Ni 


ish, Francis 


53 


Lini'olii, AliiiDii 


101 


E|>hraini 




103 


Nazro, .John 


195 


Livermoi'e, Dani 


•1 103 


Frank !•;. 




10.-. 


N( 


uus, Charles 


7-2 


];ii>ha 


110 


Ilezekiah 10;!. 


104, 


114 


Neweomb. I)a\id 


ISS 


Mieali 


110 


llezekiah, Jr. 




106 


N. 


wton, Amos P. 


22, 111 


Taul 


110 


Ira 




141 




Eliza L. 


226, 227 


Sylvanu"! 


110 


Isaac S. 




.3;] 




Larkin D. 


28 


Lock, Kbeiiezer 


105 


James 


103, 


129 




Rhoda 


112 


Long, Alfred W. 


26, 239 


Joel 




106 




S. A. 


112 



HOMESTEADS. 



825 



No. 
lNewton,Wra. 206, 22(), 
227, 234 
Nicholas, Ansou 101 

Nichols. Abijah 218 

Alexana'er 77 

Benjamin 148, 149 

Charles P. 35, 184. 217, 
218. 228 
Daniel 209 

David 22, S3, 180, 189, 
227, 243 
Geo fff II. 90 

J. Edward 225 

John 77.80,83,150, 
202, 235 
John, Jr. 83 

John P. 67 

Jonathan 77 

Thomas 225 

AVilliam 209 

Noleu, Clarissa K. 190 

George B. 190 

Nathaniel 195 

Norwich and Worcester 
R.R. Co. 156, 157, 188 
Oluev, Richard 74, 75, 223, 
226, 228, 235 
Wilson ■ 188, 228 

O'Dwver, John 59 

O'Mara, John 94 

Onnsbee. lObenezer 149 
Erastu.s 231 

Ji^sse 72 

Otis, Benjamin B, ISS 

Oxford Almshouse 54 

Bank 196 

Town of 54, 145, 189, 
192, 214, 235 
Woolen Co. 75, 81, S3 
Packard, Cyrus lis 

Lemuel" 118 

Mavo lis 

Paine, Benjamin 200, 221 
Ellen A. 222 

Nathaniel 6 

Samuel C. 222, 223 

Palmer, Faimj- 167 

Wallace L. 167 

Papillou, Katharine 69 

Martha 75, 86, 87 

3Iarv 77 

Parish, Charles T. 193 

Parker. Aaron 129,172 

Phiuehas 129, 150 

Thomas 98 

William 131, 172 

Parmenter, David F. 33 
Parsonajre Association 190 
Patch. Andrew 94, 137, 141. 
148, 149 
Patt(!n, Nathaniel 37 

Pearson, Daniel 34, 42 

Pease, Edward S. 199, 235 
Frances F. 196 

Marv A. 196 

WiiriamE.196,235,241 
William E. & Co. 235 
Pelton, Joseph 238 

Penniman. Daniel T. 200 
Perkins, Paul 231 

Perry, Calvin 205 

Otis 92 



No. 
Phelps, James 10 

Phillips. Andrew 172 

Daniel 125 

Jonathan 121, 131. 172 
Joseph 25. 169 

Leonard 112 

Ruth 224 

Phipps, Calvin 56 

Moses 56, 200 

Svlvester 61 

William 176, 183. 185 
Pierce, Delano 22. 200, 

202, 203 
Jacob 104, 125, 133 

John 126 

Pierpont, Benjamin 68 

Ebenezer 68 

Plaisted, William L. 33 
Pollock, Hcurv 195 

Pond, Otis N." 169 

Otis S. 139 

Philander 155 

Pope. Asa H. 92, 95, 132 
Caleb 212 

Horace S9a, 92 

Horace A. 84 

Sylvia 132 

West 132 

& Warner 134 

Poucher, Adaline 111 

Anthony W. Ill 

Pratt, Amos 24 

Amos S. 69, 200 

Anna 108 

Baxter 24 

Benjamin 127 

(/'ooledge 173 

Ebeuezer 148 

Elias 153, 154 

Eiias, Jr. 26, 139, 153 
Elijah 43, 44, 57. 58. 
60, 185 
Jeremiah 95 

Jesse 106 

John 147, 148 

Jonas 139, 140 

Jonas, Jr. 142 

Jonathan 139, 153 

Jonathan, Jr. 153, 

173, 240 
Joseph 24, 38, 147. 148 
Marshal 167. 173 

Micah 139. 140 

Nahum 167, 173 

Nathan 94. 129 

Stephen 142 

Sylvanus 153, 154. 

155, 165 
Thomas 139 

William lOS. lis 

Pray. Ebenezer 112, 126 
Prentice, Henrv L. 177 

Josiah S. 146, 176, 225 
Nahum 58 

Prince, Alpheus 171, 183 
David 55, 171 

Freeman 85 

Jonathan 85 

Otis 171, 183 

Stephen. Jr. 85, 226 
Purcell, Mary 236 

Putnam, Amos 83, 225 I 



No. 
Putnam, Calvin 3 

Cornelius 8 

Denny S. 67, 159, 160 
Dexter 5 

John E. 10 

Joseph H. 2 

Joseph W. 8 

Sumuer 62, 232 

Tarrant 194 

Quau, James 139 

Kallion. Charles A. 177 
Itanisdell, Timothy 173 
Rand, Worham 1). 184 

Rawson, Charles 231 

Charles I. 29, 139, 200 
Lucv A. 200 

Rayraoud, Edward 188, 194 
Read, Joseph 37, 131 

Thomas 42, 181 

Redding, l^benezer 98 

Reynolds, Sally 24 

Rice, Jonathan 114, 125 
Samuel 148 

Silas 13, 131 

Rich, Amos 2 

Austin J. 34 

Barnabas 77 

Daniel 85 

David 85. 95 

Ebenezer 10, 15, 18, 19 "" 
Ebenezer D. 15, 18 

Elijah 5 

George L. 15 

Paul 239 

P. Lafayette 239 

Reuben 193 

Ruth G. L64 

Samuel 3, 5, 38 

Samuel, Jr. 6 

Thomas 3. 5 

Richardson, Leonard 95 
& Kendall 198 

Rider. Samuel 84 

Robbins. Ebenezer 1, 2 
Meribah 1 

Robinson, Asa 44 

Frances H. 239. 

Fred. Q. 51 

George 44 

John W. 14, 239 

Rufus 37, 218 

Samuel 44 

Sylvanus 14. 24, 26, 28, 
33, 39. 64, 82. 95, 139, 
171,172,189. 193. 195. 
201, 207,208.237,239 
William 28,219.235 
Rockett, Joseph 32 , ls9. 
192, 240 
Rockvvood, Thomas IsS 
Root. Justin 227 

Rosebrook, Walter L. 2, 4 
Willis W. 4 

Rowland, J^vman 6 

Nathaniel H. 238 

Rudolph. Fred. 164 

Russell. Ephraim 192, 225 
Josiah 185 

Thomas 142, ls5 

Rvder, Franklin F. 118,120 
Sanford, Emorv 123, 1.39, 
196, 199, 235, 241, 243 



105 



826 



INDEX or 



No. 1 






No.; 


No. 


Sunford, Hannah M. 196 1 


Sigourney, Martin 




192 


Stone. James 102, 108 


Kichunl li:. 


Susan 




«6 


James L. 202 


Scarljoiu, Elizabetb 10 


William 18, 144, 


191, 


John A. 63 


S<aniuel 10 


193, 195, 214, 2 


27, 


>3.5, 


Lewis 108 


Scott. Uufus 214 




239, 


243 


Loomis 109 


Sophia 214 


Simonds, Elijah H. 




95 


Luke R. 1.53 


'I'iinnias !lo 


Isabelhi 




95 


Luther 108, 109. 127 


Scavcr. P.-ricy 171, 218 


Simp-on. Lot 




6| 


Moses 1.53, 1!K) 


St'frars, Kphmim ()>; 


Singietary, Amos 




las 


Nehemiah 105 


Severance. William '•>> 


Skinner, "Abraham 




83: 


Richard 122. 200, 


Scvcrv, Kiccinan 113 


Slater, (George B. 




45 


201, 202 


Marv 113 


Horatio N. 




45i 


Roxy 63 


Wilfard 113 


John 




45 


Samuel 102 


Sharpli's, CorneHus 07 


Katharine H. 




203! 


Stephen 114 


James 41 


Sanmel 44 


58, 


184 


Urania 229 


.Jose])h 41 


Samuel & Co. 




16 


Uriah 102, 108 


Shattuek, Jonathan 87 


Sloan, James 




87 


William 92 


Shaw, E. F. 212 


Slocomb, Charles E 


. 


151 


Storm. Joseph 191 


James 110 


Smith, Jacob 




68 


Stow, Abel F. 193 


.Salem J. 10 


Samuel 145, 


215. 


216 


Stowell, E. Davis 172 


Shepard, James 107 


S. William 




216 


Stratford, Charles J. 115, 


Shepardson, Asa B. 165 


Thomas 




92 


122, 202, 235 


Horace 33. 39, 171 


Timothy 




41 


Streeter, Daniel 149 


Moses K. 1.")-), 165, 169 


Snow, Franklin F. 




235 


David 35 


Sherman, Albert 145 


Fred. L. 


64 


184 


Jacob 35 


Shumway, Abuer 140 


Lawson 




184 


Stephen 35 


Amos 171 


Southwi(!k, Samuel 




200 


Sullivan. John 236 


Amos, Jr. 171 


Southworth, Stephen 


l.'.l 


Sweet. Daniel 76 


Benjamin 172 


Sparhawk, Ezra 




1.50 


John 76 


Ebenezer 133, 137, 


Mary 




120 


Taber, Jesse P. 161 


140, 164 


Mary A. 




195 


Taft, Alanson 48 


Jacob 170 


Sumner 




195 


AsaB. 91,96,217 


Jacob, Jr. 61 


Timothy 118, 


120 


121 


Elisha C. 96 


Jeremiah 55, 64, 172. 


Spauldinir, Peter 




62 


Evandcr 48, 61 


181, 185 


Spurr, Elijah & Co 




95 


H. G. 0.91,96,116,123 


John 142, 183 


Stallord, Frederick 




112 


John A. 109, 139 


Josiah 97 


John 




124 


Nathaniel E. 118, 139 


Low is 171 


Joseph 




125 


Silas S. 96 


Loriston 75, 200, 244 


Mary S. 




190 


Tanner, William H. 61 


Noah 03 


Stearns, Thomas 




25 


Taylor, Ezra 93, 94 


Oliver 133, 164 


Steere, John C. 


100 


, 172 


James 5 


Peter 55,63,64,104, 


Stevens, Addison M. 


63 


John 22 


183, 185 


Daniel 




201 


Julia A. 5 


Riifiis 61 


Ebenezer 




67 


Thaver, Edward 77 


Samuel 128 


Elizabeth 




160 


"Fred. 117, 123 


Thaiil;lul 24-1 


(ieorge P. 




160 


Svlvanus 154 


Thomas I). 63 


John 




77 


Thonias. William 77 


Sibley, Abigail 3 


Josei)h 




176 


Thompson. Amos 79. 201 


Almon 6 


Laban 




110 


Thurston. Alexander C. 84, 


Braman F. 235 


Stevenson, John 




192 


141. 144, 174, 176, 184 


Elvira A. 235 


Thomas 




192 


David. Uev. 205 


Francis 19, 21 


Stockwell, Adaline M. 


107 


William 11.24,179,199. 


Gideon 1. 10, 11 


Calvin 




110 


22S. 237, 2iS 


Israel 14, 21, 43, 112, 


John 


120 


. l.)3 


William H. H. 204 


134. 205. 200, 


Jonas E. 


157 


, 15S 


Tiffanv. Bathsheba 169 


207,230,233 


Joshua 




18 


Bela 44,45,58,93,139 


Jonas L. 18 


Miliia 




244 


Dexter 176 


Jonatlian 22, 216, 225. 


j Niithaniel 




86 


Lenmel 169 


226, 244 


Simeon 




133 


Lyman 110. 141, 144 


Nahum 112, 134.230.233 


Stone. Ambrose 




166 


Tillotson. Jonathan 37 


Paul 7 


Ambrose, Jr. 




166 


Tolman. Jonas 121 


Peter 11 


; Ann 


102 


. 108 


Toomev. Dennis 59 


Sumner 2 


Asa. Jr. 




202 


Mii-hael 131. 175 


Sif^ournev. Andrew 35. 52, 


Calvin 




112 


Torrev. George 124, 131 


,s(;,95, 9S.'.»9, 112, 114, 


Charles W. 




164 


John 244 


165. 167.192, 193, 194, 


Daniel 


114 


. l(!(i 


Tourtellotte, Paris 10 


195, 190, 197, 19S. 199, 


l)a\id 9: 


. 9." 


. 12.') 


ToAU. Abner 21, 150 


200. 222 


I)ei)orah 




243 


1 Ben). F. 189, 193, 2.35 


Andrew. Jr. 194. 235 


Henry 




34 


David 27, 192 


Anthonv 163. 174 


Henry A. 




164 


Elijah 110 


Charles A. 20,41 


Henry D. 


160 


,206 


Elizabeth 189 


George \V. 41, 192 


Isaac 




158 


1 Isaac 152 



HOMESTEADS. 



827 



No. 

Town, Israel 141 

JiU'ob 87 

Jcfsse IT.'} 

John 121,131,150,176 

Jobn, Jr. 152 

Jonathan 176, 178 

Josiah 149 

M ses 141 

riiinehas 150 

Kuth 189, 191 

Svlvanus 119, 125, 139, 

178, 181, 189. 190. 

235, 240 

Thomas 34 

Trow, Benjamin 244 

Truesdell, Cyrus 33. 60. 62, 

71, 139, 195 

Trumbull, Amory 154 

Joseph " 102 

Tucker, Calvin 47, 51 

Epbraim 47 

Tureott, John 184 

Turner, Jacob 126 

Joshua 138, 175 

31arv 138 

Silas 126 

Twichell, Benoni 37, 

172, 188 

Seth 172 

Tyler, Andrew 49 

Underwood, Alvan 236 

Alvan G. 190, 236 

Samuel 202 

Upham, Enielaide 38 

Harvev 66 

Pliny B. 67 

Vassall, Benjamin 155. 156 

Vester 131 

Veevers, Ambrose C. 59 

Verrv, George F. 206 

Walt", David' 28, 71, 243 

John 175 

Wakefield, David 76 

Wales, Bradford N. 151 

Walker, Andrew 34 

Ann Maria 167, 182 

Asa 133 

Charles X. 151, 155 

Ebenezer B. 147, 150, 

151, 155, 156 

Elisha 89a, 169 

Erie 28 

George 28 

Hannah 133 

James 22 



No. 

Walker, James B. 167, 

177, 182 

Solomon 89a, 183, 184 

William C. 235 

Wallace, Charles O. 98, 118 
Mary S. 194, 196 

Otis 115, lis 

Walling, Abner 164 

Reuben 164 

Wallis, Ezra 56 

James 44, 58 

Samuel R. 208 

Ward, David 6 

Gilbert 144 

Jonas 6, 175 

Phinehas 175 

Warner, Daniel 234 

Hannah 234 

Warren, E. G. etc. 124 

Waters, Abraham 158, 159 
Ebenezer 10 

Jonathan 6 

Judah 95 

Mary 193 

Nathan 8 

Reuben 18 

Samuel 1, 3, 6 

Watson, Clara S. 221 

William 56. 141, 143, 

181, 182, 185, 195 

Webster, Stephen 43 

Town of 45 

Welch, David W. 160 

Wellington, Charles H. 129 
Lucretia P. 129 

William 129 

Willis M. 123, 234 

Wetherell, Andrew S. 191 
George A. 188 

John 191, 203, 221 

John W. 188, 189 

Lvman 6S 

Wheeler, Charles S. 10 

Wheelock, Wm. A. 202, 224 

Whipple, Joseph 158 

White, Benj. F, 230, 244 
Charles 188 

Josiah 87 

Russell 69 

Seth 6 

Whiting, Mrs. C. A. 14, 235 
Cvprian 193 

Eilwin C. 65 

Eleanor R. 1 

Ella M. 196 



No. 

Whiting, Erastus 1 

Henry J. 5. 12, 14, 2.35 

Lerov 196 

Whitman, Jas. W. 131, 153 

Whitmore, Nathaniel 140 

Whitney, Israel 133, 140 

Joshua 26 

Whittlesev, Ezra C. 203 

Wilder, E'unice 184 

Seth 184 

Wilev, John 125 

Joseph 188 

Willev, John J. 33 

Williams, James 89, 140 

Martha P. 87 

Richard 75, 77, 86, 87 

Robert 89 

Samuel 89 

Willis, Samuel C, Jr. 188 

Willsou, Jacob 26, 188 

John 26 

Wilson, Emily D. 151 

Fanny M. 162 

Witt, Alexander C. 77 

Archibald C. 77 

Hollis 48, 77, 79 

Stearns 24, 37. 75, 77, 

79, 197, 198, 199, 

202, 210 

Wolcott, Edward K. 189, 

194, 225 

Elizabeth 95 

Freke 97 

Henrv 189 

John' 72,89,194,195 

Josiah 34, 49, 89, 95, 97, 

99, 125. 141, 185, 

189, 243 

Wood, Amasa 6 

Asa 6 

Joseph 161 

Woodbury, Bartholomew 5 

George L. 74 

Jonathan 5, 7 

Joseph L. 74, 75 

Joshua 10 

Woodward, Ichabod 106 

Worcester Mut. Fire 

Ins. Co. 18 

Work, Jacob 109 

Wright, John 149 

Sarah 149 

Wyman, John 87 

Yeomans. Charles 51, 193 
Young, David 13 



INDEX 



NAMES IN GENEALOGICAL DEPARTMENT OCCURRING 
OUT OF ALPHABETICAL ORDER. 



Abbott, Charles B. 365. 
Henry L. 691. 
Martha 576. 
& Rice 651. 
Acker, Cornelia 513. 
Aekerman. Uinard 402. 

Acklev, 559. 

Adams, Abiuail 410. 
Abraham 1-iy. 
Andrew 438. 
Augusta 406. 
Betse 749. 
Caroline 631. 
Caroline \V. 594. 
Clara P. 3S2. 
Daniel V. 406. 
Elizal)etli 440. 
Frances 5()7. 
Franklin 473. 
Harriet S. 4S7. 
Henrietta 5S5. 
Jonalhan 634. 
John 410. 
Laura 397. 
Lucinda 569. 
Patienite 689. 
PelejfOll. 
Reuben 507. 
Svlvia 646. 
Thomas 6S9. 
Waldo 459. 
William 68i). 
Adams' Armv 375. 
Adsit,,)olin 410. 
Aijnevv, Alexander 709. 
Akcrlv, I.avinia 514. 
Alhee' .\<lalinc 479. 
Hannah 5!i.">. 
Henrv 402, 511.617. 
Louisa A. 717. 
Lucv M. 626. 
Mary E. 611. 
IMiebe 410. 
Sophia 562. 
.Mdrieh, Amos 633. 
Anna 692. 
Ex|)eri('nee 701. 
Hiram 3(>6. 
Horalio N. 729. 
Josei)h 51.S. 701. 
MarirtMM 371. 
Martin 50!». 
Nehen)iah 671. 



Aldrich, Pamelia 539, a*<4. 

I'ollv B. 377. 

Ruth G. 662. 

Samuel 601. 

Sarah 590. 

Susanna 378. 745. 
Alexander, Saloma 370. 
Alger, Knuna 708. 

Lvdia 372. 

Mai-v H. 369. 

Ruth 701. 
Allard, Orlin .583. 
Allen, Abner 481. 

Addison 443. 

Amasa 500. 

Amos 734. 

Anna 396. 

Desire 597. 

E. Maria 401. 

Ebenezer 536. 

Elbrid^e 441. 

Elizabeth Akers 505. 

Francis T. 569. 

Hannah 730. 

Haimah (^). 558. 

,)uhn 371. 

Jox'ph 436. 

.hilia A. 629. 

Laura 543. 

Oliadiah 372. 

Surah. Mrs. 466. 

'riianklul .Vll. 
Alirv, Abner 549. 
Allln, Rev. -John 527. 
Alston, Eliza B. 747. 
Alton, Aniasa 493. 

licilv 6;M. 

i:iizal)eth 563. 

Sophronia (>s4. 
Alverson. (Ji'iir<.'e 589. 

Lucv W. 599. 

Rufiis G. 592. 
Ames, Mrs. 576. 

Ellen 603. 

II. E. 4()!i. 
Aniidown, Mrs. Abigail 561. 
Hetty 584. 

Calvin 466, 
Elizabeth ri71, 
Ella M. 4(;5. 
llannaii. Mrs. 466. 

Henry C. 595. 
Isaac 511. 



Amidown, .John 53,8. 

Keziah 370. 

Luey 616. 

Liirana 740. 

Luther S. 672. 

Lvdia 535. 

Marv 436. 

Mehetable 370. 

Meribah 664. 

Mollv 536. 

Philip 435, 086. 

Roller .5.54. 

Sallv 553. 

.Samuel 553, 606. 

Sarah 512. 
Amsden, Daniel 367. 
Anderson, John 537. 

Mary R. 744. 

Pamelia 676. 

Susan 489. 
Andrews. Col. 713. 

Charlotte T. 590. 

Elizabeth 685. 

Jolin 662. 

.Samuel 444. 
Andrus, Fannv 751. 
An{;ell, Charles 419. 

Ciiarles A. 403. 

Daniel .309, 529. 

.Martin 742. 

Nanev. Mrs. 667. 

Sallv 556. 

Susan 400. 

Ziba 634. 
Anthonv, Arnold 656. 

ChaVles J. 465. 

Maria E. (115. 

Sarah 40S. 
Appleby, Albert H. 453. 

Emma F. 461. 

Marv A. 599. 

Nellie R. 474. 
Archer. Mary 731. 

Mary Ann 568. 
Arminu'ton. (Jeorire \V. 523. 
Army, Adam>' 375. 
Arnold, 512. 

Benedict 569. 

Mctsey 514. 

Diana E. 578. 

Elisha 568. 

Marv A. 373. 

Rhoda 605. 



1 



OUT OF ALPHABETICAL ORDER. 



829 



Arnold, Russell 411, 438. 

Stephen C. 709. 
Arthur, Harriet L. 445. 
Atherton, Percy 668. 
Atkins, Harriet 651. 
Atwtiter, Dorrance 392. 
Atweli, Elizabeth 519. 

Olive 728. 
Atwood, 62S. 

Abigail 661. 

Elizabeth 586. 

Jo.seph 590. 

Marj' S. 445. 

Ruth 643. 

Sarah 602. 

Stephen 575. 
Austin, 454. 

Abby L. 516. 

Arabella M. 495. 

Mary 681. 

Olive 621. 
Avery, Abel 443. 

Betsev 737. 

Deborah 565. 
Avre.s, John 459. 
Babbitt, Doctor 642. 

Hiinriah 374. 
Babsou, Isaac 586. 
Bacheller, Elizabeth T. 612. 
Back, Rosetta .533. 
Bacon, Abii^ail, Mrs. 535. 

Ani^enette 697. 

Caroline K. 685. 

Charles S. 700. 

Daniel 427, 483. 

Delia 478. 

n. Eugene 615. 

Hannah S. 736. 

Harriet H. 673. 

James G. 531. 

John 727. 

Jonas 484. 

Julius E. 556. 

Lament 418. 

Louisa 528. 

Marv Ann 380. 

Peter C. 39,s, 400. 

Priscilla ISG. 

Riifiis 496. 

Siitiuicl 458. 

Zilpali 567. 
Baden, Duchess of 393. 
Badjrer, Sarah L. 537. 
Bajjlev, Abel 644. 
Bailey, Addison 592. 

J. M. 491. 

Marv 459. 

Marv E. 568. 

Servilius 698. 

Susanna 404. 
Baird. Charles W. 681. 

Geor<;e 412. 

Thomas 492. 
Baker, Caroline A. 4.59. 

Elizabeth 483, 670, 716. 

Elvira 733. 

Freelove D. 576. 

Hannah 531. 

Harriet E. 461. 

Henry A. 717. 

Jacob 691. 

Jerusha 589. 

John 476. 



Baker, Joseph 408. 

Josiah 676. 

Katharine 500. 

Keziah 676. 

Lavinia 408. 

Luther B. 473. 

Sallv 529. 

Thomas, Dr. 627. 

William 440. 

William R. 440. 
Balch, Josiah 435,430. 
Balcom, Briirham 622. 

David 465. 

Edward E. 680. 

Elias T. 465. 

Harriet 714. 

Helen M. 460. 

John 629. 

I'rudeiice 509. 

Relief M. 597. 

Submit 622. 
Baldwin, Charles P. 402. 

Hannah, Mrs. 708. 

James 698. 

Jonathan 554. 
Ball, Eliza 685. 

Erancis L. 566. 

Harriet 415. 

Henry E. 516. 

Henry H. 561. 

L. 504. 

Mary W. 580. 

Phinehas 7.37. 

Ruth .582. 
Ballard, Ephraim 619, 664. 

Hamilton .581. 

Hannah 725. 

John 390, 423, 4.59, 746. 

Jonathan 618, 642. 

Lucv 725. 

Martha 391. 

Marv Ann 444. 

Rebekah 602. 

Rufus 621. 

Ruth 569. 

Sarah 667. 

Sylvester 377. 
Ballou, Annie B. 457. 

Joshua 414. 
Bancroft, Dea. 705. 

Darius L. 612. 

Hinrv 614. 

John'C. 590. 

.Joseph 5.54. 

Nathan 671. 
Bangs, Mary 538. 

Nathaniel 477. 
Bannister, L. S. 445. 
Bannon, Frank 434. 
Barbee, Maggie M. 709. 
Barber, Joseph 696. 

Sallv 723. 
Bardwell, Edward W. 716. 

Louie C. 495. 

William E. 693. 
Barker, Mrs. Abigail 472, 

Alma F. 462. 

Charles T. ,591. 

Francis .527. 

Jennie 662. 
Barlow, Atweli 728. 

Ruth 746. 

William 366. 



Barnaby, James M. 526. 
Barnard, Abigail 570. 

F. F. 617.' 

Hannah 431. 

Joshua ,524. 

Marv 543. 
Barnes, Addington 691. 

Briijumin K. 753. 

Celia A. (;;]0. 

Fenton 599. 

Fitz A. 631. 

George E. .546. 

Henrietta 671, 

Josiah 567, 704. 

Nellie A. 373. 

Rachel 520. 

Rebecca A. .546. 

Theodocia 475. 

Thomas 420, 730. 
Harnett, Sophronia 604. 
Barrett, Corliss .557. 

Hannah G. 452. 

Thomas 696. 

William 706. 
Barron, Alonzo 711. 
Barrows, Albert 665. 

Lewis H. 665. 

W. Dexter 411. 

William 442. 
Barstow, Sumner 397. 
Bartlett, Capt. Amos 699. 

Asa 572. 

15enjaniin C. 627. 

Betsev 439. 

Clarissa 601. 

Ebenezer 710. 

Eleazer 707. 

Halleck 377. 

Hannah 521. 

John 676. 
Jonas, Jr. 416. 
Martha 521. 
Marv L. 533. 
Mercy 395, 
'I'anuir 699. 
Barton, Abigail 663, 697. 
Angeiine C. 378. 
Caleb 681. 
Dolly 590. 
Ebenezer 390. 
Edward 602. 
Edwin 366. 
Elbridge 679. 
Eli 486. 
George 411. 
Hannah 468. 
Ira 377. 

Jedediah 615, 648, 668. 
John 459, 493. 
Mary 652, 664. 
Mary A. 700. 
Mercv 724. 
Olive" 679. 
Pollv 400. 
Reuben 580. 
Rice 487, 637. 
Sally 576. 
Sarah 733. 
Sarah, Mrs. 380. 
Sibley 722. 
Silence 404. 
Stephen 374, 705. 
Stephen, Dr. 619. 



830 



NAMES IN GENEALOGICAL PAGES 



BaflM, LutliiT (Itjl. 

Miirv 457. 
I{asM'tt, 727. 

ll.l.n F. (>65. 
Bat, Joliii .>.'i5. 
Butchcller, 452. 

Abbie 740. 

Amos 412. 

Dimirl 3!tl. 

I)avi<l, lU'V. 422. 

Kliz:ibiib, Mrs. 553. 

.Mary L. :J77. 

Sariili I). 734. 
Bates, A. J. 572. 

Alaiison 607. 

Alfrud :;6«. 

Aiijrcline (502. 

Anna US. 

Bi'ni;iinin E. 533. 

t.'aleb ()7;!. 

David 5ir). 

Dresser T. 561. 

Esther C. 5G1. 

James •!«(). 

.Jolrn 501, 660. 

John W. 524. 

Molly 380. 

olive 502. 

Orrin 3,S0. 

I'hebe 731. 

Sarah E. 448. 

Siltvl 5(i3. 

Theodore C. 490. 

Well ha (;i)2. 

William 554. 
Buttey, Marieita 558. 

Nathan 400. 
Battle, Elizabeth 444. 

HaMiiali 482. 

Martha tS2. 
Battles, Abi-ail537. 

Hannah 577. 

Josiah 6S6. 
Bavley, Uuth 563. 
Beiich, William H. 660. 
Beale, Amanda A. 377. 
Beuls, I'.etsey 714. 

Hannah 537. 

Norman S. 743. 
Beaman, Ella S. 462. 
Bean, Lncas 1*. 507. 
Beard, Josephine 15. 613. 
Bcaumuni, Josej)li 572. 
Beauthori), -Joseph 673. 
Beekwilh, Lewis W. 583. 
Beebe, Dolly 72S. 
Beers, Elnathan 654. 

Hannah .528. 

I.vdia 743. 
Beh, Mertha M.540. 
Beleher, William 446. 

Beldinj?, 581. 

Belknap, James M. 498. 

Jeremiah 705. 
Mellows, 727. 

Calvin 411. 

Charitv 521. 

Eleazer 650. 

Elizabeth 380, 491. 

Joshua 521. 

Julius N. 412. 

Lydia 5;J4. 

Mary 520. 



Bellows, Persis M.,Mrs.612 

Sarah 403. 
Bemis, Abi^'ail 704. 

Amariah 682, 690. 

Clarence E. 401. 

Eleazer 536. 

Lucinda T., Mrs. 727. 

Maria 540. 

Martin 568. 

Moses 704. 

Kuth E. 578. 

Susanna 652. 

William 577. 
Benedict, Mrs. 647. 
Bennett, Andrew E. 631. 

Anna M. 430. 

Arettuisa 452. 

C. Fred. 710. 

Catherine' 663. 

Jerome 577. 

Lvman 524. 

Mary 642. 

Sally 378. 
Benson, Gardner O. 536. 

Jane 560. 

Silence 366. 
Benthall, Phebc G. 554. 
Benway, Georj^e .563. 
Bernon, Gabriel 403. 

Marie 381. 
Beste, Henry 717. 
Bethune, George .598. 
Betts, Amelia A. 514. 

Elliot B. 514. 
]5cvans, Julia A. 444. 
Beveridi'e, Elizabeth 599. 
Bickford, Almon 444. 

Clarinda N. 452. 

Esther 533. 

Miles 452. 
Bicknell, Samuel 526. 
Bigelow. Abigail 658. 

Abijah 655. 

Cyiithia 470. 

PJlijah, Capt. .548. 

Elisha W. 444. 

Emily F. 743. 

.Tesse 548, 615. 

John W. 398. 

Julia A. 717. 

Lucv 710. 

Marv J. 372. 

Samuel L. 398. 

Sarah 580. 660. 

Timothy 504. 
Biirgs, Sarah 647. 
Billings, Adaline 548. 

Ghristoi)her 459. 

Elizabeth ()70. 
liingham, Harriet N. 572. 
Bird, Charles E. 533. 
Bisbee, Elisha 690. 
Bisco, Alden 602. 
Biseoe, Emily 578. 
Bishop, Abigail 730. 
Dorothv 730. 

John 730. 

Temperance 544. 
Bi.Kbv, Alanson 600. 

/ane 455. 

Jonathan 370, 37L 

Samuel 725. 
Black, Ilattie 586. 



Black, Nancv A. 605. 

Susan 438. 
Blaekmer. Sarah 4i)0. 
Blacksiock, Mary <ks4. 
Blair, Marcellus 6.")6. 
Blake, Abbv T. 398. 

Sarah 427. 
Blanehard, -Mrs. 508. 

Abigail 600. 

John .094. 

Josiah 575. 

xMarv 661. 

Pruilence 686. 

Thomas 564. 

Williaiii 6S6. 

William It. 599. 
Blaudiu. Borodel 696. 

Francis 475, 722. 

Lucy .539. 
Blandiug, Jonathan 449. 
Blanev, .Mrs. I',.ulah 659. 

Elizabith 633. 

Jedediah 410. 
Blauvelt, Isaac B. 688. 
Blazier. Ell.n 478. 
Blessing, Joanna 720. 
Blinebrv, John 520. 
Bliss, Si-lah 543, 
Blodgett, Capt. 418. 

Edward 478. 

William 606. 
Hlood, A. H. 702. 

Abiu-ail 188. 

Ann 721. 

Diadania 306. 

Esllier(;51. 

Isaiah 550. 

Sarah 543. 
r.louni, Marv 703. 
Blunl. Elizabein 414. 
Hodwell, Martha 556. 
Bogle, Jane 626. 

John 554. 

Marv 5.')4. 

Sarah 442. 
Boi^e. Hon. K. P. 650. 
B.olles, Erastus.")40. 
Bolster, Anna 517. 

Asalud 504. 

E. Ann 601. 

i:dward F. 446. 

Ellen 366. 

Lueinda J. 495. 

Olnev 505. 

William A. 402. 
Bolton, Mrs. Sarah 599. 
Bond, Eliza T. 452. 

Foster 443. 

Frances M. 438. 

Harrison 14;$. 

John (i. 729. 

Lucy A. 411. 

Marcus 702. 

Nareissa 444. 

Sarah J. 533. 

Stephen 647. 
Bonner, Mrs. 551. 
Bonsev, Pollv 594. 
Booth; Asahel 673. 

Mary E. 693. 
Borden, Ebenezer 466. 
Bosworth, WHiitman 476. 
Boughey, Elizabeth 531. 



OUT OF ALPHABETICAL ORDER. 



831 



Bourne, Nancy 674. 
Boutell, Samuel 390. 
Bovvdireh. William P. 481. 
Bowdoiu, Gov. 620. 
Bowen. Julia A. 531. 

xMartlia 671. 

Palmer T. 433. 

Theodore 368. 
Howers, Herbert 744. 
Bowker, Charles A. 492. 

Luke 537. 
Bowler, Elizabeth C. 399. 
Bowman, Ezra 426. 

Josepli, Rev. 525, 559. 

Phebe 625. 
Boyce, 550. 

Betsev 579. 

Cenia 370. 

Elliot 451. 
Bovd, IsaHC 682, 683. 
Boyden, Adams 495, 713. 

Dorothy 495. 

Hannah 374. 

Henry 6S4. 

LaA'iiiia 725. 

Lucius 498. 

Marv C. 517. 

Samuel. Jr. 373. 

Tryphena 705. 
Brackett, David 555. 

Joim 454. 

Marv F. 632. 

Prince 644. 
Bradburv, Jos. C. .540, 742. 
Bradford. Sarah J. .585. 
Bradley, Geori,'e 368. 

Horace 585. 
Bradv, Henrv S. 733. 

Henry S., Jr. 700. 
Braman, Amasa 380. 

Mary 439. 
Branch. Augustus A. 514. 

William" F. 475. 
Brayley, Israel 752. 
Brayton, Ives & Co. 717. 

Olive 506. 
Brazer, Marv 467. 
Breed. Elizabeth 459, 692, 

725. 
Brewer, Abisjail 721. 

Elizabeth 653. 

Henry 443. 

Josiah 474, 745. 

Phebe, Mrs. 535. 

Brewster, 441. 

Bridge, 603. 

Bridges, Delia 617. 

Hannah 389. 

MehetabU^ 545. 
Bridirford, George 717. 
Bridgman. lawver 397. 
Briggs, a83. 

Abraham, .Jr. 542. 
. Emily E. 367. 

Hiram 654. 

James 374. 

Polly 409, 701. 
Roxana 480. 
Thankful .5.3.5. 
William T., Rev. 470. 
Brigham. Abigail 734. 

Charles L. 646. 
Clarissa 468. 



Brigham, Deborah, Mrs. 
520. 

Mary .555. 

Sarah 406. 
Brimblccom, Charles 387. 
Brintnell, Eunice 562. 
Bronson, Bela 730. 

Sherlock A. 730. 
Brooks, Loriuda 509. 

James F. 476. 
Brook-mit, James C. 506. 
Brown, Abigail 522. 

Alice 444. 

Almira 543. 

Alvau 710. 

Angeline C. 455. 

Ann J. 614. 

Anna, Mrs. 735. 

Betsev 494. 

Beulah 405. 

Caroline 600. 

Chloe 497. 

Danforth 706. 

Daniel 444. 

David 448. 

Deborah 666. 

Ebenezer 496, 629. 

Elizabeth 435, 576. 

Emily M. 630. 

Emma A. 728. 

Ephraim 370. 

Ethan 691. 

Hannah 454, 455. 

Henrv L. 565. 

James 413, 438, 686, 718. 

Jasper 597. 

Jemima 446. 

.Jeuuie 648. 

Jeremiah .528, 656. 

Joanna 531. 

John 539. 

John A. 454. 

Jos. 433. 522, 583, 638. 

Judith 740. 

Lavina 497. 

Lovisa 451. 

Lucinda 516, 616. 

Lucv 612. 

Lucy M. 401, 

Lvdia .528. 

Margaret R. 597. 
^Mary 3(i6, 526, 553. 

Miriam 741. 

Nancv 524. 

Obadiah 390. 

Olive 369. 

Philii) 594. 

Pollv 43S, .543, 624, 735. 

Rhoda T. 711. 

Roxana .553. 

Ruhamah 493. 

Samuel 561, 601. 

Sarah 444, 649. 

Ste];hen 551. 

Susan A. 460. 

Susanna 715. 

Sylvanus .523. 

Turner 702. 

Walter 560. 

Willard 710. 

William 444, 616. 

William C. 553. 
Browning, George H. 481. 



Bruce, Althea 544. 

Doctor 3S7. 

Eliza, Mrs. 718. 

Olivia A. 702. 

Smith 372. 

Zilpah 734. 
Bryant, Ann Maria 651. 

Anne 454. 

Solon 676. 
Buck, Ann 549. 

Clementina 476. 

Loriug E. 412. 
Bucklev, Mary 530. 
Bucklin, Elizabeth 646. 
liuckmau, John E. 605. 

Martha 669. 
ButBngton, Cordelia 476. 
Butfum, Hannah 741. 
Bugbee, 410. 

Francis 689. 

Hannah 473. 

Marv A. .599. 

Prentice 707. 
Bulin, .Jane 017. 
Bull, Harriet 716. 
Bullard, Ann 458. 

Doctor 506. 

Joseph 541. 

Luther 489. 

Maria W. 398. 

Nathan 673. 

Submit 371. 
Bullen, Stephen 663. 
Bullock, Elizabeth 476. 

Thomas M. 617. 

William 569. 
Bunker, Abigail B. 4.52. 
Bunn, Mrs. Abigail 718. 
Burdett, Ann J. 674. 
Burdon, Dr. Asa 521. 

Salome 616. '" 

Sarah E. 740. 
Burgess, Danforth 600. 

Elizabeth, Mrs. 664. 
Burke, Louisa 384. 
Burleigh, John O. 621. 
Burlintrarae, Elizabeth V. 

739. 
Burl ins ham, Eratus 578. 
Burnap, Abijab 725, 

Hannah 493. 

Sarah 612. 
Burnet, Heury 013. 

Isaac, Dr. 610. 

Jotham, Dr. 652. 

Wilkins611. 

William 521. 
Burnett, Emc line J. 433. 

Harvev 649. 

Isaac, "Dr. 493. 

John 678. 
Burr, Aaron .547. 

Lucinda 6(!2. 

Susanna 535. 
Burrill, Adaline A. 416. 

Isaac .567. 

John 507. 

.Joshua .507. 

Phebe 567. 
Burrough, .Joseph 490. 
Burroughs, Asenath 408. 

Eden, Itev. 467. 

Sally 397. 



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NAMES IN GENEALOGICAL PAGES 



15urri)UgliH, Stephen 431, 

4(;(;. 
Burt, Orlando 366. 
Burton, Etta 523. 

Joscpl) r)29. 

Hhoihi 'mH. 

liiith 722. 
nir-li. Miirv K. 728. 
I'.uslmell, Esther 0.S2. 
Butler. A. T. 727. 

Anthonv .HI. 

BenJ. F." .304. 

Betsev 570. 

Celia 427. 

Ellen ()7.s. 

Ellen S. 580. 

Elizii ().■]."). 

Hannah 4S4. 

James 520, (192. 

John 500. 

Keith it 11111420. 

Lucy L. 01)3. 

Mariette 676. 

Marv 570. 

Marv S. 636. 

Peter 425, 472, 526. 

Phel)t> 725. 

Sally 570. 

Sauiuel C. 635. 
Butterfield. 552. 

Abigail 307. 

Mo.ses B. 025. 
Bnttorwortli, Olive 670. 
Buttrick, Sarah 570. 

William V. 025. 
Buxton. W'arren II. 629. 
Bvtield, Maria 478, 
Cabot, Kev. Mr. 447. 

Justus OOS. 
C'a<hvell, Lueina (!(i0. 
Cadv, Abiirail 556. 

Betty 526. 

Ephraim 038, 

Loren W, 479. 

Polly ]M. 377. 
Cain, Anna 087. 
Caldwell, Clarissa 693. 

Elizabeth 11,433. 

Marv 710. 
Call, Abigail 485, 
Campbell, 6S0. 

Abijah 404. 

Alexander 491). 

Annis 591. 

Archibald .399, 425, 741. 

I'.eiij, F. 51S, 593. 

Deborah 545, 

Elizabeth 408. 

Eslher 72:i, 

Isabella 750, 

John 554,587,681,703, 
746, 

John. I)r, 701. 

.lohii, Mrs. 525, 

Louisa 010. 

Mary 087, 722. 

Melicent .",70. 

Miriam 027, 

Olivia 483, 

P, Aral)elhi 50S, 

Patty iVll. 

Hobert 734, 

Ruth 702, 



Campbell, .Sallv 716. 

Sally B. 7.-;i. 

.Samuel 029. 

Sarah 525, 

Thomas 4't9. 

Warren 449, 

William 589, 703. 

Candee, 7.30. 

Card, 620, 

Carder, Helen M. 681. 

Maria 747. 
Carev, (JhMrlcs F. 416. 

Pollv 730, 

Sallv 000, 
Cargel, "William 411. 
Carlton, Charles H. .580, 
Cai-ney. John 57N, 
Carpenter, Cvnthia 407, 

David 002, 

Elizabeth 668. 

Esther 023. 

Hamiah 407, 

Lewis T. .5.58. 

Prudence 662. 

Simon 602, 

William .572. 
Carroll, Aaron 751. 

Abigail 524. 

Daniel 524. 

Eliza 026. 

(lannah 548. 

John4Sl, 

Kiron 444. 

Lucius \V. 647, 

Nathauic^l 380. 

Samuel 089. 

Sarah 735, 
Carry, Susan W. 492. 
Carson. Daniel 15, 040. 

Erank-lin W. 511. 

Howard A. 749, 
Carter, Caroline 540, 

Isaac 529. 

Jane. Mrs. 529. 

Joseph 522. 

Joseph, Jr, 409, 

Martha 007. 

Marv 57.'!. 

Kufus 737. 

William 00.3, 
Case, Hannah M, 444. 

Lucinda ;;(19, 

Philena till, 
Cass, Elizabeth 682. 

Lewis 429. 
Cavondcr, David .546, 
Certhell, L. J. 705. 
Chadwiek, James 490. 

Jane 004. 

John 477, 
Challee. Abel M. 628. 

Lo.-ing D. .529. 

Lu( ian M. 43,3, 

Otis B. 412, 049, 

Sallv S, 073. 
Challin, Louisa .3ss. 
',). W. L., Uev, 43L 
Chamberlain, Asa 4^s, 

Men.iamin ;!71, 018,694, 

it Uurroiigli .".ss. 

Ebenezer 37S, 018, 

I'.'dward 496, 

Eliza 416. 



Cbamberlain,Elizabetb620. 

lunula 017. 

Hannah 068. 

Ithainar 713, 

John 607, (>41. 715. 

Joseph 447. 713. 

Mary 403. 571, tJ62, 666, 

Nathaniel .554, 

Olive M. 439, 

Patience 378. 

Kebekah 565. 

Sarah .544, 713. 

Simon 018. 
Chambers, Charlotte 516. 
Champion, Anne 014, 

George, Kev. .581, 
Chandler, David 408. 

John .587. 

Mehetabel 727. 
Chapin. EtHe L. 036. 

Lucius P. 390. 
Chapman, Alvah 0-57. 

Ann 445. 

Julia 070, 

Lucv 3()0. 
Chase, Adaline F, 748. 

Alice 448, 
^ Allen 0.53, 

Anna 593, 

Emeline .548. 

Esek .541, 639. 

Frances 475. 

Fred. A. .597. 

Hannah P. 076. 

.lames 040, 

John M. .597. 

Jonathan 500. 

Judith iVis. 

Julia A. 190. 

La\ inia 724. 

Louisa J. 070, 

O. F. .3s8. 

Pamela 368. 

lluth 692. 

Serena 650. 

Sibvl 454, 

Vashti 707. 
Cheever, Hannah 580, 
Chenev, Asa 485, 

Hannah 714, 

llariiel 751. 

Isabel K. 517, 

John, Jr. (i85. 

John M. .595, 

Mehetabli- 624. 

Meltiah 371. 

Nathan 6.^0. 
Chesley, Sarah K, 514. 
Chester, Orlando 415, 
Child, .loiniia 377. 

Marv .500, .5S2, 
Ohilds, Mrs. .Vbigail 721, 

Daniel V, 411. 

Kliz ibeth .502, 

Klsie 484, 

l''ranees .^I. 733. 

Jeimv 570, 

.Jos.'ph (i9S. 

Julia A, 400. 

i.uev .V. 074. 

.AIarlha412, 

Martha P. 512, 
Christian, C. 741, 



OUT OF ALPHABETICAL ORDER. 



833 



Christopher, Mvra T. 507. 
Chubb, Hiinnah 6S9. 
Church. Frankliu 570. 

Sarah 747. 

Sumner U. 615. 
Chiflin, Abuer 610, 668. 

Rachel 653. 

Sarah 610, 653. 
Clai)p, Mary 726. 

Oliver 591. 

Thaddeus 623. 
Clark, AdaliiK' 499. 

Alice E. 658. 

Botisev 448. 

Charles M. 395. 

Clarissa < '. 591. 

Daniel 459. 

Deborah. Mrs. 633. 

Ednah E. 612. 

Edward C. 565. 

Francis A. 734. 

Franklin H. 714. 

George M. 675. 

Hannah 460. 

Henry 578. 

Jennie S. 375. 

Jeremiah 530. 

Joel 611. 

Joseph S. 612. 

Josephine M. 633. 

Leonard C. 632. 

Lucy 686. 

Lucy F. 537. 

Lvdia 577. 

Marv 433, 457. 

Marv J. 671. 

Martha W. 739. 

Matilda 440. 

Melissa 457. 

Miranda 644. 

Moses, Jr. 686. 

Phebe 549. 

Polly 545. 

Prudence 541. 

Relief 626. 

Rhoda 731. 

Sarah 378. 

Sarah B. 628. 

Sarah E. 542, 728. 

Vashtia 578. 

Ward B. 368. 
Clemence, Calviu 489. 
Clements, Hiram L. 480. 
Clemmons, Joseph 483. 
Cleveland, Alice 537. 

Jerusha 748. 

John S. 417. 

Marv J. 516. 

Clinton," 565. 

Clou<;h, Eliza 648. 
Cloves, Elizabeth 380, 724. 
"Hannah 496. 

John 725. 

Zeruiab 724. 
Clute, Alexander 516. 
Cobb, Ebeiiezer 538. 

Lemuel 371. 

Sallv621. 

Sanuiel 688. 
Coburu. Amasa 630. 

Hatli.>heba 601. 

Bethia 663. 

Clement 496. 

106 



Coburn, David 752. 

Dorothy 631. 

Ebenezer, Jr. 688. 

Eleanor 600. 

Eliza 509. 

Eliza M. 747. 

Emily 585, 

Hannah 747. 

Henry 404. 

John 488. 

Jonathan 683. 

Joseph 584. 

Polly, Mrs. 722. 

Samuel 569, 683. 

Svlvanus 742. 
Cockfe. William 533. 
Codding, Mary A. 660. 
Cody. Nathau 735. 
Collin, Joseph W. 386. 
Coggswell, George E. 373. 
Cogswell, Eliza 624. 
Coit, Achsah P. 386. 

E. L., Mrs. 653. 

Huldah 522, 653. 

Wheeler 653. 
Cole, Laura 400. 
Coleman, Marv 722. 
Coles, Henry S. 702. 
Coller, Eunice 5.58. 

Isaac 607, 

James 413, 421. 

Jasou 405. 

•Jonas 648. 

Marietta 402. 

Oliver 607. 
Collier, Abigail T. 412, 

Ebenezer 724, 

Francis 478. 

James 608. 

Matilda A. 616. 

Nehemiah 543, 654. 

Sarah B. 401. 

William F. .596. 
Collins. Ebenezer 732. 

George T. 410. 

Marv 618. 

Rachel 027. 

Samuel 619. 

Stephen 026. 
Colton, Ebenezer C. 396. 

Fanny 633. 

Hannah 482. 

John 368. 
Colvin, Caleb 453. 
Comins, <'alvin 473. 

Martha 573. 

William J. 464. 
Comstock, China 519. 

Jennie 674. 

John 454. 

Ruth 702. 
Conant, Abijah 410, 629. 

Alice, Mrs. 561. 

Asa 6i;i. 622, (598. 

Benjamin 516. 

Eliza J. 596. 

Ezra 464. 

Francis 706. 

Harriet 641. 

Josiah 516. 

Lodemia 464. 

Lydia 616. 

Martha 696. 



Conant, Mary 698. 

Millicent 463. 

Rufus 630. 

Ruth, Mrs. 540. 

Sally 650. 
Congdon, Patience 373. 
Conklin, Esther 650. 
Connelly, .John D. 512, 
Connor," Fanny 650. 
Conover, Prof. A. D. 709. 
Converse, 638, 

Albert 400. 

I3righam 638. 

Dulcenia494. 

Edmund 412, 706. 

Everett H. 488. 

Hiram S. 617. 

Maria 578. 

Mary 566. 

Nanc'v 612. 

Polly"543. 

Sibley 682. 
Cook, — ^ — 697, 721. 

Asahel .522. 

Augusta A. 432. 

Ebenezer 581. 

Elizabeth 627. 

Ellen A. 375. 

Lucretia 515. 

Mary 748. 

Patience 737. 

Rachel 608. 

Sarah 436, 748, 

Solomon 5.30, 

Submit 405, 
Cooksey, Abigail 538. 
Cooledge, Deborah 649. 

Sarah F. 462. 
Cooley, Maria M. 416. 
Coolldge, Huldah 447. 
Coomer, Corlis 400. 
Cooney, Michael 648. 
Cooper, Esther E. 479. 

Otis D. 543. 

William A. L. 641. 
Cooeland, Betsey 709. 
" Charles 479. 

Clara F. 483. 
Copp, Elizabeth W. 700. 

Emma F. 739. 

Lorana, Mrs. 714. 
Corbiu, Mrs. Abigail 639. 

Almira D. 714. 

Anna 497. 

Benjamin A. 413. 

Bradford 454. 

Clarissa L. 671. 

Clement 436. 

Elbridge (!.56. 

Esther fm. 

Eunice 675. 

Jabez 606. 

Jane M. 667. 

John 710. 

Jonathan 744. 

Julia 631. 

Lament B. 563, 596, 688. 

Lemuel 464. 

Lorinda 604. 

Lucy. Mrs. 530. 

Maria 751. 

Mehetable 419. 

Peleg 482. 



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Corliiii. Kiilli 470. 

Sarah .")S1, 744. 

.SrliiiyliT 037. 
CoiTv, Henry G. 707. 

Lucinda 372. 

P. 694. 
Cornclison, .James 683. 
Corti.-, Fred O. :.rj. 

Jai)ln'tli 477. 

Japhntb (). .526. 

Jemima ').')3. 

Lyman K. 003. 

3Iiirv A. 454. 

Meli'ta 572. 

Ozias no. 000. 

ri-fston 000. 
Corwin. I'mcloix; 750. 
Cotton, Sallv 440. 
Covel, Abi^^ail ti'.iS. 

Sarah 390. 
Covv(lr(^y, Isaac 614. 
Cowdry, .Mrs. ^lary 535. 
Cox, Ik-njarain 5S4, 592. 

Mary, Mrs. 400. 
Coy, Eliza 710. 
Cozzens, Marv 508. 
Crafts, Melissa 645. 
Crafts' Company 427. 
Craj,'!!!, Anne 721. 

Marian L. 370. 
Craig, Abijah 644. 

Daniel 369. 

Eleanor 529. 

Elias 529. 

Esther 569. 

Hannah 703. 

Leonard 70S. 

Martha L. 714. 

Sarah 52'.t. 
Crandall, Snsanna 444. 
Crane, Abii^'uil 010. 

Hathsh.ba 014. 

Deborah 551. 

Gilbert 4vSl. 

Hannah 524, 545. 

Ira 73S. 

John 553. 

John, Rev. 386. 

Livonia 624. 

Lydia 496. 

Olive 504. 

Pollv 400. 545. 
Crawford, Elias H. 714. 

Eliza J. 373. 
Crocker. Abigail 725. 

.Josephine 730. 
Croinb, Mdissa 74S. 
Crojipcr, ISetsey 744. 

James 540. 
Crosby, Mary 15. 5.")5. 
Cross," MaryA. 737. 
Grossman, (Hive C. (i33. 

Rachel 440. 
Crowl. Antlrirw 439. 

John Oil). 
Cruij(M-, .Fames P. 71 1. 
Cnitchti.'ld. Marv L. i;22. 
Cudwi.rlh. i?elscy 4S7. 

Charles 545. 

David 571. 

Dorothv 462. 

James .')0S, O.S0. 

Lester 11. ^IS. 



Cudworth, Lucinda 476. 

Lucv 477. 

Marv 710. 

Sarah M. 600. 

Tammy 710. 

Warren 740. 
Culver, Eaurette 72.S. 
Cnmins, Nathaniel 606. 
Cummings, Retsey 548. 

Catherine, 53i, 659. 

Clarissa Oil. 

Eliphalet .368. 

P:ii8ha493. 

Elizabeth S. 492. 

Jason G. 497. 

John 404. 

Martha K. 639. 

Mary E. 697, 741. 

Olive 443. 

Oliver 743. 

Reuben 440, 703. 

Sibyl 743. 

Sophronia, Mrs. 493. 

Submit .554. 

Zipporah 090. 
Cummins, Abner 692. 

Mindwell 410. 
Cuuninirham, Loruma 433. 

R. C. 715. 
Currary, Benjamin 371. 
Currier, Elizabeth 025. 
Curtice, Joseph 450. 
Curtis, 712. 

Captain .525. 

Albert W. 495. 

Call b 468, 525. 

Emily 751. 

Francis 607. 

Ilenrv C. 595. 

PIuldah679. 

-John ()()S. 

JIary 504. 

Nancv 604. 

Orige'n 604. 

Orinda 5s6. 

Perrv 479, 537. 

Pollv 0()6. 

Rachel 746. 

Ruth 371. 

Samuel. .Jr. 722. 

Sarah H. 477. 
Curwen, Caroline E. 471. 
Cushman, Charles A. 010. 

Charlotte 375. 

Elkanah 375. 
Cutler, Abigail Oas. 

Anna 63S. 

Asa 373, 099. 

Caroline 512. 

Edward 700. 

Lois 730. 

Olive 735. 

Roxv 519. 

Sally 024. 

Susan D. 5:)2. 

Tabilha 154. 

'I'enipi ranee E. 434. 

William 571. 
Cutter, Addie 513. 
Cutting, Charlotte 697. 

Eliel 445. 

Franklin II. 717. 
Dabney, Lucinda 728. 



Daggett, Azubah 726. 

David 616. 

I^ydia .575. 
Dairymple. Barbara 5.s3. 

John 466. 
Damon, Samuel ;388. 

Susan V. 37S. 
Dana, Abi<:ail 395. 

Alfred W. 398. 

Hannah 730. 

Harriet, Mrs. 404. 

Jemima SsO. 

.Jeremiah 452. 545. 

John .552, 751. 

.Joseph 442. 

Lvdia 4.S1. 

Marv 081, 686. 

Mehetable .366. 

Nellie F. 477. 

Phinehas 730, 751. 

Samuel, Rev. 899. 

Sarah 575. 

Susanna 725. 

William 649. 
Danbv. Mrs. .565. 
Dane, Marv 483. 

.Stillman 518. 
Daniels. Catherine 689. 

Charle>; E. 637. 

Franklin G. 373. 

Lovisa W. 473. 

Nellie L. V. 616. 

Seth 51S, 532. 
Darlinu'. Almira593. 

Estes 579. 

John 076. 

Luann 579. 
Daven|)ort, Captain 580. 

Comfort 7:55. 

.Tames F. .590. 

< diver (t. 380. 

Sallv (iOO. 
DuvitlsiHi, Abiirail 463. 

Abiu'ail (". 729. 

Daniel 472. 

Frederick 729. 

(Jeorire 699. 

Lucy M. 728. 

Sinifon 454. 

William 6()3. 
D;ivie. Deborah C. 622. 

Elizab.th 417. 

Humiihre\- 417. 
Davis, 454, 705. 

Abel 441, .5,s5. 

Abigail, Mrs. 419. 

Abi-rail 581, 637, 644, 
W9. 

Abigail S. 445. 

Aliiiah 40(1, .527. 621,622. 

Adaline 072. 

Alice 500, .523, 621. 

Alice A. 7.50. 

Almira 563, 718. 

Anna 411. 511, r.51. 

Aretha 374. 

Bi.'njamin 06S, 712. 

Bctiev 4.5S, 021, 753. 

Caleb 703. 

Craft 454.712. 

Daniel 007, 722. 

Deborah 371. 

Dexter 540. 



OUT OF ALPHABETICAL ORDER. 



835 



Davis, Dorcas 452. 
Ebenezer 459. 
Edward 436, 586, 587, 

738, 745. 
Elisha371,631,560,5S2, 

592. 
Eliza' A. 551. 
Eliza G. 670. 
Elizabetli 466, 603. 
Elsie 690. 
Erastus 663. 
Ezekiel 571. 
Ezra 537, 669. 
Francis N. 512. 
Fred 629. 
Geor-e H. 674. 
George W. 686. 
Hauuah 441, 454, 548. 
Hauuab S. 675. 
Heurv 719. 
Henry G. 487. 
Hovey 712. 
Ivers A. 548. 
J. C. 605. 
J. Milton 554. 
James 409, 692. 
James Hovev 454. 
John 540, 567, 582, 624. 
Jonathan 386. 391. 428. 
Jos. 403, 511, 575, 752. 
Lavina 537. 
Learned 652. 
Levi 619. 
Lois 555. 
Lucetta 537. 
Lucy 604, 621. 
Lucv G. 534. 
Lvdia 411. 
Martha 589, 627. 
Martin V. B. 512. 
Mary, Mrs. 572. 
Marv 370, 540, 561, 589, 

662, 666. 
Mary E. 524. 
Miranda 514. 
Nancv 702. 
Nathaniel 604, 652. 
Nathaniel M. 373. 
Nehemiah 663. 
Nelson H. 495. 
Nelson H., Gen. 674. 
Olive 662. 
Olive G. 462. 
Patty 427. 
Phebe M. 593. 
Polly 650. 
Prudence 558. 
Rebecca 451, 571, 698. 
Reuben 619, 658. 
Rosalinda 689. 
Russell A. 607. 
Ruth 440, 540, 702. 
Sally (ii»o. Glllt. 740. 
Saniuel 560, 587, 667. 
Samuel, Jr. 579. 
Sarah 404, 543, 553, 673. 
Sarah J. .593. 
Sarali W. 726. 
Sibyl 479, 615. 
Stephen 741. 
Susan 528. 

Susanna 406, 567, 690. 
Sybela 571. 



Davis, Thomas 459, 650. 

Theodore E. 622. 

Tirzah 091. 

William 553, 580. 

Zenas 650. 

Ziba 604. 

Zilpah 692. 
Davoll, Marv A. 446. 
Day, 430. 

Charles 657. 

David 604. 

Dolly 532. 

Edward, Rev. 670. 

Elizabeth 582. 

Ilopcstill 644. 

JonatJKUi I'lOo. 

Rebercu 451. 

Sarah 490. 603. 

William U. 412. 

Zenucia 530. 
Dayhaff, Hannah E. 551. 
Dean, Dolly 585. 

Hannah 371. 
Delany, Esther 696. 
Delvee, Peter 725. 
Dennis, Damaris 440. 

Edward 623. 

Erasmus 715. 

Nathan 606. 

Sarah 491. 

Susanna 396. 
Dennv, Edward 590. 

Samuel, Col. 612. 
Dent, John 747. 
Denton, Sarah 653. 
Derbv, Abij^ail 539. 

Miranda 443. 
Devens, Col. 387. 
Dewey, Edward 593. 

Julius Y., Dr. 593. 
DeWitt, Benjamin A. 740. 

Caroline 514. 

Hollis 532. 

Jane 438. 

Mariett 630. 

Stearns 383, 418. 
DeWolf , George 548. 

Henrv 569. 
Dexter, Nathan 443. 
Dickinson, Haimah 515. 

Lucy 512. 
Dike, Anthonv 560. 

Daniel 499, 651. 

Ebenezer 420. 

Joseph 381. 

Lucv 684. 

Mary 709. 

Thomas 457. 
Dillaby, Frances E. 650. 
Dinunock, Jesse 567. 
Dimon, Eliza 413. 
Dinsmore, Sarah J. 662. 
Disi^au, Louis 438. 
Dixoi., Charles 645. 

George .593. 

Robert 616. 

Doanc, Diana 744. 

Dodge, A. Sidney 517. 

Clara 514. 

1 Daniel ,540, 639. 

David 510, 513, 540. 
Emeline 516. 
I George H. 739. 



Dodge, Hannah 456. 

Henrv 651. 

Isaac 669. 

Mark 541. 

Molly 749. 

Noah 745. 

Richard L. 659. 

Rufus B. 613. 
Doghed, Samuel 525. 
Dolloff. Annie P. 369. 
Donald, Elizabeth M. 683. 
Dorrancc, Robert D. 524. 
Doty, Pollv 467. 
Doughty, Albert 402. 

Danforth 454. 

Ruth Ann 466. 

Sarah 434. 
Dow, 448. 

Elizabeth .522. 
Dowe, Amasa 366. 
Downie, Preston 373. 
Downing, Henry 555. 
Downs, Patty 444. 
Dowse, Marv B. 471, 

Samuel 683. 
Drake, Mrs. Mary 604. 
Draper, Mary 731. 

Stephen 569. 
Dresser, Aaron 488. 

Damaris 746. 

Jacob 488. 

John 488. 

Julia A. 726. 

Moses 722. 

Sarah 441. 
Drinkwater, Abigail 454. 

Mary 453. 

Sarah 453. 
Drury, Benjamin .590. 

E'lbridge A. 405. 

Lvdia 687. 

Wealthv H. 731. 
Dudlev, Abel .520. 

Abigail 520. 

Benjamin 691. 

Charles 716. 

Clarissa 593. 

Elizabeth 665. 

Jonathan, Jr. 719. 

Joseph 527. 

Molly 667. 

Nabbv 524. 

Nelson G. 736. 

Samuel 659. 

Sallv 660. 

Thomas, Gov. 527. 

Wm. 436, 658, 659, 660. 
Dugar, Edelhert .537. 
Dumm, Margaret E. 667. 
Dunbar, Harriet 740. 

Sarah 468. 
Duncan, Samuel 389. 

Sherman i^c Co. 458. 
Dunham, David 368. 

Edward 478, 552. 

George 702. 

Lucv J. 460. 

Nellie W. 714. 

Zilpah 434. 
Dunlap, Mark 465. 
Dunnell, Luther 514. 
Dunster, Marv H. .557. 
Dunton, Beulah 686. 



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Diiiiton, SihiH 526. 
Durki-i;, (Jviitliia 41.'). 

Jfi-ry N. t;oi. 

Susiiii ;(S4. 
Diitchcr, Ihittie 7:!2. 

I)\vi<,'lit. gk;. 

Dwiimcll, AIii;c' ;JT7. 
Kli/.:i IW. 

Iliraiii TOO. 

Miiiy 4(i5. 

Siisiiniia .")(;6. 
Dyer, (icdigc 41'2. 
Dyke, S. Jiim^ (ioT. 
Eajrer. DiUiiil <i4T. 

Miriam it^ii. 

Willanl H. HIT. 
Eamcs. (i>-t>r'^v, M. (JoB. 

Jolm "1)5. 

Marv 751. 

Wilfiain A. 734. 
Earle, Klizai)clli 4.S2. 

Kuiiii'i' K. 571. 

Georj^e 032. 

Kachel 446. 

Silas 47X. 

Thomas 535. 

William 483. 
Tvist mail, < :iias.W., Dr. 506. 

riiilip 72'.t. 
Eutou, Ilanuali 751. 

Joiin 10., Dr. 472. 

Sarah 45». 
Eddv, Al)ii,^ail 013. 

Alh('rtr)40. 

Alpheiis 500. 

Amos 705, 710. 

Augustus 482. 

Renjamln 62!), 642. 

Ik'lsev 448. 

Charles 444. 

diaries E. (;40. 

Charlotte 715. 

Clarissa 084. 

Daniel 492. 

Eboiiezer 737. 

Edtniiiiil 632. 

Eliza (il2. 

Elizabeth 447. 

George S. 385. 

Grace 703. 

Harriet A. 450. 

Hezeklah 082. 

Isaac 038. 

Jesse 454. 

Joel 584, 716, 

John 725. 

Joseph, Maj. 638. 

Levi (i55. 

Lewis 0!),'). 

Lllcrelia (;:!!». 

Liirv 52S. 

Lvd'ia 410. 

Afartha E. 582. 

Marv 51 C, CIS. 

.Marv L., Mrs. 047. 

Nathaniel 700. 

Nellie L. 470. 

I'arlev 033, 038. 

Parlev, Jr. (;i3. 

I'ersis .".ilO. 

I'ollv 507. 075, 717. 

Uaehel 448, 551. 

lieuben Oil. 



EiKlv, l'aifus406. Oil. 
kuth 595, 011,649. 

Sallv 482. 

Saniuel (i94. 

Samuel, Jr. 613. 

Sarali 554. 

Sarah L. 389. 

Sarali T. 5(K). 

Tabitha 725. 

Thcmas 491. 

William 401. 

William, Jr. 415. 
p]clmoiiils, .lames 531. 
EilmnmU. Hannah 413,437. 

Lufrv 713. 

Stephen .507. 

Tliomas O. 742. 
Edson, Betsev 052. 

Lucy 709." 

I{oiloIpliu> 4.')2. 
Edwards, .\hi-ail591. 

Edward (;2'.». 

Eleanor 410. 

Ella B. 701. 

Isabella 398. 

Joseph 405, 010. 

Lemuel 610. 

Lucy P. 742. 

Nancy 416. 

.Sarah 441, 449. 
Elder, Miss 374. 

Edwin 406. 

Lewis 454. 
Ellerv, Kate A. 398. 
Elliot, 579. 

Aaron, Dea. 481. 

Aaron, 3d 059. 

Charles B. 600. 

Lucy 742. 

Maria 542. 

Mehetable .553, 580. 

Millv A. E. 307. 

Polly 008. 

Robert 504. 

Rose 550. 
Elliott, Daniel. Jr. 657. 

Huldah (;S4. 

Mehetable 5.53. 
Ellis, Betsey M. ()04. 

Charles .380. 

Jedediah 017. 

Jonathan 3S0. 

Lu(rv A. 448. 

MarV 640. 

Reuel 647. 

Thamazin 550. 

William 512. 

William A. 509. 
Ellison. Mary A. 445. 
Elw>ll. lOmeline .576. 

Mark 571. 575. 

Mary A. 073. 
Emerson, Daniel, Rev. 564. 

EbeneziM- 413. 

Edward D. 741. 

Frank W. 571. 

.fohii 113, 4.')0. 

.lonatliaii 715. 

Joseph, Rev. 408. 

Lvdia 554. 

Marv E. 710. 

Nathaniel 591, &48. 

Oliver C. 096. 



Emerson, Smith .549. 
Enierv, Harriet 630. 

S. H., R.'v. CAO. 
Emlott, J. Arthur 512. 

Endicott, 695. 

P^stabrook, Edson F. 731. 
Esten, Joanna .309. 

Marv E. .563. 

Olnev 308. 

Sabra 70<). 
Estcrbrook. E. H. 482. 
Estey, Abigail 448. 
Ethrington, Margaret 510. 
P'.ustaee, Abigail 417. 
Eustis, Abiirail .598. 
Evans, B. F. 490. 

Erastus .590. 

Ruth A. 473. 
Evarts, William M. 6.36. 
Everden, Luev, Mrs. 642. 

Mary 707." 

Naomi 559. 
; Evidou. Nancy 434. 
Fairbanks, 727. 

Emma 741. 

Henry B. 461. 

Joel 5!5. 

Marv 401 . 

Mary Ann 409. 

Merrick .3(J8. 

Rufus 683. 
Fairehild. Stephen B. 658. 
Fairfield. Caroline 4.50. 

Daniel 018. 

Sar.'di 003. 

William 525. 

Fairlee, 377. 

Fales, Deborah 70S. 
Farlee, Esther 521. 
Farnum, 577. 

Mrs. 576. 

Calvin 571. — 

Sarah 607. 
Farr, Hei)sibah .372. 436. 
Farrar. Marv (;.55. 700. 

IVrsis 700. 
Kan-iiiLTtoii, Hannah 442. 

Marv .550. 
Farwell,' James 629, 

Marv 379. 

William 022. 
Fassctt, .folm 405. 
Faulkner, Daniel 6.S6. 

Lueretia (i07. 

Marietta 434. 

Sarah 473, (WO. 
Fay, Amasu 407. 

Annie 370. 

David 051. 

Davlon M. ()48. 

Ellen M. 401. 

Harriet 732. 

Moses .581. 

William B. .307. 
Fechcm. Abi-ail 072. 
Fegan. John 402. 
Felshaw, .(ohn 472. 

Bebeeea 427. 
Fenner. James 080. 
Fenno, Elmira 4.34. 
Ferris, Leon-ud Z. 514. 
Fcssenden. John 608. 

Sarah 752. 



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837 



Fessenden, Sophia 567. 
Field, Emilv A. 433. 

Helen E. 563. 

Seth W. 684. 

Theda 040. 
Fife. John F. 401. 
Fitii-ld, Huldah 459. 
Finch, .Joel 730. 
Firth, Abraham 672. 

Samuel 704. 
Fish, A. 488. 

Catharine 521. 

Clarissa 535. 

Ebeuezer 378. 

Susanna 369. 

Thomas 379, 664. 
Fisher, 698,719. 

Abial, Rev. 512. 

Anna 722. 

Betsey 675. 

Clarissa 674. 

Martha 483. 

Mercv 482. 

Olive 693. 

Susa 461. 

William, Rev. 383. 
Fisk, Charles P. 380. 

Daniel, Dr. 472, 513, 
542, 716. 

Harriet A. 737. 

Marv 550. 

Natliau, Rev. 560. 

Samuel 734. 

Sarah 418. 

Sophia 072. 

Susanna 493. 

William T., Dr. 550. 
Fiske. Eunice 599. 

Joseph 614. 

Sally 500. 

Sarah 515. 
Fitch, Elizabeth T. 744. 

I.ucv M. 609. 
Fitts, 639. 

Adaline 753. 

Arthur L. 454. 

Benjamin 449. 

Benjamin, Jr. 663. 

Betsev 454. 

Caleb'639. 

Celia 653. 

Chester 692. 

Chloe 604. 

Clark 659. 

Daniel .595. 

David 030. 

Elizabeth 628. 

Elliot 497. 

Eunice 679. 

George 446. 

Hannah 744. 

Huldah 549. 

John 722, 723, 733. 

Jotham 494. 

Juditli 576. 

Julius 735. 

Lewis 5.59. 

Lucena 486. 

Marv 753. 

Mehetable 679. 

Mercy 548. 

Miriam 653. 

Polly 365. 



Fitts, Sally 577. 

Sarah, Mrs. 659. 

Sarah M. 593. 

Sarepta 680. 

Silas 580. 

Sophia 305. 

Susan 734. 

Tamar 690. 

Walter 611. 
Flags, Emeline L. 610. 

John 743. 

Marshall 416. 

Martha 445. 

Sarah E. 641. 
Flanigan, James 443. 
Fleming, Cecil 747. 
Fletcher, Parlev 410. 
Flint, Franklin C, Rev. 610. 

Fred. W. 419. 
Flvnn, William 696. 
Flvnt. Anna 390. 
Fogg, William 533. 
Follansbee, James M. 411. 
Follett, Walter 408. 
Foote, Elma 369. 
Forbes, Abigail, Mrs. 646. 

Hannah 452. 

Mary J. 612. 

Perrv 738. 

William 613. 
Forbush, Rachel 382. 

Thankful 407. 
Forehand, Emma J. 465. 
Forrest, Christina C. 731. 

James G. 617. 

Margaret M. 646. 
Foskett, Abial L. 736. 

Harriet 494. 
Foster, Adams 634. 

Benjamin, Rev. 723. 

Chloe 567. 

Ebenezer 372, 478. 

Hannah 627. 

Jenny 652. 

John P., Rev. .5.56. 

Jonathan H. 680. 

Julia 492. 

Lafayette S., Hon. 557. 

Lemuel 466. 

Luther 701. 

Lydia 556. 

Olin O. 740. 

Peleg 532. 

Richard 391, 467. 

Rufus ,372. 

Timothv, Jr. 666. 

Wm. 501, 6(i4, 689, 710. 
Fowler, O. S. 608. 
Fox, Emeline 667. 
Fov, Capt. John .583. 
Frail, Hannah 499. 
Frair, Robert 517. 
Frame. Emma L. 641. 
Francisco, Cornelia O. 639. 
Frary, Charles 459. 
Eraser, Elizabeth 555. 
Frazer, Sarah 7-52. 
Freek, Mary 750. 
Freeland, Freeman 484. 

James 715, 745. 
Freeman, Allen 520. 

Beulah 670. 

David 541. 



Freeman, Dolly 715. 

Emma G. 415. 

Lucv M. 414. 

Lncv S. 597. 

Mary A. 640. 

Nancy 643. 

Ruth 486. 

Sophronia 617. 

Thankful 627. 
French, Evelvn E. 539. 

J. P., Deii. 708. 

Sally 692. 

Submit 623. 
Frizzell, Abigail 637. 
Frost, Abiel 663. 

Hannah 668. 

Laura S. 641. 
Fuller, Dr. (!45. 

Aaron 516. 

Charles 484. 

Daniel T. 597. 

Henry M. 711. 

James 698. 

Julia M. 621. 

Mary A. 478. 

Nancv 691. 

Roxaiia 490. 

Sarah 482. 

Simeon 538. 

Fullerton, 427. 

Fulsom, John 750. 
Gabriel, Harriet A. 582. 

Joseph W. 449, 735. 
Gage, Anna L. 512. 

Charles 476. 

Clarissa 495. 

Eber. Col. 704. 

Isaac 704. 

Jenny 495. 

Mehe"table 704. 
Gager, Rebecca 751. 
Gale, Abigail 643. 

Alonzo J. .591. 

Ebenezer .560. 

Enoch 630. 

Huldah 721. 

Irene 579. 

Jonathan 565. 

Lucy 478. 

Mary 498, 6,52. 

Prudence 505. 

Rebekah 544. 

Rhoda B. 741. 

Sarah 436, 648, 682, 690. 
Galloupe. David B. 492. 
Gamlin, Robert, Jr. 603. 
Gardner, ?]liz ibeth 457. 

Martha W. .543. 

Sarah M. 7.52. 
Garfield, President 393. 
Garrett. Elizabeth 727. 
Gary, Hsmnah 481. 

Lvdia ,574. 
Gates', .\nn F. 511. 

Julia A. 486. 

Ruth M. 742. 

Samuel S. 494. 

Sarah 482. 

Schuyler S. S. 6.52. 
Gay, Aurilla M. 307. 

Charles L. 373. 

Ira 443. 

Mary 411. 



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Gay, ThaildeuH T. 716. 

William 402. 
(jel)liiirt, Susan E. 648, 

Walter 64-S, 
Geer, (icor^^c (iTti. 
Geriiiaiiic, Mary (i!t2. 
Gorinaii, Sarah .")7(i. 
Geroulil. Cviilliia li'.K 
(ietty, Lyilia, Mrs. (Wl. 
GJhm'Ii, ,\mii(; 7.'i2, 
Gibbs. Aziiljali II. «;i2. 

Hitsfv 513. 

Josiah 704. 

Klizaluah 503. 

Miranda 443. 

Sabrina C. 700. 

Sarah 403. 
Gibson, Edward G. 474. 

LuandtT 401. 

.Mary .J. 0(J2. 

Siiloh .">!)!). 
Gilbert, Aui^ustus 521. 

Betsey 470. 

Dorcas 457. 

Erepta 727. 

Jonatiian 371. 

Sarah D. 582. 

Thomas 452. 

Zilpah (jso, GS7, 
Gilchrist, James N, ()37, 
Gillette, Daniel G, 711. 
Gillett, John 704, 
Gilley, Eunice 4.52, 

Francis 4.52. 
(riilson, .Joseph 053, 
Gihnau, Aui^usta M. 381, 
Gilmoro, Sanford 428, 
Glazier, Ebeuezer 009, 

Emma 452. 

Sophronia 461, 
Gleason, Mr. .502. 

Aaron 500, 746, 

Abi{,'aii 601, 

David 613, 

Eleazer 409, 

Elizabeth 606, 711. 

Esther 610, 

Eunice till. 

E.vperieuce 701, 

Ezra 613. 

Hall C, 563, 

Hannah 415, 675, 

Jacob 551. 

James, Jr. 744, 

Joseph 402. 

Josiah 576, 719, 

Louisa 445. 

Lncretia 4-19. 

Lucv 4U!. 

I.vdia4ll, 

Marvin A. 540. 

Mercv 711. 

Nancv (163. 

I'atieiice 4-12. 

I'ri>cilln (is2. 

Kiehard 6S0. 

Uoxana 742. 

Unth (1(12.611,696, 

Sallv 43t. 

Sarah 602. 

Simon 500. 

SU'^anna 612. 

Thomas 545, 658, 701, 



.5.56. 



Glidden, - 
Glover, John 5f)4. 

I'ele;,' (W2. 
Glovd, Metsev (i02, 
(Jolieil, .Marv45S, 
(ioddard. .\"mv l.')6. 

Caroline M. <)33, 

Catherine L. 477, 

Dilly, Mrs. ;!;)6, 

Lucius I'. .376. 

Luther 622, 

Lydia 705, 

Mary H. 5()5, 

Susanna 708, 
Gotr. Hhotla 6(;0. 
Gooidi, Mary 3,S0. 
Goodalc, Eleazer 515, 

(ieorf,'e 671. 
Goodell, Abigail 626, 

Asa 655. 

Elei;ta 698. 

Olive t!62, 

IJhoda M. 445, 

Susan 570. 
Goodnow, Luciuda 577, 

Silas 405. 
Goodrich, Mary 661. 
Goodwin, Abigail, Mrs, 619. 

Carrie 741, 

Sarah 546, 

William 475. 
Gooj^ins, Abi,ij;ail 616, 

Marv 5t!l. 
Gor-^es, Robert 378. 
Gorton, Lorenzo D. 631. 
Gould, Abi^'ail 607. 

Alma 400. 

Asa 516. 

Bezaleel 666. 

Clarissa 743. 

Clementina ()65. 

Dollv 722, 725. 

Ebeuezer 4.33, 687. 

Elizabeth 725. 

Elizabeth M. 671. 

Emma A. 597. 

Huldah .570. 

Jonathan 561. 

Joseph 607. 

Lawson 631. 

Lyman 478. 

Patience 726. 

Sally 367. 

Simon 480. 

Svlvester .".(JS. 
Goulding, Harriet 460. 

Joseph 458. 
Granj,'er, Justin 360. 
Graves, l^benezer 744. 

Fred. A. 416. 

Hannah 4(j5. 

Luther S. 673. 

Mary 646. 

Marv Ann 655. 

Uiilh W., Mrs. 605. 

William 641. 
Gray. 427, 

.James 579. 

Jenny 715, 

Robert 745, 

Wilder 728, 
Grayson, Mary 679, 
Green, Doctor 390, 



Green, Elder 579. 

Abiirail 420. 

Aldrieh (i(U. 

Amanda 742. 

A me 574, 

Amv C, 3S0, 

Charles 516, 

Charles H, 463, 

Eleanor 31. 689, 

Elizabeth M 542. 

Eliza .508. 

Ellen M. 536. 

Freelove H. 602, 

Horace, Dr, 417, 

Jabez 413. 

Laura 446. 

Lydia, Mrs, 467. 

Maria 645. 

Marv, Mrs. 590. 

Marv C. 382, 

Nellv 609, 

Rhoda 443, 

Robv 476. 

Ruth, Mrs. 597. 

Sally 705. 

Samuel 574. 

Sarah 3.s5. 

Sarah A. 7.3S. 

Welcome 452. 
Greene, Flora 74s. 

W. C, Dr. tJ26. 
Greenleaf, Henry 412. 
Greeiniian, Marilla 474. 
Greriinii-li. Elizabeth 3S2. 
Greenwood, Elizabeth 410. 

Emma 557. 

Laura 680. 

Susanna 701. 

Thomas, J.| 501. 
Gregory, Almira 462. 

Ebenezer 5S5. 

Lydia M. 462. 

Marv 515. 

Samuel V. 403. 
Grev, John E. 512. 
Grifliu, Betsey 4<J8. 

.James 723. 

Marv A. 546. 
Griffith.'Rebekah ()60. 
Griggs, 603. 

Chloe ().'-!3. 

John 716. 

Susan E. 503. 

Thos. T.. Dr. 645. 716. 
Groo, Elizabeth 710. 

Rebeekah 683. 
Gross. Elizabeth 627. 

Nancv M. 402. 
Grouurd, George \V. 419. 
(J rout. Almira, Mrs. 572. 

Hannah 708. 
G rover, Zina 744. 
Guild. 5S1, 

Ebenezer 673, 

Kmilv A. 732. 

Olivia L. 400, 
Gull. Marv 3s2. 
Hagar, Frank 404. 

Hannah, Mrs, 415. 

Marv Ann 405. 

Pollv 73S. 

William 521. 
Hagburu, Samuel 618. 



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839 



Hale, Robert S. 707. 

(Hall). Ruth 405. 
Halev, iMarv E. 041. 
Hall.' ^'702. 

Abiirail 472. 

Adaline K. 533. 

Alniini. 3Ii>. 411. 

Atnaiula A. S. 658. 

BatlLsheha 718. 

Bet' \v 706. 

Calvin 650. 

Catherine 727. 

Charle.s E. 366. 

David 050. 

Dolly 538. 

Erne Hue 367. 

Esther E. .376. 

Gennis D. 584. 

Hannah 368. 

Harriet M. 753. 

Harriet S. 572. 

Jane J. 455. 

John 0. 096. 

Luey A. 640. 

Lucv J. 684. 

N. Webb 475. 

Nancv C. 434. 

Nathan 629. 

Nettie 733. 

Noah 413. 

Orson E. 691. 

Rufiis C. 719. 

Sallv 374. 

Thaddeus 493. 

Thomas E. 728. 
Hallowell, Edward T. 3s9. 
Ham, 8hadraeh 444. 
Hamant, Mary B. 538. 
Hamilton, Elias 575. 

Elisha 095. 

Emma S. 698. 

Florence A. 551. 

Frank Y. 551. 

John 423. 

Margaret 510. 
Hamlin, I'rof . Chas. E. 529. 

Theophilus 008. 
Hammond, Aaron 577. 

Anna 020. 

Dorothy 535. 

Ebenezer 095, 

John C. 412. 

Lvdia 408. 

Nabby 519. 

Patience 427. 

Sarah 408. 
Hancock, Allen .586. 

Chloe 087. 

General 470. 

SaVah 449. 

William J. 493. 

Hand, 5()5. 

Handy, A.sa 450. 
Hanna, Anthonv G. 414. 

Philip .V20. 
Hannum, Eliza 031. 
Hapgood, Jonathan 611. 

Lucv 641. 
Harbiltle. Dorothv 573. 
Harbottle. Harritit 734. 
Harbridge. Elizabeth 696. 
Harden, Hobert 683. 
Harding, A. L. 626. 



Harding, Jabez 736. 

John 444. 

Marv B. 376. 

Sarah 680. 
Hardv, Thomas 635. 
Hare, George W. 528. 
Harper, Elizabeth 367. 
Harrington, Abigail 551. 

Albert M. 568. 

Antipas 073. 

Eliza 614. 

Elizabeth 699. 

Gilbert H. 093. 

James 699. 

John B. 591. 

Joseph .524. 

Moses. Rev, .598. 
Harris, 410. 

Abijah .575. 

Alfred 614. 

Anna 631. 

Archibald C. 388. 

Asa 482, 003, 044. 

Day 457. 

Harrv W. 444. 

Huldah 401. 

Isaac 001. 

John 521. 

Jonathan 725. 

Lemuel W. 481. 

Lois 417. 

Marv 472, 512, 685. 

Mary A. 605. 

Mehetable 560. 

Minnie 479. 

Nancv 570. 

Pioleiuv T. 719. 

Rutus 483. 

Samuel 501, 723. 

Sarah 484, 724, 

Susan L. 370. 
Harrison, Susan B. 433. 
Hart, Charles 500. 

James. Jr. 401. 

Jean 033. 

John 491. 

Martha R. 623. 

Sarah 492. 

William C. 509. 
Hartshorn. Irene 531. 
Hartwell, George W. 588. 

Irena 030. 

Isaac 010, 698. 

Isaac B. 705. 

Senath 621. 
Ilarwood, 712. 

Abigail 372, 569, 698. 

Abner 493. 

Charlotte 611. 

Daniel 428, 464, 518, 548. 

David 509. 

Elihu 372. 

Elihu. Jr. 632. 

Hannah 570. 

Huldah 584. 

John, Jr. 091. 

Jonathan 475. 

.Julia Ann 405. 

liavinia, Mrs. 456. 

Marv 514, 010. 

Peter 494. 

Pollv .540, 690. 

Prudence 690. 



Harwood, Rebecca 606i 

Reuben 555. 

Solomon 479. 

Waitv M. 636. 
Haskell, Caroline A. 492. 

Eliza A. D. 735. 

Elizabeth 695. 

Lvdia, Mrs. 695. 

Mary A. 416. 

Susanna 574. 
Ha.stings, David S. 611. 

George W. 680. 

H. Dorinda 400. 

Nancy H. 032. 

Sarah 371. 
Hatch, Sarah 560. 
Hathaway, Carrie E. 742. 

Mary A. 408. 
Hatstat, Lucy 611, 613. 
Haven, 380. 

Benjamin 518. 

Beu'lah 520. 

Esther 705, 712. 

Hannah 500. 

Joanna 739. 

John 720. 

Lucetta 536. 

Mary 000. 

Ruth 531. 

Samuel F. 397. 

Susanna 518, 607, 720. 
Hawes, Ashbel M. 577. 

Mary 716. 

Zurilla 706. 
Hawkes, W. S., Rev. 640. 
Haye.s, Sarah A. 591. 
Haynes, 415. 

Deborah 587. 

Laura 704. 
Hayward, Abigail 610. 

Asahel 610. 

Billings 307. 

Elizabeth, Mrs. 715. 

Elvira S. 477. 

Lucv. Mrs. .584. 

Panielia 6S4. 

Sarah 13. 600. 

Simeon 404. 
Haywood, Joseph 649. 
Hazard, Horace 4.54. 
Hazeltine, Abigail 385. 
Head, Truman .585. 
Healy, Capt. 735. 

Benjamin B. 711. 

Hannah 466. 

Huldah 466. 

John 413. 

Joseph 449, 536. 

Marv 071. 

Nathaniel 474. 

Rebecca 471. 

Ruth 477, .593. 

Sophia D. 050. 
Heath, Henjamin 445, 

Pauline 091. 
Heflron, Dennis .525. 
Henderson, Hugh 423. 

Isabella 5.35. 

William .507. 
Ilendrixsoii. Ro.sa 747. 
Henry, Nancv 404. _ 
Hensiiaw. Elizabeth 719. 

Hannah 502. 



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IlenHhaw, Thomas 575. 
Herder, Ksite 516. 
JlerniHn.s, Sanih A. 446. 

Jlerric.k, 576. 

Hersev. p:ii/,:ibeth ;595. 

Siinih 7J1. 
Ilervev, Aiir.liu A. 480. 

Ciin.lim- M. 492. 

Geor;^e M. 711. 

Lafayette M. G.30. 

Lucy A. (iOO. 
Ilesves, Georj^e :J07. 
Hewett, (Jliristopher C. 597. 

Elizabeth 4r)5. 

Luev M. 455. 

Poliv 5sl. 

Khn'tla (!79. 

AVealthv 440. 
Ilevward. Mellceut 486. 

■ I'ollv 4.se). 
Hibbard. Lovisa 743. 
Jliekok, Francis S. 640. 
Hicks, Abiuail 662. 

David 479. 

.Joshua 729. 

Louisa 6.59. 

Marv 457. 
Hijruiiis," Samuel H. 428. 
lliiriiiiisun. John 750. 
Hill, Harnabas 570. 

Bethia 486. 

Deborah 418. 

Dexter A. 477. 

Dorotiiv 722. 

Eliza 691. 

Elizabeth 566, 606. 

Harriet M. 752. 

James 570, 589. 

Jerusha 418. 

John 6'-!6. 

Lois 686. 

•Luev 409. 

Luev W. .366. 

Lvdia 649. 

Moses, (Jol. 666. 

Noah 479. 

Jtuth 4^8. 

Siduey 385. 

Trvijhena 479. 
Hilliiird, Sarah 606. 

Sarah M. 650. 
Hillikor. William 497. 
Hills, William .528. 
Hillver, llenrv 555. 
Hilton, Elizabeth, Mrs. 604. 

-Foseph 525. 

Julia, Mrs. 604. 
Hiiichlille, (ie(.r.!,'e .586. 
Hintkle\ . Ilenrv 475. 
Hinds, klizabeth 482. 

Samuel 750. 
Hinklev, Deborah 447. 
Hirst, klizabeth 462. 
Ilit.bcock, Eaton S. 533. 
Ilixon, Naae, -Jr. (!41. 
llobiirt, lOniina 4ss. 
lIobb>. C'laiinda (147. 
I.aminda 5()S. 
Viola .M. 6X0. 
Hockenbury, Winnie 748. 
Hodges, (je()r;:e 635. 

Laura A. 509. 

Matilda 403. 



! Hodges, Theresa M. 509. 
t Hofran. Ellen 513. 
i Holbrook, Dr. 506. 
! Abbie L. 470. 

I Abi-ail 75L 

j Chloe 645. 

Joab 721. 

.Jonathan 661. 

Merrill 369. 

William 651. 
Holden, 552. 

Abi-all 493. 

Amv A. 438. 

Grace 493. 

Horace <). 649. 

Jabez. Dr. 737. 

Ruth 597. 
Holland, Abi;,'ai] .599. 
Iloll.-y, lehabod 608, 739. 

Penelope 696. 

Poliv 654. 
Hollister, Helen M. 603. 
Holman, 686. 

Edward 516. 

Edward M. 419. 

Elizabeth 681. 

Esther B. 624. 

Hannah ^89, 686. 

Jacob 6.38. 

Jonathan 693. 

Judith C. 462. 

Luev A. 445. 

MarV 510. 

Olive 686. 

Sarah 551. 

Simeon 663, 704. 

Simeon D. 592. 
Holmes, Martha 685. 

M..>f> .;49. 

Sarah 404. 644. 
Holt, Theresa A. .528. 
Holten, 745. 

Charles A. 711. 

Freedoiu 611. 

Isabel (i23, 662. 

Israel 723. 
Hood, Daniel 545. 

Priscilla 486. 
Hooker, Elizabeth 396. 

Lucy 577. 
Hooper, fharles .589. 

Rebecca 379. 
Hopkins, Samuel 538. 

Sanuiel M. .547. 
Horr, Olivi' 390. 
Horsnyer, Manasseh 405. 
Hosmer, Polly .")08. 
Hon:;h. Samuel A. 616. 
HoufthtoD. 494. 

Emily A. 735. 

Georjr*! W. 638. 

I^auretta736. 

Nehemiah 456. 

liosina K. 621. 
Houston, Nanev .509. 

Rebecca U. 65(i. 
Hovey. Content, ^Irs. 453. 

Daniel 3^(i. 

Ezekiel 509. 

(lideon 4.52. 

James (J(iJ<. 

Mercy 518, 707, 744. 

Miriam 688. 



Hovev, Poliv 460. 

Priscilla 724. 

Rebecca .575. 

Ruth 723. 

Tabitha712. 
How, Mr. 501. 

Luev (Jsi. 

Ruth 705. 

Sarah 5.s0. 
Howard, 4-39, .552. 

Hath>hebu 4.54. 

David 726. 

Dorothv (»4. 

Kbenezer 482. 

Edward 644. 

Eliza 715. 

Elizabeth P. 719. 

Emeline 4<J5. 

John 4S1. 

Luev 6<i4. 

M. Maria 667. 

Marv E. .537. 

Orra A. .367. 

Sallv 568. 

Sarah 497. 

Spanlding 477. 

Susan S. .596. 

Tamar 735. 

William H. 736. 
Howarth. Ann E. 453. 
Howe. Aaron 459. 

Abel 746. 

Alfred 5.53. 

Alvin 612. 

Caroline 579, 728. 

Charles A. 706. 

Elbridf?e 628. 

Elmina 5.54. 

Estes ;J86. 

Harriet. Mrs. 586. 

Henry P. 716. 

Jarvis 632. 

Joel 440, 510. 

IjUCV (')85. 696. 

Mariana W. 376. 

Marv 366. 

PerK-y, Capt. 472. 

Sampson 472. 
Howes, Mary 4.><4. 
Howland, V.. Harris 646. 

Enoch 369. 

Lois 372. 

Lucius 648. 

Marv :!67. 

Mary H. 517. 

Sarah 3(18. 
Howlett, Lucinda.569. 
Hovle, Auiiusla A. 516. 

■ Harlow 512. 
neborab 548. 
Esther 519. 
Lncv 676. 
Ruth fJOl. 
Sarah J. 479, 
Susan 512. 

Hovt, llenrv .V. 673, 716. 

■ .Maria .539. 
Hubbard, Adam 511. 

.Martha H. 665. 
Martin 602. 
T. S., Rev. 431. 
Timothy 467. 
Hudson, A. Bradford 556. 



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841 



Hudson, Alice 506. 

Bathsheba 603. 

Ht'tsev 506. 

Bradford 612. 

John 452. 

Johu D. 680. 

Joseph 370, 494. 

Laura 703. 

Marv 651. 

Mehetable 520. 

Nicholas C. 373. 

Tharuaziu, Widow 405. 

William 425, .523. 

William, .Jr. 688. 
Hurt", Henry B. 444. 
Hull, Ammi 476. 

Emclinc E. 536. 
Hume, Josiah 478. 
Humes, f:morv 479. 

Marv A. 490. 
Humphrey, A. D. A. 617. 

Arthur 569. 

Ebeuezer 390, 447, 600, 
632. 661, 668, 686. 

Hauuah 459. 

Luev 372. 

Luuian W. 700. 

Marv 5S9, 685. 

Marv J 689. 

Mehetable, Mrs. 580. 

Olio E. 585. 

Peter 474. 

Rachel 475, 642. 

Roxauu 479. 

Rufus 372, 475, 740. 

Ruth ir>2. 

Sarah .567. 

William 428. 
Hun, Prof. Thomas 630. 
Hungerford, Nancy 5,55. 
Hunkins, Elizabeth 371, 435. 

Lvdia 725. 

M"ary 405, 426. 

Sarah (J51. 

Thomas 447. 
Hunt, Elizabeth 590. 

Florence W. 742. 

GustavHS 750. 

Homer P. 475. 

Huldah E. 563. 

Marv 379. 

Mollv 670. 

Otis W. 448. 

Richard O. 412. 

Stephen 693. 
Hunter, Samuel 683. 
Hunting, Almira 867. 

Henry F. 662. 
Huntington, Clarissa 614. 

Harriet 569. 
Hupp, William 687. 
Hurd, 730. 

Caroline P. 551. 

Hannah .537. 
John C. 6'S5. 
.Josejjh 408. 

Mary 5!s9. 
Peter 491. 
Polly 583. 
William 475. 
Hurlburt. Mrs. Marv 472. 
Hurley, John T. 427. 
Huse, Barzillai B. 420. 

107 



Husy, Bertha A. 549. 
Hutchius, Anna 639. 
Fred. .5.59. 
John 667. 
S. Luella 561. 
Thomas 645. 
Hutchinson, Clarissa 699. 
Eliza 703. 
Emeline B. 411. 
Marv 615. 
Sarah A. 693. 

Hyde, 730. 

Dr. 645. 
Fred. G. 667. 
W. H., Esq. 547. 
Ide, George .520. 
Liberty 519. 
Nathan 735. 
Polly 735. 
Ingalls, Josephine J. 691. 
Ingersoll, Bathsheba 674. 

Ingoldsby, 532. 

lugrahaiii, Aaron 479. 
Emory 558. 
Henry M. 537. 
Inman, Thankful S. 406. 
Iresou, Josei)h, Jr. 593. 

Mary A. 4.S6. 
Ives, John 442. 
Jackson, Charles A. 684. 
Hannah 737. 
James 406, 745. 
President 429. 
Jacobs, Abel 380. 
Albert 583. 
Dollv 378. 
John 3S1. 
Joshua 475. 
Miranda 475. 
-Jacobus, O. L. 705. 
Jaha, Julia 4.58. 
James, Eunice 729. 

P. C. 741. 
Jameson, Christine 7.34. 
Jaquith, Johu 367. 
Jenkins, Martha U. 438. 
Marv 511. 
Mary J. 462. 
Jenks, Addie E. 477. 
Eveline .5.56. 
Mehetable 575. 
Spencer 702. 
Jenney, Joshua 479. 
Jennings, Sarah 448. 
Jennison, Ann 485. 
Anne E. 398. 
Betsey 673. 
Joel 512. 
Marv A. 699. 
Maverick 473, 590. 
Nancy M. .509. 
Naomi, Mrs. 750. 
Nathaniel 692. 
Olive 596. 
Samuel 707. 
Sarah 694. 
.Jepherson, Amy 560. 

Phila 413. 
Jephson, Mrs. Mary .567. 
.Jejjson. l^ucy A. 687. 
Jessup, Sarah S. 6(i5. 
Jewell, John M. 652. 
Jewett, Emily L. 509. 



Jewett, Stephen 531. 

Svlvia 650. 
Jillsoii, Clark, Hon. 593. 

Leon 578. 
Jilson, Marian 623. 
Johnson, 684.' 

Alfred 751. 

Amos D. 736. 

Ann A. 670. 

Benjamin 621. 

Captain 574. 

Elizahetii ('. 406. 

Eiiu'Iiiic oiii't. 

Emma L. 641. 

George E. 674. 

Irving 577. 

John 692. 

John C. 412. 

Lewis A. 410, 581. 

Mary 740. 

Mary E. 571. 

Mary M. 696. 

Nathan 490. 

Smith 523. 

Thankful 683. 
Johns, Cornelia 597. 
.Johonnot, Daniel 692. 
Jones, 628, 741. 

Betsey, 713. 

Eli 574. 

Elizabeth 581. 

Ellon M. 458. 

Elnathau 409. 

Hannah 4.J8, 580. 

John 668. 

Joseph B. 643. 

L. Ann 614. 

Phinehas 642. 

Polly 696. 

Rachel 654. 

Rebecca H. 608. 

Ruth, Mrs. 511. 

Samuel 468. 

Sanford 556. 

Sarah 516, 710. 

Zachariah 552. 
Jordan, David 674. 

Parley 672. 

Roxana 591. 

Submit 538. 

William A. 605. 
Josephs, Eliza A. D. 731. 
Joslin, Albro 584. 

Allen L. 684. 

Benjamin 666. 

Edwin 584. 

Eugene 554. 

H. 1. 584. 

Homer S. 748. 

Marv 701. 

Welcome 684. 

William 6s4. 
.Josselyn, Abigail 453. 
Joy, Obadiah 545. 

Priscilla 735. 
Judson, Adonirara 383. 

Esther 568. 

Sarah E. 570, 
Kathan, Anna 729. 
Kay, Isadore 5()ii. 
Kearns, Ellen 572. 
Kedall, Bethia 642. 
Keith, 745. 



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Keitli, KliiKT K. 474. 

llminuh J., MiH. 650. 
.lospph 603. 
Saraii C. 741. 
Kell.v. .Josf'ph 5!t2, 
Marv :m. 
Orrin A. r<T.i. 
Soi)liia N.. Mrs. 568. 
Kellv, Amos .S. 400. 
banici 36.i. 
Marv 7-26. 
Kilscy, Alvali 739. 

Emma (V'^j. 
Kemp, Aufrusta A. .516. 

Ilannali 522. 
Kendall. Charles 539. 
IIeman..Ir. 7.39. 
Samuel 4()4. 
Sarali 529. 

Thomas 452, .560. 698. 
Konuedy, Doctor 437. 
Kenneyj Almiru J. 450. 
Asa .564. 

Elizabeth 515, 516. 
Eunice .521. 
Fannv 572. 
Jesse"092. 
Jonathan 515. 
Moses 680. 
Prudence L. 662. 
Sarah 45!t. 721. 
Violet ta 515. 
Kent, Calvin 569. 

Piliza, Mrs. 411. 
Keyes, Abigail 616. 
" Benjamin 610. 
Kidder, David 499. 
Emeline 707. 
Hannah 379, 463. 
nira.r. 406. 
Irene 7;>9. 
Jesse 553. 
Pattv 4«2. 
Peter 688. 
Plinv E. .599. 
Richard 624. 
Sophia S. 697. 
Susan 632. 
Susanna 473. 
Kies, Samuel 466. 
Kilburn, John M. 054. 
Kii.U'ore, William 5S5. 
Kiml^all, Anna t;25, 
Elbrid!,'e 412. 
Jedediah .524. 
Joseph 728. 
Lucv 4.S7. 
Phinehas 602. 
Sti'phen 4(i7. 
Timothv 698. 
Williani 667. 
Kiu^', Abi-ail 721. 
Charles 6.50. 
Daniel 702. 
Eliza (175. 
Homer K. 737. 
Isaac 54»s. 
John 725. 
Lucina 611. 
Mehetable 601. 
Mollv 462. 
Pamela D. 402. 
Philena 680. 



Kin^, Sarah 521. 

Silence .5s!>. 

Solomon 670. 

Sunmer 43.!. 
Kingsburv, Abi)^a!l 607. 

Alfred .591. 

Amasa ('>x3. 

Annis 743. 

Archelaus .571. 

Betsev541,603. 

Clarissa 633. 

Daniel 3H5. 

David 660. 

Davie R. .532. 

Eli as 643. 

Elizabeth 441, 478. 

Jacob 478, 638. 

Jemima 620. 

Jeremiah 379, 418, 419, 
4.54. 

John .536. 

Jonathan 441, 683. 

Joseph 371. 

Josiali 666. 

Lois 604. 

Lucv 4.55, 739. 

Lvd'ia 620, 623, 715. 

Maria H. 708. 

Mary 536, .552, 675. 

Matilda 388. 

Nabbv 541. 

Nancv 577, 641, 736. 

Pollv"715. 

Rachel 583. 

Rebecca 660. 

Rufus 478. 

Ruth B. 582. 

Samuel 620. 

Sophia 577. 

Theodore 720. 
Kinsley, Mary 400. 
Kirby,' Caroline 404. 

Margarette 5.58. 
Kitchiug, Joseph C. 388. 
Klebart, Charles 578. 
Knapp, Betsey 673. 

Lois 511. 
Knitrht. Amv, Mrs. 411. 

Edward' B. 591. 

Eli>lia 434, 530. 

Eunici; A. 601. 

Joseph 488. 

Samuel D. 603. 

Uriah 479. 

William 635. 

Zeruiah 472. 
Knowland, Polly 735. 
Knowles, Esther 462. 

Harriet 416. 
Knowlton, John 490. 

Swan 492. 

Zilpah B.. Mrs. 7.34. 
Kno.v, Alexander 403. 

Franklin E. 736. 

George 40:i. 
Lacliev, >Iarv A. 717. 

Nahum 690. 

William 405. 
Lacount, Nellie 663. 
Ladd, George 752. 
Lallin, Au^nes .537. 

Joseph 44S, 749. 
Maria 603. 



Laflin, Martha 431. 
Lafrenia, Jane '.iSCt. 
Lakin, Tryphosa 490. 
Lamb. Capt. .521. 

Abial425, 618. 619. 

Abijah 440, .507. 

Alma 448. 

Amitv 'Mi. 

Betsev 396, 380. 

Charles 740. 

Charlotte f;57, 704. 

Clarissa D. 700. 

Dr. Dan 723. 

David 629. 

David, Jr. 514. 

Dorothy, Mrs. 742. 

Ebenezer 524. 

Eleanor 731. 

Elizabeth .577, 643. 

Emma L. 6*<4. 

Haimah 475. 

I>aac 499. 

James 499, 663. 

Jesse 701. 

Joshua .589. 

Libertv 704. 

Lucv 722. 

Lvdia .522. 707. 

Lydia A. 614. 

Mary 611. 

Mary Ann .594. 

Nancv 695. 

P()llv".5;!9. 

Reuben 673. 

Ruhamah 638. 

Sabina 591. 

Sallv 6-S2. 

Samuel 459, 467. 

Sarah .532, 724. 

Selauey 718. 

Simeon 427. 

Susan R. 733. 

Thomas 617. 

William 545, 381. 668. 
Lamson, Ebenezer 642. 

Esther 630. 

Horace 516. 

James 462. 

Keziah, Mrs. 727. 

Lucian B. 714. 

Lueinda 461. 

Mollv. 524. 

Patience 698. 

Tirzah (;30, (;90. 
Lancaster, William 546. 
Landragin. Peter 746. 
Lane. Mr. .502. .503. 

Elizabeth 4^0. 

Sarah A. 608. 
Lans, Lucv S. .591. 
Lansdon, Anna S. 369. 
Langley, Esther (i.33. 
Lanning, Catherine .539. 
Lapham, Augustus C. 582. 
Larkin, Elmer H. 699. 

Hephsibuh 700. 
Lueetta n. 509. 
Marv 8. 665. 

MehctablcM. 433. 
Earned, Al)iirail 479. 
Betsev 615, 701. 

(Jaleb 404. 539. 

Daniel 637. 



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843 



Lamed, David 372. 

Davis 707. 

Dollv 474. 

Elizabeth 480. 

Experience 683. 

Ilannah 666. 

Isaac, Jr. 661. 

Jemima 411. 

Joel 699. 

John 600. 

John, 3d 620. 

Jo8iah 743. 

Lillian 603. 

Lois 575. 

Liicv 530. 699. 

Lucv A. 561. 

Martha 600. 

Marv 603. 

Mary C. 474. 

Nancv 554. 

Otis 670. 

Prudella 494. 

Rufus 482, 569. 

Ruth 690. 

Samuel 721. 

.Sarah 615. 686. 

Sarah E. 645. 

Simpson 620. 

Sv Ivan us 739. 

Thomas 483. 

"William 530, 603. 
Laruder, Gen. 387. 
Lathe. Olive 647. 
Lathrop, Mary M. 512. 
Latimer. Betsey 481. 
Laufrhlin, Keziah J. 474. 
Laveite, Maria .524. 
Law, Alfred N. 512. 

Franeclia 663. 

Lvman 510. 

Sarah W. 673. 
Lawless, Jospeh 402. 
Lawrence, Adaline P. 377. 

Lvdia H. 728. 

Martha 753. 

Marv 706. 

Mary II. .561. 

Nancv 544. 

Nancy B. 6.50. 
Laws. LuVretia 446. 
Lawton, Susan C 533. 
Lazell, Louisa 742. 
Leach, Arnold 454. 

Eliza 413. 

Eunice 718. 

Julia A. 559. 

Mary A. 713. 

Seuea 3S7. 
Learned and Bowman 407. 

Ahiffail 466, 497. 

Ahi^'ail I). 467. 

Benjamin 196. 

CattiiTinc o'.»7. 

Charli's II. 701. 

Clarissa S. .'570. 

Comfort 623. 

David 555. 

Deborah 666. 

Do- hv 541, 618. 

Ebcliezer 378, 417, 447, 
5(K). .541, 686, 745. 

Elijah 571. 

Elizabeth 488, 658. 



Learned, Haynes 468. 

Jeremiah 391, 701. 

Jonathan H. 430, 578. 

Luciuda 427. 

Martha 447, 706. 

Maria 654. 

Mary 374, 619. 

Naomi, Mrs. 498. 

Polly 441. 

Rufiis 553. 

Ruth 370, 464. 

Sally 641. 

Sophia 572. 

Sylvanus 419, 468, 622. 
Leathers, Sarah 455. 
Leavens, Abel 626. 

Hannah 526. 

Mary, Mrs. 581. 

Rebecca 6f<3. 

Zeviah 619. 
Leaver, Edwin H. 736. 
Leavitt, Uev. H. F. 652. 
Lee, 620. 

Louisa B., Mrs. 570. 
Leeds, Edward 443. 
LelBugwell, Eunice M. 752. 
Le^are, Hu^h S. 428. 
Leiand, Benjamin F. 650. 

Hcpsibah 411. 

Samuel R. 579. 
Leonard, Bethuel 658. 

Daniel 479. 

Elizabeth 703. 

Henry, Dr. 595. 

Lois 571. 
Lester, C. Edwards 60S. 
Lesure, Xewell G. M. 462. 

William 489. 
Levi, Indian 676. 
Lewett , Peter 673. 
Lewis, Betsey 734. 

Elmira 473. 

Emeline 697. 

Joshua 650. 

Lucinda S. 741. 

Mehetable 453. 

Orrin J. 676. 

Rachel 696. 

Roxa 457. 
Lhovd, Rev. W. P. 693. 
Libby, Adelaide 492. 
Lincoln, President 392,642. 

Marv 613. 
Lindlev," Harriet 605. 

Olive W. 433. 

Prudence 601. 
Lindsey. Jane 534. 
Lilley, Anii 4s6. 

Betsev, Mrs. 456. 

David 464, 509. 

Elizabeth, Mrs. 638. 

Hanniib'734. 

J. LeitVens 3()6. 

Jared 689. 

John 577. 6S3. 

Lewis 540. 

Marv 42«. 

Marv, Mrs. 406. 

Pollv 404. 669. 
Lillie, Ebenezcr 406. 

Betty 691. 
Linnet, Marv 439. 
Litchfield, Liberty 716. 



Litchfield, Sally 743. 
Livermore, Betsev 692. 

Edwin 478. 

Elijah 500,501. 

Elizabeth 705. 

Lvdia 507. 

Liicy 702. 

Mary 555. 

Ozro J. 528. 

Stephen G. 508. 
Livingston 429. 
Lloyd, Mary E. 640. 
Locke, Abbv E. 658. 

Ebenezer 610, 618, 698. 

Elizabeth 610. 

Georjje 676. 

Lucv 699. 

Lyd'ia 721. 

Phebe 611. 

Susanna 721. 
Locker, Elizabeth 618. 
Lockhave, Fanny 678. 
Lockwodd, Mary A. 395. 

Myron 741. 
Lof^an, Anjjeline 403. 

Mary A. oSi. 
Logee, Lilies 413. 
Lombard, Barnabas 379. 
Long, Alfred W. 662. 
Look, Mary 456. 
Loomis, Elmer 476. 
Loper, Lura 568. 
Loring, Harriet 644. 
Lothrop, Almira 709. 

Joshua 615. 
Loudon, Lord 422. 
Loveland, Drusilla 653. 
Lovell, Cordelia E. 462. 

Euni(-e 613. 

Ezra 560. 

Ezi-a, Jr. 560, 

Hannah, Mrs. 613. 
Lovering, Amasa 374. 
Lovett, James 548. 
Lovewell, Noah P. 513. 
Low, Jesse 684. 
Lucas, Martha 700. 
Lull'. J. M. 550. 
Lumbard, A. Maria 735. 

Augusta 412. 

Ma'tikla 514. 

Sumner 614. 
Luther, Esek 524. 

Nancy 372, 667. 
Lynch, Mary E. 385. 
Lynde, Cornelius 467. 
Lyon, 488. 

Elijah 570. 

Frederick A. 578. 

Imogene .585. 

Keziah 511. 

Marv 700. 

Nathaniel 469. 

Sarah S. 526. 
Maccarty, Thaddeus 474. 
Macombe, Judith 558. 
Macomber, Edward A. 401. 
Makepeace, Esther 411. 

Marv 4.S5. 

Mary M. 630. 
Manchester, Ann E. 368. 
Manley, John L. 646. 
Mann, Anna 579. 



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Mami, Cliarlis F. 4'J.j. 

Frank N. 714. 

Sarali (JT3. 
Miiniiiiif;, Margaret 724. 

Uohert 49.^. 

Saiiuifl 6.")1. 
Mansiicl.l. (;;51. 

Can. Mil.- A. 720. 

K\\U)\ 47."i. 

.los.ph ii..-)r)4. 

K. U.. Mrs. r.i-2. 
Marble, Caroline L. 370. 

Cvna 403. 

Fidelia K. 307. 

Horace A. 373. 

Jacob 370. 

M. BetH.'v 411. 

Marv L. .506. 

Sally 407. 

Simeon R. 413. 
March, Mary .")81. 

Susanna 390. 
Marcv, Cvnthia 44S. 

Daniel, Jr. 571. 

Dorothy 488. 

Flora 5r)8. 

Georii:e P. 366. 

William L. 723, 
Marrow, Bet.se v 504. 
Marsh, 430. 

Abigail 367, 430, 553. 

Alexander D. 406. 

Anna 4«7, 583. 

Byron 047. 

Daniel 454. 

Elizabeth 606. 

Elliot 702. 

Emeline (!32. 

Enoch 585. 

Hannah 413. 

Hannah W. 680. 

John (;so. 

Jonathan 436. 

Joseph 441. 

Laura 080. 

Lot 441. 

Lvdia 003, 741. 

IVfary 379. 

Moses llii). 

Phebe 533. 

Sally 068. 

Samuel 519. 

Stephen F. .543. 

Susan (J. (;12. 

'riionias (;;{(). 

Truman 089. 

Tvlcr 092. 
Marshal, Lvdia 372. 
Marslon. JJrs. 044. 
Marliii, Arininda (>r)2. 

Bowman B. 0.52. 

Celinda W.\. 

Charles 090. 

Elizabeth 372. 

George W. 094. 

John, Capt. 500. 

Joseph 02S. 

Louisa 444. 

Lucv, Mrs. 520, 

Mathew 598. 

Robert 598. 

Samuel 598. 

William 482. 



Martinette, Charles F. 444. 
Marvin, Hannah 390. 

John 379. 

Rebecca 50S. 

Sanijison 519. Oil. 
Mason, Abraham 519. 

Calista 075. 

Charles 392. 

George 414. 

Lewis T. 717, 737. 
Masters, William H. 525. 
Mather, Ruth 437. 
Mathewson, Charles 548. 

John 401, 

Sarah C. .549. 
Maveriek, Marv 007. 
Mav, Abigail 437. 

" Maria 477. 

Mollv 511. 

Sylvester 571. 
Mayhew, Nathan 374. 
Mavnard, Austin 733. 
■Joab570. 

Rachel, Mrs, 417. 

Thomas M. 001. 
Mavo, Elizabeth 650, 723. 
"Hannah 090. 

John 404, .550, 580. 

Jonathan 572. 

Lucy 474. 

Mary 482. 

Mehetable 544. 

Rebecca 482. 

Sally 727. 

Samuel 451, 510, 707. 

Sarah 532. 

Thomas 463. 

William 483. 
McCanna, Catharine .560. 
McClanathan, Thomas 458. 
McClathery, Mary 539. 
McCollum," Asa ,509. 
McCombas, Elizabeth 478. 
McCombic!, Martha 4.55. 
McCullough, M. Cordelia 

70(). 
McCov, Jennie 413. 
McDonald, (Jeo. \V. B. 452. 
McFarland, Asa 590. 

Jane 571. 

Josiah <>S9. 

Josiah M. 616. 

Laura E. 385. 
McGee, Mary E. 507. 

Sarah 707. 
McGraw, Jennie 507. 
McGregor, Itev. Elias 633. 
Mclntire, Daniel 513, 518. 

Diana 059. 

Klizabeth 606. 

Ezra 001, 

Fidelia M. 741. 

Hannah 000. 

Henry F. 071. 

Joseph 538. 

Julia A. 444. 

horinda 029. 

]Mary 495. 

Miriam 450. 

Nathan 432, 

Obadiah 542. 

Orin F. .533. 

Salem 568, 



Mclntire, Sally C. 752. 

Simon P. 451. 

Svlve-ter 701. 
McKt'c, Charitv 626. 
McKim, Charles F. .398. 
McKinstrv. William 525. 
McKnighf, Elijah 410. 

Lenuiel 059. 

Sarah 0.55. 

Susanna 094. 

Thomas 442, .524. 
McLane, Louis 429. 
McLaughlin, Ann .525. 

Auirusta 7.34. 

Delia .542. 
McLean, David 466. 
.McRoberts, Isabella 601. 
Meaeham, Sarah J. 067. 
Mead, Marv 565. 

Sarah 491. 
Meade, Isabella E. 717. 
Melcher, Samuel A. 537. 
Melendy, David 555. 

James 530. 

Luev 585. 

UrsulaH584. 
Mellen, Abner 562. 

Emily 482. 

Esther 679. 

Lewis 449. 

Lucy 499. 

Marv 518. 

Persis B. 444. 

Pollv 739. 

Simon 720. 

William 696. 
jNlenger, EInathan 716. 
Merrick, Charles 678. 
Merritield, Abraham 721. 

Lewis W. 056. 
Merrill, .5,52, 

Nancy M. 492. 

Sarah 3s5. 

Tamar 751. 
Merritt, Cordelia 718. 

Ellen 700. 

Mary 007, 056. 

Susan J, 537, 
Merriam, Abigail 510, 
045. 

Albert E, 084. 

Amos 595. 

Celia N, 495. 

Cvril 522. 

David 577. 

Dianlha 710. 

Ebenezer 518. 

Ephraim 519. 

Esther 416. 

f^uniee 51S, 703. 

Hannah 027. 

Hezekiah 439. 

James 534. 

Joanna 490. 

Joel 053. 

John 029. 

Joshua 492, 518, 519. 

.Iolham()30. 

Lucy .5.50, 

Luke A. 577. 

Lvdia 030. 

Marv 494, 518, 595. 

Marv L. 402. 



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845 



Merriam, Persis 439. 

Phebe 495, 616, 
639, 652, 663. 

Prudence 496. 

Rtbecca 577. 

Ruth 416, 60-2. 

Sauiuel 630. 

Sarah 508. 

Sophia 624. 

Susanna 492. 

Thomas 577. 

William 612. 
Merrifield, Esther 381. 
Metcalf , Artemas G. 724. 

Bathsheba 597. 

Elizabeth 624. 

Hannah 675. 

James B. 717. 

Jeremiah 452. 

John M. 440. 

Junia 643. 

Robert C. 709. 

Thomas 709. 
Miles, Georj^e 751. 

Thomas 601. 
Miller, Dr. 4S4. 

Danforth L. 434. 

Duty 744. 

Edmund 583. 

George 650, 668, 684. 

Maria 691. 

Martha 582. 

Sarah, Mrs. 390. 

Susan M. 376. 
Milliken, Henrietta 559. 
Mills, Rev. Carltou P. 470. 

Ellen A. 741. 

William, Jr. 492. 
Miner, Minerva 604. 

Sampson, Rev. 652. 

Mingo, 686. 

Miuiken, James H. 512. 
Mitchell, Mrs. 445. 
Mixer, Clarissa 411. 

Ezra 720. 

Frank 523. 
Moffitt, A. Isabel 658. 

Betsey 740. 

Decatur 446. 

Elizabeth 539,, 

Hephsibah 605. 

Isaac .583. 

Jeremiah 623. 

Lemuel 372. 

Louisa B. 486. 

Louisa C. 677. 

Otis 427. 

Pliny M. 653. 

Reuel 413. 

Rufus 740. 
Monroe, Edith 446. 

Frank 366. 
Moorcroft, Martha 649. 
Moore, 721. 

Doctor 606. 

Abigail 674, 642, 644, 
683. 

Abijah 437. 

Alice 379, 642. 

Bathsheba 642, 724. 

Collins 642, 726. 

Deborah 468. 

Dorothy 390. 



Moore, Elijah 569, 587. 

Evelina 415. 

George 479. 

Jerusha 628, 642. 

John D. W. 534. 

Joseph 433, 654. 

Joseph B. 566. 

Josephine 554. 

Josiah 572, 631. 

Maria 477. 

Martha 379. 

Marvin 471. 

Mary 472, 409, 642. 

Marv A. 453. 

MarV E. 748. 

Nathan 574. 642, 725. 

Phebe 596. 642. 

Reuben 629. 

Richard 402, 437, 447, 
491,497,636,687,642. 

Rufus 466. 

Ruth 723. 

Sally 581. 

Sarah 467, 724. 

Senath.Mrs. 696. 

Sibvl 494. 

Sophia 672, 673. 

Susan 670. 

Susanna 581, 642, 666. 

Svlvia 660. 

William 604, 42 472. 
Moran, Charles 540. 
Morehouse, Mary L. 689. 
Morev, Abigail 598. 

John 539. 

Lavina 635. 

Susanna 568. 
Morgan, Henry B. 723. 

Lorenzo 697. 

Mai Vina T. 450. 

Marv E. 693. 

Nancy 608. 
.Susan 693. 

William F. 673. 
Morrill, Lydia C. 691. 
Morris, Abigail 594. 

Alfred 467. 

Angenette 376. 

Edward 408. 

Elijah G. 466. 

Ellen 617. 

Godfrey 660. 

James H. 474. 

Lydia 478. 

Medora 428. 

Paraclete 413. 

Prudence 600. 

Samuel P. 494. 

William 578, 663. 
Morrison, Mrs. Alice 578. 

George 711. 
Morse, Adolphus 665. 

Amy 537. 

Annice 490. 

Betsey 497. 

Charlotte 659. 

David 656. 

Frances A. 665. 

Hannah M. 656, 706. 

Jesse C. 460. 

Joanna 712. 

Jonathan, Capt. 655. 

Lilia 714. 



Morse, Lorinda, Mrs. 604. 

Lucina 412. 

Lvdia 479. 

Marion E.593. 

N. King 748. 

Nancy 571. 

Naomi 395. 

Naomi P. 462. 

Simeon 457. 

Stephen H. 477. 

Timothy, Jr. 613. 
Morton, MaVy A. 686. 
3Ioselv, Delia 5S5. 
Mosher, William H. 641. 
Mott, Lillie H. 438. 
Moulton, Austiu N. 728. 

Cromwell 635. 

Josiah, Rev. 417. 

Mary 666. 

Stephen 612, 630, 709. 

Susan H. 740. 
Mower, Lydia R. 449. 

Samuel 587. 
Mowry, Aaron rm, 692. 

Delia A. 749. 

George 699. 

Richard D. .366. 

Ruth F. 748. 
Mozer, Samuel 622. 
Mudge, Emily D. 528. 
Mumford, Electa 560. 
Muncil, Esther 592. 
Muuger, Elizabeth 399. 
Munroe, Sarah 456. 
Munyan, Albiu 577. 

Daniel 433. 

David 410. 
Murdock, Caroline 484. 

Charitv 480. 

George E. 433. 

Nancy 511. 
Murphy, Anastasia 446. 
Murray, Annie 470. 

Peleg ¥. 667. 
Muzzy, Abigail 467. 

Elisha 440. 

James A. 706. 

Joseph, Jr. 610. 

Nathaniel 406. 
Myres, Marv R. 507. 
Myrick, Persis M. 612. 
Nash, Eliza 479. 

Francis 479. 

Jeruslia 478. 

Judith 478. 

Susan H. 419. 

Svlvester626. 
Natalie, Queen 393. 
Needham, Polly 451. 

Rachel 396. 

Ruth A. 410. 

William 666. 
Negus, Dr. Charles 543. 

Mary Ann 532. 
Nelson, Judge 5S9. 

Elizabeth 459. 

Hannah 552. 

John, Rev. 383. 

Marion P. 625. 

Moses 546. 
Ness, John M. 546. 
New, James 640. 
Newberry, Sarah 750. 



846 



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Newcomb, Amanda 700. 

Ruth 37«. 
Newell. Aiiron 4:J0. 

Atk'laidc Uii. 

Albi;(once 597. 

Benjamin 643. 

Hannah 54-i. 

Mary «4(>, 704. 

Oti;* 577. 

Patience 567. 

Koby T. 684. 

Sarali J. 420. 
New hall, Mary i>Xl, 685. 
Newman, Patience 607. 
Newton, 5sl. 

A. IJ. 509. 

Almira.4.53. 

Amos P. 679. 

Eleanor 549. 

Elijah 652. 

Ellin H. 700. 

Hannah 558, 559. 

Harvey F. 410. 

Hester 740. 

Larkin D. 667. 

Lucius 734. 

Martha M. 717. 

Olive E. 462. 

Polly B. 734. 

William 753. 

William, Dr. 4S3. 
Nichols, Ahii^ail 601, 691. 

Alexander 745. 

Anna 645. 

Bathsheba 410. 

Caroline 709. 

Charles P. 535. 

Chauncey 522. 

Chloe 509. 

Daniel 566. 

David 487. 

Dorothv 687. 

Elsie 619. 

Emeline B. 624. 

Hannah 495. 613, 643. 

J. Clinton 438. 

J. Edward 412. 

Jane 453. 

Jeremiah 441. 

Joanna 526. 

John 618. 

John P. 687. 

Jonathan 613. 

Lovisa 623. 

Margaret 674. 

Mary 625. 

Marv E. 420. 

M<;rrick 702. 

Munroc! 6S5. 

Nancy, Mrs. 494. 

Nancy T. 613. 

Peter K. 702. 

Phebe 4!)1. 

Uachrl 519, 643. 

llchccca 575. 

Ruth 427. 

Samuel coo, 734. 

Sophia, Mrs. 612. 

Sophia r. 441. 

Susanna 516. 

Thomas 495, 579. 

William 725, 748. 

Zilpah 496. 



Niles, Ephraim446. 

Maria W. 495. 
Nobcry. Martha 593. 
Noliii, Kmilv K. 628. 

Nathaniel 679. 
Noon, Mary A. 5.'M. 
Noyes, Daniel 736. 
Nutter, Susan 731. 
Nutting. Abigail 482. 
Nye, Isabel 678. 

Jonathan 370. 
Oakes, Catherine 473. 

Haunali 727. 

Lucy 4!)3. 

Nannie D. 473. 
O'Brien, John 648. 
O'Connell, Marv 42.8. 
O'Connor, G. Edward 523. 
Ogilvie, James 510. 

Margaret 510. 
Oldham. James 410. 
Oliver, IIarri(!t A. 656. 
Olney, Amy 419. 

George" W. 537. 

Lucinda 710. 

Obadiah 396. 

Peter B. 420. 

Wilson 419. 
Onstott, R. J. 551. 
Ormsbee, Amy 702. 

James 673". 

Rachel 370. 
Orrall, Caroline 419. 
Osgood, Moses E. 522. 
Osniore, Polly 508. 
Osmus, Mary C. 522. 
Owen, Lilies 6.37. 
Packard, Clarissa 510. 

Hannah J. 546. 

Harriet N. 415. 

Marv D. 496. 

Sarah 415. 

Susan 512. 
Padelford, Gov. 396. 
Page, Abhie L. 461. 
Paige, George A. 649. 
Paine, Diana 740. 

Elizabeth 461. 

Henry M. 388. 

Samuel C. 473. 
Pairan, Charlotte 692. 
Palmer. Charles H. 570. 

Daniel L. 605. 

Eliza P. 622. 

Hannah 584, 586. 

Parker 482. 

Phebe P. 570. 
Papillon. Elizabeth 750. 

Kath-irine 517. 

Martha 746, 423. 

Peter 405. 600. 
Parham. Rachel 602. 
Parish, Lucretia L>. (i22. 

Marv, Mrs. 397. 
Park, Rev. Oscar 550. 



Parker, 



574. 
594. 



Aarr)n 513, 
Alfred 6.')4. 
Alice 728. 
Amity 495. 
Anna 412. 
Betsev 4-19, 493. 
Edward H. 617. 



Parker, Elizabeth 440, 599 

f]zra 576. 

Hannah .544, 572. 

John 6.S2. 

Lucv 496. 

Lvdia 680. 

M'arv 750. 

Nettie .M. 615. 

Phinehas, Jr. 698. 

Pollv 411. 

Ruth 688. 

Samuel 682. 

Sarah 420, 643. 

Thomas Ii56. 
Parkhurst, Ida 471. 

Jane M. 412. 

Selina M. 382. 
Parkinson, Martha J. 512. 
Parkis, Elizabeth 5ls. 
Parkman, Susanna 620. 
Parks, Amelia L. 394. 

Jane A. .592. 

Lucius F. 736. 

Martha L. 717. 
Parmenter, Abraham 448. 

Charles M. 6-50. 

Elizabeth .598. 

Marv A. 474. 
Parsons," Abigail L. 390. 

Amos 63.8. 

Andrew 611, 614. 

David C. 494. 

Elizabeth. Mrs. 486. 

Elizabeth v., Mrs. 739. 

Orris 451. 656. 

Truman 476. 
Partridge, 644. 

Amos 668. 

Joseph A. 670. 

Magdalen 461. 

Marv E. 714. 

Moses 669. 
Patch, Leander C. 584. 

Patty 378. 

Phebe 508. 

Ra.liel 510. 
Patrick, John 745. 

Matthew 643. 

William 645. 
Patterson, James 487. 

Waifstill. Mrs. ,579. 
Patton, Melvina M. 633. 
Payne, Lutie 747. 

PaVson, 526. 

" Ann 727. 

Mary 511. 
Peaboily, Rebecca 467. 
Pearson, Daniel 624. 
Pease, A. G. 716. 

Annie 49.'). 

William 675. 
Peaselee, Mary E. 597. 
Peck, Hannah C. 477. 

Jabiz L. 487. 

Thomas I). 471. 

Peckham, 738. 

Pelham. Lydia 581. 
Pelton, George (iSH. 

.loseiih <>S4. 
Pendleton, William W. 597. 
Penney, Susan 464. 
Peuniniaii, Abby 582. 

Hannah 451. 



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